Bai Jin nodded, there is no official salt introduction can not sell salt at will, most salt mills are to supply salt to a big family, but occasionally encounter some merchants secretly sell a little is still possible, in the past in Hailing when the Yun family has not obtained salt introduction also had some transactions with some merchants from the sea, although it is not sold much, but the price is at least twice as much as the supply to the big family, quite profitable.

Baishan stopped in front of a slightly dilapidated salt mill, which was the salt mill left behind by Bering. Because there was no work for a month, weeds grew near the salt mill, which looked a little dilapidated, Bai Shan pushed open the door, there was a choking smell of dust inside, Bai Jin wiped it on the stage casually - the ash on one hand, no one used it for too long.

However, everything is still intact, I saw that there was a huge disc in the center of the room, which had been rusted, and below was a burning kang, and there were some knives, mud blades, shovels, nail rakes, halogen cranes, buckets and other utensils on the side.

Although the salt mill is small and complete, she looked around, the whole salt mill is a small window, working in this environment, it is very easy to get sick, no wonder Bering will be tired.

She pulled Bai Shan and said, "Do you know how to make salt?" ”

Baishan is still clear: "My father told me that I naturally know that salt can be obtained by decoctioning several times with the water of the lake on weekdays, and when the tide of the lake recedes in September, you can take the mud from the lake and then pick the lake water to irrigate it." After gathering a sufficient amount of brine, the salt is fried in a pan and the salt is made in the same way. ”

"All the workshops here make salt this way?"

Bai Shan scratched his head, unable to think of any other way: "This is how salt is made for several miles near the lake. ”

Bai Jin's heart already understood three points.

No wonder you can't see the salt pans here, only chimneys, the people here make salt and Hailing people are different, Jingnan's salt frying method is the most ancient method of salt making, the salt obtained is fried from lake water or brine, Bai Jin has heard of it a long time ago and has tried, but there are too many shortcomings and there is no in-depth study.

The method used by Hailing is the salt drying method of the large salt pan, which is made by introducing seawater salt into the salt pan to dry, and the speed is similar to that of the salt frying method, and there is no need to burn the fire so troublesomely, but the only drawback is the weather.

The salt mill in Bering is very suitable for drying salt, and the salt mill is located in the middle of nowhere, with a large lake beach in front of it, just enough to dig out the salt pans and bring in the lake water to dry salt.

Bai Jin secretly thought to himself, if there were enough people to dig a huge salt field here, then he would be able to produce a lot of salt at one time!

Bai Shan accompanied Bai Jin around the Yanfang for a few turns, and Bai Jin walked on the way back satisfied.

The conditions of the salt mill are very good, and it also makes her feel very good, and she is now thinking about how to start running this salt mill again.

As long as the salt pans are dug up, you can start drying salt, and if there are enough people on such a large beach, you can dry a lot of salt, and you can make a lot of money at that time.

"If Uncle wants a salt mill, are you willing to give it?" Bai Jin asked him as he walked.

Bai Shan said: "Sister, do you want to tell me about the chicken coop before?" ”

It seems that he is quite smart and right, and he figured things out in one night.

Bai Jin nodded and said, Bai Shan thought for a long time before saying: "Naturally I don't want to, my uncle was not close to our family before my father's death, and a few months ago, my father wanted to borrow a tael of silver from my uncle and was rejected." My father taught me how to make salt before, so it's not impossible to revitalize the salt mill. ”

Bai Jin snorted: "If the salt mill can be re-operated, our family will be much better......"

Before she finished her words, she walked in the footsteps of Bai Shan, Bai Jin thought that he wanted to rest for a while and then continue to walk back, but she found that his eyes were looking ahead.

Following his gaze, Bai Jin squinted his eyes and looked forward, only to see a few people coming in front, the two people led by them were dressed quite gorgeously, both were dressed in brocade silk robes and jade crowns on their heads, the one who walked in front of him was angular, and the people behind him looked mediocre, although they were not ugly, but they always gave people a somewhat obscene feeling, and Bai Jin was not very comfortable to see.

"You know?" Bai Jin asked curiously.

I only heard Bai Shan slowly spit out two words: "Liu family." ”

The Liu family? Bai Jin's eyes widened: "Could it be that the eldest son of the Liu family?" ”

Bai Shan nodded, Bai Jin touched his chin and said, "It still looks pretty good." ”

Bai Shan was startled by her, and looked like he had seen a ghost, could it be that his sister was going to be the same as before: "You say that's good-looking?" Where to look? ”

Bai Jin said: "Don't you think the person at the front is not good-looking?" ”

"The one in the back is Liu Gongzi."

Oh, it turned out to be the one in the back, Bai Jinzheng wanted to praise himself for his good vision, and then he retracted his idea after knowing which one was the real Liu Gongzi, which is not as good-looking as Yunheliang.

However, appearance is not important, people's hearts are the key, Bai Jin is not easy to judge herself, so it is better for her to decide not to meet them to avoid extraneous branches.

Fortunately, the people over there didn't notice them, and the two of them also walked around the side.

Back at home, Luo's happened to be waiting for them after boiling porridge, and after the two sat down, Luo's mouth went straight to the point: "Now like this, it seems that you are going to give up the salt mill to your uncle." ”

Bai Jin frowned and was about to speak, but Bai Shanzui said faster than her: "Mother, this salt mill must not be given to uncle." ”

Bai Jin's eyes lit up, knowing that the words when she came back had an effect, although Bai Shan took her to Yanfang Although it seemed that she was wandering around the whole time, Bai Shan did not do nothing, and Bai Jin had some questions that he answered one by one.

Before Luo's could react, Bai Shan had already continued: "Now that the chickens in the yard are gone, and the melon seedlings in the melon field are gone, we can only rely on the salt mill left by our father." ”

"But your father has ......"

"Is that okay?" The young man from Baishan said angrily, "Even if I don't have a father, I can take care of the salt mill." ”

Luo thought for a long time and looked at Bai Jin.

Bai Jin pursed his lips and smiled: "Since Bai Shan wants to do it, then it doesn't hurt to do it, anyway, it is better for Bai Shan to rise if the ten taels of silver from my mother are rusty." ”

Luo's was a little shocked: "But your marriage ......"

"Mother, Jin'er is seriously reluctant to marry that Liu Gongzi."

Seeing the truth of what the two of them said, Luo Shi frowned and thought for a long time, sighed and said: "Since you are willing, then I will not stop you, if your uncle comes again, I will come to you." ””

Bai Jin nodded, this is what she wants.

After returning from the farmland on the afternoon of the second day, he went to ask the people who had worked in the Bering Salt Mill to see if he could recruit people, and it was not until it was dark that Bai Shan came back.

At first glance, it is not good to be a teacher.

Bai Jin poured him a cup of tea, Bai Shan hung his head and sat at the table and said, "Since Daddy's salt mill stopped, most of those who used to work have found other salt mills, and the remaining people are reluctant to come. ”

Bai Jin was not surprised, she didn't think there was anything strange about this, although this Huangyan Village is near the lake, but there are not many people who really own the salt mill, most of the people are working in the salt mill, and their lives are poor, in order to make a living, one salt mill must be quickly replaced by another salt mill to continue to work. And those who don't want to come, Bai Jin can also understand, Bai Shan is still young and can't convince the public, so he is unreliable at first glance.

When Bai Shan came back, he was very bored, and he was obviously determined to start the salt mill again, but it didn't take a day to deal a very heavy blow to him.

"Then no one agreed?" Bai Jin didn't believe that there was no one.

"That's not it," said Bai Shan, "if there are three or five people who are willing to come for the sake of their father's face." ”

The workload of this salt mill itself is very huge, and it is not something that three or five people can complete, and Bai Jin also knows that even if he does not use the salt frying method, the salt drying method will have to find a large number of people to dig up the salt pan.

Bai Jin fell into deep thought.

The current difficulty is that there are not enough people, and there are only ten taels of silver in hand, not only not enough silver, not enough manpower, and not enough time, if this continues, the family will be destroyed by the uncle sooner or later.

Brother-in-law?

Bai Jin's mind flashed.

"I've got a solution." Bai Jin said with a smile.

Bai Shan looked puzzled, and Bai Jin whispered a few words in his ear.

"This ...... Is it feasible? He was a little skeptical, "What if Uncle Yi occupies it all in the future?" ”

Bai Jin nodded solemnly and said: "There is indeed this possibility, but now there is only this way, otherwise in a few days, I am afraid that the whole salt mill will be in the hands of my uncle, if we open our mouth in advance, we may be able to occupy some interests." ”

"Well, that's all there is to it."