237 Salt Can Make People Crazy
Duncan walked away with his two gentlemen angrily. Chen Xiansong watched the silver-white carriage leave from the window, and then he suddenly felt very tired. He sat on the chair and just let out a sigh of relief. A pair of warm and smooth hands pressed on the temples on both sides of his head, and then gently rubbed his acupoints.
"The technology is very good, I have learned it myself?" The familiar clear fragrance came from behind. Of course, Chen Xiansong knew that it was Bai Min who was giving her a massage. She is a combat-type biochemical person, so she shouldn't have such a meticulous little trick.
"I learned it from Huilian." Bai Min replied softly.
So that's it! Chen Xiansong understood in his heart that the women in the Zhendan Kingdom were famously gentle and charming. It was normal to have these ways to please her husband, but he was even more surprised why Bai Min learned such things... Logically speaking, not long after Bai Min was "born", he should not have such an active learning concept.
"Sister Qianxin asked me to learn." Bai Min seemed to know what Chen Xiansong was thinking, and her expression was a little nervous: "No... OK?"
"Xiao Min is fine, no matter what," Chen Xian said with a smile, and then he felt Bai Min's little hands become gentler and lighter.
At this time, a knock on the door sounded. After a few seconds, the vice president walked in. He saw Bai Min giving Chen Xiansong massage. He quickly lowered his head and did not dare to look at it. Then he asked: "President, I heard from the servant just now, ask me to investigate if this association has business dealings with the Bauhinia family?"
Chen Xiansong nodded: "Yes. I'm going to bother you."
"No trouble." The vice president shook Yao's head and said, "I'm just wondering, why did you suddenly make this decision? Is it a little unhappy with Your Excellency Duncan just now?"
"It's true." Chen Xiansong knew that most of the affairs of the association were actually managed by the vice president. He could say that he was full of passion and put all his passion on the association. So he didn't want to hide it from him. After talking about the matter, he continued: "The consequences of this matter are the same. I wonder what do you think, Vice President?"
"Your Excellency, please refuse." The vice president smiled slightly and said proudly: "Bauhinia is indeed a big family in our Kate King City. But it is still far behind our Soul Thinker Association. Since the little lady is your student, she will marry her in the future and will marry the elite of our association. When will it be the turn of outsiders to make delusions?"
The businessman was pursuing profits, and Chen Xiansong thought that the vice president would object. Unexpectedly, he was even more radical than himself.
"Then you will leave this matter to you."
The vice president bent down slightly, responded, and then continued, "But there are still some problems. I have supervised and checked most of the businesses in the association. I do have some business dealings with the Bauhinia family. Unfortunately, the amount is not large, and it will not cause any damage to the other party if it is broken. I think. If you want to do it, just be the second-largest and establish the authority of other nobles in the city. Our Black Rock City Branch has been low-key for decades... Since you want to do something, you want to do something, so we can just make it bigger and let others see that our soul-thinking association is not easy to mess with. Even if there is always something wrong there, our local association will not be easy to mess with, so as not to make any birds and beasts dare to make trouble in front of the association."
Hearing this, Chen Xiansong understood. The vice president was so angry that he had some information about why. And it took quite a long time. Now that Chen Xiansong was ruthless, the vice president wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to make a fuss and exhale himself.
"Since the Bauhinia family is a big family, the agricultural tax alone will definitely not support the expenses of a family." Chen Xiansong thought for a while and said, "Vice President, you are very good at business. Can you ask about what the Bauhinia family depends on to maintain its own funding source? After finding out, I will write down all the rest. I will find a way to find out what the rest."
"President, don't need to check it. I know that this is not a secret. Although the Bauhinia family involves a lot of businesses, their biggest source of income is snow salt." When it comes to business matters, the vice president's eyes were obviously bright. He said with some admiration: "The Bauhinia family came out hundreds of years ago, and knew how to extract white salt from salt stones. It is said that it can produce more than 200 kilograms of pure snow salt every day. There are many families who know how to make salt, but the salt belongs to his family is the whitest and finest. The output is not low, so it can sell a sky-high price of three gold coins per kilogram."
"Salt?" Chen Xiansong was stunned. In the 22nd century, salt was so common and too cheap that he always had the illusion that salt was very cheap at any time. Now, when the vice president mentioned it, he suddenly remembered what was recorded in history books. Dark Age salt is an indispensable and expensive seasoning. What ordinary people eat is not completely filtered, and yellow salt with mud and sand. Better families eat green salt, while white salt, that is, snow salt, can only be afforded by wealthy families.
"Xiao Min, what salt did we eat before and how much did it cost?" Chen Xiansong realized that he really didn't know anything about the trivial matters at home.
"White salt, three gold coins per kilogram." Bai Min replied softly.
"So expensive! Whether it is mineral salt or sea salt, it is not difficult to refine." Chen Xiansong murmured in a low voice.
The vice president's ears were sharp. When he heard this, he was ecstatic. He rushed to Chen Xiansong's table and slapped his hands on the table: "President, do you know how to make salt? Is it snow salt or green salt? If it is snow salt, we will give it. No, don't use snow salt. Even if you can make green salt, we will give it too."
"Even if I know how to make salt, it's useless." Chen Xiansong spread his hands: "There is no sea near us and no salt mines, how to make it..."
"Yes, of course, there are." The vice president's face turned red with excitement: "There are several salt mountains near the border between Black Rock City and Rikita, but the salt is poisonous, and you will vomit and drain if you eat a little. If you eat too much, you will not have any life. If you know how to make salt, then that place is enough for us to pick it for several lifetimes. President, you can't hide it anymore. If we get this done, it will be a great contribution to the entire association."
"Vice President, calm down first." Chen Xiansong poured him a glass of water.
After all, the vice president is a person who has seen the world. When he saw Chen Xiansong saying this, he knew that he was a little excited. He took a deep breath several times, then took the cup, slowly drank water, straightened his emotions, and then said with a smile: "President, I am a little too excited, making you laugh. It's just that the most profitable thing in the world is salt and iron tools. Our Soul Thinker Association has a part of the iron tools trade, but this salt business has never been touched, because no one knows how to make salt. The Soul Thinker hundreds of years ago only left the recipe to his descendants. He did not hand it over to the association."
"Do I have to hand over my recipe to the association?" Chen Xiansong hesitated. The method of making salt is not difficult. Whether it is boiling salt or drying salt, he understands the principle. At that time, just try it a few more times and it will be successful. Even if you hand it over, it will be no regrets. But the problem is that Ricardo is his enemy now, and once this salt method is handed over, it will definitely fall into his hands. Wouldn't that add economic support to the enemy?
"President, you don't have to hand it over." The vice president smiled and said, "We can do this by the branch. After handing it over to the general meeting, we can only get a reward of tens of thousands of gold coins at most. We can earn hundreds of times more when we do it ourselves."
"I want to know. If I can make white salt and then take care of the products for you, are you confident that the income of the Bauhinia family will drop by more than 50%?" Chen Xiansong asked.
"It depends on the salt you made by your method. Whether it is snow salt or green salt, how many kilograms can be produced every day!"
"Snow salt, as long as there is enough manpower, you will still have some confidence in 1,000 kilograms a day." Chen Xiansong said.
"Every day... one thousand kilograms of snow salt." The vice president's neck seemed to be stuck, and the sound of his breathing seemed to be about to break. He seemed to stand unsteadily and took a few steps back, murmured in his mouth: "Even the cheapest wholesale price of snow salt, it costs two gold coins per kilogram, and it costs two thousand gold coins a day, a month... Old President, the more than 100,000 gold coins you saved for decades, is a joke in front of your students."
Chen Xiansong saw the vice president keep muttering, fearing that he would lose his mind, so he knocked on the table a few times and said loudly: "Vice President, you haven't answered me yet. If you can have a thousand kilograms of snow salt for you to dispatch a day, can you deal with the Bauhinia family?"
"Absolutely no problem." The vice president woke up and patted his chest to make a note. There was so much snow salt, as long as the cost price was not more than one gold coin per kilogram, let alone the Bauhinia family, if the royal family also sold snow salt, I could even go bankrupt.
Speaking of this, the vice president suddenly changed his face: "No, no! This is too big. We can't afford it with just one branch. We must find a whole partner who can help us. That salt mountain is on the border. If Tarantula sees us picking salt, they will definitely go crazy. So we must find a powerful military allies. They will come forward with the troubles, and we only focus on selling salt."
Chen Xiansong thought for a while and said, "How about the city lord's mansion?"
The vice president thought for a while and said, "It can only be the City Lord's Mansion. President, this matter is important. I will go to the City Lord's Mansion and invite the city Lord Zelonger to come and discuss. Please wait here."
Half an hour later, a team of murderous cavalry ran from the city lord's mansion, and they surrounded the entire Soul Thinker Association. Zelonger was wearing pajamas and red eyes, as if he was seeing a blood-hungry wolf. He hurried up to the second floor, opened the door and saw Chen Xiansong, and asked viciously, "Chen Xiansong, I heard you know how to make salt, is it true?"
"Of course, I don't need to lie about this little thing."
"This is not a trivial matter!" Zelonger grinned, his whole body full of bloodthirsty aura: "The City Lord's Mansion can provide you with all the protection. If the people from the Laihua Tsang dare to come, we will help you drive them away and never let them step into the salt mountain. Someone dares to reveal the secrets of the salt harvesting process. Even if he escapes to the ends of the earth, even if he hides in the royal family, we will find a way to kill you... But our City Lord's Mansion needs to be rewarded and share the money. I believe you will not hand over the salt method, so we want salt, and we will get a part of the snow salt you have refined."
Chapter completed!