In the imperial study, the emperor was reviewing the folds. At this time, the Dark Guard Armor walked in, took out a secret letter from his arms and handed it to Sun Kui on the side.

After Sun Kui accepted it, he held it to the emperor with both hands.

Before reaching out to take the fold, the Emperor asked the Dark Guard, "Where is the fold?" ”

The Dark Guard replied respectfully, "His Royal Highness the King of Lingnan Han's secret fold. ”

As soon as he heard that it was the secret fold of his youngest son, the emperor immediately "snatched" the secret fold from Sun Kui's hand. He opened it and said, "This stinky boy finally remembered to write a secret fold for me." ”

Looking at the emperor's impatient appearance, Sun Kui, who was standing aside, tried his best to hold back a smile. Since His Royal Highness the King of Han went to Lingnan, the emperor has been waiting for His Royal Highness the King of Han every day, and now he has finally arrived.

After the emperor carefully read the secret fold, he suddenly shouted loudly: "Good! ”

His shout startled Sun Kui and the Dark Guard.

The emperor's expression was very excited, and he kept saying, "Good, good, it's really good!" ”

Sun Kui rarely saw the emperor's ecstatic appearance, and wondered what His Royal Highness the King of Han said on the secret fold to make the emperor so happy?

The emperor glanced at Sun Kui and ordered, "Sun Kui, go and call Lao Liu, Lao He, and Da Si Nong." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Sun Kui immediately retreated, and after a while, he invited He Xiang, Liu Taishi, and Dasi Nong.

The Dark Guard has long since retreated. Sun Kui knew that the emperor had something important to discuss with He Xiang and his ministers, so he obediently retreated to the door to guard.

When the three of them saw the emperor looking excited about drinking, they guessed that something good should happen.

When the emperor saw He Xiang and them coming, he couldn't wait to show off to them: "Little Shi, I've made new salt." ”

As soon as they heard the word "new salt", He Xiang, Taishi Liu, and Da Si Nong's eyes lit up.

Da Si Nong hurriedly asked, "Your Majesty, what kind of salt is the new salt that His Royal Highness the King of Han made?" ”

He Xiang then asked, "What kind of new salt is made by His Royal Highness King Han?" ”

"Is His Royal Highness the King of Han a new salt made from seawater?" Mrs. Liu asked the most critical point. He knew that Zhao Yao was in the Swamp Mansion, and the Swamp Mansion was by the sea. People at the beach basically eat sea salt.

The emperor saw that the three confidant ministers looked eager, and deliberately sold Guanzi: "Guess." ”

He Xiang: "......"

Taishi Liu: "......"

Dasi Nong: "......"

At this moment, He Xiang and the three of them wanted to beat up the emperor who deliberately betrayed Guanzi.

Seeing that the three ministers were all looking at him speechlessly, the emperor smiled at them very cheekily: "You ask me, and I will tell you." ”

He Xiang and the three of them wanted to turn around and leave immediately, but they were very curious about the new salt made by His Royal Highness the King of Han. The things made by His Royal Highness King Han are all good things, and the new salt he makes will definitely not be bad.

Taishi Liu had a cold face, and said in a very impatient tone: "Your Majesty, if you don't say it, the ministers will retire." "He's too lazy to get used to the emperor. If you really ask the emperor, the emperor will only become more and more excessive.

The emperor will accept it when he sees it, otherwise he will really make Taishi Liu angry, and the consequences will be serious.

"I won't tease you, see for yourselves." The emperor threw the secret fold written by Zhao Yao to Taishi Liu.

After Taishi Liu received the secret fold, he hurriedly opened it to look at it. He Xiang hurried over with Da Si Nong and watched the secret fold with him.

After reading the secret fold, their expressions were even more shocking than the emperor's.

The Emperor was very satisfied with their reaction, and said with a smug face: "How is my youngest son, isn't it very powerful?" "For the sake of the stinky boy who is busy with big things, I don't care that he wrote a recital to him so late.

"It's amazing, His Royal Highness King Han is really amazing." Dasi Nong didn't expect that His Royal Highness the King of Han would go to Lingnan and make new sea salt, and the output was very considerable. The most important thing is that the new salt is very white and tastes very good, even better than the salt they eat now. "Your Majesty, has His Royal Highness the King of Han sent new salt back to Beijing?"

He Xiang's expression suddenly became very serious: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he should send someone to other seashores to make new salt immediately." His Royal Highness the King of Han wrote in detail the method of making new salt in the secret fold, and also said the points to be noted.

Liu Taishi agreed with He Xiang's words, "Your Majesty, now send someone to the beach to make new salt, and after the New Year, a large amount of new salt will appear, and then immediately put it into the people, so that the price of salt can be stabilized, and the salt dealers on Qilu will not be able to be demons at that time." "During this period of time, the price of salt in Qilu has been repeated, making the people there miserable.

"You can't wait until the end of the New Year, and then the New Year will be over in a while, because there is a custom of pickling all kinds of vegetables with salt in various places in the past year, and every year at this time, salt dealers will take the opportunity to raise the price of salt, and then make a lot of money." Because the capital is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, those salt dealers did not dare to raise the price of salt before the year. Of course, on weekdays, they don't dare to increase the price of salt in the capital at will, otherwise their lives will not be guaranteed. However, the price of salt in other places is not easy to say.

There is still some time before the Chinese New Year, and the salt sellers in Qilu are impatient to raise prices. By the end of the year, the salt dealers on Qilu's side were afraid that they would raise the price of salt.

He Xiang believes that the salt dealers on Qilu must not be allowed to run rampant, and the price of salt on Qilu must be suppressed so that the people can have a good year.

"Your Majesty, since His Royal Highness the King of Han has made new salt, presumably His Highness has a lot of new salt over there, please send someone to send the new salt to Qilu immediately, and then bring down the price of Qilu's salt." He Xiang felt that this matter had to be done quickly, after all, the swamp mansion was far away from Qilu.

Taishi Liu felt that He Xiang's words were reasonable, and immediately echoed: "Your Majesty, you directly send the water master to the swamp mansion to load new salt, and then send it directly to Qilu by sea." ”

He Xiang felt that Taishi Liu's proposal was good, and agreed: "Your Majesty, this matter is urgent, please send someone to the swamp mansion immediately." ”

"Your Majesty, He Xiang is right when he told Taishi Liu, the price of salt on Qilu's side must be suppressed as soon as possible."

The emperor felt that He Xiang's words were very right, and shouted to Sun Kui, who was standing at the door, "Go and call Yan Huarong to me." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After a while, Yan Huarong appeared in the imperial study.

Yan Huarong had been transferred back from the Lingnan camp a few years earlier, and then he was sent to Shudi. Two years ago, he was transferred back to the capital.

"Your Majesty, you are looking for me."

The emperor did not sell Guanzi, first told him about Zhao Yao's new salt, and then instructed him to prepare to go to the Swamp Mansion in these two days.

Yan Huarong pressed the shock in his heart and retreated.

The reason why the emperor sent Yan Huarong to the swamp mansion was because Yan Huarong had been in the Lingnan camp and was more familiar with the things over there. The second is that Yan Huarong is good at water warfare, and he is suitable to take the boat to the swamp mansion to load salt, and then escort it to Qilu.

After Yan Huarong stepped back, not long after Song Weikang came in.

The emperor sent Song Weikang to Qilu first to deter those salt dealers. In this way, when Yan Huarong went to Qilu with the new salt, the salt dealers over there did not dare to act rashly.

After Song Weikang received the order, he went to order troops and prepared to leave for Qilu tomorrow.

After Song Weikang and the others left, Dasi Nong licked his face and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, you ordered His Royal Highness the King of Han to send some new salt back to Beijing, and then you rewarded some new salt for the ministers to taste." ”

He Xiang didn't expect Da Si Nong's face to be so thick-skinned, but he liked it.

He immediately supported Da Si Nong: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Da Si Nong's proposal is very good. ”

Taishi Liu said: "The minister also thinks it is very good. ”

The emperor didn't know their thoughts, pointed at them and scolded with a smile: "I see that you are greedy." ”

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Han wrote that the taste of the new salt in the secret fold is very good, better than all the salt we eat now, and the ministers are really curious about the taste of the new salt." Da Si Nong smiled at the emperor flatteringly, "Your Majesty, don't you want to taste it?" ”

"I know, I will ask Xiao Shi to send some new salt back, and then reward some for you."

When they heard this, their faces were full of joy, and they thanked the emperor and said, "Thank you, Lord Longen." ”

"However, Xiao Shi has to hide the matter of making new salt first, and he can't let others know." The Emperor put away Fang Cai's impropriety, and his expression became very stern, "Before the new salt is made elsewhere, this matter must not be leaked at all, otherwise those people will sabotage the production of new salt." ”

He Xiang and they understood: "The emperor can rest assured, the ministers will not leak anything." ”

For the three of them, the emperor still trusts them very much.

"Your Majesty, there are many seaside state capitals in Dazhou, you can send someone to make new salt."

"Choose a few trustworthy people, and then show them to me, and I will send them when the time comes." The emperor looked at Dasi Nong and asked, "Do you think the price of Xiao Shi's new salt is set at 400 yuan a stone, is it expensive?" ”

Dasi Nong hurriedly said: "It's not expensive, it's not expensive at all, His Royal Highness the King of Han has the world in mind and cares about the people, so he will set the price of new salt so cheaply." ”

"Do you think the price of new salt is set at 400 yuan a stone?"

"Of course it's cheap, although the minister hasn't seen the new salt yet, and he hasn't tasted the new salt, but the minister believes in His Royal Highness the King of Han, so the new salt is really not expensive for four hundred yuan and one stone." Although the lowest price of the salt they eat now is 300 yuan a stone, it is usually sold for 400 or 500 yuan a stone. If the price of salt is unstable, it can sometimes be sold for seven or eight hundred and one stones. "Your Majesty, the minister guessed that His Royal Highness the King of Han went to Lingnan, and he would definitely make something new, and then benefit the people, but he didn't expect His Royal Highness the King of Han to make new salt, His Royal Highness the King of Han was really a surprise to the minister." With the new salt made by His Royal Highness the King of Han, the imperial court has another income, and this income is very huge.

The thought of another huge increase in the treasury made Dasi Nong's heart happy. His Royal Highness King Han is really a living Bodhisattva, he can have a good year this year.

He Xiang thought of the talent of His Royal Highness the King of Han and felt that it was impossible for him to go to Lingnan to only make new salt.

"Your Majesty, did His Royal Highness the King of Han do anything else?" I just looked at the secret fold, and I only cared about looking at the new salt, and forgot to look at the content behind it.

"Lao He, you said it, Xiao Shi also made other good things."

When Da Si Nong heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Your Majesty, what other good things has His Royal Highness the King of Han done?" ”

The emperor didn't tease the three of them again this time, and said with a smug face: "Xiao Shi said that he is making cement and glass, and there is rice paper that is better than new paper. ”

These three things are unheard of by them.

"Your Majesty, what are these three things?"

Xiao Shi said that cement can be used to build roads, houses, and walls. He also said that the cement was very strong and invulnerable. ”

Hearing the word "invulnerability", Mrs. Liu and the three of them were shocked.

"The glass is glass, but it looks better than the glass."

Better than glass?

That's a lot of pretty.

"As for rice paper, he said it was the best paper in the world, as thin as a cicada's wings, white and flawless."

After hearing this, Da Si Nong's face was full of shock: "Your Majesty, this is all good things!" ”

He Xiang exclaimed: "It is worthy of His Royal Highness the King of Han!" ”

Taishi Liu also exclaimed: "His Royal Highness the King of Han is really amazing! (End of chapter)