Chapter 5 Is this what people eat?
"Slow down!"
Li Shimin, who was watching from the wall, shouted Cheng Yaojin and Li Jing who were about to take action, and their tone was calm.
"So, boy, you know how to extract the salt you can eat."
Li Shimin's tone seemed calm, but in fact, there was already a storm in his heart.
People can avoid meat, sugar, spicy food, but they cannot avoid salt.
Salt is an electrolyte in the human body. If a person does not eat salt for a long time, the brain will not be able to think and the body functions will not function normally.
During the feudal period, occupying the salt well means that the domestic economy can be self-sufficient and there is no need to curry favor with other countries.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, Guan Zhong’s reform in Qi State was the most important one.
Official refers to the ownership of the government, mountains refer to ores, and sea corresponds to sea salt.
In the past, many countries with no salt west of Qi had to find salt to trade in order to obtain salt.
As the saying goes, a deal that comes to your doorstep, you have to ask for a huge price and kill him.
If you don’t make a fortune if you have salt in your hand, you will be sorry for yourself.
At that time, Qi State was able to become the Supreme Kingdom because it made huge profits through salt and became the overlord.
Salt has many benefits for a country.
The first year of Zhenguan.
Li Er, a kid, had just become emperor, and his regime was still very fragile at this time and did not have the confidence to compete with the Turks and other Hu people.
After all, the battle is about money and food.
Even if we met Jie Li, the leader of the horse, to join the alliance, the Turks still robbed each time every three days and robbed each time every five days.
Burning, killing, looting and doing all kinds of evil.
There is chaos, no one dares to come and do business.
The trade route was broken, the salt on the beach could not be transported in, and the salt pond on the grassland could not be handled.
The soldiers stationed in the border, especially those in Longyou, cannot eat salt for a long time, lack electrolytes in their bodies, and their physical condition is getting worse every day.
When marching and fighting, there is no seasoning, so you can only use vinegar cloth as a substitute.
The vinegar cloth is a cloth cooked with vinegar. When eating, put this thing in water and the vinegar smell inside will come out.
It is also a way of storage. When eating, soldiers only use a small piece of vinegar cloth to cook together with military rations.
It won't take long to eat a delicious meal.
But vinegar cloth cannot replace salt after all. The soldiers in the border area, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, and blurred vision, etc., are all happening every day.
In this case, let alone killing the enemy, it is difficult to save your life.
The man in Guanzhong, who was upright, did not die at the hands of the foreign thief, but ended up being broken into daily food.
Whenever I think of this, Li Shimin and his loyal people are all in a state of pain.
Only when you are really in charge of the family will you know the difficulties of being in charge. You must not only let your new generation of regime firmly gain a firm foothold, but also prevent rebellions from happening everywhere.
The men in Guanzhong were not afraid of war at all, but the logistics supply could not keep up with it.
At present, the boy from the Li Jing family actually said that he could make salt. If he really relies on this, not only can the soldiers' physical fitness be improved, but even the country's economy can directly reach several levels.
As long as there is salt, beating Jie Li Khan, the second five-year-old boy, isn't it a matter of holding a handful of stuffing in his hand.
At this time, Li Shimin had already made up his mind that as long as the guy in front of him could make salt, he would show up immediately.
I won’t pretend, I am the emperor!
First, let Li Jing and Cheng Yaojin tie the kid back to the military camp, and then take away his glass of peanuts and beer.
To be honest, after living for so many years, I have really lived in vain. The first time I have drunk such a drink, the refreshing taste and the aroma of malt are not comparable to those sour and astringent things in Chang'an.
"Didn't you tell me, what's the difficulty of making salt?"
Li Yue looked at the three people in front of him and felt a sense of frigidity in his heart, especially Li Shimin who had been sitting on a small stool and quietly watching him. He always felt as if he had seen this bastard somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while.
Seeing that these three big old men were not so easy to fool, Li Yue also gave the exact answer directly and tried hard to look like a master.
Pretend to show off!
This is what Li Shimin and the other two had just seen Li Yue. I don’t know how many people these three people, who are over 12 years old.
Especially Cheng Yaojin, an old minister who lived for four generations in the future, although he had a little irritable temper, he could not see Li Yue's poor acting skills.
Although the few people didn't want to watch Li Yue perform again, they couldn't help but look strange when they heard this from him.
It is fake to say that he is not excited, but only Li Jing clenched his fists at this time. He was afraid that Li Yue would open his mouth here, which would make His Majesty angry after all.
"Young brother dares to ask for this seriously. Could it be that you are drunk and fooling us here."
Seeing this, Cheng Yaojin stepped forward, and looked obviously like this and wanted Li Yue to look at the little bugs crawling around his beard.
"Isn't this nonsense? I've said it many times, I can really make salt."
"This thing shouldn't have been popular in every household. Is the salt you eat different from the salt I eat?"
Li Jing was almost angry when he heard this. He felt that he had lived in vain for more than ten years.
Even the royal family can't eat such good salt, let alone their Li family.
Could it be that this kid escaped from marriage and forgot his past memories, or that he had encountered some changes that made him stimulated?
It was suspicious that his son disappeared for two years without reason, and suddenly he was discovered near Mayi City, even though Li Jing could not believe it at first.
But Li Yue's appearance is even more like Hong Fu when he was young, and even the heroic spirit of Li Jing when he was young is even between his eyebrows.
After confirming that the boy was indeed his son, Li Jing did not answer and called the guards who were disguised outside, took a fist-sized cloth bag from the man and threw it directly to Li Yue.
It looks very much like the sandbag I played with when I was a child in later generations.
Looking at the oil-stained cloth bag, Lin Feng ignored this strange uncle who looked over fifty years old. After opening it layer by layer, a yellow and black crystal the size of a grape appeared in front of him.
Driven by strong curiosity, Li Yue took his nails and stuffed them into his mouth to taste them. The huge impact on his taste buds almost made him die on the spot.
In addition to the salty smell, all kinds of sourness and bitterness and metallic smell filled his entire mouth, making him crack.
Picking up the remaining beer in the glass, Li Yue began to rinse his mouth wildly until he consumed all the wine in the glass. Then he picked up the towel beside him and wiped his mouth.
"This is for people to eat. Can normal people eat this thing well?
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Yue threw the so-called salt blocks Li Jing gave him into the pile of dead leaves in the yard.
As soon as Li Yue took action, Li Jing hurriedly ran into the pile of dead leaves to search.
Then he wiped the dust from the salt block and rubbed it on his clothes to ensure there was no dust. Then he took out a piece of white cloth from his arms and wrapped the salt block.
Chapter completed!