With Wei Zheng's scolding, Ye Fan really couldn't stay calm anymore.
"Emperor, if this brat really has a method to make salt, what should we do?”
"If you can really solve the urgent needs of the Great Tang, I will naturally grant you the title of founding Pingan County according to the Imperial Board. I will reward you with 800 mu of high-grade fertile land and 300 households of food!”
"I don't want to."
Ye Fan shook his head indifferently.
"Then, what do you want?"
Li Er was slightly angry. Although this child was young, he knew to raise the price after hearing the news. He had the face of a merchant. It was really annoying.
"It is the duty of the people of the Great Tang to share the burden of the country. It is only natural that this brat would offer up this salt-making method. Therefore, I don't need any rewards.”
Looking at Ye Fan and smiling heartily, Li Er pretended to look at Wei Zheng and the others sternly. Then, he nodded to Ye Fan.
"Please take a few pieces of salt, three small vats, some gauze, some charcoal and other items. I can show them to the emperor and the other lords in the hall.”
"Men, bring the item Ye Fan mentioned!”
Under Li Er's order, the eunuchs in the hall brought over the items according to Ye Fan's instructions.
Looking at the water, charcoal, firewood, gauze, millstones, vats, and other items placed in the hall, the ministers were all suspicious. However, Cheng Yaojin's eyes had a little more hope. He personally placed the two salt stones sent by the guards in front of Ye Fan.
Ye Fan bowed and asked for an edict.
"Agreed!"
Li Er opened his mouth and agreed. He was very curious.
Holding the two purple salt stones that Cheng Yaojin put down, Ye Fan first knocked them into small pieces, then threw them into the grinding stone and carefully ground them into powder.
Then, Ye Fan placed the powder in a jar and dissolved it with clear water.
Then, with the help of a guard, Ye Fan first filtered the water with gauze to remove the large particles of impurities.
Then, he crushed the charcoal and wrapped it tightly with gauze. He then covered the mouth of the jar and picked up the filtered salt water to filter it again.
Because of the charcoal's absorption and obstruction, the filtering process this time seemed to take a long time. Ye Fan put down the small jar a few times and rested his aching arm before picking it up again.
Cheng Yaojin, who was watching from the side, was anxious. He walked over and replaced Ye Fan, letting Ye Fan only need to speak and do the rest of the work himself.
After this round of filtering, Ye Fan wrapped another jar with charcoal and gauze and filtered it again.
After using charcoal to absorb and filter twice, the salt water in the tank had become extremely clear.
Then, Ye Fan prepared to start a fire in the hall to evaporate it, but he was stopped by Wei Zheng again.
"Ye Fan, this is the Yin Yang Hall. How can you start a fire randomly?!”
Wei Zheng shouted loudly. The Yin and Yang Hall was where Li Er discussed state affairs with the courtiers. It was dignified and solemn. How could he start a fire to cook?
When Wei Zheng shouted, Ye Fan could not help but roll his eyes.
"Lord Wei, how can we distill without starting a fire?”
"Minister Wei, let's do as he says."
Li Er had already walked down from the dragon throne and came three feet away from Ye Fan and Chen Yaojin. He looked curiously at Ye Fan and Chen Yaojin's actions.
With Li Er's instructions, Ye Fan naturally did not have any scruples. He asked the guards to light the firewood in the hall while he poured the salt water that had been filtered three times into the pot and slowly stirred it.
Twenty minutes passed, and steam rose from the pot, but there was no change. Li Er and the officials could not help but be disappointed.
Thirty minutes had passed. Wei Zheng had already thought of how to advise him so that he could chop off the head of this grandstanding kid.
Thirty-five minutes later, a change occurred. The salt water at the bottom of the pot began to thicken, and white crystals kept appearing.
Forty-five minutes later, the water in the pot had completely evaporated, and the bottom of the pot was covered with a layer of white powder.
Ye Fan used a wooden shovel to shovel out all the powder and poured it onto a porcelain plate.
Then, Ye Fan dipped his hand in a little salt powder and put it into his mouth.
"Hmm…quite salty!"
At this moment, Li Er, Cheng Yaojin, Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, and the others looked at Ye Fan with their mouths agape. Then, they looked at the white powder on the plate.!
That was it?
Was the salt-making method that made Li Er, Cheng Yaojin, and the others anxious and unable to sleep well for days and nights that simple?!
Seeing that Ye Fan had tasted it and acted as if nothing had happened, Cheng Yaojin hurriedly stretched out his finger. Just as he was about to dip it in some salt powder and put it into his mouth, he was hurriedly stopped by Wei Zheng and Li Er.
"Men."
With Li Er's order, five guards immediately appeared in the hall.
"Try this salt powder."
Li Er instructed, and the five guards came to Ye Fan's side.
"Hold on, five generals."
Wei Zheng spoke again, making Ye Fan depressed.
"The five generals can rest assured to test the salt. If there is any mistake, this old man will definitely put this kid in prison and kill him to comfort the five generals!”
When Wei Zheng said these two sentences, Ye Fan could not remain calm.
Wei Zheng, ah, Wei Zheng, I just want you to pay me back, but you want my head. You're so persistent and so bad. Aren't you afraid that your son won't have an asshole?
Oh right, Wei Zheng already had a son, but his fate was worse than not having an asshole…
After hearing Wei Zheng's words, the five guards looked as if they were facing a great enemy. Each of them seemed to be rushing to the execution ground. They dipped some salt powder in their mouths and then closed their eyes.
"It's quite salty!"
The five guards said in unison.
After waiting for more than ten minutes and seeing that Ye Fan and the five guards did not have any abnormal situation, Cheng Yaojin could not hold it in anymore. He directly dipped a large portion of salt powder and put it into his mouth.
Salty! It was so f * cking salty! Cheng Yaojin was almost salivating…
But at this moment, Cheng Yaojin's eyes were filled with tears.
Damn it, this was salt! It was real, and it was a hundred times better than green salt!!!
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