The lumps are crystalline solids with a small amount of light white and most of them black-brown.

Jiang Long's eyes couldn't help but glow after carefully looking at it, if I was not mistaken, this crystalline solid was called a halide salt.

The greatest value of brine salt is that edible table salt can be extracted from it.

If successful......

Jiang Long looked up not far away, it was a series of cliffs, almost all of which were brine salts.

There is an abnormal lack of salt in northern Xinjiang, and it is definitely a shocking wealth to develop it.

"Tudu, come here and help."

Jiang Long casually picked up a few pieces of brine salt that were half the size of a palm, then found a large stone, laid the brine block flat on the stone surface, and asked Tudu to use his big axe to smash the crystal block, the smaller the better, and smashed it into powder as much as possible.

Jiang Long tore off a corner of his clothes and spread a layer of fine sand on it.

After everything was done, Jiang Long put all the powder into the water bag and shook it vigorously.

Once all the powder has been mixed into the water, it is slowly poured over the cloth covered with fine sand.

The water seeped through the fine sand and through the cloth, and large stones were placed underneath, surrounded by earth so that the water would not flow to the ground.

After pouring all the water in the water bag, Jiang Long sat on the side and waited.

Tudu, Qin Yu, Gunty Bak, and Fan Ren all didn't know what Jiang Long was going to do, and they looked puzzled.

But Jiang Long didn't open his mouth to explain.

When the results come out, the truth will be revealed.

The sun gradually rose, and the wild horses gradually moved away, but Jiang Long and the others did not catch up.

The temperature rose, and the stone itself was able to seep some water, so after a while, all the water enclosed in dirt was evaporated.

On the surface of the stone, a layer of white powder is left.

"What is this?" Qin Yu couldn't help but be curious and asked.

Jiang Long dipped a little with his finger and put it on his tongue, and a burst of salty taste came from his taste buds.

"Haha!" Jiang Long was finally sure, couldn't help laughing, and then explained, "This is salt." ”

Salt?

Qin Yu was stunned.

Such white salt?

The powder in front of me is as white as snow, but in this era, due to poor refining technology, most of the salt is light yellow and has finger-sized granules.

Even the salt eaten by the emperor is not of this good quality.

Tudu, Gunty Bak, immediately surrounded it.

Fan Ren was also taken aback, hesitated, and also walked closer.

"Whether it's salt or not, you'll know if you taste it." Jiang Long said with a smile, at this time, he was in a very good mood.

This is the rhythm of getting rich again.

And it's a lot of money!

Qin Yu followed the example of Jiang Long, stretched out his finger and dipped some in his mouth, and it was really salty.

He narrowed his eyes and nodded repeatedly.

Tudu and Gunty Buck were also tasted immediately.

Fan Ren pinched some with his fingers, first put it in the palm of his hand to look at it carefully, and then stretched out his tongue and licked it gently.

It's salty and pure, but unlike regular salt, it doesn't have a bitter taste.

"This thing is called halosalt, which contains the ingredients of table salt, but there are a lot of impurities in it, so it cannot be eaten directly...... Jiang Long picked up a crystal block and opened his mouth to explain to several people.

Fan Ren's nature, Jiang Long is very trusting.

This man is not a money-grubbing man at all.

Or to say that money is like nothing, open-minded by nature, chivalrous, no money to eat, go straight to rob corrupt officials or bullies, rich, meet poor people and beggars, has always been a very generous charity, will never know the way to refine salt, and then secretly make up your mind.

And there will be no leakage of messages.

And Qin Yu, Tudu, and Guntibak are all Jiang Long's personal guards.

Faithfulness needs not be doubted.

That's why Jiang Long explained it generously.

"Only use fine sand to filter, it's still a little unclean, when it is really refined in large quantities, charcoal powder should be added to the filter layer, and small stones ......" Jiang Long pointed to the layer of fine sand with his right hand, and a layer of black-brown impurities was left on it.

Hearing Jiang Long's explanation very clearly, Fan Ren's heart warmed.

can say it so meticulously in front of him, it can be seen that Jiang Long trusts him in his heart.

So the relationship between the two is a little closer.

"How much salt can be extracted from such a large piece?" Qin Yu looked at the cliff in front of him and said very excitedly.

Gunty Buck was equally excited.

Jiang Long can make money, he can do more things, of course he is happy.

Only Tudu was a little silent, he was a grassland alien, although he went to Jingfu to live very early, but his bloodline could not be changed.

I sighed in my heart, it turned out that the prairie also had salt.

It's just that people don't know.

Raising his eyes to look at Jiang Long again, there was a glint of admiration in Tudu's eyes, he really didn't expect that the young man in front of him was so knowledgeable.

I don't know how to refine, what's the use of having more brine salts?

It's not like the alien races in the grassland and the people on the border of Daqi, guarding Baoshan without knowing it.

The salt to eat had to be transported from far away by the imperial court at the expense of a large amount of material resources and manpower.

As for the alien tribes, they smuggled and bought with heavy money, or plundered.

"Are you going to report it to the court?" At this time, Fan Ren asked.

Jiang Long immediately shook his head and said, "Strictly speaking, this is already the border out of the Great Qi, and it is inevitable that the news will leak when it is reported to the imperial court."

If the alien tribes know the method of refining salt, I estimate that Daqi should not be able to defend this treasure land. ”

Qin Yu and the others nodded.

"And with salt, it is equivalent to solving a major problem for foreign tribes."

Jiang Long continued: "The lack of a major problem is equivalent to relieving the survival pressure of the alien tribes and reducing the binding force of the environment, and the overall strength of the alien tribes will be greatly improved, and the battles on the Great Qi Frontier will become more and more frequent." ”

"You have a point." Fan Ren also agreed.

"So I plan to mine it secretly and privately, so that I can lower the price of some salt and sell it to the people of northern Xinjiang." Jiang Long said with a smile: "In this way, the money is earned, and at the same time, it can be regarded as benefiting the people of Northern Xinjiang." ”

The sharp drop in salt prices is a blessing for the people of northern Xinjiang.

Although the amount of salt was large and it was smuggling, Jiang Long believed that it should be easy to do this with the ability of the black-clothed guard.

Fan Ren also saw that Jiang Long was not a greedy person, although he made money, he would generously take it out for public use.

In other words, who would pay for private housing and help the imperial court?

Whether it is plastering the city wall with cement or opening a river to reclaim the fields, it costs a lot of money.

When they came, they made marks along the way, so they would not get lost in the prairie.

Follow the wild horse herd, the speed is not fast, although there are some places where the grass does not grow, the wild horse herd will also run forward for a while, but it will not be too fast galloping, Jiang Long and others finally rushed back to the county seat in the evening.

Seeing Jiang Long coming back, Cheng Ze and the others were relieved.

Although I believe that with Tudu and others protecting him, and Fan Ren by his side, Jiang Long will not have an accident, but Cheng Ze and others still can't help but hang their hearts.

Delis came to the room and waited for Jiang Long to wash and change clothes.

Washing off the dust, Jiang Long was refreshed and sat down at the table to eat.

"Where did you go last night?" Delis lifted the flask and poured a small glass for Jiang Long.

Jiang Long drank it all, "When I saw a herd of wild horses, I wanted to try to catch them all, it seems that there are more than a thousand of them, which is a lot of wealth." ”

"Oh?" Delis's beautiful eyes lit up slightly, and she was aroused a touch of interest, "Then you have thought of a way?" ”

"There's a snowfield, and those wild horses can't escape from the palm of my hand." Jiang Long picked up the bowl and continued to eat dinner.

The meal was very sumptuous, a table was filled, and Delis ate it in small bites, and her movements were very elegant.

After a while, he asked, "Is there anything else?" ”

"A treasure mountain was also discovered." Jiang Long knew that the energy behind Dai Lisi was not small, and he knew that Jing Mansion secretly had black-clothed guards, so he didn't think about hiding it.

"Baoshan?"

Delis was curious, "Could it be that there are gold and silver mines in the prairie?" ”

"It's not gold or silver, it's salt!" Jiang Long put down the bowl in his hand and explained to Delis.

Salt?

Delis's eyes widened, how she didn't know how the prairie was so short of salt!

After listening to Jiang Long, Delis gasped.

The cliffs are actually made up of crystals that can be used to refine table salt, what a fortune this must be.

It is said that it is a treasure mountain, and it is true.

"This salt mine ......," said Delith.

But he was interrupted by Jiang Long's words, "I will hand over the salt mine to the black-clothed guard to develop, and I will be able to do things when I have more silver." ”

Delis furrowed two beautiful eyebrows.

"What do you want to give to your organization?" At this time, the corners of Jiang Long's mouth were slanted, "Don't forget, you want to leave the organization, giving them salt mines, which is equivalent to increasing their wealth, their strength is stronger, it is not good for you." ”

"If I don't do something, how can they trust me?" Delith asked rhetorically.

"If you think that the black-clothed guards should be able to hide things from the organization behind you, but they won't know that the salt mine was discovered by me, and it was I who knew how to refine it and gave it to the black-clothed guards, and then you can say that you can find a breakthrough from me to find out the method of refining salt."

Delis thought for a moment and nodded slightly.

In this way, it can be dragged on for a long time.

"There won't be only one salt mine in the prairie, and when the time comes, you can tell the organization behind you."

"Good!" Delith felt that Jiang Long's proposal was feasible.

After dinner, the two of them were in the bed, and the night was romantic.

The next day, Jiang Long continued to do what he was doing, but when he returned to the city in the evening, a child sent a letter.

The child said that an adult man had given him a penny and asked him to deliver the letter.

He also said that the man wrapped his head in a cloth and did not see his face clearly.

Jiang Long didn't embarrass the child, put the letter away, and returned to the backyard of the county government to open it.

The letter was actually quietly sent by a cronie of the Hechi faction.

Hechi was originally disliked by his father, discorded with his brother, and was ostracized everywhere, and it was even more difficult to go back with an injury this time.

Of course, he was the son of a chieftain after all, and there was no problem with being well fed and clothed.

But compared to the brothers, it's just too much of a difference.

Anyone who has a slight position in the tribe dares to bully and mock him.

Life is getting more and more difficult, often provoked and bullied, coupled with his father's ignorance, the indifferent eyes make Dehechi more determined to return to Daqi with his mother.

So when I got some news, I immediately wrote a letter and sent my henchmen to the county seat.

Many tribes living on the grassland already know Jiang Long's background.

And some people who are anxious are already leading the army and coming towards Lingtong County.

In three or five days at most, it should be there.

In fact, Jiang Long estimated the time in his heart, and it was about the same.

However, since the first person to arrive was led by an acute sub-person, I think there should be a small number of people.