Time soon came to April 13th, ten days had passed since the Japanese pirates landed. During these ten days, the entire Wei Zhuang Institute was busy. The No. 2 salt field was finally dug out, leaving only the cement.

"Lao Ba, I have had the third round of discussions with Lao Wu, Chun Rui, and a few Xiao Qi about the drill plan you wrote, and it is almost finalized now.

I plan to start the drill the day after tomorrow, and everyone wants you to be in charge of directing this drill." Su Ren looked at Su Ming and said.

When Su Ming brought a 30-sheet thick drill plan in front of him a week ago, Su Ren was shocked. The drill plan written by Su Ming was very detailed, from the discovery of Japanese pirates landing to how everyone should respond.

, especially the requirements for patrol teams and ordering soldiers are written in very detail.

After taking out this drill plan, Su Ren believed that even if a large number of Japanese pirates suddenly landed from their place, Wei Zhuang could withstand the first wave of attacks and quickly react to organize a defense or even counterattack in Erwei Fort.

"The performance of Japanese pirates is also very important during the drill. When the time comes, Brother Wu will personally lead the five flags to play Japanese pirates, and then organize 100 young people to join in. We cannot let the people underestimate the strength of Japanese pirates.

Today the No. 2 new salt field will be ready for cement installation. I will go there after dinner. When the No. 2 salt field is put into operation, our salt production will be greatly increased.

It's just that the foundation of the salt farm is still being laid, and there is no extra space to add a pot and stove for boiling salt. Currently, a maximum of 24 pots can be used to boil salt at the same time. But when the new 40-pot tandem pot and stove is completed in the yard at the end of this month,

Next month we will be able to boil salt in 64 pots together," Su Ming said.

"There are more and more people in the salt field, and everyone in Wei Zhuang can see it clearly. Many old people say that we are no worse than Er Wei Fort two years ago."

Su Ren's eyes began to turn red as he spoke. What was the scene like in Erweibao two years ago? Their father and five uncles were their gods. Now they are no longer there, only a few brothers are left.

The population of the huge Su family has been reduced by 90%, and their majesty is not as good as before, to the point where they even dare not speak out when being bullied by Zhayanbao.

"Brother, there's no need to be like this. Our Second Weibao will definitely get better and better in the future. I've seen many more refugees coming to our place these days. How many refugees have we taken in this month?" Su Ming asked.

"There are 29 people, including 3 who are good at martial arts. I asked them all to move into the fort and are now training with the soldiers. The others have been placed in the villages outside the fort. In the past few days, houses have been built in the fort.

There are more and more families, and everyone wants to build houses when they have money. Some people want to buy our cement, do you think you dare to sell it?" Su Ren looked at Su Ming and asked.

"There is nothing to be afraid of. This concrete house is not only strong, but also fast.

Brother, I see that there are some foot traders outside the fort these days, and there are a lot of people buying things. Why don’t we buy some daily necessities from the town for everyone, so that we can still make money ourselves.

If someone wants to use money to buy food, the food behind our fort can actually be sold. When it is gone, we will buy it elsewhere." Su Ming wanted Wei Zhuangsuo to circulate the economy, because he knew a place

How important is the economy to development.

"I have discussed with several flag owners and Xiaoqi to form our Erweibao caravan. Anyway, we will not be able to sell salt and buy food without our own team in the future.

It’s just that we haven’t decided who will lead this team yet. The most suitable person for us in Weibao is actually you, but you are inseparable at the salt factory now." Su Ren said.

"This person with a talent for commerce and trade needs more observation. Right now, we just want to buy some simple daily necessities for the people in Wei Zhuang. You can just send people there. We will establish a shelf first and we will pull up the team if necessary in the future."

, let everyone get familiar with it first." Su Ming said.

"By the way, eighth brother! I heard that people from Zhayanbao have come to our salt field to cause trouble again in the past few days?" Su Ren suddenly asked.

"This Zhayanbao is really getting more and more excessive. They seem to be completely unafraid of making things worse. I can't come forward in this matter. The thirteenth brother even had a fight with them the day before yesterday." Su Ming couldn't help but think of this.

Headache.

"If they come in large numbers, please let me know. This Zhayanbao really thinks we are easy to bully if they don't show some respect. Yesterday, Mr. Qianhu sent a message asking me to go to town today. Then I will ask the Li family

Contact point, do you still want to trade with us?" Su Ming then asked about the Li family.

Although Er Weibao has money now, this money is dead and will be gone once it is used up. Even if the snowflake salt can be sold for money in the future, it cannot be taken out. Therefore, this kind of gray transaction with the Li family is very difficult for Er Weibao.

In fact, it is very necessary.

"Yes, if the Li family is willing to continue trading, we will still use green salt. This time we can trade 2 stones of green salt to them. Our green salt production will definitely be enough this month." Su Ming said.

"Well, I will tell the Li family that you should be more careful when going to the salt field. Your own safety is the priority in everything." Su Ren warned.

Su Ming and his eldest brother participated in an hour of morning exercise, and then drove a truck of cement to the salt factory with Su Zhe. By this time, the workers in the salt factory had already had lunch and started working.

Half of the foundation of the Salt Farm Manor has been laid. The foundation is made of cement and sand to fix various bluestones together. Although this is troublesome, it is much stronger than the bricks of later generations.

The No. 2 salt field has been completely dug, the bottom and sides are being watered, and the workers have sprinkled dry cement powder into the salt field according to Su Ming's requirements. They are just waiting for the last layer of cement to be applied before the No. 2 salt field can be built.

Su Ming was very happy when he looked at such a huge new salt pan No. 2. This is the foundation for the strong future of Fort Wei. Their lives will get better and better in the future.

At this moment, Su Zhe came over, and his words made Su Ming even happier.

"Bago, Mr. Xu just told me that the No. 1 New Salt Field has been added with salt water four times, and now there are signs of crystallization in the salt field. At this time, we must start using the salt water from the No. 1 New Salt Field. Mr. Xu estimates that the No. 1 New Salt Field will be the most

It can boil at least 10 stones of green salt." Su Zhe said to Su Ming.

The No. 1 new salt field was only ten days old. Su Ming kept wondering how long it would take for the salt water to evaporate to its maximum purity. Unexpectedly, it only took ten days to boil 10 stones of salt. Although it was only an estimate, based on this figure, one month would

You can boil 30 pieces of azurite salt, which is equal to the output of their salt farm in one month.

"Let Mr. Xu arrange for people to boil the salt quickly! We have finished collecting the salt water from the No. 1 new salt field. Let's quickly add salt water. The other old salt fields will not collect salt water for the next few days." Su Ming said happily.

Instructing Tiezhu to watch the workers and cement construction, Su Ming and his thirteenth brother came to the entrance of the village courtyard. The workers came to the water outlet specially set up by Su Ming to carry salt water with poles. They followed the workers into the village courtyard and waited for the salt water.

Pour it into the big pot and just watch the workers stirring the pot water.

Workers picked up buckets of salt water and poured it into the pot. The water in the pot was boiled by high fire and the water level continued to drop. When crystals began to appear at the bottom of the pot, the fire must be low to prevent the salt water from boiling.

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Not long after adding water for the third time, crystals formed in the large pot again. Seeing this, Mr. Xu, who was responsible for boiling salt, happily walked towards Su Ming.

"Mr. Ba, this new salt field is really amazing. It can start producing salt after basically boiling it for two or three times. In this way, the labor force can be reduced by more than twice, and the quality of green salt will be much better than before." Mr. Xu said to Su Ming happily.

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Mr. Xu is an old worker in the salt field. Forty years ago, Grandpa Su Ming cooked salt here when he was a hundred households. His technical control over the salt fields and salt cooking is unparalleled by ordinary people.

"That's great. It means that after we add two new salt fields to the four salt fields, the output of the salt fields in this area can be increased by about ten times." Su Ming thought about his own method to increase the production of the salt fields.

How many.

"If all the salt water in the future is of this quality, our speed of boiling salt can be increased by about four times. If a new salt boiling stove is built, it will not be a problem to increase the output ten times. If Mr. Ba, you install a new one for the No. 2 new salt field

The salt field is brought to the entrance of our village, so that it becomes easier to obtain salt water. We have about forty workers in the salt production plant, and the manpower is not much more than before." Mr. Xu said with a smile.

"That's for sure. Mr. Xu will have to worry about the situation of the salt fields. When the Xinzhuang Courtyard is completed, I will bring the final salt water from all the salt fields to the village courtyard. By then, we won't even have to leave the yard to collect salt water."

Su Ming said with a smile.

Because the concentration of salt water in the new salt field is high, it only took two hours to boil a pot of salt. The workers lifted the big pot aside and waited for the crystals inside to completely solidify before shoveling out all the salt. Su Ming saw that the salt was the least

It's five or six pounds.

Su Ming was about to go back to Erwei Fort to tell his elder brother the good news. At this time, a soldier from the patrol station returned to the village and saw Su Ming running over quickly.

"Eighth Master, Thirteenth Master! Zhayanbao came to our salt fields again to cause trouble. When our Xiaoqi saw them, we not only refused to leave, but even beat them up. Thirteenth Master, please go and have a look." The soldier saw Su Ming.

Said hurriedly to Su Zhe.

"These grandsons, let's see if I don't deal with them today!" Su Zhe suddenly became furious when he heard this, and called people to fight with each other.

More than 20 young men quickly gathered in the salt field. They took weapons and left the salt field and quickly headed north.

"Brother Bage, just leave this matter to me. You'd better not show up. You might get into trouble if you let those grandsons from Zhayanbao see you!" Su Zhe whispered in his ear when he saw Su Ming following him.

"Try not to conflict with Zhayanbao later, just drive them away. Now is not the time for us to cause trouble," Su Ming instructed.

"I know!" Su Zhe said and led his people to quickly go to the northern salt fields to support them. If they were late, their patrols might suffer!

Su Ming followed, and when he arrived at the conflict site, he saw a dozen people from Zayan Fort surrounding Er Wei Fort and four people yelling at each other. Two Zayan Fort personnel even deliberately threw rocks and sand at Er Wei Fort.

When they were thrown into the salt field, they all retreated and stood together when they saw the reinforcements coming from Fort Wei.

Su Ming saw that these Zhayan Fort personnel should all be soldiers, and the leader might be a small flagman. Su Zhe stepped forward to negotiate with the other party. The other party saw that Su Zhe led many people and many of them had weapons, but they did not

A little afraid of wanting to retreat.
Chapter completed!