Heavenly Dao Formula

Waiting for the vacancy arranged by Xia Fan, Kong Xuanzi leaned next to the servant master and said in a low voice, "Master Chi, why didn't you just say it directly at the beginning? That is obviously an excellent opportunity."

In the past five years, he accompanied the waiter to explore many cities, and the number of times he was able to meet the local chief officials was very few. Because the attitude of the other party is unclear, it is necessary to rack your brains just to test each other. The conversation can often go smoothly when you pretend to be a big businessman or a child of a family, but when it comes to monsters, progress will become extremely difficult, let alone marriage. kind of thing.

Obviously in the prosperous era of Penglai, demons can still coexist peacefully with humans, and the favor of dragons is a good thing that most people can't wait for.

"I——I think such a big matter really shouldn't be hasty." Chi replied bluntly, "On the surface, he really has no prejudice against demons, but in fact, no one knows what he thinks."

"How do you think in your heart, you can understand it when you get along day and night..."

"Are you looking for a husband-in-law or am I?" Chi glared at the attendant.

Kong Xuanzi closed his mouth wisely.

"Actually, if you think about it carefully, we don't know anything about him, don't we?" Chi clasped his hands together and said, "This person's hometown, background, background...why did he fall out with the Privy Council, and how did he get the princess's appreciation. I don't even know if he is married, or has a marriage contract. This kind of thing... just need to observe for a while."

That's not what you said when you decided to leave Penang Island.

Kong Xuanzi slandered in his heart, it's not like everyone didn't express their concerns at that time, but didn't you confidently say that no one can refuse your proposal and this honor. Even if the other party is already married, it is a matter of remarrying after divorce, so I have no scruples.

But this resentment was quickly forgotten by him.

After all, the outside world is very different from what everyone thinks. The waiter may have suffered more setbacks in the past five years than in the past hundred years. After experiencing all kinds of blows, she can persist until now... It is not easy for her.

As a person raised by Long alone, Kong Xuanzi will support her no matter what decision Chi makes.

Chi watched the crowds on the street in a daze.

She suddenly remembered what Xia Fan had said, hesitated for a moment, and tried to untie the cloth strips wrapped around her head.

With this movement, besides the curly hair, there is also a pair of forked horns—compared with the features revealed by the eyes, this pair of blunt horns shaped like deer antlers is undoubtedly much more eye-catching.

Then, she crossed the gate of the courtyard wall and stood in front of the stone steps of the office.

Soon someone noticed the strangeness on the top of the head.

This discovery spread like a trickle, and more and more eyes fell on her.

But no one showed panic or fear.

What Chi feels the most is curiosity and scrutiny.

There are also well-meaning people, but there are not so many of them.

There are also some incomprehensible whispers, such as "it's not wolf ears this time", "has the bureau changed people to lure you to take the bait?", but generally speaking, everyone didn't care about her because of her inhuman appearance. It seems repulsive or disgusting, as if it is not uncommon for demons to appear on the street.

What he said... was actually true.

"Master Chi, Jin Xia said that the carriage is ready." The guard's voice interrupted Chi's thoughts.

She nodded, "Let's go."

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Xia Fan led a group of people through the east gate to the Yantian production area.

The snow season and the gray sky make the output of the salt farm drop to the lowest point, and there are few working people in the flat and white pools, but these square pools still give visitors the most intuitive view The visual shock—the scale of the new salt field is almost ten times that of the boiled salt field, and the white land that stretches for several miles can be seen at a glance.

The motorcade stopped in an open space, and Xia Fan introduced to everyone who got off the carriage, "This is Jinxia's new salt field. The salt it currently produces can meet all the needs of the people of Shenzhou. Winter is indeed beneficial to the open-air production area. Certainly affected, but we still have the No. 2 production area to guarantee the basic supply.”

Chi did not see any traces of firewood burning. The first impression here is that it is clean and tidy. The white bottom of the pool looks like snow at first glance, but when you look closely, you will find that it is a layer of condensation like ice crystals.

The problem is that salt production is a large-scale industry that requires a lot of manpower to maintain. There are not even a few people here. Can a sufficient amount of sea salt be produced?

"My lord, look at your feet!" Kong Xuanzi suddenly said in surprise, "It seems that the sand is not covered with snow."

Chi looked down, and immediately noticed this situation.

She squatted down and pushed away the cold snow, only to see that there were many white particles mixed in the brownish-yellow sand, and it was impossible for the snow to seep into these gaps through the surface of the sand.

Could it be—salt?

She tried to squeeze a small one into her mouth, and the salty taste melted on the tip of her tongue.

It turned out to be true!

The other attendants did the same.

"No way, they let the salt be sprinkled on the ground?"

"Look at the edge of the pool, that piece seems to be full of salt!"

"It's too wasteful."

"If you sifted the salt out of the sand, it should fill several sacks."

There was a discussion in the team for a while.

Chi walked up to Xia Fan and said with a slight sense of blame, "Although I don't know how you make salt, but the management is a bit too lax. You may not take a few bags of salt to heart, but for ordinary people It is said that one bag is enough to meet the needs of a family of three for decades. The accumulation of salt is the salt expenditure of hundreds of families."

Xia Fan didn't expect her to say this, and was a little surprised for a moment, "It's not that I want to waste it, but that this salt making method will inevitably seep the salt into the ground. Instead of spending energy to screen them out, it's better to make a new one." Get a batch."

"Excuse me, Lord Xia, the price of salt in Jinxia City... I don't know how much?" Kong Xuanzi asked with cupped hands.

"Coarse salt is ten cents and one tael. The price of refined salt is higher, tentatively set at five hundred cents and one tael."

"Is it expensive?" Chi turned and asked.

"It's quite cheap." Kong Xuanzi shook his head, "The price of salt in other places is basically around sixty or seventy yuan, which is almost six times the difference. It's just that this refined salt..."

"At present, it is only being promoted as a gift, and it has not yet been sold to the common people. After the tour is over, I can give you a few bottles to taste." Xia Fan said with a smile, "Now let's go to the steaming factory to have a look."

The so-called steaming factory is the No. 2 production area of ​​the salt field. The moment they stepped into the gate of the factory building, everyone was shocked by the scene inside.

I saw steam surging in the huge pool, making the indoor temperature like midsummer! Hundreds of workers are busy here. They only wear a single piece of clothing, and use long wooden paddles to stir back and forth in the pool. When the wooden paddles are drawn out of the water, some salt flowers can already be seen hanging on them.

To boil such a large pool of water, the fire must be indispensable, but everyone was stunned to see a trace of flame. It seems that this brick cooking pool has incredible power, which can generate high temperature by itself to make the salt water boil!

The stacking area on the other side of the factory building dispelled the last doubt of Penglai people.

There are a dozen "salt mountains" placed there, each of which is nearly one story high. People treat it in the same way as gravel, gathering it with a shovel, bagging it with a hoe... a lot of salt just spread out to the side of the road, and was trampled into the ground at will. This kind of attitude can only show one thing, the salt in Jinxia City is indeed abundant.

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