"What about the salt industry?"
There are many mines in the western region, so it is not surprising that mining is the pillar industry of the fortress. However, this is the first time I heard about the salt industry. In the memory of the fourth prince, he didn’t know anything about local specialties. Roland also preconceived that salt production was done in coastal cities. main job.
"There is a salt well in the fortress, the elk, and the honeysuckle family territory... In fact, the three wells are very close to each other, and they are basically located at the junction of the territories. I heard that more than two hundred years ago, the civil war in the Western Territory often started in this area, intermittently. It took nearly fifty years to decide the winner." Barov said, stroking his beard.
Then the three noble families who captured this place became the biggest winners in the Western Region? He asked with interest, "How are the production of these salt wells?"
"In addition to supplying to the west, it will also be sold to the Falling Dragon Ridge and Chishui City, as well as small villages along the way," Barov flipped through the records in the book. "It accounts for about half of the fortress's income."
"So little?" Roland said in surprise, "The price of salt in the market is not low."
"It's too difficult to get salt out of a deep well," the manager shook his head. "I know a nobleman in Silver Light City. In his territory, there is a salt well. The head of the well is only the size of a head, and it can't even fit a wooden barrel. It must be filled with water first, and after the salt has melted into the water, it must be scooped up with the opened bamboo pole.”
"Why not expand the wellhead?"
Barov showed a smug smile, "His Royal Highness, because the salt layer is too deep, if you dig it like a well, the inner wall will collapse if you don't dig too deep. According to him, the salt well started from the grandfather's generation. Mining, the depth of the excavation so far is almost no more than a clock tower in the capital."
It turns out that, Roland thought, it seems that limited by the depth of excavation, people in this era have chosen the method of brewing brine to collect well salt, which is an effective method, but there is obviously still a lot of potential for improvement in the process. Using the power of lotus to upgrade the salt mine or switching to a steam engine to extract brine can greatly improve the collection efficiency.
If you can get a sufficient supply of salt, it will not only bring a lot of profits to Neverwinter City, but also more healthy and delicious refined salt can be popularized into the homes of every citizen. You must know that what they eat is still mixed with various impurities. Coarse salt and salt lumps with foreign bodies.
"I see." Thinking of this, the prince nodded with satisfaction, "Go on down... Don't slack off on the population expansion work. Just after the evil moon passed, the refugees who lost their land should have no food to eat. It's a good time to recruit."
"My thoughts are the same as yours, Your Highness." Barov stroked his chest and said, "The new embassy will be released soon, and I think their harvest this time will be far ahead of last year."
After the manager left, when Roland was about to plan how to use the fortress' mineral resources, there was a sound of beating outside the window.
He turned his head to look, and saw a gray falcon landed on the window grille with a circle of paper tied to its paws.
Nightingale opened the window and put the messenger into the house.
This is a secret letter from Changge District, written by Pelor Hermon.
Roland almost finished reading the contents of the letter, and couldn't help laughing. It turned out that after Nightingale returned to the border area with her, the crime-fighting work there was suddenly difficult. There are so many different kinds of reports from the masses that it can be difficult to tell which is the truth and which is a rumour made up for the bounty. The number of people applying for jobs is still less than half of the original number of rats. As a new attorney general, Ryan Meade, he is so busy every day that he cannot suppress the rise of the black street forces. If this continues, there is a risk that the security will deteriorate again.
Peiro wrote at the end of the letter that he hoped His Royal Highness could provide human and technical help. Although he did not name his name, Roland knew that he hoped Nightingale and Vader could go and help Earl Elk.
Handing the letter to Nightingale, the latter swiped and frowned, "You can't hold it so soon?"
"Because he has no experience in fighting mice at all, he used to set up the Fire Gang just to enjoy the war game with a lot of responses. If it is replaced by cat and mouse, it will not do well." Roland smiled, "In this case, I would It has long been expected that combating rats is a long process, and there will be repeated repetitions in the middle, but as long as the strength of the attack is guaranteed and a better way to survive is given, they will disappear sooner or later. That's true for people, and it's true for cities."
"Are you going to send me over?" Nightingale sighed.
"Don't forget, Changge and Border are now one city, so they don't need to be so clearly separated." He shrugged, "Didn't I say at the enlarged meeting before that one day we can eat in the border area in the morning. After breakfast, I will deal with affairs in Changge District in half an hour. As the head of the security bureau, you naturally have to travel between the two places frequently to inspect various work in the territory. "
"If I leave, what will you do?" She shook her head, "Don't say you won't be in danger, now both Timothy and the church will see you as a stab in the eye. If they send a witch to assassinate, only me to stop them."
Roland wanted to say that he had the Stone of God's Punishment, and that ordinary witches would not pose a threat, but then he realized that the other party's concern might not be here, "Listen to me..."
"I can't agree to anything you say. Wendy and Scroll will definitely be on my side. You are the most important thing in the Witch League."
"I'll go with you too."
"Cough, yes, is that so..." Nightingale suffocated for a moment, then turned her head in a panic, avoiding his gaze, "Since the other party asked for this, I am the only one who will go out."
The prince couldn't help laughing, "Bring A-Xia with you, it's time for her to learn how to apply her abilities in practice."
In addition, Sylvie and Soraya have to be added. At the same time as prospecting, the ID card system is also established. It would be better if a lower-level city hall could be established along the way. He thought, I don't know. How are the nobles from Longsong Fortress trained
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Three days later, Roland led the witch and the nobles of the fortress to board the ship to the Changsong District.
Looking at the cement paddle steamer slowly moving in the Chishui River and the coal dregs left in the gap between the decks, he sighed helplessly. It seemed almost impossible to reach Changge Fortress in one day, but it was still too slow for him now. After all, as the saying goes, time is money, right? Roland thought in his heart, and silently included the creation of his own luxury tall ship in the production plan. (.)8