"We still have to thank your Zhen family for the horses and ironware. Naturally, we can sell salt.”Liu Chen said with a smile.
This made the hearts of the Zhang family and the Zhen family beat fiercely!
The King of Chang Shan actually agreed!
What did salt mean to a country? Those were the daily necessities that the people and livestock needed to eat!
Yes, it was!
Even livestock needed to use salt. For example, if pigs were fed salt, it could make them whiter and fatter.
For example, if the warhorses in the military camp were fed salt, it would make the warhorses stronger!
If people did not eat salt, they would not have the strength to do so for a long time. It was the same for herding animals.
Salt was so important, coupled with the difficulties of salt production, inconvenient transportation, government operations, and other reasons, salt prices remained high!
And now.
The salt-making method developed by the King of Chang Shan turned coarse salt into refined salt. It was even high-grade, impurity-free, snow-white and flawless snow salt!
Most importantly, the price was only half that of coarse salt!
Anyone who did this business would be able to make a fortune!
"Thank you, Prince Chang Shan!" Zhang shi bowed excitedly. Everyone from the Zhen family also cupped their hands.
"No worries."
"I wonder if you have the permission of the imperial court to sell salt?" Liu Chen asked after thinking for a while. If not, he could only sell them privately!”
In this era, selling salt also required a permit. After all, it was an official business. Although it was controlled by the great clans, it still had to pay taxes on the surface.
"Yes!"
Zhang shi was so excited that her face turned red." Your Highness, please rest assured. We will not violate the laws of the Imperial Court!"”
"Gongyu, you can discuss the transaction with the Zhen family. You can give them a preferential ex-factory price!”
"…Yes, your subordinate will obey!"
Qiushou was stunned for a moment, but he quickly understood the meaning of the ex-factory price.
Liu Chen thought for a moment and asked again," Oh right, we also invented a cleaning product called soap. Are you interested?"”
"Soap? Your Highness, can we give it a try first?”Zhang Shi asked expectantly.
"Naturally."
The group went to the soap shop again. It had opened not long ago and was a state-owned enterprise.
When the shop owner saw Liu Chen, he excitedly came out to welcome him. After understanding the reason, he immediately arranged for the servants to display the soaps one by one.
Other than ordinary soap, there was also soap, sulfur soap, and so on.
The mold was all square with the word "Changshan" engraved on it.
After the servants were stained with dirt, dirt, and oil, they were cleaned and demonstrated. Their entire hands were clean and tidy, and a faint fragrance pervaded the air.
This shocked the Zhen family again!
Even though there were already cleaning products in this era, they were not as convenient and simple as soap.
"Mother, your hands smell good after washing with soap.”Zhen Mi tried it out of curiosity and was delighted to smell the fragrance of her little hands.
It was hard for women to resist the temptation of fragrance.
Even if Zhen Mi was still a little kid.
Some rich ladies would even use flower petals to add fragrance to their baths. In the future, there were still people who used milk to bathe!
Zhang shi's face was filled with excitement, her cheeks flushed red. Smelling the fragrance of the soap, her face was also filled with joy and love.
Many women in the Zhen family were the same!
"Other than washing clothes, soap can also be used to wash the body, hair, cheeks, and other places. Of course, it's best to wash it with sulfur soap once every two to three days…"
This explanation made the Zhen family's women even more excited!
Ignoring everyone present, he directly bought it and stuffed a few pieces of soap into his pocket, his face full of fondness!
Seeing this scene, Liu Chen couldn't wait any longer.
"I have to develop the perfume as soon as possible. This is a lady-killer! However, before that, he needed to first research the high-alcohol white wine.”
The production of perfume required a high level of alcohol, and at the same time, it required the use of retorting techniques. It was killing two birds with one stone!
Not only was there perfume, but there was also glass.
These were all urgently needed items for trade, and their prices were high. They could definitely bring endless money to Chang Mountain!
Of course.
In those novels, one could exchange a glass orb for a city.
With the Zhen family's trade route in the north, Chang Shan's urgent financial problems could be solved very quickly.
"Your Highness, our Zhen family wants to sell soap.”Zhang shi said excitedly.
"Sure."
"Gongyu, give me a discounted ex-factory price as well!" Liu Chen said to Qiushou.”
"Yes." Qiushou cupped his hands again.
Before the group left, Ju Shou, Tian Feng, Guo Jia, and the other officials also bought a few pieces and put them in their pockets.
Soap had also appeared recently. It was so novel that they didn't care about it a few days ago, but now they couldn't put it down.
Next.
Liu Chen continued to show the Zhen family around Chang Mountain.
Other than salt and soap, there were also orders for books.
Because of the movable type printing technique, the price of books in Chang Shan was very cheap. If it wasn't for the price of paper, Liu Chen might have sold the books at a low price.
Furthermore, there was a wide variety of books. The Zhen family was extremely excited when they saw it. They bought several thousand copies and customized hundreds of thousands of copies at the same time.
Although Chang Mountain had the largest library in the country, the Great Han Dynasty was a vast country. There were still many scholars from poor families who could not travel thousands of miles.
Liu Chen could only use this method to spread the knowledge of books!
It gave him another source of income, killing two birds with one stone!
After that, there were no other transactions.
As for sweet potatoes, potatoes, curved plows, horseshoes, stirrups, improved saddles, movable type printing, cement, red bricks, and other divine artifacts, there was no need to even think about them!
These items needed to be paid in advance, so the Zhen family did not bring much money with them at the moment.
Liu Chen didn't mind them paying on credit, because with their massive orders, Chang Mountain's financial crisis had been temporarily resolved.
Not only that, Liu Chen also ordered 50,000 horses from them!
Yes, it was!
After the Zhen family brought 30,000 horses, the Chang Shan army had 50,000 horses.
But it was not enough!
Liu Chen was prepared to increase the number of horses to 100,000!
The importance of cavalry was self-evident!
The Zhen family agreed, but it would take a long time, so Liu Chen didn't mind!
After staying in Chang Mountain for three days, the Zhen family reluctantly left!
Zhen Mi looked at Liu Chen with reluctance written all over her face. In the end, Liu Chen could only give her a copy of Fairy Tales before leaving happily.
Liu Chen arranged for Chang Shan soldiers to escort them. These partners had brought Chang Shan a lot of wealth!
Such an important ally naturally needed to be taken care of.
After sending off the Zhen family, Chang Shan's finances were completely settled, which suddenly made Liu Chen a little passionate about trading.
Most of the Zhen family's trade routes were in the north, while the wealthy south had yet to find a partner.
However, he could only temporarily suppress this thought.
After all, Luoyang would soon be in chaos. After Dong Zhuo entered the capital, the entire world would be in chaos.
Trade was important, but military was even more important!
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