Three Kingdoms: on the Eve of the Expedition, I Was Drunk by Diaochan

Qin Yi smiled and continued to inspire Cao Cao: "Meng De, do you have any specific plans? Do you know how to fight for the future?"

Cao Cao immediately thought for a while, and his eyes gradually became brighter: "Accumulate and enrich your strength, isn't it? What you do now is too obvious and will be suspected by people."

Qin Yi nodded: "As expected of you, I came up with the idea so quickly. However, what you said is too general. In the next few years, I will help you expand your strength, but some things need to be arranged more carefully. Do not divulge secrets.”

Cao Cao immediately became nervous: "Ziyang, are you going to destroy another clan? Last time you killed the Wei family, I was still in shock, can we stop doing this..."

"It's not this..." Qin Yi was speechless, "Let me tell you so, the next thing we have to do is to make money, reserve food, and prepare weapons! These three things are the keys to dominating the future. I will help you, we will make great progress in these three aspects, but this matter has to be kept secret, you should understand it this time, right?"

Cao Cao was excited when he heard it: "Great! If Ziyang can really help me get this done, then we will definitely be able to stand firm in the troubled times in the future! How to do it, I will listen to you!"

"It's simple, just assign people to me, just sit and wait."

After some conversation, Cao Cao immediately gathered a group of refugees in Chenliu County, old and young, a total of [-] people before and after, all of them were given to Qin Yi.

"With these people, there are enough people to make salt. In some places, children and elderly people can do salt making."

However, iron forging requires the recruitment of professional blacksmiths.

There are many blacksmiths in Chenliu. After Cao Cao released the list, he immediately recruited 0 blacksmiths with excellent treatment. [-]

"Ziyang, these people were recruited with a lot of money, and they almost emptied my wallet! Are they really necessary?"

Cao Cao was very worried about this. Chen Liu was also the hardest hit area of ​​the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Now there is a shortage of food and money, and in order to restore people's livelihood, miscellaneous taxes cannot be levied. This money is used less.

However, Qin Yi nodded immediately: "Don't worry, Meng De, it won't take long before you make money and you won't have the feeling of money anymore!"

Cao Cao smiled bitterly: "Ziyang, money is the hardest in the world. The emperor has to sell his office for money! Are you too confident? There is a saying that there is a specialization in the arts."

Qin Yi has the method of purifying the snow salt that he exchanged, and of course he can make money.

Salt is something that everyone must eat. Even the poor have to eat this stuff. Otherwise, they can't move with all their strength.

Not to mention people, even animals have to eat salt.

In this era, the output of salt is just worrying, and the purity is too low, which is called refined salt. In Qin Yi's view, there are too many impurities and it is difficult to swallow.

And this snow salt, Qin Yi is very confident.

The system said it clearly, this salt is indeed as thin and white as snow!

This kind of salt is for people to eat, and this kind of salt is bound to be very expensive.

But now that Liu Hong is still alive, it is not too arrogant to make salt. It needs to be done secretly, otherwise Liu Hong will find out. This kind of strategic material related to the rise and fall of the country will definitely be controlled by Liu Hong, and then he wants to make money. , that's a fool's dream.

And this is also the reason why Qin Yi insisted that Cao Cao strictly keep secrets.

In short, with the snow salt purification technology, Cao Cao will not have to worry about money in the future.

And if you have money, you can support blacksmiths and sell iron ore.

Chen Liu's economy will take off from now on.

Soon, Qin Yi gathered [-] refugees and taught each of them a little technique. Everyone performed their duties and began to purify the snow salt.

The original salt was mixed with mud, stones, and after a series of purification, and finally dried, it really became a snow-white snow salt!

Seeing this, Cao Cao was stunned! .

Chapter 98

"Ziyang, this, this is the snow salt?" Cao Cao's shock when he saw such white and dazzling salt was indescribable!

Qin Yi nodded and smiled: "Yes, this is Xueyan. How about Meng De, are you still worried about money?"

After Cao Cao took a bite, he couldn't help but let out an ecstasy voice: "This is the most wonderful taste I have ever tasted! This salt will definitely make us a lot of money! Ziyang, Ziyang! My ovary!"

Cao Cao couldn't help but come up to protect Qin Yi, with a look of excitement on his face.

He can also see that this snow salt is indeed a treasure, and if you take it out, it will crush any salt on the market with strength!

What refined salt, tribute salt, are all spicy chicken!

This is the existence of hanging everything!

Qin Yi smiled with satisfaction. He had already expected Cao Cao's shock. After all, this kind of snow salt appeared at this time, it was cheating, whoever got this stuff, whoever got it must be awesome!

"That's great Ziyang, I'll send someone to sell it right away, we'll be rich soon!"

Cao Cao was going crazy with joy.

The Cao family is very rich, but according to the rules, if Lao Tzu is not dead, then the son is just a son, and every penny has to be discussed with Lao Tzu.

Now that Cao Song is alive and nourishing, he is in charge of all the wealth of the Cao family. Only when Cao Song dies, will most of the family's property be passed on to Cao Cao.

Therefore, as far as Cao Cao is concerned, he is still a pauper.

Therefore, after he saw this snow salt made, he was very excited!

This is a powerful guarantee for him to achieve financial freedom!

However, Qin Yi immediately stopped him: "Meng De, you do this, I'm sure, within half a month, the emperor will definitely send someone to take this thing away, from now on you can make salt, and neither will the imperial court. Let you intervene."

Cao Cao actually knew that, but he was too excited just now, so he smiled shyly: "Don't worry, I will arrange it carefully."

Soon, Cao Cao called Zhou Cang: "I need to set up a caravan and sell me these salts secretly from now on. You are my confidant, so I will leave this matter to you. After a few years, Ziyang When you can, you will be able to come back righteously."

Zhou Cang was immediately excited: "The lord trusts me so much, I will handle this matter well for the lord!"

Zhou Cang was a straightforward person, and Qin Yi also recognized him, so Zhou Cang selected a hundred soldiers, brought Xueyan, and left Chenliu County in a low-key manner.

At first, Zhou Cang sold it in the nearby county town. After Chen Liu's salt production increased, he set up many shops in various places and began to sell salt in large quantities.

At first people didn't believe it was salt, but soon they found out that this salt is really delicious in the world.

But within a few months, Cao Cao made over [-] million in copper coins!

"It's too profitable! Ziyang, if we keep going like this, we're afraid we're going to be rich enough to rival the country!"

Cao Cao was very excited.

"Don't be too happy. Today, the imperial court still dominates the salt industry. Our salt must attract the attention of the imperial court. If it is discovered, this transaction will definitely turn yellow."

Qin Yi's worry is not speculation, Liu Hong is selling officials in poverty, and it is really difficult for salt merchants to be inextricably linked with some big clans to prohibit private ownership.

If only Cao Cao had mastered this technology, Liu Hong would definitely come and snatch it away, so that he could make a fortune and get rid of financial difficulties.

Cao Cao immediately looked embarrassed: "If you want to sell a lot of salt, you must set up shops in various places. Then the local officials must touch them to check. Zhou Cang is afraid that it will be difficult to deal with it. If he hides in Tibet, he is afraid that it will be difficult to sell how much salt."

This is an unsolvable problem. The world is still owned by Liu Hong. Liu Hong ordered to check the source of the supply of Xueyan, which is a matter of time.

Once the counties began to search, Zhou Cang could only dormant and sell part of the salt secretly through other merchants.

However, it has been a few years since Liu Hong's death. With the current speed of making money, even if the sales are less, it is enough for Cao Cao to buy a large amount of iron ore, enough for him to accumulate some foundations.

So Qin Yi said: "Wait for the news from the imperial court. We sell the most around here. If the emperor wants to investigate, he will definitely give you a secret order, and then reduce the scale and let Zhou Cang sell it far away."

Sure enough, a month later, this snow salt has been introduced to Luoyang.

After Liu Hong ate it, Long Yan was delighted.

But after Baiguan ate it, his face was full of worry.

"If such quality salt is mastered by the court, the court will not have to worry about money from now on. We can even sell it to the Western Regions and grasslands to earn more money!"

"Yes, as soon as this kind of salt comes out, we can't sell the salt we used to sell, and the taxation of the imperial court will inevitably shrink further. The most important thing is to find the person who makes this kind of salt!"

When Liu Hong heard that it was about his money bag, he immediately became nervous: "It's so important? Then what are you waiting for? Go to him! Dig three feet into the ground, and find this man for me!"

As a result, everyone quickly mobilized, all of them used their relationships, visited secret agents, and tried every means to find the source of this snow salt.

At the same time, as Qin Yi expected, Liu Hong really sent someone to send Cao Cao an edict: "Xueyan is the most in Chenliu territory, so quickly send someone to search locally!"

After the imperial decree arrived, Cao Cao couldn't help but smile bitterly: "It's only after earning a month's worth of money that the emperor sent someone to investigate. As expected, the emperor really liked this money-making job."

Qin Yi frowned slightly: "I've been thinking for the past few days, should I take the risk of fooling the emperor? It is said that the salt maker was not originally in Chenliu, but was out of town? It was just a means of businessmen. "

Cao Cao immediately understood what he meant: "This is a good idea! Then I will immediately ask Zhou Cang to go to Qingzhou to sell salt! If the court's attention is attracted to that side, maybe they can sell more salt."

Although Cao Cao is really not short of money now, but money is a thing, it is better to leave it alone, in case there is an emergency use...

Not long after, Zhou Cang, who was still active at the border of Xuzhou and Yanzhou, received a letter from Cao Cao. After reading it, he felt a little melancholy: "Anyway, this is a business that makes a lot of money. How could I be disturbed by the emperor like a mouse crossing the street! It's getting more and more ugly to eat."

Although he complained, Zhou Cang couldn't do anything about it. Recently, even Xuzhou began to look for a supplier of snow salt, and he was almost found several times.

After half a month, Zhou Cang finally entered the boundary of Qingzhou.

The people here have not seen snow salt, let alone eaten it, so the officials here have not paid much attention to this matter.

So Zhou Cang sold a lot in a very short period of time.

"The strategist is really amazing. No wonder I came to Qingzhou. It turned out to be profitable here! If that's the case, then I will move to the whole country and play hide-and-seek with the emperor!".

Chapter 99

Liu Hong sent people to inquire about the source of the snow salt, but after several months of searching, there was still no clue. Sometimes the source seemed to be in Qingzhou, sometimes it seemed to be in Xuzhou, and sometimes it seemed to be in Jizhou, which was completely unpredictable.

In Chenliu County, the actual source, where Cao Cao covered the sky with one hand and cut off the news directly,

In the end, this matter was over, Liu Hong waited for a few months, and his enthusiasm gradually dissipated.

With the accumulation of funds,

Qin Yi finally decided to start making weapons and armor for Cao Cao's soldiers.

Armor is the life-saving thing for soldiers. The so-called elite troops must be troops with excellent armor and weapons.

If there is no fine armor and weapons, it is mud legs.

Of course, the mud legs may not have poor combat effectiveness, but with the mud legs equipped as much as possible, obviously the combat effectiveness will be doubled!

In the future, Cao Cao's soldiers will reach more than [-], and casting a large number of armor and weapons is a long way to go.

"Meng De, it's time to arrange manpower and step into the iron stone."

Qin Yi solemnly told Cao Cao about this, and Cao Cao couldn't help but be surprised: "Ziyang really knows how to strike iron?"

Qin Yi smiled and said, "Is it true, you won't know if you buy it back?"

So Cao Cao immediately launched a relationship and bought a lot of iron ore back.