Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 411 Zhang Jun's Adventure

And at this time, there was an earthen city near the sea of ​​Dizhou.

Looking at the endless salt transport convoy outside Tucheng like a long dragon, Zhang Jun raised his head to the sky and let out a long sigh.I don't know how long I will be busy today, and I don't know when the hard days will end.But no matter how bitter he was in his heart, he never showed the slightest bit on his face.Always be active and work hard without complaint, this is the biggest magic weapon for him to stand out from the captives.

"Brothers, please work harder. If you beat 501, if you beat 502, let's let 505 take the first place, and let me take the limelight." But it's so difficult.

501 and 502 are both prisoners of war for many years, each of them knows the rules, and because of years of hard work, everyone is in good health.And what about 505?
It's not that everyone looks like that thin stick, but the time is short, most of them are newcomers, and there is always that idiot who thinks he is smart.It's small for them to steal and play tricks, but it's big for them to cheat.Once something happened, Zhang Jun, the leader of the team, would be the first to get the whip.

Outside, a four-wheeled cart can carry ten bags of salt, and one bag of salt weighs fifty catties.It was transported by these transport teams from Yancang to the mouth of Jingdong's old road, and then shipped to the north and south.

Zhang Jun didn't know why Liang Shanjun's salt farm produced so much salt, and the quality was very good, just like the green salt he had seen.He only knew that the people under the rule of the 'Qi State' were truly blessed.There are also newspapers in the salt field, and the price of salt along the Jishui line has dropped to ten coppers a catty.

Its price is so low that Zhang Jun has never heard of it.

At present, Yizhou, where the price of salt is the most expensive in Qidi, is only [-] coppers a catty.

If so, Zhang Jun is not envious of Liangshan Army's wonderful technique, although this King Lu defeated their Western Army, but looking at this man's actions, it is really admirable.

yes.Even now, there is a voice among the prisoners of war that Lu Qian is hypocritical.

But Zhang Jun felt that no matter how hypocritical he was, he still wanted the people to really get something, right?Those "gentlemen" are not hypocritical. They can make the sky three feet high by stripping away money and food.

There was a salt bag on each side. The salt weighing one stone did not make Zhang Jun feel heavy.After all, anyone who can be the leader among prisoners of war can't be beaten.

No matter how good you are in front of the supervision, if you can't suppress your subordinates, the supervision will not promote you to be the leader of the team.

There are five coolie teams in No. [-] salt warehouse, and their job is to move in and send out bags of salt every day.

But they cannot be the only ones in the salt warehouse forever. It is reported that there will be a wave of expansion in the salt warehouse in autumn.At that time, he will not be the leader of the team but the leader of the team.

Thinking of Zhang Jun, he couldn't help laughing. He has been in the army for so many years, and he is still far away from the capital.It's better to be a prisoner now, and all of them will die soon.

Zhang Jun was thinking chaotically, but his work was not slow at all.Picking up two packs of salt, he was in front of the cart again in the blink of an eye.

Just behind the side he didn't notice, the White Rat was looking at Zhang Jun with admiring eyes. This guy is really strong.

"Brother Chao Gai told me to pay attention to the materials that can be made, and there are indeed some materials that can be made among the prisoners of war." With such strength and endurance, he is worse than a hundred people in vain.

"Zhang Jun. Good name, Bai Sheng has memorized it. In a quarter of an hour, call him to see me."

After following Chao Gai to serve in Liangshan Bo, things have turned around. The "prosperous" day rat is now the deputy general manager of the Chengkou Salt Farm in Dizhou, and belongs to the Salt Class Promotion Department under the Transportation Department.He is also a dignified sixth-grade official.Who would have thought that this idle man from Anle Village in the past would now be on a higher level than the official magistrate of a major county?
The ancients said: killing people and setting fire to gold belts is really true.

The deputy managers are all grade six, so the real manager is from the fifth grade, or even higher grade five.

The reason is that there are a thousand garrison troops in Chengkou Salt Field, overseeing more than [-] salt workers and workers, and more than [-] prisoners of war gathered here and there.The latter is a heavy burden, but it is also because of them that the Chengkou Salt Field took only half a year to win the crown of the salt field in Qilu Land in one fell swoop.

This saltworks has been different from the beginning.It promotes the drying salt method.

It is known to boil sea for salt.China has been following the fried salt method since ancient times, at least before that.The drying salt method is an absolute advanced technology.

Even if it is more effective than the modern salt farms of later generations, it is the difference between ants and elephants.But in the current era, compared with the cumbersome frying salt method, the sun-dried salt method is a great leap forward.

Boiling the sea to make salt is not simply boiling the water in the sea water to get the salt.There is another procedure before this, which is to pile up ashes and soak them in brine.What the ancestors poured on the iron plate or salt skimmer was not the natural sea water, but brine.To obtain brine, salt farmers must first dig ditches on the beach, introduce seawater during high tide, and build dams to block the tide before low tide, so that the ditches are filled with seawater.This seawater cannot be used directly to boil salt. Instead, it must be poured on the ashes of burned red grass to absorb enough salt, then let the sun dry out the salt flowers, and then scrape them out and pile them into piles.This is a heap of ashes.The salt people built countless salt towers with mud on the beach. The bottom of the tower was tamped down, leaving a channel with one end leading to a water tank.A thick layer of straw is spread on the salt tower, and the ash that absorbs enough salt is spread out on the straw.Finally, it rains or artificially pours fresh water on the ashes, which is the brine.

The method of decocting salt is complicated to operate and requires a lot of manpower to prepare firewood and decoct brine, so the cost is relatively high. Moreover, the large plate of iron can only fry [-] catties day and night, and the small plate is half as much, so the production efficiency is relatively low.

And what about the sun-salt method?When Lu Qian proposed this method, he was only right.Everything is handled by subordinates.Perfectly turned the salt drying method from Lu Qian's 'brain hole' into reality.

With the strength of one man, he can gain two hundred catties a day.Because the sun-dried salt method has no firewood and firewood expenses, and saves people's resources, the price of salt is extremely low.

The salt price of the fried salt method is tens of yuan per catty, while the salt price of the sun-dried salt method is extremely high, only two yuan per catty.Therefore, Lu Qian sells salt at a price of ten yuan per catty or even higher, and his heart is definitely black.

When the navy has completely cleared the checkpoints in Goryeo, the salt can even be sold to Goryeo.

"Zhang Jun, Zhang Jun, come here."

A quarter of an hour is gone in the blink of an eye.The superintendent of the salt warehouse yelled loudly. Zhang Jun, who had just picked up the water ladle, was probably in a daze for a second before reacting, dropped the water ladle, and ran forward.

"What is my brother's order?" Supervisors are their immediate superiors.If you hate this kind of people, even if you just follow the regulations, you can make your life worse than death.Naturally, under the Liangshan Army's rule, all officials and public servants were strictly controlled. Officials, big and small, were not just scumbags, so no one dared to cheat and ask for money.

But no one dared to provoke them, did they?He is really so staunch, there is no dead ball on the battlefield, how can there be a hero in the prison?

The supervisor's surname is Chao, but he is not from the Chao Gai tribe.At this moment, I looked Zhang Jun up and down, like a treasure pulled out of the loess, "Zhang Jun, you used to be meticulous in your workmanship, and you were honest. We all said that good people will be rewarded. Such a good man will have good things in the future." Future. As expected, it has come true, you have great fortune and good luck. Today, a noble person came to this place, and he valued you at a glance."

"You suffered hardships earlier, and you will surely make a fortune after a long time. According to your martial arts and character, this figure, no matter how noble people appreciate it, will not have a good future in the future. Don't forget brother at that time."

With a sound of "gudu", Zhang Jun swallowed his saliva, and his thirsty throat was filled with moisture. "Zhang Jun's success among the prisoners depends on the supervision and care. My brother knows who I am, and Zhang Jun is definitely not an ungrateful person. Please give me a clear explanation. When I really prosper in the future, I will not forget my kindness today."

The supervisor said: "You just need to rest assured. This is a really good place to go. When you are in front of the nobleman, just tell the truth and don't hide it."

Then Zhang Jun saw a man in stone blue straight shirt, sitting in the main chair with big thorns, and when the supervisor came, he just nodded his head.

Zhang Jun looked at this man's face again, he was small and thin, with two thick mustaches, and he looked like an official.But this person must not only have looks, but also temperament.

It's still the same sentence, living in the air, nourishing the body.No matter how wretched a person looks, with thousands of horses and horses in his hands, can he still have a temperament like a mouse?
"You are Zhang Jun?" He was far away before, and he looked unfriendly.Now Bai Sheng looked at Zhang Jun carefully, seeing that Zhang Jun's nose was like garlic, and his mouth was like a jumping skin.Muscles all over his body, his complexion was dark, and he looked like an iron tower.

"The villain Zhang Jun has seen Duke Ming." Zhang Jun bowed to the end without any shyness.

But Bai Sheng didn't think he was acting like a villain, and said: "Okay, good man, I won't hide it from you. I was entrusted by my brother to find some good materials among these prisoners of war and send them to me. My brother works under the account. Would you like to?"

What else is Zhang Jun unwilling to do?This person's status is so high, and he still has an elder brother, so that person's status must be higher.If I can serve under the nobleman's account, at least I will be a personal guard, which is a hundred times better than working in the salt field.It was a promise.

Bai Sheng said his identity, dignified deputy manager, no wonder the supervisor can be so careful to serve him. "My elder brother's surname is Chao Minggai, who was given the nickname Tota Heavenly King. He is the most benevolent man. He is currently the prefect of Jeju. You are from Kansai. I'm afraid you don't know my elder brother's reputation. I just want to tell you that if you are good at life, you only need to be able in the future. Outstanding, you have a bright future."

Zhang Jun was hot all over, and he was very excited.How could he not know who Chao Gai was?After staying in Chengkou for such a long time, not all of his subordinates are big men from Kansai, but some are "well-informed" people.When you have free time to talk nonsense, you should talk about the rise of Liangshanbo.Who is Chao Gai, Zhang Jun knows very well.

"The villain was freed from such suffering by the kindness of Duke Ming, how dare he not do his best under the command of Chao Taishou. Even in front of Duke Ming, if there is an assignment in the future, Zhang Jun will never refuse to die!"

Bai Sheng laughed when he heard this, "Brother Chao Gai has so many friends, his subordinates have no choice but to be hidden dragons and crouching tigers. As long as you put your heart into things, if you can fight for the top, you will already win glory with me. This is the greatest reward."

(End of this chapter)