The price of grain in Xudu has begun to rise again, and it has reached two hundred yuan a stone, and I am afraid that it will rise to two hundred and fifty yuan tomorrow.

Cao Ang has brought the money back to Cao's mansion, and they used it to buy grain as soon as possible, and by the way, they can also speculate on the price of grain.

At this time, Guo Jia walked into Cao's Mansion excitedly, and he said: "Prime Minister, finally a grain merchant has come to Xudu. ”

At noon, three grain merchants came, all of them were merchants near Xudu, and when they heard the news of the increase in grain prices, they immediately transported the grain to make money.

Cao Cao's uneasy heart was greatly stabilized, and he waved his hand: "Buy all their grain, and continue to raise the price of grain, the merchants are pursuing profits, and they can't see enough benefits." ”

Guo Jia said again: "Prime Minister, Zi Yu told me that Shopkeeper Chen wants to get the salt mine as soon as possible, should we also go to see the salt mine?" ”

Cao Cao thought for a moment and said: "Let's go and have a look, I'll go to find Shopkeeper Chen, wine and food, which have brought me a lot of surprises, and I hope the salt mine is too." ”

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In the afternoon, as soon as Chen Yang took the tavern and the winery into his own possession, he got the news that the salt mine had been taken down, and Lao Cao and others were already waiting for him in the restaurant.

Chen Yang immediately went back to the restaurant, entertained them first, and then went to change the dressing for Zhang Chunhua's wound, and then went to the salt mine outside the city together.

In the room, Zhang Chunhua untied her clothes, her face was already flushed, and she didn't dare to look at Chen Yang again.

"Zi'an, that old Cao, I think his identity is not simple, Dian Wei, who saved us last night, has strong martial arts, he must be a general in Cao's army, you really don't know their true identity?" Although Zhang Chunhua was shy, he still reminded kindly.

After last night, Zhang Chunhua unconsciously was full of tenderness for Chen Yang, and he was even more worried about him.

Chen Yang thought about this question seriously for a while, and he smiled: "I don't want to investigate their true identities, but I only know that they are my friends, and that's enough." ”

Zhang Chunhua didn't know where the courage came from, so he suddenly looked at Chen Yang and asked, "What about us?" Are you friends too? ”

Those confused things happened, and when he heard her words again, Chen Yang didn't know how to respond for a while.

If it is a friend, they have slept together, experienced life and death, and have gone beyond the relationship of friends.

In modern parlance, it's over friends.

"What do you think, are you still home?" Chen Yang asked her rhetorically.

"If I don't go back, I'm afraid my family already knows about the affairs of the Sima family, and if I go back, my father will definitely force me to marry." Zhang Chunhua shook his head.

"Since you don't want to go back, then stay, this will always be your home." Chen Yang said softly.

Zhang Chunhua nodded slightly, and finally turned his head sideways, don't look at Chen Yang again.

After changing the medicine, Chen Yang exited the room.

Zhang Chunhua's blush on her face gradually receded, and she said softly: "This is my home, which is warmer than the previous home." ”

Back outside, Chen Yang asked Lao Dian to prepare a few secret guards to continue to protect Zhang Chunhua.

After arranging the affairs of the restaurant, Chen Yang took Lao Cao and others to the suburbs.

This time, in addition to Chen Yang and them, they also brought a team of hundreds of guards and left Xudu in a majestic manner.

It was the first time that Chen Yang had close contact with the ancient army, and he felt like a general when he sat on horseback.

"Fortunately, I learned to ride a horse before, so I don't have to be too ashamed." Chen Yang sat on the horse while looking left and right.

But he found another problem, horses in this era did not have stirrups and hooves.

The impact of not having a horse's hooves is not too big, but without stirrups, sitting on the back of a horse, Chen Yanglao felt that he would fall.

"When I find time, I also build a set of hooves and stirrups for Chunhua's horses, she likes to run fast, so it's safer." As long as Chen Yang thinks of Zhang Chunhua in his heart, he will show a smile of love.

When we finally arrived at the salt mine, a mountain that was not too high appeared in front of me.

Before leaving, Chen Yang also found a carriage and brought his set of tools for refining coarse salt, and he had to refine it for them later.

"Shopkeeper Chen, is this what you call a salt mine?"

Seeing this, Xun Yu first asked: "As far as I know, this salt is poisonous and will cause damage to the body, how can this salt be used for cooking?" ”

His reaction was exactly the same as that of Cao Cao and Guo Jia at that time, so both of them laughed.

"What are you laughing at, is this salt really edible?" Xun Yu asked puzzled.

"Of course we can eat it, not only is it not poisonous, but it also has no impurities, which is much better than the sea salt we eat." Guo Jia smiled slightly.

Xun Yu picked up a piece of ore and looked at it for a while, but he couldn't see anything special, and continued to shake his head: "Impossible, I know this kind of salt, and I must not eat it." ”

Cao Cao said: "Lao Wen, I have eaten this kind of salt with Lao Guo, it's really no problem, shopkeeper Chen, can you show your hand first, let's see how you make this salt?" ”

The method of making salt is a secret to Chen Yang, in fact, he doesn't really want to show how to make it in public.

It's just that in the future, if you want to cooperate with Lao Cao to develop this salt mine, it is inevitable to recruit a group of workers, and then teach them how to refine and purify the technology It is a matter of time before you continue to teach.

Because of this, Chen Yang also brought the refining tools, and he didn't plan to continue to hide them.

"Of course, no problem, come on, help me remove all the tools from the carriage."

As soon as Chen Yang waved his hand, there were soldiers who immediately went to work.

After placing all the purification tools, Cao Cao and others came around to watch, but they couldn't understand how to use these things.

"Lao Wen, look at it, don't blink!" Chen Yang said with a smile.

He first found a few stones from the mine, and began to fiddle with those things, the whole process was not complicated, Chen Yang had tried it I don't know how many times, and he was already extremely proficient.

In less than an hour, Chen Yang purified a small bowl of salt, which was still dried over fire.

"This salt is so beautiful, can you really eat it?" Xun Yu looked at such a fine snow-white salt, and he looked at Chen Yang in surprise.

"I knew your old wen wouldn't believe it, look at it!" Chen Yang waved his hand and ordered the soldiers to move a pot from the carriage.

Chen Yang took advantage of the embers just now, boiled a pot of water, and then asked the soldiers to catch two big fish in the nearby river, boiled a pot of fragrant fish soup, and finally sprinkled salt to taste.

"Lao Cao, drink it quickly, this fish soup is very fresh!" Chen Yang first filled himself a bowl, and he was not afraid of being hot, so he drank it deliciously.

Cao Cao was about to drool at the corners of his mouth, and he hurriedly said: "Lao Dian, don't move, give it to me first!" ”

Dian Wei served a bowl of soup as soon as possible, but before he had time to drink it, he was snatched away by Cao Cao.

"Cheng ...... Lao Cao, don't! Xun Yu was surprised.

"Lao Wen, it's not poisonous, do you want to have a bowl too?" Cao Cao didn't care, and it wasn't the first time he had eaten this kind of salt.

Seeing that Chen Yang had finished drinking a bowl of soup, after a while, there was no sign of poisoning.

Xun Yu had to believe that the salt in the salt mine was not poisonous, and he was very excited.

Most of Xudu's salt comes from Qingzhou and other places, which are Yuan Shao's territory.

Now the relationship between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao is not very good, and if you need to buy salt, you have to look at Yuan Shao's face, and the quality of the bought back is not very good, and there are a lot of impurities in it.

Xun Yu hadn't eaten good salt for a long time.

With this salt mine, do they still need to beg him Yuan Shao in the future?

Not at all!

Thinking of this, Xun Yu looked at Chen Yang in surprise.

This person is really powerful and can do anything.

Xun Yu had to overturn his previous prejudice against Chen Yang and gradually admired him.

"Shopkeeper Chen, you are really amazing, last time it was Quyuan plow, this time it is refined salt, what a strange person! I'm old and willing to bow down, but ...... Old man, you can leave me a bowl too! ”

Xun Yu smelled the fragrance and was already hungry, but a pot of fish soup was not enough for them to drink, so he hurriedly wanted to grab Dian Wei.

When everyone saw this, they all laughed.