The Princess of Northern Land
Chapter 601 Going Back (3)_1

Chapter 601: Chapter 601 Going Back (3)_1

"Master, there is. Everything good from Shili Village is here, so their brothers will have a feast later. I have prepared it all," Lin Ziyin explained with a smile.

"That sounds more like it." Master Hui Zhen, seeing the space she had specifically reserved, finally stopped her incessant complaints.

The twenty leftover medicinal monks who returned were also cheerfully heading to the side courtyard.

The next morning, Chu Suifeng and the others went to check on the city wall, Lin Ziyin also followed.

After a night, the heavy snow showed no signs of stopping. A large snowflake fell from the sky, like dancing sprites. There were people specifically assigned to shovel snow on the streets, and there weren’t many pedestrians. With the control of malaria, the people were calmer.

The water in the Mo River could definitely not be drunk anymore, everyone has started using well water. Now when it snows, you can see a lot of households, busy with buckets and other containers to collect snow.

In the winter in the North, water sources are not very important. They have the favor of the heavens!

"Your method is fantastic," Chu Suifeng complimented her while sitting in the carriage.

Lin Ziyin gave a slight smile and replied calmly, "Our sea farms in the North are developing well, we have self-sufficiency in salt, coupled with future agricultural and farming development, we are not afraid of any threats. While we need to control refined salt, it shouldn’t be priced too high, because salt is a daily seasoning for the people, so there’s no need for the prince to profit from this basic necessity."

"If Bayal and the others knew we’re using coarse salt to clear the snow on the streets, I wonder if this would infuriate them?" Chu Suifeng mocked with glee.

Lin Ziyin couldn’t help but laugh at his words too.

Indeed, let alone the nomadic North Country, even the prosperous Daqin, no one as rich as they are would behave as ostentatiously.

Salt, for common people, is a luxury. The price of salt on the market is even more expensive than pork.

If it had been before, Chu Suifeng would never have thought to use coarse salt to clear the snow. Even maintaining salt needs for his troops would already give him a headache.

But now they really don’t have to worry, the year’s production of salt from the salt farms along the bay is enough to supply the entire north for five years, and much of it is refined salt. The North is no longer afraid of the shortage of salt.

As a result, with the increase in salt production, the people of North benefited greatly. The price of salt is very reasonable, it has fallen more than five times compared to the original price.

Several shops along the street were helping the government in clearing the snow. This was also a new decree. But this new law did not provoke rejection from the people. Compared to the benefits they received, shoveling snow was just a minor issue. Besides, clearing the snow also facilitated travel for everyone, which could stimulate business for the shops, it was a win-win situation, and no one would complain.

Without the obstruction of the piled snow, the carriage of Lin Ziyin and the others arrived under the city wall quickly.

The soldiers guarding the city wall saw Chu Suifeng and Lin Ziyin, and each of them was excited. In this harsh weather, all the cold and fatigue seemed to disappear.

The temperature in the border city in winter drops to over thirty degrees below zero at night.

Every few segments on the rampart, there were small rooms built from wood to provide shelter from the wind to the soldiers guarding the city. This was a unique benefit for the guards of the border city.

All the city guards were dressed in woolen clothes and down jackets, covered with a furred coat on the outside. A new coat was handed to the soldiers on the next shift when it was their time to guard.

Compared to previous years, all the soldiers were very grateful to Lin Ziyin. Many of them had heard that the good clothes they were wearing were all supplied for free by this young prince.