Zhao Qi was very angry, what's going on? What is not going well, offended the queen twice in a row, and there will be something to suffer in the future, the palace is not so comfortable, it is said that learning etiquette sometimes stands on a chair for three or four hours, and a sitting is more than half a day, and normal people can't stand it.

That's it, now even the obedient Ling'er feels that she is uneducated, is this worth it?

Sighing, shaking his head, these troubles were left behind, and he walked into the house with his hands behind his back, the salt was only half purified, and the most important step was not completed. Zhao Qi remembered that various chemicals had to be added to chemistry class, and he forgot what it was, and now he only blamed himself for not listening to it well, as for now, he can only use the method of evaporation and crystallization, as for whether he can eat it in the end, he really doesn't know, he has to try it to know, whether he will be poisoned or not depends on the will of God.

instructed Hong Sanbao to walk to the kitchen with the stone pot, Ling'er followed behind step by step, looking at her appearance, she should want to help, Zhao Qi just didn't bird her, and walked in front with a shy belly that didn't exist behind his back.

The kitchen has a stove, made of green bricks, which is also unique to rich and noble families, and the cooking in civilian homes is generally an earthen stove. The stoves of this period were not as beautiful as those of later generations, and even looked a little rudimentary.

Let Hong Sanbao put the stone pot on the stove and help him make a fire, and then let him keep adding firewood and watch the situation in the pot by himself. Originally, he planned to let Hong Sanbao watch it, and he went to rest by himself, this is his habit, considering that Hong Sanbao didn't know when to turn off the fire, and this thing was extremely important, so he stayed, and he would rely on these things to change officials in the future, but he couldn't be sloppy.

The filtered brine is very clear, and most of the impurities have been filtered out. The stone pot is not like the big iron pot of later generations, it is difficult to heat it, Hong Sanbao fanned the fire hard, and there was some movement in the pot after a long time.

The evaporation of the stone pot is quite good, as long as the pot is hot, the water inside is easy to boil.

Zhang Han came again, holding two roast chickens in his hand, it is estimated that he was in which house, Zhao Qi didn't care, he grabbed one casually, and when he was about to go up and down his mouth, he saw Ling'er staring at him next to him, how else could this be? Removed a chicken leg and handed it to her, she actually twisted and pinched without reaching out, what is this smelly problem? Obviously, I have to pretend to be like that.

grabbed her hand and stuffed the chicken leg into his hand, Zhao Qicai tore off the other chicken leg and stuffed it into his mouth, his eyes continued to stare into the pot.

Zhang Han leaned over, stared at the boiling water in the pot, and said with curiosity on his face: "I heard what you said to the queen, can you really make salt that is better than the salt we eat?" Can it compare to what Your Majesty and the Queen eat? ”

"What are they eating? I made it much finer than theirs, but I don't know if this batch can be eaten, some of the coarse salt impurities are too much, and they are poisonous, I am afraid that this simple method will not be able to completely remove it. Even if he knew that Zhang Han didn't understand, Zhao Qi still explained, after all, he has a higher IQ here, and smart people always like to deal with smarter people.

"Simple?" Zhang Han's eyebrows moved, and he sat on the stove and gnawed on the chicken butt and said, "It's easy to get refined salt?" Are you laughing at the stupidity of the world? ”

This is incomprehensible, obviously it is the simplest operation step in chemistry, filtration, evaporation, but I don't understand why people in this period don't understand? Are people really stupid? Zhao Qi thinks it is unlikely, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period is an era of sages and sages, and heroes are born in troubled times, saying that people in this period are stupid is simply bringing humiliation on themselves, as for why they can't even think of such a simple method, Zhao Qi thinks that it's just that the smart people of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period are thinking about how to prosper the country and make the country rich, and they are all getting some academic things, and few people will come into contact with this aspect of the content, otherwise they wouldn't even have studied the most basic things until now.

For Zhang Han's questioning, he didn't bother to explain, this kind of person is the standard "bar essence" that later generations say, no matter how much truth you say, he can always find fault in his words, Zhao Qi feels that a person like him is the most suitable to be a spy, and there is no shortage of the ability to reverse right and wrong and talk nonsense.

The water in the pot dried quickly, and a layer of white substance slowly appeared, a bit like a pot, but a little whiter, like a piece of white sugar after being dipped in water.

After the water in the pot was completely boiled, Zhao Qi asked Hong Sanbao to put out the fire, took the spoon that served the rice, scraped out the crystals in the pot, put it in a bamboo tube, and poured half a bucket of water into the pot after scraping until there was not a drop left.

The salt that had just come out of the pot still had temperature, Zhao Qi found a bamboo stick, dipped it in some water, and then dipped some salt in the bamboo tube, wanting to send it to his mouth, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was inappropriate, so he stuffed it into Hong Sanbao's mouth.

Hong Sanbao's eyes lit up, his hands danced, he just didn't let go of his mouth to speak, Zhao Qi was startled, thinking that this thing was poisonous, so he pulled the bamboo stick out of his mouth, and was about to carry out emergency treatment, who knew that at this time he excitedly pointed to the bamboo tube in Zhao Qi's arms and shouted: "Salt, little master, salt!" It tastes better than salt! ”

"What a fuss, do you want to scare the master to death?" Zhao Qi raised his hand and slapped his head, "Didn't you just taste a mouthful of salt?" As for the excitement like this? It's like a poor crazy person who has never seen the world, and in the future, follow me and don't put your ugly appearance as a hillbilly out again. ”

Having said that, but Zhao Qi obviously couldn't hide the excitement in his heart, Hong Sanbao can still jump around after eating it shows that this thing is okay after eating, this method is simple and convenient, as long as the labor force is enough, it is not a problem for the entire Daqin people to eat salt, and this thing will undoubtedly become a commodity in the market in the near future, and it can even be imagined that the price is still above the grain.

was beaten by Zhao Qi, Hong Sanbao just laughed, the little master was right, he was indeed a little embarrassed like this, what can't you see after following him? Now it's paper and salt, and maybe something will come out in the future, so there's nothing to make a fuss about, so I touched my head and said: "Little master, you also know, I grew up in the village, and I haven't eaten salt a few times since I was a child, let alone when I was in the military service later, I only saw this thing after I was transferred to Xianyang from the border pass, and today I suddenly ate more refined salt than His Majesty eats, so I am naturally a little excited, and I can proudly say in the future, this person who eats the first bite of refined salt is my Hong Sanbao!"

Listening to Hong Sanbao's arrogant words, Zhao Qi was full of black lines and didn't know what to say, Zhang Han didn't feel anything, obviously he had seen a lot of people like Hong Sanbao, and there were not many things like salt in Daqin, so it was normal for civilians not to see it, and he was more curious about what Zhao Qi made this salt tasted like than this. snatched the bamboo tube from Zhao Qi's arms, his eating method was much more elegant than Hong Sanbao, carefully poured it in the palm of his hand, wiped it on the chicken buttocks, and then bit down a piece of meat at the position of touching the salt and tasted it, nodded incessantly, gave Zhao Qi a thumbs up, and then poured out a little bit and wiped it to other positions of the roast chicken to facilitate eating.

This couldn't bear it anymore, Zhao Qi snatched the salt from Zhang Han's hand, took out the pottery bowl in the cabinet, poured most of the bowl, and then called Ling'er over, tore some chicken for her and Hong Sanbao, and the three of them dipped and ate around the pottery bowl. After a while, Lu Hui also came in with his fingers, and when he saw the chicken leg in Xiaofujun's hand drooling, Zhao Qi was helpless, and tore half of it to Lu Hui, so the people around the pottery bowl became four, and as for Lu Lizard, who came in later, there was naturally Zhang Han to greet him.

The world is always full of coincidences, and when a few people were about to finish eating, Mrs. Mu came in, curious about what the children were doing on the ground, but after seeing the white salt in the bowl, their eyes straightened, and they pulled Lu Lizard aside, and knocked off Lu Hui's hand holding the chicken leg to dip it in salt, and picked up the bowl on the ground.

Zhao Qi stood up embarrassedly, hid behind him with a chicken leg in one hand, and pulled Lu Hui, who was about to cry, behind him with the other hand, and then greeted Mrs. Mu with a smile.

I really can't blame Mrs. Zhao Qimu, especially this thing is still made by others, she was also there when the queen went to find Zhao Qi, rubbed Zhao Qi's hair, and said in a slightly sneering tone: "Qi'er, you are the most sensible among them, how can you follow them to mess around, you don't know how much this salt means to us, this first batch of designation is to be given to Your Majesty and the Prince, if you finish eating, what are you going to do?" What nonsense. ”

"Madame is too worried, the kid naturally won't be so reckless, and the kid also thinks it's delicious after tasting it, so he is greedy for a while, but this salt is more than that." Zhao Qi handed the bamboo tube containing salt to Mrs. Mu and said, "There is still half a bamboo tube in this bamboo tube, and this method of making salt is extremely simple. ”

Mrs. Mu nodded, he was more and more fond of this child, and now he only hated that he didn't give birth to a daughter, so he let the second lady take advantage, otherwise Zhao Qi's position as the wife would not be able to take the turn of Lu Hui.

Glancing at Lu Lizard, who was still squatting on the ground, Mrs. Mu was irritable for no reason, left the pottery bowl, and went out with the bamboo tube. After Mrs. Mu left, several people immediately took out chicken legs and squatted down to eat chicken legs around a pottery bowl dipped in salt.

Mrs. Mu went out of the kitchen to find Lu Buwei in the study, when Lu Buwei saw the white and pure refined salt in the bamboo tube, he almost jumped up excitedly, his hand reached into the bamboo tube and dipped it in his mouth and tasted it, salty, he enjoyed this taste very much, his fingers were in his mouth for a long time before taking it out, he liked this thing far more than paper and pen, this is something that can really benefit the people!

Lü Buwei stood up, put on his official uniform under the service of Mrs. Mu, stuffed the bamboo tube and kicked it into his arms, and hurried into the palace.