Chapter 247: Fishing for an Appetite Cut to the chase
Before the advent of snowflake salt in Lu'an, the Turkic steppe, like the Central Plains, ate crude sea salt.
Although it is a little bitter and a little gray in color, it can at least ensure the need for eating.
For example, there is a small rub of coarse salt next to the barbecue plate in front of the table in the tent, which is used to dip the barbecue and eat.
But the snowflake salt presented by Ah Wu attracted everyone just in terms of appearance.
Lu An didn't expect that Ah Wu would give such an ingenious gift.
Not to mention the glassware, this snowflake salt alone is enough to arouse the interest of Shaporo Khan.
Of course, as Lu Yuyan is about to sell snowflake salt in the Central Plains, I believe that those snowflake salts will soon spread to the Turks in the future.
But in any case, Ah Wu's move is undoubtedly a wave of effective advertisements for Lu An's snowflake salt.
"Is this the precious snowflake salt that only the emperor of the Central Plains can eat?"
Shaporo Khan muttered in his mouth as he twisted the snowflake salt with his hands, but he did not dare to put it in his mouth and eat it.
Ah Wu glanced at Lu An, and saw Lu An smiling and nodding, so he puffed up his chest and said, "To be honest, these snowflake salts are all businesses run by my master." ”
When Shaporo Khan heard this, he immediately looked at Lu An, "Virtuous son-in-law, is this true?" ”
Lu An nodded and smiled, "Father-in-law smiled, this is just a small business run by the son-in-law, just to make ends meet, hehe." ”
"Small business? Life??? ”
Shaporo Khan's air knot.
However, after receiving Lu An's affirmative answer, Shaporo Khan didn't hesitate any longer, and couldn't wait to dip a little snowflake salt in the roast meat and put it in his mouth, squinting his eyes and chewing.
"Hmm...... Not...... Delicious! It's delicious! ”
The patriarchs of the other tribes in the tent swallowed their saliva one after another, looking at the forgetful appearance of Shaboro Khan, and looked at the snowflake salt in the glass jar.
After a long while, it was not until the saliva in the tent became louder and louder that Shaporo Khan came back to his senses, "Come on, give some to the patriarchs, and everyone enjoy it together."
However, the amount of salt in this snowflake is small, so the patriarchs try to save some food. ”
All the patriarchs got up one after another to thank them, and after distributing a little snowflake salt in front of them, they couldn't wait to start tasting it.
"Wow! It's still a good taste of this snowflake salt, but it doesn't have a bitter taste at all! ”
"It's a pity, the amount of this snowflake salt is too small, after eating it once, I don't know when I can eat it again in the future......"
"So what's there to worry about? Don't forget, this snowflake salt is a business run by our colt master, and if you want to eat it in the future, you can ask the pony father for some. ”
"yes......"
In the midst of the discussion, most of the patriarchs threw eager glances at Lu An, and some people spoke directly to Lu An.
"Uh...... Master Pony, I don't know how much your snowflake salt sells? Can you trade some with our Koro tribe, you can rest assured, our Koro tribe has countless horses and sheep, as long as the horse master speaks, the patriarch will definitely give you a satisfactory price. ”
"That's right, Master Pony, our Wandering Tribe is also willing to trade some snowflake salt with you, and the price is definitely not a problem."
The situation of the Turkic tribes is different, after all, there are still a few who are as poor as the Gu Yan tribe, and the patriarchs of these tribes have eaten snowflake salt once, so naturally they don't want to eat the bitter sea salt before.
Shaporo Khan was even more unceremonious and started a relationship with Lu An.
"Son-in-law, we are also a family now, you see...... If you have enough snow salt, can you give priority to supplying Ben Khan here? ”
Facing the eager eyes of everyone in the tent, Lu An couldn't be happier.
Judging from the current situation, there is no problem at all in opening the snowflake salt market here for the Turks!
Of course, the premise is to satisfy Lu Yuyan's ongoing retaliation against the Qinghe Lu clan.
His purpose is to make money, and as for who to sell to, it is completely out of his mind!
However, before he could speak, he saw Ah Wu, who was still standing in the center of the tent, with a faint sense of anxiety between his eyebrows, and his heart immediately moved.
"Ah Wu, come and sit."
"Yes, An Shao." Ah Wu didn't hesitate, and even couldn't wait to come to Lu An's side, and then whispered a few words in Lu An's ear in front of everyone.
"What !!"
After hearing this, Lu An's face immediately changed.
Seeing this, Shaporo Khan hurriedly asked, "Son-in-law, what happened?" ”
Lu An frowned, pondered for a long time, and then got up and gave his hand, "Father-in-law, my son-in-law just learned that the snowflake salt business we run has encountered a little trouble and is already in the stage of discontinuation. ”
Well?
When everyone heard this, they were immediately stunned.
They had just enjoyed the delicious taste of snowflake salt, and they were planning to talk to Lu An about cooperation and trading, why was it so coincidental that the production of snowflake salt was in trouble and had to be stopped?
"Virtuous son-in-law, can you tell me what trouble you have encountered, maybe Ben Khan can help a little?"
"Father-in-law, Ah Wu just told me that although our caravan to the Western Regions came back safely, it encountered a large-scale raid in Wuxing County, Hexi.
A Turkic cavalry has robbed us of the sulfur we have just purchased from the Western Regions, which is essential for the production of snowflake salt.
Without this batch of sulfur, our snowflake salt production would have been forced to stop.
What's even worse is that if the Turkic cavalry does not solve the problem, or even occupies Wuxing County or Hexi all the time, our caravan wants to go back and forth to the Western Regions, and the production of snowflake salt can only be completely stopped! ”
"What do you mean by this, do you need to use sulfur for the snowflake salt you produce?" One of the patriarchs asked curiously, a shrewd glint in his eyes.
When Lu An saw it, how could he not know what the other party was thinking, he smiled secretly, and his face was solemn, "Yes, sulfur smoked snowflake salt, although the process is more complicated, is an indispensable material." ”
Shaporo Khan coughed lightly, "Son-in-law, do you know that sulfur is an extremely important strategic substance for any country, and it is not easy to get ......."
Lu An nodded, "Of course the junior son-in-law knows this, so he has been buying a small amount from the Western Regions."
Now that Hexi Road is blocked, the son-in-law heard that the area around Donghu is rich in sulfur, so he has no choice but to send someone to Donghu to try it. ”
"Master Pony doesn't have to be so troublesome."
Another patriarch stood up, "Master Ma doesn't know, Donghu is barbaric and warlike, and he doesn't know how to pay respects, especially the Donghu Tu cavalry, its combat power is so strong, even our Turkic cavalry sometimes have to avoid its edge.
Didn't the horse master just want sulfur?
Actually, we Turks have it here, don't we? ”