Three hundred acres of land, a variety of crops, many of which have entered the ripening season. It is the queen mother's birthday soon, and Li Ji wants to give the old lady an unprecedented birthday. First, he came to show his benevolence and filial piety, and he also came to let those envoys of the feudal towns see that the court should not be underestimated.

Since Tang Xuanzong, birthdays have become a big day to celebrate. And the queen mother's birthday, this is a major event related to the imperial court.

The salt mine is very close to here, and Li Ji took Zhu Youneng and them there.

"Brother Li, are you saying that the poisonous salt here is really edible?" Zhu You can be regarded as completely convinced, and even if Li Ji grows wings and flies into the sky now, he will not be surprised.

Li Ji ignored him, he was planning his future: "Youwei, go to Zhang Mao after returning to the palace, bring the guards to enclose this place, and this will be the salt-producing area of the capital in the future."

Zhu Youneng's eyes immediately became hot: "Can I do that, can I buy shares?"

Becoming a shareholder, Li Ji taught him a new term. Three hundred hectares of grain did not have Zhu Youneng's share, and he only collected land rent. The loser of Xishan Liuli Factory has shares, so when he saw that Li Ji was going to build a salt area, he immediately had the idea of buying shares.

Li Ji looked at him: "Want to buy shares?"

Zhu Youneng nodded busily, he now seemed to be sticking out his tongue next to him and panting for breath: "Mmmmmmmm, think about it."

Li Ji smiled and stretched out his hand: "The whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister." This is my territory, if you want to buy shares, take the money. “

"No money, on credit." Zhu Youneng really didn't have much money, except for the rent of 300 hectares.

The glass factory is still in the trial operation stage, and he has invested a lot, but the return of the fart has not been at all.

"There's no money to get out." Li Ji didn't want to hand over such a big fat difference to him, and the salt mine had to be monopolized by the imperial court.

can't buy shares, Zhu Youneng is like a chameleon, and immediately looks disdainful: "Cut, Brother Li, don't blow it up." I don't believe that you can turn this poisonous salt that eats the dead into table salt. ”

Li Ji stretched out his nose and sniffed in the air: "What smell?"

The others looked at each other as they wiped their noses: "Your Majesty, there is no smell."

Li Ji pinched his nose and fanned it in front of his eyes: "Yes, sour." If you can't eat grapes, you can say that the sour taste of grapes is sour, and Lao Tzu is smoked to death. ”

Zhu Youneng was even more angry, it turned out that this guy was laughing at himself: "Hmph, I see, Brother Li, you can't make this salt, and you will poison people to death again."

Li Ji nodded: "It makes sense, I originally planned to let Youwei taste it first." In this way, Wangcai, Laifu, when I make refined salt, you two will taste whether it is poisonous first. ”

Wangcai and Laifu were immediately startled as Zhu Youneng wanted to be doglegs. Poisonous salt, if you eat it, you will die. But the emperor let himself eat himself and didn't dare not eat, so the two had to look at Zhu Youneng helplessly.

Zhu Youneng said angrily: "Look at it, Brother Li let you two test the poison yourself, that is the smoke of your two ancestors." Taste, give me a taste! ”

Li Ji ordered everyone to carry a basket of salt mines, and everyone drove to the capital in a mighty way. Along the way, Zhu Youneng wanted to buy shares, but Li Ji didn't agree.

Because Li Ji knew that just these hundreds of hectares of land and dividends from Xishan Liuli Factory could make Zhu Youneng the richest man in the capital. When this loser has no money, he can't do it, if he has money, he won't turn the capital upside down.

When he arrived at the Guangwang Mansion, Zhu Quanyu saw Li Ji coming in person, and he sent someone to the palace to inform him of the arrival of the palace in a hurry.

Li Ji casually said a few perfunctory words, and went to the backyard with Zhu Youneng mysteriously. Zhu Quanyu didn't dare to ask in detail, so he had to follow him to the backyard to see what was going on.

Jingle, the salt mine was ground to smithereens. Zhu Youneng ordered someone to set up a large cauldron in the courtyard, and according to Li Ji's instructions, pour the mineral powder into the pot and boil.

When it was almost cooked, Li Ji ordered someone to spread fine sand on top of the gauze, then spread a layer of gauze, and then pour the boiled marinade into the gauze and start filtering.

Soon, the salt brine filtered out of the fine sand is not so turbid, and if you continue to steam at this time, the coarse salt left behind is almost the same as what you want to eat. Although there are still some toxins in it, it will not eat the dead.

But this is not what Li Ji wants, he has to filter further. He also ordered charcoal to be found, and the charcoal was ground on a stone, and then a layer of gauze was used and a layer of fine sand, this time on top of the fine sand was charcoal, and on top of the charcoal was another layer of gauze.

Charcoal has a strong adsorption capacity, which can adsorb harmful substances in the brine, and then the brine filtered out by the charcoal fine sand is clear and transparent, without a trace of impurities.

Everyone present was stunned, it turned out that this poisonous salt could also be turned into table salt. Zhu Youneng's eyes became even hotter: "Brother Li, take a share?"

The brine in the pot starts to steam, and when the water is almost evaporated, turn from high heat to low heat. Gradually, the water in the pot dries out, leaving a layer of white lens.

White, delicate, and without a trace of impurities, the finest refined salt is thus refined.

Even Zhu Quanyu couldn't help but step forward and dip some of his fingers in his mouth.

Salty, salty, salty, salty, but there is no bitter taste at all.

Zhu Quanyu's eyes lit up suddenly, and he tasted it again, ignoring the salty voice: "Your Majesty, you, you ......" was speechless with excitement for a while.

This kind of refined salt is not affordable except for the court and dignitaries. The refined salt eaten by Li Ji was all smuggled from the feudal town, and the preciousness can be seen.

And now that the emperor was able to turn the extremely poisonous poisonous salt into a high-grade edible refined salt, everyone was shocked. The Son of Heaven is by no means a mortal.

Zhu Quanyu bent his knees, and actually knelt down, and he shouted tremblingly: "Long live Your Majesty!"

Not only him, but all the subordinates of the Guangwang Mansion present knelt down: "Long live Your Majesty!"

Only Zhu You was able to stand aside, and he wasn't sure if he knelt down with him. This Brother Li really doesn't look like a person in this world, is it really a real dragon who can't go down to earth?

At this moment, Duan Hu led a team of palace guards to the Guangwang Mansion.

The emperor disappeared, and the palace had already exploded. The guards got the news of the Guangwang Mansion, and Duan Hu hurriedly brought someone to meet him.

Duan Hu was even more taken aback when he came, he saw that King Guang was kneeling on the ground with a five-body posture, and he didn't understand what was going on for a while.

Li Ji smiled: "King Guang, hurry up, now our capital will no longer be short of salt."

Imperial Palace, inside the Jishan Palace.

Empress Dowager He was furious: "Emperor, you are messing around!" Do you know who you are, the dignified son of heaven actually left the palace without permission. Do you know what to do if something happens? ”

Li Ji had long expected that Empress Dowager He would be angry, and he had already thought of a countermeasure: "Auntie, the child has a big deal to do when he goes out, so he can only hide it from others and say that he is out of the palace."