Chapter 78: A Great Good Thing

Li Shimin didn't believe what Wei Hao said, after all, salt and iron have never been improved for so many years, and the output has always been insufficient.

But Fang Xuanling heard Wei Hao's calculations, especially when he heard that if the output was enough, then it would be able to bring millions of dollars in profits a year, which made him excited.

The court really has no money, and it is not possible to increase taxes, so they can only find a way to get money.

After Fang Xuanling left the Ganlu Palace, he instructed the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry to start making the things that Wei Hao needed, as well as a large iron pot.

Two days later, the things were ready, and Fang Xuanling took the things Wei Hao needed, as well as 3 loads of brine, to the prison of the Criminal Department.

When he arrived in the courtyard of the prison of the Criminal Department, Fang Xuanling asked those people to let them go, and at the same time asked the officials of the Criminal Department to call Wei Hao over.

Wei Hao was originally playing cards inside, but now he was taken out, Wei Hao didn't know what was going on, until he got outside, Wei Hao found Fang Xuanling, and he didn't know what was going on.

"The servant shoots, it's ready, so fast?" Wei Hao looked at Fang Xuanling in surprise and asked.

"Don't dare to be slow, I heard that you have a way, it is a matter of the people of the world, how dare the old man slack off, Count Wei, this matter, you still need to do more!" Fang Xuanling said to Wei Hao.

"You're welcome, you're welcome, I'll look at those tools!" Wei Hao replied, and then went to see those tools, which were still good, and then Wei Hao instructed them to build a simple stove, and then use a net made of gauze to filter the brine.

Filtered many times, and at the same time, some things prepared by Fang Xuanling were added, and the water was filtered until the water was very clear, Wei Hao poured the clean brine into the pot, and then began to burn the fire, during which Wei Hao also poured in and out of the brine many times.

Fang Xuanling had been waiting there, and it wasn't until Wei Hao asked those subordinates to light the fire and sat on the side that he dared to come over to Wei Hao's side.

"What else needs to be done now?" Fang Xuanling looked at Wei Hao and asked.

"There's no need to do anything, the processes just now are to remove the impurities in the salt, and now after it is boiled dry, it is table salt!" Wei Hao said to Fang Xuanling with a smile.

"That's it?" Fang Xuanling looked at Wei Hao in disbelief.

"That's it, how complicated does it need to be?" Wei Hao nodded affirmatively.

Fang Xuanling was skeptical at the moment, and he was also thinking about what Li Shimin said, could it be that Wei Hao really couldn't brag, but thinking about it, he was about to see the results, so he thought it was better to wait.

"Almost, don't make a big fire, use a small fire, and then use a big fire to burn under it!" Wei Hao saw that the water was almost over, so he shouted to those subordinates.

The men hurriedly took out the sticks from the stove.

Wei Hao, on the other hand, stirred it with a shovel and found that salt had been precipitated out underneath.

"Well, a few of you come here, just stir it if it's okay, don't stick to the pan, it'll be mushy when the time comes!" Wei Hao said to a few subordinates next to him.

The subordinates hurriedly came over, took the shovel, and began to stir.

It was about two quarters of an hour, and there was a layer of white flower salt in the pot, but it was still a little damp underneath, and Wei Hao asked them to extinguish the fire, leaving some charcoal fire in it, and let him dry slowly.

"It's... This! Fang Xuanling was speechless in surprise at the moment.

It's really white salt, and it looks very fine, even finer than the salt they use now, the key is more, just that pot just now, at least seventy or eighty catties, it takes about an hour.

"Fang Servant Shot, when you make it on a large scale, prepare more pots, some of which are specially used to bake salt over low heat, and some pots, use high heat at the beginning to boil the water in them first!" Wei Hao said to Fang Xuanling.

Fang Xuanling nodded hurriedly, and then they waited, until the salt that those subordinates turned out from below with a shovel was also the fine salt of Baihuahua, Wei Hao asked them to shovel out the salt.

"Take this salt and go to the officials of the Ministry of Industry to see, it's okay, I guess there is no problem, there are no impurities, it's almost diluted just now!" Wei Hao said to Fang Xuanling.

"Okay, good, I really didn't expect that this pot will be seventy or eighty pounds, which is too fast!" Fang Xuanling said excitedly.

"It's done, I'll go in first, you get it slowly, anyway, how to get it just now, you also saw it, just continue to do it like this when the time comes, if not, come here to find me!" Wei Hao smiled and waved his hand at Fang Xuanling and said.

"Thank you, Count Web! Thanks a lot! Fang Xuanling immediately said to Wei Hao.

"It's okay, this is for the people of the world!" Wei Hao said to Fang Xuanling, and he walked in the direction of the prison of the Criminal Department.

At this moment, Fang Xuanling excitedly asked his subordinates to pack up the fine salt, and he needed to show it to Li Shimin, and at the same time, he also needed to verify that there was no problem with this salt.

However, Fang Xuanling knew in his heart that with such fine salt and such white salt, there would definitely be no problem.

Soon, Fang Xuanling went to the palace with salt.

At this moment, Li Shimin is still convening those ministers to discuss the transportation of supplies to the northwest, and the other is the matter of refugees in the capital.

Originally, Fang Xuanling was going to participate, but he took a leave of absence, and Li Shimin also knew that he was going to the prison of the Criminal Department.

"Your Majesty, the servant of the house asks to see you!" While discussing, Wang De came in and whispered to Li Shimin.

"Oh, it's back, let him in!" Li Shimin heard it, a little surprised, he didn't expect it to be so fast.

"Your Majesty, what a great thing is done, it's done!" Fang Xuanling just came in, and said very excitedly.

"It's finished?" When Li Shimin heard it, he was stunned for a moment, and the ministers sitting here looked at Fang Xuanling suspiciously, what had happened?

"Your Majesty, you see, the fine salt of Baihuahua is many times better than our official salt, just now, I asked someone to send some to the Ministry of Industry, so that they can verify whether this fine salt can be eaten or not, and whether it is poisonous! But the minister thinks that it must be not poisonous, Your Majesty, please look, so fine! Fang Xuanling said excitedly to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin was very surprised when he looked at the white bag of fine salt.

"Wei Hanzi made it?" Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling in shock and asked.

"Yes, Wei Hanzi made it, the minister saw him get it with his own eyes, he saw every step, the brine was provided by the minister and received from the Ministry of Industry!" Fang Xuanling said excitedly to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin was there pulling the salt with his hands.

"It's the first time I've seen such fine salt, when will there be news from the Ministry of Industry?" Li Shimin also asked Fang Xuanling a little excitedly.

"I don't know yet, but the minister has already explained to them, once it is confirmed, come here to report it as soon as possible!" Fang Xuanling shook his head and said to Li Shimin.

At this moment, the other ministers also knew that Fang Xuanling had gotten fine salt, and it was a high-grade fine salt.

"Your Majesty, show us!" Cheng Yanjin sat down and said to Li Shimin above.

"Yes, yes, show it to them!" Li Shimin heard it and spoke.

When Wang De heard this, he immediately took the salt and went down to show him.

"Well, Fang Aiqing, Wei Hanzi said, what is the yield of this fine salt?" Li Shimin thought of this question, so he looked at Fang Xuanling and asked.

And the ministers below at this moment also looked at the fine salt in surprise.

"Such beautiful salt, is it salt?" Cheng Yanjin dipped his fingers in fine salt and asked Fang Xuanling.

"Yes, the old man saw it with his own eyes!" Fang Xuanling nodded affirmatively, and then looked at Li Shimin's question about preparing to report the output.

And Cheng Yanjin directly put his fingers in the innermost and shuddered.

"You!"

"Good salt, no bitterness, just salty, good stuff!" Cheng bit Jin and smashed his mouth, and immediately said happily.

"Old Puffer, you... Can't you wait for the Ministry of Industry to come out? Li Shimin also said helplessly to Cheng Yanjin.

"Afraid of what? The brine is provided by the room, this salt looks so good, there are no impurities at all, there must be no problem, and there is really no problem, there is no other taste, unlike the salt we use now, there is bitterness and other tastes! Cheng Yanjin said to Li Shimin with a big grin.

And Wei Chi Jingde heard it, tasted it, smacked his mouth, nodded and said, "Good salt!" ”

The others heard it, tasted it, and nodded their heads and said yes.

"Forget it, regardless of them, Fang Aiqing, what do you say about the output?" Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling as he spoke.

"The output will definitely be very high, Chen looked at Wei Hao to get this brine, as long as there is enough brine, there are enough pots, then... The old man calculated, Wei Hao got a pot out today, it was about an hour and a half, and it was estimated that there were seventy or eighty catties, so there were five or six hundred catties a day, and if there were 20 such pots, it would be tens of thousands of catties a day! Fang Xuanling counted against Li Shimin.

"That's many, 20 pots are enough, by the way, what does that pot look like?" When Li Shimin heard it, he stood up in surprise and asked Fang Xuanling.

"It's big, it's made of iron, but it doesn't matter, Your Majesty, you don't need much iron for 20 pots, even if it's 200, you won't need much, and then my Datang will not be short of salt!" Fang Xuanling continued to say to Li Shimin.

"Well, so what Wei Hanzi said before is true?" Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling at this moment and asked, Fang Xuanling nodded.

"Your Majesty, according to what Fang Xiang said, then wait for the news now to see if this salt is poisonous, if it is not poisonous, then the people of my Datang will have enough salt to live!" The right servant shot Li Jing and said to Li Shimin at this moment.

Fang Xuanling nodded, and the eldest grandson Wuji, who had been sitting there without speaking, was very jealous in his heart, so he had not expressed his opinion on this salt matter.