Clearing land is a very troublesome matter, a suitable land for cultivation needs to turn the soil, weed, and pick out the stones in the field, and finally level the land suitable for plant growth.

There is only one acre of land rented by Jia Yi for cultivation, and the remaining nine acres of land are all covered with all kinds of boulders, which are used to collect and make glass materials and salt, in order to avoid some unnecessary trouble, he rented those lands.

With three or five people and a cow, plowing one acre of land is really not a big deal, even if you add sowing, a whole day is definitely enough.

This acre of land is planted with future cooking oil, although he knows that no one will be looking for trouble in this wilderness, but for the sake of insurance, Jia Yi still found Scar, and hired a few from his subordinates to show him the land, as long as he guarantees that no one will come to destroy it, he doesn't have to do anything.

Such an easy job, of course, there will be a large number of people to sign up, Jia Yi is also generous, directly hired six people, three shifts, and also saved something.

Peanuts have been planted, and the matter of salt production should be put on the agenda, although Zhang Daren cannot be found during this time, but in order to be able to quickly make salt and collect quartz stone, Jia Yi can't take care of too much.

The tools for making salt are very simple, nothing more than a hammer for smashing stones, a grinding disc for grinding stones, adding some linen cloth, and charcoal with adsorption, and finally a wooden barrel for salt water and a wood pot for frying salt.

These things are very easy to get, Jia Yi didn't go out in person, just let Jia Er run errands, and the two pieces of equipment were returned, and now everything is fully prepared, just waiting to start work.

The winery's fruit wine and grape brewing were known to Zhu Yong for some reason, and then the way to restrict fruits appeared again, this time it was even more ruthless, directly purchased by the whole county, anyway, the people would not starve to death without fruits. It's just that Jia Yi is very curious, they restrict food, buy a lot of meat and vegetables, and now they have added fruits from all over the county, so many things, how should they consume them?

There is already a lot of grape wine and fruit wine stored, and seeing that the weather is getting hotter and hotter, Jia Yi directly announced that he will start to market fruit wine and grape wine, and it must be added with ice.

The appearance of cold drinks, especially the grape brew that does not belong to the Western Regions, was listed in the Sifang Inn and Qingyun Inn, which triggered another wave of purchases, which made Zhu Courage, who saw all this in his eyes, turn the table, on the one hand, for his own hindsight and let Jia Yi take the lead, on the other hand, because of the appearance of ice, an ice cream in the front, and an iced grape brew in the back, just a small ice cube, stunned to defeat him twice.

Jia Yi didn't care if Zhu Yong was angry and vomited blood, he had already come to the river with all the salt-making equipment, personally knocked down a stone from the boulder, and then smashed it into small pieces, threw it into the grinding disc and ground it into powder, then filtered, purified, adsorbed, and finally fried into salt.

"You should pay attention, don't throw away these residues while making salt, collect them all for me, I still have a lot of use."

Jia Yi pointed to the residue he had made and said to everyone.

"Big brother, it's useless for us to ask for this thing, the salt has been pulled out of the cracks in the stone by you, so you don't need to care about it anymore." Since Jia Er increased the amount, the monthly portion has also increased a lot, and now the table salt can still be put in his eyes, as for those useless stone dregs, he really feels that there is no need to keep them, this thing is all over the world, can it still make flowers?

"You know a fart, if you want me to say, it doesn't matter if you want this salt, but these scum are the real treasures, now I can't tell you clearly, and let you see the role of these scum in the future, you will understand my intentions."

Glass is still a very scarce thing now, translucent glass balls can be bought for dozens of dollars on the street side in the future, but in front of you, you can see those who dare to swagger through the market with two or three glass balls in their hands can understand that glass is indeed a rarity.

Although Jia Er, who didn't know why, was still very resistant to pulling back those useless stone scum, since the eldest brother said it, then there must be a reason for the eldest brother, and he just needs to obey it.

The efficiency of the two sets of salt-making equipment is not very high, and the busy whole day is only a few dozen catties of salt, but the tools are too simple at this time, and there will be a lot of waste in the process of salt-making.

Selling salt without permission Jia Yi knew that it must be a crime, but Jia Yi did not know that it was not allowed to make salt without permission, since Zhang Daren couldn't find it, he simply asked the county official to say hello.

Grabbing a small bag containing about half a catty of salt, Jia Yi came to the county office again, and after seeing the county official, he directly put the blue and white salt on it.

"Jia Yi, what do you do for me with half a catty of salt, although I am a Qing official, I can still afford this half catty of salt."

Yes, it was regarded as a bribe, Jia Yi hurriedly explained: "Brother, I didn't buy this salt, but I made it." ”

"What did you say?" The county magistrate looked at Jia Yi with an unbelievable face, as if he had seen a rare treasure, more like he was looking at a monster, salt can only be obtained by drying sea salt, this is the only knowledge in the world, when, salt can also be produced in the inland.

The production of salt has not been high, in times of war, most of the salt supply will be supplied to the front line first, after all, if the soldiers who charge into battle do not have salt to eat, they can not afford to carry a big knife, how to fight without strength, even if it is a war, it is only defeat and no victory.

Now if this inland salt production method is true, it will really benefit the people, not to mention the great credit, a reward, this kind of thing is still very likely to happen.

"Ahem, brother, this salt making is not too difficult, you don't need to be so excited."

"How can I not be excited, do you know how many people in my Datang can't eat salt, now there is no war in the country, the people are still like this, if it stays in wartime, there will be more people who can't eat salt, no salt has no strength, no strength can not plant the land, no farming there is no food, no food will seriously affect the state of the front-line soldiers, do you say this salt-making technique is precious?"

Jia Yi never thought that the Tang Dynasty was still short of salt, so he nodded with difficulty, which can be regarded as agreeing with the county official's statement.

"No, I have to report to the court, this matter is too big."

Jia walked out of the county government with a cold sweat, he really didn't know that this salt had such a big effect, if he had known earlier, then he would have given Mao's county official, wouldn't it be better to go directly to Qin Qiong to receive the reward, if there is any new plan next time, it is better to inquire clearly.

The master bookkeeper once again shamefully eavesdropped on Jia Yi's conversation with the county official, and saw with his own eyes Jia Yi's experimental pocket on the county official's desk, the blue and white salt shone with a unique light, but the main book's eyes were also bright, he finally knew the real purpose of Jia Yi's lease of the riverside land, and quietly withdrew from the county government for the first time, and found his younger brother who was already angry and full of iron.

"Xiao Yong, come here, I have something to tell you."

"Big brother, this Quartet Inn is really ......"

"Okay, let's put the matter of the Sifang Inn first, I have more important things to tell you now, if the credit for this matter can fall on you and me, then our Feihuang Tengda will be just around the corner, and it doesn't matter what Sifang Inn he is, after he is promoted, how to play them is not a matter of you and me."

Zhu Zhi's words said that Zhu Yong's blood was boiling, but what could be done to achieve such a huge effect.

"This is the land I leased for you, and you put the rent away."

Zhu Yong picked up the rent and took a look, and suddenly felt that the sky was spinning, and he stood unsteady for a while, 800 acres of wasteland, and it took a loser to do this.

"Big brother, are you going to ruin our family?" Looking at the rent slip in his hand with a sad face, Zhu Yong felt that the eldest brother, who had always been wise and unparalleled, was crazy, and it was not light.

"What kind of family is ruined there, it's obviously a big profit, you listen to me." Zhu Zhi saw that Zhu Yong was about to interject, hurriedly waved his hand, and then said: "Do you know what Na Jia Yi took to find the county magistrate today." ”

"Anyway, it's not a rent for 800 miles of wasteland." Now Zhu Yong's mind is all on this lease, so he doesn't care what Jia Yi sent to the county official.

Glancing at Zhu Yong, Zhu Zhi spoke again: "Green salt, that is, the green salt we usually eat." ”

"Big brother, although smuggling green salt can make a lot of money, if you get caught, it won't be easy, don't be stupid."

"Shut up and listen to me." Zhu Zhi is angry, Lao Tzu hasn't finished speaking, what are you talking about.

After calming down, Zhu Zhi spoke again.

"Do you know how the green salt came from?"

“……”

As Zhu Zhi slowly spoke, Zhu Yong's mouth grew bigger and bigger, and it was hard for him to imagine how the broken stones that had been placed on the riverside to build houses could be made into salt, which was really too incredible.

"If we can make all the stones in these eight hundred miles into table salt, as long as the supply is to the officials, do you think our Zhu family will still be able to prosper?"

Looking at Zhu Zhi, who was immersed in the fantasy he constructed, Zhu Yong really didn't want to hit him, but there was a very real problem to solve at the moment, that is, "We don't know how to make salt." ”