But Wei Zheng obviously would not be fooled.

Or rather, he has seen too many miracles in Zhao Chen.

Even this time the emperor said that Zhao Chen could create more official salt, and Wei Zheng had no doubts.

Even said, there was still a little bit of gratitude in my heart.

Because the official salt of the Tang Dynasty was never enough to supply the people of the Tang Dynasty.

If Zhao Chen really had a way to increase the output of official salt, it would naturally be a blessing for the entire Tang Dynasty.

What was his dispute with Zhao Chen?

"The Marquis of Zhao County is extremely wise and his methods are amazing. Wei Zheng believes in him!" Wei Zheng bowed to Zhao Chen.

These words made the emperor even more angry.

Love, Wei Zheng believes in this kid Zhao Chen, but he doesn’t believe in him as the emperor?

Li Shimin just wanted to ask, who is the master of the Tang Dynasty?

The other officials who came here together were both surprised and amused when they heard Wei Zheng's words.

In Wei Zheng's eyes, the emperor was not as prestige as Zhao Chen in front of him.

But the emperor didn't say anything.

All of this seems too unusual!

"Zhao Chen, we are here today to see how you made these fine salts." Li Shimin calmed down and looked at Zhao Chen.

The others also looked at Zhao Chen with anticipation on his face.

"Okay, let's go to the Weishui River twenty miles away, where is there a salt mine!" Zhao Chen nodded.

...

The group came to the bank of the Weishui River.

Li Shimin was very touched by the banks of the Weishui River.

In the first year of Zhenguan, less than two months after he ascended the throne, the Turkic army attacked the other side of the river.

When the two armies confronted each other, Li Shimin gave him some gifts and spent some time to scare away Jie Li Khan.

At that time, Li Shimin thought that he would destroy the Turks one day.

Later he did it.

Now that he is coming to the old place again, Li Shimin is filled with emotion.

"Your Majesty, time passes quickly. In the blink of an eye, more than eight years have passed." Fang Xuanling and Li Shimin sighed.

In eight years, things have changed.

Many familiar people are far away from them and will never see them again.

"You and I are old. In a few years, the Tang Dynasty will be the world of their young people!" Li Shimin sighed, his eyes falling in front of Zhao Chen.

Zhao Chen was sitting next to the salt mine. Cheng Chumo and Qin Huaiyu went down to the mine and knocked on the salt block with big swords.

"Your Majesty treats the Marquis of Zhao County very unusually. The Crown Prince and the King of Wei are already quite unhappy." Fang Xuanling reminded in a low voice.

In fact, it also means temptation.

The emperor's attitude towards Zhao Chen has far surpassed the friendship between the monarch and the subject.

According to their ideas, no matter how good the relationship between the two is, it cannot be contrary to the difference between the king and the minister.

But no matter what strange things Zhao Chen does or what is inconspicuous, the emperor just smiles.

Sometimes, even if the emperor's majesty has been endangered, the emperor will not pursue it.

With Zhao Chen's similarity to the emperor when he was young, it is difficult for Fang Xuanling not to have other ideas.

"Zhao Chen is a strange man. Without him, the Tang Dynasty would not have had such a big change. He is used to freedom. There is no need to let some unimportant rules bind him!" Li Shimin said lightly, as if he had not noticed Fang Xuanling's temptation.

Fang Xuanling frowned. The emperor said nothing to him.

Because these are all things on the surface!

"His Majesty……"

"They are coming!" Li Shimin stood up and walked towards Zhao Chen.

Cheng Chumo and Qin Huaiyu came up with two salt mines, and the carriage brought out from Chang'an City also came here.

The supplies on the carriage are very abundant.

In addition to the salt sieve, hammer, iron tongs, linen cloth, charcoal, wooden barrels, iron pots, and even several hand-crank stone mills.

After careful inspection, there are quite a lot of things needed.

He turned to look at Li Shimin and others and said, "Salt, don't blink if you raise your hand."

Li Shimin showed joy on his face.

The more Zhao Chen did this, the more he proved that he could get the salt out.

Because the terrain here is uneven, it is often high and low, which is not conducive to salt making.

Zhao Chen led everyone to the flat ground two miles away.

The terrain here is stable and all the equipment is placed here.

"Old Cheng, Xiao Qin, help break the salt mine a little. It's too big to let go!" Zhao Chen and the two shouted.

Compared to others, Cheng Chumo and Qin Huaiyu have long believed that Zhao Chen could make salt.

After all, before they came here, they had already seen salts in the backyard of the tavern with better quality than official salt.

The two of them picked up the hammer from the side and started smashing it with a clang.

"Your Majesty, what is the origin of Zhao Chen? Is it reliable?" Li Xiaogong, the Prince of Hejian, also came today.

He really doesn't believe that a teenager actually has such ability.

Can you also make salt?

Isn’t this a fantasy?

"Zhao Chen is the shopkeeper of Chang'an City Tavern, but he has so many methods. Even the craftsmen in the Ministry of Works who are usually above the top are also respectful of Zhao Chen."

"Because according to them, Zhao Chen's craftsmanship far surpassed them and was comparable to Luban!" Changsun Wuji explained, and his eyes looked at Zhao Cheng in his eyes full of surprise.

"I have only met a few times before. In the Tai Chi Hall, I only thought that he was outstanding in literary talent and quick in response. I never heard of this method of salt making!" Li Xiaogong still didn't believe it.

If this salt production could be so easy, the Tang Dynasty and even the previous dynasties would not have been unable to increase the salt production.

Li Shimin didn't speak, but after listening to Li Xiaogong's words, he was a little worried.

As Li Xiaogong said, he had never heard of Zhao Chen's method of making salt.

Moreover, is salt making really that simple?

Everyone was not talking, everyone was staring at Zhao Chen in front of him.

"I'll just do it once," Zhao Chen shouted.

Hold a small hammer in your hand and carefully smash the large pieces of salt into small particles.

He looked about ten kilograms and called Qin Huaiyu and poured the salt ore into the stone mill's eye.

Qin Huaiyu started to turn the stone mill with his hand.

Brown ore powder slowly overflows from the edge of the stone mill.

Put the ore powder into the wooden barrel, add water, stir with a stick, so that the salt can be fully melted into the water. When the solution is saturated, pour it into another wooden barrel covered with double-layer linen.

After a while, the linen was covered with gray-black slag.

Remove the linen and the solution in the bucket turns brown and becomes lighter, but there are still many impurities.

Another wooden barrel was covered with four layers of linen, filtered again, leaving a light red solution.

The impurities have been filtered, and the next step is to remove the poison.

After taking a huge funnel, he ordered Qin Huaiyu to smash the charcoal.

Before Qin Huaiyu could do anything, Cheng Chumo had already smashed the charcoal to pieces first.

Zhao Chen wrapped the charcoal particles in four layers of linen and stuffed them into the funnel. He squeezed them tightly. He found a rack, fixed the funnel to the rack, and poured the solution into the funnel.

After a while, the light green solution slowly flowed out. Take a handful and taste it. It was good. It only had a salty taste and no bitterness. Although some salt was lost during the process, it was guaranteed that the salt cooked was absolutely edible.

I set up a firewood pot and poured the solution into the pot to boil it. Zhao Chen then stood up, his waist was sore. Is it easy to get some salt??
Chapter completed!