122: Big Harvest! Another Miracle!

Sauron's understanding of Rocky Island was only superficial.

After actually arriving here, I found that the natural environment here is better than I imagined, and there is not much rain here all year round, and the sun exposure conditions are very high.

Although it is the end of summer, this place is located in the southeast, and even at the end of autumn, the high temperature is maintained at 20 to 30 degrees.

Moreover, the sea breeze is constant all year round, and salt can be dried almost all year round.

Therefore, it would be a good idea to open up a salt farm here.

Sauron is a liberal arts student, so he doesn't know much about science and engineering. As for the sun-dried salt field, it was also because of a very accidental opportunity that I learned something about it.

Because he is a student of the art department, he has to sketch everywhere. Perhaps because he felt that he was not broad-minded enough, he especially liked grasslands and open places like the seaside.

Once, he accidentally passed a large salt field, and he was immediately moved when he saw the white salt on it, which was like snow.

Therefore, he not only painted in the salt field, but also made many short films.

However, at that time, his attention was all on the visual impact. For example, the magnificence of the salt field, or the white salt that looks like snow, or the wonderful moment of salt crystallization.

As for the structure of the salt field and the theory of drying salt, I really didn't pay much attention to it.

So much so that now when he plans the drawings of the saltworks, he has to try his best to recall the situation at that time, and even bring his own imagination.

However, the so-called sun-dried salt is more of a conceptual breakthrough, and there is no very advanced theory.

It is nothing more than introducing seawater into the pools, and then pools are divided into evaporation pools and crystallization pools one after another. go?

He also doesn't remember how to purify the crude salt and what turned it into white at the end, as if it was recrystallized. Also use something like alkali?

There is also the final crystallization pool, which must be protected from rain, and the bottom must be leak-proof.

Wait, wait, etc. In short, Sauron wrote everything he could think of. And the construction of the entire salt field has been arranged with a reasonable construction schedule.

And regarding the production of salt fields, Sauron roughly learned that the salt fields on the modern earth,

The annual output of 10,000 mu is more than tens of thousands of tons. Even in the nineteenth century, there were more than a few thousand tons.

And the northern part of Stone Island. How many salt fields can be opened up? More than one hundred thousand acres!

Therefore, even in the most backward way, the final output will be tens of thousands of tons.

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Hearing Sauron's proposal to replace boiled salt with sun-dried salt, the salt slave leaders present were silent, but they couldn't believe it in their hearts.

The owner in front of him is completely whimsical. For thousands of years, from the ancestors, we have been cooking salt, and we have never heard of sun-dried salt. Besides, how the sun dries up the sea water, and how can it produce salt.

Not only the salt slaves who were present did not believe it, but Suo Mu and other family warrior leaders did not dare to believe it either.

only. Their master has performed too many miracles, so even though they couldn't believe it, they didn't dare to doubt it.

It's just that they would think, if it's possible to make salt out of the sun, why hasn't anyone done it before?

However, Sauron doesn't need them to believe now that he is the supreme master, even if he gets nothing, as long as he gives an order, the warriors of the hundred families here will be killed. There are more than a thousand salt slaves who must choose to obey unconditionally.

"I know you don't understand and are full of doubts, but it doesn't matter, you just need to obey the order." Sauron said: "Did you hear that?"

"Yes!" Whether it is the leader of the family warrior. It was still the leader of the Yan people, and they all shouted in unison.

"I order that starting today, the first batch of experimental salt fields will be opened, with a total area of ​​500 mu, and must be completed within 20 days." Sauron ordered bluntly: "Can it be completed?"

The leader of the family warriors present. There is also the leader of the salt people, who has no concept of the so-called 500 mu salt field.

But as long as the master gives an order, if it cannot be completed, it must be completed.

"Yes!" Everyone shouted in unison.

Of course, the so-called 500-acre salt field sounds like a lot, but in fact, most of the salt fields only need to dig a large, level pit.

The most difficult thing is the final crystallization pool, in order to prevent seepage, it needs to be paved with flat stone slabs.

Next, Sauron began a detailed division of labor.

Now there are a total of 100 family warriors and more than 1,500 salt people on the island. So Sauron was divided into one hundred groups and ten large groups.

A samurai leads fifteen salt people as a group. Every intermediate and senior warrior manages ten groups.

Construction tasks are specifically assigned to each team.

Some are responsible for digging ditches, some are responsible for digging salt pans, some are responsible for transporting soil, and some are responsible for digging stone slabs.

In short, each group has very clear tasks, and the tasks are also very clear. Whoever's group can't complete it will be punished.

This division of labor meeting lasted all day and midnight.

Fortunately, these family warriors have received high-level education since they were young, and they are almost capable of both civil and military skills. It is completely easy to manage more than a dozen salt people.

And these salt people were born as slaves. Although they were not smart, they obeyed orders unconditionally.

Therefore, this kind of team is completely the most reasonable and perfect match.

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On the third day, the more than a thousand hungry and injured salt people were still allowed to rest for a day, and there was also a small amount of strength recovery training.

On the fourth day, even though the bodies of these salt people hadn't fully recovered, Sauron gave an order, and the entire Rocky Island entered the construction phase.

Everyone went to battle, more than a hundred family warriors, and more than a thousand adult salt people.

The remaining old and weak salt people are responsible for logistics and cooking.

The entire northern part of Luanshi Island has completely turned into a primitive construction site in full swing, and everyone is sweating profusely and working hard.

And, under the command of more than a hundred highly qualified warriors, everything is in order.

These family warriors have an almost perverted pursuit of honor. Although they don't know what is the use of the master digging these salt pans? The so-called sun-salt method does not work.

But they only know one thing, the master's order must be fulfilled, even if they don't understand it.

Once you can't finish it, you have to review it in public and be punished by the lord, which is completely unacceptable.

On that lonely mountain on the south bank of the Nu River, they were even willing to die in order to clear their reputation. Now for the honor of the samurai, they drive every saltman almost crazily. And also responsible for the hardest part of the job. .

And these more than a thousand salt people have long been tamed to the extreme, and they only know how to obey orders. And under the temptation of three meals a day, everyone is almost working hard.

Moreover, and here are all saline land. The soil is loose, and digging a pond is the easiest thing to do.

The most difficult is the final crystallization pool, which needs to be paved with stone slabs under the pool to prevent infiltration. But there are no other things in the Luanshi Peninsula, but there are a lot of stones.

At this time, the opportunity to perform for those dragon-powered warriors came. Holding a black-gold-plated sword worth hundreds of gold coins, he slammed it down against the stone, and it turned out to be a complete and smooth stone slab.

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In this almost frantic working state, more than 1,600 people opened up the first batch of 500-mu experimental salt fields in only 13 days.

Although it is very rudimentary, it has a lot of functions and a lot of pools.

The final crystallization pool is all paved with smooth stone slabs, and the stone slabs are tightly jointed.

This is collective power. In fact, everyone present didn't know what the owner was going to do, and they couldn't believe that the so-called salt field opened up could produce salt.

But still a lot of time ahead of schedule, the task assigned by Sauron was completed.

After the first batch of salt fields were opened up, most of them went to open up the second batch of salt fields immediately.

One hundred people were left behind, and began to dry salt for the first time on these salt fields.

Under Sauron's order, dozens of people dug ditches to divert the seawater into the evaporation pool, taking advantage of the high tide of the seawater.

Looking at the surging in. As the sea water poured into the evaporation pool, Sauron murmured in his heart, "My gold coins, my inheritance, all come from here."

that's it. The first batch of sun-dried salt in Sauron Territory has officially started!

Everyone in the entire Luanshi Island is paying attention around the clock. Because whether the sun-dried salt can succeed or not is completely related to the life and death of the Sox family.

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As time passed day by day, the hundreds of salt people completely followed Sauron's orders. Introduce the brine one by one into the new salt pool. Constantly filtering, constantly evaporating, and constantly introducing new seawater.

Although there were many mistakes in the middle, most of them were due to mistakes in Sauron's orders. But everything is proceeding in an orderly manner while groping.

In less than ten days, the brine with the highest concentration finally entered the final crystallization pool.

These crystallization pools took everyone's greatest efforts, and they were all paved with flat stones.

Whether it can be successful or not depends on these two days.

Even Sauron couldn't help praying secretly that it must not rain, because he didn't even have a large amount of defensive tarpaulins prepared, and if it rained, all previous efforts would be wasted.

I don't know if it's God's favor, or it doesn't rain even if it wants to, the next time is always cloudless, not even a drop of rain.

The sun conditions in the past few days are really good, not to mention that there is no rain at all.

The sun is exposed to the sun, the sea breeze is blowing violently, and the daily temperature is at least 30 to 40 degrees.

Every day in the middle of the night is the time when the temperature is the lowest, and it is also the time when the brine crystallizes best. The salt deposit gradually subsides, and the brine gradually rises.

"Drain." Sauron gave an order, and dozens of salt people immediately used bamboo pipes to drain the floating brine into the ditch dug nearby.

Can the salt be produced and crystallized successfully? It is completely related to Soxhlet's life and death. Therefore, at this time, the entire saltworks was filled with suffocating tension.

But Suo Ningbing and Ye Jingyu were too nervous to fall asleep, and ignored Sauron's urging, they sat on the edge of the crystallization pool overnight.

As if this is the case, God will appreciate their sincerity and allow Sauron to succeed.

And not only Suoning Bing and Ye Jingyu, but also the warrior leaders of other families, and the Yan people leaders, regardless of the early labor tomorrow, all waited at the edge of the crystallization pool.

Waiting, completely anxious waiting.

"I'm going to sleep first, wake me up when the salt crystallizes." Sauron said, and then walked towards the small castle.

As for Suoning Bing, Meimou stared at the crystal pool, she refused to go back to sleep no matter what.

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Sauron was soundly asleep, when he was suddenly awakened by Ye Jingyu's voice, and when he looked up, it was just dawn.

"It's salt, it's really salt." Ye Jingyu's voice was filled with incomparable excitement and ecstasy.

Sauron immediately got up and ran towards the salt field.

At this time, the edge of the crystallization pool was already full of people, and there were already dozens of people in the pool, constantly pushing salt.

Driven by the wooden planks, only snow-white salt was piled up layer by layer, more and more, more and more.

All the people around Yantian were completely stunned.

It turns out that the sun can really dry out salt, and that’s how it works.

Immediately, the warriors of the Suo family and the salt people looked at Sauron with infinite fanaticism.

And once again, once again, their master has performed a miracle.

Dozens of people, with wild joy, began harvesting sea salt on the crystalline fields.

Two hours later, the final output came out. Immediately, everyone was completely stunned, this, this is too incredible!

This is not white salt at all, but a golden coin.

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