An hour later, although Zhou Shuyuan had already left the backyard, the excited expression on his face did not dissipate in the slightest. The whole person is as if he has picked up a gold ingot, and he always has a smile on his face.

Seeing this, Wei Zheng continued to say in an astonishing voice.

"Strategist, this scares you......"

"After the establishment of the refined salt purification workshop, it is to purify 1,000 quintals of refined salt a day, and we can earn more than 3 million taels of silver in a year...... Of course, even if we further increase production, our refined salt market in Daming is so big, and we can earn five million taels of silver a year, which is already the sky......"

"Five million taels of silver seems like a lot, but when we have more industries and troops in the future, these five million taels of silver may not be enough for us for half a year. So, we have to have other means of making money. ”

Zhou Shuyuan's face full of excitement was shocked again......

looked at Wei Zheng and asked with an expectant face: "General, you mean, you have other ways to make money......

Wei Zheng nodded and affirmed: "Of course there are ......"

"Compared with coarse salt purification, the method I will talk about next is all real profiteering. Not only that, but this means of making money is specifically to earn money from the gentry, landlords, and wealthy people. As long as we run well, we can bring us four or five million taels of silver a year, or even tens of millions of taels of silver, and it will be fine......

"Tens of millions of taels of silver ......" At this time, Zhou Shuyuan's face became stunned directly because of shock.

After he reacted from the shock, he looked into Wei Zheng's eyes, in addition to his original expectation. Already unconsciously, there is a hint of longing and heat.

And asked Wei Zheng eagerly, "General." What means of making money...... It's so powerful. You can earn tens of millions of taels of silver in a year, and you can also earn money from the gentry and landlords......"

Wei Zheng replied unhurriedly: "It's very simple, just two words, glass ......"

"Glass ......" Hearing these two words, the shock on Zhou Shuyuan's face was quickly replaced by doubt.

He said thoughtfully to Wei Zheng: "General, selling glass is indeed very profitable. As far as I know, a piece of one-foot-square glass was transported from Europe to our Ming Dynasty. It can be sold for at least a hundred taels of silver. Even a small piece of glass as a slap can be sold for ten taels of silver...... And there is no market, after all, these glasses have to be transported back from distant Europe, and it takes more than half a year to travel by ship. ”

"General, are you planning to form a fleet and go to Europe to buy glass and sell it......

Wei Zheng shook his head and replied: "No, what I want is not to sell, but to produce ...... by myself."

Before Zhou Shuyuan could react from his answer, Wei Zheng had already spoken again: "Our Ming Dynasty already has the production process of colored glass. Compared with glass, the production process of glass is not much different. It only takes a few ensign alterations to produce expensive glass ...

"And I happen to have this glass production process..."

"Not only that, but I also want to sue you, just take the one-foot-square glass you just mentioned, although the price has reached a hundred taels of silver, it is still priceless. However, after really using the production process I mentioned, the cost of producing such a piece of glass can definitely be controlled within one or two pieces of silver...."

"If we can produce it on a large scale, the cost of the 'assembly line' glass that I want to implement in our Datong Mansion can be reduced by at least 30%..."

"In other words, if we produce a piece of glass, we can at least get a hundred times the profit..."

"Hundreds of times the profit, isn't this a money grab?" At this time, Zhou Shuyuan directly ignored the production process that Wei Zheng said, and then subconsciously let out an exclamation...

Wei Zheng smiled and said noncommittally: "Yes, it's a robbery of money, and it's also a robbery of the money of the gentry and landlords...."

"In our current Ming Dynasty, almost all the silver is concentrated in the silver cellars of these gentry and landlords. If we don't snatch this silver, we won't be able to make much money just from the hands of ordinary people..."

"As long as you earn the silver hidden in the silver cellar by the gentry and landlords, that is the real money..."

Zhou Shuyuan nodded in agreement, and then asked Wei Zheng: "General, you say, how can I produce glass and make money from the hands of the gentry and landlords....... I can't wait..."

Wei Zheng waved his hand, signaling Zhou Shuyuan to calm down for a while, and said in a calm tone: "The production of glass is not to purify refined salt, not only requires skilled bows and arrows, but also requires an earthen kiln for firing glass, so we can't be in a hurry." ”

"After going down, the first thing you will do is to set up a coarse salt purification workshop, and it is still producing. When that's over, let's start preparing for a glass workshop..."

"Among the hundreds of thousands of displaced people, Ji'an is looking for craftsmen who can make zuò glaze. When we find them, we will gather them all together and give them a large settling-in fee, so that they can work for us for the rest of their lives......"

"After having a craftsman, according to the requirements of the craftsman, all kinds of clay kilns for the production of glaze were established."

"When you're done, come back to me. When the time comes, I will personally go to the glass workshop and teach everyone how to make glass and mirrors......"

"Of course, when setting up a glass workshop, we must keep one thing in mind, and that is to keep it secret....Only by keeping the secret of the glass production process can we make more money with glass......

Zhou Shuyuan assured loudly: "Please rest assured, for the sake of silver, I am fighting for this life, and I will also establish these two workshops to make a steady stream of silver for our Datong General Military Mansion..."

Zhou Shuyuan's movements were still very fast, and with the warrant issued by the General Military Mansion, it only took three days to collect almost 5,000 quintals of coarse salt in Datong Mansion.

Not only that, the first batch of young people who set up a coarse salt purification workshop also went to the workshop secretly built by the General Military Mansion under the heavy supervision of the Haw Par Army to start their coarse salt purification career......

When the first batch of hundreds of quintals of refined salt entered the market, the entire Datong Mansion fell directly into a boil...

Since the riots in Shaanxi, the refined salt workplaces in the entire Datong Province have almost been out of stock. Many gentry and landlords even began to use coarse salt for cooking, and in this case, hundreds of quintals of refined salt suddenly appeared, which had to make these gentry and landlords who continued to refine salt feel excited.

It took less than an hour to buy a hundred quintals of refined salt.

Not only that, because of the continuous bidding of the gentry and landlords, the price of refined salt was directly increased from twelve taels of silver to twenty taels of silver.

Looking at the two thousand taels of silver sent by his subordinates, Zhou Shuyuan couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The dog's day is still the official gentry and landlord, and the rich man's money is easy ......to earn..."