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The team on the school field was in deathly silence. There was neither the warm and excited cheers that Zhu Youxiao imagined, nor the look of expectation, or the scorching eyes. He looked over carefully, and those innocent eyes were full of doubts and confusion.

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It seems to be asking him, what is the emperor's grandson and can he eat it?

Such a look made Zhu Youxiao stunned for a moment, but he soon realized that although literacy classes are conducted every night and the elementary school curriculum he compiled is taught, until now, they can only barely write their own names. In this era,

The common people seem to be very stupid and cannot be taught no matter how hard they are taught.

"Emperor grandson" is a well-understood meaning for scholars, but for these young people who can only write their own names so far, it is still a too complicated concept. They may know the emperor or the prince, but the emperor

They don't know what a grandson is.

Seeing this situation, Zhu Youxiao suddenly felt powerless. He didn't know how to explain his identity to these simple warriors.

"What is the emperor's grandson? Forget it if you don't know. You will know it later. Now, all you need to know is that from now on, you are the Imperial Guards of the East Palace and soldiers of my Zhu Youxiao. You only need to remember my

The name is Zhu Youxiao, he is your commander and your food, clothing and parents."

"Did you hear that?" At the end of the sentence, Zhu Youxiao roared out.

"I heard it!" The teenagers below responded loudly and reflexively.

"who I am?"

"Sir."

"What is my name?"

"Zhu Youxiao!"

"Whose soldiers are you?"

"Zhu Youxiao's soldiers!"

After three questions and three answers, he nodded with satisfaction. It was enough for now, "Have a half day off today. Disband!"

"Kill!" The young man who was hit by the unexpected surprise yelled happily. It's no wonder they were like this. They had been training since they stepped in here and never had a break.

Of course, rest here is the same as pla in later generations, it just means no training, not free movement. Clean the public areas, clean the dormitory, wash your own clothes and quilts, and distribute military supplies for training.

There were a lot of supplies distributed this time. Leather armor inlaid with iron plates, mandarin duck jackets, training uniforms, and a series of other things were distributed. Since you have clearly identified yourself as an officer and soldier, you naturally have to match them.

We have all the supplies. In addition to these, there are also many small items designed by Zhu Youxiao himself, such as leggings, wooden kettles, toothbrushes, towels, socks, straw sandals, etc.

These things he had prepared gradually over the past two months of training. The supplies for two hundred people didn't seem like much, but they cost him a full 10,000 taels of silver. In addition to the 20,000 taels paid to Wang Wenyan,

, his small treasury has basically bottomed out. This is why he took the risk and agreed to Wang Wenyan’s plan. The cost of training troops was much beyond his expectation. That’s two hundred people. If eight hundred people are recruited, one month per month will be enough.

The salary of ten thousand taels cannot support it at all.

Boom!

After a violent sound, rubble flew and a seaside cliff was blown to pieces. After the smoke and dust dispersed, countless people in clothes who looked like refugees slowly walked over, carrying handbags on their shoulders, and began to carry the rubble. These

In some places on the cliffs, there are holes corroded by sea water, which can be exploded by filling them with black gunpowder. These stones, soaked and soaked by sea water, are the best building materials for building salt fields.

In the past ten days, this kind of gunpowder blasting has appeared frequently on the seaside outside the Tianjin Acropolis. The pressure from the British Duke and the Jinyiwei in the capital allowed them to act very smoothly. It was almost easy to destroy a small salt field and its surrounding areas.

The land was allocated and then construction began.

On a nearby high ground, Wang Wenyan and a middle-aged man in military uniform were standing. Behind them, there was an old man with barely intact clothes and a shrinking expression. The old man's old face was full of wrinkles and his hair was white.

It's colorful. If you look closely, there are countless crystal particles condensed on it.

The sea breeze was so strong that it made the robes of the three of them beat. The middle-aged man in military uniform was a commanding officer of the Tianjin Guard. Those men in ragged clothes were the military households under the Tianjin Guard, and they were borrowed by him.

Mining stone.

Seeing another stone on the cliff being moved away like ants, Wang Wenyan secretly evaluated it, turned around and said to the old man: "Old Zhou, it's almost time to finish moving these."

Wang Wenyan naturally knew nothing about drying salt, but this did not hinder the construction of the salt field. It didn't matter if he didn't know it, as long as someone did. This old Zhou was the good test he found from the salt field. He was born and grew up in the salt field.

Later, I also made a living here. It can be said that I have been dealing with salt all my life.

Wang Wenyan just mentioned his idea, and Lao Zhou understood what was going on. In fact, the ancients had invented the method of drying salt, but it had never been popularized. Lao Zhou, who had lived in the salt field all his life, had already relied on his years of experience

Accumulation, I know that salt can be produced by exposing it to sunlight.

The secret method of drying salt that Wang Wenyan obtained only included the use of wind machinery and reasonable planning and process optimization of the salt field. It was not much beyond Lao Zhou's understanding. Moreover, many of the words above were terms used by colleagues in the salt field. Wang Wenyan

I don’t understand it, but as long as I tell it to Lao Zhou, I will understand it immediately.

It was with the assistance of this experienced old man that the salt farm was able to smoothly start leveling the land and planning the location. Now that there is enough stone, construction can begin.

"Sir, these stones are completely enough." Lao Zhou replied with some trembling. He really didn't know where this group of people came from. They started to use the sun-salting method without fear of death. It was really boring. Lao Zhou looked at it.

The look on Wang Wenyan's face was as if he was looking at a dead person.

Unfortunately, he happened to have his back to Lao Zhou at this time and did not see this look.

After the stones were removed, Wang Wenyan and the commander of the Tianjin Guard led the people back to the site of the salt farm. At that time, it was a flat piece of land by the sea. The area of ​​​​the land was very large and covered with dense reeds.

, that is still the fuel used when boiling salt.

There are also thousands of military households working here, working hard to level the land and eradicate the useless reeds. Among the military households, there are also some salty salts mixed with them, and they work in some key places.

.Looking at the entire salt farm, it is divided into several large functional areas.

The water diversion area where wind power is used to extract seawater, the evaporation area with the largest area; the strangest one, the filtration of mixed sediment, soil and charcoal, and the final crystallization area. Wang Wenyan did not understand the division of these salting processes, he only

You know, after such a series of processes, the final product is fine salt that can be eaten directly.

He has been around in the society for many years and knows the current market situation of salt. Generally, coarse salt is mined directly. This kind of salt is poisonous and cannot be eaten. After simple filtering, it is sand salt, which can be eaten directly.

It's just that there are a lot of fine sand and other impurities in it, which makes it taste bad. However, most people in the Ming Dynasty ate this kind of salt. This kind of salt cannot be eaten open and must be saved.

Above the sand salt is the fine salt, which is the salt that comes directly from the salt field. The composition of the salt is clean and has no impurities, but the color is not very pure. Generally speaking, most wealthy people eat this kind of salt. Above it is the refined salt. Above the refined salt

It is green salt. There is no difference between refined salt and fine salt, except that it is more delicate and whiter, and tastes better. As for green salt, it is not for eating, but for people who are particular about oral hygiene.

I heard that His Highness Taisun had the habit of using green salt to clean his mouth.

Overall, things went very smoothly, and the salt farm started construction quickly. The secret method of drying salt that the scholar gave him was really easy to use, and could directly produce fine salt. What was strange to Wang Wenyan was that he was presiding over the construction of the salt farm.

The senior officer of the Tianjin Guard and the local salt officer Lao Zhou seemed a bit obedient, as if they were hiding something. He pressed on, but the other party kept talking about it, but couldn't tell anything.

After much deliberation, Wang Wenyan still couldn't guess what would happen. On the surface, the government had no problem. He also had the support of the local Jinyi Guards and Guards, and he also had more than 20 strong Han Yong on his side.

There are many Jinyi guards waiting there, so there is basically nothing that can threaten you.

"Be careful lately, something might happen." Wang Wenyan was secretly vigilant. This salt farm was his certificate of submission, so he couldn't screw it up. He had to rely on this to get into the profession.

Tianjin belongs to the Changlu Salt District, which is one of the best in the whole world. It is an important place for producing salt. Although it is a bit dilapidated now, some thoughtful people still have their own eyes here, and Wang Wenyan does not have any

hidden.

The loud black gunpowder simply announced to others that something big was happening here. Soon, the identity information and purpose of their group were collected, and then passed through some secret channels to the core area of ​​​​salt production in the south.

, Huainan Salt District, and after discussions there, they also had their own reactions.

The news spread all the way to Changlu Town, Cang County. The salt transfer envoy who manages the entire North Zhili territory is located here, which is the core area of ​​the entire Changlu Salt District. Just because North Zhili, Shandong's large

Due to drought, the people delivering the news were stranded by the refugees and could not pass for a while. It took about two months of delay before the news reached Hejian Mansion. Only then did people here start discussions.

During this period, some officials in the court also began to write letters of impeachment. However, the objects of their impeachment were somewhat special, so they used relatively obscure words, such as Meng Lang, Huo Zhi, and something indecent.

Yes, it’s not that the parties concerned simply don’t understand what they are talking about.

Naturally, such a book would not be sent to Wanli, and the people in their book should still do what they should do, without any change. After the discussion at Hejian Mansion, a person was quickly sent
Chapter completed!