"Who dares to touch my lord?" A rough voice was heard. Following that, a bear-like figure that was two to three meters tall rushed over with a huge sword in his hand. Like a gust of black wind, the huge sword that was as big as a door slammed into the ground, sending salt mine gravel flying everywhere. The officers swallowed their saliva when they saw this.
It was Zheng Xiong. However, he was wearing a bamboo hat to disguise his identity so that Mu Yu wouldn't be criticized.
A giant sword with a shocking momentum, displaying the unparalleled might of the world's top experts.
"Elder Zheng, Shang 'er." Mu Yu frowned.”
"My lord." Zuo Qingshang's face turned pale.
"Sir, what do you mean?" Zheng Xiong said.
Mu Yu glanced at the officers and then whispered into Zuo Qingshang's ear.
The latter's small face flushed red at first, but she did not resist at all.
Mu Yu whispered something to Zuo Qingshang. She hesitated for a moment before nodding,""We will do as Daren says. You must take care of yourself. Shang 'er will always wait for you.”
"Miss Zuo." Zheng Xiong was anxious." What do you mean? You want my master to be captured by them?" I'm not happy. These dog officials follow the fatuous monarch. None of them are good.”
The faces of the officers darkened.
"Milord has his reasons for doing this. I'll tell you later.”Zuo Qingshang said.
Zheng Xiong was impatient, but he also suppressed his desire to make a move.
"Let's go, Mu Hou." Only then did the officers heave a sigh of relief. With the protection of two top experts in the world, if they were to use force, most of the people present would die. They might not even be able to capture them. This way, they would be safe and sound, which was the best.
"Bring the salt mine tools and follow me to Six Fan School.”Mu Yu pointed at the official from the Ministry of Works. The latter was stunned and quickly brought him along. Mu Yu then said to the official,"Why did you call me just now?"
"His Majesty has conferred you the title of Marquis of Xiping County. It is hereditary, and your rank has reached the seventh rank.”the leading officer said.
"Then should I thank her?" Mu Yu sneered.
The officers remained silent.
"I want to go to Six Fan School to be detained." At Mu Yu's request, he was really taken to the Six Fan School. In prison, no one dared to let him suffer. Six Fan School was Wei Ge's power, and Wei Ge had no intention of hurting Mu Yu before he died.
Not only did she not, she even met Mu Yu a few times.
" Duke of Wei…" Inside Six Fan School, in the Celestial Prison, which terrified countless officials and dignitaries, Mu Yu had two officials from the Ministry of Works as his assistants. One was the official who had previously managed the salt mine, and the other was Minister Yu, who had heard the news and rushed over.
They were all standing behind Mu Yu.
"Duke of Wei." After not sleeping for three consecutive days, Mu Yu could not hide the fatigue on his face. He was not anxious at all, as if he was not the one who was going to be beheaded."I found some methods to purify salt and am currently trying to make salt. I want to discuss something with the Duke of Wei.”
"Marquis Mu, please speak." Wei Ge's eyes flashed with admiration.
She was also heartbroken. The current Emperor had disregarded everything and made such a foolish move. She had lost such an important minister of the country. She did not know if she would regret it in the future.
" I've been studying hard, and it's very likely that I can get a commission from the salt. Once it's done, the people of the world will be blessed, and the Great Fall can also increase their income because of it."I want to ask the Duke of Wei to handle this matter. The dog Emperor is extremely confused. If she were to handle it, it would most likely be a waste of time.”
Mu Yu did not want to fail his mission.
" As long as nothing major happens after the fall, the lives of the people will be much better than before. However, in the current situation, the people in the southern border are still shrouded in darkness. The border has been in chaos for a long time. The foreign barbarians have invaded the border and plundered it endlessly. The border has been suffering for a long time. Let Duke Wei handle the illegal salt. When the time comes, please give me some silver."”
"Pa." The teacup in Wei Ge's hand was crushed.
Was this the words of a dying person?
"Mu Hou, I will spare no expense to plead with His Majesty to protect Mu Hou.”Wei Ge said word by word,"It's better for Mu Hou to handle this matter himself."”
"Stupid ruler, this official has long stopped wanting to serve her. Duke Wei, you don't have to waste your energy. This official already has a plan in mind. Moreover, it has already been three days and she is still like this. If she had listened, I wouldn't still be here.”Mu Yu said nonchalantly.
Mu Yu turned his head and ate two mouthfuls of rice. He continued to bury his head in the ground and vomit blood, focusing all his energy on his research.
Although this was the Six Fan School, which made countless officials and nobles afraid, Mu Yu had everything here. There were all kinds of tools, utensils, water, stones, and everything else.
However, even after working for three days without rest or sleep, the high-purity extraction method in his memory was still not completed.
"This, what exactly went wrong? The method should have been correct, so why was the amount of purification so low?”Mu Yu looked at the black salt mine. The amount of salt filtered out was limited, and it was very difficult to purify. It was not a large-scale purification method, and it was time-consuming and energy-consuming.
It was no wonder that salt production was so low in this era. Almost no officials worked hard in this area.
"Do you have any books on salt mines?”Mu Yu said.
"Milord, there are some, but they are not specialized. There are only some ancient records of purification methods.”
"Give me all of them." Mu Yu looked at it for two days, experimenting as he looked.
He did not sleep or rest for five whole days.
It wasn't until the moment the mission time was up that Mu Yu finally understood what his problem was from a small deviation in knowledge, or even common sense.
At this moment, he almost cried.
He had fallen into a wrong mindset. Damn it, it was indeed just theory. Without actual practice, everything was useless. In the past, it looked simple on the web novels, but when he did it himself, he was stuck for five days with a small problem.
Ding!
"The host has completed the mission and received the following rewards.”
" 1. Method of refining refined salt."
After Mu Yu received the reward, he could not help but smile bitterly. The method was no different from what he had studied. The only difference was that the ratio was fine and the quantity was precise. The system's method was precise, but it did not affect him much.
"Minister Yu, are there any other salt mines outside the capital?”
"Speak, Mu Shi." The Minister of Works wiped the sweat off his forehead. Tomorrow would be the fifth day, and he would be executed at noon tomorrow.
"There are some, but the quality of the salt is even worse. It's not as good as this kind of salt mine. This kind of salt mine is less harmful to the people and less harmful to the body.”
"Is that mineral salt a turbid yellow?”Mu Yu smiled bitterly.
"How would Milord know? Oh, it's normal for Milord to know! Yes, it's a muddy yellow with a hint of red." Minister Yu wiped the sweat off his forehead. This was the result of fanning the fire and being roasted.
Lord Mu's purification method was to dissolve the mineral salt in water and heat it with fire until it boiled. Then, he continued to heat it with a gentle fire until a large number of white crystals appeared in the wall of the iron pot. He scraped the salt from the wall of the iron pot with a spoon and dissolved it in water. Then, he poured it into a cup filled with charcoal. The top and bottom of the charcoal were sealed with clean cotton gauze. The poured water was heated again, and then the salt could be produced.
This process required a fire, and a lot of it.
In the past five days, not much salt had been brought out, but the fire had burned him to death. The dignified Minister of Works, a second-grade official of the current court, had been covered in dust and dirt every day these few days, like a beggar.
"Immediately send someone to get some." Mu Yu was expressionless. Damn it, the salt mine that he was refining was a barren salt mine, the worst kind. There were many stones inside, and there was a layer of salt on the outside. It wasn't a salt mine. If it wasn't a salt mine, it would be barren.
But who would have thought?
Mu Yu didn't know what a salt mine looked like.
The officials from the Ministry of Works felt that this salt mine was better.
In fact, it was true. Although this kind of salt mine was small in quantity, it had low impurities and was relatively less harmful to the human body. However, if he used a stone to purify it, wouldn't it be like dancing in front of a turtle egg? It was completely useless?
Mu Yu's face darkened.
Not long after, the officials from the Ministry of Works arrived with a yellowish red and extremely turbid salt mine.
Mu Yu tried to purify it.
It worked.
"Really, really succeeded? This, this is refined salt? You can still do this." Minister Yu's eyes instantly widened.
The current method of extracting salt was to irrigate the fields with seawater from a faraway place by the sea, then dry them in the sun, and then dry them again with seawater. In the end, the remaining crystals were refined salt. However, now, they had used an even more unimaginable method to successfully purify refined salt.
"This, this quality is even better than the best refined salt. Salt mine, so, so it can be like this?”The Minister of Works was holding a handful of yellow and white fine salt in his hand. He had gone completely crazy. Tears flowed down his face. He was a second-grade official. He had not wasted his efforts in fanning the fire these few days.。
"The commoners are blessed. The soldiers at the border are blessed.”Minister Yu grabbed the salt, crying and laughing.
"Lord Mu, you have set up the Heaven Splashing Prison again.”The officials from the Ministry of Works also cried tears of joy. With this smuggled salt, the lives of the people would be better.
The Great Fall was truly fortunate!
At this moment, Mu Yu's head was already tilted. With a haggard and tired face and a pair of dark circles under his eyes, he fell asleep again on the table.
Even at noon, when he was escorted, he slept soundly.
This damn system made him vomit blood every day. It could have been easily solved by giving him a reward, but it made him feel like he couldn't sleep well every day.
P.S. Thank you for your monthly votes.
This book is provided by FunNovel Novel Book | Fan Fiction Novel [Beautiful Free Novel Book]