Yap Liangchen and the others left the western city gate in a carriage.
Yap Liangchen, Uncle Black, and the little boy held onto the edge of the carriage tightly, afraid that they would be thrown out.
From the perspective of the passers-by, the carriage disappeared from sight in the blink of an eye.
"F * ck, is this horse crazy?”
"Eh, this horse seems to be a ferghana horse. Woah ~ This horse's owner is really blind.”
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They passed through a forest and arrived at a mountain range with strange rocks.
The little boy continued to lead the way and finally arrived outside a cave a moment later.
Yap Liangchen glanced around and saw many silver-white stones scattered on the ground. It was saltpeter.
"Here, it's here."
The little boy pointed at the cave and looked at the sky. He hoped that Yap Liangchen would finish his work soon so that he could take him back to the city.
After entering the cave for about ten steps, the light dimmed, and they began to light the torches with a torch.
He walked another hundred steps.
It turned out that Yap Liangchen had found exposed silver saltpeter on the mountain wall.
These saltpeter were hidden in the stone walls and had not been mined.
"Young Master, move aside and let this old servant try.”
After Yap Liangchen backed away, Uncle Black picked up the pickaxe, clenched it with both hands, and hammered it.
Clang!
Clang!
Clang!
A sharp reverberating sound came from the cave.
After spending a full 15 minutes, he finally cleaned up the surroundings of a watermelon-sized piece of saltpeter. Then, he chiseled the root and took it out.
It was like digging bamboo shoots, except that the bamboo shoots grew underground while the saltpeter grew on the stone wall.
Digging out a piece of saltpeter, Uncle Black's arm went numb and sore, and he was already unable to fight anymore.
Yap Liangchen went deeper into the cave, but there were more and more saltpeter.
"It really is a saltpeter mine. We only lack the official documents to mine this place, the mining manpower, and the sales channels.”
Yap Liangchen didn't know the others and didn't trust them.
Yap Liangchen didn't plan to sell the ice food, but saltpeter.
A fist-sized saltpeter could be used to make a bucket of ice, and a bucket of ice could be used to make many ice foods, such as ice water, rock sugar water, ice fruit juice, and ice milk.
The small peddlers could earn at least 100 to 200 copper coins from selling their iced food, so they would have to spend at least a few dozen copper coins to buy saltpeter. This was where the profit came from.
After saltpeter ice was popularized, ice food was no longer exclusive to the royal family. It could also be used by ordinary people.
Now, it was August, and Chang 'an City had a population of nearly one million. The sales of iced food were definitely in short supply.
It could be said that this cave was a cash cow.
What Yap Liangchen needed to do was to work with Old Li to control the saltpeter mine and the raw materials for production.
"Let's go."
Yap Liangchen said to the little boy after they left the cave.
He wanted to go to the Li Residence, but he suddenly realized that he didn't know the location of the Li Residence.
Old Li did not reveal his name to him.
This Old Li was really mysterious.
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" Your Majesty wants to raise pigs?"
"That's right."
Li Shi Min said seriously,
He had eaten pork more than once in Liang Chen Restaurant. There was Dongpo Braised Pork, Sweet and Sour Pork Ribs, and Stir-Fried Pork. Each one was more delicious than the last.
If the imperial court were to take the lead in raising pigs, it would definitely increase their finances.
Now, the price of smelly pigs was one copper coin per catty, and the price was as cheap as dirt. In the future, the price of smelly pigs would definitely rise.
However, the other officials had never eaten pork before, so they were still shocked.
Had His Majesty gone mad?
"How can cheap meat be promoted to the world?"
"Your Majesty, if the imperial court raises pigs, it will definitely incur a financial deficit!!!”
"That pork is too flirtatious."
"How did Your Majesty know that pork is edible?”
Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling, Xiao Yu, Qin Qiong, Yuchi Gong, and the others all remonstrated. Raising pigs was even more unreliable than collecting salt taxes.
"Zhen heard it from others and tasted it. It tasted really good."
Li Shi Min glanced at Zhangsun Wu Ji and the two of them smiled faintly.
At first, they didn't believe it either. After eating the pork, they believed it.
"Your Majesty, you must have been deceived by this vile person. Please tell me, who is this vile person?!”
Wei Zheng widened his eyes and took a step forward. His eyes were filled with anger.
The person who proposed this plan must be killed.
Fang Xuanling and the others nodded in agreement.
The ugly appearance of pigs, coupled with the fact that everyone used pigs to scold others, showed how unpopular pigs were among the people.
The ministers all wanted to wait for Li Shi Min to say that person's name, and then tear him into pieces.
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