My Deep-sea Fishery

"What about your labor? What about the time-consuming? What about the equipment? Are these free?" Xiang Yang asked.

In fact, labor is really not very valuable, this machine can be operated by Zuo Fatty himself.

Xiang Yang watched Fatty Zuo's whole process of refining salt. First, he heated and concentrated, cooled and crystallized, filtered and then distilled. At this time, the snow-white coarse salt was refined.

The whole process was too cumbersome, and Xiang Yang felt that if he really wanted to refine salt, he could make edible salt by drying.

In fact, many coastal fishing villages have the habit of drying salt on the beach.

The utilization of salt has a history of thousands of years in our country.

The salt man in "Zhou Li" is the official position in charge of salt affairs during the Zhou Dynasty.

In the Han Dynasty, a salt official was set up to manage the salt tax. The feudal dynasties since then all regarded the salt tax as an important source of finance, and the same is true abroad.

Many ethnic groups in ancient times often caused wars for salt. Among them, in 98 AD, in order to rob salt resources, a war broke out between the two tribes of the Germanic tribes, the Hatt and the Xilianpeng. As a result, the Hatt tribe was extinct.

In the history of salt development, it has undergone many evolutions, which are mainly divided into three major changes.

For the first time, it is enough to eat. In this period, people basically have no standard for the composition of salt. As long as it is salty, it doesn’t matter if it is dirty or bitter. This kind of salt is directly extracted from seawater or brine. Without any other treatment, the quality is very poor, and it also contains some harmful substances.

But even today, there is still an ancient well in Zigong City that still continues the ancient method of salt production. The ancient well has now become an intangible cultural heritage, and it is an important means for us to understand the ancient well salt production method.

Xiang Yang did know this earth-smelting method of salt refining, but he certainly would not recommend the villagers to use this method to refine salt.

Because this method of salt refining requires brine first, its raw material is brine, which is divided into two types: yellow brine and black brine. Yellow brine is a brown solution that contains a large amount of barium ions. Bitter and poisonous.

Black brine is a black solution that contains a large amount of sulfate ions, which is also a substance that is harmful to the human body.

Although as long as the yellow brine and black brine are blended together in a certain proportion, the barium ions and sulfate ions will combine to form a white precipitate, and finally remove the precipitate to make the brine slag clear.

But there are often some residues that cannot be removed. It is actually no problem to eat this kind of salt by yourself, but if you want to sell it on the market, the Industrial and Commercial Bureau will not allow it.

The second change is that the whiter the better. After the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century, science and technology have developed greatly, and the level of salt refining has also been greatly improved. People's requirements for edible salt have changed. The standard is color. The whiter the better, the finer the grains the better, the higher the purity the better, and the less impurities the better, which is the kind of salt that most of us are eating now.

The third change was only proposed in recent years, and it has not been widely popularized yet. The approximate time point is that in recent years, a large number of medical studies have shown that excessive salt intake can easily lead to high blood pressure and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. One salt idea.

It means to avoid excessive intake of salt. Experts suggest that the intake of salt per person should be less than 5 grams per day. Various health care companies have also launched various health care salts in succession. A pack of normal salt-sized health salts is cheap for more than a dozen yuan, and expensive for hundreds of thousands of yuan. I don’t know. Is it real health care or fake health care.

Xiang Yang felt that he could also make health-care salt. The method of making it is not difficult, but it is actually a common method of drying salt, and many people in the village know it.

After drying out the sea salt, you only need to add some trace elements that are beneficial to the human body, which can supplement the trace elements of the human body, and it is considered healthy and balanced salt.

Xiang Yang didn't hide it either, and said what he thought when he thought about it.

Fatty Zuo was very excited when he heard that, and rubbed his hands, "Brother Yang, how much can you really sell for that healthy salt?"

Even the head of Zuo Village was slightly excited. Salt is no better than seafood. After all the seafood in a sea area has been caught, it will take a long time until the next time the fishery resources become more abundant.

And what about salt?

See the blue sea outside?

Any scoop of sea water that comes out of it is salt.

It is basically an inexhaustible golden sea.

Xiang Yang thought for a while, and felt that he could not afford to buy a bigger ship in a short period of time. Instead of keeping the remaining money in his hand and waiting for it to depreciate, it is better to spend all the money to do some business. If he succeeds, he can make money with money. That's all.

"A few yuan per catty is the least amount, and the formula is troublesome. Although it is nothing more than adding some elements such as potassium and iron to the salt when drying the salt, we don't know the specific pairing amount, but if I really want to do it, I can make the formula. Ask my teacher." Xiang Yang said in a deep voice.

"Brother Yang, what shall we do?" Fatty Zuo said pleasantly.

Even some crew members on Xiang Yang's boat were ready to move.

The village chief Zuo slapped Fatty Zuo on the head, "Do it, do it, do it, you know what to do, do you have money?" After finishing speaking, the village chief Zuo looked at Xiang Yang seriously, "Xiaoyang, do you really have money?" Are you going to dry the salt?"

Xiang Yang nodded calmly, "Why don't you make money if you have money?" The current time coincides with the historical turning point of the third salt reform. If you are committed to it, and you are fully qualified and able to do it, why not do it?

"Okay, okay, okay." The village head Zuo said three good words in succession, "It must take a lot of land to dry the salt, right? Tell me which section of the beach you like. I will hold a village meeting. Lease to you at the lowest rent."

Xiang Yang smiled, "Then I would like to thank the village chief Zuo first." In fishing villages like Yanlong Village, the beaches are actually public, which section of the beach belongs to which brigade and which section of the beach belongs to which group They are all very clearly divided. There are a total of eight groups in Yanlong Village, divided into three brigades.

For example, if Xiang Yang wants to rent a beach belonging to the first group, 60% of the annual rent will be distributed equally to each villager in the sixth group, and the remaining 40% Ten percent will stay in the account of the sixth group, ten percent will go to the brigade headquarters, and the rest will be handed over to the village department.

"Don't be in a hurry to thank me, I have conditions." Zuo Village Chief said.

Xiang Yang nodded, "Tell me." Xiang Yang thought that Village Chief Zuo just wanted Fatty Zuo to come in and get some shares, and he would agree as long as it wasn't too much.