Mixing ancient times with Taobao

Chapter 326 Salt Fields
Li wanted to chase after him and pushed aside the grass, but only saw footprints.

He immediately became alert and shouted: "Protect the big girl!"

With a "shua", all the guards drew their swords and surrounded Zuo Fu's car, looking around for suspicious places.

But after waiting for a long time, there was no movement. Zuo Fu's voice came from the car and said, "Li Xiang, I still have a box of mung bean ice here. You open it and put it on the edge of the grass."

"Yes!"

Li Xiang came to the carriage, took the mung bean popsicle from Chunya, took out his dagger, cut open the box, and put it on the edge of the grass.

"Keep going!"

"Yes!"

Chunya climbed into the carriage and said, "Miss, is there really someone in the grass?"

Zuo Fu smiled and said: "It should be a person with no malicious intentions, just curious about what we are eating."

After a pause, he continued: "Maybe it's those Li people, they are very athletic. It's hot weather, this box of popsicles is my gift to them."

"That thing is rare, but the gods in the sky eat it..."

Chun Ya muttered softly: "It's a pity to give them food."

Zuo Fu patted her forehead lightly, and said, "Why are you so stingy? Is it short of your food?"

Chunya pouted and said, "Isn't it a shame to take a box of good things out without even seeing anyone? Also, maybe it's not a human at all, but a rabbit or some other beast?"

"Then let the beast eat it."

"The beast still eats this!"

"Why don't you eat when you're hungry?"

Zuo Fu smiled, pointed the cooling fan at Chun Ya, and said: "Blow the air, look at you..."

The master and servant were talking and laughing, eating mung bean popsicles, and quickly forgot about it.Going all the way, it will soon be lunch time.

A group of people stopped, ate some compressed biscuits with the water in the kettle, and continued on the road.Until it was dark, after eating several popsicles, we arrived at the boundary of Danzhou.

Knowing that the magistrate is coming today, Gu Liang of Danzhou, the magistrate of Danzhou, brought people to wait at the Shiliting outside the city early in the morning.

Seeing the convoy coming, he immediately stepped forward and saluted again and again, "Your Majesty, Gu Liangyi, the magistrate of Danzhou, welcomes you!"

"Master Gu Liang (Gu Liang is a compound surname), don't be too polite."

Zuo Fu got out of the car, gave him a little support and said, "I will trouble you for the next two days."

"It is the duty of a subordinate official to share the worries of adults."

Gu Liang said: "The post station has been packed properly, and I invite you to accompany the officials into the city."

Zuo Fu nodded, "Thank you."

Zuo Fu got on the carriage again, and with the light from the sun lamp on the carriage, she looked at the city wall of Danzhou.

After reading it, it was a wry smile.

Danzhou has always been troubled by pirates, so it stands to reason that the city walls should be considered pretty good.But what is she seeing now?It's not much different from Tuweizi.Who can be protected by this city wall?
Gu Liangyi was also secretly startled.

What's the matter with the lighting tools on this gentleman's carriage?Is this the kind of lamp that Qiongshan county magistrate said can be lit by eating sunlight?I heard that this lord has built a camp outside Qiongshan, and the camp is full of such lights.

This gathers the sunlight in the box and makes it shine. Isn't this the magic method?

I was full of doubts in my heart, but I didn't dare to ask more.

There is a huge disparity in status, if this adult feels that he is talkative again, he will not be able to get along well in the future.

After entering the city, he arranged Zuofu to the post station, and after some politeness, he resigned.

Zuo Fu didn't ask him to stay, it was already getting late, everyone was exhausted after a day's driving, so they might as well go to bed early, because they had to do business tomorrow.

There was nothing to say all night, on the second day, Zuo Fu took twenty personal guards, got into a carriage and went straight to Yantian Village on Yangpu Peninsula with Gu Liang.

According to Gu Liangyi, at the end of the Tang Dynasty, a group of salt workers from Putian, Fujian traveled across the ocean and moved here after going through untold hardships. They built mountains and rocks by the seaside of Yangpu to build homes and salt fields.

Later, they inadvertently discovered that the residual seawater in the crevices of the stones after low tide can crystallize into salt after being exposed to the sun.So, they moved the stones and began to dig grooves to dry the salt, thus the method of drying the salt came into being.

"Although this method of drying salt is wonderful and labor-saving, it does not produce much salt."

Gu Liang sighed and said: "That's why I heard the adults say that drying salt can cost ten thousand catties a day, that's why I lost my composure."

"The natural yield of sun-dried salt is not high."

Zuo Fudao: "Use seawater directly. The seawater contains less salt, so you won't get much salt out. I'll go to the saltworks to see it first, maybe I can improve the production method."

Gu Liang nodded.

Going fast all the way, we soon arrived at Yantian Village.

When Zuo Fu reached the entrance of the village, there was already a large group of villagers waiting, led by Chief Jia.

After greeting him, Zuo Fu asked to see the saltworks.The villagers didn't dare to say anything, and immediately took the high official to see the saltworks.

then……

Zoff saw a spectacular scene!
I saw that this stretch of coast is full of large and small salt drying tanks like inkstones.At the moment, the salt workers are working.

They took all kinds of tools and scraped off the salt that had been dried on the salt tank. They looked like they were scraping gold instead of salt.

Zuo Fu went up to watch and found that this method of drying salt was not so primitive, so he shook his head and said, "This salt should not be dried in this way. If the concentration is not enough, the yield will be low."

A group of salt workers stopped their work and stood cautiously aside.Today Chief Jia told them that there is a high official coming today, and it is the first female official in history. She is the new magistrate, the lord of Jiangning County and the Duke of Zhen Guo, personally appointed by His Majesty.

They didn't understand the following names, but they understood that this woman was the new magistrate.

Prefect...

In their hearts, it is already a big official.As for why a woman was able to become an official, no one in this small village knew about Zuo Fu's deeds, so they were very puzzled.

But he was puzzled, but he didn't dare to despise Zuo Fu just because he was a woman.Just kidding, this is the prefect master, who holds the power of life and death for them, even if it is a monkey, wearing this official uniform, they have to be careful to serve them.

With their hands down, their heads down, and their waists bent, this group of salt workers interpreted their humbleness to the core.

Zoff told them to stand up straight, but no one looked up.

They couldn't understand Zuo Fu's words, even if they understood, they didn't dare to talk to the magistrate.

Zuo Fu frowned, and suddenly felt that he had to try to learn the local dialect.Otherwise, the communication would be too troublesome.

Gu Liangyi acted as an interpreter, and after chatting with the Chief Jia, he ordered someone to bring salt and handed it to Zuo Fu.

Zuo Fu understood this action.

She looked at the salt, and found that the grains were relatively coarse. She dipped her hand into it and tasted it, but the taste was not very good.She turned on the kettle, took a sip, and said, "This salt field will not be open for the time being."

Gu Liang turned pale with shock, "My lord?! But what's wrong?!"

Zuo Fu shook his head, "This production method is too backward and tiring. These salt workers are all treasures, and I just need such talents! I will take these people to Qiongshan. After a good recuperation, they will be of great use in the future! "

"what?!"

Gu Liang was stunned by Zuo Fu's words!
I have heard of Shangguan down to the county asking for money and food, but I have never heard of robbing salt workers!
"Yes, sir, our Qiongzhou relies on this salt field..."

"Chun Ya, bring me a packet of salt."

"Yes!"

Chun Ya turned around quickly, took a bag of salt from the car and handed it to Zuo Fu.

Zuo Fu opened the bag and said, "Master Gu Liang, this is salt for people to eat!"

Gu Liang was stunned.

The salt in the bag is as white as snow and as fine as dust, even better than the fine green salt I have eaten!But the problem is...

How many people can afford such salt?
"You don't have to worry about running out of salt. The saltworks will be built soon anyway. But these salt workers are all sallow, emaciated, and weak. I, Zuofu, have never been short of hungry soldiers. Let's take them back to Qiongshan and take care of them. After that, you will have the strength to work in the future!"

Chief A is about to cry.

He does know some official language.Although I didn't understand very well, I understood a few sentences.

This magistrate wants to take all the salt workers away!

But they are all taken away, how should I pay the job this year?
There is a quota for this every year, if he can't complete it, his boss will suffer!
Just as I was about to beg this master for mercy, I heard Master Zhizhou say: "But the imperial court has a quota every year, if..."

"This year's quota is handled by my own officials, so I don't need them to pay it!"

"what?!"

Chief A was pleasantly surprised!
"Big, big, this, is this true?"

Jiachang said that he was about to kneel down, "Thank you, my lord, thank you, my lord!"

Zuo Fu smiled and said: "This old man, I want to build a few salt farms, and the salt workers in your village are treasures! So, let them go to Qiongshan with me during this period, firstly to recuperate their health , The second is to give me some suggestions, how to build a saltworks, do you think this is feasible?"

How dare Chief Jia say no?And this year there is no need to hand in the salt, so now all the salt in hand can be earned, which sounds like a good thing!
"You count how many households there are in your village, and how many people are there in each household. When I am finished, I will distribute food according to the hair of each person, so you don't have to worry about your livelihood. If you really have nothing to do, you can go to Qiongshan to help the official. Three meals a day are all included, all are dry, there is nothing thin, and there are rewards for a good job, this is what I said personally, and I will never make a mistake!"

Zuo Fu left, taking a group of salt workers with him, leaving only a group of family members of salt workers who seemed to be dreaming.

After Zuofu left, just an hour later, a group of people pushed carts and delivered piles of grain.

According to the number of people given by Chief Jia, they are really based on human hair, thirty catties of rice per person, twenty catties of dry noodles, and five taels of oil per person.

From children to women, no one is left behind, everything is counted.

God!
Is this new magistrate a Bodhisattva? !

Only a bodhisattva would be so compassionate and give them such good rice and noodles, right?It also gave oil!
The villagers are very confused, and Gu Liangyi is also very confused.

After he followed Zuo Fu back to the post station, he saw that she had someone hire a car, and then she kept bringing out rice flour and oil from the yard where she lived...

God!
Although he is a bit old, his eyes are not blind, okay? !When Mingming came, I never saw her bring so many things!How come there are so many things in this station after one night?

Is it true that this lord is really a god, as the colleagues said, who knows the magic spells in his sleeves?
　Three thousand characters!I made a mistake when I looked at the map earlier. There was a typo. Yazhou is far away from Qiongshan Mountain. I have changed it now. Sorry!Come here first today, okay!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)