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Chapter 117 Salt Rights

No, this is not a question of "how to wait", Uncle!

Master Li was tongue-tied, scratching his ears and cheeks, not knowing how to tell Uncle about this.

Could it be that this silver mine should have been discovered by the Zheng Clan after a few years, and it was secretly mined, and it was discovered and reported to the court because of its indiscretion. In order to win the favor of the new emperor, Li Xiangye also coveted the Zheng family's property, Not only did he not help, but he planned to join forces with the emperor to carve up the Zheng Clan.The uncle brought the children of the clan to try to transfer the mined and smelted silver, but was discovered by the secret agents of the foreign officials, and was finally surrounded and suppressed, burned to death in the mine, and got a notorious reputation for stealing official silver.

"Speaking of which, the discovery of this silver mine is somewhat related to you."

"Me? What does it have to do with me?" Li Xian was a little confused.

Zheng Jin laughed and said, "Your iron stove is very good, with a lot of patterns, and Diqiu produces good iron. Now the name 'Diqiu Iron' is sold all over the world with this iron stove."

Li Xian blinked, huh?Isn't it talking about silver mines? Why is it related to his iron stove?

The iron stove that my uncle mentioned, Mr. Li, naturally knows that this thing is called honeycomb coal stove. It is a layered stove made of thin iron sheets. The two layers of iron sheets are filled with slime and fired. The size of the fire head can be adjusted.

This stove is compact and convenient. It burns perforated briquettes mixed with carbon, lime, coal and yellow mud. Two small coal cakes can be burned for an hour or two, which is very durable.Paired with all kinds of cooking utensils made by Diqiu iron workshop, it can be used as a stove for cooking and heating.

As soon as this convenient and durable stove was born, it quickly became a major specialty of Diqiu Tiefang. The briquettes were sold, and the Diqiu coal stove quickly spread in the vicinity, and they were sold all over the world with the caravans of various families.

The structure of this thing is very simple, and it is not difficult to imitate it, but Diqiu, apart from its novelty, is better than the low cost and high quality of blast furnace iron making and hydraulic semi-mechanical pressing of iron sheets. To build this kind of stove, it may take a craftsman more than ten days to do it well, let alone the labor and wages.

Therefore, the reputation of the exquisite and affordable "Diqiu stove" gradually spread. The more people bought it, the more people used the stove naturally.

Coal is needed to use the stove, Master Li Fangzi of honeycomb coal has long been sold to merchants who came to Diqiu to wholesale stoves, and the Zheng family even paid for the stove and coal recipes before the merchants, seeing that the trend of this stove is gradually Diffusion, the stove is a special product of Diqiu, coal can't be transported all the way from Zhezhiguan to sell everywhere, right?

Uncle Zheng sent people to look for coal mines near several places where sales were booming. If he wanted to provide a one-stop service package—sell stoves and special coal cakes, he dug and dug, and accidentally dug out a silver mine. .

There are too many people, and the mine is quite rich, and the silver threads are sandwiched between the ores, and it is difficult to hide it.

"...The location is close to the capital, so it is natural that foreign officials and secret agents have reported it. Later, the emperor issued the gold and silver mine official camp edict."

Because the stove needs coal, the silver mine was dug out by digging the coal... For a moment Li Xian didn't know whether to say that Yin Zi was destined for the Zheng Clan, or that the Zheng family came across this mine because of bad luck.

"Prime Minister Li also sent someone here, saying that since the wealth is exposed, if you try hard to keep it, you will be jealous of the king. It is better to retreat and exchange for what you need."

Zheng Jin took a look at his own Ah Chou, and sighed in his heart, being greedy and ruthless as Lao Tzu, he swallowed a large piece of fat before letting go to try to save the Zheng Clan, only power and interests were left in his heart, and there was no place for Ah Xian at all. It's just that this section doesn't have to be said to the children.

Li Xian was taken aback, both surprised and stunned, yes, he has been prosperous in Diqiu all his life, not the useless slave who was knocked out of the black prison and polluted the family of the Li family, Zheng Jia and Li Xiangye didn't tear themselves apart because of him, and Zhong Heng became his arm and lover, and even Lao Zhong ate and drank in Diqiu.

Li Xiang is busy trying to gain power, needs the financial support of the Zheng Clan, and is a little afraid of the influence of Zhong's family in the army, but his appearance can't be as ugly as in his previous life.

"...Gold and silver are only equivalents to measure the value of commodities. They cannot be eaten or worn. It is really not worth it to cause the emperor's disgust and cause disasters for no reason.

Like those wealthy landowners, they dug it out and cast it into big silver balls hidden in their own cellars. How is this different from gold and silver buried in ore?Nowadays, the world is in turmoil, and it is safe to have food and someone in hand. Frontier fortresses have cheap money and food is expensive. Isn't it because there is more money and less food here, which makes food more expensive.Developing productivity and promoting production is the right way to grow hair. You have done an excellent job in Diqiu for more than half a year. "

Zheng Jin tried his best to persuade his nephew, and wanted him to stop thinking about the "good-looking but not tasty" silver mine: "...Since we can't take it quietly, it's better to exchange it for something we need, such as salt. "

Li Xian is like a big fish thrown ashore, his mouth is open and closed, unable to utter a word, Uncle, you rushed to say everything I wanted to say, and you said it so reasonable, what else can I say? !

"Uncle, what you said is very reasonable, it is the most reasonable in the world!"

Master Li praised sincerely, as expected, this pile of messy books was not in vain.

[The money you spend is your own money, praise for the second uncle! ]

[Picking out silver under the emperor's nose is indeed too dangerous. The second uncle can just go back to Diqiu. It's gold and silver. Ordinary people like these beautiful but useless metals. My Ajin is really not in the vulgar. ]

No matter what the second uncle said, the monks always said "Yes, yes, yes!"

Sure enough, color is justice? !

Li Xian squinted at the flattery that the masters said to his uncle, collected a lot of star coins calmly, and decided to give the second uncle another genetic fine-tuning in another day, so as to make his family rich. Even if it is adjusted to be stronger, it will prevent him from working hard and hurting his foundation.

Most of the shadow in my heart about the death of the Zheng family due to the "silver mine" finally dissipated, and Li Xian was able to calm down and listen carefully to Uncle's account of the separation of the Zheng family.

The cause of the incident is unremarkable, but it is money that touches people's hearts.

The direct branch of the Zheng family is not very well connected, Mr. Zheng has been indifferent for many years, and the two brothers Zheng Zhu and Zheng Jin are acting, one is resolute and ruthless, and the other is needle-like. Over the years, those who want to stretch out their hands have been overwhelmed.It's fair to say that the eldest son of Zheng Zhu's lineage is in power, but Zheng Jin is so half-dead that most of the people who will be lying in bed for a year are still holding on to Jiangnan's business, which has long made all the side branches bleed with envy.

A few years ago, Zheng Jin's health suddenly improved, and he gave up most of his business in Jiangnan and returned to the barren and barren old land in the Northwest.

Now that we have encountered the matter of silver mines again, the two brothers exchanged this "treasure lump" for the useless "salt production right" in the Northwest after discussing it. Opening the ancestral hall, the branches and leaves are scattered, the main vein returns to the northwest, one branch stays in the south of the Yangtze River, and the other branch has quietly grown in the capital, so it took this opportunity to stay in the capital openly.

This is a completely different treatment and result from the previous life, Li Xian thinks about it, and probably understands it.

At that time in the previous life, the second uncle was lingering on the sick bed. He was in prison, and there was no Diqiu in the northwest, which was born and prospered with the Zheng family. Next to them was a group of short-sighted and greedy tribesmen, naturally thinking about how to use this silver mine to tide over the difficulties, hoping to fight the emperor by chance, but the result was naturally dismal.

Now that my second uncle is in good health, and has seen so many new and dynamic things in Diqiu, and has learned a set of economic theories that make one's scalp tingle, naturally there is no need and will not insist on the danger of the silver mine Proceeds, desperate to get chestnuts out of the fire.

Is this really what Zhong Daxian called the "butterfly effect"?Li Xian was full of emotions, but he didn't know what it was like in his heart.

But what is the "right to produce and sell salt" in exchange for this silver mine?

"Everyone knows that there is no good salt in the northwest, and some are just bitter salt from brine wells. Although the salt and iron franchise is now more than half of the official iron has been abandoned, the right to manufacture and sell salt fields can be purchased. The rich ore from my family is offered. Although the emperor does not I am willing to pay a lot of money, but the 'salt production and sales rights' given to a short seller is beneficial and not costly, anyway, it is only limited to Liangzhou and the two states."

"Then what do you want from this thing..." Li Xian asked Zhong Daxian quietly, Liangzhou and Bingzhou really don't have any good sources of rock salt, and it's even more dreamy to dry sea salt in the inland areas.

Zheng Jin laughed suddenly, his eyebrows were curved, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, his smile was enchanting and charming, even his nephew was dizzy for a while, and he hurriedly turned his face away, for fear that the nosebleed would spurt out. The wolves howled, and the stars splashed.

"Liangzhou and Bingzhou have no good salt, but isn't the southwestern side the former land of Xianling Qiang?" Zheng Jin sighed.

Li Xian suddenly realized: "Uncle, you, you mean the saline lake?!"

"Diqiu has the ironware and food that the herdsmen want most, as well as the black-armored iron army." Zheng Jin smiled calmly, "Do you know that an iron pot on the grassland can exchange three strong cows and horses, and you want to exchange salt? The alkali is so cheap that it is almost free. As long as the ingredients in the iron workshop are slightly changed, so that the iron objects can no longer be refined into weapons and armor, this business can be done.

Xian Lingqiang is just a weak jackal, as long as the stick in our hands is hard enough, he will not dare to bite.

At that time, we will set up a salt well to cover people's eyes and ears. Who said that I can't produce good salt in the northwest? "

These words made Mr. Li feel excited, right!With the little black armor in his hand, it would be wishful thinking to grab other people's territory and occupy their salt lake, but it would be more than enough to protect the caravan and buy some salt and alkali.

Salt is a good thing, but trona is even better!Zhong Daxian's prescription contains three acids and two bases, and from time to time he has a headache because of the lack of one or the other. If this business route can be made, the output of many things can be greatly increased.

With this thing, the purification of raw materials for glass production can save a big step.

"Uncle, you are really my lucky star!"

Master Li gave a weird cry, and hugged his good uncle.

Zheng Jin was embraced by this rogue-like Master Li, who couldn't laugh or cry for a while, smiled and tapped the child on the head lightly:

"naughty!"