The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

The method of making sea salt in the coastal prefectures of Dazhou is very simple and crude, which is to boil the sea salt.The so-called "boil the sea salt" method is literally, without any technique.The boiled salt is naturally not tasty and is also troublesome.

Zhao Yao's method of making new sea salt was learned from Zhao Yao's world in his dream. It is the method of drying salt on the ditch beach.

There are seven steps in this ditch beach salting method.They are beach construction, beach consolidation, tide reception, brine production, brine measurement, crystallization and salt harvesting.

Although it is more complicated than the boiled salt method, it is not difficult to operate.The most important thing is that the salt produced by the Gotan sun-salting method tastes very good, and the yield of salt produced by this method is very large.

In the past few days, Zhao Yao has been at the beach, watching the captain of the guard lead people to build a beach.

In the eyes of others, King Han led a group of people to dig sand on the beach.They all felt that King Han was so idle that he was so bored that he dug sand on the beach to play.

Regarding this misunderstanding, Zhao Yao not only was not angry, but was very happy for everyone to say so.Since he came to Marsh Mansion, every move of Marsh Mansion has been watched by officials from other state capitals.

Officials from other state capitals would definitely laugh at him when they learned that he, the king of Han, was digging sand for fun at the beach and would not take him seriously for building a beach on the beach.

He Lianfang also heard the rumors and teased Zhao Yao, saying that if he was too idle, he could arrange things for him to do.Zhao Yao didn't know whether to laugh or cry after hearing this, so he had to tell He Lianfang in detail what he had been busy on the beach these days.After hearing this, He Lianfang realized that Zhao Yao was doing serious business and was not really digging sand for fun.

Building a beach is very particular, and it must be built well, otherwise the beach cannot receive the tide.If you can't absorb the tide, you can't turn the seawater into salt, so Zhao Yao goes to the beach every day to watch and direct on the spot.

After beach construction, beach maintenance, and tide collection are completed, the next step is brine production and brine measurement.

Whether the salt is good or not depends on how well the brine is made.

Zhao Yao was worried and had to keep an eye on it himself.

Because he goes to the beach every day, Zhao Yao is completely tanned.Fortunately, hard work paid off and the new sea salt was finally dried successfully.

The new sea salt tastes good, but the production is not very large.Because it was the first time to be exposed to the sun and it was in the experimental stage, the beach was not very large and only one was built.After the new sea salt drying was successful, Zhao Yao ordered the large-scale beach construction.

He Lianfang did not expect that Zhao Yao actually succeeded in making new sea salt, and the taste was as good as he said, even better than Yangzhou's tribute salt.

Seeing He Lianfang's convinced expression, Zhao Yao's face was full of pride and his tail was raised to the sky.

"Second uncle, how about it? I think the new sea salt I made is delicious."

He Lianfang looked at Zhao Yao's triumphant look and rarely poured cold water on him.

"It's very good."

"Do you admire me?"

He Lianfang saw that Zhao Yao was too proud and couldn't help but hit him and said: "What you made is still coarse salt, not fine salt. Where is the fine salt you are talking about?"

"Of course, seawater sun salt makes coarse salt. If you want to make fine salt, you have to make it on the basis of coarse salt. It is impossible to make fine salt from the beginning." Zhao Yao said to He Lianfang seriously. He said, "There is no rush for fine salt for now. I will make fine salt again after the people in Lingnan eat the new salt."

"Isn't it the new sea salt?"

"Calling it "Xinhaiyan" is too difficult to pronounce. Let's just call it "Xinhaiyan".

"I think the new salt you made was made at the beach, and it was exposed to the outside. I'm afraid your new salt will be imitated by those salt dealers soon." He Lianfang reminded Zhao Yao, "Don't forget, Your every move is being watched all the time.”

"Second uncle, don't worry, they can't learn from it." Zhao Yao said confidently, "You think building a beach is easy, but there are many ways to build this beach. This beach is not built casually. Also, This brine is not made casually, there are a lot of things in it."

He added: "Those salt dealers can only see the surface and then dry the seawater into salt, but the rough salt produced by the sun is not delicious and is no different from the previous sea salt. So, I am not worried at all." However, having said that, the new method of making salt will be learned sooner or later.

Hearing what Zhao Yao said, He Lianfang felt relieved.

"That's good."

"After the first batch of salt is dried, I plan to distribute it to the people of Marsh Mansion for free so that they can try the new salt."

He Lianfang asked: "How much do you plan to send?"

"One tael for the family." Zhao Yao calculated that one tael of salt can last the family for several days. "After they taste the new salt, they will definitely be willing to buy it." "One tael is not a lot." He Lianfang asked again, "How much do you plan to sell this new salt for per stone, four hundred dollars per stone?"

"I originally planned to sell it for three hundred yuan per stone, but after thinking about it, I decided not to set the price of the new salt lower than the market price." The new salt he made already attracted a lot of hatred. If it is compared with other salts, Cheap, then he will really become the "father-killing enemy" of all the salt dealers in Dazhou. "Besides, if the price is lower than the price of salt on the market, people will think that our new salt is not good."

"The new salt you made is much better than other salts. You should set the price higher. Five hundred yuan per stone is actually not expensive." He Lianfang felt that such good new salt does not need to be priced the same as current salt. .

After hearing this, Zhao Yao quickly shook his head and said: "No, it can't be more expensive than the price on the market. The reason why I make new salt is to make the people affordable and eat well. If I make salt Setting the price of new salt at five hundred yuan per stone would defeat my original intention of making new salt."

He Lianfang was shocked by Zhao Yao's words.He was stunned for a while and said, "You really made new salt for the people."

"Otherwise, didn't I say it a long time ago?" Of course, he made new salt so that he could eat good salt.However, if he was just doing it for himself, there was no need to go to such trouble.His main purpose of making new salt is for the people. "Second uncle, you don't think I just want to make money, do you?"

He Lianfang didn't speak.

"Second uncle, who do you think I am?" Zhao Yao rolled his eyes hugely at He Lianfang, "Although I like to make money, I don't make all the money. Besides, if I, a prince, make money by making new salt, then Wouldn’t it be like turning into a salt dealer? Am I such a worthless person?”

He Lianfang's eyes were a little dodgey, because that's what he thought.

"None of the things I have made so far are for the purpose of making money." Basically, everything Zhao Yao has made since he was a child has been handed over to the court, and then benefited the people. "If I just want to make money, any of the things I have made before can make me rich."

He Lianfang felt a little embarrassed, but he didn't show his true feelings on his face.

"So, you also have to submit the method of making new salt to the imperial court?" He Lianfang learned the word "submit to the imperial court" from Zhao Yao.

"Yes, if I don't hand it over to the court, won't I become a salt dealer?" Zhao Yao said matter-of-factly, "Besides, if we want the people of the entire Zhou Dynasty to eat cheap and delicious salt, we must let the court make it." Produce more salt so that salt dealers, those aristocratic families, and corrupt officials can’t cause trouble in the salt industry.”

"You are really selfless." He Lianfang was not mocking Zhao Yao.

"I've always been very selfless."

He Lianfang smiled slightly: "That's true." This boy handed over the method of making new salt to the court without reservation, just to benefit the people.He felt that there was nothing wrong with what he did, but that it was what he should do as a prince.He cares about the world and cares about the people, but he doesn't know it yet.

"I will write a secret letter to my father now, and when he receives it, I will ask him to send people to other seaside state capitals to do it." Zhao Yao said as he picked up a pen and prepared to write the secret letter. "Wait until next year. The price of salt in Zhou Dynasty will be completely stable. I wonder how the salt dealers in Qilu are still acting like monsters." As long as the price of salt is stable, then people's hearts will be stable, and riots will not easily occur.

"When will the white sugar you mentioned be made?" Although He Lianfang doesn't like sugar, seeing how well Zhao Yao made the new salt, she became more and more curious about the white sugar.

"When the new salt business is completed, I will start making white sugar."

"Are you really going to selflessly give your father the new salt-making method, and aren't you going to ask him for money?"

"No, even if I asked my father for it, he would still act rogue and refuse to give it to me." Zhao Yao knew the emperor's stingy nature very well, and the emperor would definitely find a thousand reasons to act rogue. "Besides, we will soon have gold and silver from the Japanese country, and we will not be short of the court's money. The money earned from the new salt should belong to the court, so that the court can do something for the people." He also has fine salt.He did not plan to submit the method of making fine salt to the imperial court. He planned to donate the fine salt to the imperial court as tribute salt, and he would be able to make a lot of money using the fine salt.

Sooner or later, salt dealers will be able to make new salt, but they will never make fine salt. By then, only the swamps in Lingnan will produce fine salt, and then the salt dealers can only stare.

He Lianfang sighed: "Zhao Zheng is really lucky to have a little son like you for eight lifetimes."

Zhao Yao agreed very much with He Lianfang's words and said with a smile on his face: "Yes, having me as a son is a blessing that my father has cultivated for eight lifetimes."

He Lianfang said silently in her heart: It is also a blessing to the people of the world.

If the master were still alive, he would definitely be very happy to see that he had such an outstanding nephew who cared about the people.

The emperor who was far away in the capital had been waiting eagerly for Zhao Yao's letter.

After Zhao Yao arrived at Marsh Mansion, he wrote a letter to the emperor and others to report that they were safe, and then disappeared.

The emperor wanted to know what specific things and good things Zhao Yao had done after going to Lingnan.He had long expected that his youngest son would make many good things when he went to Lingnan, so he kept waiting.

I have not written in detail how to operate the salt-drying method on the ditch beach, so as not to overestimate the number of words.If you are interested, you can check it out yourself.

In the end, I still humbly ask for a monthly ticket!