Zhu Wanmao shook his head slightly and said: "Biao'er, two million and two hundred thousand yuan, not to mention that we can't take out Zhujiazhuang, it is Lijiazhuang and Hujiazhuang, close our Zhujiazhuang, and the three of them can't take out this lot of money together." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Zhu Biao thought for a while and said, "Then we can think of something to earn." "Zhu Biao can be said to have never been short of money in his previous life. Catering, entertainment, leisure and entertainment, and construction projects are all in full swing, and he feels that it should not be difficult for him to make money.

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but laugh out loud. Zhu Hu laughed and said, "Earn? Third brother, you don't have a fever, do you? This 2.2 million yuan is enough to buy the Zhuangzi of our three families, where can you earn such a large amount of money. ”

Zhu Biao fell into deep thought. "Third brother, don't think about it, this money is too big, no matter what, you can't earn it." Zhu Long approached Zhu Biao's side, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Actually, money is still a trivial matter. ”

Zhu Biao was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is there anything more difficult?" ”

Luan Tingyu said with a smile: "Third prince, although our Zhujiazhuang is rich, but the owner of the village is only a courtier after all, if Zhujiazhuang privately raises so many cavalry, once someone sues the court, it will be mistaken for a suspicion of misdeeds." ”

Zhu Biao asked puzzledly: "Didn't our Zhujiazhuang raise so many soldiers?" How could five hundred cavalry be suspected of plotting against each other? ”

Luan Tingyu said: "Third prince, although we have thousands of soldiers in Zhujiazhuang, these soldiers are soldiers when they go out, and they are for the people when they enter, but your cavalry, each equipped with three war horses, is not as good as the cavalry of the imperial court, what are you going to do to raise this elite cavalry?" ”

Zhu Biao listened to these opinions, clasped his hands together, paced back and forth, lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and said, "According to the words of the two brothers and Teacher Luan, if you want to build a cavalry of five hundred people, you must first be an officer. Zhu Hu interjected: "Third brother, Daddy's court is a fourth-grade official, but this court is just a false title, if it weren't for the Liangshan thieves to make trouble, I Zhujiazhuang would not be able to have these soldiers and horses, the third brother wants to form five hundred cavalry, no matter how you say it, you have to get a state regiment to train the envoys." After Zhu Hu finished speaking, Zhu Biao continued: "Then according to the words of the second brother, how much silver will it cost to get a state group training?" ”

Zhu Hu thought for a while and said: "The state regiment training envoy is a martial art, and it is only six grades, and now the official positions of the imperial court are clearly priced, and the six-grade civil officials need 10,000 yuan, and the six-grade martial arts position is much cheaper, and 3,000 yuan is enough." ”

Zhu Biao listened to Zhu Hu's words and said: "In this way, make money first, then buy officials, and then form a cavalry, what do you think of my father and brother and Teacher Luan?" ”

Zhu Long said: "How is the third brother going to make money?" Zhu Long's words were slightly contemptuous and unbelieving.

Zhu Biao looked around at everyone and said earnestly word by word: "Selling salt." ”

As soon as the word "selling salt" came out, everyone present laughed, and Zhu Wanmao, who has always been unsmiling on weekdays, also squirted out the tea that had just arrived.

Zhu Hu said with a smile: "Third brother, you burned your brain out of the fever you had the previous time, do you know that selling salt without permission is a capital crime!" ”

The corners of Zhu Biao's mouth rose slightly: "Second brother, you said very clearly, selling salt without permission is a capital crime." What if it's not selling salt without permission? ”

"Could it be that the third brother still has a way to get salt (food sales vouchers, the amount and price of salt are stated in the banknote)?"

Zhu Biao did not answer Zhu Hu, but said to a servant by the door of the council hall: "Go to the kitchen and go to half a catty of coarse salt (here half a catty is eight taels)." ”

After a while, the servant came with a jar of salt. Zhu Biao took the salt and said to the people in the council room: "Daddy, please take a step forward for the two elder brothers, Teacher Luan." ”

Zhu Wanmao, Zhu Long, Zhu Hu and Luan Tingyu looked at each other, they didn't know what Zhu Biao was doing, so they all followed Zhu Biao out of the meeting hall.

Zhu Biao's first girlfriend in his previous life worked in the salt department, and he had all kinds of knowledge about salt, including the types of salt, the history of salt and the boiling of salt. During the Huizong Dynasty, Cai Jing created the "introduction of the law". The method is: the government seals and quotes, and compiles a number book; Each quote number, two coupons before and after, the front is a stub, and the back is a voucher; Salt is packed in bags, and each bag is a lead, limiting the weight of catties; Merchants pay the price of salt, including taxes, and then use the salt to be used to the production area to support the salt for sale. At the end of the Song Dynasty, although the salt system was changeable, it was mainly based on the monopoly on the spot, that is, the civil system, official revenue, official sales, commercial transportation, and commercial sales.

In the Song Dynasty, the common people could only afford to eat five yuan a pound of coarse salt, and the well-off families could eat fifty yuan a pound of fine salt, and only the rich families could afford to eat four hundred yuan a pound of green salt. 400 Wen is a concept? Consistent money is a thousand Wen. Even if it is a local tyrant like Zhujiazhuang, he eats coarse salt at home, and only uses fine salt when he is entertaining guests.

Zhu Wanmao and his entourage followed Zhu Biao to a grinding plate, and Zhu Biao put the coarse salt into the grinding disc grinding eye. Then Zhu Biao asked the servant to push the grinding disc and grind the coarse salt finely.

Luan Tingyu saw it at a glance and asked in surprise: "The third prince knows how to make salt?" ”

Zhu Biao didn't speak, when the servant grinded the coarse salt, Zhu Biao had another servant boil a pot of boiling water, put the ground coarse salt into the boiling water, and then ordered someone to stir it to let the salt fully integrate into the water.

Zhu Wanmao, Zhu Long, Zhu Hu and Luan Tingyu all stared at Zhu Biao commanding the servants to make salt, none of them thought that this Zhu Biao still had this ability. When saturated with salt and boiling water, it was poured into a barrel covered with two layers of linen cloth by another servant.

A miracle happened. Zhu Hu unconsciously took a step closer and saw that the linen cloth was full of impurities filtered out of coarse salt. "Third brother, I really didn't see it, you still have such a means!" Zhu Hu exclaimed.

Zhu Biao said: "This is the first time I have filtered, and I have to filter three or five times......"

Zhu Longxi said: "Filter it three or five times and that's fine salt, brother, you're not simple!" ”

"No, it's not fine salt yet." Zhu Biao said: "This is only between coarse salt and fine salt. ”

Luan Tingyu smiled and said to Zhu Wanmao: "Master, the third prince has such a means, let's make a fortune in Zhujiazhuang." ”

Zhu Hu suddenly flashed a thought, and immediately said: "Third brother, your salt making is a good deal, how much silver do you want to make the principal silver, and my brother has come out." ”

Zhu Long also immediately said: "Yes, the second brother is right, if we have money, our brothers will earn it together, and the eldest brother is also willing to give the third brother the silver to make the principal silver." ”

Zhu Wanmao was old and serious after all, and asked: "Biao'er can make salt, it's a good deal, for the sake of my father, your salt is ready, if there is no astringency of coarse salt, the people can't afford to eat fine salt, eat this salt without astringency, even if it is sold for ten cents a catty, it is double the profit compared to coarse salt." But if you want to make salt, where does the salt come from? ”

Zhu Biao said: "Buy it directly from the salt merchant." The profit of this coarse salt is originally thin, and the salt merchants sell it everywhere, if they encounter a natural disaster on the road, and the strong man robs the road, then there is no return, and their coarse salt comes from a legal way, we buy it all from them, buy it and then sell it, which is reasonable and legal. And more importantly, the imperial court has set the area for buying and selling the salt that is legally obtained through salt, and we have bought all the coarse salt in the Jeju area, and the people have nowhere to buy coarse salt, so they have to buy the salt made by our Zhujiazhuang. Does Daddy think this deal can be done? ”

Zhu Wanmao said: "Biao'er, do what you want, do it, I'm tired of my father, so I'll go to rest first." ”