The summer is hot, and the afternoon sun is particularly dazzling. The weather is a bit stuffy. There is no wind in the courtyard. There is a cluster of long green bamboo branches and bamboo leaves in the corner of the wall. Su Chen and Xu Qingwan put the table in the shade of the bamboo.

While enjoying the cool, fine salt is being developed.

At noon, since the salt production was not completed, Xu Qingwan used this as an excuse to stay in Su Mansion for lunch and tasted Su Chen's craftsmanship.

Several farm stir-frying and braised chicken made Xu Qingwan’s appetite. I thought that Qingqing’s words were correct. Su Da’s talented cooking skills were also irrelevant, and the taste was as good as their Xu Mansion’s kitchen and restaurants.

The cooking methods are the same, but they don't look very beautiful, but they are very delicious.

In the afternoon, Su Chen finally made more than a pound of fine salt and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"It's done, see how?"

Xu Qingwan watched Su Chen make Su Ji Jing salt, which is as color as snow and grains as sand, and the appearance is very good.

"Is this the fine salt? It's indeed more refined and optimistic than the fine salt I bought on the market."

Su Chen smiled and said, "Not only looks beautiful, but it has no other odor when eaten. It is naturally better to grill and cook with it. The most important thing is that it is beneficial to the health of the people and can prolong life."

Xu Qingwan sighed: "If everyone in the Tang Dynasty consumes this kind of salt, it would be a good thing that benefits the country and the people!"

After hearing this, Su Chen nodded and said, "That is, this kind of study technique can improve people's livelihood. Although it doesn't seem like a big deal or a "metaphysical" intellectual theory, it also has some chemical principles in it.

There are also universal scientific truths that cannot be simply regarded as vulgar things."

Xu Qingwan didn't have much feelings about craftsmen before, and she paid little attention to them. She basically studied poetry, songs, classical articles, and all the knowledge and knowledge of Yangchun Baixue. Suddenly, when she heard Su Chen's theory, she felt strange.

But I have a deep understanding and saw it with my own eyes that I think Su Chen's words are not without reason.

"What is the principle of chemistry?" Xu Qingwan grabbed a word in Su Chen's words and asked in confusion.

Su Chen pondered for a moment and said, "Surveying things is a general term. I once learned to study things with a mysterious teacher. He claimed to be a descendant of the Mohist school. He also called Investigation things science, which is divided into chemistry, physics, and biology.

Different categories, chemistry means chemical reactions between substances, such as melting, dissolution, etc. For example, Tianshuibi, dyed cloth, is actually the chemical principle between different colors."

"So that's how it is." Xu Qingwan immediately understood the meaning of the word "chemistry".

Su Chen smiled and said, "Now believe it. Only when scholars master the ability to study things can they truly apply what they have learned. They are not only able to talk about poetry and communicate. A great man said it well, "Empty talk will ruin the country, and hard work will make the country prosperous."

If the talented men of the Tang Dynasty learned some knowledge of studying things, some were good at chemistry, some were good at physics, some were good at biology, and some were proficient in astronomy, calendar and arithmetic, the society could develop comprehensively. With strong productivity, the material conditions of the people could only be the most important.

Only when everyone has enough food and clothing can a prosperous era be achieved.”

These principles are simple and easy to understand, but in the Southern Tang Dynasty, they were already a novel theory of governing the country.

Xu Qingwan has studied many historical books and scripts of his predecessors and has also studied some reform figures. Whether it is Legalism or Confucianism, when he was the prime minister of the court and presided over the coup, no one mentioned this idea. He changed the law with Li Kui.

, Shang Yang's reform, Han Feizi's reform, Emperor Xiaowen's reform, and Emperor Shizong of Later Zhou were all very different.

The most recent change from this era was the reform of Emperor Shizong of Zhou more than ten years ago and later, which was nothing more than absorbing the advantages of the reform of the ancient system, such as reducing and exempting taxes, settling exiled peasants; severely punishing corrupt officials; rectifying the army, strengthening training, and strictly enforcing military discipline. Simple and effective

The land promotes social stability, restores the economy, and greatly improves the combat effectiveness of the army.

However, this kind of change is relatively simple, and it does not change the productivity of society more deeply. It only briefly restores the stability of the people in a peaceful life from the war, rests and rectifies the officials and the army, and that's all.

"I didn't expect that Mr. Su also had such a new view on reform and reform. Mr. Gao Cai, Qingwan admired him!" Xu Qingwan couldn't help but exclaim a few words.

"Don't praise me anymore. Actually, I have selfish intentions, because only I will make this kind of Suji salt. At that time, as long as the court allows me to do business and sell Suji salt, my Su family will become the largest salt in the future.

If you have business, you can be rich enough to compete with a country. What about the Jiangzuo Jiu family? Then in front of me, you will be a scumbag!"

Xu Qingwan looked at Su Chen with a strange look. Unexpectedly, he talked about business matters so bluntly. Ordinary talented men were ashamed to speak about businessmen. They thought that something very lowly was a shame and insulting their ethics!

"Bai Susu knows you think so?"

Su Chen naturally didn't dare to say in front of Bai Susu that the Bai family was also a scumbag, so the remaining 95,000 stagnant of money would probably be hacked. He smiled awkwardly: "Haha, I haven't discussed cooperation with her yet, but,

As long as she makes money, she will definitely be interested. Su Bai and her two bad guys will be invincible in the world!"

Xu Qingwan was so amused and crying. Seeing that Su Talent Su, who had been famous for a long time in recent days, was so talked so much about how to make money and do business, it really subverted Su Talent Su's perfect imagination in her heart!

In the past, she tossed and turned in the boudoir, with her legs clasped on her bedding and fantasizing about Su Caizi, he was a young handsome young man wearing a white robe and a slutty shirt, spotless and clean, wearing a flat square scarf, and was elegant and had to say something, and quoted from classics,

The poems are always inseparable from the literary talent of poetry. When talking about national affairs, they are all eloquent. They are all great talks about "governing the country is like cooking small fresh food" and "helping the people and making peace in the world". They seem to be standing in the clouds, so radiant!

However, Su Caizi in front of him was a living person, a scholar with novel ideas and unique behaviors. He was not only proficient in poetry and lyrics, but also proficient in various arithmetic formulas and theories, knows how to investigate things and chemistry, and does things simple.

While serving the country and the people, she also benefits others and herself, and is even keen on business. She really breaks the image she dreams of.

"Okay, Miss Xu, I'm going to continue to create operas for Xiangyun Pavilion in the next time. I'm afraid I can't chat with you anymore. Do you want to..." Su Chen wanted to ask whether this Xu Cainu should go back first because she went to Su Mansion

It's been from morning to afternoon, and after another hour, it's dusk. I can't help but want to find excuses to see off the guests.

Unexpectedly, Xu Qingwan seemed to not understand Su Chen's words and said with a smile: "It just so happens that when you create a script of opera, I will grind the ink next to you to watch yourself writing, and the state of your imagination and creation, how to write it.

If you make such a wonderful West Chamber, it may be helpful to Qingwan too!”
Chapter completed!