A large iron pot, a bunch of coarse salt, a few wooden barrels, a few pieces of fine linen, half a frame of charcoal, and some black stones, this is the feast that Xiao Yi prepared for the heads of the gate valve family!

"What do you mean by that? Is it used to cook meat? ”

"You can't use so much salt to cook meat, and what are those black stones for?"

"I don't understand, I don't understand, I have to be"

A terrible thought jumped into their hearts, scaring everyone into a sifting of chaff, especially a few gate lord who was not very active in the relocation just now, and his face was even more shocked, and the three souls and seven spirits on his body scared away at least nine and a half, they remembered one thing, according to legend, this metropolitan governor has a very special hobby of eating human flesh!

"Could it be that we are going to have a feast of human flesh today? But with so many people in the big tent, who are they eating? Is this Metropolitan Governor going to eat fat and oily, or thin and chewy, or pick an unpleasant one to cook?"

"Today's meal is specially prepared for you, the process is a bit special, and I hope you will keep it strictly confidential, and don't reveal a word, otherwise you will bear the consequences, okay, let's start!"

Every time Xiao Yi said a word, those gate valve family masters took a step back in fright, and a few of them with poor psychological quality sat down directly on the ground, and a pale yellow liquid flowed out of their trouser legs, and they also exuded a faint heat

"Sure enough, it's going to eat people, it's a very special meal, who dares to say this kind of thing, woo eat others, don't eat me"

Fortunately, things did not develop as everyone thought, with Xiao Yi's order, the soldiers first integrated the coarse salt into several wooden barrels full of water, and then began to stir vigorously, and soon, the water turned reddish-brown, that is because of a large number of impurities in the sea salt!

Then the soldiers took a large wooden funnel, wrapped it in fine linen and put it at the bottom, and then put the dissolved brine into it, and then used another wooden barrel at the bottom, and after three times, the original reddish-brown brine gradually became clear and transparent

Finally, the soldiers poured the filtered salt water into the iron pot, lit the fire, boiled it, and stirred it back and forth with wooden sticks, which was steaming hot and cloudy for a while

When the fire was burning, the soldiers stopped adding firewood, but threw the black stones into the fire from time to time, one after another, and after a while the black stones began to turn red and emit blue flames, flickering and jumping

"Amazing, amazing"

Although it was not clear what the Metropolitan was going to do, everyone was still amazed, the clear salt water, the burning stones, maybe this was really a big meal!

As the fire grows stronger, the water in the iron pot gradually evaporates, and some white crystals begin to appear on the edge of the pot, the particles are uniform, and the color is white and bright, which is very pleasing

The owners of the gate valve couldn't sit still, at this time, even the stupid people also saw a little bit of the doorway, everyone gathered around the iron pot, watching this magical scene with their own eyes, every time the water decreases by one point, their eyes will be brighter by one point, when the iron pot is completely boiled dry, a layer of white and blue crystals appeared, and everyone's eyes are about to light up into lanterns

"Refined salt! It's refined salt! ”

Regardless of the heat in the iron pot, the heads of the family reached out and grabbed it, and the hot fingers were red and refused to let go, and after getting it, they directly stuffed it into their mouths, grinning salty and grinning, and refused to spit it out, but they all smiled happily, and the meat on their faces twitched

They all know this kind of white crystal, it is refined salt, and the dignitaries generally use it to gargle, which is one of the necessities of life, as for the folk pharmacy, it is used as a medicinal material, which can clear heat and go to fire, and it is very precious!

The gate valves are rich people, usually use this kind of refined salt, so it is not unusual, but what they saw with their own eyes just now is that a few soldiers just used an iron pot, a few buckets of water, some charcoal, and turned the original rough sea salt into high-grade refined salt, the process is simple, and there are not many materials used in people, so it can be produced on a large scale, and the profits in it are blushing as long as you think about it

The thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, among which the coastal You, Qing, Xu, and Yang prefectures are boiling salt, because the mouth of the Yellow River is in the north, so the sea water there is turbid, called the Yellow Sea, and the quality of the boiled sea salt is also very poor, almost half sand and half salt, difficult to eat!

The two states of Xu and Yang in the south, close to the East China Sea, the water quality is relatively clear, and the quality of the boiled sea salt is also excellent, but no matter how good the sea salt is, it is coarse salt after all, compared to those refined salt that is as white as powder and as fine as sand, the price difference is more than dozens of times, and it is often in short supply, there is no market, no matter how much, it can be sold quickly!

"The feast, it's really a gluttonous feast!"

"It's gone, we've sent it, it's a mountain of gold!"

"Inexhaustible, in short!"

Forty-eight heads of the family, all with red eyes, all have a business of buying sea salt in the coastal areas, and if they use this method to process those coarse salt into refined salt, they can quickly occupy the salt market of the whole country, and all the other three states will be crossed, and as for the profits, it is absolutely astronomical, enough for their children and grandchildren to eat endlessly

"I am willing to die for the Governor of the Metropolis!"

"I am willing to die for the Governor of the Metropolis!"

After thinking about the powerful relationship, everyone turned over and knelt down, bowed to Xiao Yixing, and admired the five bodies in their hearts, "My brother, my own brother, why didn't you take out such a big meal earlier, if you had known that there was such a magical means, we wouldn't have used your old man's hands at all, we would have wiped out the Guangling Chen family, now, who dares to oppose the Metropolitan Governor, that is to block their financial road, and they will not die!" ”

"Guys, are you happy with this meal? Coarse salt can be purified, the price is immediately increased dozens of times, and this kind of burning stone, there are many in the mountains around Xuzhou, it is not difficult to mine, the firepower is sufficient, burn-resistant, not only can boil salt, iron smelting, cooking, heating is no problem, and it is easy to preserve, not afraid of rain, but it is a sacred object given by the thick soil! ”

Xiao Yi's little face was full of pride, it was just a simple physical dissolution experiment, but it could expand the profit of the commodity by hundreds of times, not only could make a lot of money, but also allowed the Han people to eat better and more hygienic refined salt, which is definitely a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people!

As for those black stones, that is, coal, it was found and used in Shanyang County before, it is not unusual, after ruling Xuzhou, Xiao Yi sent out the weasels and his digging army under the abdomen, and searched for treasure everywhere, and the result is that Xuzhou is really a treasure land of feng shui, copper mines, iron ore have been found a lot, and even large coal mines have several places, and they are also open-pronged, easy to mine, of course, they are not less patronized by the local tombs, anyway, they are all underground things, do not dig white, do not dig!

"The Metropolitan Governor is really the reborn parents of the people of Xuzhou, the villain is not talented, and he is willing to take on the matter of purifying refined salt."

"What? You bear it, there is an old man, in terms of qualifications and strength, it will not be your turn"

"I don't do it, no one wants to do it, I'll smash the pot for you"

In the world, who doesn't have a big word on his head, in order to compete for the huge profits of purifying sea salt, a group of gate lords quarreled fiercely, some wanted to swallow it alone, some people were resolutely opposed, and the smarter ones had begun to win over their allies in private

Don't look at the old guys who are half-cut into the ground, but at this time the fight is extremely fierce, the voice is higher than the other, and the strength is stronger than the other, and it is almost in the big tent to stage a full martial arts

In the end, it was Chen Qun and several other most prestigious family owners who came forward to appease everyone, and after some deliberation, they finally made a decision, such a huge profit, not a family or two can swallow it alone, or forty-eight gate valves join forces, everyone works together to make this business bigger, as for the profits, according to the efforts of each family, it is divided into forty-nine shares

"Someone said, forty-eight gate valves, why do you divide the profits into forty-nine shares?"

It's very simple, Governor Xiao Dadu, who is sitting in the handsome position, has to take a share, and it must be a large share, after all, the method is from the people, the territory is managed by the people, and the most important thing is that the military power is firmly held in the hands of others!

Of course, Xiao Yi, as a pastor in Xuzhou, naturally can't blatantly participate in it, otherwise it will not be good to have a reputation for competing with the people, so the figure behind the account flashed, and Zhen Mi, who was dressed in a son's costume, walked out, she was Xiao Yi's plenipotentiary representative, responsible for coordinating the refined salt business

In contrast, everyone naturally has no objections, on the background, the fifth prince is the door valve in the door valve, on skills, people are the leaders in business, on the relationship, who doesn't know that she is the account of the governor, the relationship between the two people is wearing a pair of pants, no, the relationship is not wearing pants, the most loyal and reliable

As for Xiao Yi, there is such a shrewd and capable woman, who can earn money during the day and warm up the bed at night, he just needs to bask in the sun and drink a little wine every day

When he was proud, the Chinese officer Xiaobin suddenly ran in sweating, and he was still holding a Hongling urgent report in his hand, "Governor of Dadu, Xiqiang is in a hurry, something is wrong"

"Something happened to Xiqiang?" Xiao Yi couldn't help but have doubts on his face, he was in Xuzhou, 108,000 miles away from Xiqiang, there was an emergency there, what did he have to do with him?

When he took the emergency report, the whole person jumped up from his seat with a whoosh, the little black face sweated like rain, and the boss with his eyes open, "It's really a big deal, I'm a father!" ”