It was late at night, and the feast was coming to an end. At this time, Cao Wei paid attention to Wei Shuo again, he played with the wine bottle in his hand, and chuckled: "Lord Wei, I heard that you have brought a lot of gifts to this official this time, and the official is very curious, I don't know what they are?" ”

When Wei Shuo asked, he hurriedly put the wine bottle on the desk, stood up and replied: "Back to the history of assassination, the lower officials heard that the lord is embarrassed by the new Guanggu City, and specially offered a novelty. This material is very suitable for building a city, and it can save a lot of glutinous rice as a binder. In the future, if adults want to build Guanggu City, Laoshan can be used as a cement production base. ”

"Cement?" Cao Wei was confused, not knowing what cement was.

"Yes, it's cement, it's a highly efficient building material, it becomes as hard as stone when exposed to water, and it's perfect for building cities."

After listening to Wei Shuo's words, many people present were curious about cement, and even Cao Wei didn't care about drinking, which showed that this cement was really sent to his heart. Cao Wei had already planned to build a new Guanggu city, and if the cement was really as easy to use as Wei Shuo said, it would greatly shorten the time for building the new city.

Although the children of other families are not interested in the so-called kit kat prostitution, they think of the green salt produced in Laoshan before, and everyone is even more looking forward to the cement that has not yet appeared.

"Master Wei, I don't know where the cement is now?" Cao Wei said eagerly.

Wei Shuo said without hurrying: "Don't worry, my lord, the cement is being taken care of by a special person, and I don't dare to rashly present it to the prince without an adult's order." ”

"Well, in that case, let them present it!"

"No!" Wei Shuo waved his hand to the guards behind him, and after a while, he saw a sturdy man walking in with a huge ceramic jar, and Cao Wei and the others stared at the ceramic jar without blinking.

Wei Shuo took the ceramic jar, unsealed it, reached into the urn, grabbed a handful of cement, and put it on Cao Wei's desk. Cao Wei leaned forward and gently picked up some cement powder with the little finger of his right hand to observe it carefully.

"This is cement?" Cao Wei pointed to the handful of gray powder on the desk and said with a puzzled face, he didn't see anything extraordinary about this powder after looking at it for a long time.

"That's right, what Lord Thorn Shi sees is cement, don't look at this thing is not amazing, once it solidifies in water, it can become as hard as brick and stone, and it is not afraid of water and fire."

"Oh? It's so amazing! Someone, bring some water to the official! ”

As soon as Cao Wei heard this, he hurriedly ordered people to find water to try the miraculous effect of cement, and the others also craned their necks to look around, wanting to see how the cement hardened.

Unexpectedly, Wei Shuo said: "Adults don't know, although cement can be hardened when exposed to water, it takes time. Generally, it takes half a quarter of an hour to start solidifying, and it takes about two quarters of an hour to fully solidify. ”

"Ahh It's going to take so long! Cao Wei was a little disappointed, but he still asked people to find some water and cement to put aside, and they were specially guarded, and they only waited for the banquet to be checked.

Although Cao Wei was not able to see the cement harden with his own eyes, he was very satisfied with Wei Shuo's performance. Wei Shuo's ability to spend his time making cement to please him just shows how much Wei Shuo attaches importance to him! Cao Wei was born as a bandit, and he was most afraid of being looked down upon by outsiders, but now that he saw Wei Shuo giving gifts so attentively, he couldn't help but have a good impression of Wei Shuo.

"Hahaha, Lord Wei has worked hard, wait for the official to check the effect of the cement, and then give the reward!"

"Thank you, Lord Thorn Shi!" Wei Shuo hurriedly bowed down and thanked him.

Just as Wei Shuo was about to return to his seat, he saw a person standing next to him: "Lord Wei, I heard that your Laoshan Mountain is rich in green salt, I wonder if you would like to dedicate this secret technique to Lord Thorn Shi this time?" ”

Wei Shuo turned around to look, but saw Le'an Domestic Shi Tianhua looking at him with a smile on his face. Wei Shuo's heart sank, knowing that the benefits of green salt had aroused the covetousness of all parties, not only the assassin Shi Cao Wei and his subordinates were eyeing Laoshan Qingyan, but even the local families in Qingzhou were not willing to be swallowed by Laoshan alone.

"Green salt is the foundation of the survival of tens of thousands of displaced people in Laoshan, although I can't dedicate this secret technique to Lord Thorn History, but I, Laoshan Mountain, am also willing to hand over 10,000 stone blue salt to the Thorn History Mansion every year."

"Ten thousand stones?"

"Shhh

Listening to Wei Shuo's words, there was a sudden gasping sound in the hall, 10,000 stone blue salt according to the current market price, but two million yuan, more than the annual tax of the average county, Wei Shuo's generosity suddenly shocked everyone present.

Even Cao Wei had nothing to say, although he was very greedy for the secret technique of salt making mastered by Laoshan, but he didn't dare to force each other too much, in case Wei Shuo learned that Su Jun fled to Jiangdong under the dog jumping off the wall, wouldn't he want the chicken to fly the egg to fight in vain. Besides, every year, there is more income from 10,000 stone green salt, and he Cao Wei is also content.

"Hahaha!" Therefore, Cao Wei smiled heartily, and immediately resolved the tense atmosphere at the banquet, only to see him smile: "Master Wei is really a sincere person, this ten thousand stone blue salt Cao has accepted, and in the future, Laoshan Trading Company can freely do business in my Qingzhou, and the local government cannot be hindered." ”

"The lower officials and others should remember the teachings of Lord Assassin Shi!" The civil and military forces in Qingzhou who were present hurriedly responded and fell to their knees.

Wei Shuo listened to Cao Wei's public promise, and couldn't help but be secretly overjoyed. With today's warning from Cao Wei, it must be much more convenient for Laoshan to travel in Qingzhou in the future. With the Qingzhou market, coupled with the increasingly open Xuzhou market, as well as the Jiangdong market that is about to be developed, the future of Laoshan's green salt business has broad prospects.

Although the family members present hated Wei Shuo so much, they didn't dare to show it in front of Cao Wei, so they had to secretly curse Wei Shuo for not knowing how to lift.

Donglai Taishou Wang Tingjian looked at Cao Wei and Wei Shuo, who were happy, and his eyes were full of cold light. For the secret technique of making salt, the Langya Wang clan and Laoshan did not know how many times they had secretly clashed, but each time it ended in the failure of the Wang family. This time, Wang Tingjian did not hesitate to be a thief, isn't it just to get this secret skill?

Now that Wei Shuo and Cao Wei have hooked up, it will be even more inconvenient to do it in the future. Wang Tingjian's eyes rolled, and his head didn't stop for a moment, thinking about how to attack Laoshan Mountain. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but complain about the timid Su Junlai again, if he didn't leave from now on, wouldn't it be better for him to come forward?

Among the people present, I am afraid that Mr. Liu is the only one who is secretly worried, he has just expressed his heart to Wei Shuo, but he doesn't want to lose his lord so soon. In the end, seeing that Wei Shuo had passed the test without danger, he was relieved.

The feast was finally over, and the cement began to solidify after adding water. Cao Wei was overjoyed when he saw this scene, and was amazed by Wei Shuo, and named him to be responsible for the cement supply for the construction of Guanggu City in the future.

Wei Shuo will not be poor and generous, after several rounds of negotiations, it was finally agreed that the price of cement is 600 yuan per stone, and Wei Shuo will earn about a penny for every pound of cement sold, which is already very profitable, but unfortunately except for Wei Shuo, no one present knows the secret. On the contrary, everyone present thought that the price of 600 yuan per stone was very cheap, compared to the price of rice that was once 10,000 yuan, the price of cement was simply the price of cabbage, and even Cao Wei thought that Wei Shuo deliberately showed favor to him at a low price!

When Wei Shuo left Cao's Mansion, there was an additional Mr. Liu by his side, and Mr. Liu was originally a figure with a very low sense of presence in the Assassin's Mansion, so no one noticed that he and Wei Shuo were walking together.

Walking on the road, when Wei Shuo told Mr. Liu about the cement deal he reached with Cao Wei, Mr. Liu couldn't help but be dumbfounded: "I didn't expect the cost of cement to be so low, but I don't know what this thing is made of?" ”

"Hahaha......" Wei Shuo smiled proudly: "Don't say, don't say it, you will know it when you get to Laoshan in the future." ”

Mr. Liu also knew that now was definitely not the time to talk about this matter, so he stopped inquiring.

Before parting, Mr. Liu said deeply: "Lord, let Liu go back to settle one or two, and after solving the mundane affairs at home, Liu will go to Laoshan to follow around." ”

Wei Shuo took Mr. Liu's arm and said goodbye: "Although I haven't been with Liu Langjun for a long time, I know very well that Your Excellency is a person who believes in his word, and now he will go to settle his family, and Wei is waiting for him in Laoshan." ”

While Wei Shuo and Mr. Liu were busy parting, Cao Wei was talking about Wei Shuo with several henchmen in the Assassin's Mansion. Today's performance made Cao Wei very satisfied, but he also wanted to hear the senses of the people below about Wei Shuo.

"Today, you and the others have also seen that Wei Shuo, let's talk about it!"