When Wang Xiang and Zhang Cheng arrived at the salt farm, Zhang Cheng had not yet reacted from his surprise, and Master Zhang, who attached great importance to his appearance, was already wearing a cloak at this time, and his hands were still tightly grasping the edge of the sports car.

Wang Xiang parked the car and unfastened the seat belt on Zhang Cheng's chest and said with a smile: "Master Zhang, we are here." ”

Zhang Cheng said to himself with a blank face: "Arrived? It's not time for half a pillar of incense......"

Seeing the salt drying worker Zhang Cheng who was busy in the salt field, he shook his dizzy head.

Eight evaporation ponds and eight analysis pools are lined up along the seashore, which is quite spectacular from a distance, and there are several heavily armed soldiers patrolling nearby.

After the sea salt was dried, it was all piled up in the corner of the analysis pool, and the pile of white flowers was very rumored in the sun, and the soldiers who saw Wang Xiang and Zhang Cheng coming to patrol saluted, and the head of the salt field hurriedly came forward.

"Master Hou, Master Zhang."

Zhang Cheng nodded and said, "Chang Kui, take Master Hou to see the sea salt from the salt farm." ”

Naturally, there must be a trustworthy person in charge of supervising the affairs of the salt farm, and Chang Kui is a steward in Zhang Cheng's mansion, who is quite trusted, and is Zhang Cheng's cronies. In addition to Changkui, there are also several people in the salt factory who are from the Gewuyuan, who are mainly responsible for analyzing and improving the methods of drying salt. The others were ordinary people recruited from Xunzhou Village and nearby towns, and their daily wages of 200 wen were much higher than their original income, so they were naturally happy to do this job. When they saw a whole piece of fine fine salt of white flowers "changing" out of the seawater, they couldn't help but feel excited.

Living by the sea all year round, they naturally know that there is salt in the sea, but the sea salt is rough, bitter and poisonous, and cannot be eaten at all. But the sea salt in front of you is clearly the same as the best refined salt on the market. Even more white and delicate than the finest refined salts.

It is impossible to see such a miraculous thing without being tempted. But they didn't dare to think much about the strict orders of the salt works and the soldiers who were constantly patrolling nearby, but if anything involving salt and iron was caught, it would always be a matter of severe punishment and loss of head.

The dried sea salt is in good condition, and I haven't tried it yet.

When I came to one of the analysis pools, all the sea salt analyzed was piled up in a corner of the pool, and not a single grain was missed, which shows how much Zhang Cheng attaches importance to these sea salts.

In the eyes of Zhang Cheng and the salt drying workers, the immaculate sea salt was so-so in Wang Xiang's eyes, and it was worse than the refined salt for two yuan a pack in the supermarket in later generations. However, it is indeed much better than the salt of the Tang Dynasty.

Stretched out his finger and dipped a little salt in his mouth and was about to put it in his mouth to try it, Zhang Cheng grabbed Wang Xiang's hand: "Master Hou, let's let others try it first." ”

Wang Xiang knew what he was worried about, although these sea salts looked good, the poison of sea salt was deeply ingrained in everyone's hearts, and he didn't want Wang Xiang to have an accident here.

Wang Xiang smiled, he was not worried about the poison of the sea salt that had been filtered many times, and he knew that this salt was a success by looking at the color, but seeing that Zhang Cheng was serious, he did not pretentiously twist off the sea salt in his hand and nodded.

Seeing this, Zhang Cheng whispered an order to Chang Kui behind him, and soon a thin person was brought over.

When he saw Wang Xiang and Zhang Cheng, he hurriedly knelt on the ground and saluted, looking very nervous, Wang Xiang was not used to others kneeling in front of him. motioned to Chang Kui to help him up.

"What's your name?"

Hearing Wang Xiang's question, the thin people hurriedly replied: "Go back...... Back to the adult, the little ...... The villain's name is Pang San. ”

Wang Xiang shook his head. This Pang San is not a citizen of Xunzhou Village when he looks at it, otherwise he would not be so afraid of himself.

"Do you know why I came to you?"

Pang San nodded repeatedly: "Know...... Know, the steward asked the villain to come and try it...... Salt test. ”

Seeing that he was a little nervous, Wang Xiang nodded and smiled: "Well, you don't have to be afraid, these sea salts are not poisonous, go back and take a bucket home after trying the salt." ”

A trace of surprise flashed in Pang San's eyes when he heard this, and Chang Kui whispered: "Master Hou, the villain has already promised to give him two hundred Wen for salt trial money." ”

Wang Xiang knew that these sea salts were not poisonous, and others were not sure, so he took the risk of testing salt for two hundred yuan, and the lives of the ancient people were really worthless, so he sighed secretly and said lightly: "It's okay, everyone has credit for successfully producing so much sea salt, go back and let everyone take a bucket back." ”

Chang Kui listened to Wang Xiang's words and looked up at Zhang Cheng, Zhang Cheng straightened his face and said: "Lord Hou is in charge of the affairs of the salt field at the behest of His Majesty, and Master Hou will do whatever he says." ”

"Yes...... yes," Chang Kui replied again and again.

Under Chang Kui's instructions, Pang San carefully dipped his fingers in a little sea salt, hesitated a little and put it in his mouth, a little sea salt is poisonous even if it is poisonous, it will not kill people, if it is not poisonous, not only can you get two hundred yuan of salt test money, but also get a bucket of fine refined salt, this deal Pang San thinks it is worth it.

After a while, seeing that Pang San didn't react, Chang Kui asked in a low voice, "How is it?" ”

Pang San thought for a while and said, "It's better than the salt at home." ”

"Nonsense, I'm asking you if this salt is poisonous."

was reprimanded by Chang Kui, Pang San scratched his head tangled: "Xiao ...... The villain doesn't know either. "Just tried it like this, how did he know if the salt was poisonous or not.

Zhang Cheng raised his hand to stop Chang Kui and asked, "Do you feel uncomfortable?" ”

Pang San shook his head.

Seeing that everyone looked too cautious, Wang Xiang was speechless for a while, and said with a smile: "Okay, I am still very confident in this method of drying salt, Pang San, you go down first." ”

"Yes." Pang San nodded, and hesitated: "Big ...... Adult, the salt ...... of the villain"

"Chang Kui, get him a bucket of salt." Wang Xiang smiled slightly, he didn't dare to look at himself just now, but he dared to take the initiative to speak for a bucket of salt at this time.

Chang Kui glared at Pang San and said in a low voice, "Follow me." ”

Pang San followed Chang Kui to get salt, Zhang Cheng wanted to find someone to try again, Wang Xiang waved his hand and said: "Salt is not used like this, let people get some fish, meat and vegetables, let's use the newly produced salt to make a meal." ”

"My lord! My lord! ”

Suddenly heard a cry in the distance, Wang Xiang looked up, it turned out to be the little guy who helped Zhang Cheng drive, he had just arrived in a carriage but was stopped by the patrolling soldiers, so that he could say that he was the person next to Master Zhang, and the soldiers just didn't let him in, so he shouted.

Zhang Cheng smiled slightly: "Okay, I'll let people go to Xunzhou Village to get some fish, meat and vegetables, and use these new salts to make a meal." ”

The little guy who just came over got Zhang Cheng's order and drove back to Xunzhou Village, because the salt farm is in charge of cooking, so the salt farm has a special place for cooking, and when the little guy came back with fish, meat and vegetables, Wang Xiang asked people to make a few dishes, and put a table on the open space of the salt field and Zhang Cheng had a drink.

(To be continued.) )