"What about the salt industry?"

There are many mines in the western region, so it is not surprising that mining is the pillar industry of the fortress. However, this is the first time that the salt industry has heard that the Fourth Prince knows nothing about the specialties in various places in his memory. Roland also preconceived the idea that salt making is the main business of coastal cities.??

"There is a salt well in the fortress, the elk and honeysuckle family territories... In fact, the three wells are very close, basically at the junction of the territory. I heard that more than two hundred years ago, civil wars in the Western border often broke out in this area, and it took nearly fifty years to decide the outcome." Barov said, touching his beard.

Then the three nobles who captured this place became the biggest winners in the Western Region? He asked with great interest, "How is the output of these salt wells?"

"In addition to supplying the western border, it will also be sold to Zhulongling and Chishui City, as well as small villages along the way," Barov looked through the records in the notebook, "it accounts for almost half of the fortress's income."

"So little?" Roland said in surprise, "the price of salt on the market is not low."

"It's too difficult to get salt out of a deep well," the general manager shook his head. "I know a nobleman in Yinguang City. His territory has a salt well. The wellhead is only the size of a head and cannot even put a wooden barrel. When collecting, you must first pour water into it. After the salt is melted into the water, then use the opened bamboo pole to scoop it up."

"Why not expand the wellhead?"

Barov smiled proudly, "Your Highness, because the salt layer is too deep, if you dig according to the water well, you may not be able to dig much deeper and the inner wall will collapse. According to him, the salt well started to be mined from the generation of my grandfather, and the depth of the excavation has been almost the same as that of a royal bell tower."

So that's it, Roland thought, it seems that due to the depth of excavation, people of this era have chosen to soak brine to collect well salt, which is an effective method. However, the process obviously still has many improvement potentials. Whether it is to use the power of lotus to increase the salt ore or to use a steam engine to extract brine, it can greatly improve the collection efficiency.

If you can obtain a sufficient supply of salt, it will not only bring a lot of profits to Wu Winter City, but also healthier and delicious fine salt can be popularized in the homes of every leader. You should know that what they are currently eating is still coarse salt and salt blocks mixed with various impurities and foreign matters.

"I understand," thinking of this, the prince nodded with satisfaction, "You go down... Don't slack off when expanding the population. Just after the evil moon, refugees who lost their land should be in a dilemma of no food to eat. This is a good time to recruit people."

"My thoughts are the same as you, Your Highness." Barov touched his chest, "The new emissary will be out soon. I think their harvest will last year."

After the general manager left, when Roland was preparing to plan how to use the fortress's mineral resources, there was a slap outside the window.

He turned his head and saw a gray falcon landing on the window fence, with a circle of paper tied to his claws.

The Nightingale opened the window and placed the messenger inside the house.

This is a secret letter from Changge District, and the writer is Pero Helmon.

Roland almost browsed the contents of the letter and couldn't help laughing. It turned out that after Nightingale returned to the border area, the work of fighting crime was difficult to move forward. The masses reported information in a variety of ways, and it was difficult to tell which were the real situation and which were rumors fabricated for bounty. The people applying for work were less than half of the original rats. As the new Attorney General Renne Mead, he was so busy that he couldn't suppress the rise of the forces in the dark streets every day. If this continues, there may be a risk of deterioration in public security again.

Pelo wrote at the end of the letter that he hoped that His Highness the Prince would provide human and technical assistance. Although he did not specify the name, Roland knew that he hoped that Nightingale and Vader could go and help Earl Earl.

He handed the letter to Nightingale, who swept it over and frowned, "Can't hold on so quickly?"

"Because he has no experience in fighting mice at all, he set up the Fire Gang in the past just to enjoy a war game that can be responsive. If it were a cat and a mouse, it would not be done well." Roland smiled, "I had expected this situation. Striking mice is a long process, and there will be repeated recurrences in the middle, but as long as the strike strength is guaranteed and a better way to live, they will disappear sooner or later. Once they become regular, they will not be easily infected with evil diseases, this is true for people and cities."

"Are you going to send me here?" Nightingale sighed.

"Don't forget that Changge and Border are now the same city, so there is no need to be distinguished so clearly." He shrugged, "Didn't I say at the enlarged meeting before that one day we can have breakfast in the border area early in the morning and handle affairs in Changge area half an hour later. And you are the head of the Security Bureau, so you naturally have to travel back and forth between the two places and inspect all the work in the territory."

"What if I leave?" she shook her head, "Don't say you won't be in danger. Now Tifeco and the Church will regard you as thorns in their eyes. If they send witches to assassinate them, only I can stop them."

Roland originally wanted to say that he had the Stone of Divine Punishment, and ordinary witches could not pose a threat, but then he realized that the other party was probably not concerned about it, "Listen to me..."

"I can't agree to anything you say. Wendy and Shuju will definitely stand on my side. You are the most important thing in the Witch Alliance."

"I will go there with you, too."

"Ahem, is that true..." Nightingale was suffocated, then turned her head in panic, avoiding his gaze and said, "Since the other party asked for this, I am the only one who will do it."

The prince couldn't help laughing, "Take Ah Xia with me too. It's time for her to learn how to apply her abilities in practice."

In addition, Sylvie and Soroya have to be added to the mining prospects and also establish the ID card system. It would be even better if the lower-level town hall could be established. He thought, he didn't know how the nobles from Changge Fortress were trained.

...

Three days later, Roland led the witches and the fortress nobles to board the ships heading to Changge District.
Chapter completed!