In the Eastern Palace.
"Your Highness…Where are you going?" Hua Ying asked, puzzled.
"Let's go to the Jianghuai area to take a look," Yang Yi said with a smile.”
Hua Ying was stunned. Jianghuai area?
Although it was not far from here, it was still a long journey for Hua Ying, who had been staying in the palace.
"Your Highness, this servant wants to go with you."”
After interacting with the Crown Prince for a period of time, she knew that the Crown Prince had a kind personality and was very gentle to them.
That was why he dared to say such a thing.
Yang Yi raised his eyebrows and pinched Hua Ying's fair chin." You little girl, of course you have to come with me. Otherwise, who will serve me?"”
Hua Ying immediately beamed with joy.
After Yang Guang issued the decree, it caused a huge sensation in the country, with mixed reviews.
However, Yang Yi knew in his heart that this was a way to survive in death. In any case, Great Sui was already a mess. How much worse could it be?
Xianren Palace.
"What? Yi 'er, are you going to the Jianghuai area?" Empress Xiao and Yang Guang were stunned.
"That's right, I've made up my mind. Don't worry, Imperial Father and Imperial Mother."”
"You're the Crown Prince, how can you casually go on a long journey?" Empress Xiao frowned.”
"Yi 'er, could it be for the sake of salt?" Yang Guang muttered.”
Yang Yi nodded slightly, and his tiger eyes revealed a deep expression." That's right. Your son has a method that can purify coarse salt. The refined salt after purification far surpasses the salt on the market.”
Yang Guang's heart shook. He looked at Yang Yi in disbelief," Yi 'er, you…" Are you serious?"
"Of course it's true. Don't you believe me, Imperial Father?" Yang Yi said seriously.”
Yang Guang looked deeply at Yang Yi." Of course I believe Yi 'er's words.”
Yang Yi smiled as he looked at Empress Xiao, who had a worried expression on her face." Mother, don't worry. It's only a few days. Your son will be back very soon.”
Although Empress Xiao was worried about her son, she could only instruct her son to be careful.
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A few days later.
Near the Huai River.
There were a lot of coastal tidal zones here.
The amount of salt produced was extremely rich.
The famous Huai salt came from here.
The prosperity of Jiang Du was driven by the salt merchants. These salt merchants would take salt from Yan City, Yuhang, Qingpu, and other places, then sell it in Jiang Du, earning profits from it.
"Your Highness…" A guard said respectfully," The saltworks are up ahead.”
Yang Yi naturally brought a large number of soldiers with him on this trip.
After all, Yang Guang was still quite worried about his safety.
Yang Yi's gaze was distant. He knew that this plain land was extremely rich.
"Your Highness, the salt pans here are already under the control of the government.”the guard said respectfully.
Yang Yi nodded lightly. An official walked over and said respectfully,""This subordinate Cui Gu greets Your Highness the Crown Prince…"
He was the salt official in charge of the saltworks here.
Although his rank wasn't high, his power wasn't small.
After Yang Yi banned the sale of illegal salt, it was a heavy blow to many local tyrants and the Salt Gang. However, it was good news for ordinary salt dealers.
After all, the price of salt sold by the government was lower than the salt ponds controlled by the Salt Gang.
"Lord Cui, there's no need to be so polite. How's the situation of the saltworks here?" Yang Yi said with a deep gaze.”
Cui Gu said respectfully," Ever since His Majesty banned the sale of smuggled salt, although there was some turmoil here, it quickly calmed down. The ordinary salt sellers even clapped their hands and celebrated. They were very supportive of His Majesty's decree.”
Yang Yi understood that it was the salt merchants at the bottom who were exploited. Those big salt merchants were supported by powerful families or the Salt Gang.
Now that it was directly operated by the government and the price was clear, the situation in the salt market would stabilize.
Yang Yi walked on the beach along the coast. There were many workers passing by.
They all relied on the saltworks for a living. These were workers recruited by the government.
The government would allocate remuneration to them according to their services.
Behind Yang Yi was a large group of people.
"I want to create a salt pan here. How many people does Lord Cui have?" he asked.”
Cui Gu was dumbfounded. He quickly said,"I still have a hundred people. I wonder how many people Your Highness needs. If it's not enough, I'll go and recruit more people.”
Yang Yi narrowed his eyes and pondered." The more the better." It's best if it's someone with experience."
"I understand." Cui Gu said.
Hua Ying, who was following behind Yang Yi, had never seen the coastal scenery before. At this moment, he asked curiously,"What is the salt pan that Your Highness is talking about?”
The officials beside him were also curious.
Yang Yi smiled and said," The so-called salt pan is a shallow pond made from a flat area along the coast. Seawater is introduced into the water storage pond of the salt pan. After it is allowed to stand still and the sand settles, then..."
He briefly explained the method of sunning salt.
The surrounding officials were flabbergasted.
They were also quite experienced in extracting crude salt.
After all, even if he had never eaten pork, he had seen pigs run.
Moreover, as the salt officials in charge of the saltworks, they were very familiar with the process of extracting coarse salt.
The current mainstream method was to boil salt, but Yang Yi's method of drying salt was unheard of.
However, after thinking about it carefully, they realized that Yang Yi's method of sunning salt had a very high success rate.
"The final salt obtained is edible salt.”Yang Yi smiled.
Hua Ying's eyes revealed a look of admiration. She really admired the Crown Prince!
In her eyes, Yang Yi was almost omnipotent!
The salt officials at the side were extremely shocked. They were very experienced in boiling salt, but the method of sunning salt proposed by Yang Yi had refreshed their knowledge!
" What?" Yang Yi smiled, and his eyes revealed a strange expression." The salt produced by this sun-drying method is purer than boiled salt! It was far better than all the salt on the market!”
What?
These salt officials were shocked!
The reason why they used the method of boiling salt was because they followed the method left behind by their predecessors. The boiled salt was processed. In their eyes, the purity was already very high.
He didn't expect Yang Yi to say that the salt produced by the sun drying method was purer than all the salt on the market.!
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