Destiny Only Han

Chapter 60
Hearing Liu Jiao's decisive words, the noisy grain merchants fell silent for a moment.

Liu Jiao said nicely that the grain can be transported away if it is not sold.

But what about the cost of eating horse chews for people who came along the way?
The most important thing is that there are tens of thousands of troops stationed near Yangdi, and they are guards to ensure road safety when transporting food all the way.

But if the food is transported from Yangdi...

The moon is dark and the wind is high at night, killing people and setting fires.

The murderers just covered their faces, and dug a hole to bury the person afterwards, who knows?

For a while, all the grain merchants showed bitterness and regret.

After a moment of silence, someone finally couldn't hold back anymore. He walked out of the crowd and looked at Liu Jiao coldly: "Which granary are you transporting the two hundred carts of wheat to?"

Driven by him, grain merchants came out one after another as if they were appointed to discuss the details of the transaction with Liu Jiao.

When they transported grain along the way and arrived at Yangdi, they all saw busy farmers in the fields and thriving wheat seedlings.

As long as the Chu army can survive these few months, there will be no shortage of food in the future.

Although it is only the most inferior wheat.

This is why Liu Jiao dared to bargain desperately.

However, there were also many unbelievers in the crowd. After spitting, they turned around and strode away.

Inside, there is that 'Wu Dalang', and several grain merchants whose accents sound like people from Jingchu.

Liu Bang shook his head slightly, knocked on the carriage: "Let's go."

He sat back in the car, and fell silent in a somewhat dispirited manner.

This group of people easily accepted such harsh conditions, which was beyond his expectation.

In his opinion, at least there must be a fight, or someone spit on the face of his younger brother with eyes on his head, that would be interesting!
This is the kind of fun people who don't think it's a big deal to watch the excitement.

For such an easy completion of the low-price acquisition, this is also unexpected by Liu Ying.

After all, according to Liu Jiao's rules, you can buy ten shi of wheat in exchange for one shi of corn, and the price of corn is exactly ten times that of wheat.

That is to say, between entering and exiting, Chu State did not spend a single copper plate, but the grain in stock increased tenfold!
Well, don't say that corn is more noble than wheat.

Wheat flour, even the bran made of sand and gravel, is the same as the steamed rice made of corn mixed with sand and gravel.

unpalatable!

However, the amount of bread is large and full.

It doesn't taste good, but it can fill you up; if it doesn't taste good, but you can't get enough, a fool will choose the former.

Liu Ying looked at Liu Bang, and asked a little puzzled: "They, do they just agree?"

Liu Bang tilted his head: "What else? Put a sword on Liu Jiao's neck and force him to change the price? Anyway, some people make money, Jia Ren, that's how it is."

Liu Ying frowned: "Is there any money for this?"

He had asked someone before that the price of grain in Chenjun and Dangjun next door was about [-] yuan. Can the corn bought for [-] yuan, plus shipping and other expenses, be profitable?
Liu Bang smiled: "Do you know the price of grain in Pei County before King Chen started the incident?"

King Chen started an incident?It was the Daze Township Uprising, and I hadn't been weaned at that time... Liu Ying shook her head vigorously, with a bit of accusation in her eyes.

Suddenly, Liu Bang raised his head and laughed a few times: "Qin Law has everything in detail, even the price of grain is clearly stipulated."

"According to the price set by the Qin government, whether it is corn or wheat rice, the lowest price is [-] yuan a stone, and the highest price is [-] yuan a stone."

"But this is the price at which the government buys and sells grain. The private price of wheat has never exceeded [-] yuan a stone, and the price of millet and rice has never been lower than [-] yuan."

Suddenly Liu Ying's eyes lit up: "Then if I buy grain from the official warehouse for [-] renminbi a stone, and then sell it elsewhere for [-] renminbi, then I will make a lot of money!"

Liu Bang nodded: "Are you the county magistrate's brother-in-law?"

The county magistrate he mentioned is the title of Chu State, which is analogous to the county magistrate of Qin State.

In the past, in the state of Chu, the king of Chu was the king, and the county magistrate of the state of Chu was the public. So after conquering Pei County, Liu Bang called himself the Duke of Pei.

Liu Ying shook her head, a little puzzled.

Liu Bang sneered and said, "It's not the county magistrate's brother-in-law who dares to think about such a beautiful thing? Go to bed and sleep, there is everything in the dream!"

He changed the subject and said, "Like many people present today, there is at least enough grain in the granary at home for tens of thousands of people to eat in three to five years."

"These grains were saved when they cost tens of dollars a stone. But now, even wheat, which no one eats, has risen to more than 100 dollars!"

"As long as the war continues, I'm afraid that in a few months, the price of corn will be at least two thousand yuan per stone!"

After Liu Bang finished speaking, he closed his eyes slightly, with a look of pity on his face.

Sure enough, hoarding grain is the most profitable in troubled times... Liu Ying nodded and said, "Then why is the price of wheat so low? Is it because wheat rice is not tasty?"

Liu Bang shook his head: "Not necessarily."

"Like our family, we used to grow corn or rice in high-quality fields, and carefully pulled weeds and caught insects every day."

"As for planting wheat and beans, we burn the stalks and weeds on dry fields or slopes that are not easy to irrigate, and then sprinkle some seeds randomly. When we have time, we go to pull weeds and catch insects. Now, you can grow into whatever you want."

He smiled and continued: "The main reason for planting wheat is that the government will collect drafts, that is, the middle part of the grain."

"Wheat stalks are a bit hard, and the animals don't like to eat them, and they are of little use, so everyone kindly submits them as rough drafts."

"Well, there are also beans, mainly because the bean stalks are resistant to burning, and they are less expensive than hay when cooking..."

Liu Ying looked at Liu Bang and said, "Father, let's buy some rough salt before going back! Well, the bitter the better!"

Liu Bang mentioned beans, which reminded him of the tofu recipe he had heard of.

After soaking the soybeans, grind them into soymilk, filter out the bean dregs, boil them, and then add brine or gypsum water to make the protein coagulate into lumps, um, it is tofu brain, and finally press it to squeeze out the water, and the tofu is ready.

He didn't know where to find gypsum water, but brine, that is, bittern, was a mixture of magnesium chloride, magnesium sulfate, and sodium chloride.

The reason why coarse salt is bitter is because it contains a lot of heavy metals such as magnesium chloride.

When the time comes, melt the coarse salt and boil it on the fire. According to the saturation solubility of magnesium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium chloride and magnesium sulfate at different temperatures, you can get sodium chloride with high purity, that is, refined salt.

And the rest is the brine of tofu in brine.

As for stealing Liu An's invention rights, hehe, I'm his second uncle... Liu Ying stared at Liu Bang with piercing eyes: "Turn left from here, it seems to be the place where official salt is sold in Korea!"

Liu Bang was stunned, although he knew something about his son's unconstrained behavior, but this is too out of the ordinary!
But he had something to ask Liu Ying, so he smiled helplessly and could only do as he wanted.

(End of this chapter)