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Liu Ga pointed to the wooden barrel beside him without knowing why.

Not very confident, Li Quan asked for a scoop of soy milk and poured it into the tumbling brine.He just learned that the first process of the modern salt well workshop is to add soybean milk to accelerate the crystallization of the well salt. It was also seen on TV. I don’t know if it can be done or not.

But as soon as the soy milk was added to the brine, Liu Ga called out:

"Hey, hey! Is there something wrong? Why does the soy milk become sticky when it goes into the water? Hey! No, no, why does it look like there is sand?"

"Hey 9 really made it!"

Seeing the changes in the pot, Li Quan also exclaimed in surprise. .

In the pot, the tumbling of the brine became slow and heavy, and with every tumbling, pale yellow particles appeared, floating on the water surface, and piling up on the edge of the cauldron.

Li Quan knew that this was the real salt.

According to Li Quan's observation, the technology of making salt in this era was so backward that it was directly distilled.The method is similar to sea salt production, but there is an essential difference between well salt and sea salt. Well salt tastes better, but there are more impurities in the brine. Simple distillation cannot remove the impurities in the brine, resulting in the produced salt being bitter and unpalatable. Also toxic.Moreover, the water is evaporated to dryness by boiling on a high fire to produce table salt, which will cause the table salt to be overheated and appear a burnt yellow color, which once again destroys the taste of the salt.

Li Quan doesn't know what kind of chemical reaction will happen between soybean milk and brine, and he doesn't need to know, he is not a chemist, all he wants is the result.

Just looking at the light yellow salt crystals produced now, one knows how many times better than those sallow salt crystals in the past.

This is the product of knowledge, the reaction at high temperature is constantly going on...

When the salt turns white, the yield will be higher and the speed will be faster.

The small half of the pot of water produced more than half of the previous pot of salt. Liu Ga and Hu Xiaomiao couldn't believe their eyes, and they couldn't figure out how the soy milk could have such magical power.

But that's not all, Li Quan picked up the salt crystals floating on it, poured it into the light water prepared by Liu Ga, and kept stirring to fully dissolve the salt.Then use gauze to filter out the insoluble impurities in water, and finally start the fire again, pour the brine from which the impurities have been removed into the pot, boil on high heat, and evaporate on medium heat.

After working so hard for two or three hours, finally, the white salt in Li Quan's impression was produced in the pot.

Li Quan couldn't hide his joy, he didn't care that the salt was still hot, he casually grabbed a little and stuffed it into his mouth.The taste was so good that Li Quan was so happy:

"It's just that Wei Er 9 is the original recipe, and it's still a familiar taste."

Hu Xiaomiao and Liu Ga looked at it curiously for a long time, looking at the snow-white crystals in the pot with some curiosity, they couldn't help but imitate Li Quan and grabbed a little bit and licked it.

“So salty!”

"But... it doesn't seem bitter or astringent. Is this also salt? It's much tastier than the salt we used to eat."

Li Quan proudly said, "Of course it's salt."

"This is still salt crystal, why is it all white? I remember that the salt crystal will turn white only after it is ground into powder?"

Li Quan didn't answer, turned to Xiao Miao and said, "Xiao Miao, have you remembered all the steps I made just now?"

Hu Xiaomiao was a little distracted, and nodded in panic when she heard Li Quan's words.

"In the final analysis, the salt well should belong to your father, and it is only natural that you should take care of it now."

"What?" Hu Xiaomiao was surprised, "You still plan to continue producing salt? My father and Hu Hu are clear examples. What if they are discovered?"

Li Quan said with a smile: "making salt is not something harmful to nature, it's just that the imperial court established strict laws in order to consolidate its dominance. We are not fools to sit on a treasure house and not use it. Build secret passages between the walls, and seal the secret passages connected to Bixi Village after the event is completed, so that the entrance will be even more secret. You must remember that if the salt is produced in an appropriate amount, if the amount is too large, it will definitely cause the government to notice if it is thrown into the people. And , what I wait to sell is not called salt!"

"What's it called if it's not salt?"

"Let's call it Tunxian."

"Tunxian?" Liu Ga looked puzzled, "What is Tunxian?"

"Swallow salty, know salty when you eat it. It is a soup made from 81 kinds of livestock bones for ninety-nine and [-] days, and then secret-made spices, which can replace salt to enhance freshness. The price is ten taels A catty of silver."

Liu Ga still didn't understand: "Isn't this just salt?"

Li Quan continued to explain: "Wrong, this is Tunxian. Making salt is against the law, but you didn't say that making Tunxian is against the law, right? And this Tunxian is not affordable for ordinary people, it is quite precious."

Hu Xiaomiao blinked and blinked: "You mean under the banner of Tunxian..."

Li Quan smiled: "Haha, Xiao Miao is still smart."

"But this is salt after all. Usually, when salt is the most expensive, you can buy seventy or eighty catties for ten taels of silver, but if you buy ten taels of salt for one catty, will it be..." Hu Xiaomiao hesitated to speak.

"Are you thinking that it will be too expensive?"

Hu Xiaomiao nodded.

"You don't have to worry about this at all. Tunxian is our only product. I believe that the dishes made with it will definitely taste better, and those wealthy families and high-end restaurants will definitely be interested. You just supervise the production, and I will know when the time comes Arrange to sell it. How about we split the bill fifty-fifty?"

"No, no, no, I don't want your money. Besides, I... I am all yours, why do I need your money?" Hu Xiaomiao shook his head repeatedly.

Li Quan explained: "You are the village head of Bixi Village now, and you have some money on you, so you can deal with any troubles the villagers encounter."

At the same time, Liu Ga also explained again and again: "Yes! Miss Miao, don't refuse. When the boss came to Bixi Village, no one bought his account, but everyone obeyed when they saw the money."

Old Li Quan blushed: "You miser, how dare you say that?"

"Then... that's fine."

……

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The matter of Yanjing came to an end, Li Quan had nothing to worry about, and it was time to go to Quxi County to take office.

On the day of departure, the names of the whole village lined the road to see each other off, and every household sent farewell gifts.If Li Quan hadn't tried his best to stop him, the whole village would have to accompany Li Quan to send him to the gate of the county government office.

At the entrance of the village, Li Quan looked at Bixi Village, where he had lived for three or four months, feeling calm. Then he looked at his body, which was still a mule and a paper document, and what had changed from a light shirt and cap to a heavy cotton coat.

If you think about it carefully, it's like a superficial touch, just a moment in the past.

I didn't take anything away, but I got a lot of gratitude from the villagers.

As long as he had a clear conscience and left a memory, Li Quan felt that the trip was worthwhile, calmed down, rode the mule backwards, and the copper bells rang.

Li Quan bowed to the villagers riding on the mule: "Folks, there will be a time later!"

The villagers were full of tears: "Li Baochang, go slowly! Come back often!"

Chapter 240: The new official took office

"Tick tock, tick tock..."

"Bang dang, bang dang..."

A strange yet familiar voice rang all the way along the official road, as if to welcome Li Quan's promotion.

A ray of spring breeze and a spring rain drove away the continuous cold, and the ice and snow gradually melted, revealing the loess and gravel land that had not been seen for a long time on the ground.Everything in the mountains is revived, and the fields are plowed and the grass spits out new ones.