"Half a month ago, I discovered a salt mine outside Xudu City. The salt here was extracted from the salt mine. This is a piece of salt ore I brought back from the salt mine."

As he said that, Chen Yang solemnly placed a stone on the table and looked at Cao Cao and the others.

Guo Jia first picked it up and looked at it for a while, and asked, "Shopkeeper Chen, is your salt derived from this kind of stone?"

Seeing Chen Yang nodding, Guo Jia frowned and shook his head, "No, I have also heard of stones with salt outside Xudu City, but this kind of salt is poisonous and cannot be used to cook."

Chen Yang smiled and said, "Old Guo, the hot pot we eat is seasoned with this salt. Do you still think it is poisonous? It is of course poisonous to use this stone for seasoning without treatment. However, after I filter and purify it, it becomes this good salt, which is better than what we usually use."

Chen Yang pushed the bowl of salt in front of them, and the crystal white salt grains were very attractive.

Cao Cao and Guo Jia can't understand what filtering and purification terms are.

However, they could hear that Chen Yang had a way to turn these toxic salts into non-toxic.

"Shopkeeper Chen, is this salt really edible?" Cao Cao asked in surprise.

"Of course, the hot pot we eat is the best proof. However, goods such as salt and iron are either controlled by the imperial court or monopolized by the noble princes."

Chen Yang said: "So, the salt we eat is not only very expensive, but also very rare. In Xudu, only the aristocratic families can afford it, right?"

Upon hearing this, Cao Cao nodded solemnly.

At this time, Guo Jia suddenly said, "Shopkeeper Chen, what you want to say is that there is a salt mine outside our Xudu City. As long as we take it for ourselves and use your technology to make this fine salt, we can sell it ourselves to make money?"

Chen Yang said appreciatively: "Old Guo, you have a business acumen. The salt we use now, if it is sea salt or well salt from Shu, will be transported from Xudu for thousands of miles, and the price is naturally very expensive, and the quality is not good, and there are too many impurities."

"At this time, we launched this fine good salt, which is not expensive and is a little cheaper than ordinary salt. What do you think?"

After saying that, Chen Yang looked at them with interest.

Guo Jia first said: "It will definitely cause a sensation!"

Cao Cao said solemnly: "That's right, in our Xudu, we are not only short of food, but also salt. Ordinary families can not use salt, but wealthy families cannot accept light and tasteless food."

In this era, most of the people used sea salt, which was produced in Qingzhou and Yangzhou.

Both places were controlled by the Yuan brothers. Whether Yuan Shao or Yuan Shu, they had a bad relationship with Cao Cao at this time.

It is conceivable how difficult it is to come from Xudu's salt.

After watching Guo Jia ponder for a while, he nodded and said, "If we cooperate with Manager Chen in the name of the Prime Minister, then the salt we obtained is legal. This kind of fine salt will probably be in short supply in Xudu and will definitely make money. So how can we cooperate with these wines?"

After hearing Guo Jia's words, Cao Cao had an idea in his mind, and then looked at Chen Yang expectantly.

When talking about wine, Chen Yang smiled and said, "Wine is easier to make money, and it makes quick money, which is better than salt. Lao Guo, I ask you, if my wine is sold out, will anyone rush to buy it?"

"There will definitely be, don't talk about others, I want to snatch it now."

Guo Jia, the alcoholic, laughed first, and then swallowed. Before that, he had never drunk such a good wine, and I'm afraid that no one in the world had ever drunk it.

He also said: "It is not an exaggeration to have such fine wine, nectar and jade liquid. Among the Xudu family, there are many people who are good at wine. Manager Chen, your wine may not be enough to sell!"

Cao Cao nodded in agreement, but he sighed again: "What a pity, now that spring drought is now, there is not much food left. The Prime Minister has banned brewing. Shopkeeper Chen, you don't have much wine, right? You can't sell much!"

After hearing Cao Cao's words, Guo Jia shook his head a pity.

"This is not necessarily the case. There is not much wine, and it can be sold. Besides, I stocked up a lot of wine, which is enough for us to make a lot of money." Chen Yang was not worried about this problem at all.

"Shopkeeper Chen, what other good idea do you have?" Cao Cao asked curiously.

"I can't say this for the time being, and you can't understand it after saying it. Also, if you want to make a lot of money, the first batch of wine must be sold to the Xudu family. Of course, the less, the better." Chen Yang said mysteriously.

Now that there is not much wine, it just helps Chen Yang create an environment where supply is in short supply.

In the early stage, as long as you use large-scale hype to make the wine special, and then go for hunger marketing, you can make sure you make a profit and never lose money.

The first batch of wine has been arranged clearly by him.

Thinking of this, Chen Yang said again: "Old Cao, since you say you are the Prime Minister's relative, you are all relying on you to sell salt and wine. I have to get that mine so that I can continue to produce salt and make a fortune together."

Guo Jia had another question and asked: "Shopkeeper Chen, salt and iron are under the control of the government. I can understand that I must cooperate with the Prime Minister, but how can you have these wines related to the Prime Minister?"

Chen Yang said: "I almost forgot to explain to you that my wine needs to be hyped. To put it simply, it is reputation. If the Prime Minister can use the emperor's order to set my wine as tribute wine, and then take the opportunity to hold a banquet and give it to His Majesty and those officials to drink it, what would you think?"

After being enlightened like this, Guo Jia immediately understood the mystery. He said excitedly: "In seconds! Shopkeeper Chen, you are indeed a great business talent. As long as you can drink a sip of such a good wine, you will never forget it. And drinking other wines is as boring as drinking water. I am afraid that those ministers and even His Majesty will never forget the wine after drinking the banquet."

Chen Yang said again: "That's true. When the wine becomes famous in the circle of officials, it will become a tribute wine. I will use some more means to promote it. Would all the families of aristocratic families rush to buy it? As for the price of wine, they have money anyway, and it doesn't matter how expensive it is, right? If my wine can be sold for money, I will definitely share it with the Prime Minister. Of course, I want to make a big share, and I will pay marketing methods and technology."

"good!"

Cao Cao clapped his hands directly and said, "In this way, it can not only solve the problem of money, but also get money from those aristocratic families. The most important thing is that once you make your reputation like Zhanggui Chen, there will only be more and more people buying wine in the future. It is a good way in the long run. It is no problem to have much money."

Chen Yang smiled and said, "Old Cao, I didn't expect you to have the potential to be a businessman, haha... However, whether this can be accomplished depends on your ability."

"If you can convince the Prime Minister, we will make money together. If your relative is not worth enough, I can only sell my own wine and make my own money."

Upon hearing this, Guo Jia just smiled.

The Prime Minister stood in front of Chen Yang. There was no need to think about this matter, it must have been done.

"You can rest assured that my old Cao will do things. This matter will definitely be done. Just wait for my result."

Cao Cao patted his heart confidently and said loudly.

"It seems that Lao Cao, your status in the Cao family is not low. I underestimated your strength and we will cooperate happily."

Chen Yang laughed, and then he poured wine for them himself and ate and drank together.

Next, Chen Yang had to tell Lao Cao the location of the salt mine that half of the mine had been obtained.

Cao Cao was no longer frowning. The problem of food was solved, and the problem of the void of the national treasury was solved.

Therefore, he ate meat in big mouthfuls and drank a big glass of wine, and was so happy that he was like a fat man of 800 pounds. He had never tried to be so happy in the past half month.

"Shopkeeper Chen, actually, I still have a doubt. I wonder if you can tell me if Manager Chen?"

At this time, Guo Jia, who had drunk some wine, said again.

"Old Guo, what's the problem? Even though I don't know anything about the world." Chen Yang nodded, and when he got drunk, he also started bragging.

"Then I will just say it directly. Half a month ago, the Prime Minister came back in Wancheng and was preparing to attack Xuzhou. However, Shopkeeper Chen, you told Lao Cao that Xuzhou cannot be fought for the time being. Why is this?" Guo Jia asked his doubts.

Although it was half a month apart, Guo Jia was quite concerned about this matter.
Chapter completed!