Although Chen Liu's traffic at this time was not bustling, it was still much more lively compared to the cities and counties that Wu Liang had passed by on the march in recent days.

It's just that during the war season, there are fewer young and middle-aged men walking on the streets, most of them are middle-aged and elderly, children or women.

Compared with later dynasties, the social status of women in the Han Dynasty is still good, not only can they go out to do business and farming, but they can also divorce by agreement, if they are widows, they can also choose to remarry, and even some women of the scholar clan have the opportunity to enter the court as officials and participate in court politics if they are talented.

There was a more famous female civil official in the Middle Eastern Han Dynasty, called "Ban Zhao".

Many people may not be familiar with this name, but when it comes to one of her works, many people will immediately spit out a fragrance - "The Female Commandment".

"The Way of Three Obedience", "The Ritual of Four Virtues", "A Woman Without Talent is Virtue" and other arguments were first put forward by this female civil official, and had a profound impact on the social form of later generations.

I didn't expect that.

It is not men who are the first to think about how to oppress women, it is precisely women who are the first to think about it......

"Talented brother, do you see the flag in front of you, it's Yanxing."

After coming out, Yin Jian took the lead in bringing Wu Liang to Yanxing.

This is what Wu Liang meant.

The first thing you need to consider in order to live is the problem of eating, drinking, and Lazar, eating should be in the first place, and when it comes to eating, you can't avoid salt, which is not only an important condiment, but also a necessity closely related to health.

"Walking."

Wu Liang nodded, and the two walked into the salt shop together.

"Polite, guest officer, do you buy salt?"

Seeing that Wu Liang was carrying a soldier behind him, the little guy who had an indifferent expression hurriedly greeted him with a smile on his face, and he was a little careful in his behavior.

"Only this salt?"

Wu Liang stepped forward, looked at the large iron basins containing salt in front of him, and asked with some dissatisfaction.

This kind of iron basin containing salt was unearthed for the first time in 1997, and was called "salt iron basin" by the archaeological circles of later generations, and it was recorded as "prison basin" in ancient books, which was a very important salt boiling tool specially made by the imperial court during the Eastern Han Dynasty.

In the first year of Yonghe (84 A.D.), after Emperor Han He ascended the throne, he temporarily abolished the decree of the official salt camp, and after that, the imperial court still paid taxes and the salt industry was privately owned until the end of the Han Dynasty.

The "salt iron basin" is a tool for the imperial court to control the production of private salt and prevent tax evasion.

The decree stipulates that salt households must receive "salt iron basins" from the government before they can make salt and sell salt, and all basins must be declared to prevent tax evasion.

However, this is not the focus of Wu Liang's attention, the main thing is that the salt cubes in the salt iron basin are really ......

Not to mention the different shades of yellow and brown in the crystals, you can also clearly see some small pebbles mixed with them, and even a strong muddy smell.

In fact, the pebbles are okay to say, it's a big deal to be careful when eating, don't break your teeth.

But the colorful colors in the salt cubes are too exaggerated.

This shows that the salt must contain other substances that have not been cleaned, if it is a common substance in natural salts such as nitrate, phosphorus and potassium, eating too much will kill people!

As far as Wu Liang knows, the salt-making process of the Han Dynasty has developed, and many salt wells have appeared, and even because of the government for a period of time, an industrial chain has been formed......

Really.

"Naturally not, there is some good salt in it, please come with me."

The little guy hurriedly pointed to the back hall and walked in front to lift the curtain for Wu Liang.

Wu Liang came to the back hall and saw a few iron basins, although the salt in it was far from being as fine as it was in the twenty-first century, it was much better than the one outside, at least it was not so frighteningly colorful.

"It's pretty much the same, how can this salt be sold?"

Wu Liang finally asked with satisfaction.

But the little guy didn't answer Wu Liang's question directly, but bowed down and asked, "Forgive the villain for daring to ask which guest in the city is the guest official?" ”

"Does it matter?"

Wu Liang frowned slightly.

"Naturally, this fine salt can only be sold to the famous families in the city, if others buy salt, only the coarse salt outside can be sold, and the guest officer is asked to forgive the sin."

The little guy still couldn't figure out Wu Liang's bottom at the moment, and he still lowered his eyebrows and said pleasing to his eyes.

"What kind of rule is this?"

As soon as he heard this, Wu Liang's heart suddenly burst into a fire of ignorance, selling salt is selling salt, and selling a respectful and humble thing, what a thing!

Seeing that Wu Liang's mood was no longer right, Yin Jian hurriedly grabbed him, and whispered in his ear: "Talented brother, stop your anger and anger, there is indeed such a rule, this rule is not just rising now, I have been like this since I was a child, and it is not only the salt industry, but also all walks of life, there is no need to worry about this servant, not only does he say it, but the owner of this salt store said that it may not be counted, and they also have to rely on people." ”

"Hmmm......"

Wu Liang immediately let out a deep nasal voice, and the anger came and went quickly.

Out of his understanding of history, he naturally knew the core of the problem better than Yin Jian, but he didn't expect the situation to be so serious.

However, Wu Liang is a person who cherishes himself.

The kind of coarse salt outside, he starved to death, crashed to death on the salt iron basin, and he would never eat a bite!

Thereupon.

Glancing at the outer hall again, Wu Liang took out a flattened gold utensil from his arms and handed it to Yin Jian, and said: "I won't go shopping together, leave this matter to you, let the coarse salt outside be loaded into a pot and send it to the house, and by the way, buy me some meat, what chickens, ducks, geese and dolphins are prepared more, as well as wine and carbon, in short, as long as I don't need it, I will prepare it, it should be enough, right?" ”

Don't get me wrong, he didn't plan to just do it, but he planned to do it himself.

For him from the 21st century, coarse salt purification is simply pediatric knowledge, as long as a person who has participated in nine years of compulsory education has done this experiment in junior high school chemistry class, even if the conditions are limited now, he can have a way to refine ten or even a hundred times better than those "fine salts" in the inner hall!

Hehe, do you think this can hinder Lao Tzu from living a good life?

Not only are there no doors, but there are no windows!

Lao Tzu not only has to eat the refined salt that the "Tianlong people" have never eaten, but also drink the wine that the "Tianlong people" dare not think of, who is the "Tianlong people"!

Yes, fine wine, a distilled spirit that has not yet appeared in this era!

For a while, Wu Liang had secretly decided to transform the wine.

"Enough is enough, wrap it up on me!"

Yin Jian patted his chest and said.

"Then you can do it, I still have something to go to the barracks, and I'll see you in my house later."

Wu Liang nodded, turned his head and walked out of the salt shop, heading straight to the barracks.

There was wine and meat tonight, and he planned to call "Dian Wei" to his home to make friends.

Although the two have not met yet, he already knows Dian Wei's preferences well.

"Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms: The Biography of Dian Wei" has a cloud: "Dian Wei, Chen Liuji and my own people." Good wine and food, drink and eat people, every food in front, drink for a long time, the left and right belong to each other, several people benefit from the offering, Taizu is strong. ”

Knowing what it likes, and then doing what it likes, it is naturally unfavorable!