One. Drive the forest on the cave house

Empress Dowager Yang drove the Lin Shangren Cave Mansion, which was not easy or too difficult.

It's not easy to say, because now it's all on the ship, it's not very safe on the shore, and it's different in the sea, now about half of the soldiers are in the sea, in the face of other ships that have been chained, the queen mother's ship, in order to be able to break through in the future, is actually alone, which also allows the pseudo-yuan soldiers to attack the chain deck, attack the queen mother's ship, at least take a springboard, or jump ship gang. However, since there is a security prevention mechanism, the inconvenience caused by this mechanism must also be endured. If the queen mother walks from the springboard, it should be convenient, but it is not in line with the etiquette system, the queen mother should take the royal chariot, but the imperial chariot is not one or two springboards can be taken, at least six or seven springboards, but also very skilled shoulder guards, in the long sea, surrounded by waves, shoulder guards to keep walking on the ground, it is really not easy.

And if the queen mother's boat is moved to the cave of the forest people to take the boat, the movement will be a bit big.

It can be seen that "the king does not see the king" is a lot of reason.

But for the sake of today's plan, if the queen mother insists that the king is not the king, will it make Lin Shangren feel guilty?

Zhou Wenying is the most anxious, Zhang Shijie is the most conflicted and contradictory in his heart, Lu Xiufu is the most worried about the number of etiquette, and Empress Dowager Yang, well, the big man, she doesn't have to worry about these things, she just silently guesses, what is that Lin Shangren?

Because the "political court" in the cabin of the Empress Dowager Yang took more than half an hour, preparing gifts and determining clothes, and spent more than half an hour preparing for Luan, and it took another half an hour.

Empress Dowager Yang and the others fell into the loach boat of the forest people, but they saw that they were already full of lanterns, and the deck was as bright as day, and there was jubilation.

Empress Dowager Yang had just stepped down, and Lu Xiufu was already asking, "What's the noise?" ”

Before Ma Baihu could speak, Tu Xicai had already jumped out: There is water, there is clear water, there is a lot of sweet water......

Two. Point the sea for water and quench the thirst of the three armies

Empress Dowager Yang's heart jumped a few times suddenly, Lu Xiufu's face immediately became a little purple, and Zhang Shijie rushed to a behemoth burning with a roaring fire in the middle: "Water, can you drink it?" ”

And Zhou Wenying was already in the behemoth, looking at the bubbling water, holding it with his hand and taking a sip, it was so hot that Zhou Wenying's mouth suddenly bubbled.

Ma Baihu hurriedly said: "Manager Zhou, use the bamboo cup, the water that has just come out is very hot, and the Venerable Master still has a drawing, but the brothers can't wait any longer, so they made one according to the simplest one." ”

Zhou Wenying hurriedly said: "Hurry up, take a bamboo cup for all the nobles." ”

After hearing this, Sister Liuliu hurriedly took a jade cup from the hand of the palace maid who accompanied her, took a few coins of water from the water mouth that flowed out, took it out, blew it with her mouth, tasted it slowly, and then tasted it again, nodded, and drank it in one gulp; Motioned to the palace maid to take out the other jade cups, put the jade cups that had just been used, and put them back on the tray, and then carefully used the new square jade wine bucket to fill a bucket of clear water, took lotus steps, walked to the side of the Empress Dowager Yang, squatted down, and handed the jade bucket to the Empress Dowager Yang with both hands.

Zhang Shijie has already used a bamboo cup, filled with some water, slowly blowing, drinking slowly, tears also remained, grabbed Lu Hideo's hand with one hand, and never let go of the bamboo cup with the other hand, and said with a slight choked voice: "Hideo (Note: Some students say that they can't understand, looking hard, this is the request of the official, we must pay attention to it, fortunately, this article itself is not an ancient novel, from the beginning, the scene and basic culture, made a certain explanation, in order to take care of the reader, in the future, try to be as simple as possible, if it is not particularly necessary, it will not be used), Hideo, If it is not a last resort, how does Shijie want the soldiers to be wronged by this, if this method is feasible, Shijie is willing to let the soldiers march the law and get out of this evil spirit. ”

Lu Xiufu didn't spill the cup, but took Zhang Shijie's hand (note: ancient scholars, who were proud of expressing intimate relationships, such as holding hands, it is better to sleep on the same bed, called sleeping on the feet, etc.) walked towards Zhou Wenying, and said with a smile: "Brother Shijie, you should say this to Manager Zhou, you, you can also say this to more than 200 soldiers here." ”

Zhang Shijie shook off Lu Xiufu's hand and grabbed Zhou Wenying's hand: "Zhou Xian's nephew, the old man, the old man has asked you to plead guilty, the old man is also forced to do so, you can't let the queen mother and the emperor break their thoughts, what grievances do you have, you, you can march the law!" ”

Zhou Wenying also held Zhang Shijie's hand and said with tears: "Taifu, the Yuan army is coming violently, the ministers Zhai Guoxiu, Liu Jun and others fled to the side of the puppet Yuan army, your subordinate Chen Bao surrendered, your nephew was captured by the puppet Yuan, you didn't run, although Zhou Wenying is stupid, he will not know that Taifu is dedicated to the country, so how hard and difficult the soldiers are, I will resolutely carry out your orders." Originally, if it weren't for the great chance in these days, we would almost certainly have lost. But when I drink this sweet water, I can be regarded as letting go of a lot of burdens. ”

The three of them looked at each other and laughed, and Lu Xiufu said, "Let's not patronize our own happiness, go and see the Queen Mother, and then thank the Venerable Master." ”

Zhang Shijie said: "Oh, yes, yes, yes, Hidefu, let me ask one more question, Wen Ying, what is the production capacity of this artifact?" How much can solve the drinking water of our soldiers? ”

Zhou Wenying said: "Yes, yes, yes, I also wanted to ask the soldiers, let's guess for ourselves."

After speaking, he hurriedly called Ma Baihu and asked: "Ma Desheng, this, what is this, this artifact, what is the production capacity?" ”

Ma Baihu hurriedly put down the bamboo cup, and smiled for a while: "Prime Minister, Taifu, Boss, let me have a drink first, don't hide it from a few adults, if it weren't for this water today, I would have lived for three or five days at most." Ah, you ask about this artifact, the Venerable Master said, it is called a single-stage evaporation condensation desalination kettle, this is small, the efficiency is not very good, about 300 catties of coal to produce 1,000 catties of pure water, if you use multi-stage and larger, in the best case, you can produce 1,000 catties of pure water from more than 200 catties of coal, we 200,000 soldiers, if each person per day is 4 catties, it is 800,000 catties of water, according to 1 million catties, it is 1,000 catties, that is, 200 times 1,000 is equal to 200,000 catties of coal, which is equivalent to each soldier increasing one pound of coal per day. That's about a quarter to a fifth of a pound of water in exchange. ”

Zhang Shijie pinched his fingers and exclaimed: "Every soldier of ours now, boiling water to drink, cooking rice and eating, also costs almost a pound of coal." ”

Ma Baihu said: "Not only that, Taifu, this divine cauldron, boiled out, itself is hot water, not in vain. ”

Lu Xiufu's eyes lit up, and he couldn't wait to interject: "Oh, this, it's really amazing!" ”

Ma Baihu said: "Prime Minister Lu, are you satisfied?" ”

Lu Xiufu said: "Still not satisfied? People should be content, three hours ago, do you know that your Shangguan Zhou is the chief manager, grabbing the ground with his head, just to ask for the Master's words - take the most troubled person, I am for Ru'anzhi, that is, the most troublesome thing is Qing Shui, it is Qing Shui, you fight with Mrs. Zhang, you live and die, that situation, I can't bear to read it, the miserable situation, hey, in the future, you can use it as a handle, hahahaha. Lu Xiufu stroked his beard and couldn't stop.

Ma Baihu said: "The lower officials dare not laugh at the upper officials. ”

Manager Zhou said: "As long as you can let the brothers drink water, I don't care about making the brothers laugh, you don't know, I also said to Taifu - if there is no clear water, the one who will destroy the Great Song Dynasty in the future will not be Zhang Hongfan, but you Zhang Shijie!" ”

Ma Baihu said: "In this way, a few adults can give the following good news and give some color to the ministers." ”

Mr. Zhou said, "Well, there is good news? No, if this matter is done well today, you will be a great achievement, and the Queen Mother and the court will definitely praise you. ”

Ma Baihu said: "In this way, Manager Zhou doesn't want to hear it, so okay, I'll sell this news to the best bidder." ”

Manager Zhou said: "Good boy, look at what you can, if you dare to do this, I will first cure you for the crime of disrespecting the official." ”

Ma Baihu said: "Scoundrel, it's useless, I'm not afraid, Prime Minister, if it's military affairs, if it's an errand, I don't say it, it's a violation of military orders." But I don't say anything else that the Venerable Master said, so I have to respect the Shangguan, especially if the Shangguan doesn't want to know. ”

Lu Xiufu pretended to be a gesture and said: "Taifu, you are a great Confucian, what Ma Baihu said, it should be right, right?" ”

Zhang Shijie also pretended to be serious and said: "Logically, it should be like this, then, the prime minister is in charge of government affairs, and in terms of political law, what do I say in terms of law?" ”

Lu Xiufu held his sleeves and arched his hand in the direction of the Queen Mother: "I rule the world with benevolence and filial piety, and the emperor and scholars rule the world together, and I also think Ma Baihu is right." ”

Ma Baihu said: "Yes, I will tell the Queen Mother to go." ”

Zhang Shijie, Lu Xiufu, and Manager Zhou immediately said: "We will go together." ”

Three. Evaporation condensation desalination kettle, boiling the sea is still profitable

The four of them held hands and walked towards the Empress Dowager Yang together, but they saw Tu Xicai excitedly opening his teeth and dancing claws, and was saying: "Queen Mother, Queen Mother, do you know, this divine cauldron, this is just the simplest single-level divine cauldron, which can not only produce the most mellow and purest sweet water, but also, it also produces salt, snow-white salt." Whiter than snow, purer than green salt, and without bitterness, the Venerable Master said that for every 1,000 catties of water, more than 30 catties of salt can be produced. ”

Empress Dowager Yang catered to Tu Xicai's excitement and smiled faintly for a while, Tu Xicai looked at it for a while, realized something, and happened to see Ma Baihu coming, so she pulled Ma Baihu and said: "Ma Baihu, you tell the Queen Mother, more than 30 catties of salt, how important it is." ”

Empress Dowager Yang then asked Zhang Shijie: "Taifu, this, why is this sergeant so excited?" ”

Zhang Shijie immediately began to calculate:

"A catty of salt (a Song catty is about 640 grams), Guangzhou, Hui, and Duanzhou are the cheapest 10 wen per catty, and the inland ones are less than 2 or 30 wen, and the more can reach 7 or 8 hundred, but on average, 50 to 70 wen is the most.

So thirty catties of salt are worth about 1,500 to 2,100 wen.

The fluctuation of rice prices has too much to do with the abundance and arrears of war, and each load of rice (note: 100 catties), 6, 700 Wen to four or five (Note: the consistent money is about 1000 or 77 Wen), that is, about 7 or 8 Wen per catty, and a catty of salt can buy three to four catties of rice.

Coal is about one-fifth to one-half of the price of rice, and can be roughly counted as a quarter on average.

In this way, the output of 1,000 catties of water, 200 catties of burning charcoal, which is 50 catties of rice, and 30 catties of salt, which is 90 to 120 catties of rice, is also 100 catties of rice. As a result, you will get another 50 catties of rice.

Queen Mother, do you understand? ”

Empress Dowager Yang was a little confused, Zhang Shijie calculated quickly, Empress Dowager Yang couldn't figure it out, but she felt that it must be very valuable, and said with a little embarrassment: "Taifu is really good at algorithms, can you say that it is simpler, the mourning family can't be counted." ”

Lu Xiufu smiled and said: "Queen Mother, Taifu is so happy, let me tell you, the Venerable Master's divine cauldron technique, if we use it well, now burn 200 catties of charcoal, it will produce 1,000 catties of pure water, plus 30 catties of salt." And the value of these 30 catties of salt is not less than 200 catties of charcoal, and we are equivalent to getting 1,000 catties of good clean water for nothing. Amazing! See you today. ”

Manager Zhou said: "Queen Mother, it's not just that, this water is sweet water, no bitterness, extremely clear; This salt is even better than the best green salt, it is not only 10 wen per catty, it is sold to more than 12 wen, 1,000 catties of water is boiled, and after the charcoal, you can also leave 6 catties of refined salt, or more than 60 wen income. ”

(Note: There will actually be a loss of boiling water, the calorific value of coal also has a certain distribution, and the efficiency of the heat engine is also high and low, the above is the result of the calculation based on general data, for a simple description, it is written like this, but it should be within a reasonable range.) ）

Empress Dowager Yang said curiously: "In this way, boiling the sea can not only solve the problem of sweet water, but also boil refined salt, as well as money and grain?" ”

Ma Baihu arrived: "Back to the Queen Mother, that's right, you come to see the refined salt that has just been cooked, Xicai, take a little here." ”

Tu Xicai directly took out a small bag, took a vermilion red bowl, pinched a small bag with his hands, and then controlled the white powder, like a miniature waterfall, rustling down, those snow-white salt particles, on the vermilion lacquer plate, jumped lively, and then lay down, a small white snow peak, piled up, Tu Xicai said happily: "Queen Mother, you taste it." ”

Zhang Shijie was a little uncomfortable with Tu Xicai's escape, and was about to speak, but Empress Dowager Yang seemed to see it, chuckled and said: "Okay, I (note: the Queen Mother doesn't need to be formally called, or don't use elegant words, it means that she doesn't care about Tu Xicai's faux pas) to try it." ”

As he spoke, he picked up a little salt particle with two fingers, put it in his mouth, tasted it for a while, and pinched it again: "It is indeed delicate, there is no bitterness." ”

Tu Xicai said, "The Venerable Master said, from the boiling sea, the salt brine that flows out, use a basin of seawater to calm it, wait until the salt crystals condense out, throw away the other brine, and then push the dried salt powder, that's it, there is no bitter taste, it doesn't hurt people, if it is still good, there is a way." ”

Zhang Shijie grabbed Tu Xicai and said: "You say, you mean, this salt powder doesn't hurt people?" ”

Tu Xicai said: "Yes, my lord, you taste it, there is a pot here, it is a mixed brine poured out, is it bitter?" ”

Zhang Shijie put his finger into the mixed brine basin next to him, dipped it deeply, then took out his finger, put it in his mouth, frowned, and spit it out: "Amazing, amazing, can separate bitterness and toxins with a flick of his fingers, the Queen Mother, the Venerable Master asked, there is no flaw, yes, underestimate the heroes of the world, and ask the Queen Mother to punish the crime." ”

The Queen Mother also scholar Zhang Shijie put her fingers into the mixed brine basin, in the mixed brine water, stirred slightly, and then also took out her fingers, took a sip in her mouth, and gave Sister Liu Liu a look, Sister Liu Liu took a glass of water from the palace maid's plate, the Queen Mother drank it, rinsed her mouth, Sister Liu Liu took a cup again, asked the Queen Mother to clean her mouth, and then the Queen Mother picked up a little refined salt, put it in her mouth and tasted a product, did not spit it out again, closed her eyes, felt it, and sighed: "The ancestors and the ancestors are above, Is this true? ”

Lu Xiufu and Zhang Shijie said in unison: "Empress Dowager Bing, it's true." ”

Four. What is the salt used for boiling the sea?

Empress Dowager Yang only felt that her heart seemed to be gradually clearing, it turned out that she only felt that the cold sea and sky, dark and damp, the coming daylight, will be another day of fierce battle, every day of delay, it is just a struggle to fantasize, what miracle can happen, there is really no confidence to look forward to. Don't think about it, the daily battle shakes the sky, the fire and smoke, and I always remind myself that this is not a daydream, this is a nightmare during the day.

Now, the sky is bright, and she feels that the window in her heart seems to be lit up, she wants to be happy, but I am afraid that this is an instantaneous illusion, because this way to escape, along the way, countless important ministers of the country, the dry city of the country, the pillar of the country, the death of the dead, the escape of the escape, the rebellion of the rebellion, the surrender of the surrender, the remaining few who do not die and do not surrender, the captured are caught, the beaten are beaten, when is it a hope! A group of tiger divisions, elite divisions, and a hundred battle divisions, how can they be in groups......

It's good today, the courtiers and the soldiers, they all applauded vigorously, and they were crazy with joy, oh my God, it's not to comfort me with a bare queen mother, let's act.

Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Yang suddenly chuckled in her heart again, and then carefully observed the various situations on the board, if it was acting, it was impossible to cover everything in the corner of the quiet place, Empress Dowager Yang was afraid of it, although she couldn't bear to expose her doubts, but she didn't want to keep herself in the dark.

Zhang Shijie saw that the Empress Dowager Yang was stunned, and it turned out to be a long time, and he was overjoyed to think that the Empress Dowager Yang, and Wen Yan reminded: "The Empress Dowager, this refined salt, is useful for more than this, this art of boiling the sea, if it is really so magical, if it is used well, my 200,000 soldiers can be worth more than a million lions." ”

Empress Dowager Yang felt more and more that her psychology was not stable, but she was exposed to it, and there were always some imperial tricks, so she was still a little confused, and with a little joy, she asked: "Taifu, I would like to hear about it." ”

Seeing the harmonious atmosphere, Zhang Shijie couldn't help but show off, and said to Lu Xiufu and Zhou Wenying: "Prime Minister Lu Cheng, Manager Zhou, the old man is a big man, dare to ask the two, can you refer to the Queen Mother one by one?" ”

Lu Xiufu laughed and said to Zhang Shijie: "Okay, you Zhang Shijie, do you want to test me?" How about I help you reconcile a favor and wash away your wrongs? ”

Zhang Shijie also laughed, and said to Lu Xiufu: "Since the old man swore to follow the Empress Dowager and the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty to the death, he had already made preparations to die for the country and be infamous for eternity, but he was not a fool, but since you Lu Xiufu knew in your heart, although the old man died without regrets." Today, we are now courtiers, solving doubts for the Queen Mother and sharing worries for the Emperor, so it is right to know everything for the Queen Mother. ”

Lu Xiufu said: "Isn't it beautiful if that's the case." ”

Then, Lu Xiufu saluted the Queen Mother and said: "The Queen Mother, three hours ago, the court discussed disputes, in fact, each had a heart, but the functions were different, and there were no two hearts. Without him, he has no heart, but as soon as the Seagod Cauldron comes out today, if it is really so sharp, the great trouble has been eliminated, and the dispute between Mr. Zhou and Mrs. Zhang has become a harmonious situation. ”

Lu Xiufu turned to Zhou Wenying again: "Wen Yingxian's nephew, now Taifu has a question, to test your knowledge, if you answer, it will prove that you are a generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and it also proves that Taifu endures humiliation and humiliation of saints, you have to be careful." ”

Zhou Wenying circled the Queen Mother, Lu Xiufu, and Zhang Shijieluo, with strong spirits and momentum: "The Queen Mother, Prime Minister, Taifu Rongbing, Wenying is not talented, and is willing to give it a try, boiling the Poseidon Cauldron, what we see now, similar to the size of the ordinary wine cooking workshop, covering an area of no more than one zhang (note: 3 meters 3 length) square (note: seeing square refers to the floor area, that is, the meaning of square), and the cabin of one zhang square can accommodate water (note: one zhang of the cube, about equal to more than 36 cubic meters, coal density is slightly greater than 1 gram / cubic millimeter, Or 1 ton / cubic meter) 7,200 catties, more than 7,200 catties of coal to hold, can be boiled to make sweet water five times the weight, that is, 36,000 catties of sweet water, and one-seventh of the refined salt is more than 1,000 catties, the loach ship is fully loaded with crew auxiliary workers to 400 people, 5 catties of water per day is 2,000 catties, a square inch of high cabin of coal, can be maintained for 3 days and a half full, save a little can be used for 6 to 7 days. Taifu, Prime Minister, am I right? ”

Zhang Shijie said: "Yes, this is the basis of the calculation. ”

Zhou Wenying continued: "In the past, we had to use buckets to store water, which cost a lot, covering a vast area, and the advantage is that many places can be placed, and the bottom of the ship can also be ballasted, but each bucket can not exceed 300 catties, and it is not easy to be smaller than 200 catties, because it is too big, wood is rare, it is not easy to manufacture, the damage rate is large, and it is also a problem to move, and if it is too small, it occupies too much space. The same one-zhang cubic cabin can not store more than 3,000 catties of water. If you change to coal, you can bring 36,000 catties, which is twice as much! Right? ”

Lu Xiufu said: "Yes, Wenying, you have a careful energy and a great future." ”

Zhou Wenying said: "In this way, we use a cubic block of coal, and the same area of water storage, the cost is not much different, because the barrel also needs to be bought with silver, and it also requires a fee to extract and transport clean water." However, the quality of the stored water is different every day, and the boiling of the Poseidon Cauldron does not have this problem, because of the boiling of the Poseidon Cauldron, its water is taken from the sea, endless. Therefore, the limit of water storage for our loach ship is 30,000 catties, but the time at sea for 15 days or 30 days at sea is full, and the time at sea can be extended by 12 times when changing to carbon, and the water calculation can reach 180 days or the limit of 360 days when the water is calculated, and water is not a limiting factor for a long time. The enemy soldiers do not want to use blockade and destruction water to interfere with and defeat our army. ”

Zhang Shijie was so excited that he couldn't wait for Zhou Wenying to say, and then added the following content to Zhou Wenying: "Wen Yingxian's nephew, you are very good." Moreover, my ship uses 30,000 catties of water warehouse space, which needs to consume about 10 cubic abbots, but can store 72,000 catties of charcoal, and can also boil the sea to produce more than 10,000 catties of refined salt, as long as it goes up 3 or 400 miles inland, it can be sold for 300,000 or 400,000 wen, and 1,000 li away, worth 5,600,000 wen. ”