"This salt is a strategic material. We in Beiyuan spend at least hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every year to buy salt."
"If I can save such a large sum of money, I, Beiyuan, can buy more ironware and other urgently needed items."
Yelufang was in a state of excitement and shook Liu Yufei's body: "Tell me, what is going on?"
When Liu Yufei saw this, she suddenly couldn't bear it: "My Princess, if I told you who is so capable of producing refined salt in large quantities, you would definitely not believe it."
Yelufang was stunned for a moment and said hesitantly: "Are you telling me that that bastard Li Baiyi created refined salt?"
Liu Yufei looked at her blankly: "Her Royal Highness, that's her. Her disaster relief measures this time are really amazing."
"With just one move, he brought all the victims who were originally intended to be rescued by the Eighth Prince under his command."
"One move, how is this possible? Relieving disaster victims is a systematic measure, and it is absolutely impossible to do it with just one move."
"Tell me, how did he do it with one move?"
Liu Yufei stretched out a finger and said with a smile: "To put it simply, it is work-for-relief."
"He did not simply distribute food and drink, and then provide shelter to support these victims. Instead, in the name of recruiting workers, he wanted to recruit these refugees to build roads under his command and build the Prince's Villa."
"In this way, these disaster victims will have something to do, and they will not have other evil thoughts. What bad things can they do if they have no energy?"
Yelufang rolled his eyes and said, "Can't he do this? Will the victims agree?"
"They already have enough to eat. How can they have the energy to work?"
Liu Yufei shook her head and said, "No, Li Baiyi gave them three meals a day, and there was plenty of meat as well."
"Besides, ordinary people have meat to eat every week. This is simply better than disaster relief."
Yelufang looked suspicious and said: "To fulfill these promises, it will cost a lot of money every day, right? As a playboy, even if he has money, how much money can he spend?"
Liu Yufei shook her head and said, "Even if he has no money, he still has his father behind him. If not, he still has the prince and his majesty."
"And, this gets to the point. Why does he make refined salt? It's just to get money!"
"With money, his work-for-relief program can be successfully implemented, and what we want is his salt production method."
"Also, he said he wanted to make some colored glass bottles. It is said that colored glaze can also be mass-produced. If it can be realized, wouldn't it be possible to mass-produce a large amount of silver?"
When Yelufang heard this, he shook his head and said, "You are overthinking it. The reason why colored glaze is expensive is because it is scarce due to the inability to produce it in batches."
"If he can really mass-produce it, the price of Liuli will soon be reduced to a very low level."
Liu Yufei waved her hand and said, "Your Highness, no matter how high the price is, the technology of preparing refined salt and mass-manufacturing glass bottles is priceless, right?"
Seeing Liu Yufei's vow, Yelufang became suspicious.
"Why do I get more and more outrageous the more I hear this? I still believed it just now. He may have heard about the method of making salt by chance or from an expert, but he even has the skills to make glass bottles in batches. Is he born with it?"
"Have you been deceived by this kid? He actually doesn't have these two skills at all?"
Yelufang's suspicion immediately made Liu Yufei very angry: "Your Highness, can I not see this clearly?"
"You didn't see how excited Princess Ronghua was when she heard the news. She wanted to drag Li Baiyi into the palace to see Emperor Huai'an and Concubine Xi."
"At that time, Li Baiyi refused to enter the palace. He just asked Princess Ronghua to prepare the craftsman who made the glass vase. He was of great use."
"It is said to be used for filtration or something, related to salt production."
"Not to mention whether he can make refined salt, even if he can only make glass bottles in batches, that is still a very great achievement."
"What he said is very relevant. I think it is definitely correct."
When Yelufang heard this, after thinking carefully for a long time, she suddenly slapped the table and said.
"In that case, what are we waiting for? We must get such technology."
"As long as we can get these two technologies, even if we share them with Dakun, our Dayuan's strength will definitely improve rapidly within a few years."
"I can't even imagine how lucky Dakun's country is to have a genius like Li Baiyi. Unless I see it with my own eyes, it's hard for me to believe that he really has this ability."
With that said, Yelufang got up and rushed out of the teahouse, went to find Li Baiyi and asked him for the formula.
Liu Yufei quickly grabbed Yelufang and said, "Your Highness, please don't be reckless. We can't ask for the formula now."
Hearing this, Yelufang turned back to look at Liu Yufei with a stern look in her eyes: "What are you talking about? You tell me that you can't have such a precious technology that can increase the country's national power several times? Why are you telling me that you can't have it?" Intentions?"
Hearing this, Liu Yufei couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Your Highness, you really misunderstood me. It's not that I don't want you to ask for it, but it's just that it's not suitable now."
"Don't even think about it. Who knows about the formula this time? The only ones who know about the formula are me, Princess Ronghua, and Li Baiyi, the prince."
"They will definitely not leak the formula to you, princess, so they will immediately think that I leaked the secret."
When Yelufang heard this, she couldn't help being surprised, and suddenly she no longer had any intention of looking for Li Baiyi immediately.
"In that case, it's my princess's fault. I almost exposed you because of my impulsiveness."
Thinking of this, Yelufang sat back down again with a solemn expression.
"Your Highness, it's good that you understand the stakes."
Yelufang said with a gloomy face: "But time waits for no one. Such a powerful technology can be transformed into national strength the sooner it is obtained."
"If the time difference between Dakun and Dayuan in applying technology is too far, I'm afraid Dayuan will be far behind Dakun."
When Liu Yufei heard this, she couldn't help but nodded. Of course she knew that what Yelufang said was the truth.
Both of them were scratching their heads for a moment, and time was racing against the clock.
"Yes!"
Yelufang suddenly shouted, her brows filled with joy: "Am I really a genius?"
Liu Yufei on the side suddenly said in surprise: "Your Highness, have you thought of any good ideas?"
Yelufang nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, I thought of it. Do you still remember the joke Li Baiyi said to me when I said goodbye at the Wen Dou venue? This is an opportunity."
