Datang: Get Xiang Yu's divine power at the beginning

Chapter 151 The Method of Making Salt
Li Chengdao and the three of them returned to the palace and immediately ordered his little eunuch to find a piece of coarse salt. The little eunuch was very strange and asked for some coarse salt, but then he thought about it and realized that this was not something he should think about, so Hastily ran out.

Upon seeing this, Kong Ming asked: "Your Majesty, what exactly did you think of?"

Hearing this, Li Chengdao giggled and said: "Fine salt! Fine salt! My Mr. Kong Ming, think about it, if we can produce fine salt in large quantities and then sell it to the outside world, we are the only ones with this technology. What is this? This Time monopoly! There is no one in the world who does not eat salt, so we will still have a lot of money!"

After hearing this, Kong Ming thought for a moment and understood the meaning of monopoly. Naturally, he could also imagine what kind of huge wealth this would be!
After a while, the little eunuch came back with a piece of coarse salt the size of a human head. Li Chengdao was overjoyed when he saw it, took it from the little eunuch's hand, and then dismissed everyone, leaving only Kong Ming, Ma Zhong and Zhuque.

Since the last time he made an autopsy umbrella, Li Chengdao specially ordered people to clean up a palace as his own laboratory. Li Chengdao led three people into the laboratory.

Seeing the bottles and jars in the laboratory, Kong Ming and the three of them were very surprised. At this time, Li Chengdao recalled the knowledge of refining fine salt in his previous life and began to run around and get busy.

Kong Ming and the other three couldn't help at all, they could only watch Li Chengdao busy back and forth.

I saw Li Chengdao minding his own business crushing coarse salt, lighting fires, boiling water, and cooking. Suzaku and Ma Zhong had already lost interest and couldn't help but dozed off on the side.

But Kong Ming looked at it with great interest.After an unknown amount of time, Li Chengdao opened the lid of the pot, and saw white flowers on the four walls of the iron pot.

Where is this salt, it is clearly countless real gold and silver!

Li Chengdao thought in his heart, his eyes were shining, he didn't care about the heat, he peeled off a piece of salt on the wall of the pot with his fingers, put it in his mouth, and immediately a fresh and salty smell spread all over the tip of his tongue!
Success!Li Chengdao screamed in his heart. Li Chengdao ignored the etiquette of the emperor and his ministers and put a piece of salt in his hand into Kong Ming's mouth. Kong Ming tasted it carefully for a while and felt comfortable all over his body!
Kong Ming and Li Chengdao looked at each other and smiled, Ma Zhong and Suzaku on the side of the smile were a little bit numb.

Isn't it just salt?Your Majesty, you have never tasted anything good, how can you be so happy?
Although Zhuque and Ma Zhong were confused, they still took a piece from Li Chengdao and tasted it. After tasting it, their eyes lit up. This was much better than the fine salt originally made by the court, and the taste was more delicate. , and more fresh!

After being happy, Li Chengdao led everyone back to the study and said: "Everyone, with this method of making salt, the people of Tang Dynasty will be able to eat fine salt in the future, and I have another idea, we can also Extract iodine from kelp and add it to salt to make iodized salt. At the same time, you can also directly extract iodine to make MSG and other condiments! In this way, not only will the people of the Tang Dynasty eat better, but the income of the imperial court will also continue to increase. ! Kill two birds with one stone!"

Listening to Li Chengdao's words, although everyone still couldn't understand what Li Chengdao meant by iodized salt and MSG, they were all impressed by His Majesty's knowledge.

Li Chengdao paused and continued: "But there is one thing. This method of making salt can only be in the hands of the imperial court and must not be leaked. From now on, this method will be controlled by Prime Minister Kong Ming. In addition, Mr. Kong Ming Establish a salt processing factory in the inner treasury, specializing in the refining, production and trading of salt. I will hand over the refining method to you. You can find a few reliable people to work on it, and all income will be included in the inner treasury!
"Old minister obeys!"

After finishing speaking, there was only a gurgling sound, and Li Chengdao followed the sound, but Suzaku was holding his stomach, with an embarrassed expression on his face.

Looking at the sky, it was already dusk before he knew it. Li Chengdao smiled and said: "I was careless. Well, since the matter has been told, you just go ahead and have dinner in the palace today. I Take the spoon yourself, let you have a good taste of this dish with fine salt!"

The next day, the emperor once again issued an edict, announcing to the world that the royal supply of fine salt would be cancelled, the price of fine salt would be reduced, and a salt processing plant would be established within the factory to specialize in the manufacture and sale of edible salt. He also ordered that the private sale of illicit salt be prohibited. , will be severely punished without credit!
Such a thing soon caused an uproar among the people. Opponents abounded, especially the restaurant owners. These people had their own private salt business and relied on the privately sold fine salt to attract customers.

But now that this holy metaphor is tantamount to cutting off their money, they are naturally unwilling.

In the beginning, various chambers of commerce held strikes and demonstrations privately. Faced with such a situation, Li Chengdao was well prepared in his heart, but said lightly: "The reform touches the interests of some people. It is certain that there are such different voices, so ignore it!"

In this way, amidst the protests of the people, the first batch of edible salt produced by COFCO Group, named by the Holy Spirit himself, was launched on the market!
Everyone bought back a pack and a half packs with the attitude of giving it a try and it was not expensive anyway. After having a taste of it, the salt quickly opened up the market among the people.

And those merchants who were protesting couldn't help but ordered people to secretly buy some and put them into the dishes and tasted them. This taste didn't matter. After this taste, all the protesting merchants immediately turned into praising the merchants. The original protest team This time we became a grateful team!
This kind of fine salt not only tastes more delicate and mellow than the fine salt refined before, but also tastes cheap, and it was quickly sought after by the people of Chang'an.

People depend on food. With the popularity of salt, COFCO Group quickly launched MSG, sugar and other condiments, and expanded the sales scope from Chang'an to the whole country.

A food revolution started with condiments as the fuse.

At this time, the initiator of everything, Li Chengdao, the proud son of the Tang Dynasty, was troubled in the palace.

The popularization and sales of salt and other condiments have properly earned Li Chengdao and his inner treasury the first pot of gold, but now there is another worrying thing in front of him.

Looking at the memorial in front of him, Li Chengdao smiled helplessly and said, "What? This is just my private matter, and all civil and military officials have to intervene?"

"Your Majesty, you are the Majesty of the Tang Dynasty and the Majesty of the world. As far as you are concerned, any private or public affairs are the affairs of the world!"

It was Qin Wang Li Shimin who answered him, and behind Li Shimin, there were a group of uncles following him.

Looking at these elders, Li Chengdao felt very emotional. Although these people were all his elders in name, Li Chengdao really couldn't tell at this time whether they really thought about himself or whether they had some evil intentions.

"Your Majesty, I have to say something that I shouldn't say. You are not young at this time. When my father was as old as you, he already had descendants all over the world. Besides, you will have to lead the expedition in person next year. No matter from which point of view, you should I will leave a prince to the Li family and the world!"

(End of this chapter)