Unexpectedly, Duan Ye thought about it, but opened his mouth and asked, "Mr. Jiao, I heard that this Jincheng County is rich in saltpeter?" ”

Jiao Meng blinked, completely unaware that it was this problem. Could it be that Duan Ye specially called himself to the mansion to squeeze money from himself? Even if you don't want money, people, things, gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, you can understand, what do you want this saltpeter to do?

Saltpeter is indeed abundant in Jincheng County, and there are many such things in the land of the Jiao family alone. However, what else can this mineral do except make medicine?

However, Duan Ye's question could not be answered, so Jiao Meng said cautiously: "Lord Mingjian, this saltpeter, there are indeed a lot of them in Jincheng County, I don't know what the adults want to ......."

"Hehehe, saltpeter is an important medicinal material, do you know?" Duan Ye smiled and said, "In this troubled world, the medicine industry is very profitable, and now Duan Ye also plans to enter the medicine industry, this saltpeter is also a necessary medicinal material." ”

Jiao Meng breathed a sigh of relief, of course he knew that saltpeter can indeed be used in medicine, the doctor said: saltpeter smell bitter, cold, non-toxic, warm, can treat headache, heart and abdominal pain, waist and abdominal pain, eye redness, swelling and pain, throat paralysis, diarrhea, fatigue, blood, heat, gas, stone shower, back gangrene, female labor black dicice and other incurable diseases. Especially the saltpeter powder, which must be prescribed in almost all medicines.

It's just that at the beginning, the Jiao Meng family monopolized the saltpeter mine, but they really didn't want to get anything from it, but of course the salt mine was a beggar family, and other iron mines or something, and it was not their turn, this saltpeter, although the profit was not as scary as salt and iron, but it was profitable, and they monopolized it, after all, there was no harm, so they took it. But later, the Jiao family made a fortune through other means, and they forgot about it.

If you really open a medicine shop, you do need a lot of saltpeter, and besides, the pharmaceutical industry, after all, involves human life, and the profits are indeed a lot, and your own family does not do this business, those saltpeters do not look worthless in Jiao Meng, and it really doesn't matter if you give Duan Ye. Even, these saltpeter mines, in Jiao Meng's opinion, are not as valuable as Wushuang and Flawless two women.

But herein lies the problem.

Although Jiao Meng feels sorry for money, he will never be an iron rooster, he knows very well that there is no reason in the world to just give money and not do things, unless he doesn't want to mix, Duan Ye takes money from here, it is one thing to feel distressed, but it is also equivalent to spending money on protection money to buy peace, this money, it should be out or out, Jiao Jia, can be mixed in Jincheng County for so many years, almost endlessly, isn't it because at a critical moment, he is willing to spend money.

And Duan Ye made it clear that he didn't want money, but he asked for saltpeter, which can only show that Duan Ye didn't like wealth, but wanted to get more things from himself.

So what could it be? lǎo'jiāng Lake Jiao Meng encountered such a new problem, and he inevitably began to ponder it.

After pondering for a long time, Jiao Meng said carefully: "Is this saltpeter, there are a lot of Jincheng, how much do you need?" ”

Duan Ye was obviously not satisfied with this answer, he touched his chin, and said to himself: "Don't hide it from Mr. Jiao, Duan Ye is indeed in urgent need of a large amount of saltpeter, this amount, hehehe, in fact, there is as much as it can be, and it will be as much as it wants." ”

Seeing that Jiao Meng was a little dumbfounded, Duan Ye continued: "Originally, Duan Mou was looking for saltpeter everywhere but couldn't get it, but it just so happened that most of the veins of saltpeter mines in this Jincheng, and even the entire Hexi, were under Mr. Jiao's command, as far as Duan Ye knew, most of these saltpeter were not mined, and most of the mined small part was sold to relevant pharmaceutical dealers. ”

"Uh......" Jiao Meng didn't expect Duan Ye to be so direct, and he didn't force it, he still gave money, and he actually let himself have money to earn, this is ...... What's wrong with this world?

Duan Ye saw Jiao Meng groaning, and then said, "Does Mr. Jiao think it is less? This, if all are purchased together, it is only one percent higher, which is indeed a little less, but now, there are more and more people who eat with Duan, and tens of thousands of mouths are waiting to be fed, Duan Ye can only afford this price, and please forgive Mr. Jiao. However, Duan Ye will not let Mr. Jiao suffer, and will definitely compensate Mr. Jiao elsewhere. ”

Jiao Meng confirmed that Duan Ye was not joking, but really wanted saltpeter, and said busily: "Where do you say about adults, just saltpeter mines are not worth much." ”

"Nope." Duan Ye waved his hand, "Business belongs to business, this money, should be collected, Mr. Jiao must be collected, not a penny can not be collected, but it should not be collected, hey, hey, Duan Ye will not give more, at this time, he should be an iron rooster, he must be an iron rooster!" ”

"Hahahaha." The two looked at each other and smiled, this matter is settled.

Next, the two of them talked nonsense again, talking a lot, talking about topics ranging from major events in the world to trivialities, from Zi Yue Shiyun to Fenghua Xueyue, almost everything, in fact, Jiao Meng can be regarded as a person with family roots, but Duan Ye is a person who has been trained in debate and has accumulated many ready-made famous sayings and aphorisms, where is Jiao Meng's opponent? Duan Ye casually threw out a few words that had been refined and crystallized by thousands of years of wisdom, and made the five bodies that Jiao Meng admired fall to the ground, and slapped his ass again and again.

Of course, the two of them will not just chat here, Duan Ye clearly pointed out that in the future, due to the promotion of business, they need a local leader, and he feels that Jiao Meng is quite suitable for this role.

And Jiao Meng was overjoyed, so he naturally excused himself again and again. But Duan Ye insisted a few more times, and Jiao Meng was half-pushed.

The guests and hosts talked happily, and it was not until Duan Ye picked up the tea tray and sent it off to the guests that Jiao Meng left happily.

Although Jiao Meng still has some uncertainty in his heart, he doesn't believe that Duan Ye will be so kind, it's really like this, even if he lets him go, but the so-called president of the Chamber of Commerce is indeed a very tempting thing.

Chinese, there are three problems, from the three emperors and five emperors to the present, they have never changed. That is, he is afraid of death, greedy for money, and wants to be an official.

And these three problems, the third one, is the most serious. Even if it is a low-level group of people, as long as he can be a so-called "official" in this group. He was very satisfied and happy.

What's more, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, according to Duan Ye, has a lot of power and more oil and water, such a good thing, whoever doesn't do it, who is a bastard!

Jiao Meng left, and Duan Ye was also very happy, because he finally got what he wanted, which was saltpeter.

Jiao Mengguang knew that saltpeter could be used as medicine, but he didn't know that saltpeter could not only be used as medicine, but also as gunpowder!

It is well known that gunpowder is composed of nitrate, sulfur, charcoal in a certain proportion. Charcoal is a very easy thing to get. Sulfur has also been found in Dunhuang County, and there is no shortage of this. On the contrary, what is missing is saltpeter. There is no saltpeter, and of course there is no fire.

Of course there is this thing in Jiangnan, but it is impossible to buy it from such a far away place for saltpeter, in this way, on the one hand, the cost is very high, and on the other hand, it is also subject to others, what if people don't sell it to you?

What's more, it's saltpeter, I haven't heard of it in the past, and the prince wants to use this, if he buys saltpeter with great fanfare, people will definitely suspect it.

As long as suspicion arises, there are not many secrets that can be hidden. So the best thing to do is not to let them doubt it.

And it just so happened that after Duan Ye laid down the Warrior Fort, he knew that Jincheng County had saltpeter, but the Jiao family was too lazy to mine it now, and this news made Duan Ye overjoyed. The so-called pillow that comes when sleepiness comes, and the saltpeter that comes to the door is a big gift.

Jiao Meng didn't know what saltpeter could do, but Duan Ye knew a lot. On the one hand, saltpeter contains a lot of potassium, not to mention anything else, just this, you can think of refining chemical fertilizers, people in this era, in addition to planting crops on the dung, where do they know anything else?

This is still secondly, saltpeter is one of the most basic raw materials in the chemical industry, with saltpeter, Duan Ye may organize personnel to find a way to make alkali method, and with alkali, ammonia and other important processes, there is a possibility.

Once the chemical process can be developed, then the whole productivity will be greatly increased, and then all kinds of other things that seem impossible now, such as smelting, such as forging, such as refining, those will become possible.

With technological progress, it will be possible to create advanced weapons, it will be possible to make industrial products, and it is self-evident how great the effect of these is.

Of course, for Duan Ye, the most important thing is nothing else, but gunpowder.

Whether the gunpowder can be made or not is to decide whether Duan Ye's department is still fighting with the enemy in the era of cold weapons and fighting for physical strength, or whether it is possible for Duan Ye to enter the era of hot weapons and despise them from a technical point of view.

Divine arm bows, catapults, rushing cars, wall crossbows, car crossbows, and other terrible weapons of mass destruction in the era of cold weapons, Duan Ye has already created them, but relying on these, local battles, there may be more than enough, and there are still deficiencies in the world. Because of these weapons, the gap with the enemy has not yet reached the point where manpower is beyond reach.

However, no matter how hard Duan Ye tries, his own people are still a minority, and if he wants time to develop and grow, he must quickly grab the territory.

Duan Ye has run out of time. So he had to get some firearms, some medicine, some new army, and if it was for that, what would it be to spend a little more money?

Moreover, the eggs are always in the basket and will not run, in this world, many businessmen have never figured out the problem, who has the sword, who has power, whether their money is their own, does not depend on the contract, but on the difference between the thoughts of the superior. The saltpeter money given by Duan Ye is just a temporary deposit, and sooner or later it will have to be returned! ~

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