Two months later——
Chengdu.
The harvest season is coming, and the rice ears in the suburbs are already hanging on the branches.
"Your Majesty is truly a god!"
"Yeah!"
"We didn't believe it at the beginning."
"If we had listened to Your Majesty, how much more food would we have collected now."
Under a big tree at the head of the village, several fellow villagers were talking incessantly, their eyes drifting to the rice fields not far away.
That was the rice planted by the Han Emperor Liu Chan himself in the fields a few months ago.
Now that the rice is on the ears, all those who didn't believe it before are now amazed.
"You tell me, how did your Majesty know that planting rice in this way will increase the yield?"
"Because he is the emperor."
"He is the right man."
An old man in his sixties said excitedly: "Your Majesty is here to save us. As long as your Majesty is here, our Han people will have food to eat from now on."
"Yes, yes!"
"No wonder His Majesty was able to remain unharmed among Cao Cao's millions of troops in front of Changban Slope."
"The one who is safe and sound is General Zhao!"
A young man suddenly spoke, but a middle-aged man next to him retorted: "What do you know? Old General Zhao can kill seven in and seven out among a million soldiers and still be safe and sound. That's because he has
The one I am holding is His Majesty."
"Your Majesty is the destined emperor. He will definitely be able to help General Zhao and break through the siege without any harm."
"Yes, yes, I heard about it too." Another middle-aged man answered: "I heard that General Zhao was deeply surrounded and surrounded by Cao's troops. He was about to die on the spot. You know
What happened?"
Everyone shook their heads in confusion and looked at the man expectantly.
"Just when it was extremely dangerous," the man said with his eyes widened: "A red light suddenly appeared in the arms of General Zhao. The Cao soldiers around him instantly lost consciousness. General Zhao took the opportunity to rush out."
"Wow!"
"It must be because His Majesty is the True Dragon Emperor and has the spirit of the Emperor to protect General Zhao."
"Exactly!"
Several people were chatting very animatedly, but this scene did not just happen today.
Recently, whether in the countryside or in the city of Chengdu.
After dinner, the people talked most about their emperor Liu Chan.
Because starting last month, people in Chengdu no longer need to use salt to cook food, and everyone can use salt and exchange it for refined salt at the nearest Yamen.
The exchange ratio is three to one.
At first, many people felt that this exchange was not cost-effective, but after some dignitaries tasted food cooked with refined salt.
They no longer like salt.
Food made with refined salt not only tastes great but also looks much better, unlike food made with salt, which not only tastes bad, but also has impurities visible to the naked eye.
More importantly, although refined salt seems to be twice as expensive as salt, after using it, I discovered that when cooking, only a small amount of refined salt is enough to add enough saltiness to a dish.
If you use salt, it must be at least five or six times that of refined salt to achieve this effect.
Nowadays, the ratio of salt exchange for refined salt in the imperial court is three ounces of salt for one ounce of refined salt, which seems to be a bit of a disadvantage.
In fact, the common people got a big deal.
A few days later, a long queue formed at the yamen gate to exchange for refined salt. Now the people in Chengdu basically use refined salt.
When the people learned that these refined salts were made by Emperor Liu Chan, they were all amazed.
The most common topics of chat after dinner were about Emperor Liu Chan.
As for the countryside, it is mainly because of the rice planted by Liu Chan. Now the rice has already hung ears. Every rice plant planted by Liu Chan is full of ears of rice.
Compared with the rice grown by other people, it is completely different. Not only are the ears of the rice grown by them very small, but the grains are not as plump as the rice grown by Liu Chan.
The people nearby spread the word, and soon it spread throughout the country.
These days, villagers from other villages come all the way here just to see the rice grown by Emperor Liu Chan.
Everyone who has seen it is amazed.
I will also ask about the Zhang family who stayed behind.
Liu Chan once told them that if someone comes to ask about the method of planting rice, they must tell them the method completely.
The greenhouse where the seedlings were raised is still there, just for visitors to observe.
Three Zhang family episodes are too busy to handle.
A few days ago, Zhang Shao transferred more than 30 people, some of whom were responsible for explaining the use of seedling greenhouses, and some of whom were responsible for explaining the steps of rice planting.
There are also some people who are responsible for protecting the rice fields.
I can grow rice and make refined salt.
This made Liu Chan's reputation so great that not long after, even Cao Wei and Soochow knew about it.
July 6, 225 AD.
Guangling City——
Cao Pi took a little salt and put it into his mouth. He chewed it a few times and his brows immediately relaxed.
"Chen Aiqing, are you saying that this refined salt was really made by Liu Adou?"
Cao Pi asked incredulously. In recent days, people have been reporting to him that Emperor Liu Chan of the Shu Han Dynasty had produced refined salt.
The refined salt he made has a pure taste and is as fine as white sand. Cao Pi did not believe it before, thinking that the Shu Han was deliberately praising Liu Chan in order to win people's hearts.
But now, the facts are before our eyes.
He has already tasted it.
I can no longer tolerate his disbelief.
"Back to Your Majesty!" Chen Qun bowed and said: "It was indeed made by him. Now the people in Chengdu have begun to consume this kind of refined salt."
"Oh?" Cao Pi was stunned when he heard this, and then said with a smile: "It seems that Liu Adou's brain is not completely broken, and he is still somewhat capable, and he can actually make such refined salt."
Cao Pi looked at the refined salt in front of him and seemed to have some ideas.
"Chen Aiqing!"
"Wei Chen is here!"
"I have tasted the pure taste of this refined salt, without the bitter taste of salt. If you use it to cook food, it will definitely be very delicious." Cao Pi said, "The people of the small country of Shu can all use this fine refined salt. I
The great Wei Dynasty, how can we not use it?"
"Love you?"
Chen Qun shook his head helplessly and said: "Your Majesty, after several days of research, the salt officials have not been able to find a way to make this kind of refined salt."
"Trash, they are all a bunch of trash." Cao Pi was immediately displeased: "A fool who broke his brain can make refined salt, but they are not even as good as a fool?"
"Your Majesty!"
Chen Qun was a little helpless.
This matter of refined salt had reached his ears a month ago, and not long after, someone even delivered a small bag of refined salt to him.
After Chen Qun tasted it, he was also extremely surprised. As the minister of the Wei Dynasty, he naturally knew what it meant for Shu to produce such refined salt.
This means that the Kingdom of Shu has another way to make money, which is not a good thing for the Wei Dynasty.
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This chapter has been completed!