In the city of Lanzhou, a huge workshop has begun to take shape, and in huge warehouses, it is full of blue lake salt pulled from Chaka Salt Lake

"Ink sacrifice wine, this salt is extremely bitter, even cattle and sheep don't want to eat this salt, Mohou's salt making method can really turn it into edible salt?" Gao Shilian frowned and said, as far as he knew, Merton's method of making salt was to use coarse salt to purify it into fine salt, but it was not the natural salt stone in this salt lake.

Merton explained: "Rest assured, the crystalline salt of Chaka Salt Lake is a natural and high-quality edible salt, and the bitter taste is because it contains more impurities, as long as other things in the salt are removed, these earth-like salts in Qinghai will become the most delicious table salt, and if further purified, it can even become the best-selling fine salt in Guanzhong."

"Fine salt!" Gao Shilian was shocked.

These cyan salts are pulled out of the Chaka Salt Lake, and they are as worthless as dirt, and if they can be turned into fine salt, their value will skyrocket, and the profit from this will probably be astronomical.

Gao Shilian looked at Merton, whose face did not change and his heart did not beat, and couldn't help sighing, that is, Merton, who was like a loser, if he was replaced by someone else, how could he be willing to give up these crazy profits.

"Lord Qiyu, the new salt you want has been prepared!" It was the seven-grade salt official of the Ministry of Industry sent by the imperial court, and he came to report with a happy face when he saw Morton and Gao Shilian.

Merton laughed and said, "Lord Gao, how about I taste the salt of the Qinghai Land?" ”

When the two of them came to the salt workshop, they saw that the blue salt grains had been piled up like a mountain, and it was obvious that a lot of new salt had been stored.

The seven-pin Tsing Yi salt official stepped forward quickly, picked out a few small pieces of salt with a tray and handed them to the two of them, Morton reached out and took out a small grain and put it in his mouth, and suddenly a fierce salty taste filled his mouth, and Gao Shilian did the same.

"This salt tastes pure, it's rare to find the finest salt!" Gao Shilian also tasted it, and couldn't help but light up his eyes, this method of making salt is indeed feasible.

Merton nodded with satisfaction, the taste of this salt is not as good as fine salt, but there is no bitter taste, and it can be eaten.

"From now on, there will be no shortage of salt in the northwest." Gao Shilian sighed that the salt of the important Chaka Salt Lake is everywhere, and the amount is large, and the northwest has always been short of salt, and the salt price of the entire Guanlong land with this salt lake will definitely drop greatly, and countless Guanlong people will benefit from it.

"Yuncheng has salt solution, Mojia has snow salt, as well as sea salt in Shandong, well salt in Sichuan and Shu, now this salt has not yet been named, Gao Daren can be interested in naming this salt!" Merton laughed.

Gao Shilian nodded, looked at the cyan salt block, and said in his heart: "This salt comes from the land of Qinghai, the salt grains are large and a little cyan, why don't you call it big green salt." ”

"Big green salt! It really lives up to its name. Merton nodded.

"Thank you, Lord Gao, for naming it!" The salt official in Tsing Yi was overjoyed when he heard this.

"How's this salt yield?" Merton asked.

The salt official in Tsing Yi replied: "This is just running, and the daily output is only 3,000 catties, but as long as the raw materials are enough and the manpower is enough, the output can be increased several times." ”

Merton nodded and said, "Then according to the name of Daqing Salt, the workshop will make seventy percent coarse salt and three percent fine salt to supply the entire Guanlong land." ”

"Yes!" The salt officer in Tsing Yi bowed and replied.

Merton and Gao Shilian looked at the production workshop of Daqing Salt again, and then nodded with satisfaction.

"Ink sacrifice wine, now that the salt has been produced, how to sell it." Gao Shilian asked.

Morton smiled slightly when he heard this, now that Daqing Salt has just been put into production, there is not much salt stored at all, if you want to gather so much wealth in a short time, there is only one way, and that is the salt ticket method.

In fact, if conditions permit, Merton is more inclined to implement the thousand-year-old salt introduction law, I am afraid that he will make more money, but the salt introduction law can only be promulgated by the imperial court, and the scope of sales is restricted, and Merton does not have so much power and energy to rectify the entire Tang Dynasty's salt industry.

In the end, he still came up with the most suitable salt ticket method for Daqing Salt.

"Salt Ticket Law?" Gao Shilian frowned.

"Yes, from the perspective of a boy, the price of salt remains high, one is that the output of salt is small, and the transportation is inconvenient, and the other is that there are many salt merchants who extract and increase the price from it, and even shoddy, and the people spend a lot of money, but they buy inferior salt." Merton analyzed.

Gao Shilian nodded approvingly, this is the disadvantage of the Tang Salt Administration.

"Now that Daqing Salt is backed by an almost inexhaustible salt lake, its production is sure to skyrocket, and the cost of transportation has been greatly reduced by relying on smooth brick roads. In this way, in order to start the brand of Daqing Salt, the boy is ready to set up salt warehouses in various cities along the brick road from Lanzhou to Luoyang, and merchants do not need to travel long distances, they only need to hold the salt tickets issued by the salt factory, and they can receive Daqing Salt in the salt warehouses in the nearest city.

In this way, each salt merchant needs to receive as much as he wants, which not only reduces the transportation cost and storage risk, but also avoids the hoarding of salt merchants, and allows the salt merchants to compete with each other, so as to avoid the salt merchants from raising prices privately. ”

"That's a wonderful way! If it can be promoted, the price of salt will drop sharply, which is really a blessing for the people of the world. Gao Shilian exclaimed.

Merton shook his head and said, "This side is overly dependent on brick roads, and where there are no brick roads, it will be difficult to implement. ”

Gao Shilian was not disappointed, but his eyes lit up and said: "After the three horizontal and five vertical drawings are fully completed, this party will definitely shine."

Merton nodded and said: "At present, the output of Daqing salt is limited, and it is already difficult to meet the needs of the people on both sides of the brick road from Lanzhou to Luoyang. ”

Gao Shilian nodded and said, "Now that the salt has been made, as long as the last two percent of the gap is filled, I can return to Chang'an City." ”

Merton nodded vigorously, this expedition had taken him too long.

"Boom!"

When Daqing Salt and the Salt Ticket Law were published in the ink magazine, the salt merchants in Chang'an City suddenly became a sensation.

In any era, salt is the most important thing in the lives of the common people, on the one hand, it is related to the lives of thousands of households, and on the other hand, it is related to the taxes of the imperial court. The salt tax of any dynasty is a small amount that cannot be ignored.

There is an additional salt-producing area in the northwest, which has a huge impact on all aspects.

In particular, Daqingyan is backed by the inexhaustible Chaka Salt Lake, and relies on the brick road from Lanzhou to Luoyang, with huge output and convenient transportation, so it can be said that the conditions are unique.

Some big salt merchants can't help but grit their teeth, Merton's salt ticket method directly broke their monopoly on salt, and some small salt merchants, have cheered, they were subject to the big salt merchants before, the profits are diluted, now there is a salt ticket law, from now on no longer have to be controlled by others, directly from the nearest salt warehouse to pick up the goods, easy to make money.

Everyone knew that selling salt was a surefire business, and when the salt stamps were issued, they were immediately snapped up by salt merchants of all sizes in just a few days, and the last 20% of the relief money needed by Merton was finally replenished.