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Chapter 91 Drought and Flood Guaranteed Harvest (Part [-])

Following Su Xigui's words, Zhu Niang fell into a dilemma.

As Su Xigui said, this secret recipe is not a unique skill after all, as long as others learn it, it is of no value. Instead, it will be known that they use non-stove households to dry salt.

"Furthermore, it's not easy to buy and sell salt in the world these days."

Su Xigui began to put on airs.

He told Zhu Niang clearly, now that the imperial court is building the palace, and at the same time, the emperor is apportioning a lot of exorbitant taxes to the world in order to run amok in the Leopard House. Ordinary merchants who deal in official salt can hardly survive. At this time, you still want to keep a secret recipe Big fortune?Dreaming!

Zhu Hao laughed and said: "Su Dongzhu seems to have a deep understanding, but I don't know if I agree to the conditions I offered?"

Su Xigui said: "Ten thousand taels is not impossible. After all, we are all acquaintances. We have known each other for only a day or two, so we can talk about it. But this [-]% income... is not as good as this. After you take out the secret recipe, you can continue to use it. Just don't tell others... this extra condition will be waived."

Zhu Hao thought to himself, you, Su Xigui, are really shrewd. I'm going to sell you the patent right now. Do you think you can control me with the patent?
"If Dongzhu Su doesn't agree, then we can talk to another family. For example, King Xing's Mansion is a good choice!"

Zhu Hao said, "Anyway, the family's suppression of us is not so severe now. There is really no need to work hard to earn that little hard-earned money... how tiring it is to sieve salt."

It is also the argument that no business can make a clean break.

Su Xigui thought to himself: "Where does this kid get his confidence? He thinks I can't find out his secret recipe from the side?"

Seeing that her son didn't want to talk about it, Zhu Niang couldn't ask for more, so she quickly got up and saluted: "Su Dongzhu, I'm leaving."

"Don't go in a hurry."

Su Xigui hastily stopped him, "As for me, business is about making money with harmony, if your secret recipe can really yield salt in vain...Although I know it's impossible, but if it's the case...it's not unacceptable. "

Zhu Niang frowned: "Then are you going to talk about it or not?"

Isn't it nonsense to say that it is acceptable, but to prescribe prerequisites?Do you think we are Taoists?Salt can be produced for nothing by doing a method?Unexpectedly, you, Su Dongzhu, are sometimes unreliable!
Su Xigui found himself a little incoherent, so he corrected it slightly: "Well, I'll go back and prepare [-] taels of silver, and you will prepare the secret recipe. As for the contract of sharing [-]% of the income, I have seen the effect of your salt. If I am satisfied, in principle I agree!"

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Zhu Hao and Zhu Niang went home first to prepare.

It was said to be preparations, but in fact there was nothing to prepare for, but it was Zhu Hao who came up with the specific method of drying the salt.

Zhu Hao will not give everything at once, he will give the general method first, as for the tricks such as push, drive, and crystal, Zhu Hao will not tell Su Xigui first, he will have to see the sincerity of the other party before making a decision.

"Xiaohao, why did you suddenly say you sold the recipe? Let's dry the salt ourselves, isn't it good?"

Zhu Niang still didn't understand.

Zhu Hao smiled and said, "Mother, why are you so confused? Our Snowflake Salt is simply illegal salt. It is illegal to sell illegal salt. Master Su is powerful and powerful. Once we are targeted by him, we can still do business in peace." What’s more, we have ten thousand taels of silver... and we can return to a stable life, why should we continue to worry about it?”

"This……"

Zhu Niang found that she had no reason to argue with her son.

She has always pursued a peaceful and stable life, and she mentioned before that she should stop as soon as possible, but this time Zhu Hao said that she would sell the secret recipe to Su Xigui, she felt a little uneasy.

"Su Dongzhu is too shrewd, and he is an official businessman, will we be put together by him?" Zhu Niang asked worriedly.

Zhu Hao said with a smile: "It is possible, but the chance is very small. His brother-in-law Huang Fantai is not young, and if he wants to improve his official career, for example, he will be transferred to the six departments of the two capitals. Great, unless he has made outstanding contributions to Daming... We say that we are selling him a recipe for drying salt, rather than giving him a chance to help his brother-in-law advance in his official career."

Zhu Niang was puzzled: "How do you say that?"

It was difficult for Zhu Hao to explain clearly to a political novice like Zhu Niang.

The local officials of the Ming Dynasty are the chief ministers, and they are basically the chief envoys. Huang Zan is not young, and he is about to become an official. If he wants to become a minister of the six departments of the central government, or even go further to become a minister, he must have outstanding achievements among the many chief ministers. But for Huang Zan, whose family background is not that strong, let alone a backer, it is very difficult.

If it were someone else, it would be almost impossible for Zhu Hao to sell a recipe for [-] taels, but with Su Xigui, the possibility of a deal being negotiated is very high.

Emperor Zhengde's greed for money is well known throughout the world. If Huang Zan offered an opportunity to provide Zhu Houzhao with a steady stream of wealth, would the emperor look at him differently?
"Mom, anyway, he is willing to buy it, and we are willing to sell it, isn't it great? How many things can you do with ten thousand taels of silver." With a smile on his face, Zhu Hao began to dream about how he would spend his ten thousand taels of silver.

Zhu Niang took a deep breath and said, "Mother never dared to expect ten thousand taels of silver. In the past...even if it was a lifetime, she couldn't earn it."

Zhu Hao nodded: "Yes, it would be great to have ten thousand taels of silver. If Su Dong talked about credit and gave us a monthly share in the future, that would be a lot of money. What kind of business do we want to do in the future? Can't we do it ourselves? The risk of salt is too great, and everything will be over if the government finds out, let's have a drought or flood to guarantee the harvest."

Originally, Zhu Niang lacked confidence in Sunyan, but after hearing Zhu Hao's analysis, she felt that she could throw the pot away, and she immediately settled down.

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Back to the shop.

When Zhu Niang mentioned the matter of selling the prescription, Aunt Li was puzzled at first, and then nodded: "The master is gone, and Master Hao is the head of the family, so it's good for him to make the decision, isn't it?"

Zhu Niang looked at Zhu Hao, nodded slightly, and agreed with Aunt Li's statement.

A woman is a woman, and she is a chaste woman. She is easy to cause trouble when she comes out to show her face and do business. If Zhu Hao supports the family business, even if he is young, he is qualified to be the master.

"Ma'am, how much land can be bought with ten thousand taels of silver? By then we...will not have thousands of hectares of fertile land? I dare not even think about it."

Aunt Li suddenly longed for the life of a big landlord.

Half a year ago, life was in a desperate situation, and the shop was about to be taken back by the family. It was completely dilapidated and settled, and now it was about to become a big landlord in a blink of an eye.

This contrast...

Zhu Niang gave her a blank look, "My sister is thinking too much, Su Dongzhu is not a fool, how could he spend [-] taels of silver to buy a prescription? It's just Xiaohao's wishful thinking."

Zhu Hao smiled from the side and said: "Mother, just watch, I guess Su Xigui is more anxious than us about buying a prescription. He must be raising money everywhere now, and there will be news in two days."

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As Zhu Hao expected.

Not only did two days pass, Su Xigui brought someone to the door that night.

"Su Dongzhu, it's getting late. Is there anything we can't talk about until tomorrow? It's very inconvenient right now."

Zhu Niang didn't dare to open the door casually.

The widow's house, discussing business with people at night, won't the reputation be ruined if it spreads?

Su Xigui looked very anxious outside the door: "It's okay, it's okay, Su invited witnesses, all of them are local gentry, how could he ruin Madam's name?"

Zhu Niang would not even open the door when she heard that there were gentlemen there.

If people know that we use secret methods to dry salt, won't people even know about the sale of private salt?Wouldn't that be self-inflicted?
I'm not stupid enough to open the door!

Zhu Hao said: "Mother, don't go out, how about I talk to him?"

"what!?"

Both Zhu Niang and Aunt Li looked at Zhu Hao with surprised eyes.

Su Xigui outside the door heard this, and couldn't help laughing: "Master Zhu's family is still sensible, so please invite Master Zhu to the inn where I live to talk, and call a few people over there... After the matter is settled, the money will be handed over to you." .”

Zhu Niang was very worried and didn't dare to let her son go to the meeting alone, so she hurriedly ordered Xiaobai to inform Uncle Zhong and Yu San to accompany Zhu Hao to the inn to discuss business.

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Inn room.

Zhu Hao asked to discuss with Su Xigui alone, the so-called notary was meaningless to Zhu Hao.

"Master Zhu, what do you mean to say that you use the sun... to dry the salt? Are you kidding me? The method of drying salt on the beach has existed since ancient times. When did snowflake salt be produced? Don't even think about such a thing. fool me."

Su Xigui was very dissatisfied, "I sincerely offered [-] taels of silver to do business with you. You have met me, Su, and I wouldn't settle for a prescription... You must give me an explanation."

Zhu Hao immediately took out a blueprint and said, "This is the salt field I designed. It's night now, so I can't prove it right away. I'll take you to the salt field outside the city tomorrow morning, and you'll understand then."

"This……"

Su Xigui roughly glanced at the blueprint.

To no avail.

How could he not know the method of drying salt after long-term trafficking in official salt?
He would not believe that snowflake salt could be dried out with bittern.

"Su Dongzhu, if we didn't use this method, how could we produce so much snowflake salt in the past six months?" Zhu Hao said, "If Huang Fantai reported this method to the imperial court, let the imperial court choose a place to test first and achieve results Afterwards, it will be popularized in various salt fields in Daming. Not only will the output of salt in Daming be doubled, but the quality will also be greatly improved.

Su Xigui still remained silent.

Zhu Haodao: "Other people know it, so naturally it can't be called a secret recipe. If it is really feasible, what will Su Dongzhu say?"

Su Xigui patted the table: "It's true as you said, don't talk about ten thousand taels of silver, and [-]% of it will be given in the future."

With Su Xigui's shrewd mind in business, he can naturally perceive the advantages of this method of drying salt, and also understand how this method of drying salt will bring about changes in the Daming Salt Industry, and how much help it will bring to his brother-in-law's career.

The most important thing right now is to verify the authenticity of Zhu Hao's words.

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Early the next morning.

Su Xigui visited Zhu's rice shop early on, and then Zhu Niang took Zhu Hao in a carriage and left the city with Su Xigui's carriage. After going around a lot, they came to a salt field hidden in a ravine.

It looks unremarkable, like terraced rice fields.

In this era, no one in the inland area dried salt, even if someone discovered it, they would not be able to figure out what it was for.

When Su Xigui got to the edge of the salt field and saw the crystals in the salt field, without even taking off his boots, he walked directly through the field ridge built of compound soil, jumped into the salt pond, leaned over and picked up a piece of salt crystal and put it in his mouth...

"Su Dongzhu, when will the money be delivered to my house? If you are worried that this is my suspicion, you can find someone to demonstrate it from beginning to end, but you may have to live in Anlu for a month or even longer." Zhu Hao said.

Su Xigui's hands were trembling, and his face was full of surprise: "Will it only take about a month to produce salt in winter? Isn't it in summer... It is necessary to live, but the money will be given today, beside... what is that? "

Zhu Haodao: "That's a waterwheel. It sends the bittern from the bottom of the mountain to the high place, saving time and effort. These are all skills... Do you think you can make snowflake salt by learning a little bit? So, even if you know how to If you don’t master the tricks, it’s still hard to succeed... I’m afraid we’ll have to cooperate for a long time.”

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