"Haha-"

After listening to Ah Da's report, Lu An almost smiled from ear to ear.

The incident of Baihaisha made Lu An realize the importance of intelligence.

Otherwise, Pingyuan Chen would not have set his eyes on the white sea sand he needed so quickly, and also realized that the white sea sand is the most important raw material for the production of glassware.

Therefore, since then, Lu An has also sent people in Yangzhou to pay special attention to the movements of the Chen and Lu families.

When Ah Da reported to him that the Chen and Lu families sent people to Baqu County urgently, Lu An instantly understood the other party's intentions.

In fact, the Chen and Lu families, as a family that has been inherited for hundreds of years, are naturally not stupid people, and they quickly figured out that the raw material for Lu An's ice making must be saltpeter!

"These two families obviously want to put me to death, and they don't want me to turn over!"

Lu An's eyes flashed, but there was a smile on his face.

"Hehe, in that case, Ben Shao will have a good time with them!"

"Lian'er, you take some people to Baqu County again."

"Just in case, when it is dangerous, you can go directly to Zhou Yun, the guard of Baqu County, for help, in addition, we still have two hundred soldiers in the Liujia saltpeter mine, and we can also mobilize them if necessary!"

"Also, Ah Da, you find five brothers with good skills to follow Lian'er to protect her at any time."

"Lian'er, you only have one thing to do when you go to Baqu County this time."

"That is, at all costs, we will go all out to buy all the saltpeter mines in Baqu County!"

"Not only that, but after you arrive in Baqu County, you can also make a bigger noise, and you can even write a notice to buy saltpeter ore like I did in Baqu County!"

"Tell the mine owners that as long as they are willing to sell the saltpeter mines, the price is not a problem!"

"The most important thing is to make sure you emphasize to the mine owners that as long as they are willing to sell their farm, they can do whatever it takes!"

Lu Yuyan on the side immediately stopped, "An Shao, the concubine feels that this move is inappropriate."

Although saltpeter ice making can bring huge profits, after all, it is only in demand for more than three months in summer, and after these months, it is not necessary.

What's more, spending too much money on this is really bad for our other industries! ”

After Lu Yuyan finished speaking, Lian'er also nodded and agreed, "The little maid also thinks that what Miss said is right, and I hope An Shao will think twice." ”

Lu An smiled when he heard this, "Just do what I say." ”

Seeing that Lu An had made up her mind, Lu Yuyan had no choice but to take some Lian'er and immediately set off to return to Baqu County again.

As soon as Lian'er took people away, the Yangzhou Chen and Lu families immediately received the news.

Last time in Baqu County, there was already a conflict between the two sides, and if you don't attack Lian'er again this time, it may be counterproductive.

It's just that Lu Dingtian and Old Lady Chen instantly realized Lu An's intentions.

"Brother Chen, it's obvious that Kid Lu An is planning to buy a large number of saltpeter mines in Baqu County, let's ......"

"Didn't say that!" Without waiting for Lu Dingtian to finish speaking, Old Lady Chen waved his hand domineeringly, "It's really beyond my power to compete with our two families for financial resources!"

Brother Lu, let's join forces, and we can't kill him? ”

"Hehe, what Brother Chen said is exactly what I want, no matter what, I must not give that kid a chance to turn over!"

After discussing, the two heads of the family sent fast horses again, asking those who arrived first to stop Lu An's acquisition no matter what.

So, soon, a thrilling bidding action was launched in Baqu County.

Here in Danyang County, after Lu An sent Lian'er away, he put this matter behind him, and instead took a few cronies, and put all his energy on the development of rubber products.

The uses of rubber are too wide.

In addition to being used in glassware at the beginning to reduce the fragility rate of glassware, the most manufactured is the tire of horse-drawn carriages.

Of course, those who can afford rubber tires are generally large households.

Among them, Pingyuan Chen bought the most.

After all, the Chen family's main business is porcelain, and porcelain is fragile and inconvenient to transport, even if you are careful, if the road is far away, there will inevitably be some losses.

With Lu An's rubber-tired carriage, the loss can be minimized.

However, it would be overkill to use such precious rubber only to make tires.

Therefore, Lu An, with a few cronies, began to develop other products.

First of all, the rubber saddle!

Whether it is the Central Plains or the Turks, all cavalry saddles are wooden, and only a few people of noble status will use gold and silver saddles.

However, even if it is a gold and silver saddle, it can only reflect the identity of the rider, and it cannot improve the comfort of the ride at all.

But rubber saddles are different.

Not only lightweight, but more importantly, comfortable!

Usually use a wooden saddle, and at the end of the day, the crotch will definitely be painful.

A rubber saddle can completely avoid this problem.

If the rubber saddle is popularized, the cavalry can travel for several days and nights without suffering, which greatly enhances their combat effectiveness, and the cavalry of any force will rush to it.

Do what you think.

Lu An immediately contacted the local carpenters, made several wooden saddle molds with outstanding craftsmanship, and then began to expand the rubber saddle on the mold.

It took only five days for the first batch of rubber saddles to take shape.

Lu An took Ah Da, Lu Yuyan, Mu Lingfeng and the others to ride a war horse equipped with a rubber saddle, and excitedly turned around Jingyue Xuan for nearly an hour.

"Xianggong, this rubber saddle is too practical, if it can be promoted in Lord Chu's military camp, our combat effectiveness will definitely increase greatly!

Moreover, Pu Zhen's Black Armor Army is the same, if they are given a batch of this kind of saddle, Pu Zhen's guy will definitely die of happiness! ”

Lu An smiled and said nothing.

He's in business, and he has nothing to do with any power.

As long as Chu Yin is willing to give money, it doesn't matter if he sells it to them.

As for Pu Zhen...... Hehe!

Lu An always didn't like that guy.

You can't see real money, and you don't want a saddle.

Even if Chu Yin came to intercede, it would not be easy!

Lu Yuyan on the side also nodded and praised, "Once An Shao's rubber saddle is available, it will definitely cause all forces to rush to rob it."

The concubine has a hunch that maybe in the future, the sales of this rubber saddle will even be higher than that of snowflake salt. ”

Prior to this, anyone in Jingyuexuan thought that among Lu An's businesses, Snow Salt was the most profitable.

But now, Lu Yuyan has changed her opinion.

It can be seen that she is very optimistic about the future of rubber saddles.

"An Shao—"

Ah Er hurriedly rode over, his face was a little unpleasant.

"Miss Lian'er has just sent back the news that the acquisition of saltpeter mines is not going well......"

"She brought 150,000 taels of silver, and so far she has not received even a saltpeter mine."

"Because the Plains Chen and Qinghe Lu deliberately stirred up the situation, the price of saltpeter ore in Baqu County has skyrocketed."

"According to Miss Lian'er, one of the small saltpeter mines is even smaller than the scale that Boss Zheng sold to us, but it was sold for a high price of 180,000 taels!"

"Miss Lian'er wants her subordinates to ask you, with the current price of saltpeter ore, I'm afraid we will not receive anything.

Moreover, the Chen and Lu families deliberately stirred up the situation, which has pushed the price of saltpeter to an extremely unreasonable level. ”

"Therefore, Miss Lian'er asked to give up the intention to buy and withdraw it in time."

Lu An was stunned when he heard this, "Are the Qinghe Lu clan and the Pingyuan Chen clan so rich?"

However, it is imperative to buy saltpeter mines, no matter how much money you have, you can't back down!

Tell Lian'er that she can't come back and continue to find a way to buy!

In addition, let people send another 50,000 taels of silver to Lian'er, even if it is a small mine, you must buy one back! ”

"Yes!"