"Salt?"
"That's right. Give me a moment.”
Xue Li stood up from his seat and walked back into the small wooden house.
Not long after, he came back with a small cloth bag in his hand. The small cloth bag seemed to contain some kind of pure white crystal particles.
"This is…What?"
"Refined salt, try it and see how it tastes.”
Stretching out a finger, Ying Zheng tentatively picked up a pinch of refined salt and put it into his mouth.
A pure salty taste immediately spread in his mouth. As if he had realized something, Ying Zheng's eyes immediately lit up.
Whether it was the original salt mine or the coarse salt that was popular in the market today, there must be some bitterness mixed in it, making people taste strange.
However, the small bag of refined salt that Xue Li brought out had such a pure taste.
Even if one was not a businessman, as long as one was a normal person, they would be able to realize the huge business opportunities contained in this.
"How does it taste?"
"It can crush all the salt in the world and monopolize the entire market.”
"Of course, the salt tax is enough to support a huge tax, but it's far from enough.”Xue Li paused for a moment before continuing," If I were the ruler, I would definitely take salt as a national possession.”
"It's not good to compete with the people, right?"
Ying Zheng frowned and said.
It was only in the early years of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that the imperial court began to implement the policy of 'salt and iron official business', taking these two profitable industries into the state.
Such a move caused the funds in the national treasury to skyrocket. Half of the funds came from salt, which supported the rise of the strong Han's cavalry. Otherwise, the amount of grain consumed every day would be astronomical.
"No, leaving this industry to the people is the worst choice.”
"As a merchant, you must chase after benefits.”
" In the face of huge benefits, they could take huge risks to hoard illegal salt and sell it at a high price. Such people who profited from national disasters must be dragged out and executed as a warning to others.”
“.........”
After hearing Xue Li's story, Ying Zheng frowned.
He didn't think much about the salt industry at first.
However, after Xue Li mentioned it, he was so shocked that he broke out in a cold sweat. If there were really salt merchants who were blinded by greed during a time of war, it would definitely cause a great upheaval. Even if they were to suppress it with thunderous methods, there would still be many repercussions.
"When you recover and return, it's best to suggest that the king take over the salt industry.”
"I can guarantee that as long as we obtain salt, Great Qin's treasury will increase by several times, and we will be able to support at least 200,000 soldiers.”
"This bamboo slip contains the method to purify refined salt. I'll hand it over to you and hand it over to the king. Remember not to take it for yourself, or else you'll invite disaster.”
Xue Li took out a bamboo slip from his bosom and handed it over to Ying Zheng, while giving him a serious order.
Fortunately, he didn't fail chemistry in junior high school. He still knew a thing or two about how to extract refined salt.
Of course, this was only the most basic purification. In the future, it was far from reaching the standard of being edible. However, in this era where people could directly eat salt mines that contained toxins, this was already considered a kind of refined salt. It had filtered out a lot of toxins.
It could be said that the refined salt that had been purified was enough to crush all the salt today. Not only could it dominate the salt industry of the Qin country, but it could also completely collapse the salt industry of the other six countries.
He would use salt to earn the wealth of the six states bit by bit.
With this decline, the strength of Qin would become stronger and stronger, while the strength of the six countries would become weaker and weaker.
According to the original development of history, it took the Qin Dynasty a total of nine years to destroy the six countries. Once they obtained the huge income of refined salt, it was likely that this time would be pushed forward by several years.
At that time, Xue Li wouldn't mind presenting a world map at a suitable time.
Presumably, after seeing the vastness of the world, an emperor like Ying Zheng, the King of Qin, would never stop his conquest. The conquest of the six empires was just an appetizer, and the real enemies were still the three empires!
Of course, that was something that would happen a few years later. Right now, it was better to consider destroying the Six Nations with lesser losses.
"Benefactor, this bamboo scroll records such important content. Aren't you afraid that I'll take the credit for myself?”
"I believe in my own eyes.”
Xue Li and Ying Zheng looked at each other and smiled.
This was a tacit understanding and friendship between men. Although it was a great contribution, Xue Li was also willing to believe that the person he saved would not betray him.
Of course, even if he wanted to betray him, Xue Li still had a trick up his sleeve. This was not the best refining method. When he had enough status, he could take out a second refining method and crush him in minutes.
"Thank you for your trust, benefactor."
To be honest, it would be a lie if he wasn't touched by the feeling of being completely trusted.
However, in order to maintain the pure friendship between the two, Ying Zheng had no choice but to remember it in his heart, and planned to repay it in the future.
You didn't let me down, and I didn't let you down!
(Ps: QAQ, are there any kind-hearted people who want to throw a few flowers? The child is starving.)
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