After seeing the quality of the coarse salt she exposed, Zhengliang felt a little dissatisfied, so he planned to purify the refined salt from the coarse salt.

The purification of coarse salt is mainly divided into three steps: dissolution, filtration and evaporation. The first step is to dissolve the utensils directly using wooden barrels for daily use. As for distilled water, stream water is directly used. At this time, there is no environmental pollution and stream water is clear and pure enough. Zheng Liang kept putting coarse salt into the bucket until the brine was saturated.

After the first step is completed, the second step of filtration is started. The filtering filter paper Zhengliang thought of a way, which is to mix the cleaned river sand and hay rags together, wrap them up and sew them with rags, and then use this filter substance to seal the wooden barrel containing saturated salt water (in fact, it is to tie the filter substance to the mouth of the barrel with a straw rope), and finally turn the barrel over and let the salt water seep out flow into another empty wooden barrel below. This is repeated three to four times until the salt water becomes clear. The most troublesome part of this step is not the repeated filtration work, but the work of cleaning the filter substances. Of course, after several use, these substances are no longer necessary to clean them, and they can only give up replacing them with new substances.

The last step is to evaporate. Pour the filtered brine into a large pot, cover it with cloth or hay, and then boil it with a fire. Pay attention to stirring continuously during the cooking process. After the water has evaporated, the purification of the coarse salt will be over.

After pouring out the white powdery salt in the pot, several craftsmen who had been helping each other exclaimed, "Snow salt, this is snow salt!"

Marusuke trembled and stuck a little salt with his right hand and put it in his mouth to sweeten it. Looking at that expression reminded Masaruto of the scenes of famous artists who tasted the world's delicacies in TV later generations eating dishes.

"Ah! Your Highness, it's really snow salt. This is the best snow salt I've ever seen." After closing my eyes and savoring, Masuke immediately shouted.

"In the future, half of the coarse salt produced every month will be used to cook into snow salt. Before you find a suitable person, you will be responsible for this matter. Dongxiang Heiji will provide assistance. The cooking workshop is in Cangshan City. Find some trusted leaders to assist, and give a certain monthly salary. Their family will also move here to live." Zhengliang ordered. Because of the production process, Zhengliang had to take confidential measures.

With the current productivity and supply of equipment in the heart, up to half of the coarse salt produced can be cooked into fine salt. If these fine salts and coarse salt are sold to other places on trade routes, they can basically guarantee an income of 600 to 700 guan a month. If the tolls on labor and commercial routes are removed, it is estimated that there will be at least about 6,000 guan a year. This is already very good. You should know that there are only about 3,000 guan in the Luo Family warehouse now.

The problem is how to find a safe trade route? Now, except for a sea port, the other territory of the Luo family borders with other powerful people, and the security cannot be guaranteed. The only sea route not only needs to pass through the waters of the Huzi family's naval forces, but also has to face many pirates, which are not guaranteed. Just when Zhengliang was troubled by the problem of the trade route, a guest brought by Mu Zao Chongzhong provided a solution for Zhengliang.

Cangshan City, in the convention hall of the lord's mansion.

"Since you are here to seek alliance, you must tell me what benefits can it bring to our family?" Masayoshi said seriously while sitting in the main seat. I really didn't expect that the Sashi family, which was once comparable to the Huzi family, now took the initiative to seek alliance after losing the last battle.

"Your Highness, if you form an alliance with our family, the Luo family has already gained the greatest benefit," said Nobusuke, an old minister who served the three generations of the Sashi family, bowed and said.

"How can I explain this?" Zhengliang asked in confusion. Humph, since it has been delivered to the door and does not obtain enough benefits, the Luo family will never easily agree to the request for alliance.

"Haha, with Your Highness's wisdom, it's impossible not to know?" Nobusuke touched the gray beard on his chin and smiled slightly. "The Luo family has now gotten into a feud with the Huzi family. The Ishida family in the north are also moving everywhere to try to seize the territory of the Taijue family. The powerful people in the east are basically allies of the Huzi family. The Luo family is now waiting for enemies on all sides."

"After the last battle, the strength of the Sashi family was greatly weakened, right? Moreover, the east and west sides of the Sashi family are also full of crises, besides the original family, right?" Heiji Togo immediately sarcastic.

"Hmph, there is no need for a little tycoon to beg for alliance in a humble manner. Lord Nobusuke, let's go," said Noda Ichibe, the Sashi family's foot general who was in charge of escorting Nobusuke.

"A little local tyrant? The Sashi family is not much better than the original family now," Osaki Kyuji, who was standing beside him, immediately retorted.

"Sir, I want to decide my life and death," Noda Ichibing immediately stood up and shouted.

"Enough, Noda, this is not a place for you to be arrogant. Why don't you apologize to His Highness Masaru?" Nobusuke cursed angrily. Noda Ichibuki saluted Masaru very dissatisfied.

"Your Highness, please forgive Noda's rudeness." Nobusuke bowed and said, "As Lord Osaki said, our family's strength has dropped sharply after the last war, but it is precisely because of this that we should form an alliance. Once the two families form an alliance, your side can calmly face threats from the east and the north, and our family can also have enough troops to defend against invasions from the east and disputes from the sea in the south."

"Why choose our family? It seems that our family does not have enough strength to become an ally of your side? Our family was one of the powerful people who besieged the Sashi family last time. Could it be that you have no grudges about this?" said Masara. In the following sentence, Masara was a little intentionally angering the other side.

"Haha, Your Highness is humble. With Your Highness's young age, he has captured a territory comparable to the current Sashi family in just a few months. It is really admirable. Your Highness's heroic figure has now spread throughout Higashimaura, and the name of "Toumaura's Eagle" has become a nightmare for all the powerful people to be frightened." Nobusuke seemed to have known about the situation of the Luo family and flattered, "As for the siege of this family, the Luo family did not directly participate in the battle of the cage? Besides, according to my original plan, if the Huzi family did not invade, then my family would intend to develop into your territory." Now he didn't know that the real murderer who sneaked into the Sashima port was in front of him, and the poor Huzi family took the blame.

"Hahaha, Lord Nobusuke is indeed frank enough. So, please tell me what are the conditions for your alliance?" Since the other party was so frank, Masayoshi didn't intend to beat around the bush, so he asked directly.

"After the two families formed an alliance, the Sashi family reduced the troops stationed on the border with the Luo family's territory in the north, and also asked the Luo family to reduce the troops stationed accordingly. If necessary, the two families could even support each other and jointly deal with the Huzi family and their lackeys. I wonder what Your Highness thinks?" Nobusuke immediately stated the alliance.

Zhengliang thought silently in his heart that it was impossible to reduce the garrison. Things like the Covenant are really unreliable, especially this kind of equal covenant that does not send hostages, but it can be done. Retreat the reduced garrison troops at the checkpoint for a certain distance and then station them. Once there are special circumstances in the checkpoint, Zhengliang immediately said, "Yes, the Luo family can agree to this covenant, but you must open up the trade routes and allow merchants to enter the Luo family through your territory. The Sashi family must not invade the Luo family's materials passing through your territory, and of course the Luo family will not send a large number of troops in.

Enter the territory of the Sashi family." It was just that people were dozing off and some people gave them pillows. The alliance with the Sashi family just solved the problem of trade routes. After passing through part of the Sashi family's territory, you can reach Tangjin Bay, where you can walk on the business road in Shanghai. But doing this is tantamount to seeking a skin with a tiger. Once the Sashi family regrets and snatches the Luo family's supplies, the Luo family will lose at least a batch of supplies. In response, Masaliang decided to take a gamble. Anyway, no matter how much the loss is, it is just a batch of supplies. Moreover, before it has fully recovered, the Sashi family does need an ally of the Luo family, just as the Luo family also needs the other party.

"Your Highness is wise", Nobusuke immediately bowed to the ground and expressed his agreement with Masayoshi's conditions. Before leaving, he received full authorization from the head of the family, and he could fully grasp such conditions by himself. Besides, opening up the business road will help the Sashi family charge more tolls, and he can also take the opportunity to send people to the airtight Luo family territory. Why not do it? Of course, if he knew that the Luo family only allowed specific merchants to enter the checkpoint, he would definitely not think so.

In this way, after some bargaining, the Luo family, which had a common enemy, formally formed an alliance with the Sashi family.

Just as the two companies were discussing cooperation, in a secret room in Kawajin Bay and Tada City, Boduoyuan was paying attention to the confrontation between the Huzi family and the Luo family. "Rigao, what do you think?"

"Haha, are you planning to win over this little wealthy family? Let the Sashi family and this little wealthy family become powerful tools to suppress the Huzi family?" The important minister, Higao Zongyi, expressed the purpose of Bodigree in one sentence.

"No, not only these two families, but more small wealthy families will join in. These two families are just examples for other small wealthy families to show. We want other small wealthy families there to see the benefits of following their families closely," Bo Duoyuan shook his head and said.

"Sir, wise. I have heard of this little wealthy family. It is said that it is a newly emerging little tycoon. The head of the family is only about 17 years old, but he is extremely brave. He once won more than a dozen heads in a battle and was called the "Hokao Eagle of Higashimaura". If he cooperates with the Sashi family, the expansion of the Hoko family should be temporarily suppressed," said Higashizo Soyoshi.

"Ahem... Since that's the case, then you can go there yourself to encourage them to form an alliance and help them with some supplies. What I need most now is time. As long as I have enough time to complete the strategy of Hirado Matsuura, the big thing will be settled." Boduoyuan coughed for a few minutes, and then continued.

"Yes, sir."

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Chapter completed!