Chapter VII: The Law of Making Salt

Lying on the bed that he had never had before, Lu Lu soon fell asleep, but Shang Wu, who was in the same bed, couldn't sleep at all, feeling guilty about Lu Lu in his heart, and worried that the crow would be sad because he and Lu Lu were alone at night.

Shang Wu used to think that it would be a simple relationship between the two like his parents, but he didn't expect that after coming out, he actually let himself encounter two sincere feelings at the same time, which caught Shang Wu off guard.

Shang Wu tossed and turned all night and slept unsteadily, and the next day when he got up, the sun was shining on Shang Wu's face before Shang Wu reluctantly dragged his tired body to get up.

After breakfast, Shang Wu summoned the head of the family and the deacons to discuss the matter.

After a short time, a group of people gathered in Shang Wu's wooden house and sat around Shang Wu, Lu Lu entertained everyone, poured a cup of tea for each person, and knelt down according to Shang Wu.

"Let's come here today because I haven't gotten together for some days, this old rule, let's talk about the problems you encounter and the situation you want to report, start with the stone." Shang Wu said with a sip of hot tea.

"I have the following important things to do, one is the guard of our new home, now the camp is crowded with some crowded dwellings and roads, this aspect brings more disputes and contradictions, in addition to being vigilant, the guard is to coordinate this aspect of things, and lock up the serious troublemakers for a few days to calm down." The stone first reported what everyone had seen recently.

"The new house is being built, the problem of housing will be solved one after another, and the problem of the road will be solved when the relevant facilities are built. There are other situations, let's go on" Shang Wu nodded and said that he already knew about this matter, and explained the follow-up things after opening, so that the stone could understand that these problems would be improved in the future.

"And then there's the exploration around, and I have a new map here." The stone spread out a newly drawn map in front of the crowd.

"We are in this location, the river system is black lines, the mountains are marked with triangles, the villages where the population is concentrated are represented by small circles, the market towns are represented by concentric circles, the walled cities are represented by squares, and you can see that there are four walled cities, multiple market towns, and some villages in the distant view around us. Of course, the specific situation in these villages and towns has not been explored in detail, mainly because the explorers asked too directly to make people suspicious, and the people sent out several times were almost injured, so we only marked the location and did not feel the detailed investigation. The stone pointed to the various markings on the map, along with the location description.

"You can't blame them here, they don't fail in their mission if they draw out the map, and the follow-up will be discussed in the long run. Shi continued, "Shang Wu asked Shi to put aside the details first, so as not to spoil his future plans and plans when the time comes."

"Then there is the situation of the wild road that the head of the family has explained to investigate the situation of the two cities, and I have asked them to draw a new detailed map. The location of the bandits and the number of bandits were re-investigated," the stone handed over a new map with both hands.

"How good it is, the map is given to the goalpost first, and it will be of great use later. Xiaoyu, how about you," Shang Wu said.

Stone handed the new map to the doorpost, which folded it and put it in his pocket.

"My lord, the food reserve is about enough for thirty days, and the land has been opened up and the fields have been expanded, and some of the captured animals have begun to be raised for need. Fishing has also begun on the waterway, and there are already some catches. Xiao Yu said with some joy.

"It's a good job, save more food reserves in the future, and it's best to let some food that is easy to save for a long time in the village for more than a year, in case of emergency." Shang Wu affirmed Xiaoyu's work and made new requirements, after all, eating is related to everyone's life and stability, and it is not allowed to be sloppy.

"There is one more thing that needs to be reported to the family owner." After Xiao Yu finished showing off his skills, he was afraid that he would blame Shang Wu for saying it, so he asked for instructions carefully.

"Say, what else can be our all-powerful little fish, haha." Shang Wu said with a smile.

"It's just that the stock of salt is a little insufficient, and now we have begun to use salty pickled fish and pickles to increase the taste of food and everyone's daily salt supplement, but these will also be eaten quickly, I have started to barter with the mountain people for salt, but salt is still a relatively expensive thing, and even the salt that is exchanged for a lot of money every day is not enough to eat that day." Xiao Yu's face, which was still happy just now, suddenly became depressed.

"What a big deal I should do, wait for Xiaoyu you to bring some people, and let the stones wait for you to go to the salty pond to get salt." Shang Wu patted Xiao Yu's shoulder and encouraged.

"Really, we have salt, great, I'll make salt sugar water later. Haha" The little fish, who was depressed just now, suddenly became as happy as a child, and wanted to make the salt sugar water that children like to drink.

"You're blessed, you have to drink more salt sugar water made by small fish, small fish don't often make it." Shang Wu looked at Lu Lu gently and said.

Lu Lu nodded happily.

"If the master mother likes to drink, I can do it at any time, this is easy to do." Xiao Yu hurriedly curryed favor with Lu Lu and said.

"By the way, there is one more thing about salt, you have to be careful, Xiaoyu." Shang Wu thought of something, so he said to Xiao Yu.

"The head of the family, please say, Xiaoyu will do it." Xiaoyu replied seriously.

"Use salt in a hurry first, you can collect the whitest salt first, and don't use it for the time being, these salts are still some toxic, and a small amount of white is used, and there are fewer problems, and the children and the elderly will suffer if they can't keep it." Shang Wu first explained the relationship clearly.

"Well, wouldn't that not be possible with salt?" Xiaoyu didn't start school long before he became disappointed.

"It's not that it can't be used, but if you use it urgently, you can use a small amount, I have a way to remove the toxicity in this salt, and I can also refine the high-grade salt." Shang Wu said with a smile.

"That's great, the head of the house, please advise, and I will act according to the law." Xiaoyu said anxiously.

"The brine in the salty pool is beaten, burned with an iron pot, after the water is boiled dry, the salt block is scooped up, and the remaining brine is toxic to find a place to concentrate on treatment, and then pour the salt block into a new pot and add water, add soybean milk ground into soybean to cook together, pick up the foam inside, and then burn it dry and grind it into a fine powder, it becomes the top grade salt." Shang Wu slowly said about the salt making method.

"Xiao Yu has written it down, and I will definitely personally supervise the first pot of salt." Xiao Yu happily talked about his arrangement.

"Haha, you have to make something to eat for me, does Xiaoyu have anything else to report?" Shang Wu said with a smile.

"By the way, there is also a doorpost brother who recommended a person to me, the one named Gray Rabbit is a dealer expert, but unfortunately he is an outsider, or it would be good for him to be the deacon of the Grange, and I will do less." Xiao Yu said.

"Then let him be a deacon, it's a good thing." Shang Wu said.

"Yes, it's up to the head of the house, but he's not a businessman, I'm afraid someone won't accept it." Xiao Yu said his encouragement.

"It's okay, I have an idea to bring it out and tell you now." Shang Wu said.