Facing Jing Haibo's clasped fist salute, several magistrates quickly turned aside to avoid it.
"Uncle Jinghai has troubled us. It is our honor to be able to share your worries for him."
"Haha, we all serve the emperor." Han Du said with a smile.
Immediately, several people echoed, "Yes, yes, we all serve the emperor..."
After the greetings had passed, Han Du stopped delaying and waved his hand and said, "Let's go. Now that the salt fields have been dug, let's go take a look."
"Uncle, please!"
Faced with the warm invitations of several people, Han Du did his best to let Da Ma Jin Dao take the lead. Following Jiang Ming Luoguo and others, and Zou Xing and several other county magistrates, the group came to the salt field in a mighty manner.
I saw a large expanse of salt fields. At first glance, the row of salt fields near the seaside was slightly higher, and the salt fields closer to the inside were lower. Han Du not only nodded with satisfaction, but also dug exactly according to his requirements.
"Good dig."
After Han Du finished speaking, the county magistrate immediately answered with a smile: "Uncle, now that the salt fields have been dug, why not choose an auspicious day to officially release seawater to dry the salt?"
"What's the point of choosing a day? It's better to choose a day than to hit it." Han Du curled his lips and said directly.
He raised his head and glanced at the blazing sun in the sky, then said: "Let's open the gate and release the water now. Remember, only the first row of salt fields will be filled. The next row will be all empty for Uncle Ben."
"Uncle, why are you doing this? Why don't you fill it up together, so that more salt will be produced in the sun." Luo Guo on the side didn't understand why the uncle did this, so he asked directly.
When several county magistrates saw a man dressed as a commoner standing next to Jing Haibo and speaking directly without any scruples, they all looked at Luo Guo with strange expressions.
Although they didn't know who Luo Guo was, several people felt that a person cannot be judged by his appearance. Didn't you see that Zou Xing was standing aside without saying a word, and several navy admirals were also silent.
However, a common man spoke up, and seeing the smile on Jing Haibo's face, he didn't care at all about this common man's rashness.
Han Du instead smiled and explained: "You don't know, there are impurities in the sea water, which are things we don't need in the process of drying salt. If the sea water is directly dried into salt, then these things will be mixed In salt, the roots are difficult to remove. On the contrary, when drying salt, dry half of the seawater first, and then put the seawater into the salt fields in the back row. In this way, the salt from the salt fields in the back row is Real refined salt.”
After Luo Guo heard the explanation, he said nothing more.
A magistrate on the side, seeing the awkwardness, said with a smile: "My uncle is really a scholar. Unlike people like us, we don't even know how to dry the sea water, let alone separate the sea water to dry it." Got refined salt.”
"This is not a strange thing," Han Du said nonchalantly, and then directly ordered: "Give me the order and start draining the water."
As the messengers went down, the gates of various salt fields were opened to let in sea water. Under the watch of a crowd of people, the raging sea water quickly filled the salt field completely, and then they waited quietly.
Under the scorching sun, within just four days, the sea water in the first row of salt pans had dropped.
At this time, Handu ordered the corvee to put concentrated seawater, that is, salt solution, into the second row of salt fields.
This time, in just two days, snow-white salt crystallized from the solution in the second row of salt fields and settled at the bottom.
"The salt is out..."
"It's really salty..."
The people are more excited than all the officials. For officials, whether they can produce salt in the sun will not affect their ability to eat salt. But it is different for the common people. Salt is the basis for their survival and is essential every day.
Moreover, the high price of salt makes people's demand for it seem to be never enough.
Now that they saw salt from the sea water with their own eyes, these people didn't know why they were so excited. He even shouted as if he was using all his strength to be heard by everyone.
Perhaps they saw how easily they could obtain precious salt, and thought that one day they would not have to worry about eating salt. Even if they themselves could not see it, if their descendants could see it, it would be worthy of their efforts. Be happy and be excited!
The commotion of excitement was so loud, and Han Du was not deaf, so naturally he had heard it a long time ago.
Taking a group of people to the salt field again, Han Du couldn't help laughing happily when he saw that the bottom of the water was covered with a layer of snow-white.
Even without tasting it, Han Du knew that the white stuff at the bottom of the water was salt.
"Zou Xing."
Zou Xing pondered for a few days, carefully considering what Han Du said to him that day. The more I think about it, the deeper my understanding becomes. My heart suddenly became enlightened, and my whole body was swept away from the fatigue and decadence of a few days ago, and became full of energy.
At this moment, when he heard Jing Haibo's call, he quickly replied in a serious voice: "I'm here, please give me your instructions."
"Starting tomorrow, let people scoop up the salt."
Zou Xing was stunned after hearing this, and couldn't help asking: "Uncle, don't you have to wait until the sea water is completely dry?"
"No need," Han Du shook his head and explained, "Salt is what you have to fish out of the water."
Everyone was stunned, what was fished out of the water was salt? Can salt also be fished out of water?
Han Du was too lazy to explain to everyone and continued to give instructions: "But after fishing for salt, the remaining water has been dried and the things left behind have to be packed and stored by me, as well as the things in the first row of salt fields. The same goes for things. These are good things, more expensive than salt."
"I obey my orders." Since the uncle was unwilling to elaborate, Zou Xing would not ask further questions. The uncle didn't say that there was a reason to win over him, he just had to do as he was told.
Knowing that they would start fishing for salt and excavating the salt fields tomorrow, these people volunteered to come to the salt fields early with various tools.
They wanted to help, and they also wanted to see how the salt was fished out of the water.
The reality is simpler than what the people think. Under the influence of the people, salt, like water, will become invisible. But in this seawater solution, salt actually exists. No preparation is required, just use your hands to pick up the snow-white salt from the bottom of the water and put it into the basket.
Someone picked up the salt and held it in his hand, looking straight at it without moving his eyes. After a while, tears couldn't help rolling down from his eyes, and he even burst into tears.
Some people didn't even say a word, but their hands worked hard to lift the salt from the bottom of the water until the basket was full and could no longer be held.
