Chapter Ninety-Three: Mountains of Gold and Silver

On November 12, it is advisable to start construction and construction.

The four people who had just arrived in Qingjiang County and joined up with Uncle Anta, who had been waiting for a long time, couldn't wait to find the "forbidden land". By the time Qingjiang County ordered Zheng Yanshu to find them, it was already in the afternoon.

According to Zhen Feng's explanation, the landing must not only be kept secret, but also made known to the world. Zheng Yanshu, the commander of Qingjiang County, will summon all the people of the county government to go outside the "forbidden land" at noon tomorrow, and invite businessmen and villagers from the county seat and nearby to come and watch. The name is "Forbidden Land Treasure".

That night, the deputy commander of the Zhennan Army, Rong Rong, came with 1,000 soldiers and horses, surrounded this original "forbidden land" and rock salt mine, and prepared for a long-term garrison according to the landing order. Although General Glory has a slander in his heart, so many soldiers came to this barren mountain and wilderness just for a forbidden place, which is completely overkill. But the order did not dare to disobey, so he could only wait for the envoy to leave before making arrangements.

On this day, under the leadership of Uncle Antao and the young man who was good at mining in the village hired by the heavy money, the landing and everyone could confirm that there was a lot of rock salt here, and it was too much to count.

Shi Geng complained: "These are rock salts, they will kill people if they eat them, so much is there a fart?" ”

"Old Shi, you'll know what kind of you have tomorrow."

At noon the next day, there was a huge crowd of people outside the forbidden land, not to mention more than 1,000 people. Under the pressure of the soldiers and the maintenance arrangements of the officials, they did not dare to make mistakes, but they could not control their mouths.

"The forbidden land can still produce treasures, is this to fool our people?"

"If the forbidden land can really produce treasures, Lao Tzu's head will be taken off and kicked as a ball."

"If you don't come here and you can hand out a cake, you won't come."

In the midst of the crowd discussion, Landing began his performance. In a marching tent, the villagers' representatives confirmed that it was empty, and then the soldiers carried a number of instruments inside, several of which were seen: sieves, hammers, charcoal, firewood, barrels, iron pots, water, and stone mills.

"Everyone, they all say that this is a forbidden place, and the rock salt in it will kill people if they eat it, and today I will be ordered by the official family to come and turn waste into treasure. The general ordered to go into the mountain and chisel three parts of rock salt in different places. ”

Those who landed in the tent also had three craftsmen who were screened out overnight by Zheng Yanshu with innocent family backgrounds, good character, and hard work. These three people were also very helpless, and they were called by the government to participate in a farce.

After entering the tent, the landing only said: "Today's thing is done, and from now on, the three of you will be the saltsmiths registered in the palace, and you will be doing it well." "For them, this is great news, and it is enough to dispel their belly slander.

The first lump of rock salt weighed about seven or eight pounds, and it entered the tent in full view of everyone, and landed and arranged: "You use a hammer to break the rock salt into pieces, and then put it in a stone mill to grind out the powder." ”

The brown powder slowly overflowed from the stone grinding edge, and the landing ordered the powder to be put into the wooden barrel, then mixed with water, and then it was time to witness the miracle, and the landing himself appeared. He explained: "It's all optimistic, I will only do it once, and you will do it in the future." ”

Landing slowly poured the dissolved powder bucket into another wooden bucket covered with three layers of cloth, and in a short time the cloth was full of gray-black slag, and the water in the bucket turned light brown, and so it was filtered twice, and the bucket turned light red. Landing took out a large funnel, wrapped it in three layers of cloth and stuffed it into the funnel, then fixed it on the shelf, and then poured light red water into the funnel, which slowly flowed out and turned into a pale cyan liquid. Landing dipped a handful with his fingers, put it in his mouth and tasted it, well, it was almost the same as what Zhen Feng had experimented at that time, only salty, no bitter taste. One of the brave craftsmen did the same, and after tasting it, he said in surprise, "This is ...... This...... How is this possible? ”

"Make a fire and boil salt, you don't need Ben to teach you."

Soon, the water in the pot evaporated, leaving a thick layer of cyan hard shell at the bottom of the pot, the bold craftsman took a bite and put it in his mouth, nodded again and again, and said to the other two craftsmen: "Yes, it's green salt, that's right, it's very pure, better than the official salt and private salt on the market." ”

An older craftsman was still a little puzzled, and said, "What if I eat too much of the dead?" ”

"Put away this pot of salt, and we'll go out."

In front of the people who were already a little impatient to wait, Landing shouted: "After processing, the rock salt has turned into green salt, and now I am going to find someone to try it to see if there will be a problem if I eat too much." ”

Immediately afterward, a soldier melted half a pound of salt into the freshly boiled water. No one dared to fight for their lives, Zheng Yanshu frowned when he saw this and said: "As a parent official, this county should lead by example, so this county will give it a try, if it is done, it will be the creation of Qingjiang County, if it fails, this county will have no regrets about dedicating itself to the country." ”

Ignoring the dissuasion of others in the county government, Zheng Yanshu drank salt water in a big bowl, and in the end he drank it so much that he couldn't help coughing a few times.

Waiting for the second and third parts of rock salt to be sent, and then made into green salt by three craftsmen, Zheng Yanshu was still in good spirits and had no problems at all. When the landing order was issued, this place became the palace and the national salt field, the masses have gone crazy, their ancestors have guarded the gold and silver mountains for generations, but the hair has not been obtained, but the people have been damaged, and the people in the capital will immediately turn stones into gold.

I believe that soon the whole world will know the news, and the price of salt on the market will soon fall off a cliff, and the conspiracy of the Wei Ruan will soon come to an end.

Glory was stunned, the forbidden land in front of him became a mountain of gold and silver in his eyes, and in the future, he led people to station, which was the fattest errand in the entire Tang Kingdom, and his daughter would not be changed. He ordered martial law and waited for the official decree to start mining at any time.

Shi Geng's heart was bleeding, knowing that Song Guo's efforts in the official salt and private salt to delay the loss of Tang internal affairs were all in vain. As an undercover spy, he could only watch the impossible happen.

Zheng Yanshu's performance is remarkable, especially the courage and courage that is more in line with the taste of martial artists, coupled with the story of the little lady of Lanzhou, he arranged for him to take three craftsmen to do a good job in the mining work regulations, and prepare to play together. By the afternoon of 14 November, after much study and discussion, the draft of the mining charter was written and sent out urgently. Those who should be explained and kept secret have also been instructed by the locals, and the landing can't wait to prepare to leave Qingjiang County early the next morning, and the rest is handed over to Zheng Yanshu and Glory.

In the evening of this day, the official decree came. After the will was delivered, the palace attendants and the county commander Zheng Yanshu came to invite the landing and others to the county government to hold a celebration banquet, but it turned out that the post house was empty.

It turned out that after receiving the order, the landing returned to the post house with a calm face, and Martin had a gossipy smile on his face and asked, "General, have you been scolded by the officials, why do you have such an expression?" ”

"You and Xiao Jiang have been given the official position of captain of the school."

Martin was originally laughing and scolding and watching a good show, but he was stunned when he heard this. After a long while, the landing passed by him, and he caught up and asked incredulously, "Am I an official?" Are you saying I'm an official? I can still be an official? ”

In response to such a triple question, Landing said lightly: "From the ninth grade, he is a military officer, and he has not actually been sent. ”

Martin looked up to the sky and laughed, and exclaimed excitedly: "Daddy, you have seen it, the child has also become an official!" Then he took the landing hand and said: "General, thank you, thank you, it doesn't matter what an official, as long as it is an official, from now on we are no longer ordinary people, and we don't have to be looked down upon by others......

Seeing that there was no excitement at all about the landing, Martin suddenly realized something, controlled his emotions, and asked cautiously: "General, it won't be the official family who gave me and Xiao Jiang official positions and ignored you and Brother Feng, right?" If that's the case, I'm not unfamiliar with this official. ”

"The official family promoted me to the rank of General Yiwei Yulin Zhonglang, General Zhongwu, and I jumped four levels in a row."

Landing from the fifth product, a leap to the fourth product, which spans from the fourth grade, from the fourth grade and the fourth grade to the fourth grade. Martin wondered, is there anything wrong with such a quick promotion, why does someone owe money with a face? I only heard Landing continue: "You and I both know that these credits belong to Zhen Feng, he gave us the credit, and he has nothing. I'm upset, and I don't know what's going on with him. ”

"General, the official family didn't reward Brother Feng? How can this be! We've been away for a few days, and he's not in the right state, so why don't we go overnight tonight? ”

The landing finally regained a little blood, nodded heavily, and the four of them came on a journey that they said would go.