Heavenly Dao Formula

The other three looked at Xia Fan in surprise, probably not expecting him to refute Her Royal Highness's decision at such a time.

Ning Wanjun stood up suddenly, winked at Xia Fan, and then walked out of the hall.

There was a moment of silence at the scene.

Xia Fan didn't seem to notice it, and followed the other party out of the living room.

Once outside the door, the princess immediately said in a bad mood, "Do you know what tribute means? It's not a one-sided handing in of tribute. You have to give an equal or higher standard in return! First of all, let me say yes, I don't want to pay tribute. The covenant will be handed over to Six Departments, this matter must be led by Jinxia City."

"I think so too."

"Then why do you still insist on maintaining the relationship you had a hundred years ago?" The princess was puzzled, "With our current ability, how can we give an equivalent gift in return?"

"Yama Kingdom, which is besieged by princes, may not be able to come up with this ten million taels. The details can be discussed later, but once the tribute relationship is interrupted, it will be difficult to continue." Xia Fan said earnestly, " If you want to sit on a bigger territory in the future—”

"Huh?" Ning Wanjun raised her eyebrows.

"I mean if." He emphasized that he was assuming, "The benefits and prestige brought by a tributary country are not what ordinary diplomatic relations can give? Now people don't care about it because they want us. Wait until the civil strife Ping Ding, do you think they will be so impatient?"

"I didn't expect you to know nothing about diplomacy." Ning Wanjun gave him a meaningful look.

"I just understand a little bit." Xia Fan didn't take the other party's eyes seriously, "Besides, we can't afford to give any gift in return. At least there is one thing they need urgently."

"What is it?"

"Salt," he replied.

"So that's how it is." Ning Wanjun thought, "Since the Dongsheng Kingdom mentioned by the witch can use salt to win over other princes, then the Yama Kingdom should also be able to do so. Moreover, the salt is expensive, and it can be worth part of the silver. The premise is that you It can really be produced, and in addition to meeting the monthly quota, there is still a small part left over. Speaking of which, can your so-called salt production method be twice that of the Wang family with the same manpower?"

"hundred times."

"That's okay—wait a minute, what are you talking about!?" The princess suddenly widened her eyes.

"Hundred times, a conservative estimate." Xia Fan repeated, "Of course, the early stage may need to be explored due to process issues, and the efficiency will not be too high, but even so, as long as the scale increases, a hundred times is a conservative statement."

"Are you sure?" Even though she thought the other party was the listener, Ning Wanjun still couldn't believe it. A hundred times is equivalent to investing the same amount of manpower, the salt production of Jinxia alone can meet the needs of the entire Qi country, and there is still a surplus. The reason why the imperial court wants to take out the salt as a monopoly is nothing more than that the tax and profit in it are extremely huge. If there is a way to double it a hundred times on this basis, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is worthless!

No... priceless wasn't accurate, and she found she couldn't think of any words to describe the value of the matter.

"Sure, but there will always be many problems in turning ideas into facts. I need to conduct experiments to estimate a more accurate number." Xia Fan thought about it repeatedly, and felt that his statement should not be exaggerated—after all, Jinxia City Yields are severely limited by firewood, and his method relies on the sun. The gap between chemical energy and atomic energy, a hundred times, should be an extremely conservative statement.

"This method... can I understand?"

"Of course, it's actually using—"

"Stop!" Ning Wanjun suddenly covered his mouth with his hand.

"Your Highness?" Xia Fan asked vaguely.

"When the meeting is over, you can tell me alone. Remember, no one but me can reveal it-or you may invite murder."

...

Back in the living room, Ning Wanjun seemed to have changed his demeanor. He didn't see the previous resistance at all. He smiled at the corner of his eyes, "The covenant you mentioned may not be suitable for the situation in a hundred years. We can talk about it after we confirm it." Talk about specifics, but in principle, we are willing to inherit this relationship."

The other three retainers were dumbfounded.

They had never seen a princess so easily persuaded.

The atmosphere of the following talks was quite harmonious, probably because he finally got the promise from the upper echelon of Qiguo, Wu Yueyao's expression became much more relaxed.

Xia Fan took this opportunity to directly bring up the topic of "monsters make life", which surprised everyone again.

He Guicai said in a low voice that it was impossible.

"If this is the case, how could the Privy Council not know? Is it necessary for them to deceive the world on this point?"

Ning Wanjun pondered for a long time, "If monsters are born from humans, will there be similar alien species among the descendants of beasts?"

Unexpectedly, Wu Yueyao gave the answer directly, "As far as I know, there are. And there are many."

"Then what do they look like?"

"The so-called essence belongs to this kind of heterogeneity. At least a hundred years ago, that's what practitioners called it."

Xia Fan suddenly remembered that Li seemed to have mentioned this classification, but there was no relevant record in the documents in the Records Department of the Privy Council.

"The appearance of a spirit is difficult to generalize. It cannot understand human language and has the ability to sense energy. If it is born of a ferocious beast, it is usually violent and bloodthirsty and feeds on people." Wuyue Yao said in detail, "But they are easily tamed by monsters, just It's like humans taming wild animals."

"In that case, I may have seen Jing." Ning Wanjun said suddenly.

"Where is it?" Xia Fan asked.

"When I was young, a businessman from the Western Regions arrived in Shangyuan City and presented a two-headed parrot to the Holy One, saying that it was a rare and rare beast."

Double-headed, still alive! This is definitely a major discovery in biology.

I just wonder if there are really six-legged crocodiles and lizards in the world, Xia Fan thought.

"and after?"

"It seems to be boiled by the second prince." Ning Wanjun wrote lightly.

"..." Everyone was dumbfounded.

In this harmonious atmosphere, the first bilateral talks were successfully concluded.

After the crowd dispersed, the princess took Xia Fan to a small room without windows.

"here it is……"

"In the secret room of the palace, you can talk here without being heard by anyone." Ning Wanjun locked the door, and then sat down in front of him, "Let me confirm again, the method you said will not cause the listener to lose their minds, or even change their minds." Are you insane?"

"Ah?" Xia Fan doubted his ears for a while, "Why did your Highness say that?" It was just a salt-making process, how could it be related to insanity?

"This...just in case."

He looked at the other party for a long time, seeing that she didn't seem to be joking, so he shrugged and said, "Don't worry, as far as I know, it will only increase your knowledge, and it won't make people crazy."

"Okay. Then tell me." Ning Wanjun took a deep breath, as if she had made up her mind.

Xia Fan simply ignored her weird behavior, "Actually, it's not complicated if you think about it. Boiling salt with sea water is to remove water and let the salt condense into real objects." He explained as plainly as possible, "This method is nothing more than mixing firewood, The charcoal fire has been replaced by the sun."

Thanks to the leader of Bingxin Lianhua for the reward! Meme da(づ￣ 3￣)づ