Ancient promotion routine

Zhang Yanjin did not intend to hide from Liu Junyi that the salt was related to Duke Rui Zhou's family.

He paused for a moment, then changed the subject: "But Brother Junyi, do you know who controls this official salt?"

"Duke Rui Zhou's family?" The smile on Liu Junyi's face gradually disappeared, and his expression became serious.

Who in the Great Wei Dynasty didn't know that Duke Rui Zhou's family was prominent?Who doesn't know that Duke Ruiguo is the right servant of the imperial court, and his position is as high as a minister, and his younger sister is the queen of the current dynasty, with one person under ten thousand?

"Not just, but the gentry. I heard some news that the emperor has long wanted to take the salt back from the aristocratic family. Duke Rui is just a connection between the emperor and the gentry."

"Brother, what do you mean by this?" Realizing the seriousness of the matter, Liu Junyi's mind turned quickly, his thick black eyebrows were knit together like a raised pimple.

He licked his upper and lower lips impatiently and said, "I heard that my brother dug up a salt bed here in Pingdingshan, Zhongzhou. Doesn't this conflict with the interests of the gentry?"

Zhang Yanjin nodded and said, "That's why I asked Brother Liu to share the cakes."

As he spoke, he put his hands behind his back and explained the reason: "In the past, no one could make table salt from seawater, so the imperial court did not have a decree prohibiting the common people from making salt from seawater, so they used seawater to make salt." It is reasonable and legal."

Liu Junyi fell into deep thought. He stroked the mustache on his chin and didn't speak for a long time, but he didn't have the impatience just now.

"If we let people at the seaside start making salt with seawater, then the law will not blame the public, and the court will have nothing to do if they know about it." After a long while, Liu Junyi looked up at Zhang Yanjin and said.

Zhang Yanjin smiled faintly, put down the teacup in his hand and said, "That's right, but in this way, you will offend the gentry and Duke Rui Zhou's family thoroughly."

It is true that this world is reasonable, but it is not only reasonable, especially in the humane society, once Liu Junyi uses seawater to make salt, the interests of Duke Rui and the noble Zhou family will be completely shaken.

At that time, I am afraid that what will be derived will not only be a matter of salt.

Huge benefits are bound to be accompanied by huge risks. Zhang Yanjin has given Liu Junyi a thorough explanation. This is also his standard of conduct all along. He leaves the right to choose to others and never makes things difficult for others.

Liu Junyi clenched his hand into a fist and then loosened it, and not long after he clenched it into a fist again. After repeating this several times, he slammed his fist on the table and said a foul word: "Fuck it, do it! I'm far away from you!" In the sky, floating in the sea, what can he do to me? Is it possible that I can not abide by the laws of the Great Wei Dynasty?!"

"Good!" Zhang Yanjin clapped her hands in approval.He wanted to hand over to Liu Junyi the use of seawater to make salt in coastal areas. First, he liked Liu Junyi's location advantage, and second, he liked Liu Junyi's chivalrous spirit and courage to resist the world.

In fact, Liu Junyi's answer just now was basically within Zhang Yanjin's expectation, after all, he was very clear about Liu Junyi's character.

"Brother Liu, don't worry too much." Zhang Yanjin sat cross-legged on the side of the table, leaning slightly on the table and said, "Once we make salt from seawater and sell it to various places, it can greatly increase the court's tax revenue. Although Zhou Qin, Duke of Ruiguo, has a high position and authority, the emperor and the court will never make trouble with the tax they earn, right?"

"It makes sense." Liu Junyi stroked his beard and nodded, but he changed the subject: "However, the imperial court also has regulations that prohibit the production of private salt. What if he uses this to suppress us?"

Regarding this question, Zhang Yanjin had been prepared for a long time. He scratched his finger on the table and said, "Why do we have to call it salt? Can't we call it by another name?"

"But..." Liu Junyi was a little hesitant, even if he called it by another name, who wouldn't be able to tell that the white particles were table salt?

"The table salt made according to the method I gave will add more ingredients. It can be used for a long time to treat big neck disease. Since it can cure diseases, it is not the same thing as ordinary table salt. How about we call it Snow Medicine? "Zhang Yanjin explained.

"Brother Zhang still knows medicine?" Liu Junyi was surprised.

The so-called experts watch the doorway, and laymen watch the excitement.Liu Junyi didn't understand medicine at all, and he didn't understand pharmacology. Hearing what Liu Junyi said this time, he immediately thought of the blindly traditional Chinese medicine in the pharmacy.

Zhang Yanjin smiled slightly and said, "It's just a name. It's called Snow Medicine because it happens to be able to treat big neck disease."

"So that's how it is, Erlang is really clever!" Liu Junyi leaned on the table, and said with a longing look on his face: "In this way, the imperial court's regulation that the people are not allowed to make salt will not be able to restrain us."

This can be regarded as taking advantage of the loopholes in the court's regulations, but as long as the court can benefit from it, there will be no problem.

As soon as he talked about the construction of the salt drying pond and the various techniques involved in it, Liu Junyi, a complete layman, immediately became dumbfounded.

He fiddled with the blueprints on the table, and said with a frown: "It's so difficult, I guess after all the salt drying ponds are built, I'm afraid it will have to wait until next spring."

Since seawater is used to make salt, it is first necessary to introduce seawater into the salt pond, and after drying the salt and washing the salt to remove the sediment, in order to achieve the effect of the salt bed dug by Zhang Yanjin in Pingdingshan, Zhongzhou.

As a result, more salt ponds are required from one flow to the next in the process.

Liu Junyi thought for a moment and then said: "Erlang, you know, I have also built ships and other things. I am not afraid of building these salt ponds and the like. It's just the craftsmanship and operation. I don't understand at all."

"Brother Liu, don't worry, I will send four or five people who have fully mastered the skills to go with you, what do you think?" Liu Junyi's reaction was completely expected by Zhang Yanjin.

Liu Junyi smiled happily and said: "This is good, this is good! I will build all the salt ponds in the spring of next year, and our seaside salt factory can be opened!"

Zhang Yanjin smiled faintly. The fact that he dug out the salt bed in Zhongzhou must have annoyed Zhou Qin, but he probably didn't expect that the thing that made him want to vomit blood was still waiting for him.

Money can turn ghosts. After Zhang Yanjin and Liu Junyi made it clear, Liu Junyi hurried back without stopping for a few days.After arranging the construction of the salt pond, he took people to the sea, planning to use this time to find natural gum for Zhang Yanjin.

Zhang Yanjin continued to work on salt production in Pingdingshan, Zhongzhou.After his continuous experimentation, he finally produced a large number of steam engines that can operate normally and used them in salt production.

After training workers who can skillfully use the steam engine, Zhang Yanjin immediately mobilized more than [-] skilled workers and sent them to Zhang Wuer and Wang Shi and Wang Jiu.

Now that they have produced the steam engine and have advanced methods, why not use them comprehensively and widely?

The built salt pond was ready to use after drying for a period of time, so Zhang Yanjin asked people to dig out the salt from the salt bed and put it into the salt pond for the first cleaning.

After washing away the silt, he arranged for the salt that had been dissolved in the water to be introduced into the second salt pond, where it was evaporated and the magnesium chloride was removed.

In this way, one process followed another. On the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival in August NO.15, Zhang Yanjin finally produced iodized salt.

He looked at the snow-like iodized salt in the box, a faint smile appeared on his face, and the good show was finally about to sound.

This time back to Chang'an City, the journey along the way is no longer the green water and red flowers in late spring and early summer, but the maple leaves rendered by layers of forests and the golden ginkgo leaves fluttering in the wind, full of the unique joy of harvest in autumn.

It can be said that the sky is high and the clouds are light, and the autumn wind is rustling.Since ancient times, autumn is sad and lonely, and I say that autumn is better than spring.

Zhang Yanjin galloped all the way, and Chen Su led Zhang Wuer and his party back to the bustling Chang'an City.

The Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching, and after Zhang Yanjin and Chen Su returned to Chang'an City, they went back to their homes separately to prepare for the Mid-Autumn Festival ceremony in the palace.

The moon is cloudy and sunny, and the sun is lacking, and people have joys and sorrows. This matter is difficult to complete in ancient times.Nung, moon and new moon.

"Book of Rites" has a saying: August is in autumn, season begins and Meng ends, fifteenth is in night, and in the midst of another month.Jizhi Dao means that the cold and heat are even, and the number of months is taken to make the toad soul round.

The Mid-Autumn Festival on August [-]th was actually Zhongqiu in ancient times, and this Mid-Autumn Festival was in August. Gradually, some people called August [-]th as Mid-Autumn Festival.

Before the Great Wei Dynasty, although people also admired the moon, August [-]th was not a festival.It is because the plants planted by people in spring and summer have a good harvest, and autumn is full of joy of harvest, that people start to enjoy the moon on August [-]th.

It was not until the Wei Dynasty that the emperor officially designated the Mid-Autumn Festival as a festival, symbolizing family reunion.

Since it is a traditional festival established by the Wei Dynasty, the court attaches great importance to it.The emperor will also hold a ceremony in the palace on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival, inviting all the ministers to congratulate.

Courtiers and envoys from afar can also participate, and they can also take this opportunity to present to the emperor.

This is why Zhang Yanjin wanted to make iodized salt before the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Giving gifts on special festivals will naturally impress the emperor even more. If the iodized salt is good enough, the emperor will even be able to remember the Mid-Autumn Festival of this year when the emperor celebrates the Mid-Autumn Festival in the future. He offered iodized salt.

However, Zhang Yanjin does not plan to offer iodized salt as iodized salt. The name of a product is different, and the feeling is different.