Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

Chapter 153 Yuan Changshi Came to See You
The next day, Qin Shao went to Yandi to have a look.

The amount of salt there is indeed not low, just because this place is remote, and there is indeed a certain degree of difficulty in mining this place with current technology.

From digging wells, extracting brine, transporting brine to frying salt in the salt industry, the division of labor is very detailed and the process is complicated.

Qin Shao also inquired about the cost and investment of well salt mining. It usually takes one or two years to open a well, some even four or five years, and the most takes more than ten years or even decades.

The investment in sinking wells is also huge, ranging from thousands of taels for shallow ones to tens of thousands of taels for deep ones.

The salt merchants in Shanxi are all big families working together and investing together to form a big family business, so that they can bear the high investment in salt mining.

In his current situation, he simply doesn't have enough strength to mine the salt here. Such a large project would have been a big problem in his previous life, let alone now.

But now that the land here has been bought, it is natural to make the best use of it. You can start from other aspects, and earn some small money.

By the way, helping the Su family to live here is a good thing.

"What? Master Qin, you want to exchange those bags of grain for our kohlrabi? If you need it, you can just take it away! After all, you have helped us so much, even if you are our savior, we have nothing to do for you. And We will be your people from now on, and our things will naturally be yours."

Su Tiezhu was very panicked when he heard Qin Shao say that he would exchange the two bags of grain in their car for their kohlrabi.

Now he thinks those kohlrabi are worth nothing, let alone those precious fine grains.

Master Qin made such a clear distinction with them. Could it be that he doesn't want them and draws a clear line with them?
Su Tiezhu felt flustered at this thought, but he didn't dare to ask.

Mrs. Su and Old Man Su also quickly refused.

"You just take it, I still have something for you to do, those kohlrabi, you still need to pickle with well water, we will send someone to take it away after you pickle it!"

Qin Shao said.

"My lord, don't dare to marinate, you'll die if you eat it!"

Old lady Su exclaimed.

"There is a problem with your previous pickling method. According to the method I said, just pickle it, and don't worry about the rest."

Qin Shao said.

After seeing Qin Shao's ability and attacking those thieves, they didn't dare to say anything even if they had some doubts.

Qin Shao had watched a documentary before, in which some places in Zigong used soy milk to reduce calcium and magnesium.

It is to heat the salt water and introduce it into the soy milk, form the bean curd and filter it, the rest is the salt water, continue to add the soy milk several times, evaporate it to dryness, and you will get the low-calcium-magnesium salt.
Soy milk is good, but the cost is a bit too high.

Grains are scarce in this place, not to mention beans, which have to be made into soy milk.

This approach is simply not feasible.

In this place, the best way to reduce the heavy metals in the brine is to use plant ash.

The last thing this place lacks is weeds.

Qin Shao ordered everyone to pick up weeds and branches and burn them, burning a lot of plant ash.

Pour well water into a pot and heat it up, then pour in plant ash and leave it overnight, there are a lot of aerosols on it.

Plant ash is to precipitate the calcium and magnesium ions in the brine to reduce the metal substances inside.

"My Lord Qin, why do you think the salt water we eat is so dirty? It's still this color, no wonder you're sick!"

Granny Su and the others sighed when they saw the sundries in the water.

After doing this twice in a row, the impurities in the brine gradually decreased, and many white salt particles were even separated out.

Qin Shao ordered everyone to clean the kohlrabi, cut it into large pieces, and then put it into the prepared salt water.

"Cover the lid and open it after 10 days. You can't eat it in the middle."

Qin Shao said.

Everyone in the Su family nodded.

Not to mention that they can't eat it in the middle, they are also very worried about whether they can eat it after 10 days.

This method is not difficult to do. Under Qin Shao's guidance, a group of people have already marinated hundreds of catties of kohlrabi within a few days.

"You don't have to worry about the food problem! You can grow kohlrabi or other green leafy vegetables and tuber vegetables in the future, and pickle them according to this method. I will send people to pull the goods and send you food at that time. There will be a monetary reward."

Qin Shao said.

"Is there really any money left?"

Su Tiezhu was very excited, and Su Shuanzi was also very excited.

They thought about going out to work with Qin Shao and earning some food and money to support their family.

If Master Qin's arrangement was followed, they would not only be able to accompany their parents, but also earn food and money. It would be a wonderful day that they couldn't even imagine.

The older generation, like old man Su, think that food is the most reliable. For younger people, they will be more eager for money.

Su Tiezhu, who has worked outside, knows that money is hard to earn, and money can buy many things that are needed, such as clothes and other daily necessities.

Instead of being like Su Tun here, he only cares about the problem of having a full stomach.

Su Tiezhu worked in a town outside, but he couldn't earn much money all year round, and because he was a foreigner, he was bullied as an apprentice outside, so he couldn't support his family at all.

After their own hands were injured, those people didn't want themselves even more.

Now knowing that there is still money to be made at home, how can you be unhappy?

"Master Qin, don't worry, besides kohlrabi, we also have a lot of sprouts on the mountain, try to pickle them when the time comes, if you think it's suitable, then ask for it!"

After all, Su Tiezhu had done work outside, so he was relatively loose.

Qin Shao thinks about it too. In fact, many wild vegetables on the mountain are not bad if they are pickled, anyway, as long as they have a little salty taste.

His purpose is to be salty.

...

After about ten days of work, many of those pickles have been pickled almost.

Qin Shao asked him to take some and cut and mixed it at night and drizzled a lot of oil.

He first took a chopstick and put it in his mouth.

Su Tiezhu and the others looked deathly at home.

Seeing how uncomfortable they were, Qin Shao told the elderly, women and children not to eat, so as not to feel burdened.

Qin Shao and Wang Yin didn't care, they slept soundly at night after a big meal.

The next day, Qin Shao was awakened by a burst of excited cries.

He saw that Su Tiezhu's eye circles were black and he stood excitedly in the yard.

"Master Qin! Master Qin, we're really fine, we're fine, we didn't die after eating those pickles! We didn't die!"

Qin Shao didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He didn't expect that he was so nervous that he didn't dare to sleep after eating pickles all night. If he knew it, he wouldn't let him eat it.

"I just said it's okay, but you still don't believe it, remember, do it according to the method I said in the future, don't eat it before the time, it's absolutely fine. Also, if you want to eat salt water, use the method I said to filter it Eat again."

Qin Shao laughed.

Su Tiezhu nodded repeatedly.

For the next two days, those pickles became a delicacy on the dinner table.

The pickled kohlrabi is crispy and raw, and Qin Shao is willing to use oil, which is definitely delicious for the Su family.

Lian Su Tiezhu's son Xiaogui ate the pancakes with pickles and exclaimed that they were delicious.

I stayed here in Yandi for more than ten days.

Qin Shao was about to get up and go home.

"Qin... Master Qin!"

On the night when he was about to leave, Su Tiezhu found Qin Shao again, with a somewhat embarrassed expression on his face.

"Is there a problem?"

Although this person is a little more transparent, he is still quite simple and honest. He is not the kind who steals, rapes and plays tricks. There should be something wrong with being so embarrassing.

"I... my mother asked me to ask about our two families coming under Mr. Qin's household... I don't know..."

Su Tiezhu hesitated a bit.

He actually believed in Master Qin.

It's just that his old lady is worried, the family has finally found a big customer who can buy them, and I'm really worried that things will go wrong.

It's okay to sell it to Lord Qin, the family is together.

If the population tax is not paid next year, the government will automatically ask the matchmaker to sell their family. At that time, they will not be so lucky, and the family will probably have their wives and children separated.

"You don't have to worry! We will go back in two days. When you go back with us, I have other things to arrange for you. As for the matter of your family settling in my place, I will have someone take you to the toothbrush in the town. Let’s do notarization. You pack your things these two days and come back to Anlu Prefecture with us!”

Qin Shao said.

"Yes! Master Qin!"

The surprise on Su Tiezhu's face could not be concealed.

"Master, I...I'll go and talk to my parents!"

The man who was nearly thirty years old was as happy as a child, and rushed to the room where the old man Su and his wife lived.

Qin Shao originally thought that they were forced to sell their bodies, and if they found money-making errands for them, there might be changes.

Unexpectedly, they were not at ease.

Do as the Romans do!

Having experienced education in his previous life, he always felt that buying and selling people was very unethical.

But after digging into it, I found that in this era, some people are much better off with the right master than they are alone.

After all, not everyone has the ability or luck to settle down in this world.

Compared with the rush when we came, the journey back was much longer, because we had two jars of pickles, so we had to travel slowly all the way.

It took about two days before they finally arrived home.

"Grandpa! Grandpa! You are finally back!"

Hearing the braying of mules and horses outside, Xiao Sanzi ran out immediately.

Followed by Han Jinrong, Shunzi and the others.

After everyone greeted Qin Shao, they helped carry the pickles home.

Han Jinrong hurriedly put hot water for Qin Shao's bath, and quickly cooked steaming meals while he was taking a bath.

After drinking half a bowl of hot soup and eating a few mouthfuls of vegetables, Qin Shao suddenly felt relaxed.

z Han Jinrong arranged hot water for bathing, as well as rich food.

"What's going on at home?"

he asked casually.

"My lord, there really is. Yuan Changshi from Xingwang's Mansion came to see you yesterday, and I told you that you have gone out and you will be back in two days."

(End of this chapter)