Under the watchful eyes of many people who did not leave, as well as the officials of the Salt and Tea Division, Sun Tu asked a few men to do what they wanted, took wooden barrels and hot water, and then poured a small jar of official salt into it and stirred it.

After a long time, the salt completely dissolved into the water, but a lot of impurities precipitated in the salt water, Sun Tu casually explained: "The official salt tastes bitter and looks rough, and the root cause lies in these impurities. If it can be removed, the taste of salt can be greatly improved. So saying, he brought another piece of coarse cloth, folded it, and placed it on top of another barrel.

Then he slowly poured the brine from the bucket onto the cloth, and after it had seeped into the barrel below, he continued to pour it. Although it took a lot of work, Sun Tu seemed extremely patient, but the officials and the people watching were all a little impatient: "How long will this go?" ”

"Sun Tu, this official doesn't have much time to mess around with you here, if you can't give this official an explanation within a moment, people still have to take it away, including you!" Finally, the official did not want to wait any longer and gave an ultimatum.

Only then did Sun Tu stop what he was doing: "That is the case, then I will make refined salt for the officials to see." So saying, he took the second bucket of salt water and poured it on another wooden barrel covered with cloth, and poured it three times in succession, and the final result was only a large bowl of salt water.

Finally, he took the bowl of brine and walked to the stove, which was still lit, and asked the cook to wash the pot, then poured the bowl of water into it and boiled it. After only a few moments, the water was boiling, but Sun Tu didn't react at all, and only let it keep tumbling in the pot.

And as the salt water in the pot slowly decreased, some people leaning in front of it had already let out a few exclamations: "It's salt, salt is coming out again...... And it looks like this salt is indeed much whiter and finer than before. ”

All this, the official also saw in his eyes, looking at the layer of fine salt particles attached to the pot noodles, his brows have quickly wrinkled, how could things have become like this? Can anyone really make rough official salt into refined salt?

A bowl of water was almost evaporated by the fire, leaving only a layer of fine salt attached to the bottom of the pot. Sun Tu took out some of the refined salt with a small shovel and put it in a bowl, and then presented it to the officials: "Official, please see, is this salt much finer than before?" In fact, it could have been done more finely, but time is limited. And I, Liufangju, in order to let the guests here eat better dishes, used these means to cook official salt, so it was misunderstood that I used private salt, and I asked the officials to investigate and give us justice! ”

At this moment, the official of the Salt and Tea Division really regretted it in his heart, he had known that there would be such a result, he should not have given Sun Tu such a chance just now! Well, now that they have come up with empirical evidence, the charge of using illicit salt will not be planted on their heads.

If he changes to a hotel with no background, even if the other party does have evidence, he can be forcibly convicted. But behind Liufangju is the Tong family, it is Tong Guan, this is not something they can wrong. So after his expression changed for a while, he finally shook the sleeves of his robe: "I see, it seems that someone has indeed misunderstood you and others." In this case, the official will no longer pursue it. After saying that, he led the people away in a gloomy manner.

Seeing the officials deflated and leaving, the drinkers cheered one after another, something that had never happened before, and they were more excited than having a good meal here.

And Zhang Jian, who had been watching all this development, turned gray and was extremely depressed. He really didn't expect that the two strategies he set up would be easily broken by Liufangju, and it would be difficult to explain it to his son-in-law.

Especially the latter move, it is obvious that there is another mystery in the matter, the salt boiled by Sun Tu is still quite different from the salt found before, but with the blessing of the Tong family's identity, it is obviously enough to deal with the salt tea division. This made Zhang Jian feel even more angry and frightened, but he was helpless.

At this moment, he suddenly noticed that a gaze had fallen on him, and when he raised his eyes, he found that Sun Tu was looking at him, which made his body tremble again, and he quickly shrank back, and walked out under the cover of the people around him, not daring to linger any longer.

Wu Li only came to his senses at this time, and hurriedly stepped forward and excitedly grabbed Sun Tu's hand: "Sun Gongzi, I really lost you today, otherwise I ......"

"Shopkeeper Wu, the most important thing now is to appease these drinkers, don't let them be dissatisfied with my Liufangju, but this is up to you." Sun Tu smiled and said, "You go get busy first." ”

"Yes, yes, little old man, let's do things." Wu Li hurriedly nodded yes, and then brought the frightened guys in the hotel to invite the guests into the store again, entertain them, and sincerely apologize. These are naturally not difficult for him, a person who has been a shopkeeper for 20 years, only spent some tongues, and gave some benefits, these drinkers are no longer entangled in the accident just now, but bluntly said that Liufangju is really kind, and he actually did not hesitate to make refined salt to entertain guests.

Not to mention, this return to Liufangju can really be called a blessing in disguise, this matter soon spread all over the city, after knowing that Liufangju did this, more customers came to patronize, so that their business was better out of thin air.

After the matter was settled, Sun Tu did not leave in a hurry, but stayed in the store to rest. It wasn't until Wu Li and the others were a little empty that he called the other party to him and asked with a solemn expression: "Shopkeeper Wu, you have been in this industry for many years, you must also know some colleagues in Bianjing City." I don't know if you've ever heard the name Zhang Jian? ”

"Zhang Jian, that's the shopkeeper of the Niulou Hotel, and it's a person from Zhang Langzhong's family, you asked him about it?" Wu Li asked a little strangely.

"Is it a member of the Tobe Right Cao Lang family? It's no wonder. Sun Tu smiled thoughtfully: "Two days ago, that Zhang Jian asked me to buy a fried chicken recipe, but I sternly refused. ”

"Could it be that Sun Gongzi, do you suspect that this incident was done by him behind the Niulou Hotel?" Wu Li was a little reminiscent, but there was still some uncertainty in his tone.

"Just now, I saw that Zhang Jian was mixed in with those guests in disguise, do you think there will be such a coincidence in this world?" Sun Tu asked with a sneer.

Why did he do that? Just because I robbed the business of the Niulou Hotel? ”

"It should be. I said why the salt tea division came here, obviously at the behest of someone. And they also deliberately implicate this matter on Tong Shuai, it seems that the plot is even bigger. Sun Tu said, patting him lightly on the shoulder: "You don't have to pay attention to this matter, just tell the truth when the time comes." He knew that his chance to win Tong Guan's trust had come.

Since giving himself a chance to become an official, Tong Guan hasn't seen himself much. In this regard, Sun Tu can also understand, after all, the other party's status is so high, there are important things that need to be dealt with, and important people need to be met, and a small person like himself is dispensable at least now.

But this is not the result that Sun Tu wants to see, he has to show further and let Tong Guan know that he has the real ability to help him deal with those enemies. Only in this way can you gain their attention and gain more benefits after joining the government.

Originally, he was still suffering from not having a chance, especially when he moved out of Tong's Mansion and Tong Mu stayed in Guozijian because of his studies. But now, the opportunity has come!

What happened in Liufangju today will soon spread all over the city, and Tong Guan will naturally know everything as soon as possible. And with his mind, he must be able to see that there are political enemies in the DPRK and China who want to attack him. At that time, as long as he can help him solve this trouble, Tong Guan will naturally look at him differently.

Of course, Sun Tu also knew that Tong Guan was not a good person, and he felt like a tiger in doing so. But now that you have chosen to rely on it, some ideas can only be put aside. What's more, in the final analysis, it was his Niulou Hotel that made the first move this time, and it was a matter of course for him to fight back.

Thinking of this, Sun Tu stood up, left Liufangju, and went to the Great Xiangguo Temple. However, what he was looking for this time was not Lu Zhishen, but two of his apprentices.