Lord, he is not a man [infrastructure]

Tang Bo took a few people around the small city and understood why it was so lively.

Most of the people who came here to buy salt brought goods, but the goods they brought were not necessarily what the salt cave leaders wanted, so they had to exchange the goods for money first.

Some people will leave after selling a batch of goods, and some people will stay in Yandong City for a long time due to other reasons such as long distances or unsalable goods. A new group of people will be left behind, and the original group will leave with the salt team.

For these people doing business in the salt cave city, the salt cave lord was very generous and did not charge them more taxes, as long as they were willing to buy salt.

Because there are always people selling goods, it forms a market that is not closed every day.

In this way, Salt Cave City has become a well-known trading place. Rich people in some nearby territories or merchants who pass by here will come in to see what good goods are available even if they don't buy salt.

Tang Bo asks Tian Min to secretly find out where the salt caves that produce salt are.

Tian Min took Ahshu with him. There was a little girl around, so others would not be too wary of him.

Tian Min came back from a circle, and shook his head at Tang Bo: "The Yandong leader has strict control over the salt-producing areas. People from other places say they don't know, and those who know also laugh at each other. They also told us not to ask too many questions, otherwise we will be punished by salt." Dongling was driven out, and if he wanted to buy salt in the future, the price of salt would double. The locals refused to say anything, and shook their heads when they asked them anything.”

Tang Bo nodded, he was already mentally prepared.

"Master, have you bought a lot?" Tian Min saw that the mule they were leading was already full of sacks.

A little smile appeared on Tang Bo's feminine face: "Even if you can't buy salt, it's worth it to come to Yandong this time."

This world already has millet, wheat, rice, hemp, bean, millet pepper, and the great nobles of the Seven Duchies used this as their surname.

Tang Bo found rice and sorghum in the market in Yandong City today.

It's a pity that the rice is rice, not upland rice, and it is not suitable for Bailuling to grow.

Although sorghum is drought-tolerant and relatively high-yield, it does not require careful attention and is full after eating, but its shortcomings are also obvious. It is not easy to harvest, tastes bad, and is not easy to digest.In the current lack of oil and water, eating a meal of sorghum rice or sorghum noodles can make you suffocate until the head of your large intestine falls out and you can't poop.

Because of the two points of unpalatable and easy to cause constipation, sorghum has never been dried corn on earth, and it is almost becoming a building material.

Tang Bo still bought some rice, which is an appetite that no Chinese can escape. People who eat rice for a long time will miss it very much if they don’t eat it for a while.

When Tang Bo saw the rice, he was so greedy that he couldn't walk, so he bought five hundred catties immediately.I wanted to buy more, but the other party didn't have it either.

Because Tang Bo bought a lot, the other party gave him three rabbit skins.

Tang Bo bought very little sorghum, only three to five catties, and planned to take it home and plant it casually.

What Tang Bo bought in large quantities were dates and wolfberries, as well as wild apricots and mulberry trees.

These four plants are drought-resistant and cold-resistant species with low soil requirements. They are easy to grow, easy to survive, and have many uses.

To Tang Bo, it was already a pleasant surprise to find these four plants in the salt cave.

Dates, goji berries, and apricots can all be grown from seeds, and mulberries are a bonus.

A businessman needed to build his own shed, so he went out of the city and cut down some tree trunks. These trunks had some branches and leaves, and Tang Bo accidentally discovered that the leaves of some of the branches looked like mulberry trees.

Tang Bo chatted with the other party as if he also needed to build a shed, and it was easy to ask from the other party where these trees were cut.

Tang Bo didn't take advantage of the other party, and bought fifty catties of bacon from the other party's stall that hadn't stinked yet.

Apart from these four plants, Tang Bo was most pleased that he found Sophora flavescens here.

This kind of plant belongs to shrubs. It is not only resistant to drought and cold, but also resistant to salt and alkali.

Sophora flavescens is not suitable for human consumption.But its leaves and twigs can be pressed into green manure, that is, they can be cut off and buried in the soil as fertilizer.In addition, its roots can be used as medicine, mainly for killing insects and relieving itching.The stems and fruits can be used as pesticides.

Pesticides are hated by modern people on the earth, but they are indispensable.

Pesticides don't increase crop yields like fertilizers do, but they can reduce pest infestations by a large amount without causing massive yield loss.

According to the memory left by his original body, there is no record of using pesticides in Bailuling and Luma Principality now. The harvest season is also the busiest time for farmers. They need the whole family to fight against insects, birds and beasts. Take their food for the next year from their mouths.

Even so, the final harvest will be much lower than the actual output.

Matrine, a pesticide, has very low toxicity to humans and animals, but it is a broad-spectrum pesticide.

Tang Bo's huge knowledge base allows him to know how to make matrine and how to use it.

In addition, Tang Bo also saw some crops that he could not recognize, so he bought some.

Because Tang Bo was generous and bought a lot, people in the market would greet him with smiles when they saw him coming, and some enthusiastic stall owners would tell Tang Bo some taboos and common sense of life in Yandong City.

Tang Bo learned some gossip about the Lord of the Salt Cave from these chats.

This lord has been on the throne for five or six years. Some people say that he is not the biological son of the former lord, but his lordship is sealed by the Grand Duke Luma himself.

When he came to power, he brought two hundred slave soldiers and killed the former lord's family to the point of bloodshed. Not a single relative was left behind, and all the babies in their infancy were killed.

After that, the lord's jurisdiction over the local people became more and more strict. Once he committed a crime, he would be taken to the salt cave to do things. Many people were taken away and never returned home.

"I heard that this lord is so cruel and severe to the locals because the previous lord was very popular with the locals. When the current lord kills the former lord's family, the locals hide the last blood of the previous lord .”

The stall owner who spoke had already asked his subordinates to close the stall, and the generous Tang Bo bought all the goods on his stall, and he could finally go home.

The happy stall owner told Tang Bo some gossip about the lord of the salt cave, which is well known but not easy to tell, and it was he who reminded Tang Bo not to ask the locals about the location of the salt cave.

"Those of us who come to buy salt want to know where the salt cave is. Who would want to take someone there to snatch it? It would be best if we can directly occupy the salt cave." The stall owner winked at Tang Bo, It means that everyone feels the same.

"However, it is impossible for the salt cave leader to let others know about such an important place. At most, everyone knows that it is a deep cave. People who came to buy salt have also searched nearby, but they don't know how the salt cave leader hid it. Yes, everyone has walked all over the nearby hills and mountains, and they haven’t seen the salt caves where the salt cave leaders mined salt blocks. They are really well hidden.” The stall owner praised it sincerely.

"Young master, as long as you don't ask around in Yandong City, and don't meddle in the affairs of the local people, you can stay here very happily. The local lords are pretty good to those of us who come to buy salt and do business. The good thing is that no matter how big a deal we make, as long as we take their salt with us when we leave, the salt cave leader will not charge you an extra copper coin for tax."

The stall owner looked at the cooked dried meat that Tang Bo handed over, and he was not polite. He grabbed it and stuffed it into his mouth to chew, and said the last sentence vaguely: "But after leaving the Yandong area, you have to be careful on the road, Yandong There are many robbers around the territory, if you have money, don't refuse the 'goodwill' of the lords of the territory."

Tang Bo thanked him, and watched the stall owner and his party leave the market, "Let's go too, counting the time, the salt should be delivered soon."

Tian Min was surprised: "Don't you wait for Gu Ding? Where did that child go?"

"He'll meet us outside the city, let's go."

Tang Bo left without hesitation.

The people who secretly monitored Tang Bo and his party saw that they were walking quickly, so they went back to report the news when they were relieved.

The steward heard that Tang Bo and his party had inquired about some things, but as long as it was something that businessmen who came to the Yandong District would inquire about, as long as they didn't go deep and didn't plan to make trouble, the people in the Yandong District would not care too much.

"Let the people who send the salt pay attention to how many people they left outside the city and when they left. If you find them hanging around to inquire, come and tell me."

"Yes."

Although the steward gave such a warning, he didn't think at all that young master Gui, who was greedy for enjoyment at first glance, would stay and cause trouble.

Tang Bo and his party all left Yandong City on foot, and the horses and mules they brought were all loaded with things.Some goods are too much, Tang Bo also agreed with the merchant to deliver the goods out of the city, and the final payment is also delivered outside the city.

Someone had probably greeted them, but the city gate guard waved them away without asking any more questions, let alone inspecting their goods.

Tang Bo arrived at the place he had agreed with Baidou, and he saw that the salt transport team had been transporting salt in sacks continuously.

And the merchants that Tang Bo agreed with also followed them out of the city, unloaded the goods here, and got the final payment from Tang Bo.

It is already a thousand meters away from the salt cave collar.

The people in the salt transport team only saw the white beans, but did not see the imaginary caravan, and felt strange.

Bai Dou used his rough and mature-looking face to say to the people in the salt transport team: "Those damned lazy bastards must still be dawdling on the road. When they arrive, I will let the young master kick their asses! You, Pile up all the salt bags here."

Baidou also slapped his chest vigorously: "I'll watch, and I'll see who dares to snatch it."

Tang Bo paid attention to those salt transporters, and saw that they all had only a pair of hemp shorts wrapped around their bodies, their skin was tanned, most of them were lean, and half of them could see clear ribs.

Moreover, these people had some old whips on their bodies, and they all worked with their heads down, and no one looked at Tang Bo and his party more.

The people in the salt transportation team unloaded all the salt bags, and the team leader brought a very simple scale, and checked the number with Tang Bo before leaving.

The reason why the scale is simple is because the structure is really very simple, similar to a balance.

Put a bag of about [-] catties of salt approved by both the salt tunnel collar and Tang Bo on one end, and put another bag on the other end. As long as the two are even, the other bag is also fifty catties.

Such a measurement method is definitely not 100% correct, and it is troublesome to calculate fractions, but it is considered a relatively advanced measurement method now.

"Master, the leader of the salt delivery team is still hiding nearby." Baidou stood tall and looked far, and complained to Tang Bo when he turned around.

Tang Bo didn't immediately put away the salt bags and goods either, "This is still within the area of ​​the salt cave, so it's fairly safe. You all act as if you're resting here and waiting for someone."

"Yes." Bai Dou and Tian Min worked together, unloading the horses and mules first, letting them rest first, and feeding and watering them diligently. It will be up to them to run away later.

Wait, why would they think of running away?

The sky darkened quickly, and Tang Bo could not see them clearly because the follower could not see them clearly—as long as the follower saw that the large pile of goods was still there, he would think that they were there.

Tang Bo put some perishable food into the space first, leaving only a large mountain of salt bags for show.

A small black shadow suddenly appeared from the bushes, startling both Tian Min and Baidou.

Gu Ding made a funny face at Ah Shu.

Mouse grabbed a handful of grass and threw him.

Tang Bo brought Gu Ding in front of him: "Don't bully Ah Shu, just tell me, what have you heard."

Gu Ding patted Tang Bo's hand away and warned him: "Don't carry me around."

"Want to eat it?" Tang Bo flipped his hands, and two roasted corns supported by leaves appeared in his palms, emitting a strong sweet aroma, which attracted the other three to look at them together.

Tang Bo didn't expect to turn out roasted corn this time. He thought it was two raw corns, so he wouldn't have to worry about Bailuling's food.

[Submission 1000, the territory of the transformed people lacks the salt necessary for human beings, please try to solve this problem thoroughly.The time limit is one year. After completion, the transformed person can get a reward of -[-] character value and a random drop of a crop seed.If it is not completed within the time limit, the reformed person will be punished.The content of the punishment was to burn the whole body with fire for half an hour. 】

a year?This is the task with the longest time limit so far. It seems that Goudan doesn't think it is easy to find and occupy the salt mine.

Tang Bo temporarily put aside the task assigned by Goudan, and focused on asking Gu Ding what he had heard.

"I know where the salt cave is." Gu Ding looked like I'm good.

Tang Bo praised him from head to toe without hesitation, "Where is it?"

Gu Ding rolled his eyes: "I know what you are going to do, you have to take me with you. I will not hold you back."

"Okay." Tang Bo agreed straight away, he needed Gu Ding to lead the way.

"There is one more thing."

"What's the matter? Have you found a good pharmacist here?" Tang Bo still remembered to ask Gu Ding to learn more herbal medicine and medical skills.

Gu Ding snorted: "That pharmacist doesn't know as much as the pharmacist of Sanshuling. His only skill is to turn salt into water and pour salt water on patients, saying it is to exorcise evil spirits."

Tang Bo laughed: "Salt can indeed sterilize bacteria. What are you going to tell me?"

Gu Ding scratched his chin with his little finger, "Forget it, I'll tell you when I get to the salt cave."

Gu Ding still didn't trust Tang Bo very much. He felt that Tang Bo would not agree to him if he said it in advance.

Tang Bo rubbed the child's head, and finally told Baidou and Tian Min: "If someone comes to rob, don't worry about the salt, save your life first, run to a nearby place and hide, everything will be discussed when I come back."

Bai Dou, Tian Min and Ah Shu were moved, especially Tian Min, who felt that the young master was really different from before.

Tang Bo suddenly turned his head: "You don't need to thank me. Only when you are alive will someone serve me. I don't want to do those chores."

But the three of them still added 0.3 character value to Tang Bo.

Tang Bo was also very helpless. He thought that he might have to change the way he usually gets along with the people around him. Otherwise, if he continues to rise like this, his integrity value will soon reach [-] points. He doesn't want to be burned for half an hour.