Wang Ling is the head of the Wang family in Peixian County, and is as famous as the Yong family. He is an extremely generous person, but he doesn't like reading and speaks straightforwardly. When Liu Jin was young, he regarded Wang Ling as his elder brother and respected him very much.
Naturally, we have to win over such people.
The Wang family is one of the four wealthy families in Peixian County.
Ranked third in terms of family background, there are also people in the clan who are officials.
At the same time, Wang was engaged in copper and iron trading. Cao Xiu had long considered that weapons would definitely be needed for future uprisings. You can't really cut down trees to become soldiers and raise poles to become flags, right?
Besides, many friends lead to many paths. Being on good terms with Wang is naturally a win-win situation. Firstly, it solves Cao Xiu's manpower shortage, secondly, it makes friends with Wang to prepare for the future, and thirdly, it can make money.
Cao Xiu won directly!
Of course, this living royal tomb is not in vain. The money earned was shared equally between Cao Xiu and him. Earn over 100,000 yuan a year, easily. The important thing is that they got through the relationship. From now on, we are all on the same boat. What good business is there? How can Cao Xiu forget about his Wang family?
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Cao Xiu took the pottery pot, which contained fine salt that had been purified repeatedly. It was white in color and had almost no impurities. He took out some of it and tasted it with the tip of his tongue.
"Hmm, not bad. It has no bitter taste, and the color and quality are of high quality. It will definitely fetch a good price."
"Hahaha!"
Wang Ling laughed heartily.
Coarse salt is already cheap, but the one smuggled by Qin Jia is even cheaper, costing only thirty yuan per stone, which is about the same as the price of corn. And they sold a bucket for thirty, which was more than ten times more. After removing all kinds of costs, you can earn fifty yuan for one stone.
There is no way, the transportation cost is too high.
Otherwise, they would make more money!
Qin Shihuang's face was ashen and he stared hard.
Damn that thief Cao! ! !
How dare you buy and sell private salt? !
If you don't kill him, you will be sorry to Qin Lu!
"Are you a private person?"
"Fart, this is official salt."
"Is this official salt?!"
"What, is there a problem?"
Cao Xiu also told lies with his eyes open.
Whether it is official salt or private salt is nothing more than a word from the county magistrate. As long as the relationship is cleared up, it's just a small matter. In addition to Qin Jia, official salt from the East China Sea will be transported to Peixian every now and then, and the person in charge is Cao Shen.
Cao Shen used his identity to hand over all the official salt money he sold, and then made the accounts look better. As for the remaining money earned, it is naturally theirs.
Purified sea salt is of excellent quality.
So, there is no need to worry about sales.
Wang Jian glared angrily, jumped up and grabbed the pot. They are not blind, this is obviously illegal. However, the quality of the private salt here is quite high, even comparable to the pool salt eaten in Guanzhong.
“Is this really sea salt?!”
"of course."
“Why is sea salt comparable to fine salt?”
"Because of love……"
"???"
Cao Xiu smiled and said: "Ask less and read more, and you will understand it later. Brother, I will leave this to them. If you want to settle accounts, just talk to them."
"Can these two kids do it?"
"I'll watch."
"become!"
Ah Zheng and Xiao Wang are both talented in both civil and military affairs, and are also proficient in arithmetic. After only two days of teaching them the abacus given by Cao Xiu, Azheng was able to master it proficiently and could calculate even faster than Cao Xiu.
As for arithmetic?
There are always some time-travelers who pride themselves on being smart and show off to the ancients with their multiplication tables. In fact, this thing has been around since the Warring States Period.
Cao Xiu got a volume called "The Book of Arithmetic", and some of the math problems in it even gave him a headache. There are also tables for quick calculations, which can quickly calculate the multiplication and division of two any integers within 100, and can also calculate the multiplication of two-digit numbers including fractions 1/2!
Azheng always looks like a deputy nobleman. He likes to be lazy and slippery when working, so he lets Xiao Wang do all the work. But Xiao Wang was also a slave, so he took them all over. Cao Xiu told him not to do it, but this guy refused to listen. He even said that Cao Xiu was harming him instead of helping him!
Cao Xiu:? ? ?
He was kindly asked to stand up, but he insisted on kneeling.
Okay, what a licking dog!
So Cao Xiu thought of this job and asked Ah Zheng to help settle accounts and do some clerical work. Although his handwriting is a bit ugly, he can still get by as long as his calculations are accurate. Everyone in Surabaya Pavilion knows that he never keeps idle people in his house.
"Azheng, come and count the goods. Record the goods coming in and out, sort them out and give them to me. In addition, you must calculate the daily expenses, and record every transaction."
"good!"
Isn't this self-defeating?
I must figure it out!
Qin Shihuang was not idle either, and immediately found someone to reconcile the accounts. He wrote everything down, and when he comes to trouble Cao Xiu in the future, we will see what excuses he has for him.
While checking the accounts, Qin Shihuang was also observing. There are many workers here, many of whom have been tortured. Some were tattooed, and some were punished with knives. It was obvious that they were all sinners. Listen to them, are there still wages every day?
In addition, this method of purifying sea salt is not complicated.
First, crush all the sea salt and then cook it with water. Then pour the turbid salt water into a special clay pot with coarse sand inside. The clay pot is suspended by a rope and has openings at the top and bottom, but the bottom is wrapped in gauze.
As the brine is poured into it, it is simply filtered, and then the brine reaches the clay pot below. The second layer of clay pots is filled with fine sand, and the third layer is filled with charcoal. The salt water that has been filtered through three layers will automatically flow into the basin.
"Is this somewhat similar to a missing moment?"
The clepsydra is a tool now used for timing, consisting of two parts: a clepsydra and a ruler. A clepsydra is used to drain or hold water. The former is called a leaking kettle, and the latter is called a water-receiving clepsydra. The ruler is used to mark the time. When used, it is placed in the pot and moves up and down as the water level in the pot changes to read the time.
Naturally, the accuracy is not very high.
Qin Shi Huang looked at the drops of salt water falling and nodded thoughtfully. It seems that the principle is not that complicated. The main reason is that the impurities in the sea salt are removed after layers of filtration, so the sea salt can be as white as snow?
In fact, this is just what it looks like. The sea salt made by Cao Xiu still cannot be eaten regularly. After all, the procedures to go through are far more complicated than imagined, and there is no such condition. Now it is only slightly stronger than coarse salt, but the taste is far worse than that of pool salt.
Qin Shihuang kept writing records.
From time to time I have to do the abacus, and the calculation speed is quite fast.
The more you think about it, the uglier his face becomes!
Okay, okay, Cao Xiu is really a money-grubbing traitor!
This workshop alone can produce twenty stones of salt a day. One stone is worth 300 coins, which is almost 6,000 coins. After removing all kinds of costs, you can make thousands of dollars in profit!
Damn that thief Cao! ! !
Qin Shihuang wrote with great grief and anger.
He now wishes he could kill Cao Xiu with one sword!
If there is such a good solution, why not hand it over to the country? !
