Li Zhan shook the salt bag in his hand with a smile... Then open the salt bag, twist some fine salt from the salt bag and carefully sprinkle it on the roasted game.

"Hehe...! The war nephew misheard us, and thought that we said that there was no salt now...! Looking at Li Zhan's movements, Cheng Yanjin smiled.

The others also showed a faint smile.

It's just that after everyone finished laughing, suddenly Qin Qiong on the side said in surprise: "It's not right... How does the salt in the hands of the nephew feel different from the salt we eat now? ”

Indeed, the fine salt in Li Zhan's hand is better than the best salt in Chang'an City now, snow-white and delicate, and only the fine salt that can brush his teeth can be compared, but the fine salt that can brush his teeth is not only expensive, but also rare, and it is generally only available to the royal family and those big families.

It's hard to get even a little bit of it for these princes, where did Li Zhan get it, and there are a lot of them, so he sprinkled them directly on the food.

"War nephew...!" Qin Qiong stood up violently and shouted.

Li Zhan turned around and said with a smiling expression: "Uncle Qin, wait a minute, this hare meat will be ready soon." ”

"It's not... No...! Qin Qiong shook his head again and again: "I don't want to eat any hare meat, I just want to ask you, where did you get the salt in your hand?" ”

"Salt...?" Li Zhan was overjoyed in his heart, this was finally talking about salt, but Li Zhan still shook the salt bag in his hand and replied, "You said this... I did it myself... That's right... Uncle Qin, look at the white stones in front of here, those are actually salt mines, although salt mines are poisonous, but as long as they go through a series of operations by me, the toxins can be discarded.

In this way, it becomes the fine salt in my hands. ”

"What...?" Li Zhan's words made Qin Qiong, Niu Jinda, Wei Chigong, and Cheng bite Jin all startled, and shouted in unison: "You can make salt, how is the yield?" ”

"Huh...?" Looking at the four generals who were so consistent, Li Zhan was stunned for a moment and then smiled: "Enough manpower, how much you want, I will give you as much." ”

"Let's go...! Go home...! ”

Without hesitation, after Qin Qiong threw out a sentence, he directly clamped Li Zhan to his waist as soon as possible, then threw Li Zhan on the horse, and returned to Li Zhan's courtyard with a smoke.

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It was about evening, and Li Zhan watched the entire salt-making process under the motionless surveillance of Qin Qiong, Niu Jinda, Wei Chigong, and Cheng Yanjin.

When Li Zhan had been fully burned, white crystals appeared at the bottom of the iron pot, that is, salt.

The four veteran generals laughed out loud.

Then Qin Qiong patted Li Zhan vigorously and said with a smile: "Nephew Zhan, you really gave us too many surprises, you can actually make salt, do you know that the imperial court is now lacking the art of salt making."

If you are willing to offer it, you Uncle Qin, I promise that you can be knighted. ”

"That's right... You know, it's still the best time, nephew, you're really a good boy with luck. Niu Jinda said hehehe.

"That's right... Then let's take our nephew back to Chang'an. Wei Chigong hurriedly said.

"That's right... Now Your Majesty is still having a headache, but as long as we bring our nephew over, everything will be solved, and I will see how those gate valve families threaten Your Majesty this time. Cheng Yanjin laughed.

It's just that at this time, Li Zhan arched his hand at Qin Qiong, Niu Jinda, Wei Chigong, and Cheng Yanjin and said: "Four uncles, the little nephew can write out the method of making salt in detail, and the four uncles can present it to Your Majesty, however, the little nephew doesn't want to have a title, and he doesn't want to see His Majesty, and the little nephew just wants to stay in Zhuqiao Village forever in peace and contentment."

To put it bluntly, the little nephew doesn't want to get involved in the court, it's too tiring and too dangerous, if the four uncles really feel sorry for the little nephew, please give the little nephew a chance to start a salt farm from His Majesty.

Uncles, please also come together, each of our five families is 20%, uncles, it's not that I want to send you money, it's just that I need to borrow your name to suppress the coveters. ”

Li Zhan said everything he wanted very frankly.

If he didn't go to Chang'an and borrowed the names of the four people, Li Zhan didn't hide it, and said it generously, such honesty also won the favor of Qin Qiong, Niu Jinda, Wei Chigong, and Cheng Yanjin.

"War nephew, it's actually a good point." After listening to Li Zhan's words, Niu Jinda was the first to nod and said: "Officialdom is the blackest, if the credit for this salt making method is pressed on the body of the war nephew =, although His Majesty will reward him greatly, but the war nephew will inevitably be remembered for the good deeds of the seven families." ”

"yes..." Cheng Yanjin also nodded slightly: "Those seven families, but even Your Majesty doesn't take it seriously, if you know that it is the war nephew who has ruined their good deeds, then the war nephew will have to face endless trouble." ”

"But if you have merit, you will be rewarded...!" Qin Qiong looked at Li Zhan with some struggle.

"If you can't hold back your strength, it will only hurt him." Wei Chigong said: "I think the nephew is the most visible among us, he just said that he can give the method of salt making, but if you don't go to Chang'an, as long as there is a salt farm, I think you can...!"

The salt farm also bears the names of the four of us, but we don't want two percent, one percent for each person, and sixty percent for the war nephew, and now the war nephew has to raise more than 100 people, and we, the uncles and uncles, can't take advantage of this.

In fact, in the final analysis, this is not the credit of the war nephew, but the protection of him, what do you say? ”

"Hmm... I agree...! Niu Jinda was the first to speak.

Following Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin also nodded, Li Zhan saw that he had reached an agreement, and it was still like thinking for himself, Li Zhan said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Okay... Uncles, wait a minute, I'll go and write the method of making salt. ”

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Chang'an Imperial Palace

Li Shimin sat on the stool, and the eldest grandson queen gently helped Li Shimin press his head, and at this time he listened to Li Shimin: "Longxi Li, Zhaojun Li, Boling Cui, Qinghe Cui, Fanyang Lu, Xingyang Zheng, Taiyuan Wang."

It's really the same breath, I didn't expect that they would deal with me together without hesitation. ”

After Li Shimin's words were finished, Empress Eldest Sun on the side said softly: "Your Majesty has had no way out since she began to suppress them, and this time I think it should be a temptation of these seven families, which is a prelude to their dissatisfaction with Your Majesty."

If they succeed, they will continue to deal with the royal family together in the future.

So this time we must break this game, otherwise there will be endless troubles. ”

"I know... It's just that I didn't have the idea of yo pu, this method of making salt is dead, and the seven families suddenly quit salt, and I am helpless. ”

Li Shimin sighed slightly when he said this.

However, at this moment, Li Junxian walked in from outside the hall and said, "Your Majesty... The four generals Qin Qiong, Niu Jinda, Wei Chigong, and Cheng Yanjin met and said that they had important matters and must see His Majesty immediately. ”

"Uncle Bao, they want to see me?" Li Shimin showed a puzzled expression.

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