Three Kingdoms, I open a tavern in Xudu

At this time, the food price in Xudu began to increase again, and it had already reached 250 renminbi a stone, and it might rise to [-] renminbi tomorrow.

Cao Ang had brought the money back to the Cao Mansion, and they immediately used it to buy grain, and by the way, they could speculate on the price of grain.

At this time, Guo Jia walked into Cao's mansion excitedly, and said, "Prime Minister, finally a grain merchant has come to Xudu."

At noon, three grain merchants came.

They were all businessmen near Xudu, and when they heard the news of the grain price increase, they immediately shipped the grain to make money.

Cao Cao's uneasy heart was greatly stabilized, and he waved his hand: "Buy all their grain, and continue to raise the price of grain. Merchants are chasing profit, and they still can't see enough profit."

Guo Jia said again: "Prime Minister, there is still the matter of the salt mine. Should we go and see the salt mine?"

Cao Cao thought for a moment, and said, "Let's all go and have a look together. I'll go to shopkeeper Chen and ask him to take us to see the salt mine."

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In the afternoon of this day, just as Chen Yang took over the tavern and wine shop, he got the news that Lao Cao and the others had come.

Chen Yang went back to the restaurant immediately, entertained them first, then went to change the dressing for Zhang Chunhua's wound, and then went to the salt mine outside the city together.

In the room, Zhang Chunhua took off her clothes, her face was flushed, and she dared not look at Chen Yang again.

"Zian, I think the identity of that old Cao is not simple. There is also Lao Dian who saved us last night. He is so strong, he must be General Cao Jun. You really don't know their true identities?"

After last night, Zhang Chunhua was full of tenderness towards Chen Yang unconsciously, and now he began to think about Chen Yang.

Chen Yang thought about this question seriously for a while, and said with a smile: "I don't want to pursue their real identities, but I only know that they are my friends, and that's enough."

Zhang Chunhua suddenly looked at Chen Yang and asked, "What about us? Are we also friends?"

After those muddled things happened, Chen Yang didn't know how to respond to her words again.

"What do you think, are you still going home?" Chen Yang asked her back.

"This kind of thing happened, and I may not be able to go back in a short time." Zhang Chunhua shook his head.

"Then stay here, this will always be your home." Chen Yang said softly.

Zhang Chunhua nodded slightly.

After changing the medicine, Chen Yang left the room.

Back outside, Chen Yang asked Lao Dian to prepare a few hidden guards to continue protecting Zhang Chunhua.

After making arrangements for the restaurant, Chen Yang took Lao Cao and others to the suburbs.

This trip, in addition to Chen Yang and the others, he also brought a group of hundreds of guards and left Xudu in a mighty manner.

This was Chen Yang's first close contact with the ancient army. Sitting on a horse, he felt that he was a great general.

"Fortunately, I have learned to ride a horse before, otherwise it would be too embarrassing." Chen Yang looked around while sitting on the horse.

But he found another problem. Horses in this era did not have stirrups and hooves.

The impact of not having a horseshoe is not too big, but without stirrups, sitting on the horse's back, Chen Yang always felt that he would fall off.

"When I find time, I will also build a set of horseshoes and stirrups for Chunhua's horse. She likes to run fast, so it is safer."

Finally arrived at the salt mine, a not too high mountain appeared in front of us.

Before setting off, Chen Yang also found a carriage and brought his set of tools for refining coarse salt with him, and he could refine it for them in person later.

"Shopkeeper Chen, is this the salt mine you mentioned?"

Seeing this, Xun Yu first asked: "As far as I know, this kind of salt is poisonous and will cause damage to the body. How can this kind of salt be used for cooking?"

His reaction was exactly the same as that of Cao Cao and Guo Jia at that time, so both of them laughed.

"What are you laughing at? Is this kind of salt really edible?" Xun Yu asked puzzled.

"Of course it can be eaten. Not only is it not poisonous, but it also has no impurities. It is much better than the sea salt we eat." Guo Jia smiled slightly.

Xun Yu picked up a piece of ore and looked at it for a long time, but couldn't see anything special. He continued to shake his head and said, "Impossible. I know this kind of salt. It must not be eaten."

Cao Cao said: "Lao Wen, Lao Guo and I have both eaten this kind of salt. It is really no problem. Shopkeeper Chen, can you show your hand first, and let us see how you make these salts?"

The method of making salt is a secret to Chen Yang. In fact, he doesn't really want to show how to make it in public.

However, if we want to cooperate with Lao Cao to develop this salt mine in the future, it is inevitable to recruit a group of workers and teach them how to refine. It will be a matter of time to teach the purification technology.

Because of this, Chen Yang also brought the refining tools, not intending to keep hiding them.

"Of course there is no problem, come and help me remove all the tools from the carriage."

As soon as Chen Yang waved his hand, soldiers immediately went to work.

After placing all the purification tools, Cao Cao and others gathered around to look at them, but they couldn't understand how these things were used.

"Old Wen, look carefully, don't blink!" Chen Yang laughed.

He first found a few stones from the mine, and then began to fiddle with those things. The whole process was not complicated. Chen Yang had already tried it countless times, and he was already extremely proficient.

It took less than an hour for Chen Yang to purify a small bowl of salt and dry it with fire.

"This kind of salt is so beautiful, is it really edible?" Xun Yu looked at Chen Yang in surprise when he saw such fine and white salt.

"I knew you, Old Wen, wouldn't believe it. Just watch!" Chen Yang waved his hand and ordered the soldiers to move a pot from the carriage.

Chen Yang used the remaining fire just now to boil a pot of water, and then asked the soldiers to catch two big fish in a nearby river, boiled a pot of fish soup, first used other seasonings to remove the fishy smell, and finally sprinkled salt to taste .

"Old Cao, drink it quickly, this fish soup is very fresh!" Chen Yang first filled a bowl for himself.

Cao Cao hurriedly said: "Lao Dian, don't move, give it to me first!"

Dian Wei filled a bowl of soup for himself immediately, but Cao Cao snatched it away before he could drink it.

"Cheng...Old Cao, don't!" Xun Yu said in surprise.

"Lao Wen, it's not poisonous, would you like a bowl too?" Cao Cao didn't care, and it wasn't the first time he ate this kind of salt.

Seeing that Chen Yang had already finished a bowl of soup, after a while, there was no sign of poisoning.

Xun Yu had to believe that the salt in the salt mine was no longer poisonous, and he was very excited.

Most of the salt in Xudu comes from Qingzhou, Yangzhou and other places, which are the territories of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu.

Now the relationship between Cao Cao and the Yuan Shao brothers is not very good. If you need to buy salt, you have to look at their faces. The quality of the bought salt is not very good, and there are many impurities in it.

Xun Yu has not eaten good salt for a long time.

With this salt mine, do we still need to ask them in the future?

Not at all!

Thinking of this, Xun Yu looked at Chen Yang in surprise.

This person is really powerful and omnipotent.

Xun Yu had no choice but to overturn his previous prejudice against Chen Yang, and said lightly:

"Last time it was Quyuanli, this time it was Jingyan. Shopkeeper Chen, you are truly amazing!"