Ming Dynasty, starting from the empty seal case

Chapter 131 Salt Policy
When Zhu Yuanzhang first entered the palace and heard the news from Jinshen Hall, he was still reflecting on whether his temper had been really bad these days. Even his eldest grandson was afraid that he had not come for a while, so he thought that he should restrain himself when he went back.

When he saw his grandson's tiny figure, he quickly quickened his pace and was about to shout.

“Mom, it’s delicious!”

The eunuchs and maids kneeling all around had already become the backdrop. In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang never cared about them.

But now, the palace maid in front of him suddenly shouted something, which made him suddenly surprised.

"What's delicious?"

At this moment, the palace maid came to her senses and looked back hurriedly. She was so frightened that she quickly knelt down and said, "Greetings to the Holy One!"

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, not caring about the other party at all, but looking at his grandson.

"Grandpa Huang!" Zhu Xiongying also said quickly: "Today's meal is delicious!"

"is it?"

The latter held it in both hands and took a quick sip. As soon as the taste entered his mouth, he felt a different umami taste hit his taste buds!
“Delicious!”

Empress Ma took this opportunity to take a few sips and said, "It does taste good, but if you put it in fish soup, it should taste even better. How did this guy develop this thing?"

But when I returned to Kunning Palace and looked at my grandson and sister, I felt rare peace of mind.

But Queen Ma next to her had long been curious about the palace maid's behavior.

"Ok?"

"You haven't eaten?" Queen Ma was a little strange. Didn't you eat and you said it was delicious? But she still served Zhu Xiongying a small bowl.

But having said that, when you are busy with national affairs, who is behind the scenes? Or is it that Liu Lian, Hu Weiyong and others did this deliberately... These chaotic thoughts cannot be cleared away at all. In the end, they can only think more and more irritably, wishing to kill them all.

And when he heard the word "development", he quickly looked over.

With a slight hum, Queen Ma quickly took a few more sips, "Xiongying...this taste?"

"Grandpa Huang, this is different." Zhu Xiongying wanted to say more.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but be stunned. When he heard the word "monosodium glutamate", he was still a little confused. But after hearing the word "salt", he didn't know what he thought of, and his eyes suddenly became sharp.

Ignoring Zhu Yuanzhang, she had already stood up and scooped out a small bowl of winter melon and beef bone soup. As soon as she put it into her mouth, Queen Ma's expression suddenly changed.

"What is developed? What is put into the fish soup?"

"This is what Su Xian said. It's newly made by Gewuyuan. It's called monosodium glutamate and salt..."

Zhu Xiongying blinked and swallowed quickly when he heard this.

Zhu Xiongying shouted and immediately started drinking.

On the other side, although Zhu Yuanzhang had already eaten and had no appetite, anyone who saw this scene couldn't help but smack their lips.

Zhu Yuanzhang agreed, but he didn't feel it himself, "It's my grandson. You haven't been here for a long time, so naturally you think it's delicious. But we've already eaten it, you guys eat it!"

"Grandpa Huang, this is it!" Zhu Xiongying quickly pointed to the two bottles next to him, and Queen Ma also took this opportunity to fill some for Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Grandma, serve me some, I haven't eaten it yet."

He had indeed dined at Jinshen Hall. He was busy with government affairs recently. If it hadn't been for the announcement, he wouldn't have thought of coming back to rest for a while.

"Okay, don't stand still. Come and have a taste. It tastes very good. And I heard from Xiongying that what you have been worrying about these days may not be a big deal. That kid has a way!"

"What?" At that moment, Zhu Yuanzhang could no longer sit still.

He stood up quickly and came to the table in a few steps. He first looked at the two bottles and asked, "What can I do?"

As he spoke, he remembered the rumor on the banknote that he was behind Liu Bowen's case. He felt irritated for no reason. He picked up the bowl that Queen Ma handed him and drank directly.

As soon as he took the first sip, the latter's eyes immediately changed.

And then... Gudong, Gudong.

After a while, the small bowl bottomed out.

Zhu Yuanzhang then smacked his lips and said, "One more bowl!"

Queen Ma glanced at the other person, and then served him another bowl with some humor.

goo go go go...

Zhu Yuanzhang drank three large bowls in a row.

Zhu Xiongying laughed when he saw it.

"Is this thing really made by Gewuyuan? It's only been a few days? Although it's just a taste, it tastes really good..."

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished drinking, he picked up the porcelain bottle and began to study it. Like other people's previous attempts, he tasted the MSG and found it salty, fresh and bitter.

While he was frowning, his other hand had already picked up the porcelain bottle of salt.

After seeing the snow-white salt, it was obviously better than the tribute salt in the palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned.

At this moment, all kinds of thoughts flashed through his mind.

After more than a year of dealing with each other, he already knows a lot about Su Xian. Despite his young age, he is very shrewd and often takes one step at a time.

Whether it was the initial memorial or the later giving of Three Kingdoms banknotes to his grandson and asking him to print them on a large scale, there was a deliberate approach that allowed himself to see through, but could not figure out its purpose.

at this time.

When he saw the salt, he instinctively thought of Hu Weiyong taking the opportunity to make things difficult for Su Guiyuan that day in the Wenhua Hall.

Salt policy! It is not only the main financial force of the Ming Dynasty, but now it is also an inducement method for the Ming Dynasty to farm on the frontier.

The person responsible for it is Hu Weiyong.

The salt produced by salt households is actually divided into high-grade, medium-grade and low-grade according to its quality. In addition, there are miscellaneous salts and residual salts...which have different uses every year.

Su Xian suddenly took out salt of such high quality, perhaps for another purpose.

"Xiongying, apart from what I just said, what else did he do in the main hall?"

Zhu Yuanzhang rubbed the salt shaker with his fingers, his eyes full of contemplation.

Zhu Xiongying thought for a moment and then said: "No more!"

"Really gone?" Zhu Yuanzhang didn't believe it, "Don't lie to your grandfather."

Zhu Xiongying said hurriedly: "Chang Sen will tell you first, Grandpa Huang, if you don't work hard, you won't be lazy, and you won't have a good eye if you specialize in fighting."

"So they don't want to be punished for no reason recently, so they supervise each other. By the way, Grandpa Huang, I am still the head student!"

"What is the Headmaster?"

"If they make a mistake, they will be deducted points and fines. I am responsible for it!"

Zhu Xiongying raised his little face and said, "Besides, I have several helpers, called Wu Zhang, Shi Zhang, as well as Zuo Ban and Right Ban."

"Wait...what does this mean?" Zhu Yuanzhang was confused when he heard it, but he didn't react until Zhu Xiongying explained it to him in detail.

"Left to the right?"

"Why didn't you say it was Zuo Cheng, You Cheng?"

He stood up suddenly and said, "Good boy, I have applied the court rules to the main hall. Wait... Why do we think this method of adding and subtracting points can also be used on ministers?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts were flying in his mind.

His intuition told him that today's seemingly playful method was probably as good as the last "money printing" move, but what on earth did this kid want to do?
He looked at the salt on his hand again.

"Did he say, how was he made?"

"No." Zhu Xiongying said, "But we can all go to Gewuyuan. Su Xian also said that there happens to be no official positions in Gewuyuan, so we can be officials in Gewuyuan, and there is also the Gewu Express."

"What kind of official do you want to be? His salt... wait, Gewu Express, what is this?"

This time, I don’t know if it was an illusion, but Zhu Yuanzhang was walking around in the Kunning Palace, using MSG, salt, which are said to be able to calm the recent turmoil, classes on the left and classes on the right, plus and minus points, and what Xiongying just said, Official positions of the Gewuyuan, Gewu Express...

"What on earth is he going to do?"

Zhu Yuanzhang could guess one or two things, but after so many things, even he was confused.

But there was only one thought in his mind, which was more certain.

That's this kid, he must not play tricks on the salt for us!
Otherwise, you will really miss a big deal!
"Go call Su Xian!"

……

"Are you all ready?"

At the same time, Gewuyuan.

Su Xian looked at the two people in front of him, one named Lu Shan and the other Huang Ke.

The former was recognized as the best among the first batch of craftsmen, so Su Xian directly asked him to manage the craft affairs. The latter was the first Guozi student to come here, so Su Xian put him in charge of theory.

"Do you really want to write this?"

Huang Ke is a young man in his twenties with an average appearance. However, when the other party entered the Gemological Garden, he was the first to say that the reason why it took twelve horses to pull the bronze ball apart was because there was no force inside. All the power lies outside.

Although the air pressure is not mentioned, it is enough to achieve this step.

During this period of time, Su Xian had been asking Huang Ke and others to write about "power" and analyze power.

As for Lu Shan and others, they are responsible for the research and development of "MSG".

Huang Ke was obviously a little undecided.

Just because Su Xian asked them to do this, besides sending out the first "Gewu Express", the length of the records in it was divided into four pages.

The first one: Introducing the scale of Gewu Express, one issue per month. From now on, some interesting process progress will be disclosed to the world...

Second edition: display of finished products, such as "monosodium glutamate", which Su Xian calls "the most delicious in the world". It is said that just a little bit can make the clear soup taste the best in the world.

The third edition: Recruiting craftsmen, just like the last "Bronze Ball Test", some questions will be released. If anyone can solve them, they can enter the Gokuyuan. At the end of each month, some answers will be announced.

Fourth Edition: Policy Edition!
And this is also one of the reasons why Huang Ke and other students feel extremely frightened and even dare not do it because of its so-called reputation. Promote some trends of the Ming Dynasty, and call on those who are interested to participate, and even submit articles to Gewuyuan to get rewards!

The first three editions are actually nothing. What should be decided has already been decided.

Even for "monosodium glutamate", Gewuyuan will release the first batch of "test products". For the time being, the craftsmen will be the agents. Those who are interested can come to buy, and various merchants in the capital can also come to cooperate. Anyone who comes will not be rejected, but Gewuyuan wants to raise 70%!

Huang Ke and others are happy to see these things come to fruition.

At least when they first arrived, there was nothing in Gewuyuan except a few shabby houses. They also worry about their food.

As for this MSG, they have already seen it, and they can definitely make a lot of money.

In this way, Gewuyuan will enter formal operation.

But the last policy forum!
What they are mentioning is a national policy that they would never dare to mention, even putting their heads on the chopping board in the past——

Salt policy!

(End of this chapter)