Arriving at the salt production plant, Su Ming saw that not only had the No. 2 new salt field been built, but all ditches and control gate valves had also been constructed. In just a few days, the cement workmanship of the salt production plant was getting better and better.

I saw that the workers of Zhuangyuan were already building the outer wall, and more than half of all the foundations had been laid. The workers who had completed the construction of the salt field came to the construction site of Zhuangyuan. It seemed very crowded.

"Eighth Master!" Tiezhu saw Su Ming coming and stepped forward to greet him.

"Everyone seems to have no energy to cook salt today. What's going on?" Su Ming saw that although all the workers in the village were busy, their energy was much lower than the previous few days.

"Since the new salt field was installed, our salt boiling efficiency has increased six times. Now the new salt field has to wait for some time before we can get the salt water. If we ask everyone to use the previous method of boiling salt, they suddenly feel that the effort is too much and the harvest is too small, so everyone is like this

." Tiezhu returned.

Su Ming thought about it. Now the old salt field closest to the village has been transformed into a new salt field. To use the old salt field to boil salt, you have to carry salt water from a farther place. This is so exhausting that you only need to cook one stone of salt in one day, while the No. 1 new salt field takes one day.

It can cook more than 6 stones.

The new salt field on the 1st at the end of this month can boil salt again, and it will boil about ten stones at a time. In this way, even if we do not boil the ordinary salt water now, it will be enough to turn over the green salt to Jinshanwei Town at the end of the month.

Seeing this, Su Ming asked everyone not to boil ordinary salt water, but to dispatch manpower to build the salt farm as soon as possible and dig a pool for collecting salt water in the manor. In this way, he will be able to harvest dozens of more stones of salt next month.

, it’s much better than boiling salt like this.

Not boiling the ordinary salt water also saves people from cutting down trees and chopping firewood, which leaves some labor force. As long as the labor force is enough, Xinzhuangyuan can be almost completed early next month.

Su Ming asked the workers to carry stones and dig the foundation to build a new hospital, while he took Su Zhe to investigate how to design the No. 3 salt field. The salt production plant suddenly stopped boiling salt, which left the workers who had been working here a little still.

Not adaptable.

Fortunately, the salt production plant is now under the responsibility of Su Ming. As long as Su Ren doesn't stop him, everyone will have to listen to Su Ming.

On April 19, the new salt water pool in the courtyard of the salt factory has been cemented, and a new snowflake salt boiling site has been built. Su Ming asked the workers to melt the boiled green salt, filter it and boil it again.

Snowflakes are salty.

Seeing the four large pots in the newly built Snowflake Salt Shed being heated up, Su Ming couldn't help but feel a sense of accomplishment!

In this new Snowflake Salt Shed, only one row of stoves has been completed. There are four large iron pots on each row of stoves. This not only saves firewood, but also saves space. If the Snowflake Salt Shed is fully completed, it can build six rows.

Twenty-four large pots can boil salt at the same time, which is more efficient than boiling salt in all the previous salt farms.

After looking at the effect of charcoal filtration, Su Ming told his thirteenth brother about this and asked him to keep an eye on the three large filter tanks in the room and prevent people from entering at will. Then he left the village courtyard where the courtyard wall was being built and went to the salt field to see

The excavation speed of No. 3 salt pan has increased.

The No. 3 salt field is about the same size as the No. 2 salt field. It connects 23 old salt fields and covers an area of ​​about 120 acres. It is expected to produce more than 70 shi of salt each time after it is completed, and the output can reach 180 shi a month.

Su Ming has visited all the salt fields in the Weiweizhuang salt field. Four new salt fields as big as the No. 2 salt field will be built to cover all the salt fields. By then, about 30 large pots will be able to meet the needs of the new salt fields.

At that time, the number of workers in the salt field may be doubled, but the salt output can be increased at least forty times.

This is enough. There is no salt field in Ming Dynasty that exceeds a thousand stones. As long as Su Ming can sell the snowflake salt produced in the salt field, the silver earned will be enough for him to train 5,000 elites. You must know that Jinshan Guard is called the elite 5,000, but it is actually considered elite.

There are only a thousand elite people.

Su Ming was watching the construction workers on the 3rd. A soldier came from the direction of Erwei Fort on horseback. He was pulling a horse in his hand and two bags of green salt on the horse's back. That was Su Ming asking him to go back to Erwei Fort.

Got it back.

After a while, the soldier came out of the village courtyard and came to Su Ming. Su Ming looked like something was wrong with him.

"Eighth Master, I just said that Fifth Brother will soon lead 30 soldiers to pretend to be Japanese pirates and land 2 miles south of the salt field. This time we will conduct an overall drill to check the results of the deduction in the past few days." The soldiers came to Su Min'er.

He said softly.

"I got it, I'll go find Brother!" Knowing that the drill was about to start, Su Ming left quickly. Everything depended on everyone's cooperation. Because his special characteristics were not included in the drill roster, it was best not to stay.

here.

After riding back for two miles, Su Ming saw his elder brother standing on the top of a hill. He handed the horse to the soldiers and climbed up the hill to his side.

"How are the preparations of each village?" Su Ming looked at his eldest brother and asked. What worried him most was the six villages outside the fort. Young people were very fast in the salt making field. They had practiced many times in the past few days, and basically all of them were within five minutes.

People can escape from the salt production area, but it is not easy for Japanese pirates to catch up.

"We have been practicing for five days. We have damaged six villages in the past few days. The specific effect is still uncertain without real practice. However, with these exercises, we are many times better than before." Su Ren said and looked towards us.

Brother, I have never felt more at ease in my heart.

In the past, Su Ren only thought about how to maintain the inheritance left by his father, so he exhausted his thoughts, but seeing the survival of Erwei Fort becoming more and more difficult, he has been in a state of anxiety.

Everything has changed since his younger brother came back. Now he doesn't feel much about the helpless and fearful Master Qianhu. The strength in Master Qianhu's hands is not much stronger than the current Erwei Fort. This

Still without considering Su Ming's pistol.

Su Ming did not tell everyone in Erwei Fort that he had a 95 rifle. The more he relied on himself, the harder it would be for Er Weibao to strengthen his own strength, and he would not be able to catch up with the rescue at any time.

"Our biggest threat now still comes from the sea. Jinshan Guard will not attack us easily. If Yao Qianhu doesn't easily capture us, he won't dare to touch us.

If he moves, and our Second Weibao is not completely wiped out, then his position as a Thousand Households will definitely not be guaranteed. He is not stupid if he can be a Thousand Households for decades, and his family will not give up the salt factory.

of."

Su Ming said this to comfort his eldest brother. He knew that his eldest brother was under too much pressure. Sooner or later, Yao Qianhu would find out the secret of Erweibao's salt factory, and conflicts between the two parties would be inevitable.

"That's why I attach so much importance to the training of the soldiers. According to the regulations, our Second Weibao can have 112 soldiers. If all the soldiers are fully trained, let alone his surname Yao, Jinshan Guards will have to think carefully if they want to touch us."

Su Ren knew the combat effectiveness of the soldiers in the military camp, otherwise he would not have allowed the Japanese pirates to easily break through the coastal guard station.

While the two were talking, a soldier rode quickly from the direction of the salt factory. When he arrived at a village not far away, the whole village started to move quickly.

The villagers gathered quickly, led by the village chief, and sent the old and weak to Erwei Fort. The soldiers on horseback quickly spread the news to six villages, and then returned to Erwei Fort.

The Second Wei Fort was already in action at this time. While they were letting the soldiers and young men climb the fort wall, they organized the people from the six villages to enter the fort. The workers of the salt factory were also on their way back to the fort at this time. In the distance,

Su Qingping, along with 30 soldiers with their own equipment, pretending to be Japanese pirates, had appeared on the beach not far away.

When the workers reached halfway, they saw that the "Japanese pirates" who were coming turned out to be Su Qingping and others, and their pace suddenly slowed down. Some people even wanted to go back to the salt factory to get their own things, but Su Qingping caught up with these people, although he did not actually use a knife.

He slashed them, but they were also beaten severely, and for a while the sound of ghosts crying and wolves howling came from a distance.

"Brother, those who were caught by Fifth Brother today must be punished, and those who perform well should also be given certain rewards.

Although the drill is not real, it must be treated as if it were real. Fifth Brother and others did well this time. They may have chosen a place to land that is difficult for the patrol to find. This time the patrol responded late." Su Ming said.

Walking down the mountain to Erwei Fort with my eldest brother, we exchanged words.

"Listen to you, we should give them some punishment. We have been training for five days, and there are still people who don't take it seriously. Punishing them today is to save their lives in the future." Su Ren said.

The two quickly returned to Erwei Fort and saw that Cao Chunrui had led more than 20 soldiers and nearly a hundred young men on the fort wall. People outside the fort continued to enter, but the people entering the fort were really slow.

Cao Chunrui led the "Japanese pirates" to 200 steps outside Erwei Fort. The gate of Erwei Fort was closed, and more than 200 people did not enter the fort.

"Let each small flag and village count the number of people in the village. Report to me in half a quarter of an hour how many people are missing." Su Ren was also very angry when he saw this. Seeing that the number of people in each village in the fort is only three hundred at most, this shows that

At least three hundred people did not enter the fort.

The number of people was quickly counted, and everyone in the village stood in front of Su Ren, bowing their heads and not daring to speak. They had promised Su Ren that they would never pull anyone down, but today's result left them speechless in front of Su Ren.

"There are still 348 people left. Open the city gate and let Lao Wu bring all the villagers into the fort. It seems to me that the number of people is far behind. So many people disappeared in one exercise?" Su Ren looked at the small flags in front of him with a cold face,

The village said.

The drill ended with the people entering the fort. When the city gate was closed, the drill was over. All people were put into the fort. Many people were injured. The number of people counted was less than eighty. Su Ren asked Cao Chun

Rui and Su Qingping went to find these people.

It was busy until the afternoon before everyone was found. More than 30 of the 82 people thought that the Japanese pirates were really coming and fled to the mountains and forests. Some others hid in the villages outside the fort and did not move. Su Ren saw

They also wanted to punish these villages with fire, but Xiaoqi was blocked by Su Ming.

"Brother, maybe we didn't think carefully. As the villager just said, his grandmother is eighty years old and can't walk and escape with the villagers.

There is also the one who said that his wife just gave birth to a baby yesterday, I am afraid it will be difficult to bring all the people into Weibao." Su Ming said.

"That's all we can do. If a large group of Japanese pirates really come by then, we'll have to save as many as we can. I'll ask the families of the soldiers to move to the fort later. At least these people can't mess up." Su

Ren sighed and said.

"Brother, actually we still have a remedy. When many people in our six villages outside the fortress encountered Japanese pirates, they immediately fled to the wilderness. Although this is wrong, the chance of survival is still very high.

Every village has people who cannot escape due to physical reasons. We can let them build some tunnels at home and hide directly in the tunnels when they are in danger. Everyone's food can also be hidden in the tunnels.
Chapter completed!