Section 4: Salt is more expensive than life

The bonfire was lit, reflecting the cheeks of everyone sitting around, these men around Yun Ye were soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, they belonged to Zuo Wuwei, but they were not soldiers, they were auxiliaries, responsible for transporting grain and grass, armament and various supplies, and the man at the head was named Zhang Cheng, who was a team leader, with fifty soldiers under his jurisdiction, and a number of people. Zhang Cheng was originally an authentic farmer, busy farming, leisure time to practice martial arts, Guanzhong children are good martial arts, so in the battle to exterminate Changle Wang Youliang, beheaded two levels, accumulated merit and rose to the team rate. Due to Youliang's rebellion, the security of Longyou suddenly became bad, and the Qiang people lost control and would attack the grain transport team from time to time, which is why Zhang Cheng was full of vigilance against Yun Ye. This group of people are all good people, Yun Ye knows this very well, seeing that Yun Ye is a little cold, Zhang Cheng took out his clothes and changed them for him. Fourteen-year-old Yun Ye looked very funny in Zhang Cheng's clothes, and the two women in the team took the clothes away and took off the needle and thread to change Yun Ye's size. They went to Heifengkou to see their husbands, Zhang Cheng whispered to Yunye, and said with a wink, he came back when his belly was big. After speaking, he slapped Yun Ye and said that the little kid should not ask about adults. Yun Ye's face was full of grievances, and he asked if I asked, did you sue me for a long time. The two women sneered and snickered, and handed Yun Ye a piece of white linen, Yun Ye looked left and right and couldn't figure out what it was for, "Crotch cloth, what are you looking at." As Zhang Cheng spoke, he ripped off my rags, and in Yun Ye's miserable howl and other people's laughter, he wrapped the white cloth around Yun Ye's waist in three or two strokes. Only then did Yun Ye figure out that the two fat men who were fine and light were pestering this thing to wrestle on the stage, and they had been engaged in it for a long time, and they still learned it from our ancestors.

Wangcai was also screaming, obviously laughing. Yun Ye slapped him angrily. He took out the smoked mutton that he was reluctant to eat from his backpack, skewered it with a branch and roasted it on the fire, and after a while, the fat seeped out and squeaked, and there was a sound of saliva around him. The sense of satisfaction increased greatly, so Zhang Cheng found a wooden plank, cut it into thin slices with a knife, took the dough in their hands, planed it in half, and sandwiched the meat slices into the cake, and a beautiful meat sandwich bun was ready. Handing it to Zhang Cheng with both hands, Zhang Cheng held the cake with both hands, sniffed it deeply, and his face was full of intoxication. Then his face turned pale: "Eat in two waves, one wave eats, and the other wave is eating." Then he handed the patties to the two women. The two women took the patty with peace of mind, bowed their heads and began to chew it. Yun Ye smiled secretly, understanding that Zhang Cheng was afraid that the meat would be poisonous, so after sandwiching the second fastest meatloaf, he didn't hand it to Zhang Cheng. "Uncle Zhang, I'm hungry, eat first." Saying that, he took a big bite, this sheep was already fat, and when he took a bite, the fat flowed down from the corner of his mouth, so enjoyable, Zhang Cheng blushed or not, I don't know, anyway, the sky is dark and I can't see clearly. But he reached out and slapped Yun Ye on the head. "People have a lot of thoughts. After saying that, he cut the mutton with a knife, and he deserved to eat with a knife, and in an instant, a sheep's hind leg turned into a pile of meat slices under his knife. Zhang Cheng took a big bite of the meatloaf, and Yun Ye even heard him moan in comfort. Yun Ye couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly, this is the meat bun, if he gets a few hard dishes, he won't be fluttering. Hey? He screamed strangely after swallowing his first bite. Pulling out a piece of meat from the cake, sticking out his tongue and licking it, Yun Ye was a little disgusted to see. "Salt, stinky boy, do you have such a life, put this more salt." "As he spoke, he was about to smoke Yun Ye, Yun Ye hugged his head and ran, his big hand was pumped on his body like a wrench, and he could take less of it." Isn't it just salt, it's more" After speaking, Yun Ye took out a small cloth bag from his backpack, which contained four or five catties of salt that Yun Ye had picked down on several rock walls all the way, Zhang Cheng's eyes were straight, and he snatched it away, and carefully opened the salt bag next to the fire to see the gray-white powder inside. Yun Ye walked over and pushed him: "What's so nice about salt," stinky boy is good refined salt, and dare to waste it. Zhang Cheng was completely furious, seeing that Yun Ye was hiding behind the two women, it was difficult to capture, and he sighed slowly, "Stinky boy, where did you get so much salt?" Yun Ye was a little confused, and the two women also took Yun Ye's hand and looked at him nervously. …,

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"There's a salt mine by the river, just dig it."

", Lao Tzu knows that there is a salt mine by the river, it is poisonous salt, you can't eat it, if you eat that salt, you will have diarrhea to death, not to mention that your whole body will turn purple if you eat that thing. I'm talking about the salt in your bag, which is better than official salt, where did it come from? Zhang Cheng's eyes were already red, and he questioned Yun Ye loudly. Yun Ye admired the ancients' spirit of trying, it was right to eat salt, but if you even ate the nitrate, phosphorus and potassium impurities in the salt mine, you would be looking for death. After eating nitrate, you may be able to survive for a while, but it is strange that you don't turn purple after eating too much phosphorus and potassium. In later generations, Yun Ye has seen calcium supplementation, iron supplementation, but never nitrate, phosphorus and potassium supplementation.

"Uncle Zhang, how can the salt mine be eaten like this, it has to be crushed, dissolved, filtered, analyzed, and finally crystallized is the salt that people eat, just like some herbs are obviously poisonous, but after some special processing, they become non-toxic and can cure diseases. The same is true of this salt, everything in this world is prepared for people, as long as you find the right and suitable method, everything in this world can be used by people, just a small way to make salt. Looking at Zhang Cheng's eyes, Yun Ye knew that what he had just said was in vain.

"So, you know how to get edible salt out of poisoned salt?" Aren't you stupid, you can summarize, and you can ask the key points and haven't been fooled.

"It's not to sue you, it's just a small way" There is no need to toss the honest man, Yun Ye directly gave the exact answer. Try to pretend to be a tall person.

Regardless of past or present lives, people who are beneficial to others, or who can bring benefits to others, are the easiest to integrate into the crowd and be accepted by them. Yun Ye's top priority is to join the big family of the Tang Dynasty, obtain household registration, and become a brick and stone of the great feudal dynasty.

Zhang Cheng's face was full of joy, and he wanted to open his mouth, but he stopped his mouth, his face was flushed, and he rubbed his hands in a hurry. pacing back and forth in front of Yun Ye, like an old donkey. A lowly status restricts the passion to know the secret recipe. He couldn't give Yun Ye any promises, there were too many benefits in the means of turning waste into treasure, and it was definitely not something that his team could participate in. Yun Ye is a hermit master, only one corner is revealed, which is already shocking, if it is fully exposed, it will be more questionable.

"I'm just a martial artist, I don't deserve to know the secret recipe, I beg Gongzi to have pity on me and other hardships, let me be, report this matter to the captain, Gongzi will be commended by the court, and Gongzi's good deeds will also be spread to the world."

"Uncle Zhang, what does the salt you eat look like?"

Zhang Cheng carefully took out a cloth bag from his arms, opened it layer by layer, and a walnut-sized yellow-brown crystal appeared in front of him, Yun Ye picked it up and tasted it, in addition to being salty, there were all kinds of strange smells that made him want to die, picked up the water hyacinth, rinsed his mouth several times, and the strange smell faded.

"Is this salt, this is poison," he said, and threw it out casually. As soon as he made a move, Zhang Cheng, who was looking at the salt cube in Yun Ye's hand, fished it back like lightning. Wrap it in a cloth and tuck it back into your arms. His eyes were a little sad, and he smiled miserably and pointed to the people around him who were listening to their conversation.

"Young master, do you think everyone is the same as you, since you were a child, you don't touch the spring water with your hands, except for learning, you don't care about anything else, even if it is difficult now, there is a way left by your ancestors to live, and you can still live and nourish. Look at the son of a talent, smart, and understand the world, after two years of growing up, brocade clothes and jade food for you are the same as growing on your body, you can't take it away, this is fate! We are not the same, my grandmother only taught us to dig food from the soil, not anything else, the salt you threw away was specially rewarded by me for cutting down two traitors. Ask them, how many have seen large lumps of salt," the men on the other side shook their heads in unison, and the two women bowed their heads in embarrassment. …,

"Isn't it already in the Zhenguan years, how can you still live this life?"

A few years ago, although salt was expensive, it could occasionally be called a few taels, but in recent years, the Turks have invaded the border every year, burning, killing and looting, the trade road has been broken, the salt of Shandong cannot be transported in, and the salt ponds on the grassland have no way to collect salt. I have been stationed in Longyou for three years, fighting every year, the army lacks salt, with vinegar cloth condiments, the sergeant's body is like a year, the general knows that the Turks return to the grassland from Yanchuan, the soldiers are weak and can only defend the city and are unable to pursue, I heard that the general's broken sword swore that the Turks must be killed. Childe has a hidden stunt, once it is used, there is no shortage of salt in the army, and after we recuperate, it is not a problem to kill the Turkic dogs. ”

Ignore Zhang Cheng's demagogic language for a moment, the straightforward and cute use of coarse people, the method must be explained, but who can be handed over and how to hand it over This is a university question. Zhang Cheng's boss's boss is called Cheng Chumo, the eldest son of the famous demon king Cheng Biting Jin, the current captain of Lanzhou Zhichong, the second generation of standard officials, who is bold and righteous, and has been fighting on the battlefield with his father for many years at the age of eighteen. Tong guò him, the method of offering salt, is also a shortcut to the south, and more importantly, it is said that Lao Cheng has lived to be 100 years old, the evergreen tree of the Tang Dynasty, no matter what, first hug a thick leg and then talk.

Then he stood up and saluted Zhang Cheng and everyone in a dignified manner: "Listening to your words is better than reading for ten years, Yun Ye listens to Uncle Zhang's teachings today, and he will definitely remember it in his heart and dare not forget it." It's not that he wants to drop his book bag, but he really respects it, and throws away the paragraph where General Cheng swears, but the other words shocked him, oh my God, Zhenguan Shengshi turned out to be like this, military disasters, hunger, everywhere, Zhang Cheng Their requirements are so low, as long as they don't fight and can feed their stomachs, it is worth taking their lives to fill. What qualifications do low-vegetarian people like me who pick up a bowl to eat meat and put down the bowl and scold their mothers in front of them? Gentleman? Joke!

With a bang, those men flashed to the side, like a windmill cranked by Zhang Cheng's hand: "What can we hard-working people teach our sons, it's just casual nonsense." Childe is a person with great ability, and he will definitely be able to enter the phase in the future, and it is a great blessing to be able to get along with Childe. ”

It seems that scholars have too much pressure on them, according to historical records, in the early Tang Dynasty, the proportion of scholars in the world was only 1/12 of the population. Learning has never been a luxury that ordinary families can hope for, and wealthy families hold the door to knowledge. In this generally uncivilized era, the owners of knowledge have a superior social status, and it is these ordinary people who are eager to obtain knowledge who spontaneously elevate their status, as can be seen from Zhang Cheng's title of Yun Ye, boy, stinky boy, Yun Langjun, childe, step by step, with his understanding of Yun Ye, he elevated his title again and again. Will be in and out of phase? They really dare to think that Yun Ye secretly laughed, is there a general who can't even recognize the words? During the Zhenguan period, it was an era when cattle were all over the world, and when I was an officialdom Xiaobai, I met Li Er, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and the eldest grandson Wuji, which was purely looking for death, and it was inevitable that someone would buy it and help the number of people. Merchant? Inferior people who can't even wear silk and satin, in the feudal dynasty, having more money is not a blessing, just a fat pig to be slaughtered.