Chapter 19 Salt Refining

As soon as he heard that there was hope for the salt, now Ye Xiao said that Dajiang would do whatever he said: "Okay, I'll tell the chief to go." ”

After Da Jiang left, Xiao Man looked curiously at the clods in the animal skin baggage and asked, "What is this, are you talking about salt?

Ye Xiao looked at the salt soil, he was in a good mood, and looked at Xiaoman with a smile, with a mysterious expression: "What's this....... Keep it secret for now!"

Xiao Man secretly pursed his lips, causing Ye Xiao to laugh louder.

After a while, Ye Xiao felt a strong wind coming from the cave behind him, and consciously got out of the way.

At this moment, the chieftain who turned into a gust of wind rushed out of the cave, and as soon as he saw Ye Xiao, he shouted: "Where is it!!"

The clansmen who were working in the open space looked at it one after another, and the chief's face was stunned: "Let's go, let's talk about it in another place." ”

Ye Xiao couldn't help grinning when he saw that the chieftain, who had always been calm in the past, was so excited that he was like something.

The three of them climbed directly to the top of Guilong Mountain, and the chief had already calmed down, and then tasted the salt soil: "It is indeed salty. ”

turned to look at Ye Xiao with a solemn expression: "Ye Xiao, can this soil really refine salt?"

Ye Xiao nodded: "Don't worry, you can, and even if you don't believe me, you should believe in me Teacher Shennong!"

Hearing this, the chief seemed to think of something, and said in a loud voice: "Ye Xiao, I'm not questioning your teacher Shennong, I'll just ask casually." ”

Ye Xiao smiled, and didn't mind too much, after all, the things in the minds of primitive people and modern people are different, and Ye Xiao's request is too simple, so simple that the chiefs can't believe that such a simple thing can actually refine the salt they have coveted for a long time.

However, for Ye Xiao, the simpler the thing, the more practical it is.

Hearing Ye Xiao say this, the chief finally had a bottom in his heart, and let out a long sigh: "Then what should I do after that?"

Ye Xiao pondered for a while: "Help me prepare a few things." ”

"Prepare the grass for me, the longer the better, and some wood chips, cut into long strips of ......."

Under the scorching sun.

Guilong Mountain, a hidden place at the foot of the mountain.

Ye Xiao instructed Cang Yue to pick up a pot of salt soil water that had been dissolved and precipitated overnight, and slowly pour it into the stove covered with hay and wood strips.

Cang Yue's forehead was oozing with sweat, and she held the stone basin carefully to control her strength, as if she was not holding a basin of water, but a small baby.

Ye Xiao looked at the water flow in the stone basin like a faucet that had stopped water for a long time, and couldn't help but speak: "It's too slow!"

Cang Yue's whole body shook, and the angle of pouring water suddenly increased, but unexpectedly, most of the water was poured out, and the hay and wood on the stove were washed away.

The corners of Ye Xiao's mouth twitched: "It's too much....."

Cang Yue's face flushed, and she quickly withdrew her hand, and it trickled again.

Ye Xiao was speechless.

Li, who was watching from the sidelines, sneered: "Look at your virtue, it's not good to pour water." ”

Cangyue was annoyed: "You come!"

Li pursed his lips and did not speak again.

Seeing this, Ye Xiao immediately decided: "Li, you come and try." "Otherwise, the moon will fall drop by drop, and I don't know how long it will take to finish.

Li hesitated, took the stone basin, and asserted: "I must do better than Cangyue." ”

Ye Xiao recognized in his heart that it was really like Cangyue pouring water as if he was going out to gold, but when he thought about it, he understood that this was because Cangyue cared too much about refining salt, but was too careful and caused this project to slow down.

Then in Ye Xiao's approving gaze, he saw the stone basin tilted in Li's hand, and then ..... Tick ~ tick ~ slower than pouring water from the moon.

Ye Xiao sighed lightly: "It's better for me to come." ”

Li hung his head and put down the stone basin in frustration.

The two of them were called by Ye Xiao to help, and the two of them were excited after knowing their task, but they didn't expect that they would be so useless, and they wanted Ye Xiao to do it himself.

Ye Xiao has undergone a divine transformation of his body, and his strength has increased, and now it is no problem to lift the stone basin.

The mud and sand water flowed unhurriedly from the stone basin, filtered through the hay and wood chips on the stove, and drained into a large stone pot underneath.

While working, Ye Xiao turned to the two of them and explained: "This process is just to filter the debris in the water, such as soil and sahara, so you don't need to be so careful." ”

After filtering for a while, Ye Xiao spoke: "Li, change a layer of hay and sticks." ”

After filtering, the hay and wood strips on the stove had become dirty and stained with dirt impurities.

"Oh. Li Liansheng agreed, and then quickly changed to a layer of hay and wood, and then Cangyue threw the hay sticks that adhered to the dirty mud far away.

"Not bad. "Not to mention, the two of them can't pour water, but the grass is very stable, Ye Xiao said appreciatively.

Cangyue and Li touched their heads and smiled.

Then, Ye Xiao filtered the filtered water again, and when it came to the third time, he handed over the job to the two of them.

Then the fourth, the fifth.

After the salt soil water is filtered five times, there is no soil and gravel in it, but it becomes golden and clear, translucent and translucent, which is the brine.

"Oh my God! it turned out to be this color!" the two squatted on the ground, looking at the stone pot under the stove in amazement.

After saying that, Li couldn't help but have his index finger and wanted to taste it, but he was slapped away by Cangyue and scolded: "Don't touch it, your hands haven't been washed, what should you do if you get dirty!"

Li Yan smiled and retracted his fingers.

Ye Xiao glanced at the sky, but he didn't expect that the simple project and the others would be busy for a short day: "Okay, let's leave him overnight first, and we'll continue tomorrow." ”

Cangyue: "Do you want to leave it overnight? There's no sand in this water." Originally, he thought that it was unreliable to use clods of earth to refine salt, but now that he saw the golden and unusually clear water, he couldn't help but feel the hope of refining salt.

Ye Xiao: "There is also a layer of impurities that cannot be seen by the human eye, which needs to be precipitated, don't worry." ”

Early the next morning.

Ye Xiao was startled when he opened his eyes, and two big faces with eerie firelight were pestle in front of the tip of his nose.

"Ahh

"Oops~" The person who was beaten groaned in pain.

After pulling away and seeing the two of them clearly, Ye Xiao said angrily: "Cangyue, Li, what are you doing here!"

The two of them actually held torches, touched his cave and stared at him.

Cang Yue covered her nose and looked at Ye Xiao aggrievedly, while Li looked at Ye Xiao with a weak heart, and laughed embarrassedly.

"We're not in a hurry to refine salt, and it's not too early to see that it's getting dark, so we'll call you. ”

Ye Xiao had a strange expression: "Isn't it early?" and then silently looked at the torches held by the two without speaking.

"yes, yes. ”

Ye Xiao suddenly smiled: "Even if it's already noon, you will scare me like this in the future, don't say that I will stab your ass with a Siling stone spear!"

Hearing this, the two of them tightened their chrysanthemums and retreated a few steps in a row, and now no one in the tribe knows that Ye Xiao used that strange spearhead to poison a 'snake god'.

Anyone who just woke up and was stared at by two ghostly faces would also be startled, in case he was scared out of the way.

Ye Xiao took a deep breath, glanced at the two of them who were cautious, and said, "Let's go, there is still one last step left, end early and rest early." ”

The three of them came to the place where the salt was smelted again, and after a night of precipitation, the brine was layered again, and Ye Xiao took it upon himself to pour the upper brine into another stone pot.

The two noticed that the upper brine was already snow-white, while the lower brine was golden, and the heads of the two primitive people couldn't understand why, and Ye Xiao didn't explain to the two, but said, "Light the fire." ”

They went to fetch firewood, lit the stove, and then Ye Xiao put the stone pot on the upper brine shelf.

The firelight is getting stronger, and the two people who shine on Cangyue and Li are full of fire.

Ye Xiao: "I said, you two won't go all night without sleeping, right?" ”

Ye Xiao saw that the eyes of the two were full of bloodshot eyes, and there were a pair of dark circles under their eyes.

"I can't sleep. Cangyue said bitterly.

Ye Xiao was about to say something, when he suddenly noticed that there was repeated movement in the jungle behind him, which was very light, if it weren't for Ye Xiao's divine transformation of his body, he wouldn't have been able to catch it.

Ye Xiao turned his head, and there was calm in the back.

He dinged for a while, and sighed softly: "Come out, what are you hiding?" ”

As soon as the words fell, in the eyes of Cangyue and Li Jian, four people came out.

It turned out to be the chief, Feng, Axe and four people who signed, and the sign, it was the 'actor' who traded with the Huangyan tribe and cooperated with the chief to act, this product is not only good at acting, but also one of the few two-star warriors in the tribe.

I didn't expect to be discovered, the four of them were a little unnatural, the chief walked and coughed lightly, pretending to be calm: "I heard that it is almost over, so let's come and have a look." ”

"You have to come here to see clearly. Ye Xiao pouted, I really didn't understand what they were doing secretly.

The chief explained: "As long as you name Cangyue and Li, we are afraid of disturbing you." ”

At this time, Ye Xiao found the blade and the axe, and the two of them stared at him with resentful eyes, as if they were blaming him for not calling him to help.

Ye Xiao said with a smile: "Salt refining is not witchcraft, I'm not afraid of disturbing, I called Cangyue and Li because this work is very simple, and there are too many people and it is a waste." ”

"Actually, salt refining is quite boring, you have to see, then come here. ”

At this time, the fire was almost burning, and Ye Xiao took a wooden stick and slowly stirred it in the stone pot.

Gradually, the brine gurgled and bubbled.

"Add firewood, and the fire will be as strong as possible. Ye Xiao commanded.

"Is hay okay?

Ye Xiao: "Of course you can, but the hay can't be burned." ”

Hearing this, Li turned his head and ran, and after a while, he came back with a pile of hay like a small hill.

Ye Xiao was surprised, where did he get so much hay?

Li Li smiled: "The two brothers like to use hay to pave the ground, and they have accumulated a lot, so I moved them all." ”

Ye Xiao: "......"

So, this is burning the people who make the bed as firewood?

Soon, the water bubbles in the stone pot were tumbling, giving birth to a white mist like wolf smoke.

Gradually, there was less and less brine in the stone pot, and in the stone pot, there was a layer of white crystal particles.

The chief took a step forward suddenly, looked at the contents of the pot excitedly, and lost his voice: "This is ......"