"Get up, I'm going to teach you the salt-drying method for making sea salt today, listen carefully!"

Zhou Xian waved his hand and motioned for the two to stand up.

Huang Zhicheng and the others hurriedly stood up, ready to listen carefully to Zhou Xian's teachings.

Then Zhou Xian taught the method of extracting salt, the "Yantian Method", to everyone.

The salt field method is one of the methods of seawater salt production, and the process of salt production includes the steps of tide acceptance, brine production, crystallization, salt mining, storage and transportation.

It can make a large amount of salt, but it requires more labor, but now Xingjing is most lacking in labor.

Seeing that everyone was enlightened, Zhou Xian asked them to go home to prepare, and set off tomorrow to build a factory in Shanxi Bay to make salt, and recruit another 1,000 laborers to help.

Zhou Xian will send a battalion of soldiers to protect them, although now the whole of Shanxi is Zhou Xian's final say, but he is still afraid of encountering bandits on the road, and when he arrives in the local area, he will encounter local heroes.

Shanxi Bay was a large-scale salt drying field in later generations, and it is believed that as long as these workers go to dry salt, the salt will soon be able to meet the needs of the entire Shanxi Prefecture.

As soon as Zhou Xian arranged the matter of the salt drying factory, Daniel Zhang came.

As soon as he arrived at the mansion, Daniel Zhang smiled and said, "President, the captured prisoners have all been sorted out, and there are 30,000 soldiers who meet the requirements, do you want them to join the Zhou family army?" ”

"Thirty thousand, okay, let them join the Zhou family's army, but their establishment must be disrupted." Zhou Xian also smiled.

"I know this, you can rest assured, President!" Daniel Zhang is familiar with this kind of thing.

"It's going to take a few more months for them to train well." Zhou Xian admonished.

"Yes, President, we now have an army of 110,000, can we directly seize the entire territory of Shandong?" Daniel Zhang had some expectations.

"Well, you can, but don't be too anxious, I believe that the holy decree will come down soon, see if the emperor gives me the official position of the Shandong General Army as agreed, if he breaks his promise again, then we have to do it ourselves." Zhou Xian nodded.

When Daniel Zhang returned to Xingjing, Zuo Liangyu's father and son were also escorted to Bauhinia City.

In the Qianqing Palace, Zuo Liangyu was kneeling there begging for mercy, "Your Majesty, the minister has no intention of rebelling, someone framed the minister, and asked the emperor to see what is going on, and the minister is wronged." ”

"Hmph, you openly disobeyed my will, did not attack Li Chuang's thief, and occupied Jiujiang Mansion, don't you know your intentions?" Chongzhen snorted coldly.

"Your Majesty, it's not that the minister is unwilling to attack Li Chuang's thief, but he is just preparing soldiers and horses." Zuo Liangyu argued.

"You still dare to quibble in front of me, you are really bold, come here, press him down, and ask him to be beheaded at the city gate after being tried by the three divisions." Chongzhen said angrily.

Zuo Liangyu's father and son collapsed to the ground in fright when they heard this.

At this time, Chen Yan, the first auxiliary minister, stood up, "The emperor is angry, he can't kill him, although Zuo Liangyu's father and son disobeyed the holy decree, they did not rebel, and they are still loyal to my Daming." ”

At this time, Liu Guang, the young secretary of Dali Temple, also stood up, "Your Majesty, now the Zhou family army in Shanxi Mansion is strong, if you kill General Zuo Liangyu, no one will be able to fight against the Zhou family's army." ”

"Please think twice!"

Then more officials stepped forward and said in unison.

Chongzhen watched the many officials below come out to plead, so he had no choice but to speak: "Since Zhong Aiqing intercedes for you, I will forgive you once, but you have to make meritorious service and reorganize the soldiers and horses to stop Li Anti-thief." ”

"Thank you for the emperor's grace not to kill, and the ministers must obey the emperor's dispatch to stop Li from rebelling."

Zuo Liangyu hurriedly kowtowed.

"If there is a next time, I will not spare it!"

Chongzhen reiterated again.

"Your Majesty, this Zhou family army can't be guarded against, just 40,000 Zhou family troops can defeat General Zuo's hundreds of thousands of troops, it's really terrifying."

At this time, Chen Yan, the first assistant minister, suggested with some concern.

"Yes, the emperor's Zhou family army is a wolf's ambition, but he can't raise tigers for trouble!"

Liu Guang, the young secretary of Dali Temple, also said.

"Your Majesty, this Zhou family army must be guarded against, and it will be another Li Chuang thief in the future." Zhou Zhong, the secretary of the Hanlin Academy, also stood up.

Chongzhen was also a little worried when he heard the words of Chen Yan and the others, "Zuo Liangyu, tell me how you lost at the hands of Zhou Jiajun." ”

"Your Majesty, the cannons and firearms of the Zhou family army are very powerful, and my soldiers and horses have been defeated before they have rushed in front of them." Zuo Liangyu opened his mouth with some annoyance.

"Even if their guns and cannons are powerful, how can they withstand you when you defend the city?" Chongzhen was a little puzzled.

"Emperor Qi, the Zhou army still has something that can fly in the sky, they threw bombs and fierce fire oil on our city wall from the sky, my soldiers and horses were caught off guard by their bombs and fierce fire oil, and they were unable to defend the city wall, and then they took the opportunity to seize the city wall." Zuo Liangyu said with some grievances.

When they heard that Zhou Jiajun had something that could fly in the sky, all the civil and military officials were shocked.

"General Zuo, don't deceive us and others, where is there anything that can fly in the sky? We've never heard of it. Chen Yan was a little unconvinced, he thought it was just Zuo Liangyu's excuse.

"This is true, the people of Jiujiang City have seen it, and I guarantee that Zhou Jiajun really has something that can fly in the sky." Zuo Liangyu was a little anxious when he saw that everyone didn't believe it.

Hearing Zuo Liangyu guarantee with his head, the hundred officials present suddenly exploded, and there was a lot of discussion.

Chongzhen also felt incredible, there were really people who could go to heaven, which was really unheard of.

This Zhou Jiajun is really mysterious, this is the thought of everyone in the Qianqing Palace.

"Why didn't the emperor give an order to let the Zhou family army hand over this thing that can go to heaven, wouldn't our court be able to take the lead with this thing, and no longer have to worry about Li Chuang thief and the Manchu Qing Dynasty." Liu Guang suggested.

When all the officials heard Liu Guang's suggestion, they all agreed, and all the officials said in unison: "Please make an order from the emperor to let Zhou Jiajun hand over things that can go to heaven!" ”

Chongzhen was also a little moved, and with the help of the steps of the hundred officials, Chongzhen pushed the boat down the river and said: "Since Zhong Aiqing is so curious about this thing that can go to heaven, then I will make an order to let Zhou Jiajun offer this thing that can go to heaven." ”

"The emperor is wise!"

Liu Guang bowed down with the officials.

At this time, Liu Guang was very happy in his heart, a small character called Zhou Xian in Shanxi Mansion actually dared to save Chen Lufeng, which made Liu Guang hate him very much.

Last time, he sent someone to kill him outside the capital, but he didn't expect the whole army to be wiped out, and then this Zhou Xian entered Beijing for the second time, and when he was about to make a move, he let this Zhou Xian run away.

Since you can't kill this Zhou Xian for the time being, let's say more bad things about him in the court and make him the enemy of the entire court.

When Zhou Xian was instructing the students to make light bulbs at the Electric Power College, a teacher came to the laboratory and said that someone from the imperial court had come to announce the decree and asked Zhou Xian to go out.

Hearing the news, Zhou Xian smiled slightly, the holy decree finally came, but he had been waiting for this holy decree for a while.

Let the students make their own first, Zhou Xian hurriedly came to the outside of the school, and when he saw the person who announced the decree, Zhou Xian was stunned, it was not the father-in-law Li last time.

Zhou Xian stepped forward to salute quietly, "Xiaguan Zhou Xian, I didn't know that my father-in-law was here." ”

"Zhou is polite."

Wang Chengen said in the shrill voice unique to the eunuch.

"Zhou Juma first defeated the Qing army, and then defeated Li Zicheng and Zuo Liangyu, what a young hero."

Wang Chengen praised Zhou Xian.