Halfway through, Song Xuan remembered that his group of people didn't have any tools in their hands.

"Shi Meng, hurry up and go back and get a few shovels!"

This time I came here to build a lot, so although I didn't bring many shovels, I also had three.

Since the canal had been completely cut off, Song Xuan was not slow to go, and went straight to the spring.

But when he walked halfway up the mountain, Song Xuan heard the sound of water flowing on the other side of the hillside, it seemed that the spring water should be fine, but he didn't know why it didn't flow into the canal that everyone had dug now.

"Oracle...... Whew~"

Listening to Shi Meng's rapid breathing behind him, he could see that he also ran back and forth at his fastest speed.

Everyone knows the importance of water, so they know that it can't be delayed.

As soon as he crossed the ridge, Song Xuan immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

The water was still bubbling outward, showing no sign of slowing down, and as for why the canal had stopped, it was a large stone from the mountain that had tumbled down into the canal.

I don't know where the stones came out, they were a meter square, and when I looked up from here, they were all trees that he had broken.

With this large stone in the way, the water naturally could not cross the ridge.

Although the stone is very large, it is fortunate that it is not a problem with the water source, as long as it is removed, the water will naturally still go down the ditch dug by everyone.

It's just such a big stone, obviously not something that Song Xuan and the three of them can push, the three of them tried it, because the terrain here happens to be a small platform, so they didn't push it even with all their might.

"Shi Ri, you go back and call a few more people to come over!"

Since he couldn't handle it himself, Song Xuan also hurriedly shook people, it was too late, and he couldn't delay.

However, Shi Meng interrupted Shi Ri, who was about to leave.

"No, oracle!"

Then he walked back to the other side of the hill and shouted in the shape of a trumpet with his hand:

"Whew~Lulu!"

Since the distance was not very far, after shouting several times, the same response finally came from the valley.

"Whew~Lulu!"

Shi Meng shouted again, and then said to Song Xuan:

"Hey, God's Messenger, people are coming soon!"

Song Xuan really didn't expect this way of communication, his eyes saw that it was already dark, and he originally thought that he could take a good rest tonight, but he didn't expect this to come.

However, everyone came very quickly, and in less than an hour, they all came at a trot.

"Chief, what's wrong?"

Shi Meng turned to the side and pointed to the big stone not far away:

"Come on, let's push it down!"

This can be said to be the whole team, and even Wangcai rushed over.

The stone, which was originally very heavy, was nothing in front of more than twenty people.

"Hey~hey~"

Three sides exerted force at the same time, and even many people failed to mix up the position, and pushed the stone down the valley in a few moments, listening to the sound of the boulder rolling, Song Xuan's heart felt very happy.

Since it was already dark, while the moonlight was still bright, Song Xuan also asked everyone to mend the canal, but fortunately, the section under the boulder was smashed flat, and there was nothing too big in other places, and after the problem was repaired, the water flowed down the ditch dug before.

"Let's go, let's go back quickly!"

When the crowd came, a few of them brought a few torches.

At this time, it also came in handy, the forest was basically opaque due to the obscuration of leaves, although there was no problem walking along the canal, but moving forward in the dark, it was obvious that everyone was a little frightened when they walked.

Although there are not many torches, there is no problem in beating four or five people to divide one and light the way under their feet.

"Let's go, Wangcai, keep up!"

Fortunately, the canal was built before this section of the road, but it has been cleaned very cleanly, and at this time it is just a little more fallen leaves.

Although it was night, it didn't have much impact on the speed, and after more than an hour, everyone returned to the valley, and the stream even arrived earlier than everyone else, and when Song Xuan came back, Song Xuan took a look, and the water in the small puddle was already much deeper than at the beginning.

It's just that the flow has just resumed, and the water quality is not very clean, and I don't know if the impurities will be able to settle tomorrow.

The canal is flowing again, at least the salt is refined, there is no problem, and tomorrow the valley will be renovated and soon ready for use.

The prepared broth has also been in the pot for a long time, it is completely rotten at this time, and now the temperature is just right, one person and one bowl are directly devoured, Song Xuan did not forget to fill a bowl for Wangcai, and today he was also busy all day.

When pushing stones, he also used his little claws to help Song Xuan exert his strength together.

Although it didn't have much effect, it also counted out the strength.

After coming to Tengsnake, it is still rare to be busy until this point to eat and rest.

After eating, you can follow everyone casually, and quickly bomb the camp to rest, fortunately, the current temperature can no longer use tents, and there is no wind in the valley, just raise a few bonfires and make a bunk next to it.

It didn't take long for everyone to fall asleep.

After getting up the next day, Song Xuan first ran to the puddle to take a look at the situation inside, fortunately, there was no mud in the water flowing down now, but a bunch of leaves could still be seen at the water outlet.

If it weren't for the fact that it was too late yesterday, Song Xuan would definitely dredge the canal again, but now it seems that there is no big need, anyway, after a night of washing, everything that can be flushed has been almost flushed, Song Xuan took a basin of water, it was also very clear, and there were almost no impurities to be seen.

When he returned to the valley, he said to Shi Meng:

"Shi Meng, you go and connect the water pipes, and then fill a few pots!"

Others are responsible for reinforcing a few sheds, bringing all kinds of equipment must also be put away, refining salt is an assembly-line work, the position between each workstation is still exquisite, the distance can not be too far, as much as possible to reduce the movement between each link.

In just half a day, the valley was completely renewed, bringing three stone mortars, which were placed directly next to the original big stones, which was the most suitable location, not very far from the place where everyone mined and the water source.

A simple lunch to refine salt began, and because of the targeted tools made in winter, mining was not as troublesome as before.

Although the chisel is polished out of stone, which is a bit rough, the effect is still okay, much faster than just taking a stone and smashing it on the rock wall.

A specially polished stone hammer can bring down a lot of salt ore with each hammer.

Now the stone mortar can be much better than the previous big stone, a person can completely hold it in his arms, the previous big stone can only be said to be barely usable, it is difficult to put on a comfortable posture, now sit directly on the ground, people are comfortable a lot, and the small pit polished, as long as a little protection, basically there will be no gravel splashed out, and the utilization efficiency is also a lot higher.

However, even if the mortar is put down at one time, there should not be too much ore, and if there is too much, the effect will not be so good, and it will be difficult to completely grind it into powder.

Then there is the filtration and clarification, and the evaporation process is not much different from before, except that the clay pot for filtration is now specially designed, and the façade is directly divided into three sections.

There is an arm-thick hole in the middle of the upper two sections, which is to facilitate the placement of things such as bamboo charcoal for filtration, and you can directly use a pottery plate with a hole to block it after you finish it.

Of course, each section has a lot of small holes, which can facilitate the flow of water.

Although it is only a small change, it makes the filtration a lot easier, and it also plays a good role in blocking large impurities.

The filtered clay pipe was placed directly on the calf-high stone platform, and the basin containing the preliminarily clarified brine was much higher.

But now there is no need to pour it slowly by hand, the basin and the jar have small mouths, and the water can flow out directly, only one person can control the water flow of the two sets of devices, and the way to control the water flow is also very simple.

Although it is simple, it is still quite efficient, and one person can do the work that only four people can do before.

And it's so easy that even the filter cartridge is replaced by him.

Although it is only a minor change, it really reduces the workload of everyone, and the most troublesome thing now is the crushing of ore.

This is a laborious and time-consuming task, and in order to extract more salt, the stone must be completely crushed.

Even if three stone mortars were added, they still couldn't keep up with the pace of everyone's mining, and the original large stone platform could only be reactivated.

With the new equipment, everyone's mining speed has also increased, seeing this, Song Xuan also readjusted the manpower, leaving only eight people responsible for continuing to chisel stones on the cliff wall, and the others will either come over to help grind, or they will be responsible for smashing the stones as much as possible, although some of them will be wasted, but as long as the place is fixed, it will not be too much.

The more the stone is smashed, the faster it grinds on this side.

Before long, all five cauldrons were full.

Song Xuan also asked everyone to slow down a little, evaporation also takes time, and if you get too much, you can deal with it, it's better to do it slowly and make yourself easier.

The number of five cauldrons is enough, and if there are more, everyone may have to keep busy without touching the ground, and now this speed is just right.

When the night rests, the pot is still full of water, and even then, most of the containers brought are filled with filtered brine, waiting for the next evaporation.

So even at night, the fire under the pot did not stop burning, but made it a little smaller, and in the middle of the night, Song Xuan asked the master to add some water to the pot, and saw that the wood below was almost burned, and threw in a few large logs, with these supplements, it should not be a big problem to burn until the morning, and the people stopped the fire, so that they could refine enough salt.