Xiaowangzhuang belongs to Nanyang Mansion and is located in the northeast of Nanyang Mansion in the Fangcheng Mountain Boundary. To the north is Yexian, to the south is Yuzhou, and further south is Nanyang. It should probably be under the jurisdiction of Yuzhou. However, in this world, in Henan, the government has almost completely lost control of the villages and towns under its rule, and no one will remember it on the edge of the mountains like Xiaowangzhuang.

Fangcheng Mountain stretches for dozens of miles, east and west, just between Yexian and Yuzhou, Xiaowangzhuang is at the eastern head of Fangcheng Mountain.

The world is not good, it is a natural disaster and a man-made disaster, and even a big city like Luoyang has been broken by thieves, which shows how much Henan has been eroded. The people of Xiaowangzhuang thought that they could avoid man-made disasters because of their remote location, but they didn't expect to be wiped out.

Ying Yi took more than a dozen people who survived to abandon the ruins of Xiaowangzhuang, entered Fangcheng Mountain, and settled in the valley. After asking the others to clean up the cave as a temporary residence, he took Erniu out to the other end of the valley, and walked along a mountain stream that had dried up for about three or four miles, and came to the bottom of a sloping cliff.

This sloping cliff is only twenty or thirty meters long and more than ten meters high, and it is on the side of the mountain stream. From a distance, it was gray and bare. When he got closer, Ying Yi used a simple knife as if he were cutting tofu, and cut off a stone, revealing the green and yellow color inside.

"This is Salt Bluff?"

Erniu twisted up some powder, put it in his mouth and tasted it, and after a few salty and astringent sounds, he exclaimed in surprise: "Sure enough, it's salt!"

As soon as the cry began, several deer on the other side of the salt cliff ran away.

"Salt, of course. Ying Yi glanced at it, didn't care about the deer, and said with a knife: "This salt cliff is only a small part of the protruding ground. If all of them are mined, I don't know how much green salt can be produced. When I found out earlier, I also thought about making profits for Xiaowangzhuang, but I was afraid that I would be guilty and coveted, so I pressed it down. ”

As he spoke, Yingyi pointed over there: "There is a salt pool behind that big stone." Scoop the water inside out to the sun, and you can dry the refined salt. Wild animals from the mountains often come here to eat salt, and although I drove away many wild animals, it is not safe here. Take salt later, be careful. ”

Erniu has been in a surprise, listening to Yingyi's words, although he doesn't quite understand how to be guilty, but vaguely feel that if Xiao Wangzhuang can really mass-produce salt, I'm afraid it's really not a good thing.

The two walked along the salt cliff and looked back and forth. Erniu said: "The salt pond is almost dry, if it doesn't rain again, half a month of hard work will be dry." ”

Ying Yi nodded, picked up a piece of salt stone, and the two walked back, saying as they walked: "It doesn't matter if the salt pool is dry, the salt cliff is soft, and a few pieces of wooden sticks can be easily knocked down." Take it back and crush it, melt it in water, strain it with linen a few times, and then dry the water in the same way. When I got back, I showed me how to do it, and then I did it. ”

The two returned to the valley, and the fourth sister-in-law had already cleaned up the cave a little, barely enough to live. After all, it was cold in the cave, but fortunately, the thieves only looted the village and took away food and goods, such as clothes and quilts, which they couldn't look down on. I brought some with me when I went into the mountains in front.

Wang Si's sister-in-law said: "There is less of it." I have to go back to the village when I have time. ”

"Don't rush just yet, it's too chaotic outside. Ying Yi said: "I'll talk about it when I come back next time." ”

Hearing Yingyi's words, the fourth sister-in-law and Erniu were stunned.

"Brother Ying'er still wants to go out?"

Ying Yi nodded: "If I don't kill a tiger, I'm uneasy." Sun Xiucai is still waiting for me in Ye County. ”

About Sun Xiucai, Ying Yi told the big guy yesterday. But I didn't expect Yingyi to be in such a hurry. He was about to leave before he settled here, and for a while Erniu and the others felt a little uneasy.

I have just experienced the calamity, and it is a time of panic. It was Yingyi who gave them a sense of security, but at this time they had to leave.

Yingyi threw the Pu knife to the ground and said, "I will leave the knife and sharpen it for self-defense." This is the deep mountains and old forests, and I don't think the thieves have the ability to find here. I don't know when I'll be back, but it's only been a few months. The thief is besieging Kaifeng, and the animal is the nephew of the thief, with a name and a surname, and he will not run away after all. When I kill him, I will take his head and come back to pay tribute to the villagers. ”

When Erniu and the others heard this, they were all silent.

Although it has been a few days since the catastrophe, and the big guy deliberately doesn't think about it, the hatred in his heart can't be hidden. At this time, as soon as he said it, he gritted his teeth.

Yingyi said: "Don't think about it. I swore that I would kill the beast, and it would be fulfilled. ”

Later, Yingyi also taught a poop about filtering salt, which is not complicated, and you will know what to do after watching it. It's just that it hasn't been done before, and many people don't know where the salt comes from. Now that you know, it's easy.

"The big guy lives here with peace of mind. It's still April, and if you can grow some food, you can grow more. There are wild things in the mountains, and you big men should pay attention to their guards, so as not to escape from the thieves' knives and be eaten by wild things. ”

After some advice, Yingyi was ready to leave.

Erniu said: "Brother Ying'er, you better bring the Pu knife, you fight hard with a tiger, bring good self-defense." ”

Ying Yi shook his head: "It's not bad." ”

The fourth sister-in-law said: "Brother Ying, I see that you are alone, I am afraid that you can't be separated for many things, and Sun Xiucai is a four-body industrious." It's better to let Erniu come with you, and it's better to start. ”

Others also persuaded him.

When Er Niu heard this, he suddenly came to his senses: "Yes, yes, Brother Ying, let me go with you." I want to kill the thief for revenge!"

In the end, Ying Yi did not refuse, brought some dry food, left the valley with Erniu, and went down the mountain.

Out of Fangcheng Mountain, the sky has gradually darkened. When she arrived at Xiaowangzhuang, Ying Yi saw the fresh horseshoe prints, and couldn't help but feel a little happy.

Erniu was also shocked and said, "There are so many horseshoe prints, more than the last time." ”

Ying Yi looked around for a while, and said, "I'm afraid that someone will chase us here not long after we enter the mountain." It seems that a tiger is not stupid, his brain is quite flexible, and he thought of Xiao Wangzhuang so quickly. ”

"It's a tiger?!" Erniu said in surprise.

"It had to be him. If it's not him, who will come here to make a corner?" Ying Yi said: "I will rest in the village tonight, and I will go to Ye County early tomorrow morning." If you can get ahead of a tiger, you will find an opportunity to slaughter him. ”

"Hmm!" Erniu nodded fiercely.

Early the next morning, as soon as the sky was bright, the two set off.

There are dozens of miles from Xiaowangzhuang to Yexian. With Yingyi's footsteps, dozens of miles are nothing. But Erniu can't. Yingyi regretted bringing Erniu a little. If it was just him, he would be able to reach Ye County in an hour at most. But with Erniu, it will take a day to hurry up.