After more than two hours of busy work, the villagers were cleared, and the method of drying salt was to be kept secret for at least a few years, Xie Yu saw the boat go away, beckoned the carpenters to come over, and directed them to start two pools with wooden planks at the tidal flats to surround two pools with three zhang long and three zhang wide, which were called: "Evaporation pond and crystallization pond." ”

Ordered the soldiers to open a canal to divert the seawater into the evaporation pond first, at this time, the sun was shining, the craftsman made a wooden push, and began to stir the sea water back and forth in the evaporation pond, Xu Yanzhi, Xie Ju, Ma Wenbiao stood aside, watching for unknown reasons.

Xie Yu smiled and saw several coconut trees in the distance, ordered someone to go over to pick them, pierced a hole with the spearhead of a soldier, and drank it happily, Xu Yanzhi, who was watching, said in surprise: "What is this?" ”

"It's called coconut! Come and try it. Xie Yu said with a smile.

Xu Yan straightened out his long sword, opened a hole, carefully looked at it first, smelled it, then raised his head and took a drink, and couldn't help but say with joy: "Sweet!" ”

Seeing that the soldiers were greedy and waved their hands, and suddenly those coconut trees were harvested, and they were picked clean with a "crackle", Ma Wenbiao and Xie Ju drank it, and they couldn't help but admire.

Xie Yu asked him to sit beside him while drinking and said: "After a few days when Taipei County will be stable, Zhong Yuan will send some soldiers to the south along the island to see if there are any Han people who will move to Taipei County, remember, try not to have conflicts." ”

"Send 3,000 people here to dry salt, so that the shipwrights can make a big ship that can withstand the wind and waves, and load it with salt." As he spoke, he drew a picture on the ground and said: "This is Taipei County, go to Wei and Yan to exchange grain, cloth, and iron tools, if you can exchange them for horses and cattle, it is the best!" After slowly growing stronger, it traveled 2,000 miles north from Taipei County, where there was a country named Unon, with a large amount of gold, silver, copper, and iron, and Silla and Baekje on the opposite side of the Uno country. ”

Xu Yanzhi was a little dumbfounded, he didn't know where Xie Yu knew about this huge amount of knowledge, and he knew what people were producing there, which was a bit unbelievable, and he couldn't help but have a trace of reverence in his eyes.

"Go to the Japanese slave country and Silla, Baekje these are all afterwords, without three or five years of preparation, it can't be done, from now until the beginning of April next year, we must appease the emotions of the people, let them continue to open up the wasteland, catch wild boars in the forest, goats domestication and breeding, there must be something to do, not to conflict with the wild people in the mountains, if there is really no way, it must be effective in one blow, and it must not be delayed!"

"Yes!"

"At most, a large amount of salt can be produced in half a month, and it can be sold to Wei and Yan, and the livelihood of the people is not worried. Xie Yu said with a smile.

Xu Yanzhi said with pride on his face: "As long as the people can be rich, the next official will never give up!" ”

"General Ben will take Xie Ju back to the dynasty in a few days, it is inconvenient to come and go, Zhong Yuan wants to create some opportunities!"

Xu Yanzhi was a little puzzled and said, "What chance?" ”

"Send soldiers and horses to disguise themselves as bandits and attack the surrounding areas of Jin'an County, don't hurt the people, just burn the opponent's ships, so that the soldiers of the dynasty dare not go to sea!" Xie Yu said with a sly look in his eyes.

How could Xu Yanzhi not understand the meaning, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the general will definitely do it!" ”

"This time I will return to the dynasty, this general will go to visit the elders of the Zhang family and other families, explain the misunderstanding, and secretly deliver food and utensils for us."

It is said to be a visit, but in fact, it is a show of grace! If you don't convict you of collaborating with the enemy and fighting thieves, you will naturally make the four major families grateful, so as to seize the handle and take Xie Yu as the leader, I have to say that this hand is quite good.

Xu Yanzhi naturally understood, not to mention the handle, but also to thank this Hou Ye for his thoughtfulness, to explain the misunderstanding between them to his uncle, no need to thank him, the interests are mixed, just remember it in his heart.

Carefully instilled some knowledge and experience into Xu Yanzhi, and discussed with each other the development of Taipei County, but more than an hour had passed, and when he heard Xie Ju shouting over there, Xie Yu knew that there had been a change in the evaporation pool, stood up, patted the dust on his buttocks, and walked straight with Xu Yanzhi.

Sure enough, the wooden boards around the evaporation pond have been floated with white salt foam, the sea water is turbid, and the initial crystallization after evaporation appears, so he ordered someone to introduce the crystallization pool, continue to row back and forth, advance the speed, stretch out the index finger, dip some salt foam, put it in the mouth and taste, and a smile appeared in the eyes.

Xie Ju was already excited, salt at this time, but rare items that cannot be rare are comparable to the value of gold, silver, copper and iron, the sea water is inexhaustible, expand the scale and dry it, isn't it rich in the world?

The soldiers, Ma Wenbiao, and Xu Yanzhi dipped in some tastings one after another, and couldn't help but cheer, undoubtedly, with this method of making money against the sky, everyone's hearts will settle down, not only is the gold all over the mountains, it is simply an inexhaustible treasure trove.

Xie Yu looked at the excitement of the crowd, pointed to the back of the village and said loudly: "Seventy miles away to the northeast is our Taipei County. ”

Xu Yanzhi and Ma Wenbiao shouted: "Yes."

"A year later, the common people who worked in the salt works were paid 200 yuan a month, and the ordinary soldiers were paid 300 yuan."

The soldiers raised their hands in unison and shouted: "The general is mighty! ”

Xu Yanzhi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, with this salt farm, the money naturally rolled in, and the salaries of the soldiers and generals were undoubtedly a piece of cake, with high confidence and a happy face.

Half an hour passed, everyone was panting, but they all gathered around the crystal pool to watch the subtle changes, and when the craftsmen used the push to gather the first pile of snow-white salt grains, the joy was even more thunderous.

Xie Yu pointed to the undried sea water and said: "This is brine, which can be marinated in salted fish and meat, and it will not be bad for a long time, and it can be transported to Taipei County to distribute to the people, and after a year, it will be sold for money!" ”

"Hahahaha!" Everyone laughed, the general was really calculating.

The brine has many uses, not just for marinating salted fish, but at this time, without this technology, he has the ability to do a lot of things, but he is helpless

Ten days passed in a hurry, and a team of more than 3,000 people had already opened up a huge salt pan in the land of Taoyuan, and the soldiers were nervously burying wooden stakes around it, building a wall that was dozens of miles long, and building a guard tower, and the large-scale salt drying project began vigorously.

All the Han people living on the island were relocated to Taipei County, where they quickly integrated into it and started a new life.

Xie Yu in ten days, is also busy, to sail on the sea, to make a compass out, I thought that magnet (magnet) to find, do not want to this time people have long recognized the wonderful use of this mineral, there is a folk saying: "There is a magnet, there must be minerals below." "I found a lot of them in Sun En's alchemy grocery pile, so I ordered someone to find iron needles, palm-sized wooden plates, iron buckles, and made a compass that was regarded as a divine hand in this era.

Mahjong, fruit wine, toothbrushes and other novel objects were handed over one by one, enriching the evening life of the people every day, and I wanted to take people to find the volcanic area of the golden gourd stone, but thinking that the manpower is so tight now, first solve the normal life of the people and then come to excavate, so I also put the development plan full of ideas for the time being.

After discussing the implementation of some laws and regulations and the prohibition of slaughtering and killing captured wild boars and goats within two years with Xu Yanzhi and Ma Wenbiao, he led 10,000 soldiers to the ship with Xie Ju with full ambition, and reluctantly headed towards the northwest under the welcome of the people.

It's been almost two months since I came out, and it's time to go back, if I stay here longer, it will inevitably arouse the suspicion of the imperial court, so many people have disappeared, this is all necessary to go back and explain, and the matter of going to Yan County before returning to the dynasty is a top priority, thinking about the comfortable and chic days before, he couldn't help but laugh at the bow of the boat.