Of course, buying a house does not mean that the "Chang'an Ladies Club" can be opened to welcome guests.
Although the size of about two acres is barely enough, it is just enough area. In fact, if you want to satisfy Li Yuanjia, you need to carry out comprehensive reconstruction and decoration to make this club different from other houses...
Of course, more importantly, those attractive games must also take time to prepare.
Therefore, during this period of time, we can only let Zhang Wan lead the palace construction team to go in first, level the ground inside, demolish the dilapidated house first, and then wait for Li Yuanjia's design drawings to be released.
Although Li Yuanjia doesn't know how to build a house, he knows what his house should look like, and that's enough.
As for now, of course, sea salt purification is more important.
So when he saw Ma Liang, he eagerly took the small bag in his hand and opened it, Li Yuanjia's eyes lit up at first, and then his heart trembled!
Holy shit!
So white!
Although at first glance, it still looks a little green or yellow, the color is quite different from the table salt I had in my previous life, and there are a lot of salt grains that are condensed together, which makes people feel uncomfortable.
, but it looks very different from when it was just delivered, and there is no trace of coarse salt at all!
"call……"
After exhaling softly, he poured some salt grains from the bag into his hand with a slight trembling. Li Yuanjia held his breath, and moved his eyes forward to observe carefully, and finally a bright smile appeared on his face.
.
Damn it, this is called salt!
Judging from the standards of this era, this can be considered refined salt!
At least compared to the salt that Li Yuanjia usually eats, this handful of sea salt can definitely be called a pound of salt, not inferior in the slightest. If compared with the salt that Chun Yan, Liu Mei and the others usually eat, it is even better!
You know, although Chun Yan and Liu Mei are just maids, Li Yuanjia usually treats them as half sisters and has never treated them badly. So even if they cannot eat the same thing, the salt they usually give them is from Chang'an City.
High-quality goods cost more than what ordinary officials use!
So Li Yuanjia was really not surprised at all when he heard Han Lucheng gasping for air next to him.
"Great...great king."
After swallowing hard, Han Lucheng said with a trembling voice: "This, is this the salt we boiled from the sea? So... so white?"
"Hahaha……"
After listening to the butler's words, Li Yuanjia couldn't hold it in any longer and burst into laughter.
With this smile, Ma Liang finally breathed a sigh of relief and his face beamed with joy.
The king was satisfied and he was relieved.
After laughing for a moment, Li Yuanjia shook his finger at Han Lucheng and said happily: "That's wrong, these salts are not boiled, but dried... Haha!"
Boiling and drying are two completely different concepts!
The ancients used the boiling method to obtain salt from the sea, which was extremely inefficient. Because iron pots with high heat transfer coefficients were expensive and very susceptible to corrosion by seawater, salt workers were reluctant to use them. The heat conductivity coefficient is relatively low.
Not only are low-efficiency clay pots and other items low, the key point is that they also consume a lot of fuel...that is, wood.
The deforestation caused by boiling sea salt over the next few hundred years will be staggering.
So if the sun-salted technology can appear in the world hundreds of years in advance, it is conceivable that it will not only have a major impact on people's livelihood, but also play a role in protecting the environment...
Therefore, it is natural to imagine the excitement in Li Yuanjia's heart at this time.
Just as excited as him was the housekeeper Han Lucheng. He stared straight at the pinch of salt in Li Yuanjia's hand. He felt that his throat and lips were so dry that they were about to burst into flames, and his heartbeat was so fast that it felt like it wanted to jump out of his chest.
Comes out the same!
"Gudong!"
Thinking that these dazzling white salt grains were pitch black just a few days ago, Han Lucheng couldn't help but lick his lips, and then swallowed hard again.
Originally, when the salt workers returned more than a hundred kilograms of salt from the East China Sea, although Han Lucheng was quite excited, he was not as confused as now. After all, the salt was too dirty and tasted too astringent and bitter.
, and Han Lucheng didn’t understand the advantages of sun salt compared with traditional boiled salt, so he didn’t actually take it too seriously.
After all, it was the key to Prince Han's palace, and Han Lucheng was used to big scenes, so there was no reason to make a fuss.
but now……
Thinking about the coarse salt a few days ago, and then looking at the refined salt in front of him, Han Lucheng really couldn't control his emotions.
Oh my God!
Your Majesty really turned those pitch-black coarse salts into sparkling fine salts, and they are still fine salts that are comparable to top-grade refined salts!
This, this is just like a magic trick!
"No! No no!"
The shock in his heart did not last. Han Lucheng suddenly thought of the key and his eyes widened suddenly: "The most important thing now...this is refined salt! It took five people nearly two years to make the refined salt in Prince Han's Mansion ourselves.
Refined salt made with time!”
When he thought of this, Han Lucheng's nostrils were boiling with heat. He could no longer care about so many things and asked directly: "Your Majesty, this...is it easy to dry these sea salts?"
This time, he finally made the word "shai" clear.
"Is it easy? Haha, of course it's not easy!"
Recalling the scenes in "The Bite of the Tongue" in his memory, Li Yuanjia raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Drying salt is a very hard job, and it requires mastering special methods... But compared to cooking in life,
, it is definitely much better. Not only is the consumption much smaller, but the output is also countless times greater!"
"Gudong!"
When he heard this, Han Lucheng swallowed again and his whole scalp felt numb.
Desperately suppressing the turmoil in his chest, Han Lucheng, as the steward of the palace, immediately stepped forward and whispered: "Your Majesty, this... this method of drying salt, as well as the method of turning coarse salt into refined salt, must be kept secret.
That's it... Whether it's Ma Liang or the others, or a few people over there in the East China Sea, they must be absolutely at ease!"
"Um?"
"ah?"
When Li Yuanjia was slightly startled, Ma Liang was also stunned, and then his expression changed drastically!
In an instant, something was wrong with Ma Liang's eyes when he looked at Han Lucheng.
Li Yuanjia, on the other hand, was stunned for a moment, then suddenly narrowed his eyes and smiled: "What do you think is absolutely reassuring? Then do you think Ma Liang and the others make people uneasy, or do you think a few people over at Donghai make people uneasy?"
"this……"
Looking at the king with a chuckle on his face, Han Lucheng was suddenly stunned.
Isn't this obvious?
Even if these people are all servants of the palace, the possibility of betrayal is extremely small, but... this is salt!
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Before Han Lucheng came to his senses, Li Yuanjia waved his hand and said with a smile: "Okay, I will take care of this matter myself, so you don't have to worry about it. If you have time, you'd better go outside the city to see more and give me a reminder.