Abnormal Three Kingdoms

Chapter 32
When we arrived at the General's Mansion, the sky had already begun to darken.

The guard obviously got the order, and did not notify Chu Nan when he saw him, and took him directly to the side hall, where Lu Bu was sitting at the main seat, holding a scroll of bamboo slips in his hand.

"Go down."

Seeing Chu Nan, Lu Bu put down the bamboo slips and waved.

"Here!" The guard bowed and retreated. The etiquette of the General's Mansion is very thoughtful, so thoughtful that people feel a little deliberate. Whether Lu Bucheng admits it or not, he is indeed imitating the style of those big families, and he really wants the Lu family to see it. It looks more like a big family with a head and a face.

"I met Marquis Wen." Chu Nan saluted Lu Bu.

"Sit!" Lu Bu pointed to the position of the lower hand.

Chu Nan was not polite either. He knelt down and looked at Lu Bu, waiting for the next sentence. He was so anxious to find him, there must be something wrong.

Lu Bu looked at Chu Nan, pondered for a while, and then asked, "According to what you said, if the salt industry is successfully operated, how much profit will be gained, and when will it be obtained?"

Lu Bu is short of money!
Chu Nan had this thought in his mind, looked at Lu Bu and said, "It's not difficult to sell salt. Everyone wants this thing. Once salt shops are opened everywhere, the price is lower than that of aristocratic families. No one will buy it. People don’t use much of things on weekdays, and the focus is on the long-term. If we say short-term profit, I’m afraid it’s not much, and even if we sell it, it will take time to exchange the money for food, and we need to guard against someone driving up the price of food, so In my opinion, this salt needs to be exchanged directly with other princes for food, it is best to send someone to contact at this time, after the first batch of salt comes out, some of the salt will be distributed everywhere, and the other part can be directly exchanged with the princes for food."

This is the sales method that Chu Nan has long thought of.

There must be sporadic business, but the big head must be on the side of the princes. After all, in these days, food and so on are in the hands of big families.

In fact, Xuzhou is also a large grain-producing state. Originally, there were some grain taxes, but thanks to Cao Cao's massacre of the city a few years ago, almost all the land is now concentrated in the hands of powerful families from all over the country.

The reason is actually not difficult to understand. Cao Cao didn’t kill all the cities, at least these powerful clans Cao Cao couldn’t move. When he killed a sideman back then, the territory was almost gone. If he really went to kill even the powerful nobles, he ruled His family will be turned upside down?

In order to survive, the ordinary people in Xuzhou had no choice but to rely on the powerful nobles, which was one of them.

In addition, with swordsmen and soldiers, no one cares about the fields, there will definitely be a food shortage the next year, and the rich can support it, but the small households will starve to death immediately. In order to survive, they can only sell the fields to these powerful families. In this way, Xuzhou The cultivated land basically fell into the hands of the aristocratic family.

It can be said that the reason why the Chen family and the Mi family in Xuzhou can have today's momentum is thanks to Cao Cao's disguised help, so although the Xuzhou people gritted their teeth against Cao Cao, but for the Xuzhou family... there may not be anything disgust.

As the lord of Xuzhou, Lu Bu faced the dilemma that he had nowhere to collect taxes.

In the beginning, Chu Nan actually thought about the policy of distributing the land to the mother, but later found that it is not that simple, especially when the princes are vying for supremacy, if you dare to do this, it is simply deadly!
This is also related to Xuzhou's geographical environment. Xuzhou belongs to a plain area, and there are almost no dangers around it. If you put Lu Bu on the opposite side of the world's gentry, it is tantamount to making an enemy of the princes. Yuan Shu dare not be in that situation. Let's support Lu Bu. In this way, no matter how good Lu Bu can fight, it will be useless, and he will be exhausted to death!

So right now, we can only find another way to raise food and grass, and under the premise of not changing the foundation of the aristocratic family, Chu Nan can only find another way to raise food for Lu Bu.

I can't afford to offend you, so let's not offend you for now. Let's change the method. As long as we can solve the market problem, we can still get food. Lu Bu is short of food, but the other princes are not short of food. You can't blame me for this, can you?
"Can your salt be exchanged for enough food and grass?" Lu Bu was a little puzzled.

"The method of making salt is not leaked, but in fact it will be leaked in the end. This method is not difficult to say, it is much simpler than the previous process, and the speed of salt production will be very fast!" Chu Nan nodded affirmatively.

Lu Bu looked at Chu Nan: "Which prince will you trade with?"

Because of some problems left over from history, Lu Bu's relationship with various princes is not good.

"Yuan Shu." Chu Nan said with a smile, such a big family is right in front of him, so it's useless.

"Yuan Shu?" Lu Bu frowned, "Will he accept it?"

After all, he just rejected his request for marriage, so he offended Yuan Shu, at most he didn't offend Shi.

Yuan Shu's temperament is not much stronger than Lu Bu's.

"Let's say I'm guilty, and trade with him at a price that is [-]% lower than the market price, and in the future, as long as the transaction is in the name of Yuan Shu, it will be [-]% lower. As long as this is done, there is no need for me to say more Someone else will come to the trade."

With Yuan Shu's temperament, it is definitely not enough to let him give it for free, but he is definitely willing to take advantage of it. Everyone in the world is for profit. Although it is cheap, in fact, the method of obtaining salt in Chu Nan is better than that of making salt in this era. It's much easier. Based on the labor cost, he not only doesn't lose money, but also earns money.

The most important thing is to make this business a long-term one. In the future, when trading salt with Yuan Shu, it must be [-]% lower than the market price. The signboard came over to trade, and the situation opened up at once.

"This..." Lu Bu was a little reluctant, because he had suffered a loss, and he had suffered a long-term loss. He looked at Chu Nan and said, "It's just a one-off?"

"..." Chu Nan looked at Lu Bu speechlessly: "Marquis Wen, what we need is money and food, not salt. If we only have salt but can't sell it, what good is it? The key point is not the transaction with Yuan Shu, but the transaction in the name of Yuan Shu. This is the price. In this way, there will be an endless stream of trade from the two Huaihe Rivers. Through this, we can sell our surplus salt to various places. , and even big wealthy merchants will come to discuss on their own initiative, and Marquis Wen will no longer worry about money and food."

Wouldn't that be more disadvantageous?

Lu Bu frowned.

Chu Nan felt a bit of a headache, the money and grain hadn't arrived yet, and he had already calculated his gains and losses.

After thinking for a while, Chu Nan patiently explained: "Marquis Wen, based on the amount of salt produced by one person, in the past, one person's salt could be exchanged for one stone of corn, but now we are equivalent to one person's salt for ten stones of corn, but we can only exchange one stone of corn for one person's salt. Selling 100 people to buy 100 people is a thousand koku. In order to exchange more corn, we earn two koko less, but we can get 200 people to buy 200 people. In the end, what we earn is [-] stone."

"I see." Lu Bu nodded, "What should I do next?"

"Let your confidants discuss with Yuan Shu to see how much he wants. It is not appropriate to disclose this matter. It is best to let Mr. Gongtai preside over it. The quantity is to be determined. After one month, we will send the corresponding salt directly to Xiaopei to trade with Yuan Shu , in order to get money and food, and people will start to open salt farms, and the remaining salt will be sold through the salt farms to make up for the salt tax. After two months, Marquis Wen will no longer worry about food and grass!" Chu Nan clasped his fists and said.

"I will act according to your plan." Lu Bu nodded.

"Marquis Wen, remember not to mention this matter with the gentry, otherwise this business will not last long." Chu Nan said to Lu Bu.

In fact, even if the news was blocked, Chu Nan estimated that this salt-making method would not be blocked for long, but they could make arrangements in advance, and if they couldn't block the method, they took the first step to grab Yantian in their hands.

"Don't worry." Lu Bu nodded again: "When are you leaving?"

"Tomorrow, we can leave after making arrangements for the people from Yanzhuang," Chu Nan said.

"The sooner the better!"

"Here!"

(End of this chapter)