Survive through the ancient apocalypse

The newly bought servants need to be raised for a few days before they can go to sea to work.In the past few days, Ye Mingze only let Sun Lao and the two most capable sentinel guides follow the boat. They didn't need to do physical work, but only helped point out the direction and increase the ability to catch fish.

The drought here has been continuing, but after the autumn harvest is completed, the farmland enters the winter break.For this year, it no longer matters.

A two-meter-wide river flows from northwest to southeast, passing through the fields of Yejia Village, passing through the village, and finally flows into the sea.Thanks to this river, its source is deep in the Ziqing Mountains, and it is formed by the gathering of snow water from high mountains.Therefore, although the fields are dry, the water level of the river does not drop much.As a result, the people of Yejia Village collected a lot of food.

The old people in the village are worried about next year. This year will be easy, but next year will be troublesome.Sighing is sighing, but it is not helpful to solve the problem.The people of Yejia Village can only follow the bloody lessons of the past, tighten their money, shrink their clothing and diet, and increase their chances of survival as much as possible.Anyway, it is also slack, so there is no need to eat too much.

Ye Mingze's worries are not small.Whenever he can go to sea, he follows the boat at a distance.During the period, the harvest was big and small, and most of the time the harvest was very ordinary.After all, his vision in the sea is still too small compared to the sea.

Today is another sunny day.

Early in the morning, Ye Mingze carried a pair of empty buckets, a hoe, and a shovel, and led Jiang Jingzhi, avoiding people's eyes and ears, and choosing places with few people.I went to a place where no one was there before I turned to the beach.

Going north and walking along the coastline for half an hour, Ye Mingze stopped.

"Mingze, what's the reason for being so mysterious?" Jiang Jingzhi asked once, but after he didn't get an answer, he held back until now, and the patience was quite strong.

"I'll find out soon, help me dig a few holes." Ye Mingze chose a few places that are not easy to be seen, and are not far from the sea, where the tide will not rise and the sun can still shine directly. Dig a hole one meter square and half a meter deep here."

The place where they stopped was far enough away from the village, and there were several small hills separated from the fields in the village, so the chance of being discovered was not high.

After Jiang Jingzhi heard this, he stopped asking questions.After Ye Mingze used the hoe to loosen the sand, he then used the shovel to shovel the soil.The two dug and shoveled and cooperated tacitly.

Jiang Jingzhi was using a shovel for the first time, and it felt quite magical.It's just that after the novelty, the soreness and numbness of the hands gradually invaded the nerves, which is not very pleasant!When I usually watch people working, I often lament the hard work of the farmers, but that's all.Only by experiencing it for yourself can you deeply understand the hardships involved.

Insisting on digging two sand pits, Jiang Jingzhi felt that his hands were numb and painful, and he was about to go on strike.Ye Mingze felt that Jiang Jingzhi's limit was almost reached, so he quickly called a stop.I took a look at his hands, and sure enough they were all blistered.Ye Mingze broke the blisters, took out two squares of pure white cotton handkerchiefs that he had prepared earlier, wrapped them briefly, and signaled him to rest for a while.

He himself continued digging.Ye Mingze still remembers the first time he went to the ground in modern times, and after holding the hoe for a while, he got blisters. Although his parents were distressed, they only let him rest for the day.The next day, he went down to the ground as usual.In a few days like this, the palms of the hands will be calloused, and the skin will not be easily worn out again.

Of course, Jiang Jingzhi's situation cannot be compared with his.He was a farmer's boy at the beginning, even though he had never been in the field, he did a lot of moving and lifting.Young Master Jiang has grown up so big, it is true that he has never done any work.With the body of his young master, it is already remarkable that he can insist on digging two holes.He didn't mean to laugh at him at all, really.

Jiang Jingzhi's family knew about their own family affairs, so they didn't try to be brave. They found a flat stone, took out a piece of oilcloth in the bucket and spread it on it, and sat there quietly admiring the "grace" of his man digging the hole.Hmph, everything is ready, it looks like it was premeditated.

Ye Mingze saw that Jiang Jingzhi had a rare temper, and he accepted it with pleasure.After digging three more pits, Ye Mingze didn't dig any more, but started to spread clean fine sand on the bottom of the pit.After finishing, he sat quietly with Jiang Jingzhi for a while, and then began to pick up sea water.

Bucket after bucket of sea water was poured into the bunker.After pouring water into the newly dug pit, the seawater quickly became turbid.Looking at these, Jiang Jingzhi rarely frowned, and really couldn't think of the use of doing them.

Ye Mingze ignored Jiang Jingzhi and was busy with himself, filling five bunkers before stopping.Then I picked water a few more times, until the sand pit stopped seeing water, then I called it a day and prepared to go back home.

On the way back, Ye Mingze looked at Jiang Jingzhi with his clear and deep eyes from time to time, and raised his hands in surrender.

"You mean you are making salt?" Jiang Jingzhi was a little stimulated, and his emotions were rarely ups and downs.

"Well, as you can see, the method is very simple. After the seawater dries up, the bottom of the pit will be covered with sea salt, and it can be eaten directly after filtering. I plan to come every few days and make more at once. Some, so you don’t have to sneak over here in the future.”

"It's that simple?" Jiang Jingzhi was a little hard to accept.I really can't blame him, salt and iron are all controlled by the imperial court.Can things that affect the court be simple?

"This is not the easiest thing. It is even simpler to dig a large pool where the tide can reach, and then build a dam to block it. When the tide is high, it will be opened, and the seawater will automatically fill the pool, saving even the effort of carrying water."

"This, are you going to keep it a secret from now on?" Jiang Jingzhi finally came to his senses, he knew the seriousness of it, once someone knew the way, he would take it for himself, even someone might kill him.After all, for the sake of profit, people can do anything, let alone such a profitable thing.

"Of course, we don't have a backer, so we can't do it ourselves. I'm not happy to give it to others. What's more, if I sell it to others, I'm afraid I'll be killed!" Ye Mingze had this plan, but finally gave up.The profit margin is too large, and I can't control it now.

"Is that place safe?" Jiang Jingzhi was a little worried.

"Let's do it, I didn't dig much, no one would go there, and the chance of being discovered is not high. Well, for safety's sake, we will come here in the dark early in the morning."

Talking and laughing, the two soon approached the village.

Before Jiang Jingzhi could cross the sea, Ye Mingze simply found a suitable place on the passing beach, taught him what to eat on the beach, and touched some shrimps, crabs and shellfish to go home.

Now this time is not a good time to catch the sea, but the two of them don't care.Especially Jiang Jingzhi, who had never been in contact with these before, felt very novel looking at everything in front of him.

He doesn't have a clear goal, he just grabs whatever he sees pleasing to the eye.Occasionally, when he sees beautiful shells, he will stop to have a look.After all, he still has only one, and no matter how much he can hold it at ordinary times, sometimes he can't.For example, now, there are only him and Ye Mingze, so he doesn't need to worry about it.

Ye Mingze looked at him rarely showing his childish temper, and he also cooperated with the madness. After all, he is not very old, isn't he?

"Mingze, what kind of crabs are these?" Jiang Jingzhi dug out a small crab, dragging a shell, very characteristic.

"Oh, that one, it's a hermit crab. This kind of crab tastes bad, so don't catch it. Now, that fiddler crab next to you is good, catch that one!"

"Okay." Jiang Jingzhi put down the hermit crab in his hand, and carefully grabbed the so-called fiddler crab.The crab claws are quite big and look much better than hermit crabs.

There are still a lot of things left on the beach, but the distribution is very sparse. Who told them to choose a bad time.The two grabbed it all the way, and drove all the way home.If you are not in a hurry, you will really miss the meal.

By the time the two of them harvested more than half of the barrel, they had already arrived at the east beach of Yejia Village.There are fewer things here, and they were all taken away by the villagers when they rushed to the sea.

The two did not linger here.Fortunately, Jiang Jingzhi was wearing boots, so it was very convenient to walk on the beach without getting into the water.If it weren't for his clean nature, it would be no wonder that he would not feel uncomfortable wearing wet shoes for several hours!

Looking at the shrimp, crab and shellfish he caught with his own hands, Jiang Jingzhi still felt a sense of accomplishment.

"I haven't seen anyone all morning, what are you doing?" Mother Ye took a look at the bucket and stopped asking.

"I'm not idle, this is just a good way to pass the time, and I will add some food for the family by the way." Ye Mingze laughed.

"Okay, you two go wash up, and dinner will be served right away."

Recently, Jiang Jingzhi went to Jiang's house for dinner by himself, washed up, changed his clothes, closed the door and set off, leaving Ye Mingze alone in the room.

The original one or two hundred catties of fresh squid at home had already been sold out.The Ye family didn't encounter squid shoals again, only catching a few sporadically each time.Relying on this is completely a drop in the bucket.The aunts and the others all bought from others, of course the people from the Ye family village had priority.The price is two pennies per catty.This price is not the lowest, but it is at the bottom of commonly used fish.

The four uncles, sisters-in-law and sisters-in-law are in high spirits now, and there is nothing more satisfying than earning money by themselves.Everyone wants to contribute to their families, and women are no exception.

At this rate, every time you go out to the stall, you can earn hundreds of Wen, and you can earn even more when you meet.The accumulation of a little makes a lot, and after a month, each room can earn six or seven taels of silver.This number is not small.In previous years, all that could be obtained was more than one or two taels of silver, which was due to the good conditions of the family.If the conditions are poor, why don't the daughter-in-law pay for it?

However, follow-ups have already begun to appear, and there is not much passenger flow for the time being, so it has little impact on the Ye family.

The sisters-in-law were happily making money, and at the same time, they were annoyed that such a good business would be divided into thin profits in the future. They were both painful and happy.

Ye Mingze saw it, and could only respond with hehe.What can he say?Grilled squid is not a difficult technical job, and it is easy to be imitated.Most things are like this, without much technical content, you can only make money first.And it is this first-hand money that makes a lot of money.The Ye family is already doing well, and there is no need to worry too much about the future.