Before the house is confiscated, the enemy's warehouse is emptied and exiled

"Oh... please tell us quickly, Teacher Zhang!" Shen Qingge looked expectant and was obviously very interested in this topic.

Seeing this, Instructor Zhang became more confident. He cleared his throat and continued:

"As you command, General. The salt-making method we currently use is still primarily based on boiling and brine.

Specifically, the alkaline soil is first scraped out from the seashore, then put into the huge pot, and boiled for a long time before it can be made into sea salt.

However, this traditional production method has many disadvantages.

First, when boiling saline-alkali soil, a large amount of reeds are consumed as fuel. You know, although reeds are common, their production is ultimately limited;

Secondly, the process of scraping alkaline soil is too cumbersome, not only consuming a lot of manpower, but also being quite time-consuming and labor-intensive.

Because of this, our salt production has been difficult to increase for a long time."

Having said that, Instructor Zhang couldn't help but shook his head helplessly.

After hearing this, the people around nodded in agreement.

At this moment, Shen Qingge added thoughtfully:

"So, you came up with a more ingenious idea—using local materials, building ditches directly on the seashore, diverting seawater into specially constructed reservoirs at high tide, and then extracting salt through natural drying, just like the crisscrossing gullies among these strange rocks?"

Upon hearing this, Instructor Zhang's face immediately showed admiration. He couldn't help but look at Shen Qingge twice more, secretly praising in his heart:

"General Shen is indeed worthy of his reputation!

Just by listening to what I said, she was able to quickly grasp the key points, apply them to other situations, and integrate them into her thinking.

She is truly a heroine who is as capable as any man!"

So he nodded and responded:

"What the general said coincides with what I thought, but this is only the first step.

In my opinion, this reservoir can certainly play the role of gradually drying and crystallizing the sea salt, but the speed really needs to be improved.

If we could cleverly use reservoirs to filter out the sediment from the seawater, and then direct the filtered water into a flatter, more open drying pool, wouldn't its evaporation rate be significantly accelerated?"

Upon hearing this, the other two members of the Imperial Observatory suddenly understood.

The chief clerk could not help but applaud and said excitedly:

"Great! Doing this will not only effectively reduce the cost of salt production, but also significantly increase the output of sea salt!"

After hearing this, the other officers and soldiers present were also excited and their blood boiled.

General Li Cheng said loudly with great pride:

"Just think about it, everyone: salt is so expensive. During those hard times, ordinary people couldn't even afford salt!

If this method is truly feasible and successfully increases salt production, then not only our people will be able to eat this snow-white sea salt.

More importantly, we can sell our surplus sea salt to various inland areas. If we do this, our Nanyue Kingdom will make a fortune and become the richest of the region!"

When everyone heard General Li Cheng's passionate words, hope flashed in their eyes.

Shen Qingge did not waste any time. He quickly grabbed the stones and several larger salt crystals on the table and put them all into the cloth bag with skillful movements.

Then, after a brief pause, she spoke:

"Since Instructor Zhang has come up with such a good idea, let's not delay any longer!

Let's go find His Highness right now, and gather all the colleagues in the Ministry of Works to discuss whether this matter is feasible or not!

They acted immediately, and before long, the ministers began a heated discussion in the main hall of the Lingnan Palace.

After careful consideration, they finally reached a consensus and decided to turn the area surrounding the volcanic rocks into a salt pan, using local materials. If successful, they would expand the project to surrounding areas.

So, a group of soldiers picked up their tools and started working enthusiastically.

First, the volcanic rocks of various shapes and sizes were carved into salt pans with smooth, regular edges; then, crisscrossing ditches were dug along the seashore to bring seawater into the fields...

Among this group of busy figures, Shen Qingge is still the most active one.

She is becoming more and more restless now, and this time she has taken the power of supervising the entire project firmly into her own hands.

Just like this, day after day, half a month has slipped away in the blink of an eye.

During this period of time, Shen Qingge has been getting up early and staying up late almost every day, running around, and has very few chances to rest.

She enjoyed it very much, but because of this, she naturally had no time to take care of many other things.

But her mythical beast, the water qilin, has been living a rather leisurely and comfortable life these days.

A few days ago, Shen Qingge specially built a separate house for it in the general's mansion, just so that it could rest in peace.

On weekdays, the water qilin was not idle, occasionally going out on business at the request of its master. If it had nothing to do, it would quietly stay in its own courtyard, either falling asleep or basking in the sun.

In Shen Qingge's words, since it followed her, it has experienced a lot of ups and downs since its exile, especially in the past few days, it has twice rushed to the dangerous northern border, which was really difficult.

For this reason, Shen Qingge specially arranged for it to take a vacation for a period of time so that it could recuperate and recover its vitality.

However, as the days passed, the initial leisure gradually gave way to boredom. After all, being stuck in the yard all day would inevitably make one feel bored, no matter how beautiful the scenery was.

So, these days, Shui Qilin often sneaked out of the mansion when he had nothing to do and strolled around the streets.

It imitates humans, sometimes going into teahouses to listen to the melodious songs, and sometimes lingering in front of various snack stalls to feast on the food.

Days like this are truly free and easy!

However, just as the Water Qilin was enjoying this rare freedom and happiness, an unexpected danger quietly approached...