Chapter 57: The Art of Salt Making in Lingnan
"Yes, the officials who transported the sea salt deliberately made it difficult!" Li Yi was angry in his heart, and there was a hint of disappointment and helplessness in his anger that was difficult to hide.
"How can this be reasonable, even the errand ordered by His Majesty himself dares to delay, they have a few heads."
Li Chongrun is really angry, this kind of thing is to protect the integrity of the country, in the face of this matter, what is the party struggle between the DPRK and China, let alone party struggle, even social development can be put aside!
There are still people who dare to do anything about this matter, it is really a bear heart and a leopard gall.
"What does the dwarf craftsman have to do with this?" Li Chongrun was puzzled.
"His Royal Highness King Shao doesn't know, this dwarf craftsman was born in the Lingnan nobility of the craftsman, although the status is low, but his family has a great say in Lingnan, if he can return to Lingnan to maneuver around, there may be room for relaxation, the most important thing is that in recent years, he has made great achievements in the forging technique, which is the best in the world!"
Li Yi said this, showing a look of regret for talent, seeing Li Chongrun's attitude, his heart was moved, and he slowly put down the dagger he had just drawn, but the vigilant nerves were still tense, and there was no relaxation.
Li Chongrun only made the whole thing clear at this time, Wang Uncle Li Kun quelled the rebellion and needed to solve the problem with sea salt, but he was threatened, so Li Yi appeared here, and the purpose of looking for the dwarf was also to let him maneuver around, solve the problem, and find the final breakthrough.
By mistake, Li Chongrun and General Zuo Wei arrested the dwarf when they chose the address of the school, which caused the current situation.
This can't be blamed on Li Chongrun, who let him pretend to be a ghost and make a miasma.
There is another point in this matter that is very tricky, that is, if this matter is presented to His Majesty at this time, it will not help, after all, the transportation team has not slackened, but the speed of progress is relatively slow.
Thinking of this, Li Chongrun still had something to puzzle in his heart: "Although I don't know who the person who threatens you is, but what does this matter have to do with me, the dwarf craftsman I met, and it was captured by General Zuowei, even if you want to find it, you have to find General Zuowei, how did you find me!" ”
Li Yi listened to Li Chongrun's question, and smiled helplessly on his face, "Didn't Your Highness think about their real purpose of threatening our father and son?" ”
"Presumably the sea salt under Uncle Wang's jurisdiction is their purpose!" Li Chongrun can see it clearly.
Although the extraction method of sea salt in the Tang Dynasty was very clumsy, salt is a precious thing after all, which is also a problem that plagues Li Chongrun, even though he has just come to this world for a short time, but the salt he eats every day is indeed too coarse.
The salt in Shenjing is already considered good, many areas are still eating sea salt, mineral salt, even if they know that it is poisonous, there is no way, people don't eat salt, they are weak, what are they doing, and their bodies can't bear it.
The main reason why these people threatened Li Yi's father and son was because of the sea salt within the jurisdiction of their father and son, if they grasped the direction and price of these sea salts, this was the key to a golden mountain.
"Even if you are threatened, it is useless to look for me!" Li Chongrun figured out that after saying so much, what does it have to do with him.
"It didn't have anything to do with you, they just knew that I was in Kyoto and kidnapped you along the way! They seem to be interested in your paintings. I have seen the paintings at the entrance of the national color Tianxiang, which are indeed not ordinary, but I don't see what the real value of these paintings is. ”
When he said this, Li Yi's heart came to the picture scroll of the Qingren at the gate of the national color Tianxiang, and everywhere he went, he felt that the girl swaying in the wind was as smart as life.
Li Chongrun rolled his eyes speechlessly, my stupid general, the paintings they are talking about, of course, are not the paintings of those dimensional walls, even if they are interested in the dimensional wall, they have to draw some powerful soul-seducing girls, the paintings they are talking about are secrets that they dare not speak.
It seems that this stupid boy doesn't know anything, which is really pitiful.
Speaking of Li Yi's pity, Li Chongrun felt even more pitiful, the purpose of these people coming here was not himself at all, but he just solved himself by the way.
It's too nonexistent, isn't it?
A dignified prince, how can it be treated like this.
But it doesn't matter, Li Chongrun saw the whole thing clearly, saw it clearly, and then looked at Li Yi in front of him a little more admiration.
Li Yi was threatened, but he was not at his mercy, but kept looking for a way to save himself and his father, if he hadn't taken the dwarf craftsman away by mistake, maybe Li Yi would have escorted the dwarf craftsman back to Lingnan.
Although it didn't happen because of himself, he also became a spoiler.
"Brother, if I have a plan to help Uncle Wang get out of danger with you, are you willing to give it a try?"
"What? His Royal Highness King Shao has any transportation methods? Li Yi's pupils were macro, and he looked at Li Chongrun expectantly.
Li Chongrun shook his head, "There is no way to transport. However, the method of extracting fine salt is a little understood. ”
"Hey, I know that His Royal Highness King Shao won't know how to transport, we ...... What? What did you just say? Li Yi couldn't believe his ears.
"I said that I know a little bit about the method of extracting fine salt. Is there a pen and paper? ”
This carriage is the carriage of Li Yi's long journey, and there are many tools that can be used on it, not to mention paper and pen, even some strange things can be found.
Li Yi grinded quickly, Li Chongrun took the feather engraving pen and paper he carried with him, and wrote all the methods of extracting fine salt on it.
Li Yi's jaw dropped in shock, although there were many steps that he didn't know very well, he knew very well that this set of methods was too different from the previous method of extracting sea salt, and His Royal Highness King Shao replaced some important steps with methods that they had never thought of.
"There are a few places that may not be very well understood, but when you go to Lingnan, you can study them thoroughly by catching two old alchemists and trying them a few times." Li Chongrun patiently told Li Yi about the points that need to be paid attention to.
Li Yi was shocked in his heart, the muscles of his whole body trembled, and he looked at Li Chongrun tentatively and asked, "His Royal Highness King Shao is really willing to talk about such secret techniques and give them to me to relieve the siege?" ”
"Teach people to fish, it is better to teach people to fish, sea salt will eventually run out one day, the mineral salt in the Lingnan region is abundant, and a large amount of fine salt can be refined, it is better to directly hand over the refining method to them, but the elder brother must remember that this method cannot flow into the hands of Lingnan people in a short time, and can be handed over to the Wuzhou women near Lingnan to learn, so as to ensure that there will be no more rebellions in Lingnan in a few years. A few years later, these women married, and Lingnan became the Lingnan of Wuzhou. Li Chongrun said earnestly.
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Li Yi kneeling in the carriage with a "tom".
"His Royal Highness King Shao saved my father and son today, Li Yi has nothing to repay, if he has Li Yi to do his meager help in the future, even if he goes to the soup and fire, he will not give up!"
Li Yi's words were sonorous and powerful, and every word he said was loud.
After speaking, the possession is about to kowtow. Seeing Li Yi's move, Li Chongrun immediately stepped forward to help him up, "Brother, you are brothers, how can you receive such a big gift, get up, get up!" ”
Li Chongrun doesn't dare to talk nonsense, what kind of good thing can he do when he uses Li Yi every day? It's better not to have such a thing happen, a small life matters.
Li Chongrun strongly helped Li Yi up.
"Huh~" Listening to the coachman stopping the carriage, Li Chongrun didn't know what was going on outside in the car, and scolded in his heart, he ran so far, he wouldn't throw me in the wilderness, he was still kneeling down and thanking me just now, and now he wants to unload the mill and kill the donkey? Is this any different from lifting your pants and not admitting it?
It's good that you send me to a place where there are people, there are more enemies recently, and if someone picks it up, you will also be responsible for the death.
"Young Master, it's here!" The coachman spoke in a very small voice.
"His Royal Highness King Shao, you have arrived!" Li Yi looked at Li Chongrun and said, his tone was still respectful and grateful.
"Where have I been? Do you know where I'm going? Li Chongrun opened the curtain on the car, and saw Wang Wu in Di Renjie's mansion looking at the door.
When Li Chongrun was surprised in his heart, he saw the other seven carriages running here quickly.
At this time, he knew in his heart that Li Yi had never thought of hurting him from beginning to end, even if he didn't say anything or do anything, Li Yi should have thrown him at Di Renjie's door.
After thinking about it, Li Yi looked at Li Chongrun and said again: "Asking His Royal Highness King Shao for help in this way today is really not a gentleman's doing, he will definitely come to the door to apologize one day." ”
Li Chongrun nodded, and walked down.
Because at this time, Li Chongrun had already seen that General Zuo Wei didn't know where to grab a donkey, although the speed was not fast, but it was very funny.
"Where are the thieves!" General Zuo Wei jumped down from the donkey and rushed towards Li Chongrun's position at a very fast speed.
Li Chongrun scolded bitterly in his heart, "If you had such a speed, maybe you would have caught up earlier." ”
didn't want Li Yi to have another dispute with General Zuowei, so Li Chongrun got out of the car quickly.
Looking at Li Chongrun, who was walking down, Li Yi seemed to think of something important, and said eagerly: "If Your Highness can save the dwarf craftsman, you can keep him by your side, his craftsmanship is absolutely exquisite, and he will definitely be able to help His Highness." ”
As he spoke, Li Yi pulled off the jade pendant on his waist and put it in Li Chongrun's hand: "He will believe what you say when he sees this jade pendant." ”
"He won't think I killed you and robbed you of your jade pendant?" Li Chongrun was a little puzzled.
"It's better to be broken than to be complete." After Li Yi finished speaking, he actually smiled at Li Chongrun.
Then he got into the car and patted the driver, "Let's go." ”
"Driving ......"
With a shout, eight carriages staggered away in eight directions.
"Where are the thieves running!"
"The thief leaves his name!"
The general of the left guard was late, roared loudly, looked at the carriage that was leaving in eight directions, and scolded angrily in his heart, "This damn thing, chase that!" ”
Li Chongrun looked at General Zuo Wei speechlessly, and walked towards Di Renjie's mansion, Wang Wu stood at the door, "Hello, His Royal Highness King Shao!" His Royal Highness King Shao is really majestic, eight carriages. Wang Wu had a lot of contact with Li Chongrun, and he dared to say something inconsequential.
But Li Chongrun felt uncomfortable, "The majestic bird was kidnapped by someone!" ”
"The lord hasn't come back from the dynasty yet, His Royal Highness King Shao went in and had a cup of tea, wait a minute?"
"The master is not here?"
At this time, Di Renjie is not at home, he must be scolding people in the court, his body has recovered very quickly recently, and the whole person's mental state is very good, and some small things that he didn't plan to deal with have been picked up again.
There is an old man in the family, if there is a treasure, the country has an old man, and the corrupt officials have nowhere to run.
Li Chongrun looked at Wang Wu and General Zuo Wei, "Let's go, go to the master's vegetable garden!" ”
Wang Wu had an ominous premonition in his heart, but there was no way to stop it, after all, the master had said that when His Royal Highness King Shao came to the house in the future, it would be the same as going home, and when people went home, what did they care?
Less than two moments after Li Chongrun took General Zuo Wei in, he saw General Zuo Wei walking out carrying a large bundle of sugar cane. Although the shoulders were very heavy, the mouth was not idle, and he took a big bite of the sugar cane, and before the juice was all chewed out, he scolded and spit it out, "This thing is like a firewood stick, if you want him to do anything, he can't cook without fire." ”
"Oh, my little ancestor!" Wang Wu felt that something would happen, but he didn't expect His Royal Highness King Shao to cut down the sugar cane, this was not the lifeblood of Lord Di.
As he spoke, he instructed the general of the left guard to hurry up and take him away.
Although these things are ugly, they are also Di Renjie's heart.
Just like General Zuo Wei, although he is ugly, he is Wu Zetian's good knife.
"Don't worry, the master won't scold!" Li Chongrun laughed at the comforting sentence Wang Wu, and left in a hurry.
Di Renjie at the court meeting just finished scolding, "Ah sneeze~Ah sneeze~"
sneezed twice in a row, wiped the saliva on his beard with displeasure, glared angrily at the official he had just scolded, and said in his belly: "Who the hell dares to scold me." ”
At this time, no matter who dared to look at him, they all lowered their heads, for fear of provoking another scolding.
When the court meeting dispersed, Shangguan Wan'er ran to Wu Zetian and whispered, "Li Yi has just met King Shao. ”
"Oh? Aren't they in Lingnan? How did you get back? Check it out! ”
"Yes!"
"Wait a minute, let's go and see how King Shao's glazed kiln is!"
"Yes!"