The settlement was home to about 350 people, who boiled salt water from springs nearby into salt bricks.

当时大概有350人在这里生活，他们将泉水里的盐水煮沸制成盐砖。

These salt bricks were like money.

这些盐砖就像钱一样。

He could not know that the delicious flavor of his salt brick was on his nose.

他不可能知道他的盐砖的美味已经在他的鼻子上了。