Three Kingdoms, I open a tavern in Xudu

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

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

Guo Jia first picked it up and looked at it for a while, then asked, "Master Chen, is this the kind of stone where your salt comes from?"

Seeing that Chen Yang nodded, Guo Jia frowned and shook his head, "No, I've also heard of stones with salt outside Xudu City, but this kind of salt is poisonous and cannot be used for cooking."

After hearing this, Chen Yang smiled and said, "Old Guo, the hot pot we eat is seasoned with this kind of salt. Do you still think it is poisonous? Of course it is poisonous to use this kind of stone for seasoning without treatment, but I filter and purify it. And then it becomes this good salt, better than what we're used to."

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

Neither Cao Cao nor Guo Jia could understand the terms of filtering and purification.

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

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

"Of course, the hot pot we ate is the best proof. However, commodities such as salt and iron are either under the control of the imperial court, or they are monopolized by the princes of the family."

Chen Yang said: "Therefore, the salt we eat is not only expensive, but also hard to come by. In Xudu, only aristocratic families can afford it, right?"

Hearing this, Cao Cao nodded solemnly.

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

Chen Yang said appreciatively: "Old Guo, you have a bit of business sense. The salt we currently use is either sea salt or well salt in the middle of Sichuan. The price is naturally very expensive, and the quality is not good enough. There are too many impurities. gone."

"At this time, we launched this kind of fine salt, the cost is not high, the price is a little cheaper than ordinary salt, what do you think?"

After speaking, 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 Xudu, we are not only short of food, but also short of salt. Ordinary people don't need salt, but rich families can't accept bland food."

In this era, most of what people used was sea salt, which was produced in places such as Qingzhou and Yangzhou.

These two places are controlled by the Yuan brothers, neither Yuan Shao nor Yuan Shu have a good relationship with Cao Cao at this time.

It is conceivable how hard it is for Xudu's salt to come.

Just watching Guo Jia ponder for a while, he nodded and said: "If we cooperate with shopkeeper Chen in the name of the prime minister, then the salt we get is legal. This kind of fine salt may be in short supply in Xudu, and it will definitely make money. Then How do these wines work together?"

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

When mentioning wine, Chen Yang smiled and said: "Wine is easier to make money, and it is quick money, better than salt. Let me ask you, Lao Guo, if my fine wine is sold, will someone grab it? purchase?"

"There must be, don't talk about others, I want to grab it now."

The alcoholic Guo Jia first laughed, and then swallowed. Before that, he had never drank such a good wine, probably no one in the world had ever drank it.

He also said: "Such fine wine is not an exaggeration. In Xu Du's aristocratic family, there are many people who are good at wine. Shopkeeper Chen, your wine may not be enough to sell!"

Cao Cao also nodded in agreement, but he sighed again: "It's a pity, now that there is a drought in spring, there is not much food left, and the prime minister has banned wine making. Shopkeeper Chen, you don't have much wine, right? You can't sell much!"

Hearing Cao Cao's words, Guo Jia also shook his head regretfully.

"That's not necessarily the case. I don't have much wine, so I can still sell it. Besides, I have a lot of wine, which is enough for us to make a lot of money." Chen Yang is not worried about this problem at all.

"Shopkeeper Chen, what else can you do?" Cao Cao asked curiously.

"I can't say this for the time being, and you won't understand after I say it. What's more, if you want to make a lot of money, the first batch of wine must be sold to the aristocratic family in Xudu. Of course, the less the better." Chen Yang was mysterious. Xi said.

Now that there is not much wine left, it just happens to help Chen Yang create an environment where the supply is in short supply.

In the early stage, as long as the large-scale hype is used to exaggerate the specialness of the wine, and then there is a hunger marketing, the profit will not be lost.

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

Thinking of this, Chen Yang said again: "Old Cao, since you said that you are a relative of the prime minister, it is up to you to sell salt and wine. I have to get that mine so that I can produce salt continuously and develop a big business together." fiscal."

Guo Jia had another question, so he asked, "Master Chen, salt and iron are under the government's control. I can understand that you must cooperate with the prime minister, but how can you have anything to do with the prime minister?"

Chen Yang said: "I almost forgot to explain to you that my wine needs hype. To put it simply, it is reputation. If the prime minister can use the emperor's order to designate my wine as tribute wine, and then take the opportunity to hold a banquet Give it to His Majesty and those officials, what do you think will happen?"

After receiving such a call, Guo Jia immediately understood the mystery, and he said excitedly: "Miao! Shopkeeper Chen, you are indeed a great businessman. As long as you can take a sip of such fine wine, you will never forget it. And then drink other wines. , It’s as boring as drinking water, I’m afraid those ministers and even His Majesty will never forget the wine after drinking at the banquet.”

Chen Yang said again: "That's exactly the case. When the time comes, the wine will become famous in your circle of officials, and it will become a tribute wine. I will use some means to promote it. Wouldn't all the aristocratic families rush to buy it? As for the wine Anyway, they have plenty of money, so it doesn't matter if it's expensive, right? If my wine can sell for money, I will definitely share it with the prime minister. Of course, I want to take a big share, and what I pay is marketing methods and technology. "

"Not bad!"

Cao Cao directly clapped his hands and said: "In this way, not only can the money problem be solved, but also the money from those aristocratic families can be obtained. The most important thing is, once the reputation of your wine, Shopkeeper Chen, is known, the people who buy wine will only become more and more popular in the future. Getting more and more is a long-term good way, and it doesn’t matter how much money you want.”

Chen Yang said with a smile: "Old Cao, I never thought that you also have the potential to be a businessman, haha... However, whether this can be done depends on your ability, Old Cao."

"If you can convince the prime minister, we will make money together. If you, a relative, are not enough, I can only sell my own wine and earn my own money."

Hearing this, Guo Jia just smiled.

The prime minister was standing in front of Chen Yang, there was no need to think about it, it would definitely happen.

"My old Cao is doing something, you can rest assured that this matter will definitely be successful, you 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. We have a happy cooperation."

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

Next, Chen Yang had to tell Lao Cao the location of the salt mine, half of which was already in his hands.

Cao Cao is no longer frowning, the problem of food is solved, and the problem of empty treasury is also solved.

So he ate meat and drank a lot, happily like a fat man who weighed [-] pounds. In the past half a month, he had never tried to be so happy.

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

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

"Old Guo, what's your problem? Even though, there is nothing in this world that I don't know." Chen Yang nodded, and when he got drunk, he also started bragging.

"Then let me just say it directly. Half a month ago, the prime minister came back from Wancheng and was about to attack Xuzhou. But, shopkeeper Chen, you told Lao Cao that Xuzhou cannot be attacked for the time being. Why?" Guo Jia asked himself doubts.

Although half a month has passed, Guo Jia is still very concerned about this matter.

It was not only Cao Cao's decision to continue attacking Xuzhou, but Guo Jia also felt that Xuzhou could be attacked, but Chen Yang overthrew it directly.