Salt: Chapter 1

In this chapter, many uses of salt were explained. I did not believe that salt was that important. Salt is used for pickling. Pickling preserves the vegetables that would not survive without it. I found it really cool that water, soy, and salt could help people survive. I kind of want to just go out into the middle of nowhere and try it out myself. I think it is so weird that monopolies were made from salt. Who would guess that? I never thought the sale of salt originating in China, let alone be so important to a country. I think that the Chinese were really smart to learn to drill and to use bamboo piping because it doesn't rot due to the salt. It really surprises me that the sale and profit of salt lasted for so many years.