Three Kingdoms New Malaysia Super League

Chapter 233 Barter
The rare and rare treasures that Han Sui brought this time are dazzling and of great value. Roughly estimated, they are almost worth the tax income of Fufeng County for a year!

Fufeng County is not an ordinary county in Dahan. Under Ma Chao's management for more than a year, its tax revenue is more than three times that of the famous counties in Dahan.It can be said that it is not an exaggeration to describe the property that Han Sui brought this time as "the treasure of things, the wealth of the enemy country".

But Yan Pu looked a little embarrassed at this time, he thought that the wealth brought by his lord would make the princes jealous.But he didn't want to, in front of Han Sui, he didn't even have a chance to show his face.More harshly speaking, compared with Han Sui's meeting gift, Zhang Lu's gift is also suspected of slapping the face.

However, Ma Chao is not the kind of greedy person. Thinking that he only spent two hundred excess gold on urban sanitation, and organized an army to do a show, he got such a thousand times and ten thousand times in return. I laughed out loud: This deal is really a damn good deal!
Especially Zhang Lu, that lovely guy, actually sent over two hundred carts of bittern salt. He really understood his own thoughts and was so considerate!However, when Ma Chao unwrapped a bag of bittern salt, his complexion became a little strange: These are the salts that people in the Han Dynasty often ate?
Ma Chao is indeed one of those rich kids who don't know the value of rice and rice. Before time travel, he was obsessed with martial arts and didn't know what rice, oil and salt are.After time travel, his mind is full of fixed thinking in the 21st century.So, when he saw the pack of walnut-sized yellow-brown crystals appear in front of him, he was a little dumbfounded.He even didn't believe in evil, so he took a piece and tasted it. Besides the saltiness, there were all kinds of strange smells that made him want to die. He picked up the water bag and rinsed his mouth several times vigorously, only then did he feel that the strange smell was light down.

And these brine salt blocks that have not been purified at all were sold for [-] yuan a stone during the peace period of the Han Dynasty.Now that there are wars and strife, this salt has naturally become a strategic material, and the price has skyrocketed to two pennies a stone.Zhang Lu sent two hundred carts of bittern salt, worth at least eight hundred catties of gold!

Although shocked by Zhang Luneng's great skill, Ma Chao still called Han Feng to him and asked in a low voice, "Is this what the people under the rule eat?"

Han Feng naturally knew why people like Ma Chao would ask such common-sense questions. After all, the salt was dissolved in the food during cooking. He was as high as Ma Chao, so he naturally didn't know what salt was, so he explained: "My lord doesn't know that such a large piece of refined salt can only be eaten by the richest households. How can the common people afford to eat such a large piece of refined salt?"

"Refined salt?" Ma Chao stared at the brine salt that was obviously rich in mineral impurities, and was extremely surprised: This kind of salt block is coarser than the coarse-grained salt of later generations, how can it be eaten?

"It's indeed refined salt! My lord, I don't know that the people under the rule are much better than those in other counties in the Han Dynasty. Sometimes you can buy some salt blocks to serve with the following meals. But the people in other counties and counties usually eat half full of wild vegetables and grains." That's right, as for salt, don't even think about it. Ordinary people basically eat without salt or use mineral salt as a seasoning. dead."

Ma Chao knows that mineral salt is unprocessed salt rock at all. Salt mine contains not only salt, but also impurities such as nitrate, phosphorus, and potassium.People who eat mineral salt directly are looking for death: if they eat nitrate, they may be able to survive for a while, but it is strange that the whole body does not turn purple after eating too much phosphorus and potassium.

Ma Chao never imagined that he, who once thought he was close to the people's livelihood, would unknowingly walk up to the top of the luxurious and corrupt aristocracy.I can't help feeling extremely ashamed: In the feudal society, simple food, clothing and health have become unattainable dreams.

"Well... since people can find mineral salt, why don't they purify it before eating it?" Ma Chao was dumbfounded, because he couldn't understand Han Feng's words: Purifying salt is not a big craft.Could it be that in this era, there is no craft of purifying table salt?

"Purification...purification?" Han Feng looked blank: Ma Chao couldn't understand his words, and he couldn't understand Ma Chao's words.

Seeing Han Feng's expression, Ma Chao suddenly understood: Sure enough, in the Han Dynasty, people didn't know how to purify salt!

Originally, in Ma Chao's idea, it was only through the capabilities of Ma's House of Firm that Hanzhong's bittern salt industry would become bigger and stronger, so that the world...at least the common people in Yongzhou, Liangzhou and other nearby states and counties could eat salt.But I don't want to, it turns out that this place can be further refined and processed to compete with salt rocks from other salt-producing lands, doubling the profits of the Ma family!

The profit of salt and stone, in ancient times, was definitely an industry that was overwhelming.Its monopoly privilege has made the princes jealous.In the later period, Cao Cao accumulated a large army under his command through the implementation of the system of garrisoning land and the monitoring of salt transportation in the east of the river, thus standing up half of China.The world only knows that Cao Cao farmed the fields, but they don't know that the salt transport supervisor also provided Cao Cao with great help.

"It's wonderful, it's wonderful. Taishi Zhang is too polite. Knowing that Yongzhou has little salt, he actually gave away two hundred carts of salt and rocks. I am very grateful." After seeing the huge wealth hidden behind the two hundred carts of salt and rocks, Ma Chao Smiling and talking to Yan Pu.

But Yan Pu was flattered at this time: Han Sui's astonishing wealth was piled up there, and Ma Chao's face was calm, as if it was a matter of course.And I just gave some salt stones, a specialty of Hanzhong, and it was a surprise to make Ma Chao smile.

Therefore, Yan Pu said almost without thinking: "If there is a shortage of salt in Yongzhou, the general can buy it from Hanzhong, and the price will definitely be lower than the price of the merchant."

"No!" Ma Chao waved his hand, and when Yan Pu showed surprise, he continued to say: "Fufeng's special product, Yan Gongcao must have heard of it..."

"Fufeng paper, Miaoxiang fried tea, Weidan ink, distilled wine, smelted coal... Fufeng County's natural treasures, the general has countless whimsical ideas, and the exquisite things produced are the dreams of all states and counties..." Yan Pu can As an envoy to Fufeng, he was naturally familiar with the leading products of the Ma family, but he didn't know why Ma Chao suddenly asked why?
"If on the border between Wudu County and Guangwei County, there is another Ma's firm like the Han and Qiang Trading House, I don't know if these items can be exchanged for Hanzhong salt and stone?" Ma Chao smiled secretly and complacently, looking forward to Yan Pu's answer.

And Yan Pu also had an expression of ecstasy. After realizing it, he almost forgot the sage's teachings, and after pinching himself fiercely, he replied loudly: "It's so good, it's so good!"

Zhang Lu sent Yan Pu to the Ma family at this time. The first is naturally to ask for the understanding of the Ma family to resolve the misunderstanding of the attack on Guangwei County last time; the second is to form an alliance with the Ma family if possible!

But Ma Chao didn't mention the matter of Guangwei County at all, but talked about trade and commerce.Obviously, he didn't take the matter of Guangwei County into his heart...and the two traded together, wouldn't that mean: form an alliance in disguise?
Before coming here, Yan Pu had thought about countless possibilities, and even went to find Han Sui that night, because he was afraid that after the Ma family convicts, he could still bring in a foreign aid... But this is the only possibility that is so smooth, he is I never thought of it.In agitated mood, Yan Pu looked at Ma Chao's weird and smug smile, and realized that there might be exactly the same smile on the corner of his mouth.

But when the two were laughing obscenely and lasciviously, Han Sui cried out in pain and brought them both back to reality:

"Nephew! The two companies have already agreed on the trade and commerce. At this time, how can nephew abandon pearls and jade and take sand and stones!"

(End of this chapter)