I'm a useless prince, so what if I know a little bit of chemistry?

"No need, I'll come by myself."

Lin Fan's voice came from the yard, and soon, Lin Fan walked in, followed by Chun Fang.

"Lord."

"Master Hou."

Zhang Guangzhi and Chu Hu stood up and saluted respectfully. Lin Fan just glanced at Shen Tiancheng the whole time and didn't say anything.

When passing by Shen Qingqing, Lin Fan felt that the woman next to him looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen her.

But Shen Qingqing recognized him at the first sight. Wasn't this the scholar she almost bumped into on the street?

He is actually the Lin Fan who cleverly broke into Pingyang City and defeated Shangguan Ren?

He is so young, seemingly not even an adult yet, how did he do it?

Shen Qingqing couldn't help but feel very curious about Lin Fan and wanted to know how Lin Fan did all that.

"Qingqing, do you know each other?" Shen Tiancheng was an old and experienced man who had seen all kinds of people. As soon as he saw his daughter's appearance, he knew that Shen Qingqing must know this young marquis.

"Well, the young scholar that Luo Fang and I almost bumped into on the street before was him." Shen Qingqing said.

Lin Fan then remembered that no wonder the woman in front of him looked so familiar. It turned out to be the woman who almost bumped into him that day. He couldn't help but smile and said, "We meet again. You didn't ride a horse today, did you? I don't want to be bumped into again."

Lin Fan's tone was full of teasing, which made Shen Qingqing's pretty face turn red. However, Shen Qingqing was not a shy person, so she retorted: "I clearly reminded you that day, but you obviously didn't hear it."

Lin Fan laughed and said, "Hahaha, that's my fault."

After saying that, Lin Fan sat on the main seat.

"Everyone, how do you like to discuss this?" Lin Fan said cheerfully.

Chu Hu chuckled and said, "Hey, Lord Marquis, I've got it all done."

Lin Fan glanced at Zhang Guangzhi. Zhang Guangzhi didn't say anything, but just nodded slightly. This made Chu Hu very anxious.

"Zhang Laodao, please speak up. Have I done it? Hey? Zhang Laodao, you are so arrogant, you are not just taking credit for it, are you? You are so dishonest!"

Shen Tiancheng looked at Chu Hu, who was completely different from the one just now, and couldn't help but sigh at the young marquis's clever use of people. He was obviously a ferocious soldier, but next to Lin Fan, he was like a child.

Shen Qingqing's mind was not on Chu Hu, but on observing Lin Fan, wanting to see what was so special about this young marquis.

Lin Fan stretched out his foot, kicked Chu Hu's butt, and scolded with a smile: "Fatty, stop arguing. I will remember your merit."

Hearing this, Chu Hu grinned and said, "My Lord, I'm not being greedy. I don't want anything else. I just want to eat hot pot."

Chun Fang couldn't help laughing. Not only Chun Fang, but also Zhang Guangzhi and Lin Fan were all amused by Chu Hu. Chu Hu himself didn't know what was going on and laughed awkwardly.

"Okay, Fatty, I'll make sure you eat it when the time comes."

"Okay, this is what you said, my Lord. You can't go back on your word."

Lin Fan smiled and shook his head, then turned his gaze to Shen Tiancheng and the others and asked, "Since your Shen family has surrendered, I will not hide anything. I plan to promote the new salt to the world. Chun Fang, show them a sample."

"Yes."

Chun Fang held a small bag of salt in his hand, walked to Shen Tiancheng and others, and opened the bag.

Shen Tiancheng and Shen Qingqing had been very curious for a long time, and they both looked into the bag at the same time.

Gradually, the bag was filled with fine salt, which was a few degrees finer than the refined salt on the market and a little whiter.

Shen Tiancheng grabbed a few grains with his fingers and put them in his mouth to taste them. He couldn't help but exclaimed: "Good salt, it is indeed the best salt. The Marquis is really amazing. Shen admires you."

Shen Qingqing couldn't help being curious, so she put it in her mouth and tasted it. Her eyes lit up, and then she looked at Lin Fan in disbelief and asked, "Did you make this?"

Chu Hu immediately patted his chest and said proudly: "Of course, I, Chu Hu, was there to help last night. I was there from beginning to end, so I naturally wouldn't lie to you."

"Qingqing, don't be rude!" Shen Tiancheng shouted quickly.

Lin Fan waved his hand and didn't care.

"What do you think of this salt?"

"Excellent." Shen Qingqing praised.

"Do you think this can be promoted nationwide?" Lin Fan looked at Shen Qingqing and asked.

"It will definitely be very popular. Even some wealthy families will be proud to eat this salt." Shen Qingqing thought for a while and analyzed.

Lin Fan smiled and shook his head slightly, seemingly disagreeing with Shen Qingqing's words.

Shen Qingqing frowned and asked, "Isn't it?"

Zhang Guangzhi smiled and explained, "My master does not intend to sell this salt only to the children of wealthy families."

Shen Tiancheng and Shen Qingqing were both stunned. If they didn't sell it to rich kids, how could they make money? How could ordinary people afford such expensive salt?

"Hahahaha, a rich kid?" Lin Fan laughed, seeming very disdainful.

"Our Lord intends to sell this salt to people all over the world." Zhang Guangzhi explained with a smile.

Shen Tiancheng and Shen Qingqing looked at each other, and Shen Tiancheng asked, "In that case, how much does the Marquis plan to set?"

Lin Fan stretched out five fingers, but did not speak.

"Five taels of silver? How can ordinary people afford it?" Shen Qingqing asked in surprise.

"No, no, I want one tael of salt and five cents." Lin Fan said.

"Five cents?" Shen Qingqing said in disbelief.

In Shen Qingqing's opinion, the cost of such fine salt must be very high. Selling one ounce of salt for five cents is no different from giving money away, let alone making money.

"Yes, it's five cents." Lin Fan nodded and said.

"May I ask, sir, how much does this salt cost?" Shen Tiancheng asked.

"Cost? If there is a salt mine, it can be ignored." Lin Fan said.

"However, I plan to use this salt to harvest some leeks and make some money from the rich. I will hand it over to the Shen family."

"Thank you for your trust, Lord Marquis." Shen Tiancheng bowed to Lin Fan and said.

"Well, if there are salt mines, we can build a few." Lin Fan ordered.

"Well, I will take care of the matter right away. Well, my lord, there is one more thing. I wonder if I should tell you or not?" Shen Tiancheng said hesitantly.

Lin Fan had just heard Shen Tiancheng's request in the courtyard, so he naturally knew what Shen Tiancheng meant at the moment, and said, "Bring the four treasures of the study."

Not long after, someone brought the four treasures of the study.

Lin Fan picked up a pen and wrote an agreement on the paper. The general meaning was that he agreed to Shen Tiancheng's two requests.

After receiving the written agreement, Shen Tiancheng finally breathed a sigh of relief, and a stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.

As soon as he saw the handwriting on it, Shen Tiancheng was amazed.

"Hiss, this is so beautiful. I didn't expect that the Marquis has such good handwriting. It's so rare."