"Half a month ago, I found a salt mine outside Xudu City, and the salt I have here is extracted from the salt mine, and this is a piece of salt ore that I brought back from the salt mine."

As he spoke, Chen Yang solemnly placed a stone on the table and looked at Cao Cao and them.

Guo Jia first picked it up and looked at it for a while, and asked, "Shopkeeper Chen, is your salt from this kind of stone?" ”

Seeing Chen Yang nodded, Guo Jia frowned and shook his head and said, "No, I have also heard of stones with salt outside Xudu City, but this kind of salt is poisonous and cannot be used for cooking." ”

Chen Yang smiled when he heard this: "Lao Guo, the hot pot we eat is seasoned with this salt, do you still think it is poisonous?" Of course, it is poisonous to use this stone for flavoring without treatment, but after I filter and purify it, it becomes this good salt, which is better than what we usually use. ”

Chen Yang pushed the bowl of salt in front of them, and the crystal white salt grains were very attractive.

What is the term of filtration and purification, Cao Cao and Guo Jia can't understand what it is.

However, they could hear that Chen Yang had a way to turn these poisonous salts into non-toxic.

"Shopkeeper Chen, is this salt really edible?" Cao Cao asked in surprise.

"Of course, the hot pot we ate is the best proof of that. It's just that commodities such as salt and iron are either controlled by the imperial court or monopolized by the princes of the family. ”

Chen Yang said: "Therefore, the salt we eat is not only very expensive, but also very rare, and only the big families can afford to eat it in Xudu, right?" ”

Hearing this, Cao Cao nodded solemnly.

At this time, Guo Jia suddenly said: "Shopkeeper Chen, what you want to say is that there is a salt mine outside our Xudu City, as long as we take it for ourselves, and then use your technology to make this fine salt, we will sell it ourselves to make money?" ”

Chen Yang said appreciatively: "Or Lao Guo, you have a little business acumen, the salt we are currently using, either sea salt, or well salt in Shuzhong, thousands of miles to Xudu, the price is naturally very expensive, and the quality is not good, there are too many impurities." ”

"At this time, we launched this fine and good salt, the cost is not high, the price is a little cheaper than ordinary salt, what do you think?"

After speaking, Chen Yang looked at them with interest.

Guo Jia first said: "It will definitely cause a sensation!" ”

Cao Cao said solemnly: "That's right, in our Xudu, there is not only a shortage of food, but also a shortage of salt, ordinary people can do without salt, but the rich and noble family can't accept light and tasteless food." ”

In this era, most of the salt used by people was produced in places like Qingzhou and Yangzhou.

Both of these places were controlled by the Yuan brothers, and neither Yuan Shao nor Yuan Shu had a good relationship with Cao Cao at this time.

It can be imagined how difficult it is for Xudu's salt to come.

Just looking at Guo Jia pondering for a while, he nodded and said: "If we cooperate with Shopkeeper Chen in the name of the prime minister, then the salt obtained is legal, and this fine salt will probably be in short supply in Xudu, and it will definitely make money, so how can these wines cooperate?" ”

After listening to Guo Jia's words, Cao Cao already had an idea in his heart, and then looked at Chen Yang expectantly.

When it comes to wine, Chen Yang smiled and said: "Wine is easier to make money, and it is a quick money, better than salt." Lao Guo, let me ask you, if my wine is taken out and sold, will anyone rush to buy it? ”

"There will definitely be, don't talk about others, I want to rob it now."

Guo Jia, the drunkard, laughed first, and then swallowed his saliva, before this, he had never drunk such a fine wine, I am afraid that no one in the world had ever drunk it.

He said again: "Such a fine wine, it is not an exaggeration to say that the elixir and jade liquid are not exaggerated, in the Xu Du family, there is no shortage of people with good wine, and your wine may not be enough to sell!" ”

Cao Cao also nodded in agreement, but he sighed again: "It's a pity, now that the spring is dry, there is not much food left, the prime minister has banned winemaking, and Shopkeeper Chen doesn't have much wine, right?" Not much to sell! ”

Hearing Cao Cao's words, Guo Jia also shook his head regretfully.

"Not necessarily, there is not much wine, and it can also be sold, not to mention that I have stocked up on a lot of wine, which is enough for us to make a lot of money." Chen Yang is not worried about this problem at all.

"Shopkeeper Chen, what else do you have to do?" Cao Cao asked curiously.

"I can't say this for the time being, and you can't understand it, and if you want to make a lot of money, this first batch of wine must be sold to the family of Xudu, of course, the less the better." Chen Yang said mysteriously.

Now there is not much wine, just to help Chen Yang create an environment where supply exceeds demand.

In the early stage, as long as the large-scale hype is used to render the special wine, and then there is a hunger marketing, you will make a steady profit.

The first batch of wine had already been arranged by him.

Thinking of this, Chen Yang said again: "Lao Cao, since you said that you are a relative of the prime minister, it is up to you to sell salt and wine, and I have to get my hands on that mine, so that I can continue to produce salt and make a fortune together." ”

Guo Jia still had a question, so he asked: "Shopkeeper Chen, salt and iron belong to the control of the government, I can understand that you must cooperate with the prime minister, but how can you have anything to do with the prime minister?" ”

Chen Yang said: "I almost forgot to explain to you that my wine needs to be hyped, and to put it simply, it is fame." What do you think would happen if the prime minister could use the order of the Son of Heaven to make my wine a tribute wine, and then take the opportunity to hold a banquet and give it to His Majesty and those officials to drink? ”

Being dialed by such a point, Guo Jia immediately understood the mystery, and he said excitedly: "Seconds! Shopkeeper Chen, you are really a business talent, such a fine wine, as long as you can drink it, you will never forget it. And drinking other wine is as boring as drinking water, and I am afraid that those ministers and even His Majesty, after drinking it at the banquet, will never forget the wine. ”

Chen Yang said again: "That's right, when the time comes, the wine will make a name for itself in your official circles and become a tribute wine, if I use some means to promote it, won't all the big families rush to buy it?" As for the price of the wine, they have money anyway, and it doesn't matter if it's expensive, right? If my wine can be sold for money, it will definitely be divided with the prince, of course, I want to take a large share, and I will provide marketing methods and technology. ”

"Not bad!"

Cao Cao clapped his hands directly and said: "In this way, not only can you solve the problem of money, but you can also get the money of those families, and the most important thing is that once you have a reputation for this kind of wine, there will only be more and more people buying wine in the future, it is a good way to do it in the long run, and it is no problem how much money you want." ”

Chen Yang smiled and said, "Lao Cao, I didn't expect you to have the potential to be a businessman, haha...... However, whether this thing can be done or not depends on your Lao Cao's ability. ”

"If you can convince the prime minister, we will make money together, and if your relative is not enough, I can only sell my own wine and make my own money."

Hearing this, Guo Jia just smiled.

The prime minister is standing in front of Chen Yang, there is no need to think about this matter, it will definitely be done.

"My Lao Cao is doing things, you can rest assured, this matter can definitely be done, you just wait for my results."

Cao Cao confidently patted his heart and said loudly.

"It seems that Lao Cao, your status in the Cao family is not low, it is I who underestimated your strength, and we cooperate happily."

Chen Yang laughed, and then he personally poured wine for them and ate and drank together.

Next, Chen Yang had to tell Lao Cao the location of the salt mine, and the mine was already halfway there.

Cao Cao is no longer sad, the problem of food has been solved, and the problem of the emptiness of the treasury has also been solved.

Therefore, he ate meat and drank a large glass, and he was happy like a fat man of eight hundred and ten pounds, and he had never tried to be so happy in the past half a month.

"Shopkeeper Chen, actually, I still have a doubt, I wonder if Shopkeeper Chen, can you talk to me?"

At this time, Guo Jia, who had drunk some wine, said again.

"Lao Guo, what is wrong with you, although speaking of it, there is nothing in this world that I don't know." Chen Yang nodded, drank too much, and he also began to brag.

"Then I said it directly, half a month ago, the prime minister came back from Wancheng and was preparing to attack Xuzhou. However, shopkeeper Chen, you told Lao Cao that Xuzhou can't fight for the time being, why is this? Guo Jia asked his own question.

Although there was a gap of half a month, Guo Jia was still quite concerned about this matter.

Continuing to attack Xuzhou was not only Cao Cao's decision, but he Guo Jia also felt that Xuzhou could be fought, but was directly overturned by Chen Yang.