Faced with the different reactions of the three women, Pei Yun did not say anything, but wrote a word on the paper, and this word was - salt.
The three girls were all confused as to what the word salt meant.
Pei Yun smiled and said: "You read that right, it is salt that is usually used in cooking. You should be familiar with salt."
You are talking about Hu Sisi.
Of course Hu Sisi is familiar with the fact that salt is indispensable in cooking.
If there is no salt, no matter how good your cooking skills are, the food will not taste good.
Moreover, if a person does not eat salt for a long time, he will become weak all over.
People need to eat salt, and it is impossible not to eat salt.
The importance of salt is self-evident.
Out of concern for salt.
There is a law in the Qin Dynasty that sells private salt for less than one kilogram, and will be punished with thirty canes and three years of servitude. For more than one kilogram, one stroke with a heavy cane will be punished by death.
You can see how strict the salt control is.
You know, salt is indispensable to a person.
Explain from a scientific perspective.
Salt contains sodium ions, potassium ions, and iodine.
It can maintain the body's normal blood pressure and participate in protein, fat, carbohydrate and energy metabolism.
It is necessary to promote growth and development.
It can be known that salt is an element that everyone must consume and is directly related to human life and health.
but.
The level of salt production in Daqin is low.
This leads to the fact that even if it is the lowest grade of coarse salt, the common people still have no choice but to eat it.
As for refined salt, only the rich and powerful can enjoy it.
actually.
In addition to being restricted by salt levels.
Salt is also a hugely profitable commodity.
This also leaves the salt in the hands of caring people.
Here, there is another very crucial factor.
That is, salt is a strategic material.
The importance of salt to people has been explained from a scientific perspective.
Think about it.
What would happen if soldiers at war were deprived of salt for a long time?
That is, losing combat effectiveness and letting the enemy slaughter you.
Whether a soldier can eat salt, whether he eats bad salt or good salt, is closely related to a soldier's combat effectiveness.
As the saying goes, if you don't eat salt for three days, you will feel soft all over.
But that’s how important salt is.
Just the soldiers of Da Qin.
More importantly, you can only eat coarse salt, but refined salt is not guaranteed.
Mentioned above.
On the one hand, the level of salt production in Daqin was low.
On the other hand, salt is a huge profit commodity.
The Qin Dynasty prohibited private sales of salt.
Those who can sell salt are people with great power behind them.
Simply put.
Salt is a tool used by those in power to make money.
When it comes to their own interests, those in power should pay more attention to them than anyone else.
Therefore, laws were set up to strictly prohibit the sale of illegal salt, and once discovered, severe punishment would be dealt with.
At this time, Pei Yun wrote the word salt.
The reason is.
Pei Yun knew how to make salt, and his technology far exceeded the level of Da Qin.
It is known that making salt is a hugely profitable commodity, but Pei Yun has never had the idea of making salt.
The reason is.
If you make salt by yourself, you are illicitly selling salt, which is against the law and is a serious crime of beheading.
If he wants to make money, Pei Yun has many ways, but he only has one life.
Pei Yun would not risk his own life just to make money.
To be honest, the method of making salt benefits the whole world.
If it is announced, everyone will have something to eat.
but.
This is a kind of idealism.
As a profit-making commodity, it serves as a tool for making money for those in power.
Is it really possible that it will benefit the whole world? It is more likely that the method of making salt will fall into the hands of caring people.
By then, I'm afraid I'll still be in danger.
Please don't doubt that you can use the most vicious psychology to figure out people's hearts.
In the face of huge profits, they think of exclusivity, and they wish all other insiders would die.
Pei Yun knew that if he disclosed the method of making salt to the world, his life would not be easy.
Benefiting the world means that you will offend the interests of others.
Pei Yun doesn't make salt, and he won't tell others how to make salt. This is out of self-preservation.
Of course, if given the opportunity, Pei Yun would still be willing to do something by making salt.
Just like now.
Making salt is a big deal and needs to be left to big people.
Pei Yun didn't know any big shots before.
But now, there is a big shot.
A viscount.
Although the viscount is only one level higher than the baron, above the viscount there are also counts, marquises, dukes, and princes.
However, since he is a viscount, he represents the top group of powerful people in the Qin Dynasty.
What Pei Yun wanted to do was to give the salt-making method as a gift to Qi Xiangru.
And this method of making salt represents Hu Sisi’s capital.
If you accept Hu Sisi as your daughter, I will give you the method of making salt. In this way, no one will take advantage of anyone.
Of course, there is one thing that needs to be confirmed.
That is, whether Qi Xiangru can be trusted by Pei Yun.
Pei Yun told Hu Sisi his thoughts and said, "You know this old Mr. Qi best. Do you think he can make me believe it?"
Hu Sisi was still digesting what Pei Yun said.
After all, she is just a common person.
Even though she has many differences from other women, it doesn't change the fact that she is a common person.
In her mind, all she knows is that salt is used for cooking.
But what Pei Yun said gave her a different understanding of salt.
Salt is so important.
And Pei Yun still has a way to change the current situation of salt.
Such a thing will involve the people of the world.
Hu Sisi never thought that something with such a sense of mission would happen to him.
To know.
This is to give Qi Xiangru the method of making salt through his own hands.
The purpose is to let Qi Xiangru know that in terms of you accepting me as your daughter, I have benefits as well as you.
This is Pei Yun's preoccupation.
It was to tell Qi Xiangru that Hu Sisi did not take advantage.
What Hu Sisi thought of at this moment was what Qi Xiangru said.
"You say you are his, but what does he think?"
What did he think?
He never expresses anything proactively.
But when he is needed, he will do his best to do what he thinks should be done.
He never cared about what others thought of him, he just thought things should be like this, so he did it.
Moreover, he never thought about what others would think of him.
What did he think?
Maybe.
He doesn't think about anything.
Don’t do things that shouldn’t be done, and do things that should be done. This is something you don’t need to think about.
therefore.
You can see it.
He can remain calm when facing things.
He can also remain calm when making decisions.
This is why.
Pei Yun was asking Hu Sisi if Qi Xiangru could believe it.
Because the matter was so important, Hu Sisi couldn't give an answer for a while. After thinking for a while, he said: "I think you can meet him in person."