Duncan went away angrily with the two lightmen. Chen Xiansong watched the silver-white carriage leave from the window, and then he suddenly felt very tired, sat down in the chair, and just exhaled, a pair of warm and smooth hands pressed on the temples on both sides of his head, and then gently rubbed his acupuncture points.

"The technique is very good, and you have comprehended it yourself?" There was a familiar clear fragrance behind him, and of course Chen Xiansong knew that Bai Min was massaging himself. She's a combative cyborg, and it stands to reason that such a delicate little trick shouldn't be.

"I learned it from Huilian." Bai Min replied softly.

I see! Chen Xiansong understood in his heart that the women of the Aurora Kingdom were notoriously gentle and lovely, and it was normal for them to use these means to please their husbands, but he was even more strange that Bai Min would learn such things...... It stands to reason that Bai Mingang was not long after he was 'born', and he should not have such an active learning concept.

"Sister Qianxin asked me to learn." Bai Min seemed to know what Chen Xiansong was thinking, and her expression was also a little worried: "No...... All right? ”

"Xiao Min is fine." Chen Xiansong said with a smile, and then he felt that Bai Min's little hands were more gentle and light.

At this time, there was a knock on the door, and after a few seconds, the vice president walked in, he saw Bai Min massaging Chen Xiansong, and quickly lowered his head, not daring to look more, and then asked: "President, I heard the servant just now, you asked me to investigate whether the association has business dealings with the Bauhinia family?" ”

Chen Xiansong nodded: "Yes." I'm going to bother you with that. ”

"No trouble." The vice president shook his head, and he said, "I'm just wondering, why did you suddenly make this decision, did you have some unpleasantness with His Excellency Duncan just now?" ”

"That's true." Chen Xiansong knew that most of the affairs of the Dao Association were actually handled by the vice president, and he could say that all his enthusiasm was put on the association, so he didn't have the heart to hide it from him. After explaining the matter roughly, he continued: "The cause and effect of this incident is the same, I wonder what you think, Vice President Lu Dao?" ”

"Your Excellency has a good refusal." The vice president smiled slightly, and said proudly: "Bauhinia is indeed the big family of our Kate King City, but compared to our Soul Thinkers Association, it is still far behind. Since Miss Xiao is a student of Your Excellency, she will marry in the future, and she will also marry the elite of our association, when will it be the turn of outsiders to make delusions. ”

Businessmen seek profit, and Chen Xiansong thought that the vice president would oppose it. I didn't expect him to be more radical than himself.

"Then you'll leave this matter to you."

The vice president bent down slightly, answered, and then continued: "It's just that there is still a bit of a problem in this. I supervise and inspect most of the business in the association, and I do have some business dealings with the Bauhinia family, but unfortunately the amount is not large. If it is broken, it will not make the other party's muscles and bones move. I think, to do. Just make the second biggest. At the same time, to establish authority for other nobles in the city, our Black Rock City branch has kept a low profile for decades...... Since you want to do something when you take office, why don't we just make things bigger, let others see, our soul contemplative association is not easy to mess with, even if there is something wrong with the general assembly. Our local associations are also not easy to mess with, lest any birds and beasts dare to spill in front of the association. ”

Hearing this, Chen Xiansong understood, and the vice president didn't know what to do. And it's been a long time, and now that Chen Xiansong is out, the vice president wants to take this opportunity to make trouble and let out his sulk.

"Since the Bauhinia family is a big family, the agricultural tax alone will definitely not be able to support the expenses of a family." Chen Xiansong thought for a while and said: "Vice President, you are very good at business, can you go and inquire about what the Bauhinia family relies on to maintain its own source of funds, find out, write it all down, and I will figure out the rest." ”

"President, don't check, I know everything, it's not a secret, although the Bauhinia family is involved in a lot of business, but their biggest source of income is still snow salt." When it came to business, the vice president's eyes brightened significantly, and he said with some admiration: "Hundreds of years ago, the Bauhinia family produced a soul thinker who knew how to refine white salt from salt stones, and it is said that he can produce more than two hundred catties of pure snow salt every day. There are many families who know how to make salt, but the salt belonging to his family is the whitest and finest. The production is not low, so it can be sold for a sky-high price of three gold coins per kilogram. ”

"Salt?" Chen Xiansong was stunned for a moment. In the 22nd century, salt was so common and so cheap that he had always had the illusion that salt was a very cheap thing at any time, and now when he heard the vice president mention it, he suddenly remembered what was recorded in the history books. Salt in the Dark Ages was an indispensable and expensive seasoning, and ordinary people ate it all unfiltered, yellow salt with sediment, and better people ate green salt, and white salt, that is, snow salt, which only the rich and noble families could afford to eat every day.

"Xiaomin, what kind of salt did we eat before, and how much did it cost?" Chen Xiansong realized that he really didn't know anything about the trivial matters at home.

"White salt, three gold coins a kilogram." Bai Min replied softly.

"So expensive! Whether it's mineral salt or sea salt, it's not difficult to refine. Chen Xiansong muttered in a low voice.

The vice president's ears were sharp, he heard it, and he was immediately ecstatic, and the whole person rushed to Chen Xiansong's table, and slapped his hands on the table: "President, do you know how to make salt?" Whether it's snow salt or green salt, if it's snow salt, we'll send it, no, don't use snow salt, even if you know how to make green salt, we'll send it. ”

"Even if I know how to make salt, it's useless." Chen Xiansong spread his hands: "There is no sea near us, and there is no salt mine, how to make ......?"

"Yes, of course." The vice president's whole face turned red with excitement: "In the place near our Black Rock City and Tachibana Thorn border, there are several salt mountains, but those salts are poisonous, and if you eat a little, you will vomit and leak, and if you eat too much, you will not die." If you know how to make salt, there will be enough place for us to harvest it for a few lifetimes. President, you can't hide your secrets anymore, if we get this done, it will be a great credit to the entire association. ”

"Vice President, calm down first." Chen Xiansong poured him a glass of water.

After all, the vice president is a person who has seen the world, and when he saw Chen Xiansong say this, he knew that he was a little excited and carried away, he took a deep breath several times, then took the cup and drank the water slowly. After straightening out his emotions, he said with a smile: "President, I'm a little too excited to make you laugh." It's just that the most profitable things in this world are salt and iron. Our Soul Thinkers Guild has a part of the iron trade, but this salt business has really not been touched, because no one knows how to make salt, and the soul thinker hundreds of years ago only left the recipe to his descendants. It was not handed over to the association. ”

"Do I have to give my recipe to the guild too?" Chen Xiansong hesitated, the method of making salt is not difficult, whether it is boiling salt or drying salt, he understands the principle, and when the time comes, he can succeed as long as he tries a few more times. Even if you hand it over, there's no pity. But the problem is that now Riccardo is his enemy. This method of salt production is handed over as soon as it is handed in. It will definitely fall into his hands, and that will not add financial support to the enemy!

"President, you don't have to turn it in." The vice president sneered, "Our branch can do this by itself." After handing it over to the general association, we can only get a reward of tens of thousands of gold coins at most, and we can earn a hundred times more by ourselves. ”

"I want to know if I can make white salt. Then the product will take care of you, are you confident that the income of the Bauhinia family will drop by more than 50%? Chen Xiansong asked.

"It depends on the salt that your method makes, whether it is snow salt or green salt, and how many kilograms can be produced every day!"

"Snow salt. As long as there are enough manpower, 1,000 kilograms a day is still a bit confident. Chen Xiansong said.

"Every day...... 1,000 kilograms of snow salt. The vice president's neck seemed to be stuck, and the sound of breathing seemed to be about to run out of breath, and he seemed to be standing unsteadily and took a few steps back, and muttered in his mouth: "Even if the cheapest wholesale price of snow salt, it costs two gold coins a kilogram, and at the end of the day, it is two thousand gold coins, a month...... Elder, the hundreds of thousands of gold coins you have saved through decades of hard work are a joke in front of your students, a joke. ”

Chen Xiansong saw that the vice president kept chattering, for fear that he would lose his mind, so he quickly knocked on the table a few times and said loudly: "Vice president, you haven't answered me yet, if you can have a thousand kilograms of snow salt for you to dispatch a day, can you deal with the Bauhinia family?" ”

"Absolutely." The vice president woke up in shock, he patted his chest and packed the ticket, there are so many snow salts, as long as the cost price does not exceed one gold coin and one kilogram, not to mention the Bauhinia family, if the royal family also sells snow salt, I can even bankrupt them.

Speaking of this, the vice president's face suddenly changed: "No, no!" It's too big a thing, we can't eat it with one branch alone, we have to find a whole group of people who can help us, that salt mountain is on the border, if Tachibana Thorn sees us picking salt, it will definitely go crazy, so we have to find a strong military ally, they will take care of the trouble, and we will only concentrate on selling salt. ”

Chen Xiansong thought for a while and said, "How is the City Lord's Mansion." ”

The vice president thought for a moment and said, "It can only be the City Lord's Mansion." President, this matter is very important, I will go to the City Lord's Mansion to invite His Excellency Zelonger to come over and discuss, please wait here for a while. ”

Half an hour later, a murderous cavalry came running from the City Lord's Mansion, and they surrounded the entire Soul Thinkers Association. Ze Longer was wearing pajamas, with a pair of red eyes, as if he had seen a bloody hungry wolf, he hurriedly walked up to the second floor, pushed open the door and saw Chen Xiansong, and did not greet him, so he asked viciously: "Chen Xiansong, I heard that you can make salt, is it true?" ”

"Of course, I don't have to lie about this little thing."

"This is no small matter!" Ze Long'er grinned, and his whole person was full of bloodthirsty aura: "The City Lord's Mansion can provide you with all the protection, the people of the Standing Flower Thorn dare to come, we will help you drive them away, and we will never let them step into the salt mountain for half a step, someone dares to reveal the secret of the salt mining process, even if he escapes to the ends of the earth, even if he hides in the royal family, we will find a way to help you kill ...... But our city lord's mansion has to be rewarded, and we have to have a share, and the method of making salt must not be handed over by you, so we want salt, and we have to get a share of the snow salt you refine. ”

"You're six, I'm four, how!" Ze Long'er said slowly, his head was full of green muscles. (To be continued......)