Datang: Eight-year-old general

Chapter 293 Cutting off the salt made the officials panic

"This is impossible!"

Li Linfu widened his eyes, shook his head and said angrily, "Yan Yi, don't talk nonsense, are you saying that the old man can't even tell the difference between green salt and fine salt?!"

"On weekdays, what I eat is the taste of soup and porridge in the white bowl, not the bitter taste in the red bowl. I'm not so confused that I can't tell the difference between sweet, sour, bitter, spicy and salty!"

"Oh, is that so?" Yan Yi sneered, "Then, Mr. Li Ge, do you think the food has become much more delicious since two months ago?"

"It's much more delicious, so what?!" Li Linfu retorted, "It's just my house, two months ago, a new cook, what does it have to do with your fine salt?!"

"Of course it is." Yan Yi replied, looked up at the officials and asked again, "Old officials, do you feel that the food in Jinyue's mansion is much more delicious?"

"This..." The officials frowned and hesitated, looking at each other, but did not stand up to answer.

Seeing this, Li Longji, who was sitting high on the dragon chair, shouted, "You guys answer Commander Yan Yi honestly and don't cheat, otherwise I will not forgive you lightly!"

When Li Longji opened his mouth, all the ministers were terrified, bowed their heads and bowed their heads and said, "Returning to Your Majesty, it is indeed much more delicious."

"Your Majesty." Yan Yi said to Li Longji, "Since the general developed the fine salt, he distributed it to all the ministers and elders to replace all their green salt with fine salt."

"So, no matter if it's Mr. Li Ge or each of the ministers, in the past two months, they have been eating fine salt, not green salt."

"The general once said that people's tastes are biased towards delicious food, but people's tastes also have dependence and habit."

"The old ministers eat green salt for a long time, and they will get used to the bitter taste of green salt. So they suddenly changed to tasteless fine salt, and they can't feel it. They just feel that the food is much more delicious, and the fine salt will also adjust its taste. , back to normal."

"But if we discard the fine salt now and replace it with bitter green salt, the elders will feel that the taste of food is bitter and astringent, making it difficult to swallow."

"This is because the body has a feeling of rejection of bad food, or the toxins in the green salt."

"The general also said that if you don't eat green salt for a long time, or if you don't eat green salt for a lifetime, the small amount of toxins accumulated in the green salt you ate before will also be slowly eliminated from the body, making the old ministers feel comfortable."

"At this point, all the elders must have already felt that the body is much more comfortable than it was two months ago."

Speaking of this, Yan Yi shut up properly, and threw the topic to Li Longji, and the courtiers, let them experience it by themselves.

When the courtiers heard the words, their hearts skipped a beat, and they had to admit that what Yan Yi said was in line with their current situation one by one.

The current body seems to be much more comfortable than it was two months ago.

They thought it was an illusion.

However, let Yan Yi say this, and he immediately recognized the fine salt.

"Commander Yan Yi's words are right. I have also felt more comfortable in the past two months. It seems that it is the result of not eating this poisonous green salt." Li Longji also nodded, agreeing with Yan Yi's words.

Then he asked, "However, Commander Yan Yi, you said that this green salt is poisonous, but since the existence of salt since ancient times, no one has been poisoned to death by this green salt?!"

"Returning to Your Majesty, the general said that the green salt only has a small amount of toxins, and it will only make people's health bad if it accumulates over time, damaging the internal organs of the human body, and there is nothing wrong with it on weekdays. Those who are seriously ill will die under the green salt toxin." Yan Yi replied coldly.

He just recounted what Li Yi had given him.

"So it is." Li Longji was terrified.

But at this time, he also really believed what Yan Yi said, because it was what Li Yi said.

This kid was born a child prodigy, so it's not surprising that he has such a strange move.

"But what does this fine salt have to do with trade!!" Li Linfu interjected unwillingly.

He had already been slapped in the face once today, and if Li Yi was slapped in the face again, where would he put Li Linfu's face? !

"Of course it's related, and it's very important!" Yan glanced at Li Linfu, and said to the officials, "When the general made the layout for you, he had already cooperated with the Osmanthus fragrans owner to deploy wealthy merchants from all over the world, making Xiyan a favorite of the dignitaries of all countries. darling."

"And the green salt from various countries is several times more toxic than the green salt from Tang Dynasty, and the bitter taste is also several times stronger."

"Even the elders, who eat fine salt and can no longer eat green salt, you said that the dignitaries of various countries learned that green salt is poisonous, retched in the mouth, and it was difficult to swallow. Is it true that they are more dependent on fine salt?"

"Your Majesty, the words of Commander Yan Yi are pure nonsense!" Li Linfu sent a minister to Li Longji and said, "The dignitaries of all countries, they don't need to eat green salt and fine salt. Fine salt is needed!"

Li Linfu was already fighting against the wind, so how could they sit idly by?

"That's right, Your Majesty, I feel that we should discuss other countermeasures. There is no time now, so I can't listen to Commander Yan Yi's nonsense here!"

"Your Majesty, every time you delay, the merchants and people in the country will lose a piece of money. We can't delay any longer."

"The ministers and others seconded the proposal, and I implore Your Majesty to reconsider the policy."

People from Li Linfu's lineage all stood up.

But this time.

Yang Guozhong laughed, sneered at Li Linfu's ministers, and bowed to Li Longji, "Your Majesty, it seems that some ministers read books but don't remember things. Don't you know that people will get sick if they don't eat salt, and they will die within ten days?" Death, this has been recorded in ancient medical books."

After finishing speaking, Yang Guozhong also said more, and continued to stand there with his head bowed and brows down.

This is because he has seen through it, what can't be done with Li Yi today, it's better to sell favors to Li Yi, and don't cut off his fine salt.

"Your Majesty." Yan glanced at Yang Guozhong with a twinkle in his eyes, and then said, "Now the old farm is short of fine salt, which can solve the troubles of wealthy businessmen from all over the world, and can be used by Your Majesty. The rest can no longer be used to help your ministers. Old use."

"Furthermore, the art of fine salt refining, the most crucial secret recipe, is in the hands of the general. If you want to eat fine salt, you have to wait for the general to return to Chang'an."

As soon as this word comes out.

The faces of the officials changed dramatically!

They listened clearly and carefully just now, this fine salt is related to their health, if there is no fine salt, wouldn't their health be bad again?

This is just the second thing, they couldn't swallow the green salt before, wouldn't it kill them to eat it again?

So, except for the courtiers from Li Linfu's faction, no matter they were neutral, those from Fatty An's faction, those from Yang Guozhong's side, or the other courtiers who were in a group, they all knelt down on the ground in a hurry.

Weeping, "Your Majesty, no!

, I can't wait without fine salt..."

"Your Majesty, the old minister is so old, how can the food in the mansion be eaten without this fine salt? If this continues, the old minister will not live for a few days..."

"Yes, Your Majesty, this fine salt must not be cut off. I feel that Commander Yan Yi is right. This fine salt will definitely fight back against Hu merchants from all over the world and cause them heavy losses."

"Yes, let the dignitaries of various countries put pressure on the wealthy domestic businessmen, and then I, Datang, raise the price of fine salt, and slaughter the wealthy businessmen from all over the world!"

"But I can't wait without fine salt..."

At this moment, Li Longji looked at the appearance of the ministers below, and immediately understood the importance of this fine salt, and also understood that the matter of commerce was over!

Even the courtiers of the Tang Dynasty felt so uncomfortable when they heard that the fine salt had been cut off. I can imagine the reaction of the dignitaries of all countries.

(End of this chapter)