"Your Highness, there are two princes outside the door asking to see you!"

In the courtyard of His Royal Highness, Sima Shao was lying leisurely in the gazebo basking in the sun, and the guards in front of the door ran in to report.

"Hmm... Let them in! ”

Sima Shao nodded at the guards and ordered with a smile.

He had just ordered the guards to inform Zhang Jun, the son of General Zhang's family, and Li Xian, the son of the Hubu squire.

Therefore, now that the guards have come to report it, he is not surprised at all!

"No."

The guard turned around and went out, and with a notification, he led the two of them to the courtyard.

"Your Highness, why did you invite me to come?"

After being led in front of Sima Shao by the guards, the two hurriedly bowed, but both of them showed a little subtle doubt in their eyes.

They often heard their father at home praise the highness in front of them for how capable and promising, so that the two of them could learn more.

Therefore, after Sima Shao sent them an invitation this time, they didn't even think about it, and immediately ordered someone to gallop all the way over in a carriage.

"Feel free to sit down first, and watch you pant ......"

Sima Shao pointed to the other stools on the side of the table and said to the respectful two.

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

After thanking each other, the two sat down cautiously.

They had long heard of His Royal Highness's princess, Yu Wenjun, who was very skilled, and even His Royal Highness was governed obediently, so they were all cautious, for fear that His Royal Highness would be unhappy, and where did the princess come out of nowhere to beat him up.

"Your father always asked me to take care of you more, but I have never been able to find a suitable opportunity, so His Highness called you here today because I have something to discuss with you!"

Looking at the still puzzled appearance of the two, Sima Shao didn't talk nonsense, and went straight to the point!

"What's the matter?"

Hearing that there was something to discuss, the two immediately became interested!

"People in Jiankang City are panicking now, do you know why?"

Sima Shao did not answer their question immediately, but asked an irrelevant question.

"Of course the front line is unstable again!"

"To be specific? Fighting on the front line, what is most lacking now? ”

Zhang Jun pondered for a long time, but he couldn't think about it.

Or did Li Xian think of something, "What does Your Highness mean, is it 'salt'?" ”

"Today's salt market price has suddenly skyrocketed, and now it has risen to three yuan a catty, and there is no market for the price, if it continues like this, the price of salt will have to rise to at least dozens of dollars!"

"It's true, I heard people chatting today, and the amount of refined salt in the house is running out. And not only Jiankang City, but even the nearby Pengcheng, Luoyang, and Chengdu are in the same situation, and the price is even more expensive! ”

The three of them spoke one after another, discussing the topic.

After all, the people live on food! The common people and soldiers needed salt to reconcile every bite of their meal.

"Tell me, then, what would happen if anyone had a lot of salt in their hands now?"

Sima Shao half-squinted his eyes and said comfortably.

"What else? Of course, it's a fortune! ”

"That's right, now that the salt has been sent to the front line, it is estimated that the salt merchants do not have much inventory in their hands, if anyone has a large amount of salt in their hands now, then they will not directly make a lot of money?"

"But in this situation, how can anyone still have a large amount of salt in their hands?"

The three of them spoke their minds.

"Your Highness has a lot of salt in his hands at the moment!"

Sima Shao looked at the three of them playfully and said lightly.

"Is Your Highness serious...... you?"

"What do you see here?"

Sima Shao took out a small box, opened it, and handed it to the two of them.

The two looked at each other, then tasted it.

"Phew, it's salty......!"

This turned out to be salt!

In addition, it is also a fine fine salt after secondary processing!

What ordinary people saw in their homes in the past was basically a large piece of salt blue and white, and such a fine salt front-line troops could not necessarily taste it, and it was probably only enjoyed by the royal family.

"How?"

After seeing the surprised expressions of the two, Sima Shao asked for a long time.

"This salt is many times better than the common ones on the market, and the two are simply ...... difference!"

Zhang Jun looked at the refined salt and asked suspiciously, "How can His Highness have such a delicate amount of salt in his hands?" ”

"His Highness's salt is deeply processed, so it is naturally much better than the large pieces of coarse salt on the market!

It's just that? I wonder if you are interested in getting involved in this salt business? ”

Sima Shao lay comfortably on the rocking chair and asked the two.

"Interested, very interested! Your Highness is willing to introduce this business to us, that is to look up to us! ”

"That's right! As long as it is a business introduced by His Royal Highness, then we will join in and participate! ”

"How much capital does this salt business cost? I'm going back to my father to raise money! ”

As soon as they heard that they were going to join this hot salt business, they didn't even think about it, and they just agreed!

Now this salt is a necessity of life in the Great Jin, if anyone has salt in his hand, it is equivalent to holding a mountain of gold!

Although the court will control all salt, this time His Highness personally found them, and they have to participate even if they lose money!

Sima Shao smiled mysteriously at the two, "If you dare to accompany me to do this together, I guarantee that you will earn tens of thousands of yuan with interest within a month or two!" ”

"Really?"

"It doesn't matter if you have money or not, what does Your Highness say, what do we do!"

As soon as they heard that they could earn 10,000 yuan in a month or two, the eyes of the two suddenly lit up!

Now their whole family has to live on the court money given by their father!

If they can also make a lot of money on their own, then they can walk freely at home with their heads held high!

"Good! In that case, then you can rest assured that you can make a lot of money with His Highness......"

Sima Shao pointed to the refined salt on the table, and said to the two with a smile: "His Highness has a lot of this kind of salt in his hands now, and it is constantly being produced, and what you have to do is to distribute these refined salts to the salt merchants in the city at a price twice as expensive as the market!" ”

It's not profitable to be early, he didn't just let them sit and collect money!

He doesn't plan to put this exquisite salt directly into the market now, but first sell it to those salt merchants at a high price, and then wait until the market is saturated, and then sell it to the people at a low price!

"Then I wonder how many goods Your Highness has in his hands now?"

Li Xian thought for a moment and thought of a key question.

Nowadays, there is a shortage of salt, and all salt merchants are scrambling to stock up, and if the supply is insufficient, they can't sell it at a high price!

"It's about seventy or eighty thousand quintals, and it will continue to produce a steady stream!"

"So much!"

"Don't worry, our brothers will go to the salt merchant now!"

"That's right! Go now! ”

So they don't have to worry about the supply at all, no matter how much the salt merchant needs, they can agree in one go!

"You two should cherish this opportunity! As you know, this salt is in demand right now, but I'm looking at the faces of the two fathers, so I ......"

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

The two of them bowed and were very grateful!