The journey to the heavens starts from the underground station

Chapter 225 Salt
Li Yu dared to take this opportunity to deal with Zhu Erhan, but he couldn't afford to offend his second aunt.

The king of Han wanted face, he was left with a bruised nose and a swollen face by his nephew, so he definitely didn't dare to go out to meet people, and he didn't dare to throw a pot of humor and make outsiders laugh at him.

But the second aunt is different. She is a woman, and if she really wants to be entangled by her, roll around, and drag Li Yu to the Prince's Mansion to file a complaint, the father must give an explanation.

So I had to run away while my second aunt wasn't here.

Not only that, but he had to seek asylum as soon as possible.

Li Yu left Hanwang Mansion without stopping, and immediately turned back to Jiming Temple.

The old man was listening to the old monk preaching the Heart Sutra, while Little Snot was serving tea and water.

Li Yu leaned forward: "Grandpa, it's done."

The old monk's lecture stopped abruptly, Zhu Di turned his head and pointed to the futon.

"Tell me."

"Yes." Li Yu sat down and began to narrate: "The grandson went to the second uncle's mansion and found that the second uncle was ill and terminally ill. It seemed that he had passed away soon; the third uncle was also there, and said that he would take the second uncle to Tangshan. Soak in the hot springs."

"The two of you are careless, and they are sneaky and plotting dirty things. This is the soldier who took aim at Tangshan Hutian, right?" Zhu Di cursed, and he heard it immediately. How could anyone be so sick? Quick, there are two battalions of the second child on the Tangshan side, go to the hot springs?This is the ulterior motive not in the bar!

"Yes, grandpa has a clever plan." Li Yu echoed, and then pretended to be confused and said: "The grandson doesn't know what the two uncles are planning, but the grandson told the third uncle an allusion, and the third uncle left angrily , the second uncle shouted loudly to keep the third uncle, but the third uncle ignored him."

Zhu Di asked curiously: "Oh? What did you say?"

"Grandson just told the story of Grandpa and Seventeenth Uncle when Jing Nan was in trouble, and Third Uncle turned black on the spot."

"Little bastard, I even arranged for grandpa." Zhu Di scolded with a smile. He knew that what he was talking about was what he promised King Ning to rule the world, but Zhu Di was not angry. Outsiders have to hang their heads on the tower.

Zhu Di also understood at this time that the third child would not help the second child this time, without the help of the third child, the second child would not be able to enter the palace, and there would be no point in remonstrating.

"It's a good job. Let's go on, how does your second uncle react?"

"Second Uncle, hehe, Second Uncle recovered from his illness on the spot. He jumped up and accused his grandson, and even tried to beat him."

"I see you are all right, aren't you?"

Li Yu laughed dryly: "Well, hehe, what you said, grandpa, allow the grandson to fight back. The second uncle may be recovering from a serious illness. He was accidentally beaten by the grandson, and his face may be a little swollen. It is estimated that recently I won't be leaving the house."

"It's at Second Aunt's place..."

"The uncle and nephew have conflicts, and she will still argue with you, you little boy?" Zhu Di sneered angrily, and then said: "It's you, you have grown up, next time grandpa goes to fight Alutai, and I will take you to experience it experience?"

"Hey, thank you grandpa."

Zhu Di waved his hand: "Okay, go if you have nothing to do, don't disturb grandpa's listening to the scriptures."

"Yes, my grandson will leave."

After Li Yu left, Zhu Di beckoned to Little Snot, untied the jade pendant around his waist and threw it over.

"Go and tell the prince about this; reward the third child with the jade pendant; go to Hanwang's mansion again and tell the second child, so that he and his wife can study at home with peace of mind, and don't cause trouble for me."

The way of the emperor's balance, the old man is very slippery.He can't manage the country, so he can only rely heavily on the prince; in order to prevent the prince from growing up and hindering his northern expedition, he needs to rely on the second and third to contain the prince; but the second and third are too strong, the prince can't handle it; On the grandson, he started to scare the prince.

Zhu Di's action not only suppressed the prince, but also divided the second and third children. It was a pain for his good grandson, and he was afraid that he would be punished by the boss.

However, if a nephew beats his uncle, it is not wrong to beat him up.

Li Yu didn't know the old man's thoughts. At this time, he had already rushed to the Gunpowder Department.

The Gunpowder Division is under the jurisdiction of the Bingzhan Bureau, but because of its particularity, it is not located in Yingtian City, but is set up not far from the Shenji Camp, five miles south of the city, and the Shenji Camp is responsible for the safety of the Gunpowder Division.

The eunuch in charge of the Bingzheng Bureau has received the letter and is already waiting in the Gunpowder Department.

"His Royal Highness, over there is a warehouse for storing raw materials. These warehouses are for temporarily storing the produced gunpowder. This row is the production workshop of the Gunpowder Department." The eunuch in charge introduced flatteringly: "The entire Gunpowder Department , no open flames are allowed, and even the tools are made of wood, for fear of accidents.”

"Good job." Li Yu praised, picked one of the gunpowder workshops and walked in.

A choking smell of sulfur penetrated into the nostrils. Forty or fifty craftsmen were concentrating on grinding, mixing, packaging, etc. When they saw the big man coming, the craftsmen hurriedly got up to salute, and Li Yu waved them to continue working.The eunuch in charge quickly introduced: "Your Highness, this one is for the production of gunpowder for cannons, as are the rooms behind it, and the back one is for gunpowder, and there are also gunpowder for firearms such as swarming bees and flying crows."

"Is there any difference?" Li Yu checked casually. The raw materials used here are also three kinds of sulfur, saltpeter and charcoal, and there is no messy arsenic added.

"Back to Your Highness, the tools used here are different, and the gunpowder is also slightly different. For example, the gunpowder used for this cannon is the same as the gunpowder. Although the formula is the same, the degree of grinding is different. The gunpowder used is finer. .”

"There are also the latter, such as the gunpowder used by Shenhuo Flying Crow, and arsenic is added."

Isn't this just taking off your pants and farting, putting the cart before the horse!

The finer the gunpowder used in these cannons and firecrackers, the better. If it is thinner, it will not only burn insufficiently in the medicine chamber, but also reduce the power of the fired projectiles, and it is also prone to moisture and agglomeration during storage.

The correct way is to granulate the gunpowder!
Li Yu asked again about the detailed formula ratio for the production of gunpowder, and the eunuch in charge also answered them one by one.

These things are strictly kept secret by Daming, but the grandson is definitely not included.

"Although it's not mononitrate, disulfide, and charcoal, it's not the best ratio." Li Yu muttered softly, left the workshop, asked the eunuch in charge for a pen and paper, wrote down the maximum power ratio of the black powder, and put the gunpowder particles Write down the production steps, and then solemnly hand over the paper to the eunuch in charge.

"According to this formula, a part of gunpowder is produced for testing, compared with the original gunpowder, and the results are reported to the Prince's Mansion."

It is a big deal to tamper with the formula, and it is sure to alarm the old man, but it is different in the name of testing.

Thinking about waiting for the results, the old man will definitely order it to be produced according to the new formula.

It was getting late, and I felt a little hungry in my stomach. Li Yu left the Gunpowder Department and rushed back to the Prince's Mansion. Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the courtyard gate of the Chunhe Palace, he found his father sitting on the steps in front of the palace. He opened his face, holding a cane in his hand; the old lady stood beside him with a smile on her face; Hu Shanxiang stood behind the old lady, and when he saw Li Yu coming in, he secretly winked. dare not come out.

problem occurs!He must have beaten up the second uncle in the afternoon, and my father found out somehow!
Li Yu smiled guilty, stepped forward and asked kindly: "Father, mother, Wanfu Jinan."

"Come back? Where did you go crazy?"

Seeing his son coming in, Zhu Gaochi asked in a deep voice.

"I didn't go anywhere, I just talked to Grandpa at Jiming Temple, and went to the Gunpowder Department."

Zhu Gaochi stared: "Didn't you go to your second uncle's place?"

"I went, I went by order." Seeing that he couldn't hide it anymore, Li Yu simply put his heart on the line, said it directly, and dragged the old man out as a shield.

At most, you can get a beating, isn't it just the rattan, Li Yu has internal strength to protect himself, and this thing can be considered a tickle when it is hit on the body-except it is a bit embarrassing!
"By order? By order to beat your second uncle?" Zhu Gaochi raised his voice, and the fat on his face trembled three times, while his wife Zhang Yan burst out laughing, breaking the atmosphere in an instant.

"Hey, I'm educating my son! Can you stop making trouble?" Zhu Gaochi gave the princess a dissatisfied look.

"You talk about yourself, I laugh at mine, and I didn't delay you." The fat man has always had no right to speak in front of his wife, and there are no outsiders. The princess does not save face for him.

"I'm too lazy to argue with you." Zhu Gaochi made fun of it, muttered quietly, and pointed the finger at his son again: "Kneel down!"

It seems that today can't be good!Li Yu curled his lips and knelt down immediately.

Zhu Gaochi came to his son and raised the cane in his hand: "Say! Why did you beat your second uncle?"

"He wanted to rebel, and he even pulled the third uncle. It was I who persuaded the third uncle to retreat by virtue of my sharp tongue. The second uncle became furious. Grandpa said that he could fight back. I only blocked it twice, and he fell down." Hey, what about the brave generals on the battlefield, even me, a 16-year-old doll, is not as good as my teacher taught me!"

Pooh!This time it wasn't just Zhang Yan who laughed out loud, even Hu Shanxiang covered her mouth and snickered.

Snapped!Zhu Gaochi drew a cane on Li Yu's back.

"How dare you talk back?"

Snapped!
"As a junior, is it reasonable for you to beat up an elder?"

Snapped!
"Your second uncle rebelled, your grandfather will deal with it yourself, and then there is also my eldest brother who is the prince. When will it be your turn to take the lead?"

Snapped!
"I think you are deliberately provoking your second uncle by virtue of the three-legged kung fu you learned at some point!"

Then you guessed it right!I did it on purpose!Li Yu murmured in his heart that his back didn't hurt at all.

The old man seemed to have used all his strength, but when the cane fell on his body, it quietly lost eight parts of his strength, and it hit his back, almost like a tickle.

This is obviously for outsiders to see.

"Father, I was wrong, I dare not do it again!"

The father loves his son, so he has to give him face, just admit his mistake casually and forget it.

Sure enough, as soon as Li Yu's voice fell, Zhu Gaochi stopped, carrying the cane, and walked back "angrily".

"Father, who told you about this?"

It's a mistake to admit it, but who is talking behind it, Li Yu doesn't intend to let him go lightly.

"Your grandfather! What, you kid is going to take revenge?"

"Uh...don't dare." Li Yu understood by the way that this is the old man using himself to suppress the prince again.

In the morning, I just supported the crown prince in front of all the ministers, and I thought the old man had changed his temper. It wasn't even the second day, but the suppression came!
"Go back and reflect! You will be fined not to eat tonight!"

"Hey."

Li Yu got up, and the old lady helped the old man in, but suddenly turned around.

Zhang Yan gave a thumbs up happily, then pointed at Hu Shanxiang, and Li Yu immediately understood.

Sure enough, as soon as Li Yu returned to his small courtyard, Hu Shanxiang walked in with a large plate of "snacks".

A week later, Li Yu was writing a memorandum about increasing Daming's financial revenue. As for the content, Li Yu took aim at the most profitable business today: salt!

The food system of the Ming Dynasty implemented the "opening Chinese method". The salt merchants transported the grain to the designated granary in the border area according to the requirements of the imperial court's investment promotion list, exchanged the salt with the imperial court, and then took the salt to the designated salt field to support the salt. , and finally transport the obtained salt to the designated area for sale, and the salt sold is official salt.

But the profit of official salt is not as big as that of private salt!Official salt pays taxes, but private salt does not. Most salt merchants carry a lot of private salt under the brand name of official salt.

The interests involved in this thing are too great, and the whole body is affected by it, and the court has no way to investigate it.

Moreover, whether it is official salt or private salt, its quality mostly varies.

If the well salt from Sichuan and Yunnan is of better quality and more expensive, most of the dignitaries eat this kind of well salt, or even eat green salt that costs one tael of salt and one tael of silver.

But there is still a large part, which is sea salt with more impurities, and even poisonous mineral salt, but the price is cheap.

These, of course, are bought and eaten by ordinary people with no power.

Long-term consumption of table salt containing impurities will cause chronic poisoning; but if you don't eat salt, you will be weak all over, and you can't even pick up a hoe, and ordinary people have no other options.

Li Yu intends to completely improve the status quo of edible salt in Daming!

Not to mention suppressing the price, at least the quality must be raised!

As the great-grandson of Li Yu, the successor of Daming Genhong Miaozheng, he doesn't need to care about unspoken rules such as opening middle-level official salt and private salt, which restrict businessmen; he can start directly from the imperial court and cooperate with the Ministry of Households to improve official The salt-making technology of the salt field improves the quality and output of table salt, further reduces the price of official salt, and cuts off the private salt market from the root.

When the white as snow official salt and the black and yellow private salt appear on the market at the same price, the common people will know how to choose!
As for those salt merchants who raised the selling price privately?Hehe, it's not good to bully someone with a knife in his hand! ?

It is not difficult to convince the old man, the old man is looking forward to money and grain to fight!I will definitely arrange for the household department to handle it immediately.

Of course, the money earned is the state's finances, or it is classified as internal funds, and Li Yu has no idea about making these money.

This is too much money, too enviable, not to mention that he is a dignified grandson, he should do the right way.

After putting down the last stroke, he sealed the memorial, and Li Yu was ready to enter the palace to meet the old man full of confidence.

At this time, just before Li Yulin went out, Ma San came to report, and Fan Zhong asked to see him, saying that the selection of the young army had been completed, and he was waiting for the instructions of the grandson.

Fast enough!
Li Yu said with emotion, and ordered: "Lead General Fan to wait in the front hall."

　I couldn’t update it last night. I fell off my bike and took an X-ray. I saw a small fracture in my left upper arm. It’s not a big problem. I posted a chapter about my work.

　　I owe a chapter, and I will make up when my arm is better.There will be no interruption this month, and the next month will take up to two days off.I am typing with my arms hanging, but luckily my hands can move.

　　Sorry guys!

　　
　
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