What is this, the corners of his mouth twitched, but thinking that not everyone knows how salt comes from, those who are close to the sea still know some, and those who are inland do not know much, after all, in ancient times, salt was an important source of income for the imperial court, and salt and iron belonged to the imperial court.

Therefore, there are very few people who know how to make salt, and it is not surprising that the people here can only live a salt-free life despite guarding a huge saltwater lake.

Knowing the existence of the saltwater lake, Yingman moved some thoughts, but she was just a child, and it was okay to play games with everyone before, it was martial arts, and when she didn't show it, it looked like a child playing at home again, and when she was playing a few strokes.

But the salt making is not so easy to explain, and Yingman is not the person who didn't understand anything at the beginning, and at least the collapse of the character will not be so obvious, she feels that she has to think of a way.

When she got home, she was still thinking about it, and it happened to be Zhong's turn to cook again in the past half a month, and when she was helping in the kitchen, she heard Zhong say: "This salt is gone again, what can I do, salt is so expensive now." ”

And now it is the time of the busy farming, they have to harvest all the crops in the field, and then dry, if they do not eat salt, they will not have the strength to work, let alone when they sweat profusely, the consequences of not eating salt are even worse.

Although he was distressed, Zhong still made a meal, and when he was eating, he told Grandpa Xu about the problem of salt, and when he heard that Grandpa Xu was also distressed, he put down the dishes and chopsticks, and looked at his wife, "You take some money out and go buy some salt." ”

"Official salt was already very expensive, and now private salt is even more expensive. Grandma Xu was reluctant, but she also knew that salt was essential. "These are for you, you look at buying. She handed over the money to Zhong, after all, Zhong is now in charge of the kitchen.

"Okay mother. Zhong nodded.

"Mother, I'll go with you too. When Zhong was about to enter the city, Yingman immediately said very positively.

"Mother is going to do business, what are you doing with it. Zhong disagreed.

"I want to go and see, mother, you can take me there. Ying Man looked at Zhong coquettishly.

"No, I can't. Zhong still refused.

"If you don't take me, then I'll go by myself, anyway, I know the way. Ying Man saw that she insisted and immediately said.

"Hey, you kid, what are you talking about. Zhong was amused, this child, but looking at Yingman's serious appearance, she couldn't take it seriously, "It's okay to take you there, but you have to be obedient." ”

"Good. Yingman nodded, but his mind was different. Naturally, she didn't go out to play, but mainly to find an excuse for her own salt-making method.

After entering the city, Zhong took Yingman directly to a relatively remote place, there are many people here, these people are here to buy private salt, now there is no official salt, and you can't help but eat salt, so you can only buy private salt.

"Why has the price gone up again? ”

"Yes, this has risen three times, and the price is three times that of the original official salt. ”

"If this continues, my family probably can't afford to eat salt. ”

Listening to those women talking about the price of salt rising again, Zhong also began to frown, this salt is a necessity, and the price of official salt in the past made them dare not let go of eating, every time they add a few grains of salt to a big pot of food, now that the price has risen so much, can they still afford it.

Some people bargained with the smuggler and were directly blown away by the impatient salt dealer, they are not short of this business now, so naturally they will not be polite to them, but the woman who was bombed did not dare to leave, so she could only take out the money to buy salt sadly.

Yingman watched Zhong line up, ran away for a while, ran back after a while, and was caught by Zhong, "You girl, didn't you promise me not to run around?"

"I'm not running around, mother. "Full of grins.

After going back, Yingman didn't say anything about the saltwater lake immediately, she needed an opportunity, and when the family was sad after eating the salt at home again, Yingman knew that the opportunity she wanted had come.

"Daddy, what's wrong with everyone?" asked Yingman pretending to be curious.

"Hey, there is no salt at home, and if you don't have salt, you won't have the strength to eat, but salt is too expensive to buy. Zhong said with a sigh.

"Salt, mother, let me tell you something. Ying Man blinked, then beckoned to Zhong and asked her to lower down and whisper, "Actually, the last time I ran away, I heard those family members who sold salt say that it is quite simple to make salt, that is, dry it with seawater or boil it, and you will get a white particle."

Goodbye pellets are boiled in water, the sand will be strained with gauze, and then boiled dry to salt. "Yingman said the simplest way to decoction salt.

"So what, we don't have the sea here. Zhong didn't know what his daughter was doing when she talked about this.

"I heard the children of the family ask what seawater is, and the woman said that seawater is a salty and bitter water, and I heard Brother Hao say before that there is a lake at the other end of the grassland, and the water in the lake is very salty and bitter, is that seawater?"

"Of course not. Zhong retorted: "The sea is big and boundless, wait!" After speaking, she reacted to what Ying Man had just said, and suddenly exclaimed.

"What's wrong, brother and sister?" Zhao asked.

"Damn, is something wrong?" Xu Erlang also asked with concern.

"Daddy, eldest brother and sister-in-law, the head of the family, the three younger brothers and sisters, we may not have to worry about the problem of salt. Zhong came back to his senses and found that everyone was looking at her, his face was slightly red, but he quickly calmed down and told everyone what Yingman had just said.

"Really?" Grandpa Xu was overjoyed and looked at Zhong.

That's what Yingman said. Zhong was not very sure, so he looked like Yingman.

"That's what I heard those people say. "Yingman looks very innocent.

"Grandpa, what do you think?" Grandma Xu looked at Grandpa Xu, if this is true, then they don't have to worry about the problem of salt, but salt and iron belong to the control of the state, and it is illegal to make or sell illegal salt.

The salt dealers dared to do this because they had backers, but they were just poor peasants.

"I'm thinking about it. Grandpa Xu took out a cigarette stick and lit it, and smoked it, full of disgusted Zou Zou's little face, she never liked the smell of smoke.

"Daddy, I've finished eating, can I go out to play?" Yingman had already finished eating, and what he originally ate was gruel, and the children didn't work.

"Go ahead. The adults waved their hands, although Yingman had said a good way before, but they only thought that Yingman had heard it by chance, and they didn't pay attention to it at all.