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Before coming to the Tang Kingdom, Xiao Wen had actually already done a general investigation of the Tang Kingdom.

Although the information between the two nations was cut off, it was very difficult for Xiao Wen to have the chance to obtain this information.

However, Xiao Wen was very clear that in this world, even though the relationship between people often changed, the political situation would frequently change overnight.

But in the feudal age, the changes in productivity, economic structure, and human nature were all usually made in hundreds of years.

As a result, he visited Zhang Cang and obtained some information that he had stored here during the Qin era. He also obtained some information about the country that once belonged to the Tang Kingdom, the Sui Nation.

Although the political and cultural aspects of the Sui and Tang Dynasties had already changed significantly. But in terms of economy and natural environment, Xiao Wen believed that the two were of little difference.

And during the investigation, Xiao Wen also discovered an interesting thing.

This was the mountain range at the central border of the Han Dynasty, which was very difficult to cross. There were countless saline-alkali mines. Its number far surpassed the number of people Xiao Wen found near the clouds.

In fact, the cloud of history belongs to the Shanxi region, where coal mines are the most developed mineral deposits. If Xiao Wen wanted to dig coal in the clouds, as long as he did not care about the lives of others, he could indeed buy a bunch of slaves and make them his coal owners.

However, because people of this era did not seem to be burning coal – after all, compared to coal, the cost of burning trees was much lower.

It could be said that Xiao Wen was already very lucky to be able to find the alkali mine in the clouds and make some of the salt that the Huns lacked.

However, Xiao Wen felt that it was not too realistic to enlarge and expand this industry near the clouds.

Although most of these saline-alkali minerals are accompanied by minerals such as potassium nitrate and copper sulfate, so much that they contain toxins and are inedible.

However, after Xiao Wen ordered people to collect them and did a series of chemical experiments, he finally understood the main chemical composition of the ores.

After mastering the method to detoxify the laboratory, Xiao Wen followed the chemical composition of the base and obtained an industrialised detoxification program from the super library.

If it was an ordinary situation, Xiao Wen would definitely not casually give this information to anyone else.

However, when he investigated the distribution of the saline soil, he found something very interesting.

That was, whether it was in the buffer zones between the two sides or the areas that were under the effective control of the Tang Kingdom, there weren't many alkaline lands.

Most of the saline-alkali lands were actually in the Han Empire.

That was to say, even if these Tang Kingdom people managed to acquire the technology to extract the salt from the alkali ground, with their current production capacity, they wouldn't be able to supply the salt effectively in the country.

And even if they wanted to start a war on these saline-alkali lands, it would be difficult for them to obtain enough benefits from the Han Empire.

After all, the eastern part of the Han Dynasty was just mobilized last year to wage a war. The energy of the people that he had accumulated over the decades of recuperation had been transformed into the potential for war.

If the people of Tang Kingdom wanted to set off from the Luoyang to attack the Coronation Valley, they might not even have the strength to do so.

As for starting from the mountain range in the middle?

That was not something the Han nation should be worried about.

By the time their army had passed through the mountain range, the soldiers probably wouldn't even have one left. As for the rest, they were just a bunch of handicapped veterans.

With this information, Xiao Wen could naturally happily provide the salt processing technique to the Tang Kingdom.

Xiao Wen's idea was very simple. As long as these Tang Kingdom people were to use their processing techniques to obtain the benefits of the saline soil, their salt market would definitely be developed, reaching a certain level of vacancy.

At this time, Xiao Wen could take advantage of the situation and enter the Han Empire to invest in salt and alkali detoxification plants and sell them to the Han, Tang, and even the Qin Kingdom s.

Thinking about this, Xiao Wen got Zhuge Liang to go over there and take out a few bags from the food storage vehicle.

Xiao Wen generously gave the bag to Wang Shi, which contained the four to five jin of salt that had already been detoxified from the concoction in Chang'an.

Wang Shi's eyes were wide open as he grabbed the bag of salt from the bonfire, carefully opening it to look at the greyish white powder inside.

Wang Shi's face was filled with joy. He wanted to speak up, but stopped himself, his face flushed red as he anxiously rubbed his hands together.

He paced back and forth in front of Xiao Wen. The gorilla like burly man was now as funny as a curly haired baboon.

However, he knew that his low status restricted his desire to know the secret recipe.

He could not give Xiao Wen any promises at all, there were too many benefits in turning trash into treasures, and it was definitely not something his small team could participate in.