Chapter 139: Making Salt
The old woman's voice was a little hoarse, but her movements were very gentle.
Liu Jun also rejected the old woman's proposal with a smile.
"No, I just want to boil the water."
The old woman didn't say anything more, just silently fanned the fire, Liu Jun lifted the lid, and saw that there was really something he wanted inside, and there were quite a few of them.
"Old woman, do you have any cloth here that you can lend me a little? I'll give you a new garment when I get back. ”
Liu Jun squatted down and looked at the old lady who was half a cut shorter than himself.
The old woman was so happy that she was able to ask for things from these untouchables, and she didn't have time to get them immediately, as if she was offering a treasure, and gave it to Liu Jun embarrassedly.
"Lord Wang, our family is poor, and there is no valuable cloth, only this small piece of cloth, do you see if you can use it?"
"As long as the clothes can be worn well, it is very good to avoid the cold, thank you for this piece of fabric for me, I will have someone send you a new dress when I get back."
"Thank you."
Liu Jun took the wooden stopper and gently hugged it into the pot, then shook it, and then the same thing appeared in the basin after the sun just now, but it looked more and better.
The little emperor was a little strange when he received Liu Jun's quick whip and asked people to send him a package into the palace.
There are so many patches on this cloth, and there is an indescribable smell on it.
This is what Uncle Erhuang said can solve the problem of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce?
That's weird, isn't it?
The little emperor still had doubts in his heart, but he still firmly opened the piece of cloth despite hesitation.
When he saw that the crystal clear thing was not much different from the one used in the palace, the little emperor stood up directly in shock, and the palace maids and eunuchs serving next to him were stunned.
The emperor's age is still young, but he has always hidden his thoughts, and it will not be obvious to people, but now the shock in the emperor's heart is very obvious on the surface.
What could surprise the emperor so much?
The little emperor stared at the things on the table tightly, picked it up and crushed it in his hand, slowly put his index finger into his mouth, and licked it gently.
"Your Majesty, don't do this thing."
Looking at that piece of fabric, it is not a good textile, and after the emperor took the things inside, he actually put them in his mouth? Maybe there was something unclean inside, and the eunuch next to him was about to cry.
"Your Majesty, I'll come and show you right now, that thing is not dry or clean, don't get sick."
The little emperor didn't take the other party's reminder to heart at all.
"Come on, you go down first! Immediately hurry up and let the regent enter the palace. ”
"Your Majesty, Lord Gu asks to see you."
As soon as the little emperor's words were sent, the eunuch hurriedly ran in, and before he could let Liu Jun enter the palace.
Why is Gu Qingshan here again?
Considering that Gu Qingshan's design of the country is down-to-earth, and he sincerely hopes that the people of the world will live well, the little emperor can only forcibly hold back the shock in his heart at this time.
"Then let's invite Master Gu in first."
Gu Qingshan, the whole person is smiling, and the pace of walking is much blower than before, looking at his state, the little emperor still thinks that it is now a prosperous era of singing and dancing in the four seas.
"Master Gu, why are you here at this time? Is there anything we can't talk about tomorrow morning? ”
"Your Majesty, Weichen received the order of the regent, so he deliberately stepped up his attack."
As soon as he heard that it was Liu Jun's meaning, the little fox immediately retreated from all the people around him.
"You all go down first, there are some government officials, I have to communicate with Master Gu in person, and no one is allowed to approach and eavesdrop."
"Yes."
The palace maid and the eunuch looked at the little emperor, unusually, and retreated silently, but they turned back three times in one step, very uneasy, until the door was closed, the little emperor lifted the dragon robe and went directly down.
"Master Gu, I know that you are the father-in-law of the Second Emperor Uncle, logically speaking, you are also my elder, I don't know if the Second Emperor Uncle has something to tell you to let you enter the palace?"
"Your Majesty, Weichen didn't dare to kiss you, and this time I came in because the regent said that he could have a way to make salt, so let me come into the palace and explain to you."
"How so? Most of the salt ore is on the Jiangnan side, and we don't have such a mine in Lin'an City! ”
When he went to find Liu Jun that day, when he heard Liu Jun mention making salt from water, Gu Qingshan thought it was a fantasy, but now the crystals appeared on the little emperor's table.
This made Gu Qingshan feel that it might not be impossible.
"The regent said that there are a lot of chemical elements in this, and they can't explain it to us in a few words, the only thing is that the regent said that he has a way to dismantle the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce and control the weakness of too many economic lifelines."
"Now that the price of food is still high, if the economy of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce can decline, and we can work together for a win-win situation, maybe it will have a very good effect on this disaster fight."
The regent also told Gu Qingshan the same, but now that the words came out of the little emperor's mouth, Gu Qingshan suddenly didn't know how to react.
How could these two people think so consistently?
"What's wrong?"
The little emperor finished speaking by himself first, and Gu Qingshan didn't react at all, thinking that he had said something wrong.
Gu Qingshan came back to his senses.
"No, the regent said that as long as we know how to make salt ourselves, then the situation of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce dominating the salt will change, and we will also be able to have more say in this earthquake."
"Yes! I didn't expect that Uncle Erhuang was really a god, and he was able to do things that were obviously impossible. ”
Gu Qingshan didn't say anything after hearing this, because he hesitated in his heart to tell the little emperor that this salt was still extracted from water, and it was not a salt mine at all.
"Master Gu, there is no one else here now, you can say whatever you want, don't hold it alone."
"Honestly... This was extracted from the water by the regent, and the regent said...... He can also make sugar and high liquor. ”
"Huh?"
These are not the main things that Lin'an City is developing.
These things are basically on the side of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce, which is their main economy.
"Hmm...... But I didn't believe it at first, so the regent said to make salt first to make me believe it. ”