Chapter 162 The workshop needs advanced technology
Li Si nodded and said: "Such a good salt is indeed worth the price. But selling it to the Xiongnu and other countries would be a bit of an enemy."
"That's because you are ignorant. I said that one of the tactics in the policy towards the Huns is commercial transactions.
It seems that we sold salt to the Huns. As long as the Huns ate the salt, they would become stronger. But think about it, what does Da Qin have?
War horses, cattle, sheep and other livestock. Not to mention war horses and sheep. Just talking about cattle, is there any shortage in Da Qin? Qin An asked.
"It's lacking, very lacking." Ying Zheng said without hesitation.
Qin An nodded and said: "In ancient times, there was never a shortage of cattle. They were the best labor force for the people and a good helper in farming.
So comparing the two, I spent a little bit of salt to get what we want, and is this salt expensive, or are cattle, sheep, and horses expensive? "
"Of course it's cattle, sheep and horses. One cow can be exchanged for ten kilograms, no, one hundred kilograms of salt is not an exaggeration." Fusu replied seriously.
Others nodded, agreeing with Fusu's words.
Ying Zheng said: "Sir, this is it. Are there other ways of doing business?"
"Of course we have it, but it all depends on productivity. To be honest, although the productivity I'm telling you now is good, it's too slow. We should develop a more effective method of making salt."
"Is your salt-making method not advanced enough?" Ying Zheng said in shock.
“Actually, the process is the same, turning salt mines into brine, filtering, and then firing, but how can we directly combine these processes to reduce labor.
For example, we are at the seaside, and the seawater at the seaside is inexhaustible, so we can use long pipes to let seawater flow directly into the salt making workshop.
The seawater entering the salt making workshop is directly filtered into seawater, which saves us a lot of time.
The clean salt water is directly put into the large furnace to be burned. As it is burned day and night, more and more salt will be added. The workers only need to watch the fire.
Refined salt can be made directly after the salt is burned. Now we manually obtain the refined salt from the pot and then grind it carefully into fine salt. However, we have created a tool that allows it to continuously grind automatically, so that we don’t have to worry about it anymore. Gone a lot of time? "Qin An said.
At this time, Qin An just needed to explain the modern salt-making process and machines.
It's a pity that it didn't work. What they said was that in the Qin Dynasty, apart from human and animal power, they did not know other power sources.
"Sir," Ying Zheng said, "Your idea is very novel. If Mr. Gongshu were here, he would be very excited and start studying the tools he mentioned."
Qin An nodded and said: "Yes, unless he is not interested in research. In addition, there are many business models. What I just mentioned is just an agency model.
There is also diversified business, that is, the production of various things. This is not my specialty, and I won’t know how to do it.
However, as long as Zhao Su and the others leave the village, they can take courses in economics and management, business management models, etc., and they will understand. "
Everyone was immediately embarrassed. It wasn't that they didn't want to think about the future, but that they couldn't go. It was Great Qin's luck that Qin An could come to Great Qin.
"Sir, you are right," Ying Zheng said, "We can learn when we go out."
"If you deal with it, you can learn by going out." Everyone agreed in unison.
Qin An sighed slightly: They said it so perfunctorily, they must not want to get out. After being imprisoned for more than two thousand years, they suddenly said that times have changed, and earth-shaking changes have taken place. This is somewhat unacceptable.
It seems that I still need to work very hard to make the village chief and others accept the outside world.
Besides, this village is so retro and valuable for research. Maybe the country will give me some bonuses.
Qin An couldn't help but salivate when he thought about the possibility of receiving a generous bonus from the country in the future, and then using this bonus to buy a house and a car, and then marry Bai Fumei. Twenty years of hard work would be spared in his life.
When Ying Zheng and others saw Qin An drooling, they couldn't help but look at each other. Could this gentleman be ill? Or thought of something delicious?
I guess I thought of something delicious.
After everyone exchanged glances, they all thought that Qin An had thought of some delicious food.
"Sir. Sir." Ying Zheng shouted twice.
Qin An came back to his senses and immediately knew that he had lost his composure. He immediately wiped the saliva from his mouth and said awkwardly: "It's funny, let everyone laugh."
Ying Zheng asked: "Sir, have you thought of any delicious food?"
"Yes, yes." Qin An took advantage of the situation and said, "I want to eat barbecue. Isn't this lettuce ripe?" Wrap barbecue in lettuce, don't overdo it with flavor. "
"Isn't it necessary to save seeds?"
"I've looked over it. The seeds have been saved. Let's go pick them now." Qin An said, "We will have barbecue tonight. How about everyone preparing it separately?"
"That's fine."
Seeing that Qin An was so interested, he agreed.
Immediately, Qin An asked Zhang Han to lead people up the mountain to catch wild boars, wild boars, pheasants and other animals, and also asked Gongzi Gao to go to the river to catch some fish.
Qin An prepared some charcoal and iron racks for barbecue, then went to the kitchen to make some pancakes, wrap them in barbecue and eat them.
I have decided to have barbecue tonight.
After the division of labor was clear, Ying Zheng, Li Si and others sat in the waiting room waiting for the delicious food.
Seeing Qin An enter the kitchen, Ying Zheng said: "Let's go for a walk, I have something to say."
"promise."
After leaving the yard, Ying Zheng said: "Let's go see how Lao Er and the others catch fish."
"promise."
So under the leadership of Ying Zheng, we slowly walked towards the river.
After walking for a while, Ying Zheng asked: "Li Si, what do you think of Mr.'s business model?"
It’s here, it’s finally here, the First Emperor still asked, Li Si thought in his mind.
He immediately said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, Sir's strategy can allow the court to collect money as quickly as possible, and there is no need to worry about sales issues, as long as you focus on production.
Wei Chen thinks it is very feasible to reduce a lot of troubles for the court.
Now, the imperial court has set the price of salt at thirty cents per catty, so we can keep the price between twenty and twenty-five cents and find the agent. "
“Your Majesty,” Meng Yi said, “Sir’s agent policy is good, but the prerequisite is that he sets up the headquarters of Daqin Salt in Xianyang and manages it with a businessman.
However, Xianyang's salt mines and output are currently unable to be used by the entire Daqin.
The imperial court had long been aware of this step, so it set up salt-making workshops across the country, and the salt was directly handed over to local officials for sale. Therefore, Wei Chen believed that there was no need to find agents for sale. "
Li Si frowned slightly and thought: Sure enough, this Meng Yi will become my biggest competitor.
