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When Qin Mo and Ye Bin heard Jiang Ruoyan's words, they paused for a moment, and couldn't help but shake their heads and chuckle a few times. Vertex Says X 23 U OM

Seeing this, Jiang Ruoyan couldn't help frowning and asked, "Two gentlemen, is there anything rude about the little woman?" Why are you laughing so much?"

Qin Mo said: "No, it's just that my general's general is less than twenty, where is the lady?"

"Twenty ...... Less than ......" It was Jiang Ruoyan's turn to be surprised, she never expected Liu Ce to be so young, and she was the same age as herself.

Jiang Ruoyan muttered: "The general is so young and promising, why hasn't he ever had a family?" ”

Qin Mo sighed when he heard this, and Ye Bin on the side said gloomily: "Miss doesn't know, the general's pawn was born......"

Ye Bin roughly told Jiang Ruoyan about the process of meeting Liu Ce in Heyuan and fighting around the Jingwei Battalion, of course, he omitted the deeds of how the Jingwei Battalion gave such credit to Li Suwen after taking Gaoyang, after all, this is too shocking, and no one will believe it at all.

After speaking, Ye Bin sighed again: "Therefore, where did the general come from?" ”

After Jiang Ruoyan listened to Ye Bin's description of Liu Ce's experience in Heyuan, she was silent and couldn't calm down for a long time......

Qin Mo nodded and said, "Yes, Qin Mo has witnessed too many incredible miracles created by the general in Heyuan, which is really admirable." ”

Jiang Ruoyan suddenly opened his mouth and said: "Since General Liu Ce is such a hero, isn't there a beautiful person who is in love with him?" ”

Ye Bin shook his head and said, "Naturally, there is, but the general has never had that kind of thought." ”

Jiang Ruoyan said strangely: "Why is this? ”

Qin Mo said to Jiang Ruoyan: "General, what he pursues is to be happy with each other, not to mention the ...... It's harder now......"

"The two love each other......" Jiang Ruoyan was stunned, "It seems that General Liu is definitely not the kind of child of a family who judges people by their appearance and pursues fame and fortune, Ruoyan admires it very much, but what is more difficult to listen to what Mr. Qin said?"

Qin Mo sighed and said: "The general took pity on the people under his rule who were violated by Hu Lu and their families were ruined, and he decided to fight against the Hulan people, in order to whip himself, he made a proud oath......"

Saying that, he and Qin Mo glanced at each other, only to see that the eyes of the two of them suddenly flashed, which made Jiang Ruoyan extremely surprised.

"Hu Nu is not destroyed, why should he be a family!" Qin Mo and Ye Bin spoke at the same time, their faces full of admiration.

"Ah............h

After a long time, Jiang Ruoyan calmed down and continued to ask, "General Liu, does he really dare to fight against Hu Lu?" ”

Qin Mo nodded and said firmly: "My general's general has never broken his trust with others, young lady and relieved." ”

Jiang Ruoyan's heart was very complicated at this time, and the sentence "Hu Nu is not destroyed, why is it a family" shocked her heart, which is the same as her oath in Heyang Tower, it is really a long time since I have heard a man dare to make such a heavy oath for the survival of the people of the Far East.

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Ruoyan handed the cold jade in his hand back to Wan'er's hand, after all, this piece of cold jade carving was specially made for his daughter, since Liu Ce had not started a family, it could never be sent again, otherwise the meaning expressed in it would be too ambiguous.

After Wan'er took the cold jade, Jiang Ruoyan then said to Qin Mo and Ye Bin: "In this way, Ruoyan is abrupt, I never expected that General Liu has never been married, and now there is no suitable object gift for him, so I can only ask the two gentlemen to go back and thank the general on my behalf, just say that he gave this generous gift Ruoyan is very happy, I hope that in the future, when General Liu is free from official business, he can come to Yuanzhou City to meet me, Ruoyan is waiting for the general on the top floor of Heyang Tower, and he will thank him for the gift in person." ”

After that, Jiang Ruoyan took out a white jade pendant from his waist and handed it to Qin Mo: "Please hand over this white jade pendant to the general, with this pendant can be unimpeded into Heyang Tower, Ruoyan is waiting for the general to arrive in the private room on the top floor." ”

Qin Mo and Ye Bin were taken aback, Jiang Ruoyan's room on the top floor of Heyang Tower, outsiders had never entered it, even Li Suwen did not have this kind of treatment, but now he gave Liu Ce such a big gift, this is really enough to sensational the entire Far East, just imagine that the eldest lady of the world's first wealthy family gave such a standard of courtesy to a general of the Han family, it would definitely make everyone unbelievable.

Qin Mo took the pendant and saluted Jiang Ruoyan and said, "I will definitely tell my general truthfully about this thing and the words of the young lady, if there is nothing else, Qin will go back first." Ye Bin on the side also bowed and retired.

After Jiang Ruoyan bowed to see them leave, she turned to Wan'er and said, "Wan'er, have you returned all those congratulatory gifts?" ”

Wan'er hurriedly said: "Miss Hui, I have already sent people back to the various mansions, except for Mr. Qin, Mr. Ye and ...... and Commander Liu's congratulatory gifts for the three remained in the mansion. ”

As she spoke, Wan'er sighed secretly, the mirror box sent by Liu Ce, Miss Jiang, has always been close to her, and she can't send it back if she wants to.

Jiang Ruoyan nodded, and then said, "Well, let's go back to the room......" said and walked towards the inner courtyard of the Governor's Mansion with light steps.

Liu Ce...... Will you really bring hope to the hundreds of millions of people in the Far East? On the way, Jiang Ruoyan couldn't help but think about Liu Ce's name in her heart, and she finally had a trace of expectation in her heart, which had been desperate for a long time......

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"Come on, come on, all of you, and see the difference between the three bags of salt on the table."

In a house in Jinghai Fort, Liu Ce sat at a square table, crossing Erlang's legs with a proud face.

I saw three bags of salt in the bowl on the table, one bag was filtered salt bought from Yuanzhou City, and the other two bags were sea salt freshly boiled in a porcelain pot.

Seven or eight craftsmen around formed a circle, pointing at the three bags of salt on the table, and a craftsman saw that he couldn't discuss anything, so he simply stepped forward, bowed to Liu Ce, and came to the table and gently dipped his fingers in the filter salt purchased in Yuanzhou City.

"Phew......" After the craftsman tried it, he immediately spit it out and said to Liu Ce: "My lord, isn't this the salt we often eat?" The salt merchants on the market are selling one hundred and fifty wen a catty, and there are too many impurities in it, and it is bitter. ”

Liu Ce nodded, motioning for him to continue tasting the two bags of salt boiled from seawater.

The craftsman dipped some of the boiled sea salt and stuck out his tongue to taste it......

"Huh?" Suddenly, the craftsman froze, dipped a little more and continued to taste, and then nodded and asked Liu Ce, "My lord, is this really boiled with sea salt?" ”

Liu Ce smiled: "That's natural, what do you think?" ”

The craftsman said excitedly: "My lord, although this salt is not as good as refined salt, it is much stronger than those shoddy filter salts, and there are very few impurities in the salt, so it can also be eaten as refined salt." ”

Liu Ce said with a smile: "Li Sen, don't get excited, there is the last bag of salt, you can taste it again and see if there are any shortcomings." ”

"Yes." Li Sen agreed and came to the last bag of salt, only to see that the salt in this bag was far better than the two bags he had tasted before.

Li Sen trembled and wiped a small mouthful, put it in his mouth, and suddenly the whole person was like an electric shock, the whole person stood in place, and there was only one taste in his mouth: salty.

This kind of saltiness does not contain any impurities, it is pure salty, and the taste of hundreds of pounds of refined salt on the market is no different, and it is even a few points purer.

"Li Sen, what do you think?" Liu Ce couldn't help but feel proud when he saw Craftsman Li's stunned expression, "This salt is no different from the refined salt on the market, right?" ”

When Li Sen heard Liu Ce's voice, he came back to his senses and said tremblingly, "My lord...... That's really ...... Seawater fired ...... As far as I know, the salt made from seawater is so bitter that it is not edible at all, let alone can be fired into refined salt, so I dare to ask your lord how you do it. ”

Liu Ce didn't answer his words, just smiled and shook his head. Of course, he can't tell Li Sen about the process of making refined salt, not even anyone, it's not that he doesn't believe them, but once those gate lords know that they have the means to mass-produce refined salt technology, then they will inevitably have no peace, and before the strength and prestige in their hands are not enough to look down on the entire Yuanzhou, the only capital in their hands must be carefully kept secret.

Therefore, from salt storage to salt formation, Liu Ce gradually separates the whole filtration and boiling process according to the assembly line, and the real full set of technologies has been in Liu Ce's own mind, the most important of which is that the activated carbon absorbs the metal impurities in the sea salt......

Liu Ce got up and came to the table, grabbed a handful of refined salt and said, "Li Sen, what do you say this refined salt can be sold for on the market?"

Li Sen pondered for a moment and said, "My lord, this filter salt is at least one hundred and eighty wen a catty, and this kind of refined salt is the same as four hundred and ninety wen a catty on the market. ”

Liu Ce shook his head and said: "Salt is an indispensable thing for the people, how is such a profiteering behavior different from mountain bandits?" I decided that the price of salt purchased by the people under the rule of this general will be preferential, and the soldiers and their families will buy salt and sell it at a 7% discount, and the filtered salt will be 50 wen a catty at this price, and the refined salt will be 80 wen a catty, of course, only for the army and the people under the rule of this general! ”

He calculated the cost of the entire salt-making process, and the cost was almost negligible except for manpower, at most the cost of materials for erecting the clear water bamboo pipe and the salary of the craftsman, which did not cost much money at all. The price of this salt on the market has really exceeded the limit of ordinary people's bearing, and many people can't even afford to eat filtered salt mixed with three or four percent of sediment, so they can only eat those unfiltered coarse salt, and over time they will fall ill.

Of course, Liu Ce wants to use salt to earn his own capital for the development of industrial city construction, but he must not care about the life and death of the people like those profit-seeking businessmen, at least the people under his rule must be able to eat high-quality salt products for everyone.

"The general is benevolent!" Li Sen and the surrounding craftsmen couldn't help but burst into tears, and choked up to thank Liu Ce, you must know that this price may be the lowest salt price in the whole week, and this is all high-quality salt, the young general in front of him cares so much about the livelihood of the people under his rule, they are respected in their hearts.

"Okay, what are you crying about, what is there to cry about?" Liu Ce was speechless when he saw them sobbing and choking, in fact, he still felt that the price of salt he set was a bit high, and he still had more than ten times the profit, but the words were all said, and he couldn't change them at will. Seeing that everyone calmed down a little, he said again: "A month later, I will have at least seven or eight hundred thousand catties of these two types of salt under my rule, and at that time, in addition to the consumption of the people's army, the rest will be entrusted to you to find a way to sell, but this price is not such a discount for the army and civilians under my rule!" ”

"Seven or eight hundred thousand catties!" As soon as everyone heard Liu Ce say this, their eyes suddenly widened, and their minds went blank. No wonder the price is set so cheaply! What a man of God......