aircannonsinc Chapter 178 A Good Solution 【Part 1】
Chapter 178 A Good Solution 【Part 1】
Chapter 178 A Good Solution
Not a trivial matter, definitely not a trivial matter.
Heads popped up one by one, and it was impossible to catch them all.
In the end, it was Dali Temple who caught a businessman selling private salt and asked about the situation.
It turned out that a salt field was discovered on the outskirts of Chang'an, but the person who discovered the salt field did not report it to the court.
Mining private salt by yourself and reselling it.
You must know that salt is monopolized by the imperial court, which is very important to the imperial court's finances.
That's why the imperial court cracked down on private salt so vigorously. Now that there are so many private salt sellers in Chang'an, the impact on the treasury is not insignificant.
After hearing Li Shimin's words, Su Ning was very puzzled, "Since this is the case, the imperial court directly confiscated this salt field. Even if these salt smugglers still have stocks in their hands, they won't last long!"
"That's not the problem." Li Shimin sighed, "The problem of selling private salt is easy to solve. The biggest problem is that the salt mined in this salt field is all poisonous salt."
After speaking, Li Shimin showed anxiety on his face.
At this moment, Du Ruhui added, "Many people in Chang'an City have already died from eating salt. Fortunately, this batch of salt is not sold, so it shouldn't cause any major problems."
"I still don't understand." Suning looked at him puzzledly, "Wouldn't it be great if that was the case? Even if the salt mined from the salt field was poisonous salt, it was confiscated by the court in time, and the salt sold out was relatively few,
What are you still worried about? "
"In fact, there is a problem that has always plagued Datang. Of course, this problem is not only a problem that only plagues Datang. It should be a problem that has plagued thousands of years. That is, many of the salt fields mined in China are poisonous salt.
These salt fields can produce a lot of salt, but they can only be seen and cannot be eaten. Some people will steal this kind of salt when they steal it. In the end, they will hurt themselves. There are also unscrupulous businessmen who secretly sell the salt.
Ordinary people don't know the difference between cheap poisonous salt, and if you eat it, you will die. We all know that General Su is well-informed, and we just asked if there is any way to accurately mine edible salt. "
This made Suning a little surprised that he would ask himself this question.
To be precise, the salt in the salt pan or salt mine is poisonous.
The reason why people eat food is because it has been purified.
However, in ancient times, the technical conditions were limited, and only some harmful substances could be removed.
But there are also salts produced in some salt fields, which will contain a harmful substance called potassium cyanide, which cannot be removed, and is also called salt.
This kind of salt is not edible, and people in ancient times avoided it.
Because it is not edible, although there is a lot of salt in these salt fields.
Everyone can only look at it, and feel it is a pity.
However, in later generations, very good technical means have been used to process and purify this salt, which can perfectly remove the potassium cyanide in it.
Coincidentally, this method is also very simple.
It's just that the ancients didn't discover it, even Datang could do it.
So he glanced at everyone and said, "Actually, there is a way to eat salt!"
Everyone's face changed after hearing this, they had seen the tragedy of people who ate salt.
Thinking about it makes me shudder, Suning actually said that salt can also be eaten.
Wei Zheng was the first to speak, "General Su, has he seen the tragedy of those who eat salt?"
"I haven't seen it." Su Ning shook his head, "But it shouldn't end well."
"Not only will it not be very good, it will be too miserable."
People who consume salt may experience abdominal pain at first but it is mild.
After a while, I felt that my stomach became colic, and the pain was so painful.
It makes people feel like someone is using a stick to twist their own intestines.
Immediately afterwards, people who ate salt would turn their lips purple.
Then his face turned blue, and finally his seven orifices bled to death.
That scene can no longer be described as horrible, it is simply unbearable to look at.
The rest of the people also lamented, after all, they have seen too many such things.
So everyone is afraid of salt and realize that some people just encounter salt.
Where it touched the salt, it would fester, and eventually die from the severe wounds.
After hearing what Wei Zheng said, Suning was also surprised.
I didn't expect the harm of salt to be so great. The salt eaten by later generations can only be said to be purified too well.
It's just like any other salt.
The others nodded after hearing this, thinking that the salt was inedible.
Suning smiled, "Everyone listen to what I said, I mean there is a way to eat it, not that you can eat salt."
It was only then that everyone remembered that he seemed to have really said that.
So Li Shimin asked him to talk about how to eat salt.
"Usually the salt mined from salt fields, salt mines, and salt wells is toxic, so we will purify these salts,
After extracting the substances, the remaining salt can be eaten, so we can also purify the salt. "
"General Su." Du Ruhui interrupted him, "You may not be clear, we can't purify salt, although we use the same purification method as other salts,
But the salt is still there, so this method may not work. "
Everyone thought he would have some good solution, but it turned out that he was talking about purification.
For a while, everyone was a little disappointed. It seems that Datang will still be short of salt in the future.
Su Ning sighed, "Everyone, listen to me, I will propose a purification method. Of course, I understand that Datang's technology is flawed, so I found a new method to replace it."
"A new method?"
Everyone was startled, Li Shimin hurriedly asked, "What new method?"
"As far as I know, the salt in salt contains kaempferol. I believe everyone knows what kaempferol is, but this kind of thing can be filtered with the water used to make tofu.
Because tofu contains gypsum and other ingredients, it can effectively filter these kaempferol potassium. "
"Oh?" Li Shimin looked at him in surprise, "Is it true?"
"Of course it is true. If you don't believe me, we can try it."
"Then try it!"
Li Shimin asked for a few catties of salt and some tofu water.
I just want to see how to use tofu water to filter salt.
Looking at the unprocessed salt, Suning called for help.
When salt is first mined, it comes in all shapes and sizes.
These salts have to go through preliminary treatment before they can be purified and filtered.First, crush the salt.
In ancient times, there was no special machine for processing salt, so it could only be crushed manually.
As a result, these salts are very coarse. In ancient times, people ate coarse salt.
And it's yellowish, not white and thin like the salt of later generations.
But this does not affect the purification, so he asked someone to crush the salt as much as possible.
After smashing, it is to drive out impurities, that is, to put salt in a pot and boil it with water.
For things like salt, no matter how they are boiled and dried in the sun, salt-like crystals will appear.
And this step of cooking can cook out the impurities attached to the salt, but it can't cook out toxic substances.
Everyone watched Suning cook and drain in the hall, very busy.
After the salt is completely boiled, Suning uses gauze to filter the salt.
Because the salt is dissolved in water, the impurities that cannot be dissolved in water will be filtered by gauze.
The salt that has just been mined is indeed very dirty, and many dirty things have been boiled out.
Filter it with gauze, and it is covered with dense dirt.
Filtered salt can only be said to be relatively clean, but it is absolutely inedible.
There are a lot of poisonous substances in these brines, and people can die if they just touch a little.
After the first step removes impurities, the brine becomes much clearer.
Ancient people did not have this step. When they saw Suning put salt into a pot and added water to boil it.
For a while, I was a little confused about what he was going to do, but I didn't understand when I saw him filter it with gauze.
They don't understand, precisely because they didn't do this step.
Therefore, the ancient salt was somewhat yellowed, and the color was very ugly.
Because there are too many impurities in it, even if the salt is purified later, the salt will turn yellow.
Immediately afterwards, everyone saw Suning pour the salt water into the pot again to cook.
After boiling, it was filtered again until no impurities could be filtered out.
Then, pour the salt water into the red boiling pot.
The fire has been boiled until the water is boiled dry.
Changsun Wuji was puzzled, "General Su, you boiled the salt with water, is there any salt left?"
Someone wanted to ask this question a long time ago, but never dared to ask it.
Even Li Shimin looked at him in surprise, now there is only a pot of water left, what should I do if there is no salt?
What the hell is going on!It looks so difficult!
(End of this chapter)