Chapter 257: Refined Salt
Yang Ze smiled: "Why did you come in, did you come to wipe my feet?" Or do you want to pour me footwater? â
Cai Cai snorted, sat on the edge of the couch, and sat side by side with Yang Ze, if it was placed in the capital, it would be too much of a princess, even if it was a girl from an ordinary wealthy family, it would not be like this. But Caicai didn't care at all, didn't take off her shoes, and sat cross-legged like a man.
Yang Ze looked at her small appearance and thought, "What a female man, this can be regarded as an alternative girl!" â
Nana tilted her head and asked, "Yang Ze, do you really know how to be psychic and can summon ghosts?" What does that seal mean, is it like locking the ghost on the stone and on the table, so that the ghost can't come out and harm people? â
Yang Ze smiled: "Almost, sealing and locking have the same meaning, why are you asking this, do you want to learn from me?" â
Nana hurriedly shook her little head like a wave drum, she didn't want to learn this skill, what good is it to summon ghosts, it's weird and scary, and she can't hide from ghosts! She said: "Then why did General Xu's ghosts go to reincarnation, there are still ghost shapes on that table, and there are also on that stone, aren't these two ghosts, are they still the same ghost?" â
Yang Ze thought about it, how could she ask such a question, no one else had asked, he said: "It's like you walking in the snow, if you take one step, is there a footprint, two steps will have two footprints, and the same is true for the traces of ghosts, he left a mark on the stone, a mark on the table, and just like a footprint, even if he is reincarnated, it will not disappear!" â
"Oh, I get it when you say that!" Nana nodded, and said: "If you want to lose the footprints in the snow, you can only wait for the weather to warm up and the snow melt, and there will be no traces of ghosts." You can only burn the table, but what about the marks on the big stones, what to do, the big stones can't be burned! â
Yang Zedao: "Then you can only rely on the power of wind and rain, after a long time of strong wind and rain, the traces will naturally be gone!" Suddenly, he smiled and said, "Maybe that big stone will become a blessing stone, and if the common people encounter an unjust case or something in the future." They will go and worship the big stones, hoping to be blessed. â
Today, he saw the belief of the people of Qiuzhou in the words of ghosts and gods, and he estimated that it might really be like that!
Caicai was silent for a long time, not knowing what she was thinking, and after a long while, she said again: "I heard the servants here talk in private, saying that General Xu is a woman, and she is still a good-looking woman, is it true?" Is she a female general sent by the emperor's grandmother to pay a private visit to Weifu? â
Yang Ze was stunned, he didn't know what the people below were talking about, and it was rumored that Xu Gaoyang had become a woman, and she was still a beautiful woman. This is something he could never have imagined.
Nana seemed to be a little entangled, wanting to ask something, but she was embarrassed to ask, and after a while. She said again: "Is the imperial grandmother good-looking?" â
Yang Zeyi grinned, the appearance of the Dugu Empress, who dared to talk about it. And for the emperor's appearance, it can't be described as good-looking. He shook his head and said: "I don't know this, when I go to see the emperor, I don't dare to look up, I don't dare to look at the emperor, so I don't know about her...... I think the emperor's appearance is very majestic! â
"I don't know if I look like the emperor's grandmother!" Cai Cai pinched her cheeks, but suddenly said angrily: "You are talking nonsense, you must have seen the imperial grandmother, my father was also the emperor, and I didn't see you dare to look at him!" â
The key is that your father is not the emperor now, besides, how dare I evaluate whether Empress Dugu is good-looking or not, how old is she, even if she was good-looking when she was young, she has nothing to do with good-looking now, do you still need to ask me, you will know it yourself when you think about it.
Yang Ze smiled: "Okay, what do you want to do with this, you come to ask me if this is it, I think there are other things, let's hear it!" â
Cai Cai snorted, she really had something else, it was about Murong Jun, she didn't have any thoughts about Murong Jun now, and she hadn't even thought of him during this time, but since she was going back to Zhenxi, she had to think about it.
The little girl said, "Let's have more dealings with the people of the Murong Department in the future, right?" I see that their Khan King likes to do business with you, crying and shouting that he wants to come to pay tribute, will he send Murong Jun, and if he does, will you kill him? â
Yang Ze immediately shook his head and said no, of course he knew very well that it was impossible for Murong Xigu to send Murong Jun here, and the other princes of the Murong Ministry, especially the eldest prince Murong Xi, when he learned that the fourth brother and Lord Zhenxi Yang were enemies, would have harmed Murong Jun nine times out of ten, and he didn't need to make a move at all, so why didn't he pretend to be generous!
Caicai breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I don't really want to see him again, but he is also quite pitiful, his ears were cut off by those heads, how can he marry a wife in the future!" â
Hearing this, Yang Ze also breathed a sigh of relief, she could worry about Murong Jun's future wife, which meant that she didn't want to be Murong Jun's wife, and finally put an end to the girl's rebellion, thank God, Her Royal Highness the little princess was back to normal.
Yang Ze said with a smile: "He is also a prince anyway, how can he not marry a wife, maybe he will marry dozens of them, just like his father Khan, you are idle to eat radishes and worry about it." Okay, if there's nothing else to do, let's go back to sleep early, tomorrow we're going back to the west of the town, and we have to hurry! â
Caicai hummed, stood up and prepared to go out, but suddenly turned her head and said, "Will your case be written into a book, and the kind of paintings, if you have a picture album, you must buy me a few, and I must be in that album!" â
Yang Ze was stunned, yes, why didn't he think of this, there is a picture album this year, if he uses the picture album to promote the re-enactment of the case, it will achieve twice the result with half the effort, not only the officials will see it, even the common people will understand it, if it is only pure text, it will not be easy to promote, after all, there are not many literate people in these years.
"Okay, if there is a picture album, I will buy a copy for you, otherwise, let's publish a picture album ourselves, and we will solve the law of this case, and the painting will be fun, and there will be many people who see it!" Yang Ze said with a smile.
Nana was overjoyed and exclaimed, "Are you going to spend money to publish a book?" That's great, when you're looking for someone to draw, remember to look for me, I'll draw too, but it's not very good. But I can still draw myself! â
Yang Ze laughed, this little request, naturally he had to agree, the little girl left happily, and he went to bed.
The next day, Qin Luoluo and Yang Ze both planned to leave, and the ram stayed to personally send the two out of the city, and the three separated outside the city. Yang Ze originally wanted to find a bookstore in Qiuzhou City nearby and talk about the publication of the album, but who knew that Qiuzhou was big. There are also bookstores, but they are only selling books, not engraving printing, firstly, the engraving printing is too expensive, and secondly, the literary style of Qiuzhou is not prosperous, and no one will publish new books, at most, that is to say, the bookkeeper writes books, but they are only copied by hand, and they will not be published.
The matter of publishing the album. had to wait a while to do it, Yang Ze sent his men to other states, trying to find a bookstore with the ability to engraving and printing, or a craftsman. It's a big deal that he opened his own bookstore.
With Caicai and a group of subordinates, Yang Ze returned to Zhenxi.
During the time that Yang Ze left, nothing major happened in Zhenxi, and everything he arranged was going on in an orderly manner. The people of the Murong Department have already left, and the goods they need have been prepared for them by Yan Chenghou. However, the amount of salt that Murong asked for was too much, and he couldn't get it for a while.
Back in the yamen, Yan Chenghou told Yang Ze about the salt, Yang Ze listened, and said: "I heard that there are many places in Balluhun that produce bitter salt, you send someone to talk to the people of the Murong Department, if they want refined salt, then they must exchange it for bitter salt, according to the ratio of one to one hundred!" â
Yan was stunned for a moment, and said: "One pound of refined salt for one hundred pounds of bitter salt?" But what do we want to do with bitter salt, that bitter salt is poisonous, and eating it will kill people! â
Yang Ze said with a smile: "Poisonous salt can be turned into refined salt, even if it can't be turned into refined salt, it can be turned into coarse salt so-so!" As long as it is purified, this is actually not difficult, I will teach you the method, and you will do this kind of thing in the future. â
Yan Chenghou was taken aback, an incredible expression appeared on his face, Yang Ze smiled again, and said, "Why, don't you believe that I can turn bitter and poisonous salt into edible salt?" Haven't heard of it? â
He is very proud, the means of purifying salt is ahead of its time, people in this era do not know, of course, he does not plan to promote this method quickly, and he has to make money, otherwise the bald people know the method, who still begs him, even if he wants to promote, it will wait for a long, long time, how long, another decision!
Yan Chenghou shook his head and said, "No, the humble position doesn't mean that you don't believe in your methods, you must believe it!" Humble duty is to say, that kind of purification or something, this humble job has not been done before, it is estimated that it is individual lĂŹ work, the purification of 10,000 catties of salt, all done by the humble position, this, this humble position is afraid that it is not competent! â
Yang Ze laughed out loud, it turned out that he was worried about this. He smiled: "Of course it's not up to you to do it alone, this method is not difficult to say, it's not easy to say, but it's confidential, you will supervise the work, as for the people who do the work, it's up to the death row prisoners, and the state wants a group of death row prisoners to come over, if the manpower is not enough, then let other states want some, and the death row prisoners will do it, this is the safest!" â
Yan Cheng said with a sigh, he was greatly moved, what kind of method of purification, I had never heard of it before, it was secret, and it was done by death row prisoners, death row prisoners are not difficult to find, there must always be some in each state, what moved him was that Yang Ze trusted him so much and handed over such an important matter to him to take charge of!
Moved beyond recognition, Yan Cheng bowed to the ground and said: "The adults trust the lowly position so much, and the lowly position will definitely live up to the trust of the adult." â
Yang Ze patted him on the shoulder and encouraged him a few words, it is rare to be strict and loyal, have the ability and financial resources, he is his good helper, and the specific things in Zhenxi let him do, which can save him a lot of effort!
In the next two months, all kinds of things in the west of the town were on the right track, the city and the outside of the city were thriving, the craftsmen worked hard, and many people in Qiuzhou heard that it was good to make a living here, and they also ran here, wanting to eat.
As the weather warms, the ice and snow melt, the earth turns green, and the rivers freeze, although spring in the northwest comes late, it will come after all, and with the arrival of spring, the big water has also arrived! (To be continued......)