Report to your majesty, the prince is courting death again

"Okay, okay!"

Xu An agreed immediately.

But Xiao Lan'er glanced at Jiang Yuzhu: "Miss Jiang, don't worry about my consort."

Jiang Yuzhu smiled and said, "Isn't it that the princess despises me? How about you help me? Although my status is low, I can still be a favored concubine."

Xiao Lan'er raised the corner of her mouth and sneered: "You'd better give up this idea!"

Xu An looked at Xiao Lan'er and then at Jiang Yuzhu. I didn't say anything, why did you start a fight first?

"Hey, evil girl, don't go too far!"

Xu An originally wanted to help Jiang Yuzhu. It's hard to refuse the kindness of a beautiful woman, how can he let her down?

But just as he said this, he saw Xiao Lan'er silently grabbing the knife of the soldier on the tower. His face trembled immediately, and he changed his words:

"Disaster relief is the most important thing now. There are still a lot of affairs waiting for me to solve in the government office. I don't have time to think about love affairs!"

At the same time, he grabbed Xiao Yuanlang and blocked him in front of him, staring at Xiao Lan'er with a vigilant face.

He felt that if he really had a man-woman combination fight with Jiang Yuzhu, Xiao Lan'er would probably draw her knife and chop people on the spot.

The one who was in pain now was Xiao Yuanlang. On one side was his brother, and on the other side was his sister. He didn't know who to help!

Fortunately, seeing Xu An's cowardly look, Xiao Lan'er did not go any further and let go of the knife.

She raised her eyes and stared at Xu An, saying: "You just said that some women are responsible for the normal operation of the camp, what about the other women? What do you want to do?"

Xu An narrowed his eyes, damn, he is worthy of being raised in conspiracy, he can pick out the key points from my words?

"For the other part of the people, I need people who can do things carefully and keep secrets. I will let the old lady personally check and select them."

Xu An licked his lips and smiled: "As for what to do? Hehe, now there is a flood in Jiangnan, and it is impossible to transport grain normally... What do you think is the most lacking in Kyoto and the entire north?"

Xiao Lan'er was stunned for a moment, and her face suddenly changed: "Salt!"

Xu An nodded, and then said: "What is there in Nanshan?"

"Salt mine."

Xiao Yuanlang took over the conversation and said: "But that thing is poisonous, eating it will kill people..."

"No, I have a way to turn the salt mine into salt, and it is better than the refined salt used exclusively by the royal family."

Xu An smiled sinisterly.

It's a small problem, just a simple crushing, filtering, detoxification and distillation.

Hearing this, Xiao Lan'er, Jiang Yuzhu and the prince all widened their eyes and looked at Xu An in shock.

Especially Jiang Yuzhu, she clenched her fists suddenly. Although she hid it well, her breathing had already become rapid.

Although Dongyu is rich in products, what it lacks most is salt. Every year, a large amount of salt needs to be imported from neighboring countries to maintain the stability of Dongyu's prices.

Apart from anything else, the amount of private salt that goes from her hands every year is several tons!

But what if Xu An's formula for converting salt mines into table salt is obtained?

Then the whole Dongyu will no longer lack salt. What Dongyu lacks the least is salt mines!

At this moment, Jiang Yuzhu suddenly had an urge to kidnap Xu An directly to Dongyu, but she still forced herself to hold back.

Didn't he say that he wanted the princess to learn from him?

Just for the formula of salt conversion from salt mines, Jiang Yuzhu felt that it would be no problem to let Dongyu marry, let alone learn it!

"Xu An, are you serious?"

Xiao Lan'er came back to her senses, and her pretty face suddenly became excited.

The salt in the capital and half of the north comes from the south. Because of the flooding of the river in the rainy season, the canal transportation cannot operate normally, which leads to a serious shortage of salt in Kyoto and the north.

Nowadays, the price of salt has been hyped up to an outrageous level, causing other prices in the entire capital to soar!

If Xu An can make refined salt, it will be easy for the court to stabilize prices.

"Of course it's true, it's very simple, as long as..."

Xu An was about to tell the method, Xiao Lan'er glared at him fiercely, and said, "Salt and iron are the foundation of the country, how can it be a joke? This matter is my personal responsibility."

"I will report to my mother and personally select talents from the palace for you to use!"

Xu An was a little confused.

Damn, I almost forgot that salt and iron were government-run in ancient times, and these two things accounted for the bulk of the country's tax revenue.

I was careless... I almost became the leader of salt smuggling!

And in this era, this technology must be super confidential, how could he show it to others so casually?

Well, it seems that it is not a fortune that can be easily made. In this case, the only way is to drag the queen into it.

Otherwise, it is estimated that it will not be as simple as getting beaten!

"Okay, you have the final say, and then send someone to the Duke's Mansion later, and I will draw something,We need a supervisor to make it..."

Xu An thought that since glass cups have already appeared in this era, the problem with beakers should not be too big. In addition, there are funnels, filters and so on... uh, these things seem too small!

If you want to mass-produce salt, you have to build a large factory and use an assembly line. This needs further research!

"No, you have to go to the palace with me to see my mother."

Xiao Lan'er interrupted Xu An's thoughts coldly.

"No, I won't go even if I'm beaten to death!"

Xu An jumped up instantly and blocked Xiao Yuanlang in front of him: "Brother, I will help you with disaster relief here, and you can handle the rest by yourself. I'm slipping away..."

See the queen? When has there been a good thing?

After Xu An finished speaking, he turned around and ran downstairs.

Xiao Lan'er and the other two were stunned when they saw this scene.

"Xiao Yuanlang, you should arrange the refugees yourself, and don't expect others to help you with everything."

Xiao Lan'er glanced at Xiao Yuanlang and said: "I need to go to the palace to see my mother. "

After walking two steps, Xiao Lan'er looked back at Jiang Yuzhu who was staring at Xu An's back: "Miss Jiang, just be a good courtesan and don't worry about me, my consort!"

Jiang Yuzhu smiled and said, "That won't do. I'll feel uncomfortable if I don't worry about Young Master Xu!"

"Hmph, take care of yourself. "

Xiao Lan'er snorted coldly and turned away.

...

Xu An had just run down the tower, thinking that he could finally let himself go, but he was blocked by someone after just a few steps.

The leader was an old man in his sixties, with two groups of constables. When they saw him, they all bowed and saluted:

"Gongsun Yan, the chief clerk of the Nancheng County Yamen, and all the colleagues of Nancheng County welcome the county magistrate..."

Xu An saw the sedan chair behind the old man, and the corners of his mouth twitched violently.

What's the matter, just out of the dragon's den and into the tiger's den?

"You recognized the wrong person, I am not your county magistrate..."

He denied it directly, and the old man bowed heavily and smiled: "Young Master Xu, don't joke, since the imperial edict has been issued, you are the county magistrate of my Nancheng County Yamen."

"Please get on the sedan chair, the county yamen has piled up a lot of cases, and you need to try them in person! "

Xu An was stunned.

Damn, why do I smell such a strong smell of conspiracy?!