Under Zhu Su's mobilization, his group of wise men was still quite powerful.
With Li Jinglong's help, they circled a large piece of land on the hillside north of Juxian Village and hired a large group of workers to build walls and houses. In less than two months, the production base was built.
During this period of time, the others were not idle either. They obtained a large amount of coarse salt through their own channels.
Hua Ming was the one who contributed the most. He directly bought two salt mines in his fief and didn't mention money to Zhu Su at all. Zhu Su was not a man who did errands, so he directly increased his share by one level without saying anything.
As for the other brothers, most of them bought sea salt. It was difficult to transport it, and the cost was high. When the coarse salt was transported to Jinling, it was already worth one tael of silver per catty. This was the price that the other party offered because they did not dare to raise the price because of their status.
Zhu Su naturally had his own plans for such a situation. Right now, he was mainly relying on the two salt mines in Hua Ming's fief to earn money. Of course, he also had to purchase coarse salt. Who would complain about earning more money? Once he sold the fine salt and had money, he would start the water transport business. Once the transportation cost was reduced, sea salt would become the main source of coarse salt in the future.
After all, if they wanted to expand their business, one or two salt mines were far from enough to cover the expenses of the entire Ming Dynasty.
The method of making the words was not satisfactory. He crushed the coarse salt into a bittern, then filtered and purified it through a few processes. Finally, he dried it and sieved it to obtain high-grade fine salt.
Only the linen and charcoal used for filtering took time.
In order to keep it a secret, he only planned to use the Ghost Shadow Soldiers as production workers.
Anyway, when he earned 100,000 taels of silver, he would unlock the new Ghost Shadow Corps. He did not have to worry about manpower.
Moreover, there were still more than a thousand Ghost Shadow Soldiers in the Changbai Mountains searching for the Great Green Python and the mysterious white tiger for him.
Zhu Su was really envious of the two exotic beasts. The Green Python that did not hibernate in the snow and ice, and the White Tiger that he saw through the Ghost Shadow Soldier's perspective, which went into the cave to hunt bears for food. Such ferocious exotic beasts would be very impressive in the future.
Moreover, these two strange beasts were not low in intelligence. They had already sneakily attacked his Ghost Shadow Soldiers many times, causing Zhu Su, who was thousands of miles away, to often sigh with emotion when he saw the Ghost Shadow Soldiers returning to the summoning space.
However, Zhu Su believed that there would be a chance to subdue them in the future.
March 3, good spring light, whose wife red sleeves fragrance.
After class today, Zhu Su came to the Eastern Palace with an oilpaper bag to discuss salt with Zhu Biao.
In the end, the eunuch beside the Crown Prince, Xiao Liuzi, sent a message. The Crown Prince was having his afternoon nap.
So Zhu Su simply hugged Zhu Xiongying, who was sunbathing in the garden, in his arms. Ignoring Chang Xiyun's rebuke, he flicked his big nephew's little coo, causing Zhu Xiongying's expression to change instantly.
" Ah, don't cry, don't cry..." Zhu Su hugged his nephew and laughed. He put Zhu Xiongying's little hand on his face and let him take revenge.
The poor child had no strength, and Zhu Su, as his uncle, was more thick-skinned than a city wall. Zhu Su coaxed him patiently for a while, and Zhu Xiongying stopped crying. He looked back at his mother sitting not far away with his big tearful eyes, and his small mouth began to blow bubbles in grievance.
"You! You always like to bully Xiong Ying when you have nothing to do. If Imperial Father finds out later, let's see what you'll do.”Chang Xiyun felt helpless. She wondered if she would stop letting her son wear open-crotch pants when he was older.
Besides Zhu Su, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao also had this kind of bad taste. According to Chang Xiyun's own observations, her father Chang Yuchun and Zhu Biao's other brothers also seemed to have the urge to try this.
As expected, men were all so boring.
"Sister-in-law, are you feeling better?”Zhu Su handed his eldest nephew to the nanny beside him. When he was tired of crying, he would drink some milk. He envied such a life of a rice worm.
" Mm." Chang Xiyun's eyebrows curved. Ever since she gave birth, her motherly aura had become more prominent."Some time ago, Mother summoned Father, and Uncle Xu and the others entered the palace to recuperate. I also benefited from it and ate a lot of natural treasures.”
"Just eating isn't enough. You have to exercise more and walk around frequently.”It was rare for Zhu Su to be so serious. He would not let his sister-in-law die early.
Anyway, as long as he was here, he had to put an end to this possibility.
Chang Xiyun had always been secretly protected by Zhu Su's Ghost Shadow Soldiers in case of any accidents.
"Yes, I know." Chang Xiyun couldn't help but pinch Zhu Su's cheek again.""After the new year, my Xiaowu has become handsome again. Now it seems that Yao 'er really has good taste.”
"Alright, it's fine if you take advantage of me, but you're ruining my mood. You're too much.”Zhu Su allowed Chang Xiyun to bully him. After all, he had just bullied her daughter, and this was an eye for an eye.
"By the way, Sister Yun, that green tea hasn't been up to anything recently, right? If you don't like her, then don't let her hang around in front of you. Have you told Big Brother about this? If you didn't say anything, I'll listen!" Zhu Su didn't have a good impression of Lady Lu, or rather, she didn't have a good impression of anyone who made Chang Xiyun unhappy.
It was not that Zhu Su did not have an elder sister, but he did not have a deep relationship with the Princess of Ningguo. On the contrary, he got along very well with Chang Xiyun since they were young. Therefore, in his eyes, Chang Xiyun was not much different from his own elder sister.
"Sigh, some things are not that simple.”Chang Xiyun sighed. She was about to be sad again when she saw Zhu Su about to stand up. She hurriedly said,""I'll tell your brother later that I'm narrow-minded and can't stand his group of girls. They're not allowed to hang around me in the future, okay?”
" That's more like it." Zhu Su returned to his original seat. Seeing that there was a bowl of ice cream cheese in front of Chang Xiyun, he directly took it and drank it in one gulp. His Royal Highness Zhu, who had milk in his mouth, did not forget to tell Chang Xiyun, who was stroking her forehead,""Remember, you are too thin-skinned to eat your fill. You have to suffer because you want to save face. At night, you cover yourself with a small blanket.”
Then, the palace servants who were waiting on her not far away watched as the Crown Princess 'face turned red as she pressed down on the Fifth Prince and gave him a good beating.
After the tragedy in the garden, Zhu Su rubbed his arm that Chang Xiyun had pinched and walked into the Crown Prince's study with a grimace.
Zhu Biao knew what had happened without guessing."Little Five, your sister-in-law is already a mother. Can you not make her angry for no reason?”
"What's wrong with that? Isn't she still my Sister Yun? Besides, after giving birth, you have to move around more. Take care of your body and work hard. Our family really has a throne to inherit in the future. If Xiongying doesn't become useful in the future, you still have a choice.”
Zhu Biao did the same thing as his wife just now. He held his forehead and said helplessly,"I thank his good fifth uncle on behalf of Xiong Ying.”
"Hahaha, you're welcome, you're welcome. I just think a little more than others.”Zhu Su continued to joke.
Zhu Biao couldn't help but smile.”
Only then did Zhu Su remember that he was not here to play his nephew's Little Gugu today. He had just remembered that he had left the oilpaper bag in the backyard, and Chang Xiyun had already sent someone to deliver it.
"Haha, naughty." Zhu Su laughed and took the oilpaper bag from the shy little palace maid. Then, he came to Zhu Biao's desk and opened the oilpaper bag.
A pile of fine white salt appeared in front of Zhu Biao.
Zhu Biao knew that this kid had accomplished what Zhu Su had discussed with him a few days ago.
Zhu Biao stretched out his trembling hand and dipped it in some white salt. Then, he licked it.
Salty! So salty!
There was only a salty taste without any bitterness!
This was high-grade refined salt!
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