Chapter 24 Self-Considerations
Buying a house, of course, does not mean that the "Chang'an Ladies Club" can open to welcome customers.
Although the size of about two acres is barely enough, but the area is only enough, in fact, if you want to satisfy Li Yuanjia, you need to carry out a comprehensive renovation and decoration to make this club different from other houses......
Of course, it's important to take time to prepare for games that are engaging.
So during this period of time, I can only let Zhang Wan take the palace construction team into the field, level the ground inside, pick up the dilapidated house first, and then wait for Li Yuanjia's design drawings to be freshly released.
Although he doesn't know how to build a house, Li Yuanjia knows what his house should look like, and that's enough.
As for the moment, of course, the purification of sea salt is more important.
So when he saw Ma Liang, he couldn't wait to take the small bag in his hand and open it, Li Yuanjia's eyes lit up first, and then his heart trembled!
No way!
It's so white!
Although at first glance there is still a slight feeling of green and yellow, there is a big gap between the color and the edible salt eaten in the previous life, and there are a lot of salt particles still condensed together, which looks uncomfortable, but it is very different from the appearance when it was just sent over before, and there is no trace of coarse salt at all!
"Hoo ......"
After exhaling lightly, he poured some salt grains from the bag into his hand with a slight tremble, Li Yuanjia held his breath, his eyes stepped forward to observe carefully, and finally a bright smile finally appeared on his face.
What the hell, that's called salt!
By the standards of this era, this is already considered refined salt!
At least compared with the salt that Li Yuanjia usually eats, this handful of sea salt can definitely be called half a catty and eight taels, which is not inferior at all. If compared with the salt that Chunyan and Liu Mei usually eat, it is even better!
You must know that although Chunyan and Liu Mei are only maids, Li Yuanjia usually treats them as half a sister and has never treated them badly. So even if it is impossible to eat the same thing, the salt usually given to them is also the best in Chang'an City, and it costs more than a chip compared to the ordinary officials!
So hearing the sound of Han Lucheng gasping next to him, Li Yuanjia was really not surprised at all.
"Big ...... King. ”
Swallowing a mouthful of spit, Han Lucheng's voice trembled a little and said, "This, this is the salt we boiled from the sea?" So...... So white? ”
"Hahaha......"
After listening to the housekeeper's words, Li Yuanjia couldn't bear it anymore and laughed.
With this smile, the smiling Ma Liang finally breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile bloomed on his face.
The king was satisfied, and he was relieved.
After laughing for a while, Li Yuanjia shook his finger at Han Lucheng and said happily: "It's wrong, these salts are not boiled, but sunburned...... Ha ha! ”
Boiling and drying are two completely different concepts!
The ancients used the method of boiling salt to extract salt from the sea, which was extremely inefficient. Because iron pots with high heat transfer coefficients are expensive and very susceptible to corrosion by seawater, salt workers are reluctant to use them at all. The low thermal conductivity of clay pots and other materials is not only inefficient, but also very fuel-intensive...... That is, wood.
Over the next few hundred years, the deforestation caused by boiling sea salt will be staggering.
Therefore, if salt drying technology can appear in the world hundreds of years in advance, it is conceivable that it will not only have a significant impact on people's livelihood, but also play a role in protecting the environment......
So at this time, Li Yuanjia's heart is naturally agitated.
Like him, there was also the housekeeper Han Lucheng, who stared directly at the pinch of salt in Li Yuanjia's hand, only to feel that his throat and lips were dry and were about to burst into flames, and his heart was beating fast as if he wanted to jump out of his chest!
"Goo-dong!"
Thinking that these dazzling white grains of salt were still black a few days ago, Han Lucheng couldn't help but lick his lips, and then swallowed and spat again.
Originally, when the salt workers came all the way from the East China Sea to send back more than 100 catties of salt, although Han Lucheng was also quite excited, he was not as blind as he is now. After all, the salt was too dirty, it tasted too astringent and bitter, and Han Lucheng didn't understand how much advantage dried salt had compared with traditional boiled salt, so he didn't pay much attention to it.
After all, it is the key to Han Wangfu, and Han Lucheng is used to seeing big scenes, so there is no reason to make a fuss.
But now......
Thinking about the coarse salt a few days ago, and then looking at the refined salt in front of him, Han Lucheng really couldn't control his emotions.
Oh my God!
The king really turned those black coarse salt into shiny fine salt, and it was also a fine salt comparable to the top refined salt!
It's, it's like juggling!
"Nope! No, no! ”
The shock in his heart did not last, Han Lucheng suddenly thought of the key to it, and his eyes widened suddenly: "The most important thing now is ...... That's fine salt! The refined salt made by our own Han Wangfu is the refined salt that five people spent nearly two years making! ”
As soon as he thought of this, Han Lucheng's two nostrils were steaming, and he couldn't care about it anymore, so he asked directly: "King, is this...... Is it easy to dry these sea salts? ”
This time, he finally made the word sun clear.
"Is it easy? Haha, of course it's not easy! ”
Thinking of the picture in "A Bite of Food" in his memory, Li Yuanjia raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Drying salt is a very hard job, and it also requires mastering special methods...... But compared to life boiling, it is definitely much better. Not only is the cost much smaller, but the output is countless times larger! ”
"Goo-dong!"
When he heard this, Han Lucheng swallowed and foamed again, and his whole scalp was a little numb.
Desperately suppressing the tumbling in his chest, as the housekeeper of the palace, Han Lucheng immediately stepped forward and whispered: "King, this is ...... This method of drying salt, as well as the method of turning coarse salt into refined salt, must be kept secret...... Whether it's Ma Liang or a few people on the other side of the East China Sea, they must be absolutely at ease! ”
"Huh?"
"Huh?"
When Li Yuanjia was slightly stunned, Ma Liang was also stunned, and then his face changed greatly!
In an instant, Ma Liang's eyes were wrong when he looked at Han Lucheng.
However, after Li Yuanjia was stunned for a moment, his eyes suddenly narrowed, and he smiled: "Absolutely rest assured?" Then do you think Ma Liang and them are reassuring, or are a few people from the East China Sea reassuring? ”
"This ......"
Looking at the king with a chuckling face, Han Lucheng was stunned.
Isn't this obvious?
Even if these people are all slaves of the palace, the possibility of betrayal is extremely small, but ...... That's salt!
“”
Without waiting for Han Lucheng to come back to his senses, Li Yuanjia directly waved his hand and said with a smile: "Okay, I have my own plans for this matter, so you don't have to worry about it." If you have time, you should go outside the city more often, and urge the glass workshop to ......"