Chapter 4 The Art of Making Salt

Tang Fei also joined these five people, and devoured it, but Tang Fei really didn't drink a sip of this wine they drank, there was only one jar of wine left, Cheng Biting Jin They were not willing to give it, they were originally people who were addicted to alcohol, and secondly, it was indeed because this kind of rice wine was not very suitable for Tang Fei's taste, if it was liquor or beer in later generations, Tang Fei would drink a little with them, this was too difficult to swallow.

Originally, when Tang Fei was in the later life, because one person was responsible for the affairs of several people, he should be under a lot of pressure for work, and the pressure was also great, and he often had insomnia at night, in this case, Tang Fei would often order snacks and wine at the barbecue stall downstairs alone, not to mention this kind of bad yellow wine, even if it was the kind of highly distilled liquor in later generations, Tang Fei could drink two catties, and then walked home by himself to sleep, thinking of this, Tang Fei thought of his parents again...... Originally, I thought that I would admit it, go out and find a new job, even if it was to start over, I had to give my parents some comfort and let them rest assured, my parents' requirements were not high, and they didn't ask Tang Fei to be rich and expensive, but they just thought that Tang Fei could live a plain life, but it was such a simple wish, Tang Fei couldn't meet them......

"After eating, let's go, Mr. Tang, do you think it's convenient to start now?" Zeng Ke's words interrupted Tang Fei's thoughts, Tang Fei stood up and said, "Let's go, let's go and see the environment first, and then I'll tell you what needs to be prepared, and you can arrange someone to prepare." ”

"Okay, Mr. Tang, please, let's go to the barracks first" Zeng Ke made a gesture of invitation to Tang Fei and said.

"Also, you must keep this matter absolutely secret, the matter of salt and iron is related to the foundation of my Datang." Cheng Yanjin said to the four of them, then shouted Zeng Ke aside, and then said to He Wei, "He Wei, you take Mr. over first, I still have something to tell Zeng Ke." ”

"Zeng Ke, I have always regarded you as a confidant, Mr. Tang said that the art of making salt, this matter is very important, if it is really made of salt, you must protect his safety, even if it is to pay for your life, and you have to monitor him for me, but you can't make him feel, you can't make him feel dissatisfied, you have to grasp this measure yourself, if he can't make refined salt, hum, there is no need to keep him...... And be sure to do a good job of confidentiality. Cheng Yanjin said to Zeng Ke.

"Yes, General, the last general understands, then the last general will go!" "Well, there you go"

Still haven't seen the actual results, Tang Fei is still not so important in their minds, and they really took out something, I believe they will look at Tang Fei differently......

He Wei took Tang Fei to a tent and shouted, "Come on, go and invite Cheng Duwei and Wei Chi Duwei over," and then said to Tang Fei, Mr. Tang, you wait here for a while, Deputy General Zeng will be there soon, I still have some military affairs to deal with, so I will leave first. With that, he saluted Tang Fei and withdrew.

Tang Fei looked at the bamboo jian on the table, these are all old antiques, if this is placed in the future generations, but they are all cultural relics, open one of them and look at it, most of Tang Fei can still understand, when Tang Fei was in high school and college, his biggest hobby was calligraphy, so even now, Tang Fei is also good at calligraphy, and then looked at other things in the tent, looking at the kind of stool they were sitting on, Tang Fei was really speechless, if he sat for a day, would he still be able to get up? It's like laying a plank on the ground and putting some linen on it......

At this time, Cheng Zhimo Lieutenant Chi Baolin and Zeng Ke walked in together, Zeng Ke walked directly to the main seat, knelt down and sat down, "Please sit down, Mr. Tang, what tools do you need, now let's talk about it, you two go and prepare, the stakes are very high, you two can do whatever Mr. Tang asks you to do now, and don't let other sergeants know what you are doing, understand?" ”

Cheng Chumo and Wei Chi Baolin were also stunned for a moment when they saw Zeng Ke saying so seriously, there is really some secret in their feelings, no wonder the Turks want to arrest him. "You two don't have to think too much, what Mr. Tang said is a skill that is very beneficial to my Datang, just cooperate with the two of you, now Mr. Tang, you see?" As he spoke, he said another word to Tang Fei.

"Chu Mo, you go and bring some salt ore, which is the poisonous salt you are talking about." Looking at Cheng Chumo's ignorant expression, Tang Fei knew that he didn't understand what salt ore was at all, and he didn't wait for him to ask, so he took the initiative to explain, "Then directly grind it finely, put those powders in the water, Baolin, you go and get some clean cloth, a few pots, and sand, and then clear out a clean pot in the room, and prepare firewood" Then he said to Yu Chi Baolin, "You can do it in this tent, don't go to the room," Zeng Ke listened to what Tang Fei said, I want to go to the room to do it, and immediately followed Tang Fei's words

"Someone's coming!" After finishing speaking, he shouted outside, and immediately a person came in outside, "General! ”

"From this moment on, no one will be allowed to enter this tent except for the three of them, and in addition, only the two of them can go out, and immediately transfer troops to fence this tent, do you understand?" Zeng Ke gave orders to the soldier. At the same time, the soldier was handed a piece of wood with a "order" written on it, and the soldier took the token and walked out.

"Then you all move here," Tang Fei said to Cheng Chumo and Yu Chi Baolin, the two of them looked at Tang Fei, then at Zeng Ke, and then turned back to look at Tang Fei.

"Look at what, go quickly, or Lao Tzu will help you Lao Tzu make up for the board just now." Zeng Ke looked at the two of them like this, and he was angry, originally these two people were a scourge in the barracks, usually they looked like the eldest of the sky, the second of the earth, and the third of him, except for their father, no one cared. Now that Zeng Ke has finally found an opportunity to "educate" them, then he will not show his prestige in front of them.

In this way, the two of them went out to prepare what Tang Fei said.

Tang Fei and Zeng Ke were left in the tent, and Tang Fei took the initiative to ask, "General, can you tell me what era name and the situation of the people are now?" "To put it bluntly, Tang Fei only knows that it is the Tang Dynasty now, and he doesn't know which emperor is in power, so if you learn more about the social environment from him, Tang Fei will be able to survive better.

"It's the third year of Zhenguan, because the Turks always harass the people on my border and rob the people's food, the Tang Dynasty has been governed by the emperor's benevolence in recent years, although the people are not rich, but at least there is no starvation, and in order to protect the people, the military department has to arrange a large number of soldiers near the Turkic border, which also brings a great burden to the imperial court......" Zeng Ke heard Tang Fei's words, so he replied.

"In the third year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin is the emperor, so at this time, the eldest grandson Wuji is still in charge of the court, and the famous Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, and Wei Zheng in history should be used immediately." Tang Fei's heart moved.

Tang Fei replied: "Yes, the world is prosperous, the people are suffering, the world is dying, and the people are suffering, but it is these ordinary people who have been suffering all the time who really control the changes of the country......

"Okay, that's good, I didn't expect Mr. Tang to have such a profound study of the way of governing the country, Xing, the people are suffering, the people are suffering, these words are thorough, today's saint is a rare virtuous monarch through the ages, so that the people can live a stable life is not far away......" At this time, Cheng Yanjin opened the tent and said to Tang Fei while walking.

At this time, Zeng Ke also stood up from the main seat, and was about to salute Cheng Biting Jin, "No need to be polite, I'm just coming over to see how those two boys cooperate with you, if not, I wouldn't have heard Mr.'s warning words." Cheng Yanjin sat on the main seat and said to Zeng Ke.

"The famous words of the world don't count, it's just the reality, the people are the most important at any time, the king is the boat, the people are the water, the water can carry the boat, and the boat can be overturned!" Tang Fei said.

Hearing this, Cheng Yanjin immediately stood up and saluted Tang Fei, "Mr. Dacai, I will definitely inform Your Majesty of this remark and remind Your Majesty to warn the world...... I wonder if Mr. has such thoughts? ……”

Before Cheng Yanjin finished speaking, Cheng Chumo came in with two stones, Yu Chi Baolin came in with a stone mill the size of a plate, Tang Fei and Cheng Yanjin both watched them walk in, Tang Fei bowed to Cheng Yanjin and said: "What the general just said, let's talk about it in the future, now I'll refine the refined salt first." ”

"Okay, sir, you deal with the matter in front of you first, I'll go out first, you two listen to me, study by Mr. Tang's side, if not, Zeng Ke, you help me break their legs." Cheng Yanjin felt very worried about these two people, and specially instructed Zeng Ke to say.

Tang Fei laughed in his heart, sure enough, it was Cheng Biting Jin, he was so calculating, he was so uneasy, he had to leave such a little credit to his son and his brother's son, he looked at Zeng Ke, and thought to himself, this Zeng Ke was definitely Cheng Biting Jin's iron, and he didn't think much about it.

He said to the two of them, "Chu Mo, you go and prepare the rest of the things, Baolin, you and I will grind this stone first, Chu Mo, bring in the water first, and then prepare the pot and firewood." ”

Tang Fei silently recalled the process of making salt in his heart, dissolving, filtering, evaporating, crystallizing, yes, that's it, as he spoke, he started to smash the two stones first, at this time, Zeng Ke and Yu Chi Baolin were watching from the side, Cheng Chumo walked in with a bucket of water, and after putting it down, he was ready to go out, "Wait, you two will help me smash this stone like I smashed first, Chu Mo, you ...... like this" "Okay." Cheng Chumo replied, just like that, he can understand, Tang Fei expressed his doubts, so he said, "Do you understand?" ”

"Understood, understood, isn't it just putting sand in the middle of the cloth? What's not to understand about this," Cheng Chumo said and walked out in a hurry.

"Yo, there's no problem with a filter device understanding it this way," Tang Fei thought to himself.

Then he put the small stones that had just been smashed on the stone mill and grinded them finely, poured the ground salt ore powder into the bucket that Cheng Chumo had brought in just now, and stirred it. Then Yu Chi Baolin and Zeng Ke took over Tang Fei's work of grinding small stones, and after a while, they were all finished and poured into that bucket

Cheng Chumo also prepared everything for the pot and firewood. This dissolves for almost an hour, just get some meaning first, Tang Fei thought to himself, so he put Cheng Chumo's simple version of the filter on top of another bucket, "Come and help me pour the water in this bucket from this cloth into another bucket" Tang Fei said to them.

It didn't take long for it to be ready, and the salt water had already reached the pot, "Now it's on a big fire, and when the water is boiled dry, the edible salt will come out," Tang Fei said.

"You also have to prepare a small cup, wait for the crystallization to come out and break the salt again, and even out a little ......"

After speaking, Cheng Chumo ran out.

Slowly the water in the pot began to crystallize, and it boiled dry after a while, and there was a snowflake under the pot, at this time, Zeng Ke didn't care if the soup was not hot, grabbed a small handful, and sent it to his mouth, "It's really salt, it's really salt, it's salt thinner than snowflake salt." You two put up the snowflakes and salt in the pot," he said, and instructed Cheng Chumo to them!

Then he grabbed a handful and ran outside, shouting as he ran: "It's done, it's done, general, it's really ......"