The ancients often described looking too far away and ignoring the things that are close to them, describing it as darkness under the lamp.

Yan Zheng has this feeling at the moment, he has a long-term vision, and he boasts that he is far superior to these savages in terms of strategy and tactics.

But it was precisely because he thought about it too much, so he was cautious, and his adventurous spirit was greatly reduced.

Always want to achieve their goals in the most stable way.

So he would never have thought that he was so close to the sea!

Riki returned on a raft at dusk the next day, and all four of them had ecstasy on their faces.

As soon as he landed on the shore, Riki saluted and shouted, "Sea! We found the sea! ”

Yan Zheng only felt a burst of relief, and the hanging heart finally landed.

At the same time, he can't wait to give himself a slap in the face!

If he could have taken the risk of gambling earlier, in line with the idea of going east to the sea of Baichuan, he would have discovered the sea long ago when he saw the river!

The leader also became excited, and his face showed a flush.

Wu Ze immediately began to pray to the ancestral spirit, thanking the ancestral spirit for guiding the tribe to find the sea.

They all know that this means finding plenty of salt!

"Son of God, you taste it, is this the water of the sea!" Limu handed another clay pot to Yan Zheng.

Yan Zheng stretched out his hand to take it, dipped it with his finger, and licked it with his tongue.

A bitter taste instantly filled the tip of his tongue, but he felt that it was the most wonderful taste in the world.

"That's right! It's the sea! He laughed.

The leader and the witch also laughed and tasted the sea together.

Yan Zheng hurriedly asked: "This river has been going down, has the water situation changed?" ”

Riki smiled, "It's always been gentle, there's no too winding place, and it can float all the way to the sea." ”

Yan Zheng estimated that according to the calculation of one day back and forth, it would take more time to return to the countercurrent.

In this way, it takes about ten hours to reach the sea after drifting down the river. According to the speed of the flow, that is, it is only about one hundred and twenty or thirty kilometers from the sea!

In the wilderness era, if you don't take the waterway, it may be a long journey, and in modern times, it is only half an hour's mileage of high-speed rail.

"Okay, great!" Yan Zheng said happily: "From now on, our tribe will enter a new stage!" ”

"We will have an endless supply of salt, and our people will be able to eat salt every day!"

The leader also trembled with joy and said, "Ancestral spirits should be sacrificed, so that all the clansmen can celebrate together." ”

Yan Zheng smiled and said, "Naturally, we should celebrate, but although we have found the sea, we must send a team of armor soldiers to find out if there are other tribes on the seashore."

If there is, we must find a way to destroy them, and the salt can only be controlled by one of our tribes! From today onwards, the rafts of the tribes in the upper reaches of the Great River are not allowed to cross Monabe, and we are going to build two watchtowers by the river. ”

After thinking for a while, the leader felt that it was difficult for the tribes by the sea to go on an expedition, and persuaded: "If there are other tribes near the sea, it is better to trade with them, as long as we are not prevented from boiling salt, I don't think they can do anything." ”

Yan Zheng raised his eyebrows, pondered for a moment and said, "Then salute first and then soldier!" If they don't get along with us, we'll get rid of them first!

In the future, the smooth passage of salt will become the top priority of the tribe, and whoever dares to hinder our access to salt will have to fight them with all our might! ”

The leader nodded, he understood the value of salt to the tribe, but he didn't understand why it was important.

Yan Zheng understands that he must control the salt!

Because salt is so important, farming civilization is already beckoning to him!

Salt is also the only way to control other tribes, and when all the wildlings start eating salt, salt can be used as a weapon in the trade embargo to sanction other tribes!

And to some extent, salt is the earliest addictive FMCG.

And compradors, weapons, and addictive FMCG are the trifecta of exterminating backward races.

It would be even more perfect if you made such a magical thing as wine!

Yan Zheng was very happy, patted Limu on the shoulder and said, "This time you have made a great contribution and rewarded your two wives!" You go and pick among the female captives who have never given birth to children. ”

Riki smiled and said, "I don't want the women of the West Naibu, I want the Alamy of the Bamo Department." ”

Yan Zhengyou snorted and quipped: "You are quite good at climbing, why do you have to be that Alami?" ”

Limu scratched his head and said, "I fell in love with her when I changed relatives last year, and she can participate in the change of relatives this year!" ”

Yan Zheng patted him on the shoulder and said, "Okay, I promise you!" Change of family this year, just as you wish. You go down and have a good rest, and then accompany me to the beach tomorrow! ”

Riki retired in ecstasy, not the slightest tiredness of running.

The leader smiled, "Alami is Bamo's daughter, and Bamo is afraid that he is reluctant to marry her to Limu." ”

Yan Zheng spread his hands and said, "If you don't change it, I'll let Limu take the armor to get it next year." ”

The leader smiled lightly and stopped mentioning the matter, took the clay pot and asked, "Is this sea water urine?" ”

"No, the salt here is higher than the urine! Moreover, seawater is a gift from God, not excrement such as urine! ”

"Then this water can be used to make salt like boiling urine?"

Yan Zheng smiled and took the clay pot and took the leader and Wu to the thatched house.

Under their gaze, start the real boiling salt!

He also wanted to see how salty the sea was, which was recorded on average at 3.5 per cent and could be less than 1 per cent if unlucky.

If it is less than 1%, it can drive the person who boils the salt crazy, and the impurity filtration will also be more labor-intensive.

But in any case, it will be much better than the salt you get from boiling urine! At the very least, it's easier to get by psychologically.

The three of them stared at each other, and when the sea water boiled only a little bit, there was already a layer of relatively white crystals underneath.

Yan Zheng began to stir constantly, allowing the last bit of water to evaporate and dry.

When he scooped up the salt, he couldn't help but get a little taste of it, and he almost couldn't help but eat the salt boiled out of urine without eating salt during this time.

The saltiness and bitterness in his mouth told him that the purity of the salt was very good, and the salt content was very good.

I don't know why, Yan Zheng feels like crying!

If I knew that it was so close to the sea, I should have sent my people to explore downstream as soon as possible, instead of boiling salt with urine, and almost losing my life.

After the leader and the witch tasted it, they couldn't suppress the surprise on their faces, the taste of this salt was too pure and rich, a hundred times better than urine salt.

In front of Yan Zheng, the two licked the handful of salt clean.

"You're right! Salt can only be controlled by us, Monabu. The leader was still unfinished.

Wu Hui tasted: "This taste is so wonderful that if the tribesmen can eat it, it will be the greatest pleasure of the tribe." ”

Yan Zheng smiled contemptuously, you wait for ordinary people, what good things have you eaten there!

In his mind, all kinds of salt-baked delicacies have begun to emerge, such as salt-baked chicken, salt-baked prawns, salt-baked pork liver, and salt-baked eggs.

There are also pickled cabbage rolled tofu, salted fish, bacon, sausages......

This night, Yan Zheng fell asleep drooling.

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