Chapter Twenty-Nine: Salt

Zhang Luo raised his head to look at the sun overhead.

It's noon.

It is for the sun to be at its fiercest.

It's still April, though.

The sun's daylight is much worse than that of summer.

But there is enough salt to dry.

This is one of several salt-making methods that Zhang Luo remembers.

Reservoir seawater first, then dry sand and mud.

After that, the soil is turned up, and then the seawater is filtered.

Finally, dry the salt, and then collect the salt.

Although every step is simple.

But it is more common than the smoldering oven salt making method in the Ming Dynasty.

There are still many benefits of the salt drying method.

It saves the material and cost of the smoldering furnace.

The only drawback is that there are too few stone pans for drying salt.

The efficiency of overall salt production is not as good as that of the furnace method.

Zhang Luo chiseled a total of five large stone plates throughout the day.

According to Zhang Luo's preliminary calculations.

A large stone pan can produce about one to two kilograms of salt.

It was four or five o'clock in the afternoon.

Some crystals have already appeared on several stone disks.

Is this what salt?

The little stunned man trembled and looked at the stone plate.

You don't need to cook it in a smoldering oven to make salt!

Scholars are so rebellious?

Zhang Luo naturally wouldn't explain the truth of salt making to the little living treasures.

He hurriedly called the little living treasures.

Let them take the wood chips and scrape off the salt crystals that have appeared.

It was late in the evening.

Zhang Luo estimated that he touched it for a while.

It is calculated according to the unit of measurement of the Ming Dynasty.

About eight catties of salt were dried during the day today.

Zhang Wangsheng looked at the crystal in his hand.

Is this really the refined salt that the landlord loves to eat?

Zhang Wangsheng picked one up and put it in his mouth.

Then he hurriedly threw it up again.

Why is it still bitter!

Although it's a little better than the upper brine.

But the salt still retains a little bitterness.

This kind of salt is not refined salt!

Zhang Wangsheng sat decadently on the beach.

Dozens of children were busy for days.

Eight catties of coarse salt were made.

In a ghost market the other day.

Seven or eight catties of coarse salt is only more than 100 yuan.

I can't earn a tael of silver for most of the month.

Coarse salt is also not easy to sell in Fujian.

The poor can't afford it.

The rich don't look down on it.

It's uncertain whether the coarse salt will be sold.

The more Zhang Wangsheng thought about it, the more uncomfortable he became.

Zhang Luo also tasted it.

There is still a hint of bitterness.

However, reaching the level of coarse salt is currently sufficient.

The sun-dried coarse salt was brought back to the wing.

After ordering the disbandment of the Living Treasure Order.

Zhang Luo closed the door of the wing room.

Next is the most important step.

Remove the bitterness from the coarse salt.

After a while, there was a smell in the kitchen.

Zhang Xiaozhu, a sweaty little girl, ran to tell Zhang Luo:

"Senior brother, the soy milk you ordered has been prepared."

Zhang Xiaozhu wiped her sweat, walked out of the kitchen and said:

"I'm going to read a book, senior brother, you're slowly busy."

Zhang Luo looked at Xiaozhu's delicate figure.

I can't help but sigh that the children of the poor are sensible.

Zhang Xiaozhu understood that Zhang Luo was busy making refined salt.

I know that this kind of thing cannot be watched in person.

I found a random reason and went out.

Zhang Luo also understood her thoughts.

Some things don't let your child know.

It's also so that they can be happy forever.

Zhang Luo poured the coarse salt from the bag into the pot.

Another pot of clear river water was poured on.

Allow the coarse salt, which has been dried to dry hard, to dissolve again.

Zhang Luo took a quick cloth and covered his nose.

Pour a large amount of soy milk into the pot.

The previously clear and bright salt water began to foam.

Zhang Luo took a large spoon and carefully ripped off the foam on the surface.

Wait until the bubbles are all gone.

Zhang Luo poured in some soy milk again.

Wait until the brine no longer foams.

At this time, Zhang Luo increased the firepower of the stove.

The whole cauldron began to stir violently.

The moisture is gradually drained.

Leave a large handful of crystalline grains of salt.

Zhang Luo ordered one with his hand and tasted it.

Sure enough, there was no bitterness at all.

The refined salt has been made!

This is Zhang Luo's junior year.

A professor demonstrates how to make salt to a student.

Zhang Luo kept him all in his mind.

It's not hard to say why.

The reason why kosher salt has a bitter taste.

It's because there is brine in the seawater.

Brine is toxic.

The process of making refined salt is to remove the brine.

Some salt farms raise refined salt when raising.

Soy milk will be added to the sulli.

Use the reactive properties of soy milk to brine.

Turn the brine in the brine into foam.

Then remove the brine foam.

You can get refined salt without halogen.

Zhang Luo admired the wisdom of ancient craftsmen.

Those saltsmiths who may not even be able to read.

It is possible to obtain such a salt extraction method in salt production.

Perhaps this is what modern people often say.

Don't underestimate the wisdom of the ancients.

Zhang Luo took out a few wooden boxes that he had made.

Divide seven catties of refined salt into seven wooden boxes.

[Complete the Craftsman Quest, Craftsman LV Increase, Experience 75/80]

I remembered when I saw the system prompt.

Zhang Luo couldn't help but sigh that the craftsmanship skills were really practical.

Approaching level 10, Zhang Luo felt that his craftsmanship was becoming more and more exquisite.

Looking at the seven salt boxes in front of him.

Zhang Luo was in a good mood for a while.

According to what was said in the ghost market last time

Four catties of refined salt are nearly 300 wen.

That's about eighty or ninety wen a pound.

Zhang Luo plans to sell it as soon as possible.

Count him at least seventy wen a pound.

Those seven catties are nearly 500 yuan.

Fujian's copper coins are considered to be the highest in the country.

A tael of silver is about 1,200 wen.

Count down the refined salt made in one day.

Almost half a tael of silver on top!

The cost of making refined salt is nothing more than soy milk and roasted material.

If you want to increase your yield, you just need to dig a few more stone pans by the sea.

The method of drying salt is really the way to get rich!

Compared with the common smoldering oven salt production method.

Zhang Luo understands that the biggest advantage of the salt drying method is that it saves materials.

If you look only at the method of making coarse salt.

The productivity of the two is not much different.

The process of drying salt also takes several days.

It's not about putting seawater on a stone.

Let the sun dry and the coarse salt will come out on its own.

If it's just seawater.

There are a large number of bacteria and impurities in the seawater.

What comes out is just a bitter brine.

If you want to continue, you need double the amount of soy milk.

The cost of making refined salt is too high.

The salt drying method requires a suitable site.

There must be tidal flats that can hold seawater.

If it weren't for the location of Zhenhaiwei, it would be okay.

It's also difficult to come up with salt.

The salt drying method saves materials, which is the main reason for replacing the smoldering furnace method in later generations.

Anzhen Haiwei's geographical conditions.

Those that can be burned are Weili rice and wheat.

And some reeds on the side.

The tree of the government must not be cut down.

The state capital and the county government have a record of the trees in the forests.

Whenever the emperor of the capital division wants to build a large number of buildings.

The state capitals and counties are to pay tribute to the best trees.

Fujian is surrounded by mountains and forests.

It belongs to the designated wood yard of the Imperial Court Ministry of Industry.

Over the years.

Emperor Jiajing of Daoxian repaired Taoist temples, temples and other Taoist buildings.

The whole of Fujian was overwhelmed by the Ministry of Industry.

Again and again, again and again, it was explicitly forbidden for the people to cut down trees.

In some places, people are forbidden to go near the mountains and forests.

is always worried that the court needs trees to pay tribute.

The government is not looking for suitable adult wood.