Chen Jiye sighed and went home.

As soon as I entered the middle gate, I saw Ma Zhou, who was on duty, Ma Zhou had changed out of his court clothes, and led a wooden young man to carry a bucket to the direction of the pigsty.

Chen Jiye frowned, what has become of the Chen family, where is there a pig in the house.

When the loyal young man saw Chen Jiye, he nodded to Chen Jiye: "Uncle."

"Oh, it's Zhengde." Only then did Chen Jiye recognize this young man, isn't this the third uncle's grandson and nephew?

How...... He's still here to raise pigs?

It's just that the horse serves the pigs, after all, he is an outsider and tosses with his son.

But this is the grandson of the third uncle, and he is also his nephew.

How......

Chen Jiye felt ashamed of his third uncle and his nephew, and opened his mouth to say something, but saw Ma Zhou calling Chen Zhengde.

Chen Zhengde immediately farted, shaking his poor head and following excitedly.

From afar, I heard Chen Zhengde say: "The sow is pregnant, why is it not pregnant in October, but in March?" Sir, sir..... How can a sow get pregnant without a boar...."

Listening to Chen Zhengde's excited and curious voice, he seemed to be ...... Raising pigs also raises feelings.

Chen Jiye couldn't help but sigh, the Chen family really ...... There are many children who have no interest, if you want to say that Zhengtai raises pigs, it is because Zhengtai was a nerd in the past, but Fanzheng Tai has a little hobby, and he is also comfortable, but this Zhengde, don't play with birds, what kind of pig to raise.

Shaking his head, when he arrived in the hall, Chen Jiye felt melancholy, the emperor's will had been received, and Li Erlang's sentence was clearly perfunctory.

refuses to dismiss my official, and is perfunctory, doesn't this just want me Chen Jiye to take the blame?

Ah...... It's going to be bad.

That Li Erlang, the loss is still Wu'er's master, such a black heart.

Then again...... Tomorrow, I will urge my son to repair the book and greet Li Erlang, and he will hug this thigh to death.

"Your Excellency, your Excellency." Chen Zhengtai's voice came from outside.

Then, I saw Chen Zhengtai rushing in: "My lord, I have something good to show you."

Chen Jiye barely squeezed out a smile: "Oh, what is it?"

Chen Zhengtai took out a porcelain vase, and when he reached the few pieces in front of Chen Jiye, a crystal clear crystal fell on the smooth oil-faced lacquered wood: "My lord, how about you taste this salt?"

"Salt?" Chen Jiye was stunned for a moment, he tried hard to identify the 'fine sand' on the table, is this salt? The grains of salt should be coarse, how can they be like this fine powder, and they don't look like it.

Chen Jiye squinted his eyes, and then dipped in some salt and took his mouth.

Soon, Chen Jiye frowned, and couldn't help but say, "Hu ...... It's really nonsense, where is this salt, there is nothing wrong with salt being salty, but this salt is slightly bitter, this thing, although it is also salty, has no bitter taste. Zhengtai, you are reading and reading stupid ......"

When he said this, his face changed again.

The reason why salt is slightly bitter is because ...... The salt of this era is mostly coarse salt, and it contains impurities, and the purification is not enough, so it is inevitable that there is a bitter and astringent taste.

This slightly astringent salt is still only available to emperors and dignitaries. If it is the salt used by ordinary people, the taste will be even worse, and it will be good to be able to eat.

You must know that although this salt is a necessity, to a certain extent, it is by no means eaten by ordinary Shengdou small people, if it is in the army, there are even pawns who carry vinegar cloths with them to replace salt.

As for all kinds of 'salt', the taste contains astringency, but it is only a difference in severity.

In Chen Jiye's cognition, the salt itself has a slightly bitter and astringent taste, and now that he suddenly eats this white salt, he feels that it is not salt.

Chen Zhengtai was speechless: "This is salt, my lord, you taste it again."

Chen Jiye also realized something, he was busy dipping salt again, and put it in his mouth, this time, it was no longer a puzzled expression, but an intoxicated look: "Ah, this...... This salt is so delicious. ”

"Where did this come from, it can't be bad." Chen Jiye said, carefully picking up the fine salt sprinkled on the case one by one, as if he was afraid of wasting it.

"It's made from rock salt."

"What?" Chen Jiye was stunned, and immediately covered his mouth, with a very painful look: "Shiyan, ahh The rock salt...... Poisonous. ”

Chen Zhengtai felt so tired.

Chen Jiye was busy rinsing his mouth, and suddenly thought of something.

No, Zhengtai will never want to kill himself.

So...... This salt is non-toxic.

But what about rock salt?

Chen Jiye was suddenly shocked: "Rock salt can also be refined into salt, and it can also be refined into such refined salt?"

"Nature." Chen Zhengtai sighed: "If you don't believe it, ask Chen Fu."

"Chen Fu?"

"He's already eaten half a pound." Chen Zhengtai pursed his lips and smiled faintly: "If it was poisoned, he would have died a long time ago, you see that he is still alive outside."

Chen Jiye listened, looked out of the hall suspiciously, and sure enough, he saw Chen Fuhou who was following at the door of the hall, his face was a little red, he stuck out his tongue like a wolf dog, and panted for breath.

Chen Jiye smacked his lips, although he felt that this salt melted in his mouth and tasted really good, but when he thought of eating Chen Fu who was half a catty, he couldn't help but feel numb in his scalp, and suddenly had an urge to respect Chen Fu as a man.

Chen Jiye squinted: "If that's the case...... So...... So...... Oops......" He slapped his thigh, and his face suddenly turned red: "In this way, we don't need to have salt wells......"

"Yes." Chen Zhengtai said: "Others have monopolized the salt pond and salt well, and our Chen family only needs to purchase the salt lake and order someone to mine the rock salt to refine this white salt, and the Chen family can buy and sell salt." Not only that, but other families are unwilling to pay salt tax to the Salt and Iron Envoy, but our Chen family can pay the salt tax in peace, so not only can the Chen family take this opportunity to make a big deal. And the adult, the salt and iron envoy, can also collect taxes, which is a double win. ”

"It's just ......" Chen Jiye frowned: "It's just ...... Can you sell it?"

"We can give it a try."

Try ......

Chen Jiye was stunned in his heart.

For the first time, he had a feeling of making a difference. This feels very much like when Prince Li Jiancheng was still there, as the adjutant of the East Palace, he assisted Li Jiancheng with great expectations, just thinking that when Li Jiancheng ascended the throne, he could soar into the sky.

It was the happiest moment of my life. It's just a change in Xuanwumen that made all this come to naught.

And now......

He squinted, and his heart became hot: "Son, can it really be done?" Your father has a saying that I don't know whether to say or not. ”

Chen Zhengtai felt that it was better for him not to talk about it, but after all, he was born as a son of man, so he still had to nod: "My lord, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

Chen Jiye sighed: "Your father...... Ah no, not only your father, if you go back up, you have to count your grandfather, your great-grandfather, and then up, and your great-grandfather, in the past hundred years, I am ashamed to say that I have never done a single thing, you fine salt, can you really do it?"

Chen Zhengtai sighed in his heart, is this the legendary mouse son who can make holes?

Chen Zhengtai coughed: "My lord, since you have failed a hundred times, even if you fail again, why not?" It doesn't get worse than this anyway. ”

This sentence was really like a bolt from the blue, which shocked Chen Jiye's body, and all of a sudden, he felt that his confidence had returned.

That's right, it's already like this anyway, what are you afraid of?

His spirit was shocked, and his face was glowing: "Okay, give it a try, haha, if it is done, hum, look at who looks down on our Chen family, wait for our Chen family to vibrate the lintel, Zhengtai, think about it for my father, we have to make persistent efforts, in the future we can befriend the prince Li Chengqian, this Li Chengqian is different from the prince." Li Chengqian is the crown prince of this dynasty, and his position is stable, as long as he befriends him, within 30 years, our Chen family can sweep away the bad luck and re-enter the ranks of the high gate. ”

Chen Zhengtai began to get entangled again, he had a bold idea, should he put a little arsenic in Fang Cai's salt, it is better to poison this father to death, anyway, the Chen family is tired and crooked, and it is a scourge to keep it.

"This matter, in the long run."