"Seeking welfare? What do you mean!"
Bai Zihua was completely bewildered, but no one paid any attention to him at the moment; all eyes were on Song Yan'er!
Song Yan'er took a large piece of coarse salt and looked at it. There were really too many impurities. It needed to be filtered first!
Song Yan'er didn't seem to notice the tension of others. She chatted with everyone while cracking the salt!
Are there many salt mines like this around here?
Even if you want to refine it, you need coarse salt first!
Xiao Yuan: "There are many salt fields and salt mines along the coast and rivers in Western Shu. However, most of them are toxic salt. Some people will die from poisoning if they eat it. So even if there are salt mines, people will not dig for them. They will only buy government salt. Although it is more expensive, at least it will not kill them!"
Song Yan'er...
What a waste!
"Those 'toxic salts' aren't actually toxic salts; they just can't be eaten directly. They need to be crushed, dissolved, filtered, and analyzed to form crystals before they become edible salt!"
Looking at Song Yan'er in front of him, Xiao Yang felt that she knew a lot. Although he didn't know if it was feasible, he inexplicably felt that she was very capable!
You mean you can?
Xiao Yuan's expression was unusually excited; he was usually expressionless!
There's no other way. If Song Yan'er really knows how to turn poisoned salt into edible salt, then Western Shu will no longer be able to be blackmailed. Moreover, if they make their own salt, it will be much cheaper, and the people will be able to eat refined salt!
Thinking about all this, Xiao Yuan couldn't help but get excited. He looked at Song Yan'er with anticipation, hoping to hear a positive answer from her!
Of course, Song Yan'er did not disappoint him!
"What do you think? Otherwise, what am I doing? Extracting salt, of course! Just you wait and see!"
Finally, we broke a large chunk of salt into granules, which weighed about ten pounds.
Song Yan'er called Bai Zihua over, poured the granular salt into the stone mill, and then started turning it!
Brown mineral powder overflowed from the edge of the stone mill. Song Yan'er quickly used a wooden bucket to collect the powder, then added water and stirred it with a wooden stick until the salt was fully dissolved in the water.
Then they saw Song Yan'er cover the mouth of another wooden bucket with several layers of gauze, and then have Bai Zihua pour the contents of the other wooden bucket into it.
Soon, the white gauze was covered with grayish-black slag, and the contents of the bucket turned brownish-gray. Although the color had lightened, there were still many impurities.
Then, cover another wooden bucket with more gauze and pour it in. This time, only light red impurities remain, thus completely filtering out the impurities!
Okay, now it's time to detoxify.
Taking a large funnel, Song Yan'er wrapped the crushed charcoal in gauze and stuffed it into the funnel. Then she fixed the funnel on the stand and poured the solution that had just been used to remove impurities into it. After a while, a light blue solution flowed out!
Song Yan'er tasted it: Not bad, it's only salty, there's no other strange taste!
He poured the solution into an iron pot and boiled it, then stood up and rubbed his aching back.
Seeing this, Xiao Yang quickly went to Song Yan'er's side and used his own hand to take Song Yan'er's hand in place of hers!
Others...
"My little grandson really knows how to handle things. That's right, otherwise how could he have bewitched Yan'er so much!"
The old lady was getting tired of standing, but she was too curious about the outcome, so she gritted her teeth and stayed. However, she had no energy at all and could only relieve her boredom by talking nonsense!
"Why don't you say that Xiao Yang is head over heels for me? Aren't you my real grandma?!" Song Yan'er was also a little bored, so she started bickering with the old lady!
Only Xiao Yuan's expression never relaxed for a moment, his eyes fixed on Song Yan'er's every move!
Song Yan'er glanced at him and realized that he was indeed the future emperor, with his heart set on the country and its people!
good!
The water in the pot gradually evaporated, leaving a thick layer of bluish-green crust at the bottom. After removing the firewood, Song Yan'er broke off a small piece and handed it to Xiao Yuan:
"Try it and see how it is!"
Xiao Yuan's hands were trembling slightly. Just by looking at the color, he knew that things had succeeded!
This is truly a day of great joy for the entire Western Shu!
There are countless salt mines like this in the Western Shu Kingdom, and we will be able to enjoy salt freely in the future!
Xiao Yang took a small piece of salt from Song Yan'er and put it in his mouth!
This tastes even purer than the fine salt sent from Beiyang Kingdom, without any strange flavor!
"Hmm, not bad, this salt is comparable to the fine salt from my previous life!"
The old lady leaned close to Song Yan'er's ear and said!
Song Yan'er revealed a proud expression, because she had personally refined salt in her previous life!
"This is such a complicated case of toxic salt from a salt mine. If it were the coarse salt sold on the market, it would be much easier to turn into fine salt. You just need to filter it and boil it in an iron pot!"
Song Yan'er looked at Xiao Yuan and said.
The high-quality coarse salt sold in the market is not poisonous, it just has a strange taste! But that coarse salt is now selling for exorbitant prices. I wonder what price the refined salt produced here will fetch!
Song Yan'er leaned on Xiao Yang's shoulder, exhausted: "If only we could sell smuggled salt, we would be rich. Sigh, it's a pity that so much money just slipped through our fingers!"
Xiao Yang: ...
I've never mistreated Song Yan'er, so why does my wife always give me the feeling that I'm poor?
Xiao Yuan glanced at it and figured that ten pounds of toxic salt could be refined into about three pounds of refined salt, which was a very good result! After all, the toxic salt was inedible before!
"Sister-in-law, you've worked hard. I will tell Father the Emperor to reward you!"
"Really?" Song Yan'er, who had been looking sickly, immediately perked up! Her eyes lit up!
Xiao Yang...
Did I not tell Yan'er my true identity? Did I not tell her that I could get her anything she wanted, except for the throne?
Xiao Yuan had already recovered from his initial state and gave Xiao Yang a meaningful look:
"Of course it's true! How could I, a prince, utter such a lie!"
"Then these are my cousins!"
"It's my cousin who should thank you!"
It wasn't just for Western Shu, for the people, but also for himself! This had a huge impact on winning popular support! From now on, whenever people mention that poisonous salt can be turned into edible salt, they will think of the Fourth Prince, Xiao Yuan!
None of his rivals had such good luck! He never expected that what he thought would be punishment and being banished here would turn out to be a stroke of good fortune for him and Xiao Yang ever since they met Song Yan'er!
With improved martial arts skills and victories in battle, they have even produced salt, which will save Western Shu a lot of trouble and money!
Xiao Yuan was genuinely grateful to Song Yan'er and truly regarded her as his younger sister-in-law. If they returned to the capital and someone wentssiped about them, they shouldn't blame him for being heartless!
After all, it's quite convenient to have someone with high martial arts skills on your side!
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