Chapter 53: Boil the Sea for Salt

Accompanied by Lu Wan and Limu, Yan Zheng personally ran to the beach once.

The situation was much better than he expected, and it turned out that it would only take about seven or eight hours to reach the beach.

And along the banks of the river, although there are many trees, in fact, the altitude has been decreasing.

When reaching the estuary, there is a phenomenon of seawater backflow, so that there is a large area of saline-alkali land.

This makes it unlikely that there will be other tribes in the surrounding area of about five kilometers.

It saves you the trouble of dealing with other forces, and you can occupy that place in a grand manner.

For this reason, Yan Zheng deliberately erected a wooden plaque and named the area Yanchi.

He had planned to use the method of salt production, but lacked cement, a tool for the rapid manufacture of salt pans.

Although the triad soil is also fine, the triad soil needs to be hammered tightly to resist the corrosion that has been carried out for many years.

For manpower consumption, it is not as cost-effective as directly sending a few clansmen here to cook salt.

So he had his people dig a ditch by the sea and keep the design of the salt pans.

This ditch can bring in seawater at high tide, and after the tidal force recedes, it will increase the concentration of seawater through natural transpiration and sedimentation.

In this way, it is convenient for the clansmen to come here to boil salt, and when there is more straw in the future, the clansmen only need to put the straw in the flat land around the ditch, and after a long time, salt will precipitate on the straw.

When the time comes, as long as these straws are washed with saturated salt water, you can get good quality salt.

The coarse salt produced will be sent back to the tribal territory for refining.

Refining is also very simple, as long as detergent is used to bring these impurities away, the quality of the salt can be improved.

The detergent is saturated salt water, using the difference in solubility, the coarse salt is ground finely, put into the washing tank, and the impurities attached to the salt crystals are separated from the precipitation through the general principle of the washing machine.

After several filtration, many impurities can be removed, and magnesium chloride and calcium chloride in these impurities are also good refractories.

It can be said that the discovery of the sea is, to a certain extent, the discovery of a chemical treasure trove.

As long as there are conditions and the chemical industry has a certain foundation, it can basically go sideways in this world.

Yan Zheng has also been very sure that this place is definitely an island, not an island but also a peninsula.

Because there is a large horizontal mountain range behind this place, and it is bordered by the sea to the north, and the distance from the source of the river to the sea is estimated, this island or peninsula may be only two or three hundred kilometers wide.

"I heard that a lot of land is alluvial for thousands of years, and the geography and landform at this time are definitely different from those of later generations. Could this place, or possibly somewhere in South China? ”

"I remember when the accident happened, it seemed like I was in the sky over Guangdong, right?"

"Could this be Guangdong, remember what culture has been unearthed in Guangdong, it seems to be the same period as Yangshao culture!"

With this question, Yan Zheng tossed back and forth for five days, and finally came up with the tribe's first refined salt.

The salt is delicate and white, and the impurities such as magnesium chloride, magnesium sulfate, and calcium chloride with a bitter taste are removed, and the taste is pure salty.

After Yan Zheng tasted it, he slowly closed his eyes, and a tear slipped down his cheek.

He can finally get rid of the days of drinking porridge, and he can finally eat the meat of the Eight Classics!

"Why is Miko crying?" The people watching around were puzzled.

The leader and the witch both stepped forward to taste it, and their expressions were stunned.

After they took a few more bites, the two looked at each other with ghostly expressions.

Yan Zheng came back to his senses and said to the tribesmen gently: "Today, to celebrate the tribe getting refined salt, I personally cook and invite all the tribesmen to taste it together!" ”

The clansmen instantly became agitated, and in their minds, the food made by the Son of God was already the best delicacy in the world.

And Yan Zheng doesn't cook easily, and only when he is very satisfied with someone, he will make a dish and reward him.

The clansmen immediately rejoiced and spontaneously began to prepare for the celebration.

Several clansmen even sent the ingredients and clay pots over with interest, and let Yan Zheng choose them.

Yan Zheng sighed, how could these ingredients be worthy of refined salt.

"Lu Wan, go and kill the divine bird I fattened and wash it!"

"And that little black deer, just eating grass and not growing meat, kill it and send it together!"

Lu Wande went immediately after the order, and no one felt that it was inappropriate, anyway, there were more than twenty divine birds now.

The chieftain and the witch took the initiative to take on the task of sacrifice, and they took their tribesmen and began to pray to the ancestral spirits.

Yan Zheng looked focused and treated this cooking with a very good attitude.

When Lu Wan sent the divine bird and the little black deer, Yan Zheng frowned, this pheasant turned out to be just looking fat, but it was actually not as fat as the chicken in his impression.

Fortunately, the meat of the little black venison was good, so he cut off the best venison, sprinkled it with salt, added peilan, xinyi, minced ginger, perilla leaves and wild onions, and waited quietly for it to marinate.

The sacred bird was processed in the same way, and then the divine bird was slowly fried through with meat oil.

The remaining venison is fried directly in the pot, add enough water after adding condiments, and then simmer slowly over low heat, and sprinkle a handful of wild onions before boiling.

Afraid that the tribesmen would not have enough to eat, he cooked two large pots of venison jerky on the side.

After the venison is marinated, it is skewered with bamboo skewers and slowly roasted over a charcoal fire.

Roast until the venison oozes fat, and the thinner areas shrink and brown slightly. Sprinkle with a little minced ginger and the fragrant venison skewers are freshly baked.

The surrounding clansmen were already drooling.

Lu Wan almost put his mouth on the clay pot, he sniffed the oil smoke obscenely and intently, and he didn't know if it would be on it.

Yan Zheng skillfully stroked a string, and he was in a good mood after eating!

This is the first bite of normal meat he has eaten since he crossed, the venison meat is not heavy, and with the barbecue method and salty pure salt, this smell is faintly like another flavor.

"Very good, let it be eaten with your people!" Yan Zheng laughed.

The leader and the witch, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately led the people to cheer.

Then, under the distribution of the leader and the witch, each clansman came to taste it.

Yan Zheng was holding the fried bird and nibbling on it, while supervising the clansmen with chopsticks.

People who use chopsticks better can eat venison quickly, and they can eat a few more bites.

If you don't use it skillfully, you can only barely get a piece.

Lu Wan is also not proficient in using it, so he simply gets started.

But as soon as he stretched out his claws, he was beaten back by Yan Zheng with a stick.

Lu Wan was so anxious that he turned around, and the unskilled clansmen with chopsticks were also so anxious that they were sweating profusely.

Yan Zheng laughed, and finally let them share some so that they could calmly try to eat with chopsticks.

"Bring more meat and give it to the untouchables, so that they may join in the great event!" Yan Zheng commanded again.

The clansmen also screamed in swarthy tones, and the whole camp was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

After eating, the clansmen began to dance together, and the scene instantly burst into a bonfire.

It was only after jumping until they were exhausted that they stopped and lay on the ground one by one.

Yan Zheng also lay comfortably on the ground, holding a grass and looking at the starry sky.

The leader and the witch were also lying on the side, and the two of them also looked at the starry sky.

"When someone dies, a star will fall from the sky!"

"Look!" Yan Zheng pointed to a meteor and said.

The leader did not reply, but stretched out his hand and followed the direction of the meteor, as if trying to touch the meteor.

Savages also have dreams of picking up stars!

"Look at those stars, those are the Big Dipper, it's like a spoon! Legend has it that those who are lost can find their way home as long as they are guided by these stars! ”

The leader's hand reached for the spoon in the sky again, and he put it down only after he had grabbed it again and again.

Yan Zheng pointed to the moon again and said, "That's the moon, there's a tree on it, look!" It looks like someone is cutting down a tree. ”

Both the leader and the witch looked at the moon, and they looked calmly, their eyes deep.

"Above the moon, there is also a Guanghan Palace, and there is a fairy Chang'e in it......"

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