And at this time, there was an earthen city off the coast of Dizhou.

Zhang Jun looked at the salt convoy outside Tucheng that looked like a long dragon and couldn't see the end, and looked up to the sky and sighed. I don't know how busy I will be today, and I don't know when these hard days will end. But no matter how bitter he is in his heart, he never shows anything on his face. Always acting positive and hard-working, this is the biggest magic weapon for him to stand out from the captives.

"The brothers are working hard. Race over 501, pull down 502, call us 505 to be the first place once, and call Lao Tzu to be in the limelight. But how hard it is.

501 and 502 are both prisoners of war who have accumulated years, and each one knows the rules, and because of the perennial work, everyone is strong and strong. And what about 505?

It's not that all of them are like the thin hemp stick, but the time is short, most of them are newcomers, and there are always fools who only think they are smart. Their cheating and deception are small, but their deception is big. Once something happens, the first person to draw the whip on his body must be Zhang Jun, who is the leader of the team.

Outside, a four-wheeled cart can carry ten bags of salt, and one bag of salt weighs fifty pounds. It was transported by these convoys from the salt warehouse to the mouth of the Jingdong Ancient Road, and then loaded onto ships and transported to the north and south.

Zhang Jun didn't know why Liang Shanjun's salt factory produced so much salt, and the quality was so good, just like the green salt he had seen. He only knew that the people under the rule of this 'Qi State' were really blessed. There are also newspapers in the salt works, and the price of salt along the Jishui line has fallen to ten copper pounds.

Its low price is unheard of by Zhang Jun.

At present, Yizhou, which has the most expensive salt price in Qidi, is only fifteen copper pounds.

If so, Zhang Jun didn't look at the magic of the Hongliang Mountain Army, although this King Lu killed their western army to a great crush, but looking at what this person did, it was really admirable.

Be. is that there is a voice inside the prisoners of war right now, this Lu Qian is hypocritical.

But Zhang Jun thinks that no matter how fake benevolence and righteousness are, people are really getting the people good, right? Those 'righteous men and gentlemen' are not hypocritical, they can make the sky three feet high when they peel up money and food.

There was a salt bag on the left and right, and the salt weighing a stone did not make Zhang Jun feel heavy. After all, there is no one who can be the head of the prisoners of war who cannot be beaten.

No matter how good you are in front of the regulator, you can't suppress your subordinates, and the regulator won't promote you to be the leader.

There are five coolies in the No. 5 salt warehouse, and their job is to bring in and deliver packets of salt every day.

But they can't be the only ones in the salt warehouse forever, and it is reported that in the autumn, there will be a wave of expansion in the salt warehouse. At that time, he will not be the leader of the team, but the head of the all.

Thinking of this, Zhang Jundu couldn't help but want to laugh, he had been in the army for so many years, and he was still far away from Dutou. It's better to be a prisoner now, and I'll be all over right away.

Zhang Jun thought chaotically in his mind, but his work was not slow at all. Picking up two packets of salt, I was in front of the cart again in the blink of an eye.

Just behind the side that he didn't notice, the day rat was looking at Zhang Jun with appreciative eyes, this man is really strong.

"Brother Chao Gai told me to pay attention to the materials that can be made, and there are indeed materials that can be made among these prisoners of war." With such strength and stamina, he is better than a hundred in vain.

"Zhang Jun. Good name, I Baisheng wrote it down. In another quarter of an hour, call him to me. ”

After following Chao Gai to serve Liangshanbo, he came to operate, and the 'thriving' white day rat is now the deputy head of the Chengkou Salt Farm in Dizhou, and is subordinate to the Salt Division Lifting Division under the Transshipment Division. is also a dignified six-grade official. Who would have thought that this former idle man in Anle Village is now one level higher than the county magistrates of the real big counties?

The ancients said: The gold belt of murder and arson, that is really true.

The deputy managers are all positive six products, and the real managers are from the five products, or even higher positive five products.

The reason is that there are 1,000 garrisons in this Chengkou salt field, supervising more than 3,000 salt workers and salt workers, and a total of more than 5,000 prisoners of war labor are gathered everywhere. The latter is a heavy burden, but it is also because of them that it only took half a year for the Chengkou Salt Farm to pick up the laurel of the salt field in the land of Qilu in one fell swoop.

This saltworks were unlike any other from the very beginning. It is a salt-drying method.

It is known that boiling the sea is salt. Since ancient times, China has followed the method of frying salt, at least until then. The salt drying method is an absolutely advanced technology.

Even if its effectiveness is better than that of later generations of modern saltworks, it is the difference between an ant and an elephant. But in the current era, the salt drying method is a leapfrog development compared to the cumbersome salt frying method.

Boiling the sea for salt is not simply boiling the water in the sea water and getting the salt. Before that, there was a procedure, which was to pile up the ash and drizzle. What the ancestors poured on the iron or salt skimming was not the natural seawater, but the brine. In order to obtain brine, salt farmers first dig ditches on the beach, bring in seawater at high tide, and build dams to hold back the tide before low tide, so that the canals are filled with seawater. This seawater cannot be used directly to boil salt, but it has to be poured on the ashes of the red grass, which absorbs enough salt, and then let the sun dry the salt flowers, and then scrape them out and pile them up in piles. That's the pile. The salt people built countless salt towers out of mud on the beach, and the bottom of the towers was tamped, leaving a trough with one end leading to a tank. The salt tower is covered with a thick layer of straw, and the straw is flattened with ash that has absorbed enough salt. Finally, it rains or is poured on the ash with fresh water artificially, which is the brine drenching.

The method of decoction and salt production is complicated, and it takes a lot of manpower to prepare firewood and frying brine, so the cost is higher, and the large plate iron can only fry 200 catties day and night, and the small plate is half a piece, and the production efficiency is relatively low.

And what about the salt drying method? Lu Qian proposed this method, which is also the ability to only have one mouth. It's all up to the people. Perfectly turning the salt drying method from Lu Qian's 'brain hole' into reality.

With the power of a husband, you can get 200 catties a day. Because there is no firewood salary in the salt drying method, and the people are thrifty, the price of salt is extremely low.

The price of salt in the decoction salt method is tens of dollars a catty, while the price of salt in the salt drying method is extremely high. Because of this, Lu Qian sells salt at a price of ten dollars a pound or even higher, and his heart and liver are definitely black.

When the sailor completely cleared the checkpoint of Goryeo, this salt could even be sold to Goryeo.

"Zhang Jun, Zhang Jun, come on."

A quarter of an hour passed in the blink of an eye. The supervisor of the salt warehouse shouted loudly, and Zhang Jun, who had just picked up the water scoop, was afraid that he was only stunned for a second, and then reacted, dropped the water scoop, and ran forward.

"What did my brother send?" Supervisors are their immediate superiors. If you are evil to such people, you will only follow the rules, and you will be able to manipulate your life as worse than death. Naturally, under the rule of the Liangshan Army, all the officials and officials were strictly controlled, and the officials were not muddy, so no one dared to ask for money by stabbing fraud.

But no one has eaten bear heart and leopard gall to provoke them, right? It's really so strong, the ball doesn't die on the battlefield, how can there be a hero in the prison?

This superintendent's surname is Chao, but he is not from the Chao Gai tribe. At this moment, he looked Zhang Jun up and down, as if he had pulled out a treasure from the loess, "Zhang Jun, you have worked meticulously in the past, and you are honest, we all say that good people have good rewards, such a good man, there will be a good future in the future." Sure enough, it is a fulfillment, and your blessings are deep. Today, a noble man has come to this place, and he has taken a fancy to you at a glance. ”

"You were afflicted earlier, and you will be prosperous in the future. According to your martial arts conduct, this character, if you are appreciated by nobles, how can you not have a good future after a long time. Don't forget your brother. ”

With a "grunt", Zhang Jun swallowed his saliva, his originally thirsty throat and eyes were full of moisture. "Zhang Jun's ability to get ahead among the prisoners depends on the supervision and care. My brother knows who I am, and Zhang Jun is by no means an ungrateful villain. Annoyance to give a clear indication. In the future, when I really have a developed day, I will not dare to forget today's kindness. ”

The superintendent said: "You just have to rest assured. It's a really good place to go. When he came to the nobles, he only told the truth, and Hugh had to hide it. ”

Then Zhang Jun saw a man dressed in stone blue, sitting in the main chair with a big thorn, and when he saw the supervisor coming, he only turned his head a little.

Zhang Jun looked at the man's face again, roe deer, small, thin and thin, two pieces of dog oil beard, and he had no official appearance. But this person must not only have looks, but also temperament.

It's still the same sentence, live and move the qi, nourish the body. No matter how obscene he looks, with thousands of troops in his hands, and he kills and kills, can he still look like a mouse?

"You're Zhang Jun?" It was far away before, and it was not kind to see. Now that Bai Sheng looked carefully, he saw that this Zhang Jun is nose was like garlic and his mouth was like a jumping skin. The muscles are knotted, the complexion is dark, and it looks like an iron tower.

"The villain Zhang Jun has seen Ming Gong." Zhang Jun bowed to the end without shyness.

Bai Sheng didn't think that he was a villain, and said: "Okay, good man, I won't hide it from you." I was entrusted by my brother to find a few materials that could be made among the prisoners of war and send them to my brother's account to serve. Would you like to? ”

What else does Zhang Jun don't want to do? This person's status is so high, and he has a brother, that person's status must be higher. If you can serve under the nobleman's account, at least you are a personal guard, which is a hundred times better than in the salt field. It's a bite to say yes.

Bai Sheng said his identity, the deputy head of the hall, no wonder he can ask the superintendent to serve so carefully. "My brother's surname is Chao Minggai, and he is nicknamed King Tota, and he is the most benevolent and righteous. He is currently the Jeju Taeshou. You're from Kansai, so I don't know my brother's reputation. I only tell you that the effectiveness of good life, as long as you are outstanding in the future, you will have your own bright future. ”

Zhang Jun was hot all over, but he was not excited. How he didn't know who Chao Gai was. For such a long time in Chengkou, not all of his subordinates were Kansai Hans, but some were "well-informed" people. When you have time to talk nonsense, you have to talk about the rise of Liangshanbo. Who this Chao Gai is, Zhang Jun knows it clearly.

"The villain was blessed by the Ming Gong and got out of such a difficult place, how dare he not do his best under the command of Chao Taishou. is in front of Ming Gong, but in the future, but there will be a sending, Zhang Jun will never give up! ”

Bai Sheng laughed when he heard this, "Brother Chao Gai has so many friends, and his subordinates have to be a hidden dragon and crouching tiger." As long as you work hard and can get ahead, you have already won glory for me, which is the greatest reward. ”