Dominate the ancient academy

Emperor Jingming watched the horseshoes made by the craftsmen being quickly nailed onto the horses, and calculated how many more cavalrymen Daning would have in the future. He was extremely pleased. However, he was not happy for a few days before the salt trafficking issue came up again.

People will feel nauseous, retching, and weak limbs if they do not eat salt for a long time. Therefore, salt is the foundation of a country and the basis of a strong country. Like iron, if it is manipulated by individuals, it can easily cause shocks, which is a sign of chaos in the country.

Moreover, no new salt mines have been discovered in more than ten years. If they are used without restraint and salt is completely gone, that would be a disaster for everyone.

Moreover, salt is also a source of financial support for the imperial court, bringing it a stable income. The phenomenon of private salt trafficking must be thoroughly investigated and severely punished, and the trend of salt trafficking must be banned.

Emperor Jingming issued one order after another: conduct a strict investigation, and no one who sells salt illegally can be let off and must be severely punished.

Huo Feng was thinking about Shu Xiaoxiao's experiment. When he was free, he helped to boil the new pot and waited for Master Ye's experiment.

As a result, Mr. Ye has been in a hurry these days. He eats and leaves as if in a hurry. No one knows what he is busy with. He never mentioned the experiment he mentioned before.

Thinking about the hard work of pulling the food up the mountain himself, Huo Feng stopped Shu Xiaoxiao when she finished eating and left today and asked, "Mr. Ye, when will you start your experiment?"

He couldn't wait any longer. Couldn't he just pull the things up and not use them anymore?

Shu Xiaoxiao, who was stopped, then remembered that she had not started to filter the salt before. It was because after Shen Guanqing decided to study hard, everyone was a little "cowardly". Seeing that Shen Guanqing, who was the top student, was studying hard, they felt guilty for playing around.

People who are better than you are working hard, so how can you just play? That feeling is more oppressive than your parents urging you to study. Even Su Shiche, who was absolutely sure that he couldn't study at the beginning, started reading books, let alone other people.

Shu Xiaoxiao’s written test scores were inflated to begin with. Seeing her friends working so hard, she felt embarrassed to fall behind and could only study along with them.

However, studying during this period depends on self-consciousness. They were relaxed before, but they made an appointment to study together these days. The liberal arts students were reciting or practicing calligraphy on one side, and the martial arts students were practicing martial arts on the other side. She played by both sides and learned a lot. It was very harmonious.

Fortunately, Huo Feng reminded her, otherwise she would have really forgotten it. Although everyone was reluctant to learn at the beginning, it felt good to study, encourage and improve together with friends.

Qian Jinbao has not forgotten things that quickly these past two days after he endorsed them! He even forgot about making salt.

But now that I remember it, I should extract the fine salt first, otherwise they are still eating poison every day?

Nowadays people pay attention to working at sunrise and resting at sunset. Usually, they finish their dinner in the afternoon at the time of Shen, which is not even five o'clock. Now it's summer and it gets dark late. There is still some time before rest time. Time should not be much. At worst, I can just stay up all night. I haven't stayed up all night since I came here. I miss it a little.

After deciding to make salt today, Shu Xiaoxiao asked Huo Feng to send someone to tell other friends that she had something to do today and would not participate in today's study.

Huo Feng and several guards put the pot on the stand, prepared firewood and other things, as well as gauze and wooden basins for filtering.

After looking at the people in the yard, Shu Xiaoxiao asked directly, "Where is Senior Brother Yun?"

Salt-making is a serious crime nowadays. Without someone of Senior Brother Yun's status to keep her in check, she doesn't dare to do it. In fact, it would be best to tell the emperor, but isn't that beyond her reach with her current status?

Given Senior Brother Yun's identity, telling Senior Brother Yun is the same as telling the Emperor. Is the horseshoe reward still in her room?

Calling Yun Qinghan over, Shu Xiaoxiao said seriously: "Senior Brother Yun, the experiment I am going to do next is very important. Is it safe here?"

Then she stood on tiptoe again, but found that she still couldn't get close to Senior Brother Yun's ear. Shu Xiaoxiao sighed, "Senior Brother Yun, you are too tall."

Isn't it said that in ancient times, people's heights were generally not high because of poor nutrition? Why is Senior Brother Yun so tall? However, given Senior Brother Yun's status and position, he is not one of those who cannot get enough nutrition.

Yun Qinghan saw what Ye Xiao meant, bent his waist to accommodate him, and said helplessly: "Go ahead!"

This temperament is really not to be underestimated. Even if Senior Brother Yun bends over, he cannot hide his noble temperament. It is true that handsome people are handsome no matter what they do, not just this action that looks handsome.

"Brother Yun, I want to make salt, non-toxic salt."

Before Yun Qinghan had time to get used to the sudden heat in his ears, he was surprised to hear about the non-toxic salt.

Everyone knows that people who do not eat salt will feel weak, nauseous and retching, which is very harmful. However, few people know that salt is poisonous. Fortunately, the amount of poison is very small, at least it is negligible compared to the harm of not eating salt.

Thinking of what Junior Brother Ye said about making non-toxic salt, Yun Qinghan gave a wink and several guards immediately left the yard and protected the yard. Not to say that not even a mosquito could get in, but people definitely could not get in.

Huo Feng and the others who stayed in the yard also became serious. Although Master Ye wanted to speak in a whisper, there was only one yard, and if no one could hear it, there was no need for them to stand here.

Therefore, they were more cautious about their next actions. If it were other people, they would still be suspicious. After all, the poison in salt had been studied a lot by the imperial doctors, but they had not been able to remove the toxins.

But who can blame Mr. Ye for saying this? He is the one who made soap and horseshoes, and claimed that he could produce 1,000 kilograms per mu! Maybe he has a way!

The salt here is not the kind sold in blocks in shops, but has been ground. This should be the better salt people eat in this era.

So the next step is to boil water, add salt, melt, filter, and finally wait for crystallization over high heat.

The progress was fine in the beginning, but the crystallization step was too slow. Shu Xiaoxiao was almost dozing off while sitting in the yard, but seeing how busy Huo Feng and the others were, and seeing Senior Brother Yun standing by their side, she was too embarrassed to say she wanted to take a rest.

The rest time in the dormitory had passed, so Huo Feng went in person to explain the situation to her. He would not go back to the dormitory to rest tonight.

After a few hours, the water in the pot decreased little by little, slowly revealing the white crystals inside.

The man standing by the pot stirring it was startled: "It's coming out, it's coming out."

Shu Xiaoxiao looked forward, ugh! The pot stand was a little low, and she could hardly see it.

Yun Qinghan, who was standing next to them, saw this scene, chuckled, walked forward and picked up Shu Xiaoxiao so that she could see the situation in the pot.

Shu Xiaoxiao:......

She will look for milk tomorrow because she wants to grow taller!

No matter how embarrassed she was, she had to continue working. Shu Xiaoxiao saw that fine salt had appeared in the pot and immediately said, "This white thing is salt. It has begun to crystallize. It will be done soon. Keep boiling until the pot is filled with white salt."

Yun Qinghan: "Junior Brother Ye, is this white salt?"

Is this non-toxic salt? It looks just like snow.

"Yes, the white one is the purified salt. It's done when all the water in the pot turns to salt."

Shu Xiaoxiao yawned as she spoke. In ancient times, people were used to going to bed early and getting up early, so she felt a little uncomfortable staying up late all of a sudden.

"Brother Ye, if you are sleepy, why don't you take a rest first? I'll take care of the salt first."

Junior Brother Ye still needs to rest well at his height. He sees that Junior Brother Ye is the shortest among his group of friends, so he needs to rest more so that he can grow taller. When he was Junior Brother Ye's age, he was much taller than Junior Brother Ye.

Shu Xiaoxiao rubbed her eyes and said, "No, this is my first time making salt, so I'd better watch it for now. I'll just drink some tea, and it will be done soon."