75. Drying salt
Sanhe is hot, coupled with the preservation technology, fresh food can't be put away, and within a while, you can attract a bunch of flies.
Therefore, even though it is only 100 miles away from the sea, you can't eat fresh seafood!
Every time the fishermen arrived here in a sampan boat for two days and two nights, the fish smelled faintly fishy.
Sometimes, in order to satisfy his cravings, he would eat dried fish marinated in sea salt, but because of the poor quality of sea salt, he could eat a mouthful of unknown particles.
I'm afraid that if I don't get a stone out of my snacks, and there is no laser stone crushing, I will suffer if I get this thing.
The big ship traveled about twenty miles, and Zixia and some people actually got seasick, and the bile they vomited was about to come out.
Lin Yi looked at Zixia, whose face was pale, and ordered someone to put down the boat and let them return on their own.
Zixia naturally disagreed, where did Lin Yi give her a chance to speak, and couldn't help but say something, pushing her off the boat.
Zixia had no choice but to take eight men and women on the boat and go back the same way.
The big ship went down the water, because it was a sailboat, the speed was still very slow, and it took two days to sail out of the Xijiang River.
At the confluence of sediment and sea water carried by the Xijiang River, the sea water and the river water are clearly distinguished.
Lin Yi stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the water glittering in the sun, stretching out his arms, wanting to embrace the sea to the fullest.
The seabirds that followed the big ship and chased the pigeons brought by Fang Bin into the sky and the ground, Fang Bin had no choice but to put the pigeons in the cage and no longer let them out.
Walking along the coast, you can see some fishermen's settlements from time to time, and there are many fishing boats parked on the shore.
Tian Shiyou said, "Lord Wang, this side is shallow, and there is no big boat to stop, and you have to go south fifty miles to Fangniao Island, where the water is deep and there are bays on both sides, which is the most suitable." ”
Lin Yi nodded, pointing to the beach road on the shore that shone silver in the sun, "Is that drying salt?" ”
Tian Shiyou said with a smile, "From the northernmost Shangjing Road to Qizhou, Wuzhou, and then to Yong'an and Nanzhou, they are all official salts, and they all use the method of frying salt, and only my junior and I use the method of drying salt!" ”
With a smug look on his face!
Lin Yi said, "Because Sanhe has no winter and more sunshine? ”
Tian Shiyou shook his head with a smile and said, "Lord Wang, Sanhe is too poor to support so many stove households, if you burn a fire, I don't know how much firewood you need that day."
Although there are many mountains and forests, it also takes an axe and a lot of work to pick wood, and we Sanhe people don't do that.
Besides, we are private salt, and the cost is too high to sell at a high price. ”
"Then you are proud of yourself!"
Lin Yi kicked it angrily!
Tian Shiyou honestly suffered this kick.
If you really want to hide, if you look back at the dead eunuch, you will definitely have to trouble yourself, and you will be beaten even more.
Although the days of entering the palace are not long, this kind of thing has been experienced!
"Lord ....."
After being kicked, he had to pretend to be in pain, the prince was really powerful!
"When you talk in the future, it's better not to be beaten so badly."
After Lin Yi finished his anger, he then asked, "Then how many catties of salt can be dried in a day?" ”
Tian Shiyou said proudly again, "One person can get more than 200 catties a day!" ”
"So much?"
Lin Yi's eyes widened.
"Lord Wang, not much.
There are still many places to prepare in front, such as this bricking Chengkan, preparing brine, and draining the tide, which is not so simple,"
Tian Shiyou sneered, "The small households all sell to the big households, and the large households sell the salt, and the trade routes are not passable, which is a bit troublesome." ”
"Yes."
Lin Yi thought about it, it made sense, otherwise these three harmony would not be so poor!
After two more days of travel, he finally came across a bay with more than twenty small boats and one large ship moored.
On the shore is a market, with two rows of wooden sheds in a mess, and a bunch of people gather on the street, each described as haggard, skinny and boneless, but many of them have big bellies.
Lin Yi knew at a glance that it was schistosomiasis.
They looked at Lin Yi's group of more than a dozen people expressionlessly, and their eyes only suddenly lit up when they fell on Wen Zhaoyi and Mingyue.
Occasionally, someone greeted Tian Shiyou enthusiastically, and Tian Shiyou snorted coldly, which was regarded as a response.
"Are these people fishermen?"
Even if Mingyue is a seven-rank master, she is uncomfortable being stared at by so many pairs of eyes.
Tian Shiyou said with a smile, "A small part of the time is a fisherman, and a small part of the time is a pirate." ”
Mingyue asked curiously, "What about most of the remaining time?" ”
Tian Shiyou said, "Then what else can you do, dry salt, boil cane sugar, and grow tobacco leaves." ”
He turned his head to Lin Yi and said, "Lord Wang, go further ahead, there will be my people, let's ride horses and mules." ”
"To your house?"
Lin Yi looked at both sides of the road while talking, and the more he looked, the more chilling he became!
Poor!
How poor!
In comparison, Baiyun City is simply heaven!
A group of dark-skinned, yellow-haired children ran wildly, giggling and raising a cloud of dust.
The more heartless and carefree they were, the more uncomfortable Lin Yi felt.
All their joys, sorrows, and sorrows are probably related to food.
"It's ten miles ahead, I'll press my home there, it's too remote here, the inn is dilapidated, and the prince still lives in my house."
The closer he got to home, the more excited Tian Shiyou became.
When he walked to a shack, Tian Shiyou hummed Liu San, one of the two generals, walked over and pushed open the door, and the six people who were playing dice inside looked out of the door together, and the surprise on their faces was overflowing.
A tall and thin man ran out of it and said, "Big boss, if you don't come back, we're going to Baiyun City to look for you." ”
Tian Shiyou said, "Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and prepare mules and horses, if they are insufficient, find someone else to borrow them, and then let's go home." ”
"Yes, big boss."
The tall man waved his hand, ran to the back of the house with the others, and brought out seven horses and two mules.
In a short time thirteen horses, mules, and asses were borrowed from elsewhere.
There is no doubt that Lin Yi chose a donkey, and Hong Ying led it.
Out of the market, you will see fields of sugar cane and lychee forests.
Lin Yi rode on the donkey, holding the sugarcane in both hands and gnawing, and every time he spit out a mouthful of sugarcane, the donkey would take a step back and pick it up and continue to chew.
In the end, he couldn't help it, so he put all the bagasse into his cuffs, and when he encountered the river, he threw it into it while the donkey was not paying attention.
The mountain road made eighteen bends, and after bypassing one mountain after another, I finally walked into an open river valley.
The rumbling sound in his ears became clearer and clearer, and Lin Yi looked up, and the waterfall hanging in the mountain stream fell from the sky, all falling into the huge lake in front of him.
"Lord Wang, just go to the front."
Seeing Lin Yi like this, Tian Shiyou became more and more proud.
After walking for two miles, there were shacks everywhere, and gradually there was a human smoke, and everyone who greeted Tian Shiyou, Tian Shiyou all thanked him.
Guarded by a shack is a large mansion with a wooden carved door plate that reads: Tianfu.
"Local tyrants."
Lin Yi sighed.
The gate opened, and more than 20 servants and maids came out with five women in their arms, Tian Shiyou laughed and greeted them, hugged them left and right, and said a few words to them.
Then, a large number of people knelt in front of Lin Yi.
The dinner was sumptuous, and Lin Yi only ate a little hastily, and slept until three poles the next day.
After washing up and having breakfast, I followed Tian Shiyou to see the so-called salt farm.
Riding a donkey, around a mountain, standing on the hill, everything suddenly opened up in front of me, white sand, blue sea, island after island.
It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a fairyland on earth.
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