(Accidentally, I turned this chapter upside down with chapter 304.) Because it was found too late, the main site could be adjusted, but readers in the book city can only see the upside-down chapters, which is very sorry. ）

The system prompted the discovery of Lin Chong's information, naturally because Wu met Lin Chong with Qin Qiong.

Although Shi Jin agreed to help get salt, the salt he mastered was far from enough for Taiyuan.

Salt Pond is a large salt lake.

Salt lake water is a salt-rich brine. Around the salt lake, there are salt-rich deposits, to put it bluntly, salt-rich stones, commonly known as "stone salt" or "salt stone".

The brine in the lake and the rock salt on the shore contain toxic impurities, and if you want to refine edible table salt, you can either process and boil the stone salt, or open up salt pans to dry the brine.

The method of drying brine is simple, requires only labor, and there are almost no other costs. At the end of the Han Dynasty, there were many wars and many displaced people, and there was never a shortage of labor here in Hedong Yanchi, so the drying method of salt has been adopted.

However, the drying method has two disadvantages, one is that it takes a long time, and the other is that it needs to be flat land suitable for opening up salt pans.

Although the salt pond covers a large area, there are many hills around, and there are only more than ten salt farms suitable for opening up salt pans.

In the past, there were more than 100 large and small forces that lived on salt near Yanchi, and the more than 10 salt farms were the targets of various forces.

In order to fight for the salt pond, there are countless large and small fights, some of which can be called wars.

It was not until recent years, the rise of several major forces, the rush and negotiation, that Yanchi gradually formed the current situation of "five villages and hundreds of people sharing money".

Wuzhai, that is, the five big bosses, each controlled one or a few salt farms, ranging from a few hundred to thousands of salt farmers, and divided their own salt sales areas. The salt lords, who had little power, gradually integrated and took refuge under different bosses.

Chao Gai is one of the leaders of Wuzhai, and Shan Xiongxin is the smallest leader of Wuzhai.

There are five major leaders, and now in the area of Yanchi, all forces have their own salt, each has its own way, each has its own goods, and each earns its own money.

The salt field has salt pans, which attract displaced people to come here to dry salt and become salt farmers. When the salt farmers have dried the salt, they must hand it over to the five big bosses, who will distribute the big ones to the small salt lords and sell them to their respective sites.

There are people in Wuzhai to manage and protect the salt farmers in the salt farm, prevent people from stealing, and also prevent the salt farmers from selling privately.

Lin Chong is the leader of Chao Gai's management of the salt works.

Shi Jin is a salt lord under Chao Gai, and he needs to go to the salt factory to get salt and sell it to his territory.

The amount of salt needed in Taiyuan was too great for Shi Jin to supply at all, so he could only go to Lin Chong, hoping to provide more supplies.

"Lin Jiaotou, ......" mentioned Lin Chong, Wang Bodang couldn't help but "tsk" twice.

"Is it difficult for Lin Jiaotou to get along?" Wu Yong couldn't help but worry.

Wang Bodang smiled bitterly and shook his head. "I'm also familiar with Sect Leader Lin, people are good people, but their brains are too dead."

Wang Bodang told Wu Yong Qin Qiong that Lin Jiaotou's surname was Lin Mingchong, and he made a good gun and stick, and the people in the rivers and lakes called him "Leopard Head".

"How did you get the name of Lin Jiaotou?"

"He came from a military family and has been in the army for generations. In the fifth year of Zhongping, in order to fight against Xiqiang and the Yellow Turban, Luoyang (Luoyang) recruited the Xiyuan Army, and Lin Chong was recruited into the Xiyuan Army. ”

The Xiyuan Army was an army established by the emperor at that time, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, in order to divide the military power of the general He Jin. It is commanded by the eunuchs, who are often servants, and there are eight captains, called the eight captains of the West Garden.

Jian Shuo commanded the army, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and now Yuan Shao's general Chun Yuqiong are all one of the eight captains of the West Garden.

Wu Yong was familiar with current affairs and asked: "The army in the West Garden, isn't that the commander of the Zhongchang Servant Jian Shuo?" ”

Wang Bodang smiled bitterly and shook his head. "Alas, how else would you say that Sect Leader Lin is dead-headed."

Lin Chong was brave and martial, and after joining the army, he was appreciated by the commander of the West Garden, Jian Shuo, and was appointed as the head of the army in the West Garden.

Although he is only a low-ranking officer, he is very valued by Jian Shuo. Lin Chong was reused as a military family, and he was grateful to Jian Shuo.

In the rebellion of the Ten Standing Servants, Jian Shuo designed to kill He Jin, but He Jin found out. Jian Shuo was captured and killed, and his henchmen were implicated. Lin Chong was also regarded as a henchman because he was reused, and he was almost killed, but fortunately escaped.

Lin Chong has a chivalrous heart and helped Chao Gai in his early years. There was nowhere to live, so he crossed the Yellow River north and came to cast Chaogai.

Chao Gai treated him very well and arranged for him to manage the salt works.

Because the leaders of Wuzhai have already reached a tacit understanding, each hegemons one side, does not disturb each other, and there is not much to manage the salt farm, mainly to deal with some loose salt thieves.

Lin Chong is brave and good at teaching guns and sticks. After a long time, the team he led to protect the salt works became stronger and stronger, and the thieves and thieves did not dare to fight the idea of the salt works.

Lin Chong was ruthless to thieves and thieves, and was very kind to poor salt farmers. Salt farmers often saluted him for wine and meat, and Lin Chong was also good at it.

After Wang Bodang introduced Lin Chong, he spread his hands and said: "Lin Jiaotou is such a person, but he is not good at accommodating. The salt farm has a fixed amount of salt every month, and I want him to give more to us and less to others, I'm afraid it will be difficult. ”

Wu Yong listened, and he already had a plan in his heart. I asked some more about the situation in detail, and suggested that I go to see Lin Chong first.

Hearing that he went to the salt pool, Liu Bi's face showed embarrassment. "Mr. Wu, Second Brother Qin, just don't go to the little one......"

"How?"

Liu Bi looked embarrassed, Shi Qian glared at him, and cursed: "Waste things, stealing things is not a shame!" It's all my brother, so I'll just say it. ”

Seeing Liu Bi spitting and spitting, Shi Qian simply said for him: "This kid came to the salt pond with others last year to steal salt, and was caught by Lin Jiaotou. Fortunately, the head of the Lin sect was benevolent and righteous, and he saw that he was pitiful, so he let him go. ”

Liu Bi was exposed, and he had to confess: "Lin Jiaotou said, said, if you see me in the salt field again, you will chop off my claws......"

When they went to the salt farm, Shi Qian and Liu Bi couldn't help much, so Wu Yong thought about it and asked the two to rush to Pingyang first.

Pingyang is located in the north-central part of Hedong, which is the only place for Taiyuan to and from the salt pond, and it is also the place where Shi Jin promised to deliver salt. Wu Yong asked Shi Qian and Liu Bi to take two companions to Pingyang first to understand the situation there and prepare for the delivery of salt and salt transportation in the future. Of course, Wu Yong did not forget to tell the two again and again that they must control their thief claws and never cause trouble.

broke up with Shi Qian, and Shi Jin led everyone to the salt field.

All the way to the south, gradually, the surface became more and more bare.

The closer you get to the salt lake, the less plants you can see on the ground, and even the dead branches are rare. White salt stains could be seen everywhere on the ground, on the surrounding mounds or rocks, and even the air seemed to be getting saltier and more bitter.

"That's the saltworks."

Looking in the direction of Shi Jin and Wang Bodang's fingers, in the distance, under the winter noon sun, there was a dazzling white light. The light is dazzling, and the surrounding scene is difficult to distinguish.

"Don't stare at it." Shi Jin reminded everyone. The sun is at its peak at noon, and the strong light reflected by the salt pans is dazzling, and if you look at it for a long time, you will be blind.

Hua Rong is good at shooting, and pays the most attention to protecting his eyes, so he simply took out a thin dark towel and covered his eyes to cover the strong light.

Wu used Qin Qiong to lower his hat, and even Shi Jin, Wang Bodang, who often came here, lowered his head to avoid the dazzling white light.

As we get closer, the salt pans of different shapes and sizes become denser and denser.

"Stop!"

Someone in front shouted an order.