Wei Xuan waited until the others were far away, was silent for a while, and suddenly lowered his voice and asked Bai Shu, "How are the skills of Du Zhong and the others?" ”

Bai Shu raised his head a little dazed and glanced at Wei Xuan, and found that the expression on Wei Xuan's face had not changed at all, so he leaned down his head and said: "Among the seven of them, Du Zhong is the most righteous and the best, and he is the leader of many light heroes in Ji County. Several other people admired his personality and kung fu. Du Zhong alone is definitely no problem with the seven or eight guards of our Wei family, if he is desperate, I am afraid that a dozen people are not his opponents. The others are not bad, and the usual four or five guards will definitely not be able to get close. ”

Wei Xuan could see that this Bai steward seemed to have a lot of respect for Du Zhong, which made him a little surprised. It is said that Cypress is now in his early thirties, has a family and a business, and can become such an important member of the Wei family's salt pond steward, which must be very valued in the Wei family. Just such a person, although inferior to the core children of the Wei family, has a much higher status than ordinary miners and guests, but is willing to take risks to shield Du Zhong and others, which really makes Wei Xuan very curious.

Then he asked, "What about you?" How does it compare to a few of them? ”

Cypress was a little embarrassed, but when he looked up, Wei Xuan seemed to be waiting for his answer very seriously, and said, "The small one is worse than Eucommia...... Almost. ”

Wei Xuan looked at the cypress tree like a shy big boy and couldn't help but smile: "That's not bad, it just so happens that my Wei family needs to recruit and train a group of guards in order to deal with the thieves, you and Steward Cao will change seats, where will we go to the manor in the future." In addition, I will ask Du Zhong and them to see if they are willing to be guests of my Wei family, if they are willing, they will go with you to the manor of the Wei family in the southwest of Anyi to report, if they are not willing, leave quickly, but you still have to pay attention to hiding your tracks. ”

Cypress was stunned for a moment, and then he was overjoyed, but he didn't expect Wei Xuan to just ask a few casual questions and let himself go so lightly. After a plop, he knelt on the ground and touched the ground: "Thank you Childe, thank you Childe!" ”

Wei Xuan waved his hand: "Go, go!" Whatever they decide, keep their whereabouts secret and don't let anyone else know about it. Killing people is not a trivial matter after all. ”

The cypress tree got up from the ground and hurried towards his room.

At this time, Du Zhong and the others had already received the news and knew that it was not the county government who came, so they all waited for the news in the cypress tree's room, and when they saw the cypress tree coming back, several people discussed. Soon after, the seven horsemen, including the cypress, left the salt pond and headed north. All of them were riding horses, and it seemed that these people still had money left in their families.

Du Zhong and the others came and went in a hurry, and everyone at the Yanchi construction site, including Wei Mai and Cao Steward, thought that Wei Xuan had persuaded Cypress to let Cypress take Du Zhong and the others out of Yanchi. All breathed a sigh of relief. How to deal with Du Zhong's murder is a matter for the Ji County government, and as the domestic slaves of the Wei family, they naturally follow orders.

Wei Xuan saw that Cypress, Eucommia and others were so decisive. The cypress tree even forgot to say it to himself, and smiled bitterly in his heart that this person was really chivalrous. It's just that he didn't know whether Cypress's previous thank you would pursue him for harboring Du Zhong and others, or if he would like to thank him for accepting Du Zhong and others. Seeing these people leaving, he didn't know what choice Du Zhong and the others had made.

It wasn't until Wei Mai came to urge that Wei Xuan came back to his senses and rode into the construction site of Yanchi, and it could be seen that the construction site of Yanchi was much larger than the previous manor.

Before coming, Wei Xuan also had a brief understanding of the Wei family's salt pond, and there were 500 people who were absent from mining and salt washing here, plus the family was bigger than the average Lifang. It was these five hundred people who provided most of the Wei family's vast family's daily expenses. And he brought Wei Zheng here because he relied on the endless wealth brought to Wei Mansion by Yanchi. Whether it can be done will be known in a few days.

Due to the delay in the manor, and the thirty-mile journey from Anyi to Yanchi, most of the people were already tired and rested early under the arrangement of Vimai. However, Wei Zheng couldn't stay idle, and waited anxiously for Wei Xuan at the door of Wei Xuan's room.

Wei Xuan originally wanted to hide in the room and wait until tomorrow, but when he saw Wei Zheng like that, he had to go out and go to Wei Mai with Wei Zheng, and when he came to Wei Mai's residence, he found that Steward Cao was also there, so he didn't have to look for it again. So Wei Xuan said directly: "Steward Cao, in the future, you will change with Steward Bai, and assist the fourth brother here to do a good job in the salt pond." ”

Steward Cao was stunned when he heard this, Wei Xuan brought him over from the manor, and he didn't dare to ask more, he just thought that something had happened in Yanchi. As a result, as soon as he came to Yanchi, he heard about Du Zhong, and originally thought that Xuan Gongzi was going to open the cypress tree, or at least to be demoted. But I didn't expect it to be an errand with myself.

However, thinking of what Wei Xuan had done in the manor before, he knew that there would be basically nothing to do in the manor for at least most of the next half a year. And salt ponds are the key industries of Weijia. In other words, if you want to be transferred from the manor to Yanchi, you also need the core members of the Wei family to come forward.

Today's mistake has been achieved. Although he has not yet received the approval of the head of the family, as long as he does things in a down-to-earth manner, he will not refute the face of Prince Xuan if he wants to come.

So this guy hurriedly knelt on the ground and thanked him: "Thank you, thank you, thank you." ”

"Get up and speak, you two listen. This time, my four brothers and I came to make refined salt, and I had people bring the materials for making samples from the manor. Steward, you have arranged for a dozen or so reliable people to listen to the arrangement tomorrow morning. Tonight, I will tell you about the production process of refined salt, and tomorrow I will implement it on the spot to see if it can be ......."

Wei Mai and Steward Cao were stunned, and the people in the entire salt pond thought it was a routine inspection when they saw the two young masters of the Wei family coming. I didn't expect these two to make some refined salt.

However, Wei Zheng didn't wait for the steward to ask questions and smiled: "Zhongdao, since Steward Cao will also work in the salt pond in the future, you can always talk about making refined salt." ”

"Fourth brother, if Xuan doesn't explain it today, I think the fourth brother won't let me sleep peacefully. However, the two stewards should remember that this is related to the harvest of our Wei family in the next few years, so it is important to keep it a secret. Fourth brother, all the forty people brought from Anyi and the manor will be handed over to you, and from this day onwards, including the two chief stewards and all the workers involved in the production of refined salt in the future, will keep an eye on me.

If you find that there is a betrayal of my Wei family, you can control it first, and if you resist it, you can directly kill it! ”

Wei Xuan's eyes were indifferent, and the two stewards also heard Xuan Gongzi's caution and nodded again and again. Wei Zheng pondered for a while and then said with a smile: "The two stewards have been in my Wei family for many years, and the selected workers must be loyal to my Wei family, and there should be no problem with confidentiality." Coupled with the fact that there are forty guards in the salt pond, it is foolproof. ”

When Wei Xuan said that, he naturally wanted to let the people from the White Tiger Hall come over and stare at this side, so he didn't continue to say more on this topic, but changed his smile and said: "Next, I will tell you about the simple production process of refined salt, so that everyone can have a preliminary impression, and try it again tomorrow to see if it can be done." ”

The three of them nodded again and again, not only Wei Zheng, but also Wei Mai and Steward Cao became excited. What new furniture Wei He is working on in the manor has already entered the account of tens of thousands of dollars, and they also know. It is said that the Wei family attaches more importance to refined salt, and it will definitely be able to bring more wealth to the Wei family, and this is naturally the first hero.

Wei Xuan had already made a good draft, found a charcoal pen and made a gesture on the ground, several people were also shrewd people, and it didn't take long for Wei Xuan to have a certain understanding under the illustrated explanation. The three of them were so excited that they couldn't sleep anymore, and wanted to pull Wei Xuan to do experiments overnight, but Wei Xuan naturally ignored them and went to sleep by himself.

Early the next morning, the rest of the salt pond was in place to continue mining, washing and other processes in an orderly manner. On the side of a small river less than a mile from Yanchi, Wei Xuan, Wei Zheng and others were taking more than a dozen loyal slaves of the Wei family to open more than a dozen large clay pots by the river. Wei Zheng didn't leave Wei Xuan even more, watching his commanders operate with his subordinates.

Wei Xuan's so-called refined salt is naturally not as advanced as that of later generations, in fact, to put it bluntly, it is very simple, that is, coarse salt filtration. It's just that people in this era have a great demand for salt, but the production of salt is far from enough, and few people have thought of this for a long time. Or someone thought of it but gave up because the cost was too high.

The process of Weixuan is not complicated, that is, dissolving, adsorption, filtration, boiling and drying, if it still doesn't work, it can be repeated several times. Wei Xuan ordered people to first put the coarse salt in the clay pot, then add a large amount of water to the inside and stir it to dissolve the coarse salt, then add charcoal to it, and then cover the mouth of another clay pot with two layers of gauze, and pour the salt water adsorbed by charcoal into the clay pot. The residue on the gauze is discarded. This is repeated several times until the color of the salt water begins to clear from yellow.

The adsorbed and filtered brine is then boiled dry. When the first pot of brine was boiled dry, Wei Zheng and the two stewards looked at the salt in the pot in disbelief, because the first process was yellow and clear before, and now it naturally looks much lighter, even a little white. Wei Zheng couldn't help but pick up a handful from the pot and stuff it into his mouth to taste it often, and then spit it out in one bite. With both hands in their mouths, they tried to pull everything out.

The two stewards looked at Wei Zheng in surprise, and then at Wei Xuan, thinking that it seemed that they had failed. The knowledge is also very curious, according to Xuan Gongzi's operation, there are no other things, how did it become unattachable.

Wei Xuan saw that Wei Zheng's movements were too late to stop him, and now he saw Wei Zheng eating the same coarse salt as before, it was not salty and dead.

However, in order to test the effect, he also went to the pot, touched the granular salt with his right index finger, and then tapped it on his tongue. The three of them all looked at Xuan Gongzi intently, but they saw him slowly withdraw his fingers and close his mouth, and then close his eyes, obviously savoring.