"Impossible!"

Regarding Gu Heng's doubts and scruples, Liu Han resolutely retorted: "Previously, Gu Wei impeached Sheng Huai, Shahao and others, and the imperial court could have taken this opportunity to rectify the officialdom in Yangzhou. ”

Jin Liang nodded, and then sighed: "This boy in white has a great reputation, and it seems that it is in vain to do things like this." ”

Liu Han smiled bitterly, his heart suddenly moved, this Gu Wei, famous in the world, how it was hard to say before, yes, he was just the long history of Pan Lian before, there was nothing to do during the Taiding Emperor period, after the new monarch ascended the throne, he was promoted, first responsible for the degree of Cao to clear the accounts, but he only cleared three percent, and the rest was done by the king of Yanping County, simply put, it was the king of Yanping County who offended people, and then went to Yangzhou to preside over the salt reform.

After being silent for a while, Jin Liang sighed and asked, "Then what should we do?" Do you withdraw now, or still participate in the auction, I have paid all the deposits, five thousand taels of silver." ”

Liu Han frowned and thought about it: "Let's participate, if there is an accident, the camp must also be explained." ”

"Participate, and die to understand. Gu Heng immediately agreed.

"However," Liu Han thought about it and said slowly: "We still have to fight to win a piece of salt pan, and the 20,000 taels of silver we have prepared now may not be enough, so we must increase our capital." ”

Jin Liang and Gu Heng were a little surprised, the two of them looked at Liu Han suspiciously, just now Liu Han was still saying that it was completely over, even if it was filmed, it would have to go bankrupt at a loss, why in a blink of an eye, it was going to be filmed again.

Liu Han said lightly: "We want that business license, as long as there is a license, I have a way." ”

"Oh, Brother Zhigang, can you tell me. Jin Liang hurriedly asked.

This is the proper meaning, the capital increase is not a trivial matter, whether it is Jin Liang or Gu Heng, the family background is not rich, now if you want to take a piece of salt pan, you need at least 50,000 taels of silver, to let the two of them take out the silver, there must be something real to enhance their confidence.

"Refined salt," Liu Han said with a deep contemplation: "The price of refined salt is more than ten times that of coarse salt, if we can refine coarse salt into refined salt, we can definitely make a lot of money." I once met an old salt worker in Qingzhou, he has a way to refine coarse salt into refined salt, the cost increase is not much, I have not calculated the specifics, but absolutely, when the time comes, we can buy coarse salt, processed into refined salt, two.... ”

Liu Han looked at the two of them meaningfully, but the two of them were not excited, but puzzled.

"Why don't you two believe it?" Liu Han saw the thoughts of the two of them, so he asked.

"Brother Zhigang, what you said is true?" Jin Liang asked.

"Of course, otherwise why do you want to open a salt number," Liu Han explained: "This requires a device, the specific method, well, so let's put down the words here, let's shoot first, I, make a thing out first, if you can, two of you will join the shares, if not, two of you will not enter, I will be responsible for returning the silver of the two." ”

Jin Liang and Gu Heng exchanged glances, and spoke almost at the same time, and then the two stopped and looked at each other, Gu Heng said: "Brother Zhigang, it can't be like this, since you have confidence, we are not ambiguous, but let's estimate it first and see how much silver is needed." ”

"That's it, let's make up 50,000 taels of silver first, and see if it's enough, if it's not enough," Liu Han smiled bitterly, sighed and said, "We have to get a sum of silver." ”

"Fifty thousand silver," Jin Liang calculated in his heart, very embarrassed, the Jin family's industry is not large, it is very difficult to come up with a few thousand taels of silver, almost impossible.

"I can take out another three thousand taels of silver at most," Gu Heng was also equally bitter, looking at Liu Han in embarrassment.

Liu Han thought for a while, and ordered outside: "Bring a pen and paper." ”

The guy came in, Gu Heng nodded at him, he quickly brought the pen and paper, Liu Han picked up the pen and drew two simple distillation towers on the paper, the two distillation towers were connected by pipes, one from the top and the other from the bottom.

"This is our secret weapon," Liu Han said, "The old salt worker provided is simple, but it is difficult to increase production, this is designed by me, and it can be mass-produced." ”

"It's as simple as that," Gu Heng was very puzzled, he didn't understand it at all, and he didn't know what it was.

Liu Han smiled: "This is only partial, there is still a process ahead, rolling, crushing, and worrying, and then pouring it into this tower, after heating, distillation, and sending it to this tower for cooling, the rest is refined salt." ”

Gu Heng and Jin Liang didn't understand at all, the two of them hesitated for a while, and Jin Liang said embarrassedly: "Brother Zhigang, why don't you get one first, let's take a look." ”

"This thing will be made for at least half a month," Liu Han said in a deep voice, "Otherwise, let the guy buy some coarse salt, and I will make it for you once." ”

Gu Heng immediately made a decision, and immediately asked the guy to buy coarse salt, Defu Lou actually had coarse salt, but without saying anything to the public, the guy went to the kitchen and got a jar of coarse salt.

The salt grains of this coarse salt are coarse and mixed, and if it were in a previous life, no one would have dared to eat it.

Liu Han asked someone to bring a cotton handkerchief, wrapped the salt grains in the handkerchief, rolled it repeatedly, completely crushed the salt grains, poured the crushed salt grains into a basin, and then stirred constantly.

After stirring thoroughly, the water in the basin is cloudy and gives off a strange smell. Liu Han covered the mouth of the funnel with a handkerchief, scooped up the water in the basin with a cup, and slowly poured it on the handkerchief.

After thinking about it, the water became much clearer, and it was still a little turbid, Liu Han asked Gu Heng to get some charcoal, and after he started, Gu Heng let the guy go out.

Gu Heng quickly brought the charcoal, crushed the charcoal again, wrapped it in a handkerchief, held it in both hands, and then asked Jin Liang to scoop the water.

"Slow down, not too fast. Liu Han commanded, and Jin Liang slowly fell, the water was very fine, passed through the handkerchief wrapped in charcoal, and dripped into the basin.

The water in the basin became clearer, Liu Han asked Jin Liang to come again, and after three times, the water in the basin became completely normal, no impurities could be seen, and the unpleasant smell was gone.

"Bring me a pot and a small stove. Liu Han instructed Gu Heng again, Gu Heng didn't say much, turned around and went out, and after a while, he came in with two guys.

The guy put down his things and went out, Gu Heng closed the door, and Liu Han poured the water into the jar and put it on the stove to boil.

After a while, the water boiled dry, leaving a thin layer of white salt underneath.

Jin Liang couldn't wait to grab a little, taste it, and exclaimed in surprise: "It's really refined salt!"

Gu Heng was also surprised and delighted, and after tasting it, he looked up at Liu Han: "It's as simple as that!"

Liu Han nodded: "This is just rough processing, it can be better." ”

Halfway through, Gu Heng grabbed the spoon and scooped out the salt, halfway through, he suddenly remembered, turned around and went out, and soon came in again, with an extra scale in his hand.

The refined salt was scooped out and filled with half a bowl, and after Gu Heng weighed it, he exclaimed in surprise: "It's just three dollars less." ”

Three coins, only three coins were consumed!

The price of refined salt is more than ten times that of coarse salt, or even dozens of times, and even if you use this manual method, you can earn a lot of silver every year.

"Smack!" Jin Liang slapped the table and stood up: "It's done, I'll go back and put the house on the house, and I'll make up 30,000 taels of silver." ”

"It's done!" Gu Heng also shouted, but Liu Han shook his head: "Do it, you must do it, but don't bet on the house, if we don't have the money, we can take out a loan, borrow from Huitong Bank, how can we borrow 50,000 silver with this secret weapon." ”

Gu Heng and Jin Liang nodded without thinking about it, the two of them were extremely excited, Liu Han said: "What we need most is a license, as long as we have a license, we can make money." ”

The two nodded again and again, and the three of them got together to discuss, Jin Liang went out to inquire about the news, and Liu Han went to find materials and prepared to make the two towers.

At night, Gu Heng went home, the more he thought about it, the more excited he became, and he was very annoyed in his heart, the palace took away the command of the internal guards, and now if the internal guards can be used, the entire Qin Chaxing camp can be checked clearly, and what is the difficulty of getting a license.

The study was very quiet, since the last time someone came to the palace, he forbade the women in the house to come to the study, no matter who it was, entered the study without permission, and beat them to death, and those women never came to the study again.

The study was very quiet, there were no outsiders, and during this time, after nothing happened, Gu Jian came less.

After drinking two cups of tea, Gu Heng thought about it, and wrote down his own thoughts on Gu Wei's salt policy innovation, and also wrote down his judgment of "himself".

“..... Lord Gu's move will cause a lot of trouble, and the court should think deeply. ”

Gu Heng put down the pen after writing, read it carefully again, and was satisfied, then he dried it and folded it, he looked up and looked outside, opened the door and went out, clapped his hands, and a family member appeared in front of him.

"What about Gu Jian?" Gu Heng asked, and the family shook his head: "I don't know." ”

"Go and knock him, forget it, call Gu Kang. ”

Gu Heng turned around and entered the house, feeling a little thirsty, took a few more sips of tea, and waited for a while before Gu Kang hurriedly came in, and Gu Heng handed him the folded report.

"Send this out. Gu Heng said, Gu Kang was slightly stunned: "Yes, Lord." After hesitation, he asked again, "Is it three or four shots?"

"It's not an important thing, let's do it. Gu Heng casually ordered, Gu Kang turned around to leave, Gu Heng asked casually, "Where did Gu Jian go?"

"I still saw him during the meal, and the Lord wants to look for him?" Gu Kang turned around and replied.

Gu Heng hesitated slightly, sighed, and shook his head: "Forget it, don't care about him, go ahead, send it out as soon as possible." ”

Gu Kang saluted again, turned around and went out, Gu Heng looked out the window in a daze, and sighed deeply for a long time.

Gu Kang stood outside the house for a while, and when he heard no movement in the house, he left quietly, he did not go to the East Courtyard, but walked through several courtyards and arrived at a small courtyard.

"Sister-in-law, is Brother Jian here?" Gu Kang asked as he stood in the courtyard and rushed to the door.

The door opened, and a middle-aged woman came out, and when she saw Gu Kang, she smiled: "He went out, and he won't come back until later." ”

Gu Kang was a little disappointed, and said with a smile: "Brother Jian came back and told him that I had looked for him." ”

"Good. The woman agreed.

Gu Kang turned around and came out, went to a small courtyard in the east courtyard, entered the room, lit the light, lifted the kettle, felt that there was water in it, and poured himself a bowl to drink.

There were a few cooing sounds in the courtyard, Gu Kang opened the letter, read it carefully, and shook his head slightly after reading it.

The second son has just joined the internal guard, and he doesn't know what should be reported and what should not be reported, such information, if the master is there, he will definitely not report it like this.

The internal guard is responsible for collecting intelligence, not judging things, Gu Heng's information is all judgment, and there is no evidence at all, such information is sent, I don't know what the palace will think.

After I don't know how long, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and the footsteps sounded familiar, and sure enough, it was Gu Jian who pushed the door in.

"This is the information that Childe wants to report. Gu Kang said, Gu Jian came over, picked up the information and looked at it carefully, his brows furrowed slightly.

"To send or not to send?" Gu Kang asked casually,

Gu Jian's brows tightened, Gu Kang didn't hear the answer, he looked up at Gu Jian's expression, and couldn't help but be stunned.

(End of chapter)