Chapter 16: Kombu and Seaweed

The king opened his mouth to give a reward of one hundred times, which made Han Lucheng frown.

However, after seeing the more than 100 catties of sea salt on the ground, Han Lucheng's brows quickly relaxed, nodded respectfully and smiled: "Yes, king, I'll let people get ready later!" ”

"Thank you...... Thank you, Great King, for the reward! ”

At this time, Wang Shun came back to his senses, and quickly knelt on the ground again, and said loudly.

One hundred!

There were only five of them, and a total of 100 taels meant that each of them could get 20 ...... With these twenty times, it is enough for the family to live comfortably for several years, or let Wang Shunfeng marry a daughter-in-law and live a comfortable life.

Seeing his surprised appearance, Li Yuanjia smiled slightly and nodded secretly.

The five people sent to the beach were all slaves of the Han Palace.

To put it simply, as long as they are still in the territory of Datang, they are Li Yuanjia's people, and life and death are in his thoughts. So when he sent these people to the beach, Li Yuanjia was not afraid that they would run away after learning the technique of drying salt, because they had nowhere to run at all!

What's more, the families of these five people are all in Chang'an.

So for these faithful...... In other words, Li Yuanjia has never been stingy with rewards, because he knows that being forced to do certain things and taking the initiative to do certain things are completely two different concepts.

This has been proven many times over the past few years

Those paper-making craftsmen, glass craftsmen, and craftsmen who made movable metal type, every time they made a major breakthrough, they could be richly rewarded by Li Yuanjia, and it spread throughout the entire Han Wangfu in the shortest possible time.

This method is much more motivating than punishment!

So seeing Wang Shun's grateful look, Li Yuanjia knew very well that although this reward for a hundred years could not really completely eliminate the resentment in their hearts that they were assigned to the seaside, it could at least be reduced.

After squinting his eyes and thinking for a while, Li Yuanjia continued: "In addition, their monthly cases have doubled, starting from this month!" ”

"Huh?"

"Thank you, King! Thank you, King! ”

Han Lucheng just raised his head in astonishment, Wang Shun was already overjoyed, and bowed down again.

Double your salary!

Can you be happy?

At this moment, Han Lu Chengke was really anxious, and took a step forward and said in a low voice: "King, a few of them are now twice as high as the monthly rate of ordinary people, and now they ......"

"Hmph, no need to say it!"

Glancing at Wang Shun's tanned face, Li Yuanjia waved his hand and said lightly: "Thousands of miles away from home, it's still so hard, they all deserve it!" If anyone is dissatisfied, let them also go to the beach to salt the king! ”

“…… Be. ”

After the corners of his mouth twitched, Han Lucheng lowered his head helplessly.

Go with them to dry salt?

Well, even the reluctant palace steward has to admit that even if four times the monthly example is given, there are probably not many people who are willing to go...... He knew after a little thought that there would probably be no more than five people!

The reason is simple, the king treats his subordinates very leniently.

It's just that he almost never beats and scolds his subordinates, even those slaves in the family, they can be fed and clothed on weekdays, and they even have money to take every month. To them, the palace was like paradise, especially compared to the more demanding masters.

As long as these slaves are not lazy, even Han Lucheng cannot be punished at will.

So in this case, who doesn't want to stay in Chang'an or outside Chang'an City, and go to the beach thousands of miles away to dry salt bitterly? What if the king wants to let these people stay there for the rest of their lives?

So after lowering his head, Han Lucheng stopped talking.

However, Wang Shun was very excited at this time, and kowtowed to the king several times in a row, until Li Yuanjia was really impatient, and asked: "Wang Shun, in addition to these sea salts, I also asked you to go to the beach to find a few things, but you brought them all back?" ”

"Bring it, bring it back!"

His body stiffened for a moment, and Wang Shun immediately reacted and nodded hurriedly.

Quickly got up and rummaged through, Wang Shun opened the other two bags, and then said respectfully: "Look, king, this is what we found...... It's already sun-dried, so the bag is actually quite light. ”

"Well, I'll see."

After stepping forward and taking a closer look, Li Yuanjia suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face: "Yes, it's exactly what I want...... Haha, well done! ”

While Wang Shun breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, Han Lucheng's curiosity was aroused: "King, this is ...... What are these? ”

"Hehe, this is kombu and seaweed."

picked up a piece casually and smelled it, it was the familiar smell of the sea, Li Yuanjia suddenly smiled heartily: "This is seaweed, Zuo Si's "Wu Dufu" said that the Zijiang group is this thing; This is the Khumbu...... Haha, it's all something that grows in the sea. ”

After taking a closer look, Han Lucheng couldn't help but ask again: "What's in the sea?" What can these be used for, Lord? ”

"Nonsense, of course it's eating!"

Li Yuanjia couldn't help but pick up another piece of dried seaweed and said with a smile.

"Eat ......"

"Steward Han, these things can indeed be eaten."

Seeing that the king seemed to be in a very good mood, Wang Shun also had the courage to say: "The fishermen in the East China Sea often take some seaweed and kelp to make soup or vegetables, and the taste is very delicious. ”

“…… I see. ”

When Han Lucheng suddenly realized, Li Yuanjia couldn't put down these two bags of kelp and seaweed.

A real "seafood"!

In fact, the taste is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that kelp is rich in iodine, which is the best food to replenish the body with iodine! In the past few years, he has been inland, and there is no iodized salt to eat in the future, Li Yuanjia has always been a little worried, but now that he has a stable source of kelp and seaweed, he can finally be more down-to-earth.

How else to say it, how difficult is it to be an ancient person?

Even if the odds are not very high, but after all, it is possible, isn't it?

Happy, Li Yuanjia almost wanted Han Lucheng to reward this kid for another hundred times. Fortunately, he finally held back, Li Yuanjia waved his hand and said: "Wang Shun, this mission has done a good job, let's go down and rest first!" ”

"Yes, my lord."

Wang Shun went down with a thousand thanks, but the smile on Li Yuanjia's face gradually disappeared, and he looked at the bags of sea salt in front of him and became worried-Listening to Wang Shun's meaning just now, although this salt drying is hard, but a few people still dried it according to his method after all, but the sea salt made out is so rough, how to use it?

Eat it straight?

Hehe, don't be funny.

Maybe those poor people don't care, because in this era, as long as they have salt to eat, they are already very happy, but for Li Yuanjia, he will definitely not touch this thing!

Nothing else, if you eat too much, you will die!

So looking at the bags of sea salt on the ground, Li Yuanjia frowned slightly, lowered his eyes and pondered......