As the saying goes, it's better to come early than to come smartly, Wang Jue was just about to show his skills, and Li Chengqian came.

"Teacher!" Li Chengqian's eyes when he looked at Wang Jue were full of admiration. What the teacher gave him was a divine book, and he seemed to have seen a lot of shadows of the Tang Dynasty and the martial ruffians in that book.

Whether eating, sleeping, or going to the toilet, Li Chengqian always carries that book with him wherever he goes. It has been spread all over the upper echelons of the Tang Dynasty and the palace, and Wang Niangzi passed a divine book to the prince, but even the saint did not give it to the prince.

No, Li Chengqian came early in the morning with his treasure book to ask questions.

"You came at the right time, today I will teach you the first lesson - how to turn poisonous salt into edible salt. Wang Cheng, bring in what I asked you to prepare last night. There was a guess in the beginning, but when Wang Jue really heard what he said, Wang Cheng was inevitably shocked.

Li Chengqian's mood at this time is not at all shocked and can be described in two words, as a qualified prince, he knows too well what salt means to the imperial court. Li Chengqian's expression became stern, and he glanced at the inner attendant, and the backyard of the Wang family was soon under martial law by the guards.

Then he reacted, this was the teacher's home, and his actions seemed to be inappropriate, and he looked at Wang Jue nervously.

Li Chengqian is only 8 years old this year, and the baby fat on his face has not disappeared. Wang Jue looked at him for a while and pretended to be strict, imitating his father's demeanor. After a while, he turned into a cute thing, and he looked at Ah Lu, who was rolling all over the ground next to him, and was immediately amused by him.

"Poof~!"

"Teacher!"

Yo, this kid's skin is too thin, and she blushes when she laughs. You can't tease anymore, and if you tease again, you should be annoyed and angry.

Seeing that Wang Cheng had brought everything in, Wang Jue also became strict, and she called Li Chengqian to her side: "I'll do it slowly, you look carefully." ”

Wang Jue filled some poisonous salt powder in a bucket and stirred it with water to fully dissolve the powder. Two layers of linen cloth were placed on top of another bucket, and the solution was slowly poured into the bucket, and after a while, a thick layer of slag appeared on the linen. There was still zài slag in the barrel, and Wang Jue filtered it twice according to the law, and finally there were no impurities in the barrel, and the water turned pale red.

He wrapped the charcoal in linen and stuffed it into a funnel. The pale red salt water flowed out of the funnel and turned pale cyan, and for the sake of safety, Wang Jue filtered it a few more times.

"Okay, Wang Cheng went to put the pot on the rack and lit a fire to boil this bucket of water."

Over time, the water in the pot is gradually evaporating, leaving a thick layer of salt crystals at the bottom of the pot. Wang Jue tasted it, although it can't be compared with modern refined salt, but in Datang, it can be regarded as a first-class good salt.

Seeing that Wang Jue began to taste salt, Li Chengqian eagerly walked over, picked up a large piece of salt residue and stuffed it into his mouth, tears of excitement flowed down his eyes. Salty! It's so salty!! It's really done, it's edible salt!

"Why are you eating so much, you're in tears!" Wang Jue felt that her eldest disciple needed to be adjusted. Teach, not only is the skin too thin, but also has not seen the world. He also lamented Li Shimin's poverty, looked at the abuse of children, and saw that salt could be stuffed into his mouth in pieces.

Li Chengqian: "......" He was obviously excited.

"Teacher, this method of making salt...?" Li Chengqian asked a little awkwardly. The teacher had already named the movable type print after him, and it stands to reason that he should not ask for anything more. But this salt-making method is related to Li Tang's Jiangshan Sheji, so he has to be cheeky and speak again.

"Don't tell everyone what you want to know, especially not to the outsiders. You find a place to make salt secretly, and guard it tightly. "If the method is given to Li Chengqian, it will be given to the imperial court. In the future, she will make some salt and sell it herself, and they will be embarrassed to stop her, right?

"Teacher!" Li Chengqian looked at Wang Jue with teary eyes, not knowing how to describe his feelings. Although the age is wrong, he feels that the teacher treats him as his own child. Don't look at him as the crown prince, he can't see so much salt in a year.

"The boy doesn't flick if he has tears, swallow back the tears, and follow me to the study." Wang Jue switched to strict teacher mode again, and she decided to teach her apprentices well.

"Yes." Li Chengqian hurriedly wiped his face clean with his sleeves, respectfully followed behind Wang Jue, and walked towards the study.

Wang Jue straightened up, knelt on the floor, and asked sternly, "Do you know why you can't pass on the salt making method to foreign tribes?" ”

Li Chengqian looked at Wang Jue, who was dignified, a little nervous. Although Wang Jue is only one year older than him, he has completely put Wang Jue in the position of master in his heart.

Li Chengqian was very puzzled by Wang Jue's question: "Teacher, the Turks and Tibetans harassed the Tang Dynasty mainly for salt and food. If they can be self-sufficient, won't they not come? Why not sue them? ”

Damn, my mother is testing you! I'm testing you!! Don't put on a posture of humbly asking for advice, okay?!

"Man* is endless, and they need food now because they can't fill their stomachs. When they stop worrying about food and the population will increase, what they need is a vast land with a good climate like Guanzhong. As long as there are human beings, the struggle cannot end. What we need to do is to protect the technology, and then use it to contain and defeat them. For example, salt, since they needed it, they found someone to pretend to be a merchant and sold it to them at a high price. It can not only make money, but also send people over to find out about their situation. Wang Jue took a big sip of tea, which was really laborious.

"Is there no other way to live in peace? We've both died, a lot of people have died, haven't we? Li Chengqian asked unwillingly.

Wang Jue looked at the little prince opposite and wondered a little, she really couldn't figure out how such a kind child could become the irritable and sadistic recorded in the history books. She thought that she should teach him "kindness", but she didn't expect that what this child needed was "blood".

"Yes. In addition to the competition for resources, the biggest difference between us and other races is the difference in cognition. We believe in propriety, righteousness and shame, and they follow the law of the jungle. There are only two ways to put an end to this strife. Make a decision, slaughter them all. The best policy, harmony and seeking common ground. Whichever one you choose, see the blood. If you choose the best strategy, you must first be afraid of them. Then we broke them up and incorporated them into the Tang Dynasty, and let them learn the same characters, wear the same clothes, and eat the same meals as us. After three generations, you see, is there still a distinction between foreigners and their own tribes? ”

Wang Jue thought for a while, and emphasized sternly: "If you are going to implement this policy, there is one thing you need to keep in mind. The people of the foreign tribes are miserable, they have no distinction between commoners and untouchables, and all of them are slaves of the chief. Their nobles did not have to follow any laws to take the lives of commoners for no reason. If one day they enter the Tang Dynasty, they must be given civilian status and treated equally. ”

"Disciple remember, all those who become Tang nationality will be treated equally!" Li Chengqian clenched his fists excitedly, and the ministers of the DPRK and China had quarreled countless times over how to deal with foreign races. In the Manchu Dynasty, no one could come up with the best strategy for the teacher. The teacher is not only a literary master, but also a great strategist!

"What is written on "Thick Black Studies", there is not a gentleman's method to write..." Li Chengqian was a little hesitant, although he felt that what the book said was very reasonable, but he couldn't let go of the etiquette, righteousness and shame he had learned since childhood.

"Why did you depose Confucianism? Confucianism is the best way to regulate people's words and deeds, and once the social atmosphere is formed, a layer of invisible shackles is added to people, which is very conducive to the management of rulers. Which founding monarch have you ever seen who was a gentleman? Xiang Yu is a hero, do you think he has beaten Liu Bang's villain? I'm not teaching you to cheat, I'm just telling you that if the end and result are good, don't stick to the means and methods. "Wang Jue actually wants to say that your father is a living example. If he were a gentleman and he wouldn't be able to do those things, you should learn from him.

Needless to say than Wang Jueming, Li Chengqian also thought of his father.

"Thank you for the teacher's advice, Chengqian has been taught." Li Chengqian solemnly bowed to Wang Jue. Wang Jue's words had a great impact on Li Chengqian, his unshaped outlook on life and values were strongly impacted, and he seemed to see a ray of sunshine and a future full of infinite possibilities from his closed shell.

"Well, I'll teach you a good dish for the teacher, and I'll eat it at noon later." Yesterday, I bought seafood in the kitchen, Wang Jue has not eaten seafood since the end of the world, and he is greedy.

"A gentleman is far away from cooking." When Li Chengqian heard that Wang Jue wanted to teach him how to cook, he was a little embarrassed and quickly refused. In addition, he found that when talking to Wang Jue, the topic jumped too much, and he couldn't react slowly.

"Is that how Gentleman Yuan Cook's Kitchen explains? Context! Look at the poor man's scholar, aren't they gentlemen when they cook by themselves? When Mencius said this, he only advised King Hui of Liang to have a heart of benevolence. It's not for the teacher to curse you, although you are dressed and fed now, how do you know that there will be no time to do it yourself in the future? Wang Jue is a little proud, this kind of thing that has been picked up by people in modern times, she doesn't need to learn from systematics to know!

Li Chengqian was speechless, this is not a curse on him.... He is a prince, how miserable does he have to be to cook by himself? Let's go, or the teacher won't be able to say something again.

Seeing Wang Jue take Li Chengqian into the kitchen, the eyes of the Zhou family and his wife lit up, and the lady came to teach cooking skills again.

"I'll teach you a new dish today, and Cheng Qian will stand next to me." Li Chengqian wanted to cry very much, why hadn't the teacher forgotten him.

Wang Jue taught them to do Buddha jumping over the wall, let the kitchen prepare the materials, and Wang Jue began to move his mouth. Yes, it was Li Chengqian who moved his mouth and did his hands.

First, the 18 kinds of raw materials are fried and fried, cooked, and fried by various methods, and then concocted into various dishes with its own characteristics, and then stacked layer by layer in a large wine jar, injected with an appropriate amount of soup and wine, so that the soup, wine, and vegetables are fully integrated, and then the mouth of the altar is sealed with lotus leaves and covered tightly, and heated on the fire. The use of fire is also very particular, it is necessary to choose white charcoal that is solid and heavy and does not smoke, first boil on the fire, and then slowly simmer for five or six hours on the simmer, and then it is done.

After the dish was ready, Wang Jue divided a portion and instructed Qingfeng to send it to the Wang family's old house. and set aside a large portion for the emperor and queen, after all, it is the first time that other children's children cook.