The Three Kingdoms started from fooling Jia Xu

Chapter 47 The Eve of the Snowflake Salt War
Hu Che'er's arm muscles swelled, and the water tank also rose in response to the sound, and the rushing light yellow salt water was poured onto the funnel covered with a nitrate plate.

This time it was slower, and the brine flowed down the funnel, passed through the nitrate plate, and flowed into the water tank.

As the salt water bottomed out, everyone looked forward to it.

Zhang Xiu was also apprehensive, and stepped forward to take down the funnel, and the water tank was also presented to everyone.

"Clear, clear water?"

"My lord, why is this salt water so clear?"

Xu Shu asked puzzledly, in his image, salt water is yellowish brown, even coarse salt and fine salt are also yellowish brown.But the salt water in front of him was crystal clear, like a mountain spring.

"It's done!" Zhang Xiu chuckled.

The process of making salt is relatively simple. He remembers that the most critical step is to analyze the harmful substances in the poisonous salt with the nitrate plate.But it was quite a pleasure to actually get it out.

"My lord, is this refined salt?"

Jia Xu frowned slightly, curiously.

"It should be." Zhang Xiu replied, "Light a fire and start distilling and crystallizing."

Crystallization by distillation is the final step.

After the words fell, several people hurriedly picked up the firewood and started to distill the water tank.

This process is relatively long, but Zhang Xiu is more comfortable, sitting quietly waiting for the birth of a masterpiece, which is the fruit of labor in the 21st century.

Not to mention anything else, there is still a sense of accomplishment.

Seeing how comfortable Zhang Xiu was, everyone was even more anxious, eager to know the result.

After waiting, it took half a day.

No way, the water tank is not a specific distillation tool after all, and its efficiency is very low.

at this time,

Zhang Xiu wiped the oil stains on his mouth, put down the mutton skewers in his hand, observed for a while and said, "It should be fine."

After the water tank has cooled down physically, the lid is opened, and what everyone sees is snow-white, plump, and distinct grains of salt.

These salt particles are attached to the tank wall, like a whole layer of white snow, which makes people feel dreamy.

"This...is this...salt?"

Xu Shu was stunned and said in disbelief.

There is actually salt like white snow in the world?This is not true, ordinary table salt is a little yellow, how can it have such a color?

Jia Xu stepped forward quickly, stretched out his hand and squeezed a little into his mouth. Although Ou Xin was salty, Jia Xu's old face was filled with an indescribable smile.

"Okay, okay! It's really refined salt."

"Such a color, such a taste, it is a hundred times, a thousand times stronger than the fine salt eaten by the world's aristocratic families."

Jia Xu couldn't bear the excitement in his heart, and hurriedly bowed and said loudly: "The birth of this salt is a blessing for the people, and a blessing for the world!"

"This salt is made by the lord. I think it should be named after the lord's surname, so it can be called embroidered salt!" Xu Shu was equally excited, this jar of salt represented too many things.

To put it simply, this jar of salt represents money, it means that people don’t need to be controlled by others, and it means that the people of Nanyang don’t need to spend most of their money to buy salt.

"Amount!" Zhang Xiu's mouth twitched.

Embroidery salt?Thanks to Xu Shu being able to say it, wouldn't it be a miracle if he came out of the hot air balloon in the future?

"Well, Yuan Zhi, isn't this too far-fetched, let's be more humble!" Zhang Xiu pursed his lips and said.

"That's right. I think this salt looks like snowflakes. How about calling it Snowflake Salt?" Xu Shu nodded and smiled.

"Very good, very good!"

"Since the snowflake salt has been produced, it should be mass-produced as soon as possible. Wenhe, you immediately arrange for people to mine, make, refine, and distill, and separate each step."

"In addition, the salt factory must be closed for three years like the blacksmith shop."

Zhang Xiu looked solemn and said in a deep voice.

The method of refining salt mines was too important to the late Han Dynasty, and its influence was by no means lower than the advent of molten steel.Moreover, these refined salt will be the vast majority of Nanyang's fiscal revenue in the future.

You know, everyone needs salt. Generally, a family of five needs a stone of salt a year.

1500 yuan per stone, now there are no less than 300 million people in Jingzhou, and this share alone has a revenue of nearly one billion a year. How much profit is it?

This is just Jingzhou, and it is not difficult for this kind of refined salt to enter other states and counties.In this regard, Zhang Xiu had already decided who to take care of the snowflake salt, and it was naturally the Mi family.

As one of the four major merchant families in the late Han Dynasty, the Mi family had long been involved in salt and iron. Especially after the imperial court collapsed and no one controlled it, the Mi family's sea salt occupied a large share.

After listening to Zhang Xiu finished speaking, Jia Xu nodded in approval and said solemnly: "Xu will make arrangements now."

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That day,

A manor in the city was requisitioned and rebuilt into a small salt factory at an extremely fast speed, from dissolution to filtration, from filtration to analysis, and finally distillation.

There are several steps in total.

Each step is divided into tasks, and many people are recruited. Most of these people are alone, and most of them are to beg for food and earn some money.

the next morning,

Snow Salt can already be produced in small quantities.

However, this amount is still increasing. According to Zhang Xiu, the current salt factory can supply at least 500 million people.

Pickled fish, Xinye and even Chaoyang and other places, under the leadership of the government, fished river fish in polders in large quantities.

The key point is to marinate countless river fish extravagantly with salt, which frightens the people. Marinating river fish with refined salt is really extravagant.

This pickled fish looks delicious!

Of course, all the fish caught in the polder belong to the government, and the people who participate in the fishing and pickling will be given some by the government to varying degrees.

The energy of salted fish is not low, and it is easy to carry. You can take some as military rations in future wars.

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In the same year, in December of winter,
Yingchuan, within the city of Xuchang.

After Xuchang was designated as the capital of Han Dynasty, countless literati gathered together. At this time, the street was covered with a layer of white snow, and the occasional passers-by were even more hurried.

In a wing,

Cao Cao was wearing mink fur, grabbed the fan and shook it gently, cooking the turbid wine in the small cauldron in front of him.

The aroma of wine was overflowing, but it made Guo Jia, who was sitting opposite him, panic.

"Feng Xiao, the heavy snow came very early this year!" Cao Cao chuckled heartily, and poured out a glass of wine for Guo Jia himself.

After taking the wine bottle, Guo Jia shook his head and smiled lightly, "My lord, can't you sit still?"

"Yes!"

Cao Cao was frank in front of Guo Jia. He grabbed a glass of wine and stood up. Looking at the heavy snow outside the house, his face was sad.
"Nanyang Zhangxiu, like a sharp sword hanging in my heart, makes me restless, and I want to get rid of it quickly."

Seeing Cao Cao's fierce expression, Guo Jia tried to ask: "My lord, do you want to mobilize troops in the spring?"

Cao Cao did not speak, but chose to acquiesce, because he had been waiting for this day for a long time. If the army was not short of food and grass, why would he wait until the beginning of spring?
"My lord, Jia has something to say and doesn't know whether to say it or not." Guo Jia raised his eyebrows and looked at Cao Cao.

"But it doesn't matter."

"My lord, according to Jia's inquiries during this period, this Zhang Xiu is probably much more powerful than we thought. It has completely escaped Liu Biao's control, and his subordinates are even more elite and brave, and the number of armored men may not be less than [-]."

"And this person has Jia Xu's help, it's like adding wings to a tiger. In this battle, the lord must go all out to win the battle quickly, and we must not take it lightly.

In addition, the lord should beware of Lu Bu of Xuzhou. His Bingzhou wolves under his command are brave and invincible, and Gao Shun's trapped camp is even more invincible. "

Guo Jia said with a rather solemn expression.

"Lu Bu is really painful."

Cao Cao had a look of irritability on his face, but he remembered being defeated by Lu Bu several times, "Does Feng Xiao have a good plan to help me?"

Guo Jia pondered for a moment, then cupped his fists and smiled lightly.
"My lord, Jia thinks that Chen Gui, Chen Deng and his son can be of great use. The Chen family has a high reputation in Xuzhou, so my lord can write to Chen Gui, Chen Deng and his son.

As long as they can find and stabilize Lu Bu and provoke the relationship between Lu Bu and Liu Bei and Yuan Shu, when our army moves into Xuzhou in the future, they can be granted the post of governor of Xuzhou. "

Cao Cao nodded, stretched out his palm, caught two snowflakes, looked far away, and there was murderous intent in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)