freenovelworld Chapter 127 Seawater Salt Production 1
Chapter 127 Seawater Salt Production 1
The day after the Su family banquet, Su's father returned to the military camp.
But the next day, Awen hurried back.
It was said that Su's father asked the family to prepare a thousand kilograms of salt and send them to the military camp, and he would bring it back to the camp at night.
Su Ma and Su Weixi looked at each other, and they both knew that something must have happened in the military camp.
Otherwise, Su's father would not have asked the family to prepare a thousand kilograms of salt and send them to the military camp. The two also knew what Su's father meant by sending it over in the evening.
Because the salt of this era is not particularly pure, the coarse salt eaten by many ordinary people still tastes bitter. The salt eaten by the Su family has always been taken out from the space, but the space is packed with salt. To take out a thousand kilograms of salt, Su Ma and Su Weixi need to go into the space and open the bags one by one.
The two men sent away everyone in the yard, and after closing the gate, they entered the space.
They found a relatively spacious area in the space, and the two of them poured the boxes one by one onto the bed sheet. They then used a machete to cut open all the packaging bags, shook out the salt, and picked out all the packaging bags.
After repeating this process, collect the scattered salt in a cloth bag.
After two hours of hard work, the mother and daughter prepared two thousand kilograms of salt. Although Father Su only asked for one thousand kilograms, the two thought it was better to be prepared.
After it was done, he piled the salt on the ground in an inconspicuous small room in Su Ma's yard, which was usually locked, and then asked Awen to transport the salt away.
Although she didn't know what happened, Su's mother was still very worried because her family had taken out so much salt at once, and it was considered high-quality salt here. People who didn't know would think that the Su family was smuggling salt.
Su Weixi saw Su Ma's concerns and comforted her: "Mom, don't think too much. Since my father asked us to take out so much salt, he will make it happen himself."
"Isn't it that your father's current position is quite enviable? I'm just afraid that someone will do something bad."
"Mom, don't worry. Xiao Yi is still here."
"That's what you said."
The Su family had already tacitly agreed that Xiao Yi, Shen Jingzhou, and Mr. Fu would help the Su family cover up many abnormal behaviors. They were all smart people, and they all knew about the abnormalities of the Su family, but they just pretended not to see it.
It was just that the Su family could not tell them all the details because they were in possession of a treasure. Everyone kept doing this, revealing their true colors while frantically covering up and making excuses.
On the third day, Su's father suddenly came home. Only then did Su Weixi and Su's mother know why Su's father suddenly asked the family to transport salt to the military camp.
It turned out that there was a problem with the salt in the military camp. The cause of the problem with this batch of salt was not man-made, but a problem with the salt fields in the military camp.
The salt fields on the seashore still use the salt frying method.
Salt frying is one of the important methods of obtaining salt in this era. Salt farmers usually obtain brine with a relatively high salinity by scraping the soil. Then put the brine into a large pot and keep burning wood to fry it. When the water in the pot evaporates, there will be a layer of yellow crystals at the bottom of the pot, which is sea salt.
This is the origin of "scraping the soil and pouring brine, taking the brine and burning firewood to boil salt".
Salt farmers on the coast have been making salt in this way. Salt merchants then buy the salt and process it through grinding and boiling again to get the fine sand salt on the market.
The navy of Qiongzhou Island was stationed on the sea, and there were a large number of soldiers in the barracks. The barracks had their own salt fields and made their own salt.
I don’t know which step went wrong this time, which led to someone being poisoned by eating salt produced in the salt fields in the military camp.
But the specific reason has not been found out yet.
Father Su knew that there was absolutely no problem with the salt in his home, so he asked Awen to come to his house to fetch some salt to the military camp for temporary emergency response.
Don't let too many soldiers get into trouble in the barracks, otherwise problems may arise.
After what Su's father said, Su Weixi felt that it was probably because there were too many impurities in the brine, coupled with the fried salt, so some toxins remained.
"My daughter, go to the space and look up the steps of making salt from seawater. I think the current method of making salt by the sea needs to be changed."
"No need to check, I know how to do it."
"Girl, how could you do this?"
"When I was shooting videos before, there was an episode about making salt from seawater. I looked up a lot of information at the time, so I remembered everything."
"Hey, my daughter, thank you for your hard work. Please write down the method." Dad Su looked at his daughter eagerly.
Su Weixi felt helpless as he looked at his father who was becoming more and more out of touch.
"Dad, have you ever thought about this? Our family is not from the seaside. We used to live in the mountains. How could we know this method?" Su Weixi wanted to hit his father.
"Oh, this is easy. When the time comes, just say that you saw it in an ancient book. As for the rest, Xiao Yi will solve it himself." Father Su said indifferently.
Su Weixi sensed the meaning behind Su's father's attitude, so he asked tentatively: "Dad, you haven't told Xiao Yi that our family has a new method of making salt, right?"
"Old Su, you really have already said that." Su's mother also reacted and immediately questioned Su's father.
"Ahem, I saw he was anxious at the time, so I let it slip accidentally." After Su's father said this, he felt guilty. He looked around but didn't dare to look at Su Weixi and her daughter.
In the end, Su Weixi had no choice but to write down the process of drying the salt and give it to his father.
But some of them are not available here yet, and we need to find carpenters and blacksmiths to customize them.
In addition, Su Ma reminded that even if Xiao Yi believed in the Su family, the people here who had used the salt-frying method for generations might not believe it. Su Weixi had only read the information and had not tried it herself.
After discussion, it was finally decided to test it out before spreading it out.
To make salt from seawater, you need salt fields first. As a girl, it is not convenient for Su Weixi to enter the salt fields in the military camp.
Su's father went to find Xiao Yi. After Xiao Yi found out, he got a ten-acre salt field from somewhere and asked Su Weixi to conduct experiments.
A group of soldiers were transferred from the military camp, and Su's father was asked to supervise their work.
The first thing Su Weixi did was to renovate the salt field.
This made a huge noise, because the salt field was right by the sea and there was no shelter, and many soldiers were seen listening to a girl's instructions while working.
Naturally, it attracted the attention of nearby villagers and also attracted many nearby salt farmers.
Seeing about a hundred soldiers hammering the salt fields with wooden hammers, many salt farmers were pointing and talking.
Some older salt farmers were very sad to see Su Weixi and others destroying the salt fields.
"Why is the salt field in such a good condition being tormented like this?"
"I saw that they were all listening to the instructions of a little girl. What could this little girl understand?"
"Who knows which young lady is playing tricks on me. What a pity for the salt fields."
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Although they were all talking, they did not dare to speak too loudly as they saw that the salt fields were filled with soldiers in uniform.
Su Weixi stood not far away, seemingly not hearing anything, but in fact she heard everything the crowd said. However, she didn't care, what she wanted was a big noise.
As for the rest, we will know once the results come out.