Fengshen: I, King Zhou, demolished the Nuwa Palace at the beginning

"Salty...this...this..."

He was incoherent with excitement.

"This is the refined salt that Gu said. It can completely replace the current salt stone, and it tastes better." Di Xin said with a smile on his face.

After all, it was his first successful drying of salt, so he still had a little sense of accomplishment.

At this time, Grand Master Wen finally took a deep breath, calmed down, and sighed: "Your Majesty is indeed a sage and wise king throughout the ages. After trying it, I feel that this is the real taste of salt!"

I heard that the grand master has said so, why are the ministers still waiting?

Bigan Shangrong was the first to pour some refined salt into his mouth.

"Salty!"

Immediately afterwards, the ministers who had tasted the refined salt were all dumbfounded and looked at Di Xin in shock.

Only then did they know that there is such a wonderful salty taste in the world.

Compared with the salt stone, I only feel that what I have eaten before is poison.

For a moment, green lights appeared in the eyes of all the ministers present, and their breathing was short of breath.

Because they all know what it will mean to Dashang once this refined salt is mass-produced.

"How is it, are you all satisfied?" Di Xin asked with a smile.

"Satisfied! Satisfied! Satisfied!"

The ministers nodded repeatedly, their heads nodding like chickens pecking at rice.

"Then, once such exquisite salt replaces the salt stone, will all the people of my businessman buy it, so that the national treasury will be sufficient?"

Di Xin laughed.

"Besides, there are civilian goods such as cloth and Gantang. In addition, those barbarian lands are even more scarce. Isn't it the best goal to fill the national treasury?"

At this moment, every word of Di Xin deeply shocked the officials.

"My lord, I don't know how you made this thing?" Grand Master Wen was the first to react from the shock.

Such a major event that benefits the people must be produced in advance.

"Does the Grand Master know what water is salty?" Di Xin deliberately kept it a secret.

"Nature is sea water."

"That's right, sea water is salty, and it naturally contains salt. My refined salt is extracted from sea water." Di Xin said.

Grand Master Wen was a little puzzled: "I just don't know how Your Majesty extracted it from the sea water?"

At the same time, Shang Rong came out and said: "Your Majesty, there are actually a few in this big sea salt merchant, but they are all boiled out, which is a waste of firewood, and the large-scale popularization may outweigh the gains?"

When Di Xin heard Bigan's words, he smiled lightly: "It's okay, the method I use is the salt drying method. I will call Li Jing and Li Aiqing back to Chaoge during the game, and ask him to dig countless huge pools by the sea, and then put them in the water. Seawater is brought in, dried directly in the sun, and the resulting sea salt is then processed to become refined salt.”

After hearing Di Xin's explanation, all the ministers came to their senses.

None of them are stupid people. After thinking about it carefully, they found that it is really possible to realize it.

"Your Majesty is so smart, I can't wait to catch up!"

All the ministers were depressed for a while, and they always felt that compared with the king, they were much slower.

===Chapter 15 Collecting the wool of the ministers===

What Di Xin did made Wen Taishi and the elders of the three dynasties feel ashamed and blushed.

After talking about salt, Di Xin went on to strike while the iron was hot.

He asked Mrs. Zhu Rong to bring up all the beets that Mrs. Zhu Rong had found for him.

Some time ago, Di Xin had asked Mrs. Zhu Rong to help find plants with relatively high sugar content. Mrs. Zhu Rong was born in the Three Kingdoms period, so she knew something about sugar production. .

So, she brought back beets.

Although these beets are wild today, the sugar content is indeed quite high.

Moreover, this kind of beet is not difficult to grow. As long as you have the heart, you can harvest it several times a year. It is definitely a high-yield thing.

This is also the method Di Xin intends to use to make money, that is, planting beets to refine sugar.

Refined salt alone is sufficient for the national treasury at present. If sugar is added, it will not take long for the big merchants to be absolutely rich.

If you can open up the sales channels of the surrounding barbarians, you will probably earn even more.

After briefly explaining the idea of ​​making sugar, all the ministers of Wen Taishi, Bigan and Shang Rong were already convinced.

After arranging the two matters of salt and sugar, the next step is the most important link.

That is to instill these guys with advanced marketing ideas.

You can't make these things, and then go to the street to sell them yourself.

"Okay, now that you all know, let's talk about one more thing." Focusing everyone's attention on himself, Di Xin continued: "After the production of salt and sugar in the future, I will change the sales volume." method."

"I don't know how the king wants to sell it?"

Wen Taishi and other officials became curious again.

They felt more and more that Di Xin's thinking was jumping too fast, even if they boosted their horsepower, they couldn't keep up.

"It's like this. The method I came up with is that the imperial court will contract all the salt, and then distribute it to the salt merchants and common people in various places."

Dixin said.

This is a major reform, which is very beneficial to big businessmen.

One of the most critical is.

Let the salt merchants and the common people contract the salt field, and they must also apply for a license.

Moreover, there are certain restrictions on the salt license, which is only allowed to be held for generations. Of course, you can also transfer it, but the salt license must be expensive.

The reason why Dixin wanted to make the salt brand expensive was precisely because the Dashang court controlled the exclusive method of producing refined salt, which was tantamount to grasping business opportunities.

For a salt card, the imperial court can collect a large sum of money immediately.

In the future, the annual inspection of the salt brand can also be carried out, which is another considerable income.