As Su Xigui's voice fell, Zhu Niang fell into a dilemma.

As Su Xigui said, this secret recipe, after all, is not a unique craft, as long as others learn it, it has no value, but let people know that they use people who are not stove households to dry salt, and they will be questioned and imprisoned for violating the laws of the imperial court.

"Besides, it's not easy to buy and sell salt lately."

Su Xigui began to put up a shelf.

He told Zhu Niang unmistakably that now in order to repair the palace, and at the same time, the emperor has apportioned a lot of harsh taxes to the world in order to do mischief in the leopard room, and ordinary merchants who deal in official salt can't live happily, At this time, you still want to make a fortune with a secret recipe? Dream on!

Zhu Hao smiled and said: "Su Dongzhu seems to have a deep understanding, but I don't know if I agree to the conditions I offered?" ”

Su Xigui said: "It's not impossible to have 10,000 taels, after all, we are all acquaintances, and we can talk about it if we don't know each other for a day or two." But this into the income...... It's better to take out the secret recipe and continue to use it, as long as you don't tell others...... This additional condition is waived. ”

Zhu Hao thought to himself, you Su Xigui are really shrewd, I am going to sell the patent to you now, do you think you can influence me if you get the patent?

"If Su Dongzhu doesn't agree, then we can talk to other families, such as Xingwangfu is a good choice!"

Zhu Hao said, "Anyway, now that the family's suppression of us is not so serious, there is really no need to work hard to earn that little hard-earned money...... How tiring it is to sift salt. ”

It is also the argument that buying and selling does not achieve a one-size-fits-all decision.

Su Xigui thought to himself: "Where did this kid get his confidence? Think I can't find out his secret recipe from the side? ”

Zhu Niang saw that her son didn't want to talk about it, so she couldn't ask for it, so she hurriedly got up and saluted: "Master Su, take your leave." ”

"Don't rush to leave just yet."

Su Xigui hurriedly stopped, "What about me, doing business is about harmony and making money, if your secret recipe can really make salt out of the ground...... I know it's unlikely, but if it's true...... Nor is it unacceptable. ”

Zhu Niang frowned: "Then are you talking about it or not?" ”

Isn't it to say that it is acceptable, but to prescribe preconditions? Are you a Taoist priest? If you do a method, you can grow salt out of nothing? I can't imagine that your Su owner also has unreliable times!

Su Xigui found that he was a little incoherent, and corrected it slightly: "That's it, I'll go back and prepare 10,000 taels of silver, and you will prepare the secret recipe, as for the contract of sharing the income of one percent, I have seen the effect of your salt, if I am satisfied, I agree in principle!" ”

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Zhu Hao and Zhu Niang went home first to prepare.

said that it was preparation, but in fact, there was nothing to prepare, but Zhu Hao took out the specific method of drying salt.

Zhu Hao will not give it all at once, he will give the general method first, as for those tricks such as pushing brine, catching brine, and making crystals, Zhu Hao will not tell Su Xigui first, and he will have to see the sincerity of the other party before making a decision.

"Xiao Hao, why did you suddenly say that you sold the recipe? Let's dry the salt ourselves, isn't it? ”

Zhu Niang never understood.

Zhu Hao smiled: "Mother, why are you confused?" To put it bluntly, our snowflake salt is illegal salt, and it is illegal to sell illegal salt, and the owner of the Su is powerful and powerful, once he is targeted, can we still do business in peace? Besides, we have ten thousand taels of silver...... You can return to a stable life, so why continue to be afraid? ”

"This ......"

Zhu Niang found that it was unreasonable for her to argue with her son.

She has always pursued a peaceful and stable life, and she had mentioned before that she wanted to stop as soon as possible, but this time Zhu Hao said that she was going to sell the secret recipe to Su Xigui, and she felt a little uneasy.

"Lord Su is too shrewd, and he is an official businessman, will we be put on a role by him?" Zhu Niang asked worriedly.

Zhu Hao smiled: "There is such a possibility, but the probability is very small." His brother-in-law, Huang Fantai, is not young, and it is estimated that he wants to improve his career, for example, if he is transferred to the two capitals and six departments, the opportunity is not big, unless he has made outstanding contributions to the Ming Dynasty...... We said that it was to sell him a recipe for drying salt, but it was better to give him a chance to help his brother-in-law rise in his career. ”

Zhu Niang was puzzled: "How do you say this?" ”

It is difficult for Zhu Hao to explain clearly to a political novice like Zhu Niang.

Huang Zan is not young, and he will immediately face Zhishi, if he wants to enter the center as a six-department squire, or even go further to be a scholar, then he must have outstanding achievements in many political envoys, but as a family background is not so strong, let alone Huang Zhan, who has no background, it is difficult.

In other words, it is almost impossible for Zhu Hao to sell a recipe for 10,000 taels, but when he comes to Su Xigui, there is a great possibility that the deal will be negotiated.

Emperor Zhengde's greed for money is a well-known thing in the world, if Huang Zan offers an opportunity to provide Zhu Houzhao with a steady stream of wealth, will the emperor look at him differently?

"Mother, in short, he is willing to buy, and we are willing to sell, isn't it good? 10,000 taels of silver, how many things can be done? Zhu Hao smiled and began to look forward to how to spend 10,000 taels of silver.

Zhu Niang took a breath and said, "My mother never dared to expect 10,000 taels of silver, in the past...... You can't earn it even for a lifetime. ”

Zhu Hao nodded: "Yes, how good it is to have 10,000 taels of silver, if Su Dong talks about credit and gives us a share every month in the future, it is a lot of money, what kind of business do we want to do in the future?" It is too risky to dry salt by yourself, and it is found out by the government that everything is over, so it is better to have a drought and flood to ensure the harvest. ”

Originally, Zhu Niang was not confident in drying salt, but after listening to Zhu Hao's analysis, she felt that she could throw the pot out, and her heart suddenly settled down.

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Back to the shop.

As soon as Zhu Niang said that she wanted to sell her son, Aunt Li was puzzled at first, and then nodded: "The master is gone, Young Master Hao is the head of the family, and he will decide, isn't it good?" ”

Zhu Niang looked at Zhu Hao, bowed slightly, and agreed with Aunt Li's statement.

A woman's family, and a festival woman, she is easy to provoke right and wrong when she comes out to show her face to do business, if Zhu Hao supports the family business, even if she is young, she is qualified to call the shots.

"Madam, how much land can you buy for 10,000 taels of silver, and we will ...... Isn't there a thousand acres of fertile land? I can't even think about it. ”

Aunt Li suddenly dreamed of the life of a big landlord.

Half a year ago, life fell into a desperate situation, the shop was about to be taken back by the family, and it was completely ruined, and now he was about to become a big landlord in the blink of an eye.

This contrast......

Zhu Niang glanced at her, "My sister thinks too much, and Su Dongzhu is not a fool, how can he use 10,000 taels of silver to buy a recipe?" It's just Xiao Hao's wishful thinking. ”

Zhu Hao smiled beside him and said: "Mother, look at it, in the matter of buying a child, I estimate that Su Xigui is more anxious than us, and now he must be raising money everywhere, and there will be news in two days." ”

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As Zhu Hao expected.

Not only did it take less than two days, but Su Xigui brought people to the door that night.

"Lord Su, it's getting late, what's the other thing you can't talk about until tomorrow? There is a lot of inconvenience at this time. ”

Zhu Niang didn't dare to open the door casually.

A widow's house, talking about business with people at night, and spreading the word must not ruin its reputation?

Su Xigui looked very anxious outside the door: "It's okay, it's okay, Su invited witnesses, they are all local gentry, how can they ruin the name of his wife?" ”

Hearing that there were gentry, Zhu Niang wouldn't open the door.

If it is known that we use secret methods to dry salt, won't even the sale of illicit salt be known? Isn't that a self-confession?

I'm not stupid enough to open the door!

Zhu Hao said: "Mother, don't go out, why don't I talk to him?" ”

"Huh!?"

Zhu Niang and Aunt Li both looked at Zhu Hao with surprised eyes.

Su Xigui, who was outside the door, heard this, and couldn't help laughing: "It's still the young master of the Zhu family who is sensible, so I will invite the young master of the Zhu family to the inn where I live to talk, and you can call a few people over there...... When the matter is settled, the money will be offered. ”

Zhu Niang was very worried and didn't dare to let her son go to the meeting alone, so she had to quickly call Xiaobai to inform Uncle Zhong and Yu San, and let them accompany Zhu Hao to the inn to discuss business.

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Innroom rooms.

Zhu Hao asked to negotiate with Su Xigui alone, and the so-called notary was meaningless to Zhu Hao.

"Young Master Zhu, you mean to say that you are using the sun...... Dried salt coming out? Isn't that a joke? There have been methods of drying salt on the beach since ancient times, when has snowflake salt been produced? Don't try to fool me with such things. ”

Su Xigui was very dissatisfied, "I sincerely take 10,000 taels of silver to do business with you, what kind of person am I, Su, you have seen, but I will not rely on the debt for the sake of a prescription...... Gotta give me an explanation. ”

Zhu Hao immediately took out a drawing and said: "This is the salt field I designed, it is night now, I can't prove it immediately, tomorrow morning, I will take you to the salt field outside the city to take a walk, and you will understand when the time comes." ”

"This ......"

Su Xigui took a general look at the drawings.

No avail.

How could he not know the method of drying salt for a long time by trafficking official salt?

Snowflake salt can be dried with bitter brine, and he won't believe it anyway.

"Lord Su, if we hadn't used such methods, how could we have produced so much snowflake salt in the past six months?" Zhu Hao said, "If Huang Fantai reports this law to the imperial court, let the imperial court choose a place to test first, and then promote it in the salt fields of the Ming Dynasty after achieving results, not to mention the doubling of the salt output of the Ming Dynasty, the quality will be greatly improved......

Su Xigui still didn't speak.

Zhu Hao said: "Everyone else will do it, naturally it can't be called a secret recipe, if it's really feasible, what does Su Dongzhu say?" ”

Su Xigui slapped the table: "It's really as you said, don't say 10,000 taels of silver, and the future will be divided into 10% of the money." ”

With Su Xigui's shrewd mind in business, he can naturally perceive the advantages of this salt drying method, and also understand how this salt drying method will bring changes to the Daming salt industry and how much help it will bring to his brother-in-law's career.

The most important thing at the moment is naturally to verify the authenticity of Zhu Hao's words.

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Early the next morning.

Su Xigui visited Zhu's rice shop early, and then Zhu Niang took Zhu Hao in a carriage and went out of the city with Su Xigui's carriage, and went around a lot of circles before coming to a salt pan hidden in a ravine.

It looks unremarkable, like a rice terrace.

At this time, no one was drying salt in the inland areas, and even if they were discovered, they couldn't figure out what it was for.

When Su Xigui arrived at the edge of the salt pan, he saw the crystals in the salt pan, and he didn't even take off his boots, so he went directly through the field built by Sanhe soil, jumped into the salt pond, leaned over and picked up a piece of salt crystal and put it in his mouth......

"Lord Su, when will the silver be delivered to my house? If you're worried about this as a suspicious formation, you can find someone to demonstrate it from beginning to end, but you may have to live in Anlu for a month or more. Zhu Hao said.

Su Xigui's hands were trembling, and his face was surprised: "Does it only take about a month to produce salt in winter?" Isn't that summer...... Naturally, you have to live, but the silver will be given today, and the side ...... What's that? ”

Zhu Hao said: "That's a waterwheel, and it sends the bitter brine from the bottom of the mountain to a high place, saving time and effort, these are all skills...... Do you think you can make snowflake salt by learning to fur? So, even if you know how to dry it, it's still hard to succeed if you don't get the hang of it...... I'm afraid we'll have to work together for a long time. ”

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