Live broadcast of popular science about Emperor’s Mausoleum, ancient emperors were furious

[Salt can be understood as a kind of tax levied by the ancient imperial court on the people. 】

[In ancient times, salt was very important to both the court and individuals. 】

[If people don't eat salt, their limbs will be weak, and they don't want to do heavy physical labor, and in ancient times, it was an agrarian society, and if they didn't eat salt for a long time, it would be difficult to climb to the sky if they wanted to work. 】

[Therefore, salt was a necessity for all people in ancient times. 】

Therefore, the salt tax is the largest tax in any feudal dynasty. 】

[If making glass is a dispensable skill, then making refined salt is an indispensable skill for the traverser. 】

On the canopy.

The sound of popular science videos echoed in various time and space in ancient times.

After the production of glass, the "magic hand" of the canopy once again stretched out to the table salt.

And this time.

The emperors of ancient times were obviously not calm.

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was gloomy and terrifying: "How can this be reasonable, how can such a heavenly opportunity be leaked? Salt accounts for more than half of my Ming tax revenue, if I teach the people how to make salt, how should my Ming tax be good?"

Li Shimin frowned: "This is a bit excessive, isn't it? Can salt also be used to talk about it? This is the foundation of the country, and teaching the common people how to make salt is not equivalent to taking a salary from the bottom of the kettle?"

Liu Che was also very dissatisfied: "The salt and iron monopoly is the foundation of my Han Dynasty, if I don't rely on salt to support taxes, will it be difficult for me to be the emperor to do business?"

Emperors of the Great Unification Dynasty like Zhu Yuanzhang, Li Shimin, and Liu Che will definitely be very dissatisfied when they see the production method of table salt.

After all, the salt and iron monopoly was a pillar of tax revenue in any ancient dynasty.

Whether it was salt or iron, without either of them, the imperial court's taxes would have been greatly reduced.

Once the imperial court tax was reduced.

Then the salaries of the officials will not be opened.

More serious.

Even the salaries of the soldiers on the frontier could not support it.

In this way, the country will not be a country, and it is very likely that the world will be in chaos.

This is why Li Shimin and others are unhappy.

Of course.

Some people rejoice and some people worry.

The rebels at the end of the ancient dynasties were very excited.

They were all looking forward to the announcement of how the salt was made.

There is a way to make table salt.

They were able to compete with the imperial court at that time, not only in terms of military resistance, but also in terms of taxation.

The most typical example is the Yellow Nest.

"Great, as long as I can teach me how to make salt, I can kill all the bones of the Heavenly Street Gongqing and make the people completely on my side!"

Daqin.

Ying Zheng's face was very dissatisfied.

"How can it be!"

"My Great Qin has just been unified, and the remnants of the Six Kingdoms are still about to move, at this juncture, why does the Heavenly Canopy want to announce the production method of table salt?"

Ying Zheng has a headache.

Table salt is very important to Daqin.

That's more than half of the tax.

Whether it was the Xiongnu in the north or Lingnan in the south, Daqin stationed more than 200,000 elite soldiers.

That's not a small amount.

If you want to maintain the supply and logistics of an army of 400,000, the daily consumption is equivalent to the consumption of a mountain of gold and silver.

The reason why Daqin was able to hold it up.

Ultimately.

It is because the salt tax of the common people of the seven countries can be collected.

Once the canopy announced the method of salt making.

There will definitely be people who secretly make and sell illicit salt.

As a result, the consequences are unimaginable.

The salt tax is small.

The 400,000 elite soldiers on the frontier will be difficult to maintain.

Neither can Lingnan and the Central Plains be integrated, nor can the Xiongnu be kept out.

This is something that hurts the country.

How can Ying Zheng not be in a hurry?

"Your Majesty, don't worry." "

Li Si's expression was rather indifferent.

"Oh, is there a way for the Prime Minister to stop this?"

Ying Zheng's eyes lit up.

It has to be Li Si.

Others really can't replace his role.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty also set their eyes on Li Si.

"Your Majesty, the core of salt production lies in the origin!"

"Throughout the entire Great Qin, there are only a few places where salt can be made, as long as Your Majesty can send heavy troops to defend those places, even if the common people know the method of salt making, they will not be able to get raw materials. "

"In this way, the problem is fundamentally solved. "

As soon as this remark came out.

The room applauded.

"Wonderful!"

"Worthy of the prime minister!"

"Sure enough, it's extremely smart!"

The officials of Great Qin praised Li Si's talent one after another.

Even Ying Zheng nodded with satisfaction.

"Very good. "

Solve the problem at the root.

This is the method that Yingzheng wants most.

So.

Ordinary people even know how to make salt.

But there's nothing they can do about it.

can only obediently buy the salt of the imperial court.

was praised by Yingzheng and appreciated by hundreds of officials, Li Si was quite proud.

This time it's a big show.

Very good.

Continue.

Maybe your majesty will be able to forgive me for my sins once and for all.

......

[Generally speaking, there were two methods of making salt in ancient times. 】

[One is to use seawater to refine, the seawater is heated to crystallize the salt, and the magazine will also come out together, and the salt can be extracted from the seawater.] 】

[The extraction method is to introduce seawater into the salt pans of the beach, and use sunlight and wind to gradually evaporate the water, and slowly concentrate it, so that the salt crystallizes and precipitates. 】

[The other is toxic mineral salt, which is usually formed hundreds of meters underground in the process of salt production. 】

[Mining salt ore needs to open a well first, and then inject water into it to dissolve the salt ore into brine, and then, through a series of procedures such as evaporation and drying, the salt in the brine can be extracted, and through repeated crystallization and purification, impurities and toxic substances can be removed, and finally clean mineral salt can be formed. 】

See here.

Li Si couldn't help but smile smugly.

Really.

The method of making salt in later generations is similar to what he thought.

During the Great Qin period.

Because the conditions and technology are quite poor, there are very few mines and Haitian that can make experiments.

As long as the origin of these raw materials can be optimistic.

There is nothing the common people can do.

Emperors and generals of all dynasties and generations also came up with similar methods to prevent ordinary people from making salt privately.

However.

What Li Si and those people never expected was that popular science was just beginning.

[The method of making table salt like this in ancient times can only be called coarse salt at best.] 】

[The coarse salt extraction is impure, there are many impurities, and the taste is also very light, which is not suitable for the absorption of the human body. 】

[So, let's teach you a way to extract coarse salt into fine salt.] 】

[The method of extracting fine salt is more convenient and simple, more efficient, and more economical than coarse salt. 】

[Moreover, the raw materials of fine salt can be found everywhere, whether it is coarse salt or saline-alkali land, fine salt can be extracted in this way. 】

"What!?"

Li Si was stunned on the spot.

How to extract fine salt?

What does this mean?

And raw materials can be found everywhere.

Doesn't that mean?

Even in those places of origin that are not controlled by the imperial court, the common people can still make the salt they want in minutes?

And the quality of salt is even higher than that produced by the imperial court. (If you read a violent novel, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

Hiss!

Lees was sweating profusely.

Just now he was full of confidence.

Now it's good to pour.

Triumphant for only three seconds. []

was directly slapped in the face.

You put an end to this behavior from the root, and people have eliminated your root cause from the root in other people's popular science videos.

Pure is my prediction of yours.

The Liss people are stupid.

Eldest brother.

Don't play me, okay?

He quietly glanced at the high-ranking Yingzheng.

Sure enough.

The First Emperor's face had just softened when he heard his method, but his face was gloomy again.

Li Si's heart also fell to the bottom.

What can I do?

It's not just the Qin Dynasty that has this problem.

The emperors of all dynasties and generations, without exception, were all caught off guard by the methods described in the canopy.

There is no longer any point in controlling the origin or raw materials.

Ordinary people can extract refined salt from anywhere.

How good is that?

Li Shimin was in a hurry.

"What should I do?"

"What good can you do?"

The Manchu civil and military forces lowered their heads and couldn't say a word.

The eldest grandson Wuji, who has always had a lot of ghost ideas, is now speechless.

Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty was also so anxious that he scratched his head.

"Boss, what can I do?"

Zhu Biao pondered for a long time.

At last.

He had an idea, and a good idea came to him.

"Dad, we don't need to do anything. "

"Huh?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his eldest son in confusion.

"What does that mean?"

"If we don't do anything, won't our salt and iron franchise collapse?"

Zhu Biao smiled.

"Dad, don't be impatient. "

"Actually, I don't have any good methods, but I know that since later generations can study a way to make fine salt, it means that they have found a way to control fine salt. "

"As long as we watch enough videos, we will know how they control salt and iron in the morning and evening. "

Syllable!

Zhu Yuanzhang slammed the table case excitedly.

"'Good way!'"

"Leverage your strength!"

"Yours is yours!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed.

It's worry-free to have such a big child.

"Dad, the First Emperor, they sent a video call request. "

Zhu Di hurriedly ran over.

"Hahaha, it seems that they don't have any good options, so they all came to beg us. "

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled very brightly.

It is not a great pleasure in life to let Yingzheng, Liu Che, and Li Shimin, the three emperors of the ages, seek each other at the same time.

Sure enough.

As soon as you turn on the video call.

Ying Zheng, Liu Che, and Li Shimin hurriedly expressed their distress.

Zhu Yuanzhang listened calmly.

provoked several other emperors of the ages to be curious.

After some understanding.

Everyone finally understood what was going on.

Of course.

Zhu Yuanzhang inevitably showed off in front of a few of them.

Ying Zheng, Liu Che, and Li Shimin were very unhappy.

But there was nothing that could be done.

I could only patiently watch Zhu Yuanzhang show off and say his method.

"Wonderful!"

"We can't help it, can future generations still have no way?"

"As long as we can know their methods of controlling salt and iron, won't our problem be solved?"

Yingzheng turned his anger into joy.

"Yes, let's keep waiting. "

Liu Che nodded.

......

On the canopy.

[The method of making fine salt is very simple, first, we dissolve the coarse salt into water, then take limestone or heat it with charcoal oil to turn it into quicklime, and then add water to make it into lime milk. 】

[Then add the saturated lime milk solution to the water dissolved in coarse salt, impurities will appear, and then filter, at this time it can also pass carbon dioxide, of course, no carbon dioxide can also be directly dried in the air, and after a period of time, there will be impurities (plum's) substance, filter again, and finally distill, you will get refined salt without bitter taste. 】

Seeing the whole process of refined salt production, the ancients couldn't help but sigh.

"Sure enough, the original way to make salt is so simple. "

"I didn't want to eat coarse salt with a bitter taste for a long time, but with this method, I can taste the taste of refined salt in the future. "

"Alas, I'm afraid that the imperial court will not allow us ordinary people to make refined salt. "

"What are you afraid of? If the court doesn't agree, we'll do the opposite!"

"Yes, follow the example of the French Revolution and guillotine the emperor. "

Inspired by the French Revolution, it is clear that the minds of the ancients of all dynasties and generations have become less rigid.

They want a better life.

If you can't get it.

That's not as good as burning jade.

The ancient emperors were also all sad.

They did not dare to blatantly prevent the common people from making refined salt, and they were reluctant to let such a large amount of revenue from the salt tax go down the drain.

There is no good way for anyone.

Zhu Yuanzhang knelt on the ground and prayed to God.

"Oh my God, the next video will tell us how to solve this problem. "

"If it can't be solved, the Ming Dynasty will be finished. "

Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty is also worried.

The eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and other civil and military officials also looked at the sky with blank eyes.

Hopefully, the next video will show how people will solve the problem of regulating the salt tax.

"Your Majesty, look, the video is out!"

There was a sudden movement in the sky, and Cheng Yanjin's loud voice immediately shouted.

"Let me see!"

Li Shimin stepped forward and hurriedly looked at it.

The video that can be brushed out directly stunned him.