This King Zhou is not stupid

Civil and military officials were all amazed when they heard this. Salt is expensive. Now all salt is boiled, which costs a lot of money. You can see how much salt you can get by boiling a pot of sea water dry.

Moreover, salt is an item sold by the imperial court, and the benefits are huge.

"I don't know, I hope the king will tell you."

"Ah."

Di Xin sneered.

"Aren't you even willing to guess? All the Aiqings really make Gu wonder whether to say they are too loyal or too rigid. Grand Master Wen, you can guess."

Wen Zhong had no choice but to bite the bullet and said a method that he thought was feasible.

"Using the fire of the immortal family to cook salt, it should be like this."

"There is some truth to it, but it's not right." Di Xin shook his head, and he asked Shang Rong again: "Old Prime Minister, do you also guess?"

"Is there a magic weapon to absorb sea salt?"

"Hahaha, although the magic weapon is good, it is overkill. This method of producing salt is very simple. It can make everyone eat salt without using the magic weapon."

Di Xin sat down again. Seeing that all the civil and military officials were silent, he smiled and asked Yuzao who was not far away: "My concubine, do you have an idea?"

Yuzao didn't expect to ask her, she didn't have any answer in her mind.

It's just that Empress Nuwa made her harm Tangjiangshan Sheji, and it's a rare opportunity for her to speak in the court, so naturally she has to answer.

At this time, it happened to be dog days, and Yuzao was a little hot. Although the treasure fan behind her kept fanning, she was still sweating, and she immediately thought of an answer.

I saw Yuzao smiled and said: "Maybe it is to dry people in the sun and get salt from people's sweat. After all, sweat is also salty."

As soon as these words came out, some civil and military officials were furious and some were dissatisfied.

"Let's not talk about whether the salt of sweat can be eaten, it's not feasible to expose people to it!"

"That's right, Your Majesty is really confused, why did you ask her?!"

For a while, civil and military officials were very dissatisfied with Yuzao, but Di Xin was surprised.

'Damn it, this fox really dares to say it, Sunren, I was thinking that you would just say a reason and I would help you make up a story, but how could you be right again?What a good wife and fox! '

Di Xin laughed loudly, and the laughter echoed in the Longde Hall. The civil and military officials were puzzled, but they dared not speak.

It can be heard that Zhong dared.

"My lord, this matter is of great importance, should we laugh out loud in this hall?"

"Gu was shocked by the intelligence of his concubine, but he answered Gu's question with a joke. All my loves, you are really not as thoughtful as a girl."

Tamamo messed up for the third time.

Isn't it okay to expose people?I'm afraid the king is out of his mind.

"Your Majesty!" Wen Zhong was also furious. "How can this person be exposed to the sun?!"

"Has Gu said to expose others?"

Di Xin stood up and said, "What I want to say is, sunbathing."

Wen Zhong was dumbfounded, he blinked in confusion, his old face was full of surprise.

"Bask in the sea?"

"Yes, basking in the sea!"

Chapter 45: If you learn mathematics, physics and chemistry well, you will not be afraid to travel all over the world

(In the first two chapters, don’t ask me about the clear water of the Yellow River. Go to Xu Zhonglin. They have a nine-curved Yellow River array, and so do eunuchs. Look for Xu Zhonglin. The original book has a story about eunuchs supporting them. There are records of castration of barrows.)

Simple junior high school physics, what is the speed of water evaporation related to?

Answer: surface area, surface air velocity, temperature, air pressure, humidity, temperature difference.

The meaning of drying the sea is to build a large open space to draw seawater into the salt pan during high tide, and when the tide ebbs, the seawater will recede, and the seawater will be left in the salt pan, and then the seawater will be evaporated by the wind and the sun. Over time, the water will be evaporated. When the water is saturated with salt, crystals will appear in the salt pan, and the rest is brine.

These crystals are coarse salt. Don’t underestimate this coarse salt. Private salt dealers in ancient times sold this coarse salt, and the supply is still in short supply.

ah what?You ask why there is salt when there is water?This question is suggested to ask your junior high school chemistry teacher, let him tell you what is called a 'saturated solution'.

As for purification, it is much simpler. Dissolve coarse salt in water, filter the impurities inside, evaporate it into fine salt, and grind it into particles, which is salt as fine as sand grains.

Junior high school chemistry knowledge, for Di Xin, a college student born in 00, the formula is still vivid in his memory.

But for the ancients, this method is quite novel.

"First dry the sea water, and keep drying it until the coarse salt appears, and you can get coarse salt. The coarse salt is dissolved in water, and the impurities are filtered out, and then evaporated to dryness, and you can get fine salt."

Di Xin briefly explained the principle of drying salt to the ministers. The civil servants could understand a little bit, but the military officials could not understand it.

"My lord, where did this method come from?"

"Of course it was taught by Empress Nuwa."

"???" Yuzao was extremely depressed.

So is Empress Nuwa going to harm Cheng Tang Jiangshan or help Cheng Tang Jiangshan?She doesn't get it.

On the one hand, he wanted her to harm Tang Jiangshan, and on the other hand, he passed on Emperor Xin's skills.

Could it be that Di Xin was lying.

"That sounds reasonable, too."

When Wen Zhong was young, he sweated profusely when exercising martial arts, but soon after the sweat dried up on his body, there were small white particles on his body, which were a little salty.

Maybe this is what Empress Nuwa said.

And to bask in the sea, I am afraid that only the golden crow in the sky can do it.

"Your Majesty, if this method needs anything, I will go and find it."

"It needs a good location, close to the sea, less rain, more windy, not sandy land, but a large area of ​​muddy land."

"That's naturally the most suitable for me, Donglu."

Jiang Hengchu walked out. As an area near the sea, East Lu has always had a salt field, but this is the first time he has heard of the method of drying salt.

"I am willing to share the pressure for the king."

"Okay, Dong Bohou has such a heart, Gu is very pleased, then I will do it for you. In addition, if you need less rain, you can consult with the Dragon Clan of the East China Sea. In addition, Gu will ask the immortal Chaoge to refine one or two pieces of drums." The magic weapon of the wind, to help you make salt."

"The minister obeys the order."

Seeing this, other ministers are a little envious. Salt making is poor, and there is a lot of oil and water in it.

With Dong Bohou as a man, it is estimated that he would not want this part of the oil and water.

"Your Majesty."

At this time, Yuzao suddenly said: "Why did Empress Nuwa teach you this method? Although the people in the world are short of salt, there is no reason for it. It is a bit unreasonable."

"Because Empress Nuwa knew that Gu was exempted from taxes for one year and the national treasury was in short supply, so she gave Gu a way to fill the treasury."

"So it is, so it is!" Shang Rong said excitedly: "No wonder the king said before that there is no need to worry about the treasury, the king is holy, and the empress Nuwa is holy."

"The king is Shengming, and the empress Nuwa is Shengming."

All civil and military officials said together that even Wen Zhong was deeply impressed by the character of Nuwa Empress.

Only Di Xin sighed in his heart.

"It's better to think of a way to count on Empress Nuwa to save the human race. The human race is still too dependent on the gods. When the human race has monks, they will know that Empress Nuwa... Empress Nuwa is really much better than ordinary monks. '

Di Xin wanted to say that gods are nothing more than monks who are better than humans, but when he thought that Empress Nuwa was a saint, he stopped in time.

There is no world of difference between saints and ordinary monks, there is no comparison at all.

It's just that Di Xin didn't know. He said that he shared a small amount of merit with Empress Nuwa for matters related to Empress Nuwa.

Even if it's just the slightest merit, how could Empress Nuwa, as a saint, not notice it.

'It must be that the three monsters in the Xuanyuan Tomb have made great contributions to harming Yin and Shang, and they have made meritorious deeds from heaven. '

Empress Nuwa sat cross-legged on the futon, with a boy standing beside her, she moved her fingers slightly, and calculated how many years it would take for the luck of the Yin Shang.

The last time was 28 years, so it will definitely be a few years less this time.

However, just as she finished her calculations, she suddenly opened her eyes.

"40 years, this..."

Impossible, as a sage, she has already known the future and the future. Last time, she counted that Yin Shang still had 28 years of luck, and she sent three demons to harm Emperor Xin Jiangshan. How could it be 40 years? !

She did the math again, yes, it was indeed 40 years, and the number of days the Yin Shang's luck decreased was only a few days, unless there was another change in the Yin Shang and the luck increased greatly.

"Impossible, that emperor Xin Nai is a foolish king, how could his luck increase."

There were more and more doubts in her heart, and Empress Nuwa did a fortune-telling again to relieve her doubts.

"How dare you! How dare you use my name arbitrarily, and set up the nine-tailed fox I sent as an auspicious omen, careless."

Empress Nuwa really wanted to come forward and accuse Di Xin face to face, but as a saint, she shouldn't lose her composure like this.

Not to mention that if he reprimanded Di Xin face-to-face, he would have separated himself from the Human Emperor, and his luck would be greatly lost. You must know that the human race is one of the foundations for Nuwa Empress to become holy.

If this relationship is disregarded, it is basically the same as the two Westerners canceling their great ambitions, and the gains outweigh the losses.

"Is this nine-tailed fox really greedy for glory and wealth? Why are the two monsters still not moving? Could it be that they just ignored the orders."

Empress Nuwa is helpless, she can't find the Three Demons again, then she will lose face.

"Colorful clouds."

"Your Majesty." Boy Caiyun leaned over and asked, "What can I order?"

"Go to the Xuanyuan Tomb, let the other two monsters enter the palace as soon as possible, and help the Nine-Tailed Fox to bring disaster to Tangjiang Mountain, there must be no mistakes."

"Yes, ma'am."

Caiyun Boy immediately left the Wa Palace and headed straight for Xuanyuan Tomb.

After the Nine-Tailed Fox was married, the other two monsters actually felt a little bit of resentment.

"My sister forgot both of us when she entered the palace." Yushi Pipajing said aggrievedly.

"That's right, Chaoge's glory and wealth are much better than this Xuanyuan Tomb, huh?"

The Nine-Headed Pheasant Essence was lying on the stone bed, quite lazy, but when he saw Caiyun Boy appearing from the corner of his eyes, he immediately corrected his posture and saluted, so did the Jade Pipa Essence.

"The little demon has seen the Shangxian."

"The two demons of the Xuanyuan Grave obey orders!"

Caiyun boy immediately ordered: "Nuwa Empress orders you two demons to enter the palace and destroy Tang Sheji, there must be no mistakes."

"Yes, little demon obeys orders."

That's what he said, but the second demon is also suffering in his heart, how can the king get in if he doesn't accept his concubine?

Chapter 46: I have never seen so much salt in my life

Along the coast of the East China Sea, it was still dark, and somewhere there was a large swamp. Di Xin stood on the flying boat, watching the results below with Jiang Hengchu and the Dragon King of the East China Sea.

One after another terraced water pits have been arranged, densely distributed along the coast, just like fields. With the ebb of the sea water, the sea water glows with a little bit of luster under the moonlight, which looks extremely beautiful.

Each of these salt fields has its own height. The lowest area is the seawater area, which is closest to the sea; the middle area is the brine area; the uppermost area is the salt-producing area.

The middle and highest places cannot be submerged by seawater, otherwise, when the tide rises, no amount of salt will be of any use.

"The old Dragon King has worked hard." Di Xin patted the shoulder of the Dragon King of the East China Sea, and praised: "It's hard to live without good weather."

"Your Majesty is too much, it's the old dragon's job."

The Dragon King of the East China Sea is also happy. After boarding the big ship of human luck, the number of dragon people has increased several times this year, and the speed of cultivation has also increased.

It's not in vain for him to abandon the Heavenly Court and persuade the other three sea dragons to join the human race. He wanted to join the human race during the time of the Yellow Emperor. Unfortunately, there was Yinglong at that time, and the human race looked down on him.

Oh, by the way, the poor old Dragon King doesn't even know about the list of gods, because he is a fairy in the world and usually doesn't go to the heavenly court unless the heavenly court summons him.

"Your Majesty."

Jiang Hengchu turned to Di Xin and asked, "Is this all right?"

"It's ok, if you want to speed up the process, you can also use tools to push and pull the sea water, and finally wait for the salt to be dried and shoveled. It will take about three days to collect a wave of salt. The details, Nuwa Empress, did not say clearly , you can change it yourself."