Stir-fried Datang: The Strongest Daughter

Chapter 20 Salt Making
Thinking of this, Yang Xiaoran couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, I heard from Master that there are many salt mines in the Great Tang. How could it be that the lieutenant soldiers have no salt to eat?"

Li Shimin glanced at Yang Xiaoran, Yang Xiaoran was a little puzzled by him, what's the matter with this idiot look?

"Xiao Niang, this is a major national matter, not something you should ask." Mrs. Pei rushed out to stop Yang Xiaoran's mindless behavior.

"It's okay!"

Li Shimin is also generous, "Children are curious by nature, and they speak freely. I won't blame them."

The eldest grandson sighed and said, "Although there are many salt mines, they are poisonous. How can you eat them? If you eat too much, your whole body will turn purple, and you will die."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, shouldn't everyone open the salt mine and just eat it?"

Yang Xiaoran's face was embarrassing.Natural salt mines contain nitrate, phosphorus and potassium. If you eat too much phosphorus and potassium, you won't be surprised if you don't turn purple all over your body.The spirit of this group of Tang people is indeed commendable!There is no such thing as courting death...

"How about that?"

The eldest grandson looked at Yang Xiaoran with a strange expression, and suddenly her expression changed, as if it meant something, Li Shimin who was on the side also heard the smell, and his eyes fixed on Yang Xiaoran.

Mrs. Pei is already sweating profusely, why is this child so worried!

What kind of truth does her big fart know?This is a national event!

"Mine salt is poisonous, can't it be done after removing the poison? Aconitum is poisonous, and it is no longer poisonous after being processed by a pharmacist. The same is true for this mineral salt. It needs to be crushed, dissolved, filtered, and analyzed to remove the poison before it can be eaten. .”

"What did you say?!"

Li Shimin stood up all of a sudden, and reached in front of Yang Xiaoran with a stride, squeezed Yang Xiaoran's small shoulders, and said a little excitedly: "This, is this what your master said?"

Yang Xiaoran's shoulder hurts from being pinched by Li Shimin, Li Shimin is the king of horses, the strength in his hands is not small, and thanks to his body's innate supernatural power, he has been trained in martial arts since he was a child, otherwise he would really be unbearable.

Seeing this, Pei Shi was in a hurry, and hurriedly shouted: "Your Majesty, please be merciful."

Li Shimin let go of his hand, knowing that he was in a hurry, a trace of unnaturalness flashed across his face, but he still asked Yang Xiaoran cautiously: "Has your master successfully produced edible salt?"

Yang Xiaoran saw that Li Shimin's eyes were full of longing, and they were glowing green, and couldn't help shivering. The salt that is readily available in later generations was so precious in the Tang Dynasty, so precious that it would make an emperor lose his temper.

That’s right, Chang’an is far away from the coast. Even if it is near the sea, people at this time still don’t know how to boil the sea for salt.

Not daring to delay any longer, he hurriedly said: "Return to Your Majesty, Master has used this method to make usable salt. It is white and flawless, and it is cleaner than green salt!"

"Quick, quick, Wang Tingjian, send someone to find the salt mine immediately, little guy, what else do you need to make salt?"

Yang Xiaoran tilted his head and thought: "I want two wooden barrels, firewood, charcoal, linen, utensils and mills that can crush salt mines, pots, clean water..."

"Hurry up and get ready..."

In the blink of an eye, all the things Yang Xiaoran needed to make salt were moved to the courtyard in front of the main hall of the Qingning Palace. A group of burly men surrounded the Qingning Palace completely, and all of them had scars on their faces. There was a murderous look, as if Yang Xiaoran was not here to make salt, but to be a thief. With that murderous look, Miss Cheng really wanted to hit their faces with a hammer in her hand.

Isn't it just salt?Look at their worthless looks, they are acting like state secrets, even Li Xiaoer has a serious face.This is not making salt, this is making nuclear bombs!

but……

A certain girl lowered her head, rolled her eyes a few times, and began to calculate in her heart what benefits salt making could bring her.

No way, who made our souls come from that world full of "utility"?
Instruct several big men to smash the salt mine into small pieces, then use a hand-cranked stone mill to grind it into pieces, then pour the mineral powder into a wooden barrel, add water and stir it evenly with a wooden stick, and wait until it is completely melted and saturated. Then someone moved another wooden barrel, covered it with two layers of sackcloth, poured the solution, and soon, the sackcloth was filled with gray-black slag.

All the people around looked at this incredible scene with their eyes wide open, and their hearts couldn't help beating.

Salt mine detoxification is so simple?
Are these black dirty things the poison in the salt mine?
Li Shimin frowned, he had many doubts in his heart, but he was always a calm person, and he didn't dare to disturb Yang Xiaoran at this time.I'm afraid that if I disturb people's minds by asking such a question, the salt will disappear!
Salt is too important to Datang, especially in this period.At the end of the Sui Dynasty, there were many years of chaos, and people from different races around them revived again. The salt road has been cut off for many years, and the subjects have been short of salt for a long time.

Although the ancients such as Li Shimin didn't understand why people would become weak if they didn't eat salt for a long time, they knew the experience left by generations and knew the importance of salt.

After a simple filtration, a lot of impurities in the salt mine have been removed, leaving some maroon liquid in the wooden barrel.This is just a preliminary filtration. You can tell by the color of the liquid that there are still many impurities in it.

Therefore, a new wooden barrel has to be found, and several layers of linen cloth are covered on it for the second filtration. After repeating this several times, the detoxification can be carried out.

The charcoal was smashed to pieces a long time ago according to Yang Xiaoran's order, the change in the solution seemed to have brought confidence to these Tang people, and a group of men who beat them became active.

Wrap the charcoal with burlap, wrap it in four or five layers, put it into a funnel, and fix it on a shelf. There is a clean wooden barrel under it, and pour the solution into the funnel spoon by spoon. , Not long after, a light blue solution slowly flowed out, and everyone's eyes instantly became bigger.

Yang Xiaoran stretched out his hand and dipped a little salt water to taste it, hehe, not bad, it only tastes salty, without bitterness or any strange smell, and then just evaporate the water.

"That's it?"

Li Shimin walked over and asked in disbelief.

"The courtiers dare not deceive the king. When there is more of these solutions, they can be poured into the pot, and the water can be boiled dry in a fire, and then edible salt can be obtained."

After a pause, he continued: "The weather is still hot today, and it can be directly exposed to the sun, but it's best not to put salt water in ironware."

"Why is this?"

Li Shimin's eyes were piercingly bright, and before Yang Xiaoran could answer, he sighed to himself: "It's a pity, it's a pity that such a great talent passed away!"

"It's a pity! The big one is me, okay? Count on the master? I will only make a pot of poisonous pills to eat you to death!"

Yang Xiaoran complained secretly in his heart, but there was also a hint of sadness on his face.

Seeing Yang Xiaoran's sad face, Li Xiaoer comforted him: "It is not in vain for you to learn your master's unique knowledge. If you can succeed in making salt, I will definitely reward you."

After finishing speaking, he laughed out loud, as if he was in a very good mood, before Yang Xiaoran could answer, he said, "I think these liquids are almost ready, Chengmen girl, can these be used to cook salt?"

Yang Xiaoran looked into the bucket, made some calculations in his heart, and knew that Li Shimin was in a hurry, so he nodded and said, "These are enough to pay for the salt."

"it is good!"

Li Shimin was indeed very vigorous and resolute, and immediately asked someone to cook salt.While waiting, the studious Li Xiaoer asked again: "Just now you said that you can't cook salt with iron, why?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, the salt liquid is easy to corrode the ironware and shorten the life of the ironware, which is not good for the country."

After hearing this, Li Shimin first glanced at Yang Xiaoran, then at Pei Shi, and was silent for a while, then suddenly laughed, "I heard that you once said that if a woman can pass the imperial examination, you are willing to give it a try." , Mrs. Pei, your daughter is not simple!"

Mrs. Pei was terrified, and hurriedly saluted: "My daughter has nothing to say, it's really treasonous, and my concubine will be strictly controlled in the future, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive me!"

"Get up, get up."

Li Shimin looked at Yang Xiaoran, and said with a chuckle: "At such a young age, as a daughter, I can think about the foundation of the country. It's a pity. If I were a man, I would definitely be the pillar of my Tang Dynasty in the future." Then he sighed again, " But the teacher must be a scholar of heaven and man, otherwise how could he teach such outstanding students?"

"Thank you for your majesty's praise. If Master knows, I will comfort you." Yang Xiaoran's eyes suddenly turned red, and he said with deep sorrow: "It's a pity that my daughter is stupid, and Master's knowledge is only superficial..."

"fur?"

Li Shimin asked back: "What did your master teach you?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, there are four books and five classics, classics and historical classics. In addition, there are arithmetic, astronomy, geography, and Gewu, and Gewu is divided into physics, chemistry, and biology..."

Yang Xiaoran ran the train with his mouth full, and instantly molded his master into an omnipotent sage. Hearing this, everyone was stunned, and Mrs. Pei was also secretly startled. Could it be that the expert taught his little mother to be so Didn't teach her etiquette with so many things?
After thinking about it again, I was relieved again.

Master!They are all people who don't stick to etiquette. It's not surprising that Xiaoniang has been brought up by an expert since she was a child.

It's just that the next step is difficult. Where should she go for such a child and ask an expert to be her husband?No matter how many well-educated people in the court could not solve the salt problem, but she was lucky, she just fiddled with it, and the matter seemed to be solved.

"I can still understand astronomy, arithmetic, geography, and gewu. Why are there physics, chemistry, and biology in this gewu? What kind of question is this?"

Li Shimin's curiosity was fully aroused, and he forgot about cooking salt for a moment. Even the eldest grandson and others opened their eyes wide and listened very carefully.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the master believes that every stone, every sand, every flower and every tree in this world has its subtle connection. The master often teaches the courtiers and daughters that the world is knowledgeable, and human feelings are articles. Be pedantic and invincible.”

"An insight into the world is knowledge, and understanding of human feelings is an article..."

Li Shimin chanted softly, and suddenly sighed: "If you are a high-ranking man, this remark is deafening, it's a pity, it's a pity that it can't be mine!"

After a pause, he asked Yang Xiaoran again: "Then what kind of knowledge is detoxification of mineral salt?"

"Nature belongs to chemistry."

"Okay! Chengmen girl, I think you have made great achievements in making salt, so I will allow you to study in Hongwen Hall!"

"..."

　If there is something wrong with the process of making salt, please don't complain, I am a scumbag in science, and it is a bitter tear to say it!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)