1120. The salt works were destroyed

Gao Jifu frowned when he heard this, glared at Cheng Chong and asked, "Destroy most of it?" Was it man-made? "As he walked, his right hand never left the hilt of the sword at his waist.

"Yes, the deputy envoy may wish to see for himself." Cheng Chong also nodded with his head down.

Gao Jifu walked straight to the salt field without saying a word, this Gaotian Dam is an important salt-producing village in Hai'an, the whole village has been classified as a salt household, and the salt fields are also all over the seaside.

Xia Jinghao, the county lieutenant, followed closely with a hundred servants armed with swords.

Cheng Chong's face was a little not good, but he didn't expect Gao Jifu to bring a hundred servants on this trip.

You must know that in the past, Gao Jifuke only brought a few guards and went to the countryside with pen, ink and paper on his back.

This is a hundred servants, look at them all are strong, and they are very fierce with blades in their hands, in this case, how can they murder Gao Jifu, at best, they will take hundreds of people at sea, whether they can beat these strong officials is another matter, even if they can fight, they will not fight at sea, if a hundred officials are killed, this is not a trivial matter, and it may cause the government to shake.

For a while, Cheng Chong was a little undecided, whether to continue to implement the original plan, Cheng Chong was so anxious that his face turned pale.

"What? Isn't Cheng Yanjian in good health? Why is there something wrong with your face?"

Cheng Chong's strange face at this time was captured by Gao Jifu, Gao Jifu sneered in his heart, but he looked concerned about his subordinates and asked.

"Ah, no, no, it should be a cold last night, it's not a big deal, Vice Envoy Xie is concerned." Cheng Chong sighed in his heart, and when he saw Gao Jifu's squinting eyes, he hurriedly smiled.

Seeing this, Gao Jifu's heart was even colder, and he said lightly: "The sea breeze is cold at night, and it is easy to catch a cold, so don't go out", so he raised his legs and walked straight towards Yantian.

Behind him, Cheng Chong's face changed greatly when he heard this, and there was a slight sweat on his forehead. You must know that it was he who led people to destroy most of the salt fields last night, what do you mean by this, does Gao Jifu know that I did it, impossible. For a while, Cheng Chong, who was already apprehensive in his heart, was frightened even more by Gao Jifu's unintentional words.

When he came to the seaside salt field, Gao Jifu's eyes were round when he saw it, and he was stunned for a moment and gasped.

I saw that the salt pond that used to be neat is now a mess, the brine in the brine pool has become a ball of sewage, the cauldron used for frying salt in the shed on the side has also been smashed, and the ashes of the plants and trees that were originally piled up in the warehouse have also been pulled to the ground, mixed with sediment, sewage...

The whole salt mill was messed up in short, and it was as if it knew what was important and destroyed it. Isn't the brine boiling salt, then I'll throw some mess in the brine pool. Isn't the ash to be dry, then I'll pull it all to the ground for you. Isn't it necessary to boil salt in a big pot, then I will smash it all for you...... See how you still make salt.

The current salt-making method is not the later dried salt, and boiled salt, also called fried salt. It is to directly scrape the salty soil alluvial by the seaside, or soak the seawater with plant ash as the raw material for salt making, when making salt, re-pour the raw materials with water, dissolve the salt to form brine, there is salt in the brine, and then put the brine into the cauldron and other containers to heat and cook until the water is boiled dry, and what is left below is the salt grains, which is the most primitive salt boiling method.

This salt field looks seriously damaged, but in fact, Cheng Chong is also keeping his mind in, the brine can be re-extracted if it is destroyed, the pot can be changed again if the cauldron is smashed, and the grass and wood ash are gone, and then go to burn the grass and trees to obtain it, it is not a big problem, as long as it takes two or three days to resume normal salt production, but the scene looks like a mess.

Gao Jifu doesn't care so much, the salt works are destroyed in a mess, this is a provocation to him, this is a provocation to the yamen of the inspection court, and this is a provocation to the new salt law of the imperial court.

Immediately shouted: "Where are the guards of the salt works? "The salt works are important for salt production, and even at night, there are people guarding them.

If the salt works were destroyed like this, and the guards didn't even notice it, they would be deaf, blind and foolish.

As Gao Ji Fu drank vigorously, three men came out of the crowd of Yanhu tremblingly, these three people had rough and dark skin, and they were often exposed to the wind and sun.

The three men wore short fights to show their strong muscles, and they looked very strong, but they were a little trembling in the face of Gao Jifu's fierce drinking, as the guards guarding the salt farm, the salt farm was destroyed, they must be responsible, but they were wronged in their hearts.

"This official asks you, did you know that the salt works were destroyed last night?" Gao Jifu stared at a square-faced man with a fierce look in his eyes and asked.

"Back to the adults, the small people don't know." The square-faced man was also afraid and angry in his heart, blaming Cheng Zhihai for that, he had to help with moving a thatched hut, and it was more than half the night when he was delayed, and when he came back, he found that it was like this, and where did he go to reason.

"I don't know, you, as a guard of the salt farm, guarding the supplies, and now the salt farm has become such a mess, you say you don't know?" Gao Jifu was furious when he heard this, and shouted with spittle.

"My lord is angry, we really don't know, it was still fine last night, and then Cheng Zhihai needs to move the thatched hut, and call the three of us to help, and when we come back in the second half of the night, this will be like this." At this time, another young guard also said indignantly.

Gao Jifu's eyes narrowed when he heard this, he looked at the expressions of these three people, and he also had a bottom in his heart, these three people's expressions were full of wrongs, and they shouldn't seem to be fake.

"Where is Cheng Zhihai?" Gao Jifu turned around and asked again, but this time it was Chao Chengchong who asked.

Cheng Zhihai has the impression that he is Cheng Chong's brother of the same clan, and he is the leader of the salt factory to cook salt, and he usually takes the salt farmers to work normally.

"Ah, Zhihai, there is a batch to be handed over to the salt merchant this morning, Brother Zhihai, he went to test it." Cheng Chong seemed to have something to say, and he didn't hesitate, blurting out just saying.

"Detection? The official remembers that he boiled salt, and you should have gone to check the salt." Gao Jifu looked at Cheng Chong, who was undisguised dissatisfaction.

"This salt farm was destroyed like this, I didn't dare to leave, I waited here for the adults to come, so I entrusted Brother Zhihai to take a trip." Cheng Chong said with an innocent face and a little wronged.

Gao Jifu snorted coldly, ignored him and asked the three guards, "Cheng Zhihai called you to move the thatched hut?" ”

"Yes, Cheng Zhihai said that his thatched hut behind the dam was blown down by the wind, let's go and do a favor to move, we are all villagers in the township, there are often such things, we all help each other, and we will go."

"What hour?"

"It's almost time."

"Child? Hmph, was there a big sea breeze last night? Gao Jifu frowned when he heard this, and looked at the shed where the cauldron was stored on the side, only to see that the shack was very smooth, and the roof of the seagrass shop was not a trace of clutter. Thatched hut behind the dam...... This is a smaller bay, there is a dam ridge, behind the dam ridge is Gaotian Dam Village, this dam stalk can resist the fierce waves can also resist the sea breeze, the roof in front of the dam is not a trace of clutter, the thatched shed behind your dam has been blown down, hehe.