Xue Hu saw that Han Yue was so concerned, and knew that he must have a plan: "Boiling salt is a common situation on the islands, because of the shortage of materials, Dongjiang Town can basically be self-sufficient in this piece of salt, most of the ordinary people are on the seaside to boil coarse salt in iron pots to maintain their livelihood, part of the island is sold for their own use, and the excess part will be purchased by the salt store under the name of Qian Dana, and then sold to places outside Dongjiang Town, and some outlets can even be exported to North Korea and Houjin area." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"What price can a pound of salt be sold for?"

"The purchase price of Qian Dana's salt store is five cents a catty, and as for how much silver a pound he sells to other places, I am afraid only he knows. However, it is said that good salt can be sold for more than 100 wen a pound in North Korea, Dengju, Jiangnan and other places. ”

20 times the huge profit, Han Yue was shocked, but what he didn't know was that the reason why the salt of the island residents was sold cheaply was because of the crude technology, and the salt that was boiled was coarse salt. And what really sells for a high price is the refined salt that has been purified by repeated processing.

Selling salt is a way to make money, Han Yue thought in his heart, there is a shortage of everything on the island, that is, there is no shortage of seawater, and it is also a free resource, as long as there are channels to sell, the profit can be doubled. When I think of the channel, I naturally think of Hong Leong Commercial Bank, and I naturally think of Xiao Siqi, and for some reason, I miss that beautiful woman.

Hey, what are you doing, maybe people already have a partner.

"As for Wu Heng's ironware workshop, it mainly produces some guns, spears, knives and arrows, pots, hoes, scissors and other living and agricultural tools, with a scale of about 100 people."

"Does Uncle Xue know if Wu Heng's ironware workshop can produce bird guns?" This is what Han Yue cares about the most, as the soul of later generations, he is not too enthusiastic about swords, guns and sticks, after the 17th century is the era of hot weapons, the advantages of cold weapons will gradually lose with the development of technology, if he can build an aircraft, artillery, tank and aircraft carrier, then he can basically rule the whole universe. Of course, he knew that this was impossible, although some later generations were so obscene in the novels, but he knew that the development of technology requires a process, and this process must be long, it is impossible for you to make a bird gun today, and make a Gatling tomorrow.

"Can that thing work, blow yourself up before you hurt the enemy." Xue Yan interjected from time to time, but what he said was not unreasonable, the level of firearms in the Ming Dynasty was really limited, mainly because the smelting level did not meet the requirements, and the bird guns and artillery often made were easy to blow up, so whether it was the guards or the border army or the Shenji battalion of the Beijing Division, they were rarely willing to use bird guns, and the short range, easy to explode, high cost, and complex operation were its shortcomings.

But Han Yue will not give up because of this, he likes to visit the Iron and Blood Forum in later generations, and he knows that the West has developed more advanced firearms in this era, and even the development of Japanese firearms with the Ming Dynasty is also very fast.

If you want to do a vigorous career in this era, thermal weapons are definitely an indispensable tool, although the overall technical level is poor, but Han Yue believes that as long as he attaches importance to this aspect of research and recruits some professionals to tackle key problems, there will always be a day of technological breakthroughs, in the final analysis, there is still a lack of talents, I don't know if Xu Guangqi and Song Yingxing died at this time, if not, they can be tied to the island.

"Isn't there a bird gun on the island?" Han Yue knew that although the quality of the Great Ming Fire Weapon was poor, it was also a standard weapon, and it was a conventional configuration.

"Yes, yes, there are some configurations for the Three-Eyed Gun, the Turtledove Gun, the Fire Gun, and the Bird Gun, but these things are really not as good as bows and arrows, against such a soldier, I can split him into two pieces with one knife without waiting for him to ignite the fire." Xue Yan is most enthusiastic about weapons and martial arts, and when he saw that his uncle didn't glare at him, he naturally spoke actively, but he was used to knives, guns and sticks since he was a child, and he was very disdainful of firearms.

"However, I heard that the Thunderbolt and Lumi Gun are much stronger than ordinary bird guns, but there are very few people who can make them, and the blacksmiths of Wangjiadao can't make them." Xue Hu added.

Thunderbolt and Rumpy? Han Yue made a note in his heart, he originally wanted to ask for some information about artillery, but after hearing the unbearable firearms in Xue Yan's mouth, he basically lost hope for this.

Step by step, it's easy to pull the egg if you take too big a step.

Han Yue and Xue Hu chatted about the situation on Wangjia Island like this, and Xue Yan basically took over the right to speak later, and Xue Hu was also happy that the two young people could talk together, but they added it from time to time.

Half an hour later, hearing a burst of cheers, Han Yue stopped discussing with Xue Yan and walked to the bow of the boat to take a look, only to see the outline of an island slowly beginning to emerge.

Wangjiadao, I'm back.

Wangjia Island belongs to the Changshan Islands, in an east-west direction, 4.4 kilometers long, an average width of 1.11 kilometers, a coastline of 16.1 kilometers, a land area of 4.88 square kilometers, the eighth largest island of the Changshan Islands, 12.5 nautical miles away from the coast in a straight line, 95 nautical miles away from Lushun City, shaped like a saddle, high in the east and west, hilly in the middle, and flat in the north.

At present, in addition to more than 1,000 officers and soldiers stationed on the island, mainly the Liao people who fled to the island from eastern and southern Liaoning, because it is close to Shicheng Island and the area is relatively large in the Liaohai Sea, and the fresh water is abundant, so as a close confidant of Chen Jisheng, the deputy chief military officer, the garrison Xu Zumin was sent to be stationed here.

Han Yue's merchant ship followed Xu Zumin's ship and slowly sailed into the dock, and Han Yue, who was standing on the bow of the ship, saw those small and dense villages not far from the shore, and only a few relatively large courtyards were presumably the houses of the generals on the island.

There have already been a lot of people gathered on the dock to greet Xu Zumin, after all, he is the official of the island, no matter whether there is an iron bucket inside Wangjia Island, everyone still has to do enough work on face.

Xu Zumin's ship is slightly larger than Han Yue's merchant ship, about 150 materials (displacement of 70 tons), although the wharf of Wangjiadao is simple, but it is not difficult to park a few ships below 200 materials, the two ships docked at the same time, Xu Zumin and Han Yue also got off the ship successively, just stood still, dozens of long-awaited Wangjiadao generals and captains on the dock surrounded two military generals dressed in biao shape and Puzi to greet them.

"The last general, Wu Heng (Qian Dana), welcomes the garrison back to the island." The two generals in the lead bowed, and the other captains behind them also bowed one after another.

"Colleagues don't have to be polite." Xu Zumin politely raised himself, don't look at Xu Zumin's excitement and nervousness when he met Yuan Chonghuan, but in this Wangjia Island, he is the highest official, and he has a majesty in the face of the island.

"At the same time, I would like to congratulate Han Xian's nephew on his promotion to the top 100 president, a young hero, which is really gratifying."

One of the sixth-rank generals suddenly turned his head and congratulated Han Yue with a smile, listening to his voice, for some reason Han Yue always had a terrifying feeling, and there was an indescribable meaning in his seemingly kind smile.

Han Yue reacted and knew who this person was.