The scheming empress starts by conquering men

After Shao Jincong came out, Shaodian Sishui looked straight ahead, and when he heard him get on the horse, he took the lead and rode towards the wedding procession.

Behind him, Shao Jincong followed closely without saying a word.

There is really nothing much to say, and I don’t know what to say.

The relationship between the two became very subtle, and they saw through each other but did not express it clearly.

When we got back to the wedding party, they had already set up camp.

Shaodian Sishui ignored Shao Jincong and went to the court officials' tent first.

According to the plot in the book, at this time, civil and military officials should be waiting for her to make a decision on how to pass through the narrow passage.

Shao Jincong followed her silently, never leaving her side.

The civil and military officials had been waiting for a long time. When they saw Shaodian Sishui coming in, they immediately stood up to greet them without any backbone.

"Your Highness, I pay my respects to you, the Sixth Prince. May your Highness live a thousand years of peace and prosperity, and may your virtues live on forever."

Shaodian Sishui held onto the edge of her cloak with both hands to prevent the cloak from flying around in the wind as she walked.

She ignored the ministers, came to the main seat, waved her cloak back, sat down naturally, and looked at the ministers.

"Flat body."

Shao Jincong followed her without saying a word, but he secretly thought that she was worthy of being the woman he liked.

Every movement she made seemed both cool and majestic.

Shaodian Si Shui had no time to care about Shao Jincong's feelings. He looked at the faces of the ministers one by one and finally fell on Wenren.

Wenren saw the Sixth Prince's gaze and stepped forward first.

"Your Highness, there was an avalanche ahead, but no casualties."

"Although the avalanche covers a small area, it is difficult for it to pass through the narrow gap."

"If we want to pass, we still need to clear the snow. But now, according to the time, the wedding is imminent. If we count the manpower to clear the snow, it will definitely delay the wedding. I wonder if Your Highness has a good idea."

After Shaodian Sishui pondered for a moment, he slowly spoke according to the plot handled by the heroine in the book.

"I have explored the area nearby and found that this is the only way to Beifa. There is no other way out."

"Order people to clear the snow as quickly as possible and make less noise when clearing it to prevent another avalanche."

"We can hurry up to welcome the bride, but I'm afraid it will be hard for you to travel at night."

These words were said by the heroine in the book. After she finished speaking, Shaodian Sishui paused slightly.

"Of course, I don't want you to suffer any more. If you want to speed up the progress, there is another way."

She looked at Wenren next to her.

“How many grains of salt did you bring?”

She remembered that there were grains of salt in the wedding gift, which was given by Shaodian Haolan to Shao Bohou in order to marry Shao Jincong.

But the book didn't go into detail, and she didn't know how many there were.

Wenren was stunned. He didn’t know what the method His Highness mentioned had to do with salt.

But she still answered truthfully, "Your Highness, ten stones of salt, two carts in total."

Two carts and ten stones?

According to modern conversion, it is one thousand two hundred kilograms, which is a measurement method established during the Qin Dynasty.

The background she wrote was a replica of the Shang Dynasty. Although she did not know how many kilograms one stone was equal to during the Shang Dynasty, the weights and measures in the book were all written according to the Qin Dynasty.

Shaodian Sishui was very glad that the novel he wrote was not rigorous, but was based on the measurement standards of the Qin Dynasty and the background of the Shang Dynasty.

If she had made up something and written about the weights and measures of the Shang Dynasty, she would probably have ended up hurting herself.

One thousand two hundred kilograms of salt can melt about two kilometers of snow.

She only remembered that 200 kilograms of modern edible salt could melt 1 cubic meters of snow, which is a distance of meters long and meter wide.

The edible salt in ancient times was not as pure as that in later times, so naturally there could be a slight compromise.

Shaodian Sishui asked Wenren again.

"Do you know the distance to the narrow passage?"

Wenren hesitated slightly, as he had never walked there, so he didn't know how long it would take to get there.

"About a thousand steps." Shao Jincong said hurriedly.

Shaodian Sishui lowered her eyelids and calculated in her heart.

One step is equal to 1.8 meters.

Two steps equal one step, which is two meters and six.

A thousand steps is a length of two thousand six hundred meters.

Salt is used to melt nearly two kilometers of the road, and the remaining hundred meters can be cleared manually.

Shaodian Sishui was calculating in his mind.

Assume: the length is 200 meters, the width is 1 meter = 120 kilograms of salt used.

Question: Length 168 meters, width 5.4 meters = how many kilograms of salt are used?

120/(200*1)=0.6 (catties/square meter)

0.6*168*5.4=544.32 catties.

544 jin is equivalent to 4.5 shi of salt.

That is to say, 4.5 stone of salt is needed. Considering that the salt concentration in this dynasty is relatively low, Shaodian Sishui plans to try 5 stone of salt.

It took only a few hundred meters to get halfway there.

"Order the salt cart to scatter ten stones of salt on the snow one by one. Remember, five stones of salt should be spread over sixty steps, three steps wide."

Sixty steps, one hundred and sixty-eight meters long and 5.4 meters wide.

A distance of a thousand kilometers will take time.

All the ministers looked at each other and looked at Shaodian Sishui in shock.

Why sprinkle table salt on snow.

Moreover, this salt is one of the betrothal gifts to Shao Bohou.

"Your Highness, you can't do that!"

Wenren was the first to speak out to stop it.

Everyone responded in unison, saying that it was impossible.

There was only one person standing there, wanting to say something but hesitant. In the end, he said nothing and just kept his head down and remained silent.

Shao Jincong also frowned and looked at Shaodian Sishui with inquiring eyes.

"Your Highness, why did you sprinkle salt on the snow?"

Shaodian Sishui looked back at him without saying a word.

She withdrew her gaze and fixed it on the minister sitting below who had not admonished her.

"You, come out and tell me why I did this?"

She realized that the man must know something, so he stopped talking.

After being pointed out by Shaodian Sishui in public, Xu Xin, who was originally hesitant to speak, was forced to stand up.

"Reporting to His Highness the Sixth Prince, I am from Nanyu. Nanyu is located in the southern part of the Great Zhou Dynasty and is backed by the sea."

"The temperature in Nanyu is cold and humid. When it snows, I have discovered a strange phenomenon: villages or cities near the sea never have snow all year round. No matter how heavy the snow is, there has never been a snowstorm."

"Even if the temperature is low and the lake freezes, the sea water will never freeze."

"I was confused, so I went to investigate. It was not until I tasted the sea water and it tasted the same as salt that I suddenly realized it."

"I would like to make a bold guess that salt can melt snow. I think what Your Highness just said is related to this?"

Shaodian Sishui smiled, "That's right. All right, send someone to melt the snow right away."

Wenren was about to persuade him again; "Your Highness~~"

Shaodian Sishui looked over with a cold look and a gloomy expression.

"Shut up. If you dare to say anything more, you will be killed without mercy."

Her words were emotionless, like a simple narration, but they frightened everyone present so much that their hearts trembled, and everyone quickly knelt down.

"Your Highness, forgive me."

Shaodian Sishui ignored them, looked back at Shao Jincong and explained.

"I will explain the salt matter to Shao Bohou, and I will make up the gift list for you afterwards."

She said "I" instead of "this palace", and Shao Jincong noticed this change.

The corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he looked at her with sparkling eyes. Even at this critical moment, she still considered his feelings.

Even lower your posture and regard yourself as "I".

It was not until this moment that he realized that Shaodian Si Shui was not the useless person as rumored. Someone must have deliberately spread bad things about her in order to discredit her.

Otherwise, how did she know things that even the court officials didn't know?

Even he didn't know that salt can melt snow.

At this moment, in Shao Jincong's eyes, Shaodian Si Shui was shining and radiant, leaving an unforgettable impression in his mind.

"I don't think Sixth Prince did anything wrong. Everything he did was for the wedding procession to arrive soon. I will discuss this matter with mother in detail."

Shaodian Sishui nodded to him, wanting to say something but stopping herself. She really wanted to say that she didn't want to see him suffer any injustice and she wanted to give him the best.

But in the end, he turned around and looked at the courtiers without saying anything.

"Why don't you go and clear the way quickly?"

All the ministers stood up in a hurry and busied themselves with their own affairs. In short, they could not rest.

I don’t know what’s wrong, but His Highness is a little angry today.

Others didn't notice it, but they, who stayed by His Highness's side every day, felt it.

Shao Jincong discovered that Shaodian Sishui seemed hesitant to speak, but out of respect for the civil and military officials, he did not ask anything.

It was not until everyone left and there were only two people left in the tent that Shao Jincong was about to ask.

Shaodian Sishui was the first to speak: "Come here, take Prince Shao to the carriage to rest."

Shao Jincong didn't want to leave, but she was looking at the territory map and had no time to pay attention to him.

His presence would only disturb her, so she could only let it go and follow the servant back to the carriage.

Before night fell, the snow in the narrow strip of sky began to melt little by little due to the salt and the cleaning by everyone, and people and vehicles could pass through.

Even though everyone was mentally prepared, they were still shocked.

When they heard what Xu Xin said, they just felt that there was no substantial verification, so they couldn't believe it and it was not true.

But when they really saw it all, they couldn't help but admire His Highness's insight, even thinking of a way to use salt to melt the snow.

This method will go down in history.

However, Xu Xin's heart was full of doubts.

The method he mentioned was just a guess and had not been verified in practice.

Only experienced fishermen who have been at sea for many years can find out something about it.

Your Highness has been staying in the central government of Bian Jing all year round. How did you know that all this was feasible?

The transformation of the Sixth Princess was incredible to Xu Xin, who had known her for a long time.

This is totally not the Sixth Prince of the past.

She suppressed the thousands of thoughts in her mind and did not tell anyone.