Wang Yue personally led the troops north, in addition to kidnapping the Mongolian Queen Mother and fighting with Bu Chi, Wang Yue made many discoveries, the most important of which was salt.

To be precise, a salt lake that contains table salt...... This kind of saltwater lake is widely distributed in the Mongolian steppe, and the large and small salt lakes are very rich.

It can be said that these salt lakes are a cornucopia, and as long as they are developed, you can sit and count the money effortlessly.

Wang Yue fell in love with these ownerless salt lakes at a glance, and planned to make a fortune and make a fortune with this. But after Wang Yue learned about it, he found a problem.

In the Ming Dynasty, it was not that people did not know how to use the salt lake, on the contrary, the technology was very mature.

There are as many as 22 salt ponds scattered all over the world.

The Akito also found a way to obtain salt by introducing water from the salt lake into a pre-dug drying pond in the spring.

This time must be taken right, because if it is too long, the lake water will multiply algae, which will affect the quality of the salt.

After the water was diverted, the strong wind suddenly rose, and overnight, the pond was filled with crystallized large grains of salt.

No need to burn the fire to cook, directly use the natural wind, the quality of the pool salt obtained is excellent, it is the first class in the market, it is much more expensive than sea salt, and it is highly respected by large households, many people get up early to brush their teeth, and use the green salt produced by these salt ponds.

After figuring this out, Wang Yue was completely discouraged.

What uses salt lakes, what natural evaporation...... These technologies are available in the Ming Dynasty, and they are very mature, if you want to make a fortune with this, you should rest!

Just when Wang Yue was about to give up, the establishment of the Northern Protectorate made him see an opportunity.

Don't you care about your food?

Didn't you let me figure it out on my own?

Okay, then don't blame me for being rude!

Mining is too slow, and farming takes a year.

What Wang Yue needs most is one word: fast!

Not only fast, but also large, affordable, and rewarding!

The best thing is table salt!

Quickly dumped salt into the country, and earned the first fortune for the development of the entire northern border.

Moreover, drying and selling salt can also create a group of wealthy groups. When we see that immigrants can really get rich, the effect can be imagined.

The development of the entire northern territory and the plan to restore the Daning Dusi have won a good start...... Everything was perfect!

"Master, although I am not smart, I also know that you can't do this, you are just dreaming!" The person who spoke was Wang Yue's eldest apprentice, Cui Shilin, the Duke of Fuguo.

He didn't get involved in this battle, it was because he went to the Wa Kingdom to settle the siege of Iwami Ginzan, and he came back, and he came back with a lot of silver.

As soon as he came back, he was called by Wang Yue and asked him to pay for the pond salt in the north.

The people of the Japanese country privately call me the Demon King, I admit it, we are not human, what can we do?

It is a warrior's honor to be cursed by the enemy.

If the enemy compliments you, then you should reflect and see if there is a problem.

It was only when he returned to Daming that Cui Shilin realized that he was not a human, but the master was too doggy!

"Master, there are three sources of salt in our Ming Dynasty, the pond salt in the northwest, the well salt in the southwest, and the sea salt in the two Huai and Zhejiang...... Everywhere there were salt merchants, and these people were intertwined with the imperial court and powerful. When people finish dividing the meat, you always have to rush up and take a bite, do you think they will agree? ”

Wang Yue rolled his eyelids, of course he knew how powerful the salt merchant was.

In fact, the apprentice Yang Bo's family is a big salt merchant.

Since the abolition of the Kaizhong Law, these big salt merchants paid money to the household in exchange for salt introduction, and then used the salt quotation to buy salt from the salt field, and then transported it to the designated area for sale, relying on the imperial court concession, basically sitting at home and counting the money.

If you want to get a piece of the salt pie, the first thing to hit is the household, more than two million taels of silver, which is not a small amount, almost one-third of the annual income.

In addition, what is even more terrifying is that the local, large and small salt merchants, will definitely join forces to boycott.

And these salt merchants are connected to the local yamen...... What a big interest group this is!

Compared with this "salt gang", Yang Ting and the group look petite and cute.

"Master, the disciple really advises you, let's not toss, okay?" Cui Shilin really wants to kneel down for Wang Yue, can you let me live a stable life for two days?

Wang Yue snorted coldly, "Yanli is the easiest and largest amount of money I can catch right now, not only is the profit enough, but also long-lasting and stable." I'm not going to let go no matter what. But I do it with salt, for ordinary people, it may not be a good thing, at least it can reduce the price of salt, get the support of the people, as long as there is the support of the people, I have nothing to fear! ”

Cui Shilin was still not optimistic, "I said Master, can you let go of the household department?" Can the Cabinet easily pass? I think eighty percent is going to come to Zuoshun Gate again. When the time comes, there will be a river of blood, don't blame the disciple for not reminding you. ”

Wang Yue listened to Cui Shilin's words and suddenly sighed.

"You're making a lot of progress!"

Cui Shilin cried, "Master, it's not that the disciple is making rapid progress, it's an obvious thing, if the disciple doesn't know it anymore, the disciple will die stupidly!" ”

Wang Yue snorted lightly, "Then you think you're not stupid?" Will you talk to the cabinet directly? ”

Cui Shilin was puzzled, "Master, what are you going to do?" ”

"Is this ...... You will enter Beijing now, on behalf of the northern border, and ask for a trade agreement, in order to raise troops in the northern border, you must reduce or reduce taxes, which must include two items, one is meat products, and the other is mountain goods. ”

Cui Shilin frowned, "Master, the disciple is stupid, I really don't know, what are you doing here?" ”

Wang Yue smiled, "If you know, I'm still a bullshit master, don't ask, hurry up to Beijing, tell the cabinet what I mean, and within seven days, I will get the official document." If you can't, I'll throw you in a salt lake and drown!" ”

Cui Shilin had no choice but to return to Beijing and help the master. He couldn't have imagined that Master would do anything unreasonable!

After sending the apprentice away, Wang Yue took people and went deep into the desert grassland.

Coincidentally, until he reached the immigration team, Fei Xuan, the kid, was dancing in front of a steaming pot, because he found that a layer of white crystals appeared at the bottom of the pot.

He hurriedly stirred it with a wooden stick, and at the same time exclaimed excitedly: "Look, salt! I've got table salt! Some of us ate! ”

The immigrants all gathered around, with a look of surprise on their faces, this rich boy brother, white and pure, thought he didn't know anything, but he didn't expect to have two hits.

There are so many of them, just eating salt is not a small amount, if you can get it yourself, it is really a great thing!

"What a guts! How dare you boil private salt and lose to your guts? ”

Wang Yue asked, like a thunderbolt!

Fei Xuan was so frightened that his hands trembled, and the wooden sticks were thrown away.

Illicit salt?

Is he sinning?

Wang Yue didn't leave him alone, but stepped over, looked at the pot where he was boiling salt, and then looked at the salt lake in front of him, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Trafficking in illicit salt, that's a big crime to lose your head! Fei Xuan, you also studied in Guozijian, but you don't even know about this? ”

Fei Xuan was stupid, and he was so frightened that he sweated.

"I, I really don't know, I, I just read a book that says that after cooking, you can get table salt...... I, I'm not going to do it again. ”

He was so anxious that he reached out and wanted to lift the pot.

Wang Yue suddenly laughed, "You are stupid to read your brain, private salt is not good, but you didn't say that pickles are not good, right?" What about bacon? There are also salted duck eggs and bean paste...... I can always think of a name! Wang Yue smiled at the hundred immigrants and said, "Congratulations, you have found a great treasure!" ”