The princess is a man of science

"Finally, I saw someone darker than me." Liu Wenxi whispered to Shu Jin before the other party approached. hands on.

It's not that there are no darker people than Liu Wenxi. He usually meets a lot of dark people, but most of them are ordinary people who work outside every day.At his age, there are very few handsome people who are not engaged in farming and other jobs, and there are very few people who can reach his level.

Today was a scorching sun. Before going out, Shu Jin put a hat on Liu Wenxi, and she also put on a hat. The shadow cast could barely cover her face.

The second-in-command also wore a hat, but he was tanned because he stayed in Yantian all the time, and the hat couldn't stop him.He was 26 and seven years old, with a handsome face, and he came to see Shu Jin and Liu Wenxi as soon as he saw them.

"I've met His Royal Highness Liao Wang, His Royal Highness Wang Fei." He was about to kneel down when Liu Wenxi saw that the beach was scorching hot, so he went up to support him.

"Xie Wangfei." He said with a smile, showing some white teeth.The second in command was named Chu Zhao, and his name was similar to Liu Zhao's.He had been here as early as winter and had been supervising the construction of the saltworks.

Now the salt field is put into seawater for the first time to dry, and the first batch of sea salt has not grown yet.Chu Zhao regularly wrote letters to report the progress, and would also ask Liu Wenxi some questions.Shu Jin thought that Liu Wenxi had said earlier that she wanted to come to the beach to play, so she simply came here with him.

"Let's go to the saltworks for a walk." Chu Zhao wanted to talk about the family first, but Shu Jin glanced at the sky and proposed to get busy with business first.His voice has always been gentle, which makes people feel like a spring breeze when they hear it. Of course, when they see the face, it may be the spring breeze or the wind of three or nine days.

"The salt fields were all built according to the princess's drawings, with some changes in the middle. We invited some experienced salt workers to come, and they are also busy here today. At the beginning, it was said that the improved method of drying salt was proposed by the princess, and they haven't done it yet. Believe it." Chu Zhao said with a smile.

"It's normal if you don't believe it. I also drew the drawings according to the heavenly book." Liu Wenxi felt guilty, and he just followed the book.

"The information that can be presented in the book is limited, and I can't draw such a perfect drawing." Chu Zhao said, the three of them walked along the high ground on the edge of the salt pond, and they could see that the pond was full of seawater, and the gate in the middle All closed.

"I'll teach you when I get back tonight." Liu Wenxi said, he had been communicating with Chu Zhao for so long, even though it was the first time meeting him, Liu Wenxi still felt quite familiar with him.

And Chu Zhao's attitude was neither humble nor overbearing, gentle and polite, plus he was likable in appearance, Liu Wenxi felt that it was more natural to talk to him, so he stopped being polite.

"I can't wish for it." Chu Zhao smiled and led them to move forward.

"This pool is lowered step by step, the water in it is getting less and less, and the concentration of seawater is getting higher and higher. When I came yesterday, the water in this pool was not thick enough and the amount was not enough." Chu Zhao said , took them to the lowest pool.Then, Liu Wenxi saw him take out a few lotus seeds from his bosom.

"What's this for?" Shu Jin asked, he knew only a little about the process of drying salt, and when he saw lotus seeds, he asked.

"It's used to measure the concentration of seawater." Liu Wenxi said, took a lotus seed from Chu Zhao, squatted down and put it into the water.

The lotus seed sinks into the water, but does not sink to the bottom, but is suspended in the lower part.

"This means that the concentration is not enough." Chu Zhao said.This knowledge is also provided in that book. In modern times, there is a salinity meter, similar to a thermometer, just put it in water and read the scale.But now without these, we can only use some local methods.The density of lotus seeds is slightly lower than that of saturated salt water. As long as it floats, it means that the sea water is saturated.

And now it's clearly not enough.

Shu Jin looked at these with great interest, and sure enough Liu Wenxi's things were always weird.

"I don't think the salt will be produced today. Do you know when your cousin will arrive?" Liu Wenxi looked at nothing today, and the saltworks seemed to be okay so far, so he changed the subject.Chu Zhao's cousin, Sun Xun, was the businessman.

"Someone has delivered the letter this morning, and cousin will arrive tomorrow." Chu Zhao replied.

"Then let's see it tomorrow." Liu Wenxi said.In fact, according to modern methods, after the salt is dried out of seawater, various substances are added to purify it to obtain pure table salt, but this condition is not yet available.

However, if the sun-dried salt is successful, the quality of the sea salt itself is very good, and it can be sold.Of course, the palace may still use a lot of well salt, which is cleaner. First of all, it must satisfy Shu Jin's picky mouth.

"My lord, my concubine, what's the matter this afternoon? I hired a new cook, and the home-cooked dishes are pretty good. Yongxing's fishing boat went out to sea in the morning, and it is estimated that it will be back at noon. It happens to eat some fresh food. You two should give me some face and come to my humble house." Have a drink?"

"What wine to drink?" Liu Wenxi asked.

"What kind of wine does the princess want to drink?" Chu Zhao smiled, and reported the names of the existing wines one by one. It sounded like hype, but in fact Liu Wenxi could guess what it tasted like, and it wasn't very delicious.

"It's better to drink wine. I also brought several kinds of wine here, just to taste." Liu Wenxi said, and finally chose wine. After all, this kind of wine tastes better, and he is not interested in wine brewed from grain.

The three of them agreed to wait for some home-cooked food in the evening. However, today's trip did not take place, because it was also the time for the guests from America to leave in the afternoon.

According to the location of their home, they followed different teams back to America.The routes on both sides have now been opened up. Every voyage is followed by people who have successfully returned from the previous fleet to provide technical guidance. Of course, there are also official supervision. Something like that enters Daqi.

The ships of the original fleet continued to sail after being repaired, and the ships of the merchants were not necessarily inferior to those of the emperor.

There is no sea ban in Daqi, coastal commerce has always been well developed, and shipbuilding technology is correspondingly well developed.Building ships for the emperor can still hide private interests, but not making money for yourself.

Shu Jin and Liu Wenxi went to see them off, and experienced the feeling of floating on the sea by boat. After returning, Liu Wenxi said that he was seasick and would never go again.

So they didn't go to dinner at night and were pushed.

The next morning, Sun Xun arrived.Just like the businessman in Liu Wenxi's imagination, Sun Xun is not tall, but a little fat. He may have lost some weight due to tossing around on the road recently.His face was originally somewhat similar to Chu Zhao's, but the fat part was stretched out, and only by careful identification could the similarities between the two be seen.

"The villain miscalculated the itinerary this time and neglected the prince and concubine. I hope the prince and concubine will forgive me." Sun Xun is in his forties and has weathered many hardships.He is the top leader of Yongxing Commercial Bank, he has businesses almost all over the country, and has strong financial resources, but he is still very humble when he meets officials.

"It's okay, we just want to take a look." Shu Jin said, he has always been polite to others, but he only looks approachable, but in fact he rejects others.

"Are the two Highnesses still used to living here?" Sun Xun asked again, he sent many people to wait on him, and Shu Jin and Liu Wenxi also brought some people with them.

"Very good." Seeing his trembling look, Liu Wenxi felt a little pitiful in his heart.Hearing what he said, Sun Xun also breathed a sigh of relief. He could also see that although Shu Jin didn't know him well, she didn't mean to blame him.And Liu Wenxi wanted to be more approachable, in case something happened, he might be a breakthrough.

"In a few days, I have a friend who is going to hold a banquet, and almost all the businessmen from Sanshanpu will be there. I wonder if the prince and princess are interested in going to see it?"

Liu Wenxi thought it was quite interesting, but in front of outsiders, it still depends on what Shu Jin meant.He glanced at Shu Jin, and pinched Shu Jin's fingers under his sleeve.

"Okay." Shu Jin nodded.

"Let's go to Yantian first." Liu Wenxi said, expecting to be able to produce salt today.

So Sun Xun didn't waste time, he prepared a carriage, but both Shu Jin and Liu Wenxi liked to ride horses.He was a businessman, and he also liked riding horses when he was young. In the past few years, he was getting older and lazy, so he was used to riding a horse-drawn carriage.Seeing both Shu Jin and Liu Wenxi riding horses today, he got on the horses himself and let the carriages be driven to see when they could be used.

When we arrived at Yantian, the salt had already started to come out.

Under the scorching sun, more and more white salt precipitated from the pool water.Salt workers use tools to break up the newly crystallized salt in the salt pan, otherwise the salt grains will be too large.

As they moved, more and more salt piled up, and someone next to them packed the salt in sacks, and then washed the salt and dried it.

Liu Wenxi squatted down, picked up a few grains of salt, and smelled it, but in the end he couldn't get it out of his mouth.

It suddenly occurred to him that there is actually another way to eat seafood, so he stood up and whispered to Shu Jin.They also brought a cook this time, just to experiment.

"When the salt is washed, send some here." Liu Wenxi said, the others did not ask why, and agreed.

Shu Jin was still used to her own taste, so the cook came along, just in time to learn how to cook seafood, and finally found that there was nothing special about it, the reason why the seafood is delicious is because the raw materials are delicious.

It's time for the long-lost princess to teach the cook how to cook.Under the guidance of Liu Wenxi, the cook will stir-fry the sea salt sent, put the seafood on it, and heat it directly without adding water.

The method of salt-baking is not very common in modern times, and it has not been invented yet, so there is so much salt.But the seafood made in this way really tastes good.

Liu Wenxi picked up an abalone and put it in his mouth. The abalone was flexible and did not add other seasonings, so it was authentic, moderately salty, and not wet, so it had a unique flavor.

"Ah." Today, there was no one around to wait on him, Liu Wenxi was unscrupulous and not afraid of getting his hands dirty, so he peeled a shrimp and fed it to Shu Jin.Shu Jin opened his mouth to answer, but it wasn't over yet, he leaned over and kissed Liu Wenxi while Liu Wenxi was at a loss because of his dirty hands.

"Eat well." After a while, Liu Wenxi said with a blushing face.