After everybody started to quiet down, Ren Baqian adjusted his gown that had almost been pulled off and said to Tong Zhenye, "Even though we can produce salt now, there is still one issue that has to be taken care of."
"What's the issue?" Tong Zhenye was surprised. He had just received good news and was afraid that Ren Baqian would bring up a piece of bad news.
"These two brine outlets are too far away, but that's just a small problem. Even though this will consume a lot of manpower, it is something that Dayao is able to withstand." Ren Baqian replied after some pondering.
"Dayao has a population of 30 million. If one person consumes two catties of salt in a year, then that equates to one ton of salt for 1,000 people and 10,000 tons of salt for 10 million people. That amount is way too huge," Ren Baqian said. This was an estimation based on the average consumption amount in this world, which was much lower than for an ordinary person on Earth.
