"Then based on your understanding of the old lady, what do you think the old lady did?" Mrs. Yao did not let Mrs. Yao go so quickly and continued to ask.
"Sister-in-law, although I am waiting in front of the old lady, to be honest, I have things to do every day, and I can't keep an eye on the old lady every day, so I really don't know about this." It's Yao Er.
Madam herself, she was murmuring in her heart.
What on earth did the old lady do?
She is right under your nose, why don't you know any news?
I always felt that this time the old lady used a big move, but she couldn't tell Mrs. Yao this, so she could only pretend to be stupid.
Mrs. Yao had no choice but to sit for a while and then left.
Seeing Mrs. Yao like this, Yao Anxin comforted her a few words: "Mom, don't worry, since the old lady said there are arrangements, there are arrangements. We just have to wait patiently. The old lady always loves us.
Junior, what she says is never without purpose."
"I hope so." Mrs. Yao sighed.
When she and Uncle Yao were unable to do anything, they could only place their hope in the old lady.
This year, the Yao family obviously noticed that there was one missing person at the banquet - Li Wenchong.
However, they didn't think much about it, thinking that it was an "accident" that they stayed to celebrate the New Year last year, and they just went back this year. But how did they know that Li Wenchong was not in the capital at all, and he had now gone to the seaside.
Because there was a letter from the other side saying that salt was produced in the sun.
Li Wenchong was pleasantly surprised and naturally rushed to the scene to confirm.
Traveling in a hurry and sleeping in the open, Li Wenchong hurriedly rushed back to the capital on New Year's Eve. He didn't even go to his own house and went straight to the palace.
When Emperor Mingguang heard that someone from below came to report that Prince Chong was here, he was a little surprised: "Why is he back?! Isn't he in Jinling? Let people come in quickly."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
After a while, Li Wenchong, who was dressed in dust, ran in from outside and saluted Emperor Mingguang.
Before Emperor Mingguang could shout, he got up first and said excitedly: "Brother, please step aside. I have some great news to tell you."
Emperor Mingguang looked at him with a strange look in his eyes and asked the waiter to get off.
"What's the good news? The old lady...is pregnant?" Although the old lady is a bit old, who made the Gu family come up with the "secret recipe for childbirth" and it has been proven to be particularly effective?
Emperor Mingguang couldn't help but wonder. Could it be that the old lady took good care of herself? She was forty or fifty years old, but she still sent good news?
Li Wenchong was stunned for a moment, almost thinking that Yao Jiuye's matter was exposed: "Ah? Brother Huang...how did you know? Why didn't I know about this? I just came back from the seaside...could it be that there was news from Jinling? But that's not right.
Ah, she and I are not married yet, we are innocent, where did the child come from? Brother Huang...did you misunderstand something?"
"No? Then why are you so happy?" Emperor Mingguang couldn't tell whether he was disappointed or happy. "I thought it was the old lady who was happy. Why are you so excited if you are not?"
"I...I'm excited, that's because I discovered a good thing that benefits the country and the people, and I can't wait to share it with Brother Huang." Li Wenchong sighed in his heart, with a sad face, and complained, "Brother Huang, you are too
It's too much. I traveled all the way for you, and you actually made fun of me. If I had known this, I wouldn't have been so anxious. At worst, after the New Year, I would slowly hit the road and go to the beach to seek confirmation.
, come back next year.”
"It's my fault. I shouldn't have made fun of you. Okay, what on earth is going on that makes you go out like this?"
Li Wenchong mysteriously took out a bamboo tube from his arms and handed it to Emperor Mingguang for him to see for himself.
Emperor Mingguang looked confused. He took the bamboo tube and poured it out to take a look: "Isn't this salt? What's wrong? What's wrong with salt?"
I put it in front of my nose and sniffed it, but I couldn't find anything wrong with it.
The only thing about it is that the salt looks very white, like snow, which is very rare.
I don’t know where Li Wenchong got it from.
"Of course there is a problem. Brother Huang, guess where I got this salt from?"
The expression on Emperor Mingguang's face became serious: "Could it be that another aristocratic family is greedy?" Thinking of what happened to Lake Salt last time, his heart ached.
He has just solved one thing. Don't let another one pop up. He won't be able to survive this year?
Li Wenchong waved his hand: "It has nothing to do with the aristocratic family. As far as I know, the only person who knows this method of making salt, apart from my people, is the old lady."
"Old lady, do you know? The Yao family is in trouble?"
"No, the old lady will know, that's because she is a professional. Brother Huang, don't forget, my Baixiang Pavilion is famous all over the country. You have never thought about why the things in Baixiang Pavilion are like this
good?"
"What's the meaning?"
"Technology. Baixiang Pavilion has mastered a technology that others have not mastered. When this technology is used in salt refining...Brother, think about it, think about it carefully."
Emperor Mingguang stared at Li Wenchong with burning eyes, his heart pounding: "You can speak more clearly."
"To put it more clearly, the old lady felt that the method of making salt could be improved because of this technology. She happened to have read a lot of books and had seen some interesting stories. There is water on the sea that tastes like salt; there are rocks in the mountains.
It tastes like salt..." Li Wenchong did not flinch and said what he had prepared for a long time, "Baixiang Pavilion is located all over the country, and the required materials will be obtained from all parts of the country. They have a good understanding of the local mountains, rivers, geography
We all have a certain understanding of the situation. At this time, the old lady came up with some ideas, since salt can be obtained from rocks, what about seawater that tastes like salt?"
Emperor Mingguang's pupils shrank sharply: "You mean...this salt is obtained from sea water?!"
Li Wenchong nodded: "Well, that's why I went to the beach. I sent a group of people to secretly arrive at the beach, and according to the drying method written by the old lady, boil the salt, make brine and boil the salt.
The four methods of making brine and sun-drying salt and directly drying salt have successfully obtained salt."
Emperor Mingguang stood up suddenly and walked back and forth in the room.
He was so excited that his blood boiled all over and he wanted to rush to the scene immediately to see it.
This thing is really shocking!
The ocean is so big that I don’t even know what’s inside.
And now, his imperial brother told him that seawater can actually make salt?!
If this is the case, will the people in the Ming Dynasty still be short of salt in the future? As long as the people master this method of making salt...
The more he thought about it, the more excited he became. Emperor Mingguang shouted excitedly: "Okay! Great!"
"Prince Chong, this is a great achievement."
"Whatever you say you want, I will give it to you."
…
Compared to Emperor Mingguang's excitement, Li Wenchong was much calmer. After all, his excitement had long since passed.
When he first learned that seawater can be used to produce salt, he was no less excited than Emperor Mingguang, but now...
Li Wenchong had a mission, and he complained with a look of disgust: "Brother, have you misunderstood the key point? The key point was thought up by the old lady. If it weren't for the fact that I am your brother-in-law, I would not want to mess with you.
Please tell me such an important thing. Didn’t you see that the old lady opened Baixiang Pavilion all over the country? Even if she had a method, she didn’t have the idea of adding salt? Why didn’t they want to add salt? Isn’t it because?
She knows she can't touch this thing, and it will cause trouble if she touches it..."
Barabara, it's just a lot of troubles that ordinary people will encounter if they touch salt.
