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In addition to the distribution of military salaries, it is necessary to buy a large number of grain, grain seeds, and cattle, and a large number of people need relief, Qin Mu can be said to be spending money like water these days, and the little money and grain allocated by Yang Tinglin will be used up quickly, and the gold and silver treasures that Huo Sheng pledged last time will not last long, Qin Mu began to worry.

Could it be that Huo Sheng and them will pretend to be thieves to eat big households again?

There is no impermeable wall in this world, and if you do this, you can get money and food in the short term, but sooner or later it will be exposed by others.

At that time, I am afraid that my reputation will be a hundred times worse than that of Li Zicheng and others, which will be extremely detrimental to future development.

Moreover, this method of looting is tantamount to killing chickens and eggs, only destroying and not producing, which is by no means a long-term solution.

Why don't you get some penicillin to sell it for money?

In the past, the Qin family's industries involved pharmaceutical, chemical, real estate and other industries, and there was a pharmaceutical factory producing penicillin at home.

But there is a problem, even if penicillin can be extracted now, how can this injectable drug be stored and transported, and who will it be sold to when it is shipped out? Who will inject? And how many people dare to accept the injection?

This kind of thing involving life and death, I am afraid that it will be difficult to open the market in China without long-term subtlety.

Well, get some cement to sell? As soon as he thought of this, Qin Mu couldn't help but shake his head, now is a troubled time, a real troubled time, everyone is busy destroying, who has the heart to build? Rich people are eager to exchange all their possessions for gold and silver and hide them, who will buy you for this?

The imperial court wanted to build more fortifications, but the poor in the imperial court were almost like pants, and could it make money selling things to the imperial court? I'm afraid I won't have a white strip for you.

In this way, the world's export of weapons and food is undoubtedly the most money-disgusting, but these Qin Mu's self-sufficiency is a problem, let alone export.

Money! Food! Qin Mu frowned all day long, worried, and thought of many ways, but he had to give up because it was out of place.

The fiery sunset dyed half the sky red, Qin Mu, who had been busy all day, returned to the back office, and Qiao'er put two hot dishes, a bamboo shoots fried meat, and a green onion mixed with tofu, which looked so-so.

The two of them have been dependent on each other for a few months, and it was the first time Qin Mu had eaten Qiao'er's cooking, and he picked up a bowl of steaming white rice and took a bite, a little raw.

The little girl's big eyes as bright as the stars looked at him without blinking, waiting dryly for his evaluation.

"Well, yes, yes." Qin Mu felt that for children, encouragement was better than criticism, and he swallowed the rice into his stomach and looked very delicious.

"Really? Is it really delicious? Childe, how about tasting these dishes? Qiao'er smiled like a morning glow, and diligently sandwiched the dishes for him.

Qin Mu picked up a piece of bamboo shoots, chewed it with relish, and grinned from time to time: "It's delicious, don't just look at it, girl, you can eat it too." ”

"Hmm." Qiao'er hurriedly picked up the rice bowl, grilled the rice, picked up the vegetables, and ate it, and her tears slowly flowed down.

"Hey, what's wrong with the girl, why are you crying?"

"Childe, I'm really useless, don't eat it, I'll do it again."

"Don't don't, don't do it, no need, except for light, it tastes good, you see that my youth bean is still standing, it's just right to eat light."

"But there is still a mushy smell, it's all bitter." The little girl's tears still couldn't be stopped, she would rather Qin Mu scold her a few words, maybe then she felt better, Qin Mu was so busy during the day that her feet didn't touch the ground, it was very hard, and she was finally able to sit down and have a meal, but she made it like this.

Qin Mu looked at her and felt very interesting, the little girl was twelve years old this year, she had been begging for two years, hungry for one meal, full of one meal, and she had definitely not cooked in the past two years.

Qin Mu couldn't help but think of the fact that this girl was literate, he had never asked Qiao'er about the past, this girl had always talked little, and she had never taken the initiative to talk about the situation in her original family.

But if it is a child of an ordinary family, a ten-year-old child has more or less been exposed to some housework, so that he can't even cook the simplest meal, which further proves that this girl is from a rich family.

Qin Mu stretched out his hand and rubbed her little head, and comforted her in a harmonious voice: "Okay Qiao'er, don't cry, it's your first time cooking, it's already very good to be able to do it like this, I may not be as good as you, you are so smart and clever, after this experience, put more water in cooking tomorrow, put more salt in cooking, and you will do it very well." ”

"Well, thank you, Childe, I'll do a good job tomorrow. By the way, Childe, the salt in the market is so expensive, I only bought a little bit for a tael of silver, and people were not willing to put it more when cooking today. ”

"Huh? Did you buy the salt yourself? How expensive is it? There seemed to be a glimmer of light flashing in Qin Mu's mind, but he couldn't grasp it for a while, and couldn't help scratching the back of his head.

Qiao'er pouted and replied, "It's so expensive, a pound of salt costs two dollars of silver, or some yellowed coarse salt." ”

"One pound costs two dollars of silver, and five pounds cost one tael of silver?" Qin Mu exclaimed, a bright light flashed in his mind like lightning, he was stunned, Huo Ran stood up, and happily picked up the little girl and spun around the hall a few times, "Poof!" A kiss on her forehead.

"Haha, Qiao'er, you are Wangfu's life, it must be, it must be, it is made, it is made, we are rich, two coins of silver and a pound of salt, what is the difference between this and robbing money, hahaha"

The little girl wiped the saliva from her forehead with a red face, pouted and said: "Childe, I also think that I am robbing money, but it is someone who robs us of our money, you are still happy to lose your son!" ”

It is no wonder that Qin Mu and Qiao'er sighed to grab money, you must know that during the Chengping period, a pound of salt was only sold for about a cent of silver, due to the war, the price has risen now, and it is not very high in Nanjing and other places, but about a cent.

Qin Mu never imagined that the price of salt here would be so high, almost twenty times higher than that in Nanjing.

If you think about it carefully, you can also understand that salt, like grain, is an indispensable thing for the people every day, but Jiangxi and Huguang do not produce salt, and the price of salt here is much higher than that in the Lianghuai area, including the transportation cost.

Now due to the blockage of trade routes due to the war, the transportation of salt has been greatly affected, and even cannot be transported at all, and the price has naturally skyrocketed.

"Haha, girl, if others can rob it, we can grab it too. Some of the officials have knives, and they are afraid that they will not be able to rob them? ”

"Oh, I see, is Childe thinking of a salt dealer?"

"Nope! No! No! We don't sell salt, we produce salt! ”

"Salt production? That boy will produce some quickly, and people will not be reluctant to put salt next time they cook. The little girl struggled down and looked at Qin Mu expectantly, her eyes shining like two diamonds.

"Are you a hen for me?" Qin Mu raised his hand and knocked the little girl into a straight neck, "Eat quickly, only after eating will you have the strength to produce salt." ”

The little girl sat down obediently, but after picking up the rice bowl, she was picking up the rice while peeking at Qin Mu's hind buttocks, her expectant gaze made Qin Dazhi County angry.

"Stinky girl, did you mean it? As I said, I'm not a hen, even if it's a hen, it only lays eggs and doesn't produce salt, do you still watch it? You wait, I'll have to roast you today."

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