Chapter 164: The Law of Making Salt
Faced with the different reactions of the three women, Pei Yun didn't say anything, but wrote a word on the paper, and this word was - salt.
The three girls were puzzled, what did this salt word mean.
Pei Yun said with a smile: "You are not mistaken, it is the salt that is usually used in cooking, and you should be familiar with salt." ”
You're talking about Hu Sisi.
Of course, Hu Sisi is familiar, and salt is indispensable for cooking.
If there is no salt, no matter how good the cooking skills are, the food will not be delicious.
Moreover, if a person does not eat salt for a long time, he will have fatigue all over his body.
People have to eat salt, and it is not okay not to eat salt.
The importance of salt is self-evident.
Out of the importance of salt.
Daqin has a law, and those who sell illicit salt will be fined 30 canes for less than one catty, and will be sentenced to death if they serve for three years, and if they are more than one catty, they will be punished with a heavy cane.
You can know how strict this is the control of salt.
You know, salt is indispensable for a person.
Explain it from a scientific point of view.
Salt contains sodium, potassium, and iodine.
It can maintain normal blood pressure in the human body and participate in the metabolism of protein, fat, carbohydrate and energy.
It is necessary to promote growth and development.
It can be known that salt is an element that everyone must ingest, which is directly related to people's life and health.
But.
The level of salt production in Daqin is low.
As a result, even the worst coarse salt was not eaten by the people.
As for refined salt, it was only enjoyed by the powerful.
In fact.
In addition to being constrained by the level of salt production.
Salt is also a lucrative commodity.
This also puts the salt in the hands of those who have a heart.
Here, there is another very crucial factor.
That is, salt is a strategic commodity.
The importance of salt to man has been explained from a scientific point of view.
Think about it.
What happens if a soldier goes to war without salt for a long time.
That is, to lose combat effectiveness and let the enemy slaughter.
Whether a soldier can eat salt, whether he eats bad salt or good salt, is closely related to a soldier's combat effectiveness.
As the saying goes, I didn't eat salt for three days, and I was soft.
But it's such an important salt.
Just the soldiers of Great Qin.
More is just to be able to eat coarse salt, refined salt is not guaranteed.
It was mentioned above.
On the one hand, the level of salt production in Daqin is low.
On the other hand, salt is a lucrative commodity.
Daqin prohibits private salt trafficking.
Those who can sell salt are all people with great power behind them.
To put it simply.
Salt is a tool for those in power to accumulate wealth.
It is a matter of one's own interests, and those in power attach more importance to it than anyone else.
Therefore, a law was set up to strictly prohibit the sale of illicit salt, and once discovered, it was punished again.
Pei Yun wrote down a salt word at this time.
Here's why.
Pei Yun knows how to make salt, and his technology is far beyond the level of Great Qin.
It is known that salt making is a profiteering commodity, but Pei Yun has never had the idea of making salt.
The reason is.
If you make salt by yourself, it is illegal salt, it is a crime, and it is a great crime to kill your head.
If you want to make money, Pei Yun has a way, but fate, Pei Yun only has one.
Pei Yun would not be guilty of putting his life on the line in order to make money.
If you really want to say it, the method of salt production is beneficial to the world.
If it is announced, everyone will be able to eat salt.
But.
It's an idealism.
As a profiteering commodity, as a tool for the superior to collect money.
Is it really possible to benefit the world, and it is more likely that the method of making salt will fall into the hands of those who have a heart.
At that time, I am afraid that I will still be in danger.
Please don't doubt that you can use the most vicious psychology to figure out people's hearts.
In the face of profiteering, what they think of is exclusivity, and they want other insiders to die.
Pei Yun knew that if he made the method of salt making public to the world like this, he would not have a good life.
Benefiting the world means that you will offend the interests of others.
Pei Yun doesn't make salt, and he won't tell others how to make salt, which is out of self-preservation.
Of course, if there is a chance, Pei Yun is still willing to do something through salt production.
It's like now.
Salt making is a big thing and needs to be handed over to the big guys.
Before, Pei Yun didn't know any big names.
But now, there is a big man.
A viscount.
Although the viscount is only one rank higher than the baron, there are counts, marquises, dukes, and princes above the viscounts.
However, since he is a viscount, he is the group of people who represent the top level of the Great Qin magnates.
What Pei Yun wanted to do was to give the method of making salt as a gift to Qi Xiangru.
And this method of making salt represents the capital of Hu Sisi.
If you recognize Hu Sisi as your daughter, I will hand over the method of making salt to you, so that no one will take advantage of anyone.
Of course, there is one thing that needs to be confirmed.
That is, whether Qi Xiangru can make Pei Yun trustworthy.
Pei Yun told Hu Sisi his thoughts and said, "You know this old Mr. Qi best, do you think he can make me believe it?" ”
Hu Sisi was still digesting what Pei Yun said.
In the end, she is a common man.
Even though she is different from other women, it doesn't change the fact that she is a common person.
What she knew was that salt was used for cooking.
But what Pei Yun said gave her a different understanding of salt.
Salt is so important.
And Pei Yun has a way to change the status quo of salt today.
Such a matter will involve the people of the world.
Hu Sisi never thought that such a sense of mission would happen to him.
To know.
This is to hand over the method of salt making to Qi Xiangru through his own hands.
is to let Qi Xiangru know that I have benefits in the matter of you recognizing me as a daughter, and you are also good.
This is also Pei Yun's calculations.
is to tell Qi Xiangru that Hu Sisi did not take advantage.
Hu Sisi remembered what Qi Xiangru had said at this moment.
"You say you're his man, but what does he think?"
What did he think?
He never took the initiative to say anything.
But, when he is needed, he will do everything he can to do what he thinks should be done.
He never cared what other people thought of him, he just thought it was the way it should be, and he did it.
Moreover, he didn't think about what others would think of him.
What did he think?
Maybe.
He didn't want anything.
If you don't do things that shouldn't be done, you don't need to think about things when you should do them.
Therefore.
You can see it.
He was able to remain calm when faced with things.
He was able to remain calm when deciding things.
Here's why.
Pei Yun was asking Hu Sisi, can Qi Xiangru believe it.
Because of the importance of the matter, Hu Sisi couldn't give an answer for a while, and after thinking for a while, he said: "I think you can meet him in person." ”