Consort Lu stared at the open small box with wide eyes. The things inside were too tempting.
"Is this the salt you refined?"
"Yes, refined salt." Huaiyu nodded.
"Hey, it takes a lot of effort to refine the salt into such fine salt, isn't it expensive?" Consort Lu stared at the salt with red eyes.
"Well, it's really not easy."
Prince Consort Lu obviously thought that Huaiyu's salt was the same as traditional refined salt, using a secondary refining method. Naturally, Huaiyu would not take the initiative to tell him the secret inside.
"This salt is like snow particles. The particles are as white as snow, crystal clear, large and plump, and well-proportioned in size." Lu Huairang said, grabbing one and looking at it in front of his eyes, and then put it into his mouth carefully.
Sip and taste carefully.
"Salty, no bitterness."
Wanda also grabbed one and tasted it, "This salt is indeed different from ordinary salt. It is better than the best salt."
"Look at this again."
Lu Huairang recognized the mark on it, "Baojing Jiyu, Yanchuan Town."
"Don't worry, we have everything."
This new process was actually a process that he came up with when he was drinking soy milk in the village because he was dissatisfied with the rough and bitter taste of the salt.
This guy is almost like a groom every night.
That was later the famous Zigong well salt extraction method in Zigong, Sichuan. It was an improved method of making salt invented by a salt well owner in Zigong during the Qing Dynasty.
Lu Huairang had no choice but to say, "Forget it, let me go. You, Pinglefu, command the army, and the local regiment is here in Zhang County. If you leave the country for no reason and go to Qinzhou, be careful to hold you accountable."
Even brother Wu Huaiyu has people who want to befriend him every day, let alone people like Cheng Chumo. With Fan Xuanfu by his side, Huaiyu can only reluctantly say no to those girls. Cheng Chumo is free and happy, and no one cares about him.
As long as you don't rob civilian girls, no one else can interfere with this consensual matter.
The salt grains, which are as white as frost and as pure as snow, and the fire salt, which is as clear as bricks and jade, touch the hearts of everyone present.
This ancient craft is no longer a secret in later generations, and has even become a tourist attraction in the local area. But now, who can take part in it? After debugging for many days, he finally mastered the key to each process. In fact, the key pulp ratio
It had been made public a long time ago, but Huaiyu still thought about it for a long time before completing it.
Even the local powerful people are rushing to join him.
Wu Huaiyu had actually expected this for a long time. He even took the initiative to bring out the salt for today's meal, which was what he had expected.
Moreover, he also valued one of Lu Huairang's resources, that is, this guy was the emperor's son-in-law, and he was from a famous family in Guanlong. He used his resources to sell goods and sell his precious jade salt directly to the upper class. Then the salt could be sold to luxury goods
The price of the product has even allowed it to successfully gain a share in the original refined salt market.
It's better to take the initiative to cooperate with Lu Huairang.
He has understood by now that even though many things are very profitable, the more profitable something is, the more power has been divided in the back. There are wealthy families and nobles standing there. If you don't have a certain strength and rush in, you will be at least as little as
If you offend others, you will cause disaster.
Huaiyu's brand of fire salt is called Baoyu brand. Nowadays, every salt manufacturer in Yanjing Village has no brand. Huaiyu is the first one.
"That's settled,"
Huaiyu took out another box, which contained salt bricks instead of loose salt.
"After roasting, the water content of this salt brick is very low, which is very convenient for long-distance sales. Compared with the traditional lump salt and hardened salt, this salt brick is more convenient for horse caravans to transport, and the quality of my salt bricks is also better."
Cheng Chumo picked up a piece of marinated dried tofu and put it on the plate in front of Huaiyu. He said with a smile, "Don't forget about your brother Cheng."
"I thought I came here to train troops to fight and exterminate bandits and Qiang, but now I am very free every day, and this place is like a retirement home." Cheng Chumo sighed.
Obviously, they also saw that Huaiyu must have mastered an unusual purification process.
This is the secondary crystallization.
This brick salt and granular salt are actually not the traditional re-purification method as they thought, but Huaiyu directly improved the process when making salt.
The salt produced at this time still has certain impurities. The final purification process is carried out. The salt is shoveled into a wooden sieve and evenly sprinkled with flower water. The impurities can be removed again, producing white and crystal salt with a pure taste.
But the cost of soy milk is nothing compared to refined salt, not to mention it can save so much fuel, time, etc.
Wanda laughed at him, "You are not very agile, but you feed those hungry women every day. It is really hard work."
It hasn't actually been that long since the Battle of Longxi, but everyone is thinking about Chang'an very much. Although it is very relaxing to stay in this mountainous place, no one really wants to stay here for the rest of their lives.
The first step is to prepare the brine. Prepare different brine in specific proportions, and then boil the brine to remove impurities such as Glauber's salt. However, with the traditional production method, there are still many impurities that are difficult to remove, which will make the salt bitter, so the pulp extraction method was developed.
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A ten-pound piece of salt crust is hard, but not complete. The salt is like an ingot and contains a lot of water. However, a salt brick weighing one pound is really as neat as a brick.
Cheng Chumo, the eldest son of the Duke from Chang'an, is also the commander of the Pingle Mansion, and has a fifth-grade scarlet robe. He really stands out in this place. Every day, countless people want to take the initiative to throw themselves into the arms of their daughters, just to be able to get married.
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"Don't worry, when I come out with salt, I will share it with you."
Lu Huairang was very satisfied after hearing this. Although he wanted to say that he wanted to join Huaiyu Zaofang, but Huaiyu didn't ask, he couldn't bring it up. Besides, he didn't realize that Huaiyu had mastered refining.
The new technology, I thought it was just refined by the traditional old method, but it was just purified better.
"How about I take a batch of salt to Qinzhou tomorrow?" Cheng Chu said silently.
Baoyutang Salt Factory in Yanchuan Town exclusively produces fire salt bricks and snow-white granular salt.
Compared with heating the prepared salt to melt it, then filtering, reheating, and crystallizing it, it is too expensive, time-consuming and labor-intensive. However, this improved process directly in the salt-making process, although
Soy milk is required.
"Look at how pitiful they are." Cheng Chumo chuckled. Yanjing Village attracted a large number of victims of the Qinwei War. They lived here for food and clothing. Many people also took a fancy to the soldiers and soldiers stationed here, and even looked at them.
Got on those officers.
"I haven't officially processed large quantities of refined salt yet," Huaiyu said with a smile.
"It's strange, there's been no news lately?" Cheng Chu said silently.
No one here can look up to him.
After obtaining the clear brine, continue to cook it over low heat for a long time until the water surface forms salt into the shape of snowflakes. Take it out and call it mother and child dregs. Add the mother and child dregs to another round pot in which the brine has been purified to make it become
Daughter crystals can speed up the crystallization into salt.
Lu Huairang actually likes his current life, especially after being far away from Chang'an and not having to face Princess Wanchun every day. Outsiders only know that Princess Shang is the consort, but they don't know that the emperor's son-in-law is not easy to be. The princess of the Li family
Neither is a gentle Lord.
The bean curd in Yanjing Town is also very tender. Because he loves to drink it, Huaiyu recently opened a tofu shop. It sells soy milk and soy brains as well as tofu. It also makes brine dried tofu, fried tofu, molded tofu, and more.
To sell bean sprouts, he used a tofu shop to buy beans in large quantities, which could provide cover for his pulp extraction method.
Making refined salt in Zhangxian County cannot escape Lu Huairang's nose. Although he also plans to set up a small workshop and try to use slaves and people he trusts to make it, even some of the key crafts such as
The ratio of extracting pulp, etc., should be kept secret as much as possible, but if you want to produce salt, you can't hide it from anyone.
This entire set of techniques is the result of thousands of years of experience accumulated in Zigong Salt Wells in Sichuan. It can be said to be very remarkable. When eating soy milk, Huaiyu thought of this documentary he had watched.
"Have you really let the wolf cubs become so complacent? Consort Lu, you are well-informed. Go back and ask around quickly. If the wolf cubs really get into Gyeonggi, then we can no longer stay in this ravine. We have to lead troops to fight back.
King Qin destroys the captives!"
Even Ma Zhou was a little confused by the comfort in front of him. If he hadn't remembered that he promised Huaiyu before the war that he would marry Mrs. Wu, he would have been attracted by a strong man named Liu or Yang.
"This is?"
Lu Huairang is a pretty good human shield. It's a good deal to let him stand in front and share some of the pie.
The flower water added at the end is actually light salt water.
When the salt brine is heated and salt blooms appear, pour a certain proportion of soybean milk at this time, which can well precipitate calcium sulfate and other impurities that are difficult to remove. Use a sieve to remove the foam, which is called slurry extraction.
"Well, this is an exclusive mark. The mark has already been engraved on the mold, and it is printed on the salt brick when the mold is pressed."
"These salts are really exquisite. Erlang must sell some to me." Lu Huairang really wanted to get a share of the pie. He wanted to purchase the salt from Huaiyu and then resell it.
After going to Chang'an, he was actually nothing. Even in the Qinzhou Governor's Mansion, he was still nothing.
"Is there a seal on it?"
Huaiyu's words brought everyone back to reality from the happiness and comfort in front of them. Yes, it has been a while since we came here. Although there are no Turks in Longyou now, the Qiang people are also honest.
"I don't know what's going on in Chang'an."
"The refined salt is pressed into shape with a mold, and then baked into bricks with fire." Huaiyu picked up two salt bricks and knocked them against each other. They made a crisp sound without any fragments. "This one is sixteen
Two, exactly one pound."
But Jieli and Tuli also entered Guanzhong with one hundred thousand cavalry.
"This salt brick is also called fire salt."
There is no such thing as the unrestrained happiness of being far away from the emperor in Longyou. He doesn't have to wait on the princess, and he doesn't have to worry about the censors finding trouble. He can have as much fun as he wants here. He likes to make money, and he also likes this little family Biyu Township in the countryside of Longyou.
Wild girls.
"If there's no news, it means everything is fine. Let's just do our jobs and mind our own business." Lu Huairang said with a smile.
At least Cheng Chumo, Wu Huaiyi, Ma Zhou and others were unwilling to sit around and miss the battle between the Gyeonggi court and the Turks.
Huaiyu, on the other hand, knew that although Jieli was aggressive, he would not find any chance after entering the pass. In the end, the Weiqiao White Horse retreated for the alliance.
He has recently been researching some methods of making alkali from Glauber's salt, making soap from alkali, and secretly making refined salt. In addition, he can spend the whole day with Pan Xuanfu. He is deeply in love, is very fulfilled, and is making a lot of money. He really likes the slow pace here.
When he was in the Longyou camp before, he was forced to lead his troops into battle. To be honest, he didn't want to do it again. Now sometimes when he thinks about those two battles, Huaiyu's heart beats faster, and he even occasionally wakes up in the middle of the night.
