Ding!
"Congratulations to the host for successfully refining refined salt, which has greatly strengthened Great Qin's national fate. 100 premium pork, white sugar production process, spiritual water x5, pig raising guide book.”
[High-quality pork: High-quality pork produced by the system. It has super adaptability and reproductive ability. Its internal quality is fresh and juicy. It can be said to be the top meat.]
[White sugar production process: Based on the current situation, high-quality white sugar can be produced through various processes using sugar cane, sugar beets, and other materials.]
[Pig Raising Guidebook: It contains all kinds of knowledge about raising pigs. It can turn an ordinary person into a pig boss in an instant.]
"Pig farming boss?"
After reading the system reward, Chen Beixuan focused on the last book, the Pig Raising Guide, and an evil thought popped up in his mind.
Since Old Zheng didn't want to kill Zhao Gao, why not let him raise pigs?
Anyway, after Zhao Gao left the power center, under his watch, life and death were not a matter of his words.
"Sure."
"When we're done with the refined salt, we'll go and chat with Old Zheng.”
……
"Hiss!"
"I caught a cold. Why do I suddenly feel a little cold?”
Zhao Gao, who was walking on the road, couldn't help but shiver. He thought that he had caught a cold, but he didn't know that he had already been targeted by someone.
On the other side.
Ying Zheng's carriage also arrived at Epang Palace. He went straight to Chen Beixuan, who was about to check on the refined salt.
"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
Li Er and the other eunuchs bowed.
"Imperial Teacher."
"Where are you going?"
Ying Zheng waved his hand casually. He only had eyes for Chen Beixuan.
"Your Majesty, you came at the right time. This venerable self has just made a good thing.”
"Oh?"
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's move quickly. Zhen is already a little impatient.”
Ying Zheng's eyes lit up after hearing that. After witnessing Chen Beixuan's divine means, Ying Zheng had come to a profound understanding.
Anything developed by the emperor's teacher was no less than a rare treasure!
Salt Workshop.
It was a large palace, but Chen Beixuan had used it as a place to refine salt.
At this moment.
Ying Zheng was still outside the salt workshop, but he could already see the mountain of salt mines, as well as the cheers and shocked voices coming from inside the workshop.
"Imperial Teacher, is this a salt mine?"
"That's right, it's a poisonous salt mine.”
Before Ying Zheng could ask any more questions, Chen Beixuan led Ying Zheng inside.
Li Er, who had arrived first, quickly informed everyone. The noisy salt workshop quickly quieted down.
"Greetings, Your Majesty! Greetings, Imperial Teacher!"
" Where is the refined salt?" Chen Beixuan asked.”
"Here."
Immediately, someone brought out a basket of refined salt and placed it in front of Chen Beixuan and Ying Zheng.
"This, this is…"
After seeing the refined salt clearly, Ying Zheng was also a little unsettled.
"That's right, this is the refined salt refined from the salt mine. Whether it's color, taste, or degree of refinement, this refined salt is ten or even a hundred times better than sea salt and well salt.”
Ying Zheng didn't say anything. Instead, he dipped his finger in a little salt and put it into his mouth.
"So salty."
A salty taste rushed straight to his head, but Ying Zheng resisted the urge to vomit. He waited until the salty taste in his mouth disappeared before he became excited.
"Imperial Teacher! Was this really refined from the salt mine? How complicated was the salt-making process? What was the cost? Can it be implemented nationwide?"
Like a machine gun, Ying Zheng threw out a series of questions, each of which pointed straight to the core.
Salt.
As an indispensable item, its value and importance were self-evident.
However…
The commoners were all eating the worst sea salt. Some poor people could only eat salt. The taste was unbearable for ordinary people, but they had no choice.
The reason was that well salt was extremely rare. Most people ate sea salt.
Among them, Handan, Shu, Donghai and other places were the main areas of salt production.
It was not easy to refine sea salt, which resulted in high production costs and low production quantities. In addition, the transportation route was long, and there were many problems such as bandits and thieves.
As a result, salt was controlled by the Qin Dynasty. The price was relatively expensive, and each person could only buy a small amount.
If this refined salt could be popularized throughout the world, it could completely improve the living standards of the common people and allow everyone in the world to eat salt.
"The refining process of this salt is not complicated. You only need to continuously extract, evaporate, dilute, and dry it from the salt mine.”
"The cost of refined salt is only one-thirtieth of sea salt. As long as there is a salt mine, we can continuously refine refined salt.”
"Good!"
"That's great! As expected of Great Qin's God!”
"With these salt mines, everyone can eat salt.”
Ying Zheng fell silent at first, then burst into laughter.
Salt was a violent industry!
Even though the imperial court had taken control of the salt trade and had issued numerous decrees to prohibit the sale of smuggled salt, it was still unable to stop the unscrupulous peddlers. This showed how profitable the smuggled salt was.
If a large amount of cheap salt entered the market, then there was no doubt that the people would choose to buy official salt. The illegal salt business would naturally be cut off, and the court would not even need to arrest the smugglers.
"Imperial Teacher, how much is the price of this refined salt?”
"This refined salt is divided into two types. One is called snow salt, which is a high-grade refined salt. It costs 3,000 yuan per catty, and only high-ranking officials and nobles can buy it.”
"The other type is low-grade salt. There are no restrictions, and the price is thirty wen per catty.”
Chen Beixuan knew the price of salt.
The finer salt was sold to high officials and nobles. The price of each catty was 500 wen, while the price of coarse salt sold to ordinary people was 150 wen per catty.
He directly lowered the price of the ordinary people by five times, and the price of the dignitaries was six times more expensive than the original price.
"Imperial Teacher."
"The price of your low-grade salt is very reasonable, but this snow salt is so expensive. Will anyone really be willing to buy snow salt instead of low-grade salt?”
Ying Zheng was very puzzled by this.
In his opinion, there was not much difference between low-grade salt and snowflake salt, but the price difference between the two was a hundred times. Why did those high-ranking officials and nobles not buy low-grade salt and buy snowflake salt that was a hundred times more expensive?
The fine salt was only 500 yuan before, which was only slightly more expensive than the coarse salt. However, Chen Beixuan's price was a little ridiculous.
"Why not?"
"Your Majesty, do you believe that once this snow salt is sold, it will definitely be more popular than low-grade salt?”
"Zhen doesn't believe it."
Ying Zheng thought about it seriously for a moment, but still shook his head. He didn't think that this snow salt would sell better than low-grade salt. After all, its price was right there.
"Then, Your Majesty, are you willing to make a bet with this venerable self? If this venerable self wins, how about I ask for a person from Your Majesty?”
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