Of course, after today's experience of buying salt, Wu Liang naturally no longer plans to find a blacksmith to make the Luoyang shovel and engineer shovel.

In the Han Dynasty, "salt and iron" were not separated into different families, and they all appeared at the same time in relevant laws and regulations.

In this era, in the eyes of the gentry class, iron is undoubtedly a more important strategic material than salt. I am afraid that the hands of relevant parties will only grow longer.

Therefore, Wu Liang planned to entrust this matter to Cao Chen.

With his status, it is much easier to think about it, and by maintaining quality and quantity, and spending public funds, it is simply possible to achieve multiple goals with one stone.

It took half an hour to finish the sketches of the Luoyang shovel and the engineer shovel.

When Wu Liang turned around and looked again, his house, which had been abandoned for some days, finally had some appearance.

The half-man-high weeds in the yard have been basically cleared away, revealing the bluestone floor below. The overturned stone tables and chairs have been placed in their corresponding positions, and the old tree with its arms stretched too long has also been cut down.

The branches look much neater.

And his "beauties" were also good at work, and all the places in the house, both inside and outside, were carefully cleaned and scrubbed by them, bringing out the original paint and wood colors.

At this moment, Yin, who had gone to help Wu Liang purchase supplies, finally came back.

He walked in front alone, followed by several carriages, all of which were merchants who came to deliver goods.

Needless to say, this guy is a family man after all, and he is indeed a good hand at making a living. The materials he purchased for Wu Liang this time were extremely comprehensive, ranging from water tanks, buckets, and bedding to pots and pans.

and cups, in short, I bought them all, no matter what Wu Liang mentioned or not.

"Hey, talented brother, living at home is no better than others. You can't live without everything. You are just starting out, and there are many people living there. There are still many things to buy in the future."

When he saw Wu Liang, Yin Jian smiled as if he had come before, and he was a little bit asking for credit.

"You have the best future. Let's ask someone to move the things in first."

Wu Liang smiled and praised. After the servants of the merchants brought in items one by one, they quickly turned their attention to the iron salt basin filled with coarse salt.

The servants from the salt shop were standing by the basin, refusing to leave.

"What are you still doing here?"

Yin Jian glared at him and scolded him angrily.

He had lost some face in the salt shop before, especially Wu Liang's face, so this guy was somewhat dissatisfied.

"Basin, I have to take this basin back..."

The servant at the salt shop whispered.

"How can a person who lives in a house like this still touch your basin? I'll just send someone to deliver it to you later!"

Yin Jian said again.

"This is."

The servant thought about it, so he had no choice but to leave the house.

Yin Jian turned around and saw that Wu Liang was still looking at a pot of coarse salt. He thought he was still angry about the previous incident, so he tried to persuade him again, "Brother Youcai, the appearance of this salt is not very good, but it can be done."

Just make do with it, I have been eating it for more than 20 years, and I haven’t had any problems with it..."

Yin Jian originally wanted to say "You can't die if you eat it", but this was unlucky and unpleasant, so he changed his mind at the last moment.

It can't be eaten to death.

Wu Liang acknowledged Yin Jian's statement. Although the Han Dynasty had not yet developed the "five-step salt making method" of the Tang Dynasty, nor had it mastered the extraction and storage technology, the salt had been boiled and was not the original salt mine.

Otherwise, most of the people of the Han Dynasty would have been killed long ago, and what would the powerful princes have to fight for?

But it’s just that I can’t kill anyone at once…

There are too many unexplainable things in these coarse salts. If you don’t eat enough of these bad things, they won’t be fatal in a short period of time, but if they accumulate in the body, they can be taken away instantly when an attack begins.

life.

Wu Liang's good life has just begun, so he naturally hopes that he can live as long as possible.

So we still have to pay attention to what we should pay attention to.

"Chief Dian, please come over here."

With this in mind, Wu Liang stood up and waved to Dian Wei who was busy at work.

"What's up?"

Dian Wei quickly came over and asked.

When Yin Jian came back just now, Dian Wei noticed the whole cart of raw meat, live chickens and ducks that was finally brought in. In addition, after seeing the size of the house, he speculated on Wu Liang's identity and was convinced that Wu Liang was.

I didn't lie to him, he could really have a feast tonight.

Because of this, Dian Wei naturally did not dare to look down upon Wu Liang anymore, and became a little more reserved in his words and actions.

Wu Liangze smiled at Dian Wei and asked, "Can you crush these salt blocks?"

"How broken?"

Dian Wei asked.

"Crush it as much as you can, the best is to break it into powder."

Wu Liangdao.

There is no mill in the yard, so Dian Wei can only be used as a mill. It is a good opportunity to understand Dian Wei's strange power more intuitively.

"Then can you prepay a bowl, no, three bowls of wine, so that you can gain strength after drinking the wine."

Dian Wei turned his head and looked at the two large unopened wine jars that were delivered with him. His throat surged and his eyes shone with anticipation.

"please."

Wu Liang nodded.

Dian Wei's eyebrows were filled with joy when he heard this, and his strong body suddenly became much lighter. He walked to the wine jar in two or three steps, flicked the mud seal away with a pat, picked up a new bowl next to it, and messed around with it on his clothes.

After rubbing it for a few times, he reached into the jar and scooped up the wine.

"Gudonggudonggudong..."

Three bowls of wine were consumed in the blink of an eye. Although Dian Wei still had more to say, he still abided by his duty. He put down the wine bowl with some reluctance and came back again, picking up a fist-sized salt block from the iron salt basin.

Just listen to a crisp "bang" sound instead of a "click" sound.

The salt block turned into powder instantly, and the variegated powder of fine sand flowed out from between Dianwei's fingers.

"ox!"

Seeing this scene, Wu Liang couldn't help but clapped his hands and cheered loudly.

He is indeed the famous general I have chosen. I will definitely take Dian Wei under my command, and it won’t be easy for anyone to come!

"Ouch..."

Chen Jinshui and others' eyes widened instantly and their mouths opened into a big "O" shape, as if they had just swallowed a goose egg and could not close it for a long time.

…

Then things became much simpler.

Wu Liang ordered Dian Wei to crush all the coarse salt in the basin. He took a pair of scissors to the warehouse, cut out several pieces of linen cloth, took it out, folded it into four layers and covered it on a large vat.

Then he sat aside and waited patiently for Dianwei's broken salt.

"This... talented brother, what are you going to do?"

Chen Jinshui and others were a little confused and asked strangely.

"Boiled salt."

Wu Liang smiled.

"Boiled salt?"

Chen Jinshui and others looked at each other in confusion.

Isn’t this iron basin filled with salt?

These guys are ordinary people who have never even seen the process of making coarse salt. Naturally, they don't understand what Wu Liang means by this.

And it's not just them, even the salt companies engaged in the salt industry are still using the relatively backward four-step method of boiling salt. The so-called refined salt only filters out some obvious impurities in it, and cannot really play the "

"Purification" effect.

It was not until the early Tang Dynasty that the five-step salt production method with a "purifying" effect appeared.
Chapter completed!