After the cigarettes were manufactured, Xu Chuan was the first to try the taste.

Different spices are added to the shredded tobacco on different plates, and after it is roasted, there are differences in taste and smell. Although it is not as good as modern cigarettes, it is much better than the bakutan leaves smoked before.

Not only is the bitterness gone, but the taste is also much softer, no longer teasing and choking.

Although these cigarettes can be compared to modern fake cigarettes at best, he is already satisfied with the level of being able to make them.

After all, it's only the first batch, and it can be improved in the future.

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With the first batch of cigarettes, Xu Chuan called Ji Liang, Old Man, Jing Lao and other elders from the three areas.

These elders, except for Wu Lao in the academy and Jing Lao in the medical hall, everyone else basically smokes, and they are all decades old.

One person divided a few, and when Xu Chuan explained that this was a cigarette made from bakuzu leaves, a group of old smokers holding white cigarettes were surprised.

The snow white in the hand is incomparably white, and it also exudes a faint fragrance, and it can make people feel refreshed when you put it under your nose and smell it.

When did the smell of bakuba leaves smell so good?

"Try it, guys, and see what it tastes like." Xu Chuan smiled and said, he was confident enough to conquer everyone.

Hearing this, everyone sitting around lit the cigarettes in their mouths with fire folds, and after taking two puffs, everyone's surprised expressions disappeared.

Smelling the smoke with a faint aroma and exhaling a puff of white mist, this group of old smokers who smoke all year round want to hum comfortably.

For them, this is simply the best cigarette in the world, and even Xun Guangyuan, who habitually smokes five taels of silver and a pound of hookah in Chu State, closed his eyes and enjoyed it.

Xu Chuan was playing with Ba Kuye Everyone present knew it, and Xu Lao also specially notified them, asking them not to sell Ba Kuye for the time being, saying that there was a way to become more valuable.

It's just that they didn't expect that Baku, who was so strong and strong before, could become so mellow after walking around Xu Chuan's hands.

Soon, everyone smoked only a cigarette butt in their mouths, and an idea popped up in everyone's hearts.

It would be nice if I could make it a little longer, this cigarette is too short, and it feels a little unenjoyable after smoking.

Looking at everyone, Xu Chuan smiled and asked, "How is it, will this cigarette be easy to sell?" ”

"It's sure to sell!"

"The caravan will definitely want it."

"It's definitely easy to sell, but it depends on the price, if you want five hundred wen and one tael of silver, I'm afraid few people can smoke it."

"Nephew Chuan, how much silver are you going to sell for this cigarette?"

Everyone talked about it and expressed their opinions.

Xu Chuan laughed and said, "The price, this is easy to say." ”

"All of you are your own people, and I will give you a thorough explanation, the cigarettes you just smoked in your hands cost at most a copper plate."

"Those tobacco leaves, that is, bakutan leaves, are not worth much, everyone knows that a bakutan leaf can make many cigarettes after processing, and the slightly more expensive ones are some spices added to it, such as honey, mint leaves and other things."

"As for pricing, the price sold to the caravan will certainly not be the same as the price sold to our own people."

"Today, I am looking for all the elders to come out because I want to establish a factory specializing in the production of cigarettes."

"In the future, the cigarette factory will buy the tobacco leaves of every household in our three areas, and the price will definitely be higher than selling them to the caravan, and part of the cigarettes produced will be left to our own people, at most three or five copper plates a box, a box of twenty sticks, and no money."

"The other part is sold to the caravan, and the pricing of this part will be decided when the time comes."

Xu Chuan said with a smile, and added: "By the way, after the establishment of the cigarette factory, it is necessary to recruit personnel to make cigarettes." The work of making cigarettes is not heavy, it can be carried out by women, and it will be paid every month, and the salary will be very good, not to mention three or five hundred wen a month, and the wives and daughters of the guards who died in the previous battle can be recruited first, which can be regarded as compensation for the ancestors. ”

Hearing this, everyone nodded and agreed: "This is a good way, there have been many guards who have died in battle, and the family has lost a man, there is no support column, and it is very hard, with more income, life can be improved." ”

The people of this era, especially the people in the three areas, basically have no bad intentions.

As for Xu Chuan's proposal to build a tobacco factory, collect the wives and daughters of the guards who died in the past to work and pay salaries, everyone thinks it is very good, and the monthly salary of three or five hundred wen is enough to support the family.

Seeing everyone nodding, Xu Chuan smiled, and then asked, "The large-scale caravan should be coming soon, right?" ”

Although there are a large number of bandits and bandits entrenched in the Sanzhi area, there are still large-scale caravans passing through here every year, because the closest and most convenient from here.

Moreover, large-scale caravans often cost three to five thousand people, and some of them will specially ask people to protect them, so they are not very afraid of those bandits.

"Well, soon, let's have more than a month, almost every year when a large number of caravans pass by us, at this time of year, every household can receive some merchants, and sell the goods that go up to the mountains to hunt, bakutan leaves, weaving and embroidery, and sell a lot of silver, but unfortunately, in the past, most of this silver was robbed by those bandits."

Ji Liang replied, threw the finished cigarette butt in his hand to the ground, stepped on it with his foot, and looked at Xu Chuan's eyes full of determination and hope.

When he was in the barracks a few days ago, the same young man told him that he would lead the three areas to prosperity and strength, and he believed it. And today, after seeing this 'cigarette' and hearing about the cigarette factory, he is even more determined.

In these years, not to mention being a guard in the three areas, it is a soldier in the three major countries, although there are laws to take care of the family, but in fact, there are not many at all, and it can even be said that there is none.

There is no doubt that the cigarette factory gives priority to recruiting the families of soldiers who died in battle, which is an emphasis on protecting the town soldiers, an emphasis on the soldiers, and a solution to the worries of the families who have no one to take care of them.

Xu Chuan smiled and continued, "This is the second question I want to talk about. ”

"Now that we don't care about the town, it's not what it used to be, and we have town guards who can protect ourselves, and we can't let those large-scale caravans enter and leave the town at will."

"After all, things like the cigarette factory that is about to be built and the steel mill that are being built can be said to be our lifeblood, and they all need to be kept secret, and it is impossible to let those businessmen come in and out at will."

"So I propose to divide a piece of land outside the town and build an inn for the caravans, while the large-scale caravan has not yet arrived."

"In the future, caravans will only be able to operate in the inn, and they will not be allowed to enter our town without permission."

"After all, a large-scale caravan also has two or three thousand people, plus some may have bodyguards, and if they attack the town at will, the impact will be huge."

After a pause, Xu Chuan continued: "Of course, our own people can enter and exit the inn and the town at will, and if the villagers and people have anything they want to sell, or where they want to buy from the caravan, they can come and go freely. ”

"We only need to limit the caravan, not our own people."