In the words of William's previous life, it was spying on business intelligence.
Hughes could tell at a glance that the red clay stove had no technical content and could be made by any potter. The focus was on the briquettes.
This thing looks like a black stone, but the black stone is not so regular.
Moreover, black stone will produce thick smoke when burned, but this briquette does not.
So Hughes wasn't sure.
If he could know how to make briquettes, then Hughes could guarantee that his caravan could definitely be expanded several times in size.
But the people in Nisai Town are indeed not low on vigilance.
This is when Old John looked at Hughes with dissatisfaction and said calmly, "The recipe for making briquettes is a top secret in our town. Hughes, please don't ask about it! Even I don't know! You should put your mind on other things."
Let’s face it.”
"You misunderstood!" At this time, Hughes would definitely refuse to admit it.
Old John snorted through his nose, and then said without hesitation, "Both the red clay stove and the briquettes are available for sale. The price of the red clay stove is one Aiju silver coin, while the price of the briquettes is five Puer copper coins."
"Mr. Hughes, are you interested?"
Whether it was a red clay stove or briquettes, the price was higher than what William sold to the villagers.
After thinking about it in his mind, Hughes raised his head and said affirmatively, "Of course! I am very grateful to the Baron for the opportunity he gave me. How could I give it up? I want one, oh, no, ten red clay stoves!"
As for briquettes, give me a thousand first. Is that okay, Master John?"
Ten red clay stoves cost three gold pith coins, while a thousand briquettes cost five gold pith coins.
In total, there are eight Pis gold coins.
After Hughes finished speaking, he looked at Old John anxiously, fearing that he would refuse.
"No problem." Old John's words made Hughes feel relieved.
Originally, he only had one idea for the red clay stove, and he could go back and ask the potters to imitate it. However, thinking of Baron Decas, he quickly changed his mind so as not to cause displeasure to the other party.
Old John was also happy.
William took this matter very seriously, and the eight gold coins were a good start.
Therefore, Old John showed a rare smile and called to Xiusi, "The sweet porridge has become cold, you can drink it!"
Of course, Hughes had some objections, so he picked up the sweet porridge and drank it.
The sweetness spread in the taste buds, and Hughes felt sweet in his heart.
Hughes couldn't help but drink it up in one gulp, and he was a little reluctant to put down the pottery bowl. It turned out that it was really sweet.
Hughes immediately remembered its business opportunities and asked Old John, "Mr. John, how do you sell this sweet powder?"
"We won't sell sweet powder!" Old John flatly refused. William had said that sweet powder would not be sold unless absolutely necessary.
Seeing that Hughes was so interested in the briquettes, Old John had the confidence to refuse Hughes' request.
There was inevitable disappointment on Hughes's face, but it was fleeting.
Old John noticed this and said, "Mr. Hughes, I have a product here. I wonder if you are interested in it?"
"What?" Hughes cheered up.
"Salt!" Old John said loudly as he landed.
"Oh, salt." Hughes said casually, his mind still on the sweet powder, but the next second, Hughes suddenly reacted, his eyes widened, looking at old John, and said in disbelief, "John
Sir, are you talking about salt?"
Old John nodded.
"Master John, is this salt as precious as gold coins?"
Old John nodded affirmatively.
"Oh my God!" Hughes said in an exaggerated tone, "Is this a treasure trove? Did Baron Dickas dig a salt mine?"
Old John's face suddenly darkened, "Mr. Hughes, please watch your words."
Hughes realized that everyone's body needs salt. It is a necessity and a luxury. A salt mine can cause a war.
He quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, Master John. I should say, did Baron Dickas get the precious salt from other adults? He is really a real big shot!"
Hughes made up an excuse for William.
Old John's face softened.
In fact, he didn't know where William's snow salt came from at first, and thought that William found the salt mine in the dark forest.
However, Old John wisely remained silent and ignored this.
Until one day, William told him the source of the salt.
It is a unique plant in the dark forest.
It is not special. Whether it is a branch used for burning firewood or a tree trunk used as a roof beam, it is just ordinary.
Just like a student in William's previous school who was an average student, there was nothing special about him, and he did not impress the teacher deeply.
But even this plant secretes some milky white liquid from its trunk in the early morning when the sun has not yet come out.
These liquids contain salt, and once boiled, they become edible salt.
But as soon as the sun comes out, the milky white liquid on the tree trunks will quickly evaporate.
Therefore, no villagers discovered this situation.
A lot of money is spent every month going to Patras to buy low-quality salt for consumption.
William knew this situation by accident.
Once, he wanted to try whether the gourmet table could make salt, but the location where the raw materials could be extracted was limited to the dark forest.
William has studied biology, so he knows that there are some organic salts, inorganic salts and the like in nature.
It would not surprise William that the gourmet table can produce salt.
But to William's surprise, the amount of salt produced by the gourmet table far exceeded his estimate.
William has already gained experience from using the gourmet table so many times.
The more troublesome or difficult the food is to make, the more magic power the gourmet table will consume and the less food will be produced.
But this time, the salt content was much beyond William's expectation.
William became interested immediately, and after several attempts, he finally used the magic mirror to determine the source of the salt.
This is the kind of tree that secretes salt.
In fact, William had seen this kind of tree in his previous life, and it was called a halophyte.
It’s just that William has never seen a halophyte with such a large amount of secretion.
In William's opinion, they are biological salt mines.
William gave them a name, called saltwood, and then told Old John about it, and asked him to build a garden in the town, heavily guarded by soldiers, specially transplanted this kind of saltwood, and asked some honest and reliable people to collect salt.
The liquid is boiled into salt crystals and sold in grocery stores.
Staring at the snow salt that Klimak's father took out with fascination, Hughes murmured, "Mr. John, how do you sell this salt?"
Old John and Climaco's father looked at each other.
Old John hesitated for a moment and said, "This salt is not cheap."
Hughes nodded in understanding.
So Old John said, "One pound of salt, one hundred gold pith coins. If you buy it..."
"There are still discounts." Before he could finish speaking, Hughes immediately agreed, "I want it!"
After saying that, he looked at Old John longingly, fearing that he would break his promise.
Seeing his look like this, Old John really regretted that he had known it would have been more expensive!