Chapter 41: Fine Salt is Discovered by Li Xin

When Wang Xuan came to the door with the little maid, Wang Xuan asked the little maid to put her down and let her go back first, while Wang Xuan himself sat on the stone steps again.

Cheng Chong and the others saw Wang Xuan like this, but they still didn't know what Wang Xuan was going to do, so they just looked at Wang Xuan.

In this way, Wang Xuan and the group of guards from Jin Wuwei and Princess Li Xin's Mansion stared at each other for more than ten minutes, until the water in the big vat boiled before Wang Xuan stood up.

commanded the guards to kill all the dozen chickens one by one, scalded them with boiling water, and plucked all the chicken feathers.

After the chicken was killed, Wang Xuan took a chicken and chopped it on the cutting board, after cutting one, Wang Xuan cut half of it again, this half was chopped, Wang Xuan put it in a big bowl and looked at it, and felt that it was enough to eat, so he shouted at Cheng Chong, "Captain Cheng, these remaining chickens are all cut and boiled in the water tank, and the size is cut like this."

After finishing speaking, he didn't wait for Cheng Chong to respond, and went back with the chicken pieces he had chopped himself.

"Brothers, look at it, the master of the horse has an order, cut it" Cheng Chong looked at the back of Wang Xuan leaving, and when he looked at the soldiers under him, he shouted at them helplessly.

Hearing Cheng Chong's shout, although those soldiers had some ideas in their hearts, they still did what Wang Xuan ordered.

Wang Xuan, who would come to his home here, first cleaned the chicken in his hand when he came to the kitchen, and then marinated the chicken with green onion and ginger water, soy sauce, salt and cassava flour he brought from Shu County and made of cassava himself.

After marinating the chicken, Wang Xuan held a large water tank by himself, and asked a maid to carry a large wooden basin and a large wooden spoon and wait out.

Looking at the back of Wang Xuan going out, Li Xin, who was shocked by Wang Xuan's salt just when Wang Xuan put the salt, came back to her senses, she picked up the fine salt that Wang Xuan put in the jar at random and tasted it, and chased after Wang Xuan.

"Wang Xuan, Wang Xuan, you wait" After Li Xin saw Wang Xuan, she shouted Wang Xuan's name loudly.

Hearing Li Xin's shout, Wang Xuan, who thought something was wrong, put the big water tank that he wanted to carry out directly on the ground, and looked at Li Xin panting.

"I said, big sister, you didn't see me lifting heavy objects! I don't have the strength to move when you shout, Ruping, you go outside and ask the two soldiers to move this water tank out" Before Wang Xuan could speak to Li Xin who came to him, he complained to her first, and then pointed to the little maid named Ruping to call someone outside.

"What kind of water tank do you still have, let me ask you, is this salt" Li Xin ignored Wang Xuan's complaints, spread out the fine salt in his palm and asked Wang Xuan.

"I said eldest sister, you're here for this! Yes, it is salt, and it is extracted from the salt rock by myself, I know that Datang is short of salt, and I can also give you the method of salt making, but you have to think clearly, you are now my daughter-in-law, and a member of my Wang family, this method of salt making, if you keep it, it can make your children and grandchildren rich for several lifetimes, so what to do, you think for yourself, whether we keep it ourselves, or hand it in impermanence, or exchange some benefits from your brother, think about it and tell me, I'll go outside and take a look first" After speaking, Wang Xuan didn't care about Li Xin's shocked appearance, Walk straight out the door.

When he came outside, Wang Xuan saw that the chicken soup in the direct water tank had been tumbling, he picked up the big wooden spoon and quickly knocked off the foam floating on it.

I took a piece of gauze, put grass fruit, star anise, and some peppercorns in it, wrapped them in gauze, and threw them directly into the chicken broth, then put a handful of green onions and a few large pieces of peeled ginger into it, and put a little vinegar in it.

After everything was finished, he put some salt in it, tasted the saltiness, and thought it was okay, and handed the large wooden spoon to a soldier.

In fact, this salt should be added last, but Wang Xuan couldn't wait, so he added it to them first.

"After a while, you look at this pot of chicken soup and see that there is foam, that is, I just scooped it out and poured it out, you scooped it out, and when it is almost scooped, it means that there are no impurities in this chicken soup, so that the chicken soup cooked is delicious, and remember to stir it from time to time, don't let the chicken under it stick to the pot, and remember to lighten it, don't break the water tank, if it breaks, this chicken soup and the chicken in it will be gone, be careful of you brothers, beat you to death, understand" After Wang Xuan told the soldier what he should tell, he patted him on the shoulder and asked him.

"Master Horse, what did you just say, this chicken soup and chicken are for our brothers" After hearing Wang Xuan's words, the soldier asked Wang Xuan with a bewildered expression.

"Nonsense, it's not for you to eat, it's rare for me to eat, of course I won't eat the meat, keep some of the cooked chicken soup for me, don't drink it all, Cheng Chong, don't be stunned, didn't you say you would make noodles? I brought you the wooden basin for noodles and the water tank for cooking noodles, as well as the vinegar and soy sauce wine for eating noodles, hurry up, don't wait for a while, this is hot, the meat is there, there is no cooked noodles, be careful that these brothers under your command beat you, as for the dishes and chopsticks, you can find your own way, but you are not allowed to be strong, otherwise I will let the princess treat you for your crimes" After speaking, Wang Xuan didn't care about this group of soldiers who had already been stunned in place, and went back with Ruping.

After Wang Xuan left, those soldiers reacted, they never expected that these chickens were for them, and they knelt down under the leadership of Cheng Chong and shouted to the mansion, "Wait, thank you for the reward"

Wang Xuan, who had already entered the mansion but had not gone far, heard the shouts of the soldiers, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, but he didn't care about them.

"I said, eldest sister, why are you still standing here! Don't stand, take a walk, isn't it just a piece of salt? Is it necessary to think about it for a long time? I haven't seen you like this before, if you are really entangled, then just hand over the method of making salt to your brother" Wang Xuan walked a few steps, came to the courtyard in the front yard and found that Li Xin was still there in a daze, so he walked over and said to her while pulling Li Xin.

"Wang Xuan, are you really willing to hand over the method of making salt? And why do you keep saying that it will be handed over to my second brother, you must know that my second brother is only the crown prince, and if you want to hand it over, it will also be handed over to my father? When Li Xin heard Wang Xuan's words, she pulled Wang Xuan back, first waved at Ruping, and after Ruping retreated, she asked Wang Xuan with a puzzled expression.

"That's it! Isn't that a good explanation? This salt! It can be said to be the lifeblood of a country, after all, if this person doesn't eat salt for a long time, then he will be weak, that kind of land will definitely not work, and it will not work to fight, it will definitely not work, but now Datang's salt, many of which are toxic rock salt, although green salt is good, but because the production process is not refined, and the transportation is too difficult, it has always been too much, and it can't meet the needs of the people of Datang.

So as soon as my fine salt comes out, it will definitely be robbed madly, but I also know that this thing is a hot potato, and before it has enough strength, it is not a gold mine to make a fortune, but a sharp weapon to urge life, so isn't it just right to hand it over? Wang Xuan let go of Li Xin's hand, walked a few steps to look at the sun that was already setting westward, and said slowly to Li Xin.