Zhenguan Han-in-law

Chapter 78

Li Shimin didn't believe what Wei Hao said. After all, the two items of salt and iron have never been improved for so many years, and the output has always been insufficient.

But Fang Xuanling heard Wei Hao's calculations, especially hearing that if the output is sufficient, then it can bring in millions of dollars in profit a year, which made his heart move.

Chaotang really has no money, and it is not enough to increase taxes, so they can only find ways to get money.

After Fang Xuanling left the Ganlu Palace, he instructed the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry to start making those things Wei Hao needed, as well as a large iron pot.

Two days later, when the things were ready, Fang Xuanling took the things Wei Hao needed, and 3 load of brine, and went to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.

When they got to the yard of the prison, Fang Xuanling told those people to put them down, and at the same time asked the officials of the punishment department to call Wei Hao over.

Wei Hao was playing cards inside, but now he was taken out. Wei Hao didn't know what was going on. He didn't know what was going on until he found Fang Xuanling outside.

"Fang Pushe, you're ready, so soon?" Wei Hao asked Fang Xuanling in surprise.

"Don't dare to be slow, I heard that you have a solution, and it affects the people of the world. How dare I neglect, Earl Wei, you still need more efforts in this matter!" Fang Xuanling said to Wei Hao.

"You're welcome, you're welcome, I'll take a look at the tools!" Wei Hao said in return, and then went to see the tools, they were good, and then Wei Hao ordered them to build a simple stove, and then use gauze to make a net , filter those brines.

It was filtered many times, and at the same time, some things prepared by Fang Xuanling were added. After filtering until the water was very clear, Wei Hao poured the clean brine into the pot, and then started to burn. During this period, Wei Hao poured it into the pot several times. Pour out that brine.

Fang Xuanling had been waiting there, until Wei Hao let those servants set fire to the side, and then he dared to come over to Wei Hao.

"What do I need to do now?" Fang Xuanling looked at Wei Hao and asked.

"I don't need to do anything. The few steps just now were to remove impurities from the salt. Now, after it's dried, it's table salt!" Wei Hao said to Fang Xuanling with a smile.

"That's it?" Fang Xuanling looked at Wei Hao in disbelief.

"That's it, how complicated does it need to be?" Wei Hao nodded affirmatively.

Fang Xuanling was skeptical at the moment, thinking about what Li Shimin said. Could it be that Wei Hao is really bragging?

"It's almost there, don't use the big fire, use a small fire, and then use the big fire to burn it!" Wei Hao shouted to the servants when he saw that the water was almost gone.

The servants hurriedly took out the stick from the stove.

Wei Hao, on the other hand, stirred it with a shovel and found that the salt had already precipitated out.

"Well, come here, just stir it up if you have nothing to do, don't stick to the pan, it will be mushy!" Wei Hao said to the servants next to him.

The servants hurried over, took the shovel, and started stirring.

About two quarters of an hour later, there was a layer of white salt in the pot, but it was still a little damp below, and Wei Hao asked them to put out the fire, leaving some charcoal in it and letting him dry slowly.

"This!" Fang Xuanling was speechless in shock at this moment.

It is really white salt, and it looks very fine, even finer than the salt they are using now. The key is that there is more, just the pot just now, at least [-] to [-] kilograms, and it took about an hour.

"Fang Pushe, when you do it on a large scale, prepare more pots, some of which are specially used to bake salt on a low fire, and for the other pots, use a high fire at the beginning to burn the water inside first!" Wei Hao explained to Fang Xuanling.

Fang Xuanling nodded hurriedly, and then they waited until the salt that the servants shoveled out from the bottom was also the fine salt of Baihuahua, Wei Hao asked them to shovel out the salt.

"Take these salts and go to the officials of the Ministry of Industry to see if it will work. I guess there is no problem. There is no impurities. It has been diluted just now!" Wei Hao said to Fang Xuanling.

"Okay, okay, I really didn't expect that this pot is [-] to [-] kilograms, which is too fast!" Fang Xuanling said excitedly.

"It's done, I'll go first, you're doing it slowly, anyway, you've seen how you did it just now, just keep doing it like that, if not, come over here and find me!" Wei Hao laughed He waved his hand to Fang Xuanling and said.

"Thank you Earl Wei! Thank you!" Fang Xuanling said immediately to Wei Hao.

"It's okay, this is for the people of the world!" Wei Hao said to Fang Xuanling, while he walked towards the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.

At this moment, Fang Xuanling excitedly asked his servants to clean up the fine salt, and he needed to show it to Li Shimin, and at the same time, he also needed to verify from the Ministry of Industry whether there was any problem with the salt.

However, Fang Xuanling knew in his heart that such fine salt, such a white salt, would definitely be no problem.

Soon, Fang Xuanling took the salt to the palace.

At this moment, Li Shimin is still calling those ministers to discuss the transportation of supplies to the northwest, and the other is the matter of the refugees in the capital.

Originally, Fang Xuanling was going to participate, but he took leave, and Li Shimin also knew that he was going to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.

"Your Majesty, the servant shoots to see you!" During the discussion, Wang De came in and whispered beside Li Shimin.

"Oh, I'm back, let him in!" Li Shimin was a little surprised when he heard it, he didn't expect it to be so fast.

"Your Majesty, it's a great deed, it's done, it's done!" Fang Xuanling said excitedly as soon as he came in.

"It's done?" Li Shimin was stunned when he heard it, while the ministers sitting here looked at Fang Xuanling in doubt, what did it do?

"Your Majesty, look, Bai Huahua's fine salt is many times better than our official salt. Just now, I sent some to the Ministry of Industry and asked them to verify whether this fine salt is edible or not. There is no poison! But this minister believes that there must be no poison, Your Majesty, please see, it is so detailed!" Fang Xuanling said excitedly to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin was very surprised when he looked at the bag of white fine salt.

"Wei Hanzi made it?" Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling in shock and asked.

"Yes, Wei Hanzi made it, the minister saw it with his own eyes, and watched every step of the way. The brine was provided by the minister and received from the Ministry of Works!" Fang Xuanling said excitedly to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin was there pulling the salt with his hands.

"This is the first time I have seen such fine salt. When will there be news from the Ministry of Industry?" Li Shimin also asked Fang Xuanling a little excitedly.

"I don't know yet, but the minister has already explained to them. Once it is confirmed, I will report here as soon as possible!" Fang Xuanling shook her head and said to Li Shimin.

At this moment, the other ministers also knew that Fang Xuanling had obtained fine salt, and it was the finest fine salt.

"Your Majesty, show us!" Cheng Yaojin sat down and said to Li Shimin above.

"Yes, yes, show it to them!" Li Shimin heard it and said.

When Wang De heard it, he immediately took the salt and went down to show him.

"Well, Fang Aiqing, Wei Hanzi said, how is the output of this fine salt?" Li Shimin thought of this question, and looked at Fang Xuanling and asked.

And the ministers below at the moment are all looking at the fine salt in surprise.

"So beautiful salt, is it salt?" Cheng Yaojin dipped his fingers in fine salt and asked Fang Xuanling.

"Yes, the old man saw it with his own eyes!" Fang Xuanling nodded affirmatively, and then prepared to report to Li Shimin about the production volume.

And Cheng Yaojin just put his finger in the very innermost part and snorted.

"you!"

"Good salt, no bitterness, just salty, good stuff!" Cheng Yaojin slapped his mouth and said happily.

"Old man, can't you wait for the results from the Ministry of Industry?" Li Shimin also said helplessly to Cheng Yaojin.

"What are you afraid of? The brine is provided by Fangxiang. This salt looks so good and has no impurities at all. There must be no problem. Moreover, it is really no problem. There is no other taste. Unlike the salt we use now, it has a bitter taste. And other flavors!" Cheng Yaojin said carelessly to Li Shimin.

And Yuchi Jingde heard it, tasted it, slapped his mouth, nodded and said, "Good salt!"

The others heard it, tasted it, and nodded their heads.

"Forget it, don't care about them, Fang Aiqing, how about the output?" Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling as he spoke.

"The output will definitely be very high. The minister watched Wei Hao make this brine. As long as there is enough brine and enough pot, then the old man calculates. Today Wei Hao makes a pot and it will take about an hour and a half. It is estimated that there will be seven Eighty catties, then there are five or six hundred catties in one day, if there are 20 such pots, it is tens of thousands of catties a day!" Fang Xuanling counted against Li Shimin.

"So many, 20 pots are enough. By the way, what kind of pot is that?" Li Shimin stood up in surprise when he heard it, and asked Fang Xuanling.

"It's very big, it's made of iron, but it doesn't matter, Your Majesty, 20 pots don't need much iron, even 200 pots don't need much, then I will have no shortage of salt in Tang Dynasty!" Fang Xuanling continued to face Li Shimin said.

"Well, so, what Wei Hanzi said before is true?" Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling and asked, Fang Xuanling nodded.

"Your Majesty, according to what the Prime Minister said, then we will wait for the news to see if this salt is poisonous. If it is not poisonous, then the people of the Tang Dynasty will have enough salt to live on!" You Pushe Li Jing is also facing the moment. Li Shimin spoke up.

Fang Xuanling nodded, and the eldest grandson Wuji, who had been sitting there without speaking, was very jealous in his heart. Therefore, he never expressed his opinion on the matter of salt.

(End of this chapter)