Chapter Twenty-Four: I Think I Can
The autumn morning was very cool, the distant mountains were foggy, and the grass and trees inside and outside the yard were hung with a layer of dew. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
I thought I had gotten up very early, and I didn't think that when I came to the stream, there were already dozens of people gathered here, and it seemed that the big guys didn't sleep well with dark circles under their eyes, Qingyang covered his mouth and wanted to laugh, but when he thought of the majesty of the lord, he still had to maintain his image.
Lian Po was talking to Qiu Niang with a smile on his face, and he grinned even more when he saw Qingyang coming.
A mouthful of white and shiny teeth appeared on his dark and honest face: "Lord, great goodness!" I worked with everyone overnight, and grinded a total of fifteen five-ulnar bone sickles, fortunately, it was the Northern Wilderness buffalo bone that was used to have this efficiency, otherwise I am afraid that I will not be able to do it in half a month with the bones of alien beasts! ”
"Let's take a look first!"
Qingyang was overjoyed when he heard this, the young man was full of energy, this time he learned the lesson of the giant axe last time and let Lian Po hold it, since those bones were so heavy when they were carried, and now they are made into a huge bone sickle that grows up to five feet, no matter how you think about it, the weight will not be too light.
"It's a good scythe!"
Although it is not a knife made of alien animal bones, after careful polishing, it still reveals a jade-like crystal texture.
Under the sunlight, this bone sickle is crystal clear, reflecting a dazzling light, like a work of art made of jade!
In fact, the buffalo of the Northern Wilderness, which can be captured by dragon sparrows as food, has survived in the depths of the Great Wilderness for many years, and has been fighting in the wind and snow for a long time, even if it has not become a foreign beast, it is also a strong person with combat effectiveness close to that of a foreign beast in the beast group, and it is natural to have such a tough bone.
Not only Qingyang can see the goodness of this bone sickle, Qiu Niang and the others all praised it repeatedly, the recent series of things caused by Ji's provocation made everyone particularly worried, and now just looking at this shining bone sickle actually added a little confidence.
Let Lian Po and the farmers and slaves go to rest first, but the black-faced boy and a few farmers are unwilling to leave.
Qingyang knows their mentality very well at this time, this can be regarded as a historic moment in the development of productive forces, who doesn't want to witness this scene?
In the future, when everyone talks about the inventor of this tool, he can also get a little bit of the master's advantage, and he will be mentioned by the way, hehe.
Looking back at the stream, the water mill had been temporarily shut down, and even the grinding disc had been changed several times in one night, but fortunately, there was a strong man like Lian Po who could process it at any time.
The iron and wood rods that have been prepared long ago are installed on the bone sickle, and after installation, each bone sickle weighs nearly 20 catties, and it is really difficult to use it on an empty stomach.
It just so happened that the kitchen brought the corn that had been prepared for breakfast, and it was refreshing to go with fresh wild sunflower vegetables.
Qiu Niang stopped the lord's faux pas.
As the head of the family, you can be amiable, but as a nobleman, you must abide by aristocratic etiquette, and you must not squat on the mud ground to eat with farmers and slaves.
Once again, I emphasized to Qingyang that this is an era of 'not punishing doctors, not being courteous'.
In the end, Lian Po brought a small table, on which there was corn and a few fresh side dishes, Qingyang sat next to the table to eat, and the farmers and slaves sat on both sides.
The lord was satisfied and ate a small bowl of corn with wild vegetables, and when he looked up, he found that Lian Po's baby was already the fifth bowl of corn.
Look at the others, good guys!
In addition to Lian Po, who is powerful and able to eat, the other farmers and slaves have a lot of food, and each of them must have two catties of food, right?
No wonder the old farmer cried before, 120 catties of rations a year is not enough to eat, so many rice buckets, enough to eat.
After a few words, I found that Qiu Niang didn't eat, and couldn't help asking, "Qiu Niang, what's wrong with you?" ”
Since I met Qiu Niang, the thirty-year-old elegant woman who was her former nurse and now the etiquette teacher almost always had a calm and calm face, but at this moment she could clearly see a trace of worry in her eyes.
Qiu Niang glanced at Qingyang, and said softly worried: "There was not much salt in the sealed soil before, and Zhong Rui's children went to buy salt but were snatched away by Ji's family, and now it seems that the salt at home can last for half a month at most, but I'm afraid that Ji's will have another incident if I send someone out!" ”
This is indeed a difficult trouble to solve, whether it is a person or a captive cattle, horses, pigs and sheep at home, they cannot be supplemented without salt.
It's just that his own family has already formed a mortal enmity with the Ji family, not to mention that both sides hurt each other, just the two servants who were thrown into the mountains and forests with broken tendons will also be recorded on the head of the Qing family by the Ji family.
Xingguo is located in the northern wasteland is vast and sparsely populated, the cities in the country, the Qing Dafu fief land is dotted in the wilderness, and the rest is full of uninhabited wilderness and dangerous places, almost every lord fief the land, and there is a distance of more than 50 miles between the villages of the people.
In this vast wasteland, there are countless strange beasts, fierce beasts, giant beasts and beast tides that migrate regularly, and from time to time you can hear the news that the fiefdom of some doctors, nobles and nobles has been attacked by foreign beasts, not to mention how many dangers pedestrians walking in the wilderness have to face.
That is to say, the Qing clan's fiefdom has a powerful dragon bird in charge, so it seems relatively peaceful.
Most of the powerful beasts and beasts that roam the edge of the mountains and forests and in the wilderness regard this place as the territory of dragon sparrows, and only the giant bats, which are said to be the most brainless among the beasts, will appear from time to time.
Leaving the Qing Clan's fiefdom, once you go to the depths of the wilderness, you may encounter powerful alien beasts at any time, after all, the amulet cannot be foolproof, you can only add some security cover, and the people sent out are more likely to be secretly killed by the Ji Clan, and no one will know.
Considering these unfavorable factors, at least until the autumn harvest is completed, the Qing family cannot afford to go out to buy salt, and the most critical problem now is that the remaining salt of the Qing family cannot even last for half a month.
"If only this salt patch outside the mountains and forests could produce salt!" Lian Po said with envy, "Most of the salt in the area of Beilin City is bought from the salt mines in the east of Beilin City, although the salt outside our sealed soil also has salt, it can't be eaten at all!" ”
"Since salt is in it, isn't it enough to refine it?" Qingyang frowned, since there are ready-made resources at the doorstep, why spend a lot of money to buy them?
"My lord, you said simply, who can extract salt from salt!" Lian Po was a little frustrated.
"I think I can!" Qingyang's words suddenly made Lian Po and Qiu Niang's eyes widen.
"Isn't it just refining edible salt? Why bother? ”
Seeing Qiu Niang Lian Po's big reaction, Qingyang was a little complacent, estimating that Shiozawa salt was toxic because there were too many chemical impurities, and he felt that he was still sure to refine non-toxic refined salt.
"Lord be cautious!"
Qiu Niang lowered her voice and said, "There are many salt lakes in the Northern Wilderness, most of these salts are poisonous and cannot be used, so the salt of all countries in the Northern Wilderness is extremely valuable, if we can directly extract salt from Yanze and salt lakes, it is simply an infinite source of wealth!" ”
"Hmm! If so, be careful! ”
Qingyang hesitated, just the bones of those strange beasts in the mountains and forests had already attracted the covetousness of a big man like Dr. Fei, if the news that his family could refine salt was spread, wouldn't it cause even greater trouble?
After thinking for a long time, Qingyang said in a low voice: "That's it, Qiu Niang, let's complete the autumn harvest as soon as possible, I will first secretly experiment and try to refine salt in small batches, at least to ensure that the salt cannot be broken in the sealed soil!" ”
"It can only be like this, I hope that Brother Zhong can come back from Northern Xinjiang as soon as possible!"
Qiu Niang nodded helplessly, once such a huge interest is known, even if there is a dragon sparrow, it will definitely not be shocked, I don't know when my lord has become so powerful?