It's afternoon!
On the open space in the front yard of the government office.
There are several big cauldrons standing around.
A pile of firewood was placed next to it, an ox cart was filled with green salt ore, and some other items.
Ying Ziye, Jian Jiu, officials, and salt refining craftsmen gathered here.
"Eighth Young Master, we have found someone for you."
The official said respectfully and stretched out his hand to guide the craftsmen next to him.
"I pay my respects to His Highness the Eighth Young Master!"
All the craftsmen fell to their knees.
"Well, get up!"
Ying Ziye said politely.
"Today I will teach you a method of purifying refined salt."
"The first step is to crush the salt mine!"
Ying Ziye raised his hand slightly and ordered the guards on the side to crush the salt mine repeatedly with sledgehammers.
"The second step is to put it in water and boil it to melt the green salt and separate the impurities."
After Ying Ziye said this, several personal guards threw the crushed green salt into the boiling water in the cauldron.
Gulu gulu!
"Go get some water and soil, pour the water on the burning wood, and then cover it with a layer of soil."
"Here!"
A group of pro-guard soldiers fetched water and shoveled soil.
Then follow Professor Ying Ziye's method to wet the burning wood but not completely.
But the flames dissipated, but they were still red.
Then under Ying Ziye's guidance, it was covered with a layer of loess.
"The method I'm teaching you now has nothing to do with making salt, but making charcoal."
"The firewood cannot be fully burned, thus forming charcoal, which is easy to ignite."
"But to make a lot of charcoal, you need some containers for burning."
"You can use the kiln to burn charcoal later, and the output will be greater!"
The officials and salt craftsmen on the side nodded to express their understanding.
About a moment or so.
Ying Ziye felt that it was almost time and said casually: "Let's dig up the loess!"
"promise!"
When the soldiers took the order and dug up the loess, they found that the original firewood was as black as ore.
"this……"
For a moment, everyone present was shocked and looked at the scene in front of them in disbelief.
Ying Ziye smiled slightly, but did not explain too much. He continued to order: "Cook these green salts repeatedly, and then remove all impurities on the surface."
"promise!"
The soldiers followed Ying Ziye's instructions and continued to work.
Just the cooking of green salt was repeated nearly five or six times.
Impurities are almost invisible on the surface.
"Continue cooking, and then put all the charcoal on it!"
After the words fell, the faces of the craftsmen all showed surprise.
"This... if this happens, won't this steamed green salt become turbid again?"
"Hey... I'm afraid all the previous efforts were in vain."
"Could it be that His Highness the Eighth Young Master has another reason behind his move?"
When the craftsmen were in doubt, their eyes kept staring closely.
I'm afraid I missed some details!
As time passed little by little, the water in the cauldron gradually began to boil.
However, what is surprising and puzzling is that these things that Hachigongzi calls charcoal are actually coated with a very fine layer of impurities.
If they hadn't observed carefully, they wouldn't have noticed this subtle change.
"this……"
"This is how the same thing!"
The craftsmen were puzzled and secretly speculated.
But with an exclamation, everyone's attention was instantly attracted again.
"Look, there are more and more impurities on this charcoal!"
The craftsmen looked in the direction of the speaker's finger.
I saw that the charcoal floating on the boiling water was already coated with a thick layer of impurities.
"Quickly, take out these charcoal and put in new charcoal!"
Ying Ziye ordered eagerly.
"promise!"
Although the soldiers were shocked, they quickly reacted to Ying Ziye's order and hurriedly operated.
It wasn't until the impurities no longer adhered to the repeatedly replaced charcoal that Ying Ziye showed a satisfied smile, nodded and said, "Fire up the fire and dry up this large cauldron of salt water!"
"Here!"
The guards on the side started a fire again.
The salt water evaporates violently, and the water vapor fills the sky and turns into clouds and mist.
After about an hour or so, all the boiling water in the cauldron was evaporated.
Grains of snow-white, delicate salt appear in front of everyone’s eyes!
"This... this is called magic!"
"It's so amazing!"
The officials and salt craftsmen were amazed.
There were even some craftsmen who couldn't believe it, so they simply came forward, grabbed a handful of fine salt, and observed it carefully.
What's more, he stretched out his finger, dipped it in a touch of snow-white fine salt, and put it in his mouth.
"The salt production method invented by Hachi Gongzi has such a high yield and purity compared to previous salt production methods!"
“There are no impurities!!!”
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Ying Ziye smiled heartily and said, "You all remember the steps, right?"
"remember!"
All the officials and salt craftsmen cheered for joy, bowed their heads and knelt down and said, "Thank you so much, Eighth Young Master, for teaching us such a magical method of making salt!"
"This method of making salt has such simple and clear steps. If we can't remember it, we will become fools."
"That's good!"
Ying Ziye nodded and smiled, feeling relieved in his heart.
People regard food as their first priority, which solves the problem of salt.
This can be regarded as cutting off one of the clan's hands in disguise, preventing the clan from monopolizing salt!
After Ying Ziye taught him the new salt production and purification technology, the Yingchuan County government's production of fine salt increased greatly, and the quality was even better than before.
Snow-white fine salt contains impurities before it is completely exploded.
Within a few days, the price of salt dropped and a large amount of salt was produced, benefiting the people of Yingchuan and no longer lacking salt!
And taking advantage of these few days, Ying Ziye invented the curved shaft plow, and asked carpenters and blacksmiths to imitate it and use it for plowing the fields.
The curved shaft plow is composed of a plowshare, a plowboard, a plow bottom, a pressing trowel, a plow head, a plow arrow, a plow shaft, a plow tip, a plow body, a plow frame and a plow disc.
Installing a freely rotating plow disc on the shaft head not only makes the plow frame smaller and lighter, but also facilitates U-turns and turns, making the operation flexible and saving manpower and animal power.
Equip it with a pavilion and a shaft plow, and then let the local carpenter and blacksmith study and manufacture it.
Even the government made Quyuan plows and sold them in the market.
People come and go, rushing to buy.
In the market where Qu Yuanli was being sold, the officials from the workshop were smiling from ear to ear, looking at the Quyuanli in front of them, their eyes burning as if they were looking at a peerless beauty.
“It’s incredible that such an ingenious thing can greatly increase the speed of plowing and reduce the effort!”
"I'm afraid even the founder of the Mohist family, Mozi, and the founder of craftsmen, Master Lu Ban, are just like this!"
"Eighth Young Master can really be considered as a saint alongside Mozi and Grandmaster Lu Ban!"
"Create something that benefits the country and the people!"
The middle-aged man excitedly ran to the market where the government was selling Quyu plows, and gasped: "Sir, please sell me a Quyu plow!"
As he spoke, the man took out a bunch of one hundred and fifty coins and presented them to him.
Quyuan plows are of high quality and low price. One only costs one hundred and fifty coins, which is completely affordable.
He had seen his landlord plowing the land using a curved-turn plow. It was so fast. He tried to borrow it and found that plowing the land with a curved-turn plow didn't require much effort at all.
So today, the man got up early and rushed over!
Taking the Quyuan plow from the officials, the middle-aged man went home carefully as if he were holding a treasure.
"Eighth Young Master is truly a god!"
"Not only has a brand-new method of making salt been invented, the fine snow-white salt is more pure and cheaper than previous salts, and the output is so amazing."
"Such a move that benefits the country and the people is enough to be called a saint!"
