"Hiss..." As soon as Mr. Wang finished speaking, a series of breathing sounded in the lobby. This book is

Except for Mr. Wang, everyone else showed an unprecedented solemn expression on their faces.

The atmosphere in the lobby also fell into silence.

In the end, Mr. Wang broke the atmosphere in the lobby by himself and said to everyone: "Of course, you don't have to worry too much..."

"Although our General Manager never plays according to common sense, he is definitely not an unreasonable person. If he really plans to do this, according to the General Manager's previous style, he will definitely release the wind in advance and give us a chance to make a new choice."

"At that time, as long as we can seize this opportunity, there will be no danger. However, if anyone dares to ignore the warning of the General Office, I can say with certainty that those families that have been exterminated will end up with these people."

"Okay, that's all for today... Those words just now were all my advice to everyone for the sake of the same journey. If you want to listen, listen, and if you don't want to listen, just take it as a warning..."

After saying that, Mr. Wang stood up from his seat and walked out of the lobby directly under several pairs of complicated eyes full of shock and worry...

Two days later, under the lingering fear of waiting, a rumor quickly spread in Datong Prefecture.

"At such a critical moment in Datong Prefecture, I hope that all grain merchants can work together with the General Office to overcome the current crisis... Grain merchants who are willing to cooperate with the General Office will send troops to ensure their safety... As for those grain merchants who do not agree to cooperate with the General Office, the General Office cannot guarantee whether they can ensure that refugees will not have riots when their troops are limited."

If you cannot guarantee that the refugees will not have riots, it means that you may be affected by refugees. Like those families that have been exterminated, you will become a scapegoat for killing chickens to scare the monkeys in the General's Office...

So, rumors just spread in Datong Prefecture. Those grain merchants who were still thinking about holding grain in their hands and waiting for the price to soar could not sit still.

In order to ensure the safety of his family, he rushed directly to the General's Mansion and begged the General's Mansion to buy the food he had.

Therefore, in just three days, the 100,000 responsibilities of grain collection task Wei Zheng gave Wang Peng was successfully completed.

Not only that, some grain merchants may have been scared by a series of methods from the General Office. In order to sell the grain they have in their hands to the General Office earlier, they took the initiative to lower the price.

So, Wang Peng received hundreds of thousands of taels of silver from the General's Office not only bought the estimated 100,000 dan of grain, but also bought an additional 25,000 dan, which was enough for hundreds of thousands of refugees to ten days...

The problem of food was temporarily solved. The Zhou family, who was preparing to go to the south to buy the first batch of grain and sea salt for Wei Zheng. They also set off a few days ago... After listening to the latest news from Zhou Shuyuan's report, Wei Zheng's nervous heart finally calmed down.

After sighing, he said to Zhou Shuyuan: "Now, I can finally make money safely..."

"Military advisor, have you been complaining that the treasury of the General's Mansion has not much silver deposit? Today, I will create a money tree for you. As long as this money tree is here, our Datong General's Mansion can earn a steady stream of money, allowing you to count the money and get the money cramped..."

Zhou Shuyuan's eyes lit up and he asked incrediblely: "General, you didn't fool me... counting the money until your hands cramps are cramped, how much money will you have? You can really create a money tree for me..."

"Of course..." Wei Zheng said with a firm affirmation.

Then, Zhou Shuyuan looked at him with anticipation and asked: "Military advisor, I ask you, what are the prices of coarse salt and refined salt on the market now?"

Although Zhou Shuyuan's face flashed with confusion, he still answered readily: "General. If you buy salt directly from Jiangnan or Shandong, a load of coarse salt is the most expensive, and it is only a tael of silver..."

"As for fine salt, that's expensive..."

"The fine salts in our Ming Dynasty basically come from Shaanxi, but after the riots in Shaanxi began, the fine salts in Shaanxi could no longer enter the Central Plains and Jiangnan region. The fine salts that originally only needed three taels of silver per tumble have now skyrocketed to ten taels of silver per tumble. Even so, it is difficult to buy a little fine salt in the market..."

Wei Zheng smiled and replied: "If I tell you, I have a way to turn coarse salt into fine salt, and the cost is very low, purifying a bunch of fine salt is less than 100 yuan. Do you think this transaction is considered a money tree..."

After hearing what Wei Zheng said, Zhou Shuyuan immediately began to calculate: "The cost of coarse salt is only one tael of silver per pound. Even if the transportation cost and purification cost are added, it is only two taels of silver at most... If the coarse salt can be turned into refined salt, then a bunch of coarse salt can make 8 taels of silver simply... Several times the profit is of course a money tree..."

Speaking of this, Zhou Shuyuan's face was covered with a strong expression of excitement. He stared at his pair of hot eyes and asked Wei Zheng: "General, you really have a way to turn coarse salt into fine salt..."

"Of course, I'll take you to the backyard now to see how coarse salt turns into fine salt..."

Wei Zheng took Zhou Shuyuan into the backyard as soon as a hundred households came over with respect and reported: "Sir, brothers have prepared all the things you want..."

"Okay, then let's start now..."

Under Wei Zheng's command, a pack of coarse salt was quickly dissolved into a bucket of boiled well water.

After the coarse salt in the well water reaches saturation, take out a filter net made of the face and start filtration layer by layer.

When no impurities were seen on the last layer of cotton cloth in the filter screen, a whole bucket of salt water was poured into the pot again.

Then, the last step of extracting the refined salt is to evaporate the water in the brine and precipitate the refined salt.

Of course, there is another very important step during the evaporation process, which is to continuously stir the brine to avoid the precipitated refined salt from agglomeration again and affect the quality of the refined salt.

In this way, with the confidence in the stomach and Zhou Shuyuan's eyes full of anticipation and doubt, the water in the big pot began to become less and less, and some powdered salt particles also began to appear at the bottom of the pot.

When the well water in the big pot completely evaporated, a scene that shocked Zhou Shuyuan...

Two hours ago, the coarse salt with large yellow particles was still coarse and yellow. At this moment, it had turned into a completely powdery white fine salt without any impurities... Yes, it was fine salt, and it was also a fine salt...

Based on Zhou Shuyuan's understanding of various coarse salts and fine salts on the market, the fine salt in the big pot in front of him can be sold at least eleven or two taels of silver per loyment...

Seeing this, Zhou Shuyuan could no longer suppress his inner excitement and shouted to Wei Zheng: "General, it's great... With the method of purifying refined salt with coarse salt, we no longer have to worry about money..."

"I can say with certainty that as long as we keep the secret of refined salt purification, and if Shaanxi continues to be so chaotic, the entire Ming Dynasty's refined salt market will be monopolized by us in one year at the latest..."

"Now I finally know why the General Manager asked the Zhou family to buy us so much coarse salt at one time when we are not short of salt..."

Speaking of this, Zhou Shuyuan, who was already a little impatient, directly suggested to Wei Zheng: "Sir General, I think we should immediately build a workshop that purifies coarse salt into fine salt... When the coarse salt bought by the Zhou family for us arrives, we will produce it... and produce fine salt earlier, and our general office can earn money earlier..."

Facing Zhou Shuyuan's hot gaze, Wei Zheng nodded affirmatively and replied: "The workshop must be established. It must not only be established, but also directly build a very large workshop. In your workshop, you can purify at least one thousand dans of fine salt in a day..."

"One thousand dan..." Zhou Shuyuan asked Wei Zheng while taking a breath.

"General, one thousand dans of fine salt a day, then there are not tens of thousands of workers in this workshop..."

Wei Zheng said without hesitation: "Yes, it's tens of thousands of workers... At that time, if the fine salt needed in the market is not enough, the entire workshop will be expanded... In a word, I want us to produce the fine salt that continues to monopolize the entire Ming Dynasty..."

Seeing Zhou Shuyuan nodding with approval, Wei Zheng continued to remind: "In addition, in order to facilitate the production of fine salt, and to ensure that this money tree is always in our own hands. When building a fine salt purification workshop, there are a few other issues that we must pay attention to..."

"First, purifying refined salt requires a large amount of water. All refined salt purification workshops must be built in places with sufficient water sources to ensure sufficient water supply during the process of pure salt."

"Secondly, the purification process of refined salt is very simple. As long as the news is revealed, others will learn it immediately. Therefore, we must ensure the safety of the purification workshop..."

"In the location selection of the salt purification workshop, confidentiality is also a factor that must be considered."

"In addition, we can also keep the production process confidential... As you just saw, the entire purification process of fine salt is divided into several steps. A person can only do things in one step and is prohibited from touching the other steps. In this way, we can keep the secret of experience purification as long as possible."

"Okay, my request is just these points for the time being... What else is there? Think about it yourself..."
Chapter completed!