After becoming a widow, I became the mother of seven children

The next day Yan Qingqing entered the palace after breakfast.

This time Xiao Mochen was waiting at the palace gate in person.

As soon as he saw Yan Qingqing, he rushed to greet her.

Seeing this, Yan Qingqing smiled and said: "This is not the first time for your aunt to come to the palace, so why do you need to come to greet me every time?"

Xiao Mochen heard this and replied: "To be honest with my aunt, I have had a shadow in my heart since my aunt almost had an accident when she entered the palace for the first time.

As long as I know that my aunt has entered the palace, I must send someone to guard her or personally guard her at the palace gate to feel at ease. "

Yan Qingqing sighed softly after hearing this. He was an emotional child.

So he smiled and said: "Okay, let's go, don't keep the emperor waiting."

When Xiao Mochen heard this, he made a gesture and soon several young eunuchs brought two soft sedans over.

Yan Qingqing had seen this sedan chair at the New Year's Eve banquet on New Year's Eve, so he got on the sedan chair without any courtesy.

Xiao Mochen also got on another sedan.

This is the third time Yan Qingqing has entered the palace.

For the first time, I didn't know the rules, so I was ignored. I went through a lot of injustices and almost fell into the hands of that little eunuch.

The second time was at night. Although the lights were brightly lit, Yan Qingqing, who was crowded with people at that time, had no intention of enjoying the scenery in the palace.

It's early spring now, the weather is getting warmer, and the flowers, plants and trees in the palace have begun to sprout green buds.

Facing the spring breeze, sitting on a tall sedan chair and looking at the magnificent palace is quite unique.

The young eunuchs carried the sedan chair directly to the salt factory.

The salt factory built by the emperor was located in a relatively remote location. It looked like an abandoned palace with many guards guarding it outside.

When they arrived at the place, the young eunuchs stopped and lowered the sedan chair, while another young eunuch lay directly next to the sedan chair.

This move made Yan Qingqing a little confused, but Yan Qingqing quickly realized that the little eunuch asked Yan Qingqing to step on his back and get off the sedan.

Yan Qingqing couldn't help but curse the wretched feudal society in her heart.

But this also shows that the emperor attaches great importance to her, and Yan Qingqing cannot show too much unusualness.

She is not one of those heroines in time-travel novels, who shouts that everyone is equal every day, and has the support of big people behind her. Everyone thinks that the heroine is kind and cute, and different from ordinary people.

If she dared to do this, the emperor would be the first to tolerate her. She was serving the emperor's job now, so she didn't have to blame him anymore.

If everyone is equal, what's the point of being an emperor?

Besides, no matter which society, there is no absolute equality.

So Yan Qingqing finally stepped on the little eunuch's back and got out of the sedan, but her feet were not firmly planted.

The little eunuch lying on the ground was still muttering in his mind how could Mrs. Mingzhao be so light, and she didn't feel anything when she stepped on his back.

Only Xiao Mochen, who was always paying attention to Yan Qingqing, noticed that his aunt's foot was not firmly planted.

So he stepped on the foot that had been placed on the little eunuch's back, and then made a gesture of invitation to Yan Qingqing.

Yan Qingqing and Xiao Mochen entered the heavily guarded courtyard and found that the emperor was already waiting here.

Moreover, there were several officials accompanying him. Yan Qingqing thought that these people should be brought by the emperor to learn how to refine fine salt.

Yan Qingqing quickly stepped forward to greet the emperor: "Meet the emperor."

When the emperor saw Yan Qingqing coming, he immediately said with a smile on his face: "Mrs. Mingzhao is here, please get down quickly."

Yan Qingqing thanked him and stood up.

The emperor looked at Yan Qingqing and asked with a smile: "Mrs. Mingzhao, see if these things I have prepared are complete?"

Yan Qingqing took a look at the large pond with two sides of water storage and several large pots.

Yan Qingqing replied: "We are fully prepared, but if you want to make salt, summer is the best time."

The emperor was a little disappointed after hearing this. Do you have to wait until summer? It will still be a long time.

Upon seeing this, Yan Qingqing added: "However, I have a way to quickly produce salt, but there is no way to make salt on a large scale. Would you like to give it a try first, Your Majesty?"

When the emperor heard this, he immediately became energetic. As long as he could make salt successfully, he could wait a little longer.

To put it bluntly, the emperor was still worried that the methods Yan Qingqing said were unreliable.

Seeing the emperor's interest, Yan Qingqing first asked people to dissolve the coarse salt. After it was completely dissolved, he filtered it to filter out the sediment and other impurities. Finally, he put the salt water into the pot and started burning it.

After two hours, a thick layer of crystals appeared in the pot.

When the emperor saw the white things in the pot, he knew that the salt was a success.

When he was happy, he started to touch it, but Yan Qingqing quickly stopped him and said: "Your Majesty, be careful because it will burn your hands."

This had just been heated, and the fire underneath had not yet been extinguished. If the emperor was burned, she would be guilty of a great crime.

When the emperor heard this, he retracted his hand with some embarrassment. He was too anxious.

But looking at the white salt, he couldn't help but feel happy. Even if it was really burned, he would admit it.

Not only the emperor was happy, but also the ministers who came to observe and learn.

They really didn't expect that refining fine salt could be so simple, and the emperor said that if they succeeded, they would be responsible for the entire Yan Dynasty's salt.

Although they have to stay away from the capital, the emperor trusts them. Once they become salt officials, they are a existence that no official dares to despise.

Then the emperor looked at Yan Qingqing and asked: "Mrs. Mingzhao, is this enough?"

Yan Qingqing nodded and said: "It's basically done, but the salt is still a little wet and needs to be dried naturally."

The emperor laughed loudly after hearing this: "Okay, okay, she is indeed Mrs. Mingzhao, she is indeed amazing."

Yan Qingqing smiled and replied: "Your Majesty, thank you. This method is suitable for small-scale salt production.

If you want to make salt on a large scale, you still need to use sun-dried salt. "

The emperor was a little hesitant after hearing this. Could it be that he really had to wait until summer? It would still take some time.

Yan Qingqing knew what the emperor was thinking when he saw his expression, so he asked: "Is the emperor troubled because he can't refine the fine salt immediately?"

The emperor nodded and replied: "To be honest with Mrs. Mingzhao, I urgently need to be able to produce a batch of fine salt for those people to see. They can still eat salt even after I leave the Yan Dynasty."

Yan Qingqing laughed when he heard this and said: "My wife just said that summer is the best season for drying salt, and she did not say that drying salt cannot be done in other seasons.

Just because Beijing is not suitable does not mean that other places are not suitable. "

Xiao Mochen on the side immediately understood what Yan Qingqing meant when he heard this, then looked at Yan Qingqing and asked: "Auntie, what you mean is that the south is suitable for drying salt?"

Yan Qingqing nodded and said: "The climate in the south is hot and the sunshine is long, so salt exposure is perfect.

In addition, the beach or saltwater lake is also suitable. Especially the beach not only has long sunshine hours, but also has relatively strong winds, so salt sunbathing is the most suitable. "

The emperor listened and said hello several times, and then hurriedly sent people to build a sun-drying salt factory. He wanted to refine the fine salt as quickly as possible.