Chapter 57 The Law of Drying Salt
Hula was busy for a while, and the main hall was full of children and grandchildren of the Zhang family. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info Master Zhang is like a godson in front of the hall, holding Lu Dian's snow salt, let them taste it one child after another. Although salt is not a good taste, it can be said to be the most important taste in human life and indispensable every day. The children can't taste the quality of the salt, but the elders of the Zhang family, and Mrs. Zhang, an old man over eighty years old, are trembling with snow salt. He has eaten and sold salt all his life, and he has never seen such clean salt.
After all this, Master Zhang looked back at Lu Dian and said, "Let Lu Gongzi smile." I don't know how much snow salt you have, our Zhang family wants it all. ā
"Ten bags in one car, a total of three hundred catties. Lu Dian said.
"What about the price?"
"Equal weight of red copper. Lu Dian wanted to quote twice the price, but considering the frequent relationship. After thinking about it, he decided to sell this batch of salt with the same weight of copper, after all, Langya County is also his next target, and as long as a salt factory is built, the price of salt will naturally drop.
Master Zhang thought about it, and this price almost exceeded more than twice the market price. But at the same time, the quality of snow salt is more than twice that of the market. This kind of salt can only be supplied to the family and the Jinshu clan, and with their spending power, this kind of price is still a huge profit, no matter how expensive it is.
"Okay, I'll have the house slaves prepare copper for you now. Master Zhang ordered to go down.
Lu Dian sat at the table and drank a sip of seafood soup, and the strong smell of the sea almost choked his tears. This is the taste of seafood that has not been pickled. Lu Dian coughed lightly twice, it's not that this thing can't be eaten, it's just that he really can't accept the taste. No matter how Master Zhang persuaded him, he refused to take another bite.
Naturally, it was not Lu Dian's turn to personally handle the delivery of money and goods, and the group of warriors who followed Lu Dian simply took refuge under Lu Dian and did the work of domestic slaves. Lu Dian signed a contract with them, and paid more than twice as much as ordinary domestic slaves, so they were all busy with Lu Dian.
"Young Master Lu, are you not satisfied with this dish?" said Master Zhang.
Lu Dian waved his hand: "It's not that I'm not dissatisfied, your dish is already the most exquisite dish I've ever seen." ā
Master Zhang laughed: "Well said, I don't dare to say how powerful it is in my house, but I think this dish is absolutely unique in this Nanqingzhou Mansion, even if it is the Golden Book family and the county guard, it can't be compared." "Master Zhang was very happy to get Lu Dian's affirmation.
Lu Dian said lightly: "However, although this place is relatively close to the sea, after all, there is some distance, if the sea fish are dried, it is fine, but I am most afraid that it will not be dried like this, there is both some umami and some fishy smell, which is the most troublesome." ā
Master Zhang said curiously: "Could it be that Gongzi Lu has a way to solve this problem?"
Lu Dian smiled: "Master Zhang, isn't the answer in your own hands?"
"You mean salt?" said Master Zhang.
"Whether it's fish or seaweed, as long as you marinate it with enough salt, you can guarantee that it won't spoil, even if you want to ship it to Jiankang and sell it. ā
As soon as Master Zhang heard that this was the method, his face fell: "I also know your method, but how much salt does it take." The pickled thing is not cooking, add a little salt to taste, to ensure that the seafood does not rot, the fish is probably smeared with at least a spoonful of salt. ā
Lu Dian heard that he knew this method, and the reason why he didn't do it was because salt was too expensive. Lu Dian had a number in his heart.
"Master Zhang, do you know what this sea water tastes like?"
Master Zhang frowned: "You don't think of the idea of fighting seawater, right? That's an inexhaustible supply of saltwater, the problem is that seawater boils salt, which consumes a lot of fire, and the salt boiled by seawater contains poison, and people will die if they eat it." Lu Gongzi, my Zhang family has been guarding the salt mine by the sea for more than ten generations, and I haven't thought about any way. We have all tried to refine the salt into the mountain spring, but there is no way to do it in this seawater. ā
Lu Dian pondered for a while and said lightly: "I have a method to extract salt from seawater without fire, but I can only extract coarse salt, I want to cooperate with you, Master Zhang, I will come out of the method and technology, and you will come out of the artificial land." How about half of the coarse salt we produce every year?"
Master Zhang frowned: "Do you really have such a method?" Master Zhang felt incredible, the most critical question was, why did Lu Dian really have such a method to cooperate with him. Wouldn't it be better for him to make it himself?
"I want to take Master Zhang as an example and give this method of extracting salt from seawater to all the families along the coast, will there be a shortage of salt in the world at that time?"
Master Zhang was stunned by Lu Dian's words, and he didn't know how to answer for a while. If he had such a method, he would definitely not pass it on to anyone, but Lu Dian wanted to pass on this method just to get more salt. Master Zhang suddenly felt that Lu Dian would make a big deal sooner or later, but he didn't know what it would be, he only felt that he didn't seem to suffer in the process, so he agreed.
A huge drawing rushed in front of everyone in the Zhang family, and Lu Dian didn't think it was a secret, so he made it public, anyone could do it, and anyone could make this money. He wants to use huge benefits to try to see how much energy this Nanqingzhou has, and if he can solve the scourge of the Kraken by the way, it will be even better.
"Lu Gongzi, what exactly is this drawing about?" After deciding to cooperate, the old man of the Zhang family and Lu Dian exchanged names. Hearing that Lu Dian was the Xiaojiang Lu clan, he immediately felt that Lu Dian's method was reliable, because the Xiaojiang Lu clan was the largest salt merchant in the world. Their scale was far greater than that of any salt merchant in Southern Qingzhou, and the method passed on by Lu Dian must have been effective.
With this in mind, the rest of the communication is much simpler. Lu Dian pointed out their problems about the construction of salt works, prescribed the method of infilling seawater and drying brine, and of course, Lu Dian emphasized that the first batch of salt should be transported to Lu Dian for testing before it leaves the factory. Although there are other impurities in sea salt coarse salt, if there are ingredients that can poison people, it is a different matter, and after the test, it is determined that the ingredients can be removed before they can be used for commercial sales.
Zhang Kang, that is, the master of the Zhang family, personally sent Lu Dian out. As soon as Lu Dian walked on his front foot, he immediately sent someone to find a suitable beach to try Lu Dian's method of drying salt. Until he saw the salt come out of the sea, he still couldn't fully believe Lu Dian.
Lu Dian returned to the pawnshop and sat in the courtyard on the second floor listening to the noisy exchange outside. A huge net has pulled up a corner of the silk thread in the small Nanqingzhou Mansion, and Nanqingzhou and Jiankang will be connected by two tough silk threads, one is salt, and the other is their own pawnshop.