Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 36
Jia Xian had always admired Ye Chen because of the contest of arithmetic and learning a few days ago. Now, watching Ye Chen turn decay into magic, turn poisonous salt into good salt, and the salt far surpasses the quality of the world, already in his heart. Surprised Ye Chen as a heavenly man, and fell to the ground in admiration.

Ye Chen didn't need to worry about the following matters at all. Under Luo Yaoshun's command, it was soon fully unfolded, and the progress was in full swing, tense and orderly.The speed of making salt was far beyond Ye Chen's expectation.In half a day before dark, [-] catties of salt were produced, twice as fast as Ye Chen estimated.

When the [-] jin of salt was transported overnight by Jia Xian to the military camp outside Jinyang City, Zhao Kuangyin led the generals and several civil servants to personally inspect it.Especially after seeing the whiteness of salt and tasting the taste of salt, I am deeply moved.

Seeing that the biggest urgent need has been resolved, Zhao Kuangyin finally breathed a sigh of relief, and issued an order on the spot: "Come here! Pass on my will, Ye Chen has made meritorious service in making salt and solved the urgent need of the army. After the catty of salt is produced, there will be another reward."

Behind him, Xiao Huangmen, who was full-time in charge of drafting and delivering the decree, wrote down the matter. After the decree was drawn up, he would deliver the decree to the saltworks.

Seeing that the officials did not wait for the production of [-] catties of salt, Cao Bin and other civil and military ministers offered rewards, emphatically emphasizing that they would be rewarded again afterwards.I thought the officials seemed really happy at this time.Cao Bin was also happy for Ye Chen.

Ye Chen mined the poisonous salt in the salt mine, and after a series of treatments, it turned it into edible refined salt. This process is much more efficient than people in the world boiling salt with sea water and salty well water.That's why it was possible to mine 500 jin of salt in half a day with 500 people.Anyone who is really knowledgeable knows that it takes at least ten days to mine [-] jin of salt at the Shandong Road Salt Field, the largest salt field in the world, with the same [-] people.

In a blink of an eye, three days have passed, and the salt field has mined [-] catties of refined salt. Three days ago, Ye Chen's promotion has been announced. Now he has become a military cavalry captain from the seventh rank, but there is no specific job assignment.It is only half a level lower than Luo Yaoshun who has the seventh-rank Yunqiwei.But everyone knows that in a short time, Ye Chen will be promoted again, and the lowest level is the seventh rank.

In three days, with the joint efforts of Ye Chen and Luo Yaoshun, the friendship between the two has risen sharply, and it has reached the level of being brothers.Of course, there is still a gap between this kind of relationship and the life-and-death friendship between Ye Chen and Wang Chao.

However, this is enough for the two of them to sit side by side on the top of a low hill next to the salt field, and share the secret wine that Luo Yaoshun brought from Bianliang [Kaifeng] in Tokyo together.

A sterling silver flask was passed back and forth between the two, talking and tasting wine.

For Ye Chen who had drunk the liquor of the later generations, the strong wine in Luo Yaoshun's mouth was naturally not very strong in his opinion.

Ye Chen took a small sip, the wine was very dry, only about [-] degrees, without blending and aromatherapy, the strongest wine at this time was nothing more than salamander, with three fermentations, the alcohol content could reach more than [-] degrees Not bad, the wine is also a little cloudy, if it is left in later generations, absolutely no one will drink such wine.

But in this world, Ye Chen has no choice.

It is not a big deal for Ye Chen, who is used to strong highland barley wine, to pick up the pot and "gudong gudong" to be drunk today.But Luo Yaoshun's face twitched.

"Sanle pulp?"

"Why?"

"What why?"

"Brother! Why do you drink strong wine like clear water, and you can tell the name of the wine in one mouthful. It can be seen that you are a confidant in the country of wine. It is obvious that you must drink this wine often. Sanle pulp is produced in the Western Regions. It is famous in the Central Plains and is worth a lot of money. Ordinary people ask for a sip but can't get it. For my brother, I stole my father's collection when I set off from Bianliang. I have been reluctant to drink it these days. I took it out today to celebrate your promotion. Brother, I don’t want you to drink it and drink it. The face didn't change, and he said the name of the wine in one breath, which really surprised my brother. Brother, don't you live in seclusion in the mountains all year round? How did you drink such good wine?" Luo Yaoshun looked surprised.

"Brother Luo doesn't know something, but it's hard to explain what happened to the younger brother... The younger brother was adopted by his mentor since he was a child, and lived deep in the mountains, but he didn't stay in the mountains for a long time. Every two or three years, the mentor took the younger brother to roam the north and south of the river, on both sides of the long river. And the mentor is also a person who loves wine, so such good wine will naturally not escape the hands of the mentor." Ye Chen looked up at the sky and said, with a faint look of nostalgia on his face.

There is no way, the lie about his life experience has already been told, and in order to prove the lie, he must make up something to tell it.

Before Luo Yaoshun could continue to ask questions, Ye Chen said again: "You don't need to talk about the little brother, the past is like smoke, and you will never be able to investigate it. It is the blessing of the heavens to survive in this world. It is just a pain to meet Brother Luo today. drink it."

Speaking of which, Ye Chen took another big gulp, and began to extract Luo Yaoshun's family background and some information about Da Song's officialdom intentionally or unintentionally.

Ye Chen came to this time from later generations, and he is well aware of the importance of information. The saying "know yourself and the enemy, and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles" is not only about the art of war, but also very practical in officialdom, politics, and even business.What's more, although Ye Chen carefully recalled the history of Zhao Kuangyin's period in recent days, he only remembered some important events. He basically had his eyes darkened and didn't know anything about the specific situation.

And he was deeply influenced by the officialdom novels and TV dramas of the later generations, knowing that the struggle in the officialdom is more dangerous than the battlefield, and it is more difficult for people to defend themselves. Make enemies and sow the seeds of disasters in the future.

What's more, when he was in this world, he was really alone, without any relatives to help him.Therefore, since he came to this world, he has walked on thin ice, behaved extremely cautiously and modestly, and was kind to others.

In fact, he was right to do so, whether it was Liu Nan in the city next to Yongle, or Cao Bin, Wang Chao behind him, and now Jia Xian and Luo Yaoshun were all full of affection for him.Intentionally or unintentionally, it will help his personal growth and the improvement of his strength and status.

What Ye Chen values ​​most is information about Zhao Kuangyin, especially his personality, personality, and hobbies.However, it is obviously quite taboo to directly ask about the Son of Heaven.

But after Ye Chen praised Zhao Kuangyin, Luo Yao opened his mouth by the way.

From Luo Yaoshun's expression, Ye Chen could see that Luo Yaoshun admired Zhao Kuangyin very much and was extremely loyal.

In his eyes, the founding emperor of the Great Song Dynasty is a wise, open-minded, brave, and enlightened best boss.But in Ye Chen's eyes, Zhao Kuangyin is a black-bellied man shrouded in countless auras.So when facing Zhao Kuangyin, Ye Chen was more cautious.

Ye Chen deeply felt that the level of diligence of people in this world is far beyond that of people in later generations.

The five hundred imperial guards worked from daybreak until night, and did not even take any rest except eating, drinking and lazing.And morale is high.The fine porcelain muscles on the two arms were tanned by the sun, like bronze statues, a hundred times more beautiful than those specially tanned by later generations.It made Ye Chen dare not take off his clothes. Compared with them, only his limbs were exposed to the sun.Other places are still fair, just like pandas.

Ye Chen went up to help with work several times, but was persuaded by a group of people to come back, and was often dragged by the rather bureaucratic Luo Yaoshun to sit aside, eating meat and drinking while watching others work hard.

If this is left to later generations, the people below will not say it on the face, but behind the scenes, the leaders have long scolded the bullshit.Ye Chen was also a little worried that this matter would affect him badly. After all, he was a newcomer to the whole world and Da Song.

However, he gradually discovered that in the eyes of everyone, it was only natural for him and Luo Yaoshun to eat and drink next to him, while the five hundred imperial guards worked hard.

In the past few days, whenever Ye Chen asked for help, he would hear something like "Please sit down, why don't you do these rough jobs, sir, I'll make arrangements for it."

Regarding this situation, after thinking about it, Ye Chen can only feel that the feudal social hierarchy has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and has become a matter of course.

If you don't do it or don't do it, Ye Chen is naturally happy and relaxed, not to mention that the five hundred elite soldiers are doing it extremely vigorously. The five-step assembly line salt making method that Ye Chen explained is now more smooth and proficient than Ye Chen himself. picky.

In the past few days, under Zhao Kuangyin's forced order, the Song army stormed Jinyang City regardless of losses. The city must be massacred every day, and as a result, the soldiers and civilians of Jinyang defended the city desperately, but the Song army did not succeed.

On this day, there was a military intelligence report, and the Khitan sent another [-] reinforcements to reinforce the West Road Army. The troops Zhao Kuangyin sent to stop the Khitan West Road Army were overwhelmed and forced to retreat.As a result, the Khitan West Road army has reached three or four hundred miles northwest of Jinyang City.

It seems that the Jinyang city also got the news, and all the soldiers and civilians were encouraged, their morale was greatly boosted, and the city defense became stronger.

(End of this chapter)