The Three Kingdoms began with self-reliance as king

Chapter 32 The Lord Goes Crazy Again
"Good good!"

Liu Yi said three good words in succession, and his joy was beyond words.

The status of merchants was very low in ancient times, but Liu Yi was not affected by these three-six-six-nine concepts.

Now he is thirsty for talent and appoints people on their merits.

No matter what your background is, as long as you have a skill, you are willing to treat each other generously.

He doesn't look at people with colored glasses, and he doesn't know his own identity. It is easier to be a corporal of courtesy and virtuousness than Boss Cao and Uncle Liu Huang.

When it is cleared and stabilized in the future, it will definitely issue a recruitment order to gather talents from all over the world and use them...

"My lord, this subordinate not only brought back food and grass, but also brought back a batch of goods..."

Zhang Ling called General Liu Yi earlier out of courtesy.

Now the reason for changing his mouth is because he truly recognizes Liu Yi as the master and regards himself as a member of the rebel army.

Bring back a batch of things?
Liu Yi's heart moved, and he looked at Zhang Ling with burning eyes.

"It's done?"

"Fortunately not humiliated!"

While speaking, Zhang Ling motioned to his servants to bring several cargo bags forward and untie them one by one.

Liu Yi stepped forward and looked at the yellowish crystals that had condensed into a block in front of him.

If it was in the past, Liu Yi would never have imagined that this was salt.

in his impression.

Salt is usually snow-white, and these yellow crystals in front of you are definitely two different things.

But among the things he was messing around in the room these days, there were these yellowish crystals.

So he can be sure that these things are all salt.

It's just different from the table salt he usually eats, these salts are called coarse salt.

There is a strong bitter taste.

Hard to swallow.

Zhang Ling couldn't see any joy from Liu Yi's expression, thinking that Liu Yi was not satisfied with the batch of goods he shipped back.

He said with some embarrassment:

"My lord, the color and taste of these coarse salts are worse than what we usually eat.

But it is still very popular in remote villages. "

Then he said with a little shame: "This is the best source of goods that my subordinates can get..."

Given his status and status, he wanted to get in touch with the ten permanent attendants, but he kept his words light, and they still looked down on him for the time being.

So we can only settle for the next best thing.

It took a lot of effort to manage the relationship between Jiangdong and Tuo to obtain this level of coarse salt and obtain a stable source of supply.

According to his ideas.

It doesn't matter if the taste of these coarse salts is lower, as long as the price is set lower when selling them, no one will buy them.

Small profits but quick turnover, the profit margins available are huge.

This society is dominated by the people at the bottom, but not everyone is like the high-ranking officials and aristocrats.

The upper classes look down on these things, but the poor and poor people regard them as treasures.

It is a kind of happiness for them to be able to fill their stomachs, and they don't care about their appetite at all, let alone the difference in taste.

Liu Yi nodded to show that he understood.

These days, he has learned more about salt in the Han Dynasty.

In addition to white, the color of salt also includes crimson snow, peach blossom, blue, purple and so on.

"Do poor people eat these?"

Liu Yi pinched a handful and put it in his mouth, and made him spit it out again in an instant.

"Yes, that's what poor people eat!"

Zhang Ling on the side answered in the affirmative.

"Actually, being able to eat this kind of coarse salt is considered good.

Some lonely elderly people in remote villages have no choice but to dig salt mines to eat because they have not handled them properly.

After eating, my whole body turned purple, and I forcibly poisoned myself to death..."

While the rich wine and meat smell, the road with frozen bone.

After listening to Zhang Ling's words, Liu Yi further felt the hardships of the people at the bottom, far beyond his imagination.

Living is really not an easy thing.

In his cognition, salt is just a condiment, which only affects appetite.

I never thought that mere table salt is so important to the common people.

But Zhang Ling's words also reminded him.

The yellowish crystals in front of me have only undergone preliminary treatment and are called coarse salt, which is similar in essence to salt mines.

Long-term use of these salt mines will inevitably cause irreversible damage to the human body.

Liu Yi does not deny that he wants to accumulate wealth quickly.

But he has his own bottom line.

Let him disregard the health of the people and earn black money against his conscience, he can't do it!

He is very short of money, and he lacks a lot of money to arm his power.

But a gentleman loves money in a proper way, and he cannot violate the bottom line of being a human being.

What's more, these days he was hiding in his room, fiddled with the mysterious formula, and had achieved good results.

It is absolutely possible to contribute to the health of the people.

"We can't sell this inferior coarse salt to the common people!"

Liu Yi's tone was beyond doubt.

what!
Can't these coarse salts be sold?
Zhang Ling and the others were a little dumbfounded, and looked at Liu Yi in doubt.

A few days ago, I was full of enthusiasm and made up my mind to sell illegal salt.

Now that you can't wait to get these private salt channels, you suddenly change your mind and don't sell them?

play?

"My lord, are we not selling private salt anymore?" Zhang Ling asked suspiciously.

"Private salt must be sold.

It's just that we can't sell this kind of coarse salt that is harmful to the health of the people. If we want to sell it, we must sell high-quality private salt. "

High-quality private salt?

Zhang Ling heaved a sigh of relief. If Liu Yi never changed his order to sell private salt, then his hard work these days would be in vain.

He has some reasons:

"My lord, this is already the best private salt this subordinate can get.

No matter how good it is, it is at the official salt level, and it is difficult to get the source of goods..."

A meaningful smile appeared on Liu Yi's face.

"If we can't get a better source of goods, then we process the refined salt ourselves!

You can get a good price if you change hands.

Even if the price is the same, isn’t it more popular in the market if it is high quality and low price?

we want"

what's going on?
The lord went crazy again?

Processing refined salt yourself?

Zhang Ling and others became more and more unpredictable about Liu Yi's idea of ​​escape.

They know a little bit about salt mining and crude salt production.

Folks spread the method of making salt by frying in the sun, boiling in sea water, and turning brine into salt.

It is said that seawater is put into salt pans in coastal areas, and the salt is taken after the water evaporates.

In inland areas, high-saline brine is taken from wells, and the water is evaporated by cooking to obtain salt.

The two have the same effect.

The circulating salt refining method is not complicated. It can be obtained by directly setting up a stove, setting up a pot to cook salt, and waiting for the water to evaporate.

However, this primitive method of boiling salt is labor-intensive, time-consuming and fuel-intensive, and the output is low and the quality is poor, so it is not worth it at all.

Therefore, even if many people know the method of refining salt, they will not do it.

It is not easy to refine coarse salt, and it is too much for granted that Liu Yi wants to process refined salt.

Therefore, Zhang Ling and others persuaded Liu Yi to give up this unrealistic idea.

Just sell these coarse salt with peace of mind, don't mess around anymore.

Whether the quality of the salt is good or not, the people will live or die.

Is all this important in front of money interests?
Guo Jia in the crowd looked at Liu Yi silently.

He was very curious about what choice Liu Yi would make in the face of interests and conscience.

Morally speaking, he supports Liu Yi, but he is still not optimistic about Liu Yi's ability to process coarse salt into refined salt...

(End of this chapter)