Wang Ling is the head of the Wang family in Peixian County and has the same name as the Yong family. He is extremely generous, but he doesn't like reading and speaks straightforwardly. When Liu Jinian was young, he regarded Wang Ling as his eldest 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, the Wang family is engaged in the copper and iron trade. Cao Xiu has long considered that weapons will definitely be needed for future uprisings. You can't really cut trees into soldiers and raise poles into flags, right?

Moreover, many friends lead to many paths. Being good friends with Wang is naturally a win-win situation. Firstly, it solves Cao Xiu's manpower shortage, secondly, it helps to make good friends with Wang to prepare for the future, and thirdly, it can make money.
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Cao Xiu wins directly!

Of course, Wang Ling's work was not in vain. The money earned by Cao Xiu was shared equally with him. He earned over 100,000 yuan a year easily. The important thing is that they established a relationship. From now on, they are in the same boat.

, what kind of good deal 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 doesn't have a bitter taste, and the color and quality are excellent. It will definitely fetch a good price."

"Hahaha!"

Wang Ling laughed heartily.

Coarse salt is already cheap, and the one smuggled by Qin Jia is even cheaper. It only costs thirty yuan per stone, which is the same as the price of corn. And they sell it for thirty times a bushel, which is more than ten times higher. Remove all the

The cost is as little as one stone can earn fifty yuan.

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 you thief Cao!!!

How dare you buy and sell private salt?!

If you don’t kill him, you will be sorry for 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 smoothed, it is just a trivial matter. In addition to Qin Jia, official salt from the East China Sea will be shipped 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 was naturally theirs.

The purified sea salt is of excellent quality.

Therefore, there is no need to worry about sales.

Wang Jian glared angrily, jumped up and snatched the pottery pot. They were not blind, this was obviously private salt. However, the quality of the private salt here was 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. You will understand it later. Brother, I will leave it to them. If you want to settle accounts, just talk to them."

"Can these two kids do it?"

"I'll watch."

"It's done!"

Azheng and Xiaowang were both talented in both civil and military skills, and were also proficient in arithmetic. It only took them two days to teach them the abacus that Cao Xiu had given them, and Azheng was able to master it proficiently, even faster than Cao Xiu.

As for arithmetic?

There are always some time-travelers who claim to be smart and show off their multiplication tables to the ancients. In fact, this thing has been around since the Warring States Period.

Cao Xiu got a book called "The Book of Arithmetic". Some of the math questions in it even gave him a headache. There was also an arithmetic table for quick calculations, which could quickly calculate the multiplication and division of two arbitrary integers within 100, and also calculate the fractions 1/

Two-digit multiplication of 2!

Ah Zheng always looks like a deputy nobleman. He likes to be lazy and slippery in his work, so he lets Xiao Wang do it all. But Xiao Wang is also a slave, so he takes over all of them. Cao Xiu tells him not to do it, but this guy refuses to listen.

Saying that Cao Xiu is not helping him is harming him!

Cao Xiu:???

I kindly asked him 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 with the accounting and some clerical work. Although his handwriting is a bit ugly, he can still make a living as long as the accounting is accurate. Everyone in Sishui Pavilion knows that his family has never raised a child.

Idle people.

"Azheng, come and check the goods. Record the goods coming in and out, sort them out and give them to me. In addition, you have to calculate the daily expenses, and record every transaction."

"Okay!"

Isn’t this a self-inflicted trap?

I must figure it out!

Qin Shihuang was not idle, and immediately asked someone to reconcile the accounts. He wrote down everything, so that when he comes to trouble Cao Xiu in the future, he will see what excuses he has.

While checking the accounts, Qin Shihuang was also observing. There were many workers here, and many of them had been tortured. Some were tattooed, and some were punished. It was obvious that they were all criminals. Listen to them, they still get paid every day?

In addition, this method of purifying sea salt is not complicated.

First, smash all the sea salt, and then cook it with clean water. Then pour the turbid salt water into a special clay pot with coarse sand in it. The clay pot is hung up by a rope, with openings on the top and bottom.

But the bottom is wrapped with gauze.

As the brine is poured into it, it will be simply filtered, and then the brine will flow to the clay pot below. The second layer of the clay pot is filled with fine sand, and the third layer is filled with charcoal. After three layers of filtered brine,

It will automatically flow into the basin.

"Is this somewhat similar to a cleavage?"

The clepsydra is a tool now used for timing. It consists of two parts: a clepsydra and a ruler. The clepsydra is used to drain or hold water. The former is called a leaking clepsydra, and the latter is called a water-receiving clepsydra. The ruler is used to mark the time.

, placed in the pot during use, it moves up and down as the water level in the pot changes, so as to read the time.

Naturally, the accuracy is not very high.

Qin Shihuang looked at the drops of salt water falling and nodded thoughtfully. It seems that the principle is not very 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?<

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In fact, this is just what it looks like. The sea salt made by Cao Xiu still cannot be eaten regularly. After all, the process to go through is far more complicated than imagined, and there is no such condition. Now it is slightly stronger than coarse salt, and the taste is

It's far worse than Chiyan.

Qin Shihuang kept writing notes.

From time to time, I have to do calculations, and my 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 dans of salt a day. One stone is equivalent to 300 yen, which is almost 6,000 yen. After all costs are taken away, the profit is at least a thousand yen!

Damn you thief Cao!!!

Qin Shihuang wrote with great grief and anger.

Now he wants to kill Cao Xiu with one sword!
Chapter completed!