The crown prince nodded, "Sure, Gu Ye stayed here to take a look at the method of drying the salt." But he didn't doubt Bai Shan, why would he lie to them with this thing when he was full
But he thought it was interesting, and it would be nice to have a look at it.
The prince stood by the field and watched them put the salt into a box covered with linen cloth. They needed to pick out the salt and dry it again before receiving it in the linen bag.
But at this time, the salt is only slightly moist, and it is considered a finished product.
The prince looked at the output of a piece of salt field, nodded slightly, and continued to walk along the salt field. Along the way, he saw more than 20 fields of salt production, but their progress was different, and some were just a shallow spot at the bottom. A layer of salt crystals, some have already been disintegrated into blocks, and the color is very dark. It needs to go to the third step, which is dissolved in water and then dried.
The prince was still most interested in the first field, he looked around and said: "I have been walking all the way, and the first field in each row rarely sees salt crystals." Unlike the second field and the third A field, as long as there is crystallization, it is all in pieces.
Bai Shandao: "The first field doesn't have to wait for the salt crystals to come out, it can be put into the second field after the sun reaches a certain concentration. Of course, the sun is good now, so the occurrence of salt crystals will increase and the speed will also increase." It will be fast, these first fields are washed into the sea in the past few days and newly dried."
The prince then returned to the first field, pointed directly at the salt field and said, "Put the water in it out, and I will personally watch it refill with water, and then dry out the salt."
The censor was also about to make such a proposal, when he saw the crown prince mentioned it, he said: "Your Highness, I want to guard this salt field personally."
The prince agreed, and pointed out a team of guards to him.
Yu Shi turned his head and explained to Zhou Man, "Lord Zhou, it's not that I don't believe in County Magistrate Bai, but I just want to see for myself how sea water is dried into salt."
Zhou Man was puzzled, nodded and said, "Look."
She and Bai Shan didn't stop him either.
Yu Shi looked at Zhou Man seriously and felt relieved.
Bai Shan then introduced Zhou Liwei to Yu Shi, "This is my nephew, he is very experienced in drying salt, if you have any doubts, you can ask him."
The censor was even more satisfied. Although what they saw was like this, drying the salt definitely required some skills, and it would be better if someone gave advice.
After watching the salt field, the prince looked around and asked, "Is there a village near here?"
"Yes," Bai Shan pointed in one direction and said, "It's just a little distance from Yantian. Turn around the corner, there is a depression there, and the village is in it."
The prince looked at the distance and nodded with satisfaction, "Yes, it should be farther away from the village."
After all, salt is related to the great cause of people's livelihood, and it is not good if it is too close to mix with the lives of villagers.
Bai Shan asked the prince and others to go aside, and said: "Your Highness, it's getting late, and it's too late to go back now, we can only stay here for one night."
He said: "I had people build two rows of houses, and the village is also simple, so I wronged His Highness and the princess to stay here for a night."
The prince doesn't mind, he sleeps well on a high bed with a soft pillow, and he has also lay on the grass in the wild, but Mingda...
The prince turned his head to look at Mingda.
Mingda's attention was on the sound of crashing waves, and he didn't pay attention to these at all.
Seeing her expression, the prince knew that she was ambitious, so he waved his hand at her and said: "If you want to play, go, I have to discuss things with you adults."
Ming Da grabbed Zhou Man and asked, "Do you want to participate in politics?"
Zhou Man shook his head, "This is county affairs and has nothing to do with my medical department. I don't need to participate."
The most important thing is that if she wants to know, she can ask Bai Shan quietly at night.
Mingda was happy, so he pulled her to salute the prince, "Brother prince, then we will retreat first."
Pull Zhou Man and leave.
Without any hesitation, Bai Erlang saluted and followed.
Prince: ...Even if you don't follow him to patrol around, this time is a rare credit, can't you stay and listen
Even if he came up with half an idea, he would be able to credit him later.
Bai Erlang has already chased Mingda and Zhou Man away.
Yin Ju also smiled and bowed to the crown prince before retreating. He is not an official, let alone staying here.
The prince watched the guards and maids escort the four of them away, shook his head and said to Bai Shan: "Let's go."
The houses here are simple, and the best room should be the small courtyard where Zhou Liwei lives.
It is also on a row of houses, but on the far side. Considering that the Lan family will also come here, Bai Shan specially asked them to build a small courtyard. There are two main rooms, one of which is the main room.
This time, it was directly vacated for the prince to live in.
Everyone went into the main room and turned around, but they all came out with chairs and stools. Some people didn't even have stools on wheels, so they could only stand or sit on stones.
Bai Shan and County Magistrate Lu belonged to those who did not have a seat, so they stood together.
It was too hot in the room. The sun was already standing on the top of the mountain, and it was about to set. When the sea breeze blew outside, it didn't feel too hot, but inside the room, not to mention the heat, the light was still dim.
Eunuch Wu placed a chair in the yard, and the prince sat on it with a stern look, raised his chin slightly, looked at the crowd and said: "Just now Zhou..." The prince looked at Bai Shan.
Bai Shan: "Li Wei, he ranks second in the family."
The prince nodded slightly, and said: "You have heard Zhou Liwei's answer, what are your thoughts at this time?"
Guo Cishi sat in a daze, he had a lot of thoughts, for example, where did the method of drying salt come from? Did Bai Shan come here as a county magistrate, or did he come here just for the saltworks
If it's just for the salt field, is it only suitable for them to dry salt in Qingzhou, or does the imperial court want to start with Qingzhou
For another example, who owns the salt field after all
Did they belong to Qingzhou, or did the imperial court directly take over
But he couldn't ask any of these questions.
The others are also still in shock, and at the same time they have a premonition that the sky is going to change, no, no, it’s not just that the sky is going to change, if it is changing, it is also that the sky in Jiangnan is going to change, and they may be led to change. little bit.
Tang He and Yu Shi accepted it the fastest. After all, they received some news before they left Beijing, so they quickly regained their senses.
He glanced at the censor, and the censor was turning his head to look at him, and then they both bowed their heads and said in unison: "I will listen to the prince's orders."
The crown prince curled his lips and said: "I don't have any special instructions, just one thing, this matter must be kept secret first, and no one is allowed to spread it."
No matter what everyone thought in their hearts, they agreed anyway.
After speaking, the shock disappeared a bit, and then everyone began to care about the salt drying, such as when did the new salt farm start drying salt, and how much is the current inventory...
Bai Shan answered one by one.
The prince sat aside and waited, and when they finished asking, he said: "Okay, let's go here first today, everyone go back to rest first, Tang Master Ning Yushi and Bai County Magistrate stay to talk to Gu."
Governor Guo glanced at Bai Shan when he got up to leave, and left with Magistrate Lu.