Farming and teaching across different worlds

, Ji Xiuran waved him to stand up: "There is no need to be too polite, just be casual."

Gen Sheng stood up, but he still respectfully stood by, answering Ji Xiuran's question seriously.

Seeing him like this, Ji Xiuran didn't say anything more, so he could only propose: "Since there is salt, let's take us to the salt pond."

Gensheng bowed respectfully, then half-turned, and walked in front to lead them the way.

When they came to Yanchi and saw the gray and white crystalline salt mountain, they not only widened their eyes in surprise.

Even if Ji Xiuran knew that this method was reliable, he had never actually seen it with his own eyes, let alone this huge salt mountain, which had a huge visual impact, and felt a little amazed for a while.However, he quickly realized that he looked at Yanshan with a faint smile. No matter what, a good harvest is always a joy.

Shi Jingchen also reacted quickly, and praised proudly: "Xiu Ran can always bring surprises to people."

Although he knew that Ji Xiuran was working on a saltworks, he never thought that it would be so unexpected.Now with these salts and this efficient salt production method, the price of salt will not be so high, and the people will be much better off.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help looking at Ji Xiuran again, the pride and admiration in his eyes were undisguised.

Sensing Shi Jingchen's gaze, Ji Xiuran also turned his head to look at him, and looked at him with a hint of complacency in his eyes: "Third brother, do you still remember my oath, this is just a small step."

Shi Jingchen looked at him with soft eyes, and said in a firm tone, "Third Brother certainly remembers it, and he has always believed in it." Within three years, build a Yunzhou City that is more prosperous than Kyoto.

Ji Xiuran could hear the support for him in his words, looked at him, and nodded with a smile: "Now the first step has been completed, the next step is to just wait quietly."

Shi Jingchen saw his handsome face that was more dazzling because of his self-confidence, and the love in his heart grew a little bit stronger.

At this time, Jiabao, who had already walked to the side of the salt mountain early, had already picked up a piece of salt crystal, turned his head to look at the two, raised the salt piece in his hand, and showed it to them: "Father, daddy, come and see, this The stones are so shiny and beautiful."

The two people who heard his cry also turned their heads to look over. Ji Xiuran was even more amused by him, and laughed, "That's a block of salt, not a rock, you little idiot."

After hearing this, Jia Bao looked at the crystal in his hand suspiciously, and raised his head to look at Ji Xiuran suspiciously.

Seeing him like this, Ji Xiuran found it even more funny, so he said jokingly: "If you don't believe me, put it in your mouth and taste it."

Jia Bao glanced at him suspiciously, then picked up the salt block in his hand, and finally stuck out his tongue to add it with some hesitation, and then was "pooh" several times.

His aggrieved eyes turned red, he glared at Ji Xiuran, ran to Shi Jingchen's side, hugged his thigh, buried his face in it, and didn't want to pay attention to that vile person.

Shi Jingchen gave Ji Xiuran a helpless look, he bullied his son without paying attention, there was really nothing he could do about it.Ji Xiuran gave Shi Jingchen a flattering smile with a guilty conscience, he didn't mean it either, who made little Jiabao so easy to deceive.

Seeing him like this, Shi Jingchen had no choice but to shake his head and sigh, and reached out to hug Jiabao to comfort him.

Apart from being caught off guard just now, Jiabao mainly felt that he was cheated by his father again and felt a little ashamed, but after being hugged and comforted by his father, he let go.

After seeing that he was fine, Ji Xiuran felt relieved, and stopped provoking him any more, and turned to talk to Gensheng about the matter.

These salts are only coarse salt. Although it is edible, there are still many impurities and the taste is a bit astringent. Therefore, he wants Gensheng to continue to dry out the refined salt.

He said a little more about the precautions for fine drying, and then he took the crowd and returned home with a hundred catties of coarse salt.

This one hundred catties of coarse salt was given to Jinghaiwei. This time Shi Jingchen asked for leave to go out, Shen Chong agreed without saying a word. Ji Xiuran remembered his kindness, and first gave them a hundred catties of coarse salt to taste, and waited for the refined salt to come out. , and send refined salt.

Although the taste of coarse salt is not very good, it is still edible, especially for big salt consumers like Jinghaiwei, they don't mind coarse salt.

When Shi Jingchen brought the salt back, Shen Chong was very happy, which was a surprise for him.

For them, salt is really a scarce commodity. Even if half of the salt in the Great Xia Kingdom is used to supply the army, the military camps are still nervous about using salt, and they are simply counting the salt particles into the pot.

Faced with such a situation, it is surprising to have a windfall of one hundred catties, and who would be picky about the taste and color of this salt.

Gensheng soon produced fine salt, and Ji Xiuran sent another hundred catties of fine salt to Jinghaiwei.

There are about 10 people in Jinghaiwei, who consume at least [-] catties of salt a month. Ji Xiuran’s salt farms don’t have such a large output. When hundreds of acres of salt fields are built, they will produce dozens of tons a month. It is more than enough to supply Jinghaiwei.

Now that Gensheng is progressing smoothly, Ji Xiuran sorted out the feasible methods of drying the salt, explained in detail every step from the site selection of the salt pan to the steps of drying the salt, and wrote a memorial to send it up.

When Ji Xiuran's memorial was sent to the Third Prince's desk, it immediately caught his attention.

It was brought up for discussion during the court meeting.Now that the emperor's health is getting worse and worse, the big court will be cancelled, but the small court will still be held every day.

At today's small court meeting, the third prince sitting on the main seat took out the memorial and circulated it to all the adults, then sat there casually, and said lightly: "What do you think, all adults?"

Everyone was silent for a moment, and only a middle-aged official said: "The reform of the saltworks involves a lot of people, so we should take a long-term plan."

After he finished speaking, some people agreed, and then some people objected: "If what he said is true, we should change it as soon as possible. The salt policy is related to people's livelihood, so we should treat it with caution."

For a while, someone agreed, and the two parties began to argue.

The third prince has been sitting in the first place, casually playing with the white jade wrench in his hand, as if he doesn't care much about their argument.

And Ming Shoufu, who was sitting under him, was always there, and did not make any statement.Ever since the Third Prince came to work in the cabinet, the power was in his hands, and King Min's power had shrunk greatly. Ming Shoufu also began to hide his strength and bide his time.

The third prince didn't care too much about the plans in their hearts. Even if they had some big conspiracy in their hearts, the current situation couldn't be done casually.

Because the military power of the Great Xia Kingdom is in the hands of the emperor, and now part of it has been handed over to the third prince.

Even so, the third prince did not relax his attention to these people, especially the old fox Ming Shoufu.

When the third prince felt that everyone was discussing about the same, he raised his head and glanced around lightly, and finally looked at Ming Shoufu, and said casually: "What do you think, Mr. Shoufu?"

When Ming Shoufu heard him calling himself, he couldn't stay out of the matter anymore, he got up and saluted: "In my opinion, this matter can be done."

After hearing what he said, the third prince smiled faintly, and said: "Is there any misunderstanding, this king is not asking you to discuss what to do, but how to do it."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay after hearing this, Ming Shoufu also looked at his nose, and the one who watched his heart stopped talking.

Seeing the reaction of the crowd, the Third Prince immediately sneered: "This matter can be done. The magistrate of Yunzhou has already verified it. What you have to consider now is how to do it and who will do it. I don't know if you have a charter."

What else is worth discussing about the things that have already been concluded? Shouldn't the top priority now be to discuss who will do the things? The third prince is very dissatisfied with the inefficient rules of conduct that have to be discussed in one, two, three, and so on. Ask directly.

Facing the strength of the Third Prince, although everyone had already recognized it, they were still not used to it, and fell silent for a while.

Seeing everyone like this, the third prince just glanced around coldly, making these people shudder even more. Now that Gongsun Zizhan, the emotional regulator, is still in Jiangzhou and has not returned to Beijing, no one dares to touch the bad luck. Responding, he frowned, and didn't waste any more time. He opened his mouth and directly ordered Hubu to take over, and Hubu Shangshu got up immediately.

Although everyone pushes back and forth when discussing, but after taking over the task, they must go all out. On the second day after the Minister of the Household Department took over the task, he selected the location for the construction of the salt plant and brought it to the third prince for review.

After the third prince had read it, he felt that there was nothing wrong with it, so he nodded in response, ordered him to continue to formulate the implementation plan, and then got up and walked to the imperial study.

When I came to the door of the imperial study room, Li Shunde who was beside the emperor was standing outside the door, and when he saw the third prince, he came up to greet him and saluted: "The old slave thought that His Highness would be coming soon, so he came out to greet him, and he was indeed greeted by the old slave." That's right."

The third prince raised his hand to support him: "Elder Companion doesn't need to greet him personally every time."

Li Shunde bowed respectfully and said: "What I want, this old slave can't do much, so His Highness should be sympathetic to this old slave."

The third prince saw how respectful he was, so he could only nod helplessly. Li Shunde was an old man beside the emperor. The third prince is naturally different from other princes, and the third prince is quite close to him, so he doesn't want him to be too reserved.

But after repeated corrections were ineffective, he no longer insisted. After all, in the palace, it is necessary to be cautious.

Seeing that he didn't say any more, Li Shunde made a sideways movement, inviting the third prince to enter the room, and said as he walked, "His Highness went in to persuade His Majesty, the imperial doctor said that His Majesty should not do too much work."

After hearing this, the third prince pursed the corners of his lips, and replied helplessly: "This king will try, but the emperor's temper