Chapter 291: The Pit

Zhuge Liang was not worried, and after Sun Quan obtained the salt law, he rejected Hanzhong's appeal.

It is true that Sun Quan already knows the salt drying method, so he can completely put aside his Zhuge Kongming's requirements, and directly use the new salt making method to dry the salt, and make a profit for himself. Whether Zhuge Liang is personal, or Uncle Liu Huang in Hanzhong, he can't help Sun Quan in a short time.

However, if Sun Quan really dares to do this, then don't blame him Zhuge Kongming for playing yin. In other words, Zhuge Liang was in Sun Celing Hall just now, and he felt that Sun Quan's brothers and his nephews were very good!

Sun Quan was hesitating and struggling.

He really wanted to swallow the method of drying salt, and then ignored Zhuge Kongming's appeal. Every year, millions of stones of salt are delivered to Liu Bei at cost price, and Sun Quan feels that he is sweating when he thinks about it.

However, thinking of Zhuge Kongming's current fame and talent, Sun Quan did not dare to make a decision easily.

In other words, if the other side was someone else, Sun Quan would not hesitate at all, and swallow the method of drying salt first.

This is a matter of hundreds of thousands of gold every year!

"A million stones a year, it's too much. Moreover, although the method of drying salt is good, in the first few years, the output must be limited, and it is really impossible to supply millions of stone salt in Hanzhong every year. After hesitating for a long time, Sun Quan sighed.

At this time, Sun Quan had already made a decision in his heart.

He really didn't dare to make a way to dry salt!

In this way, Sun Quan can only make a fuss about the number of transactions.

It is obviously impossible to supply Liu Bei million stone of salt at cost price every year. Even if the time comes, Jiangdong's annual salt production can reach 10 million stones, Sun Quan doesn't want to sell 1 million stones to Liu Bei at such a low price.

"As long as Wu Hou is sure, it is good to exchange Jiangdong's salt for salt, and the rest can be discussed in detail."

When he heard that Sun Quan began to struggle with the number of million stones, Zhuge Liang breathed a sigh of relief. This shows that Sun Quan has acquiesced in the method of "exchanging" salt for salt, and the rest is only a matter of the amount of salt. And these can be negotiated next.

Isn't the negotiation the intention of cooperation determined first, and the rest is a bargaining between the two sides?

As for how much salt Jiangdong can finally sell to Hanzhong at cost price, Zhuge Liang actually has a spectrum in his heart.

Being able to talk about three or five stones can ensure the current salt consumption in Hanzhong.

If you can negotiate 100,000 stones, Hanzhong will be able to accumulate some salt. After three or five years or ten or eight years, when Uncle Liu Huang's salt needs will increase, and Jiangdong will break the contract, Zhuge Liang will not worry.

In fact, the method of drying salt is easy to be "plagiarized", which is fundamentally impossible to prevent.

After Jiangdong obtained this law, it was indeed able to maintain huge profits for the first three or five years. However, after Cao Cao and others "copied" this method, the salt production of the whole world will inevitably skyrocket.

When the time comes, the price of salt will inevitably plummet, and ordinary people will be able to afford it.

At that time, Hanzhong will use caravans to purchase salt, and the price will inevitably be lower than the current market price anywhere.

This is also the reason why Zhuge Liang broke out the salt drying method.

As soon as the salt drying method comes out, the output of salt will inevitably skyrocket, and the price of salt will become the price of cabbage.

In the end, it is the people who will benefit!

In later generations, the price of salt was only two or three yuan a catty, and according to the monetary value of this era, it was about three or five yuan.

Zhuge Liang didn't expect the price of salt to be reduced to three or five yuan, he could fall down to thirty yuan, not only Hanzhong could buy salt at will, but even ordinary people would be able to afford salt at that time!

At present, Sun Quan definitely can't see this, and when he comes back to his senses and sees through this section, I'm afraid that the method of drying salt has already been all over the world, right? And at that time, Zhuge Liang was really not afraid of Sun Quan breaking the contract.

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Hearing that it was possible to negotiate, Sun Quan also breathed a sigh of relief.

Millions of stone of salt are supplied at cost price every year, and Sun Quan feels panicked. But if it can be negotiated, then it is best to do it, and it is best to "negotiate" to 100,000 stones, so that he, Sun Zhongmou, will not feel that he has lost too much.

"So, that can be set."

Sun Quan determined this "deal", and Jiangdong supplied Hanzhong with a certain amount of salt at cost price every year, in exchange for Zhuge Kongming's method of drying salt. "As for the specific amount of salt, I will discuss it in detail with other officials in Jiangdong and Mr. Kong Ming."

After taking another sip of tea, Sun Quan asked again: "So, apart from the salt, what else is there to sir?" ”

With the precedent of the salt "exchange" salt drying method, Sun Quan felt that Zhuge Kongming could come up with a few more such exchanges!

What else?

Naturally, there is.

However, compared to the most important table salt, the next thing to buy a warship is dispensable.

Of course, this does not mean that the purchase of warships is dispensable, but that Jiangdong Tong does not agree to sell warships, which is dispensable.

The warships of the Han Dynasty were naturally made by the Jiangdong Lu clan.

However, apart from the Jiangdong Lu clan, is there no one else in the whole world who makes warships?

This is obviously impossible!

How did the warship of the Jingxiang Navy Division come about?

Cao Cao's later establishment of the Qingxu Naval Division, how did its warships come from?

Among the sailors of Jingzhou, there are naturally craftsmen who build warships; Cao Cao must have also had craftsmen who built warships.

It's just that, in comparison, the warships built by the Jiangdong Lu clan are the most advanced. After all, the most advanced warships in Jiangdong can go to sea, but the warships of the Jingzhou Navy Division, as well as the warships in Cao Cao's hands, can't do this.

If Jiangdong does not agree to sell the warship, Zhuge Liang can find Jiangxia Huangzu.

A few days ago, he had just persuaded Huang Zu that it should be no problem to "tao" dozens of warships from him.

Anyway, Hanzhong is located inland, and the establishment of the sailor division is mainly to deal with the future changes in Jingxiang, and there is no need to go to sea.

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"Warships?" Sun Quan was surprised, and asked instead: "Hanzhong is located inland, and there are not even a few big rivers, so what is the use of warships?" ”

Sun Quan knew the soldiers, so he naturally "know" a little about the geography of Hanzhong. Hanzhong seems to be a big river with Han water, and it is located inland, so what's the use of warships? If you need a merchant ship, you can say it.

"When I buy a warship in Hanzhong, I will naturally form a sailor!" Zhuge Liang said with a smile.

Hearing this, Sun Quan also smiled, but his smile was more mocking.

"Hanzhong is located inland, what kind of sailor is needed, isn't it a joke?" Of course, Sun Quan would definitely not ask that.

Whether Hanzhong built a water division or not, in fact, it didn't have much to do with him Jiangdong.

If Jing Xiang added a water master, Sun Quan would be worried.

Hanzhong established a water division, and the Hanzhong water division can only play on the Han River, and if you want to threaten their Jiangdong, you will pass Jingxiang first. What's more, with the situation in the upper reaches of the Han River, how large can the Hanzhong Naval Division be?

"Well, if Mr. wants to buy a warship, let's talk to the Lu family directly!" After laughing, Sun Quan said.

Although Jiangdong strictly controlled the outflow of Lu's warships, if Zhuge Kongming wanted to buy some "toys" for Hanzhong, Sun Quan didn't care, and directly asked Zhuge Kongming to negotiate with Lu. After all, Sun Quan needs to strictly control the warships and prevent them from flowing out, but it is not easy for Sun Quan to strictly control the merchant ships and the toy-like fishing boats. Please pay attention to the latest chapters in the future