Daming: Refining zombies at the beginning, Lao Zhu was shocked

The table salt of the Ming Dynasty was already mixed with many impurities. After all, the manufacturing process was definitely not as sophisticated as the table salt of later generations!

Even though the refined salt produced in the salt factory today has not yet reached the qualified mark stipulated by Zhu Yue, it is still several levels higher than the best fine salt produced in the Ming Dynasty!

Anyway, Zhu Yue has plenty of time, so he will just improve slowly in the future!

"Your Highness, if this refined salt is produced in large quantities, wouldn't we be able to make a fortune?"

Zhao Jian asked excitedly.

Today's Hanzhong Mansion is full of waste, not only urban construction, but also military development and other aspects, which require a lot of money. Zhu Yue has always been willing to spend money in this area. If he can't find a business that can make a lot of money to make up for it, With this part of the expenses, the Han Palace will go bankrupt sooner or later!

"I am very sure of that!"

"The salt produced by this king will dominate the markets of the entire Ming Dynasty and even surrounding countries in the future!"

Zhu Yue also laughed.

After working so hard for so long, I can finally see the benefits, and it’s worth it!

As long as the salt business can start, he will no longer have to worry about money in the future!

"Brother Zhu, if the court finds out about your refined salt, won't there be any trouble?"

Li Shimin's voice rang in Zhu Li's mind.

"Not yet, it will be hard to say in the future!"

Zhu Yue said noncommittally.

It was okay for the feudal king to make and sell salt in his own fiefdom. After all, it was his own fiefdom.

Each major feudal lord has his own salt-making industry, but it is limited to sales within his own fiefdom!

In other words, as long as you don't buy your salt from other places outside the fiefdom, let alone sell it directly to foreign countries, then there will be no problem!

But if Zhu Yue's salt business were to expand to the entire Ming Dynasty and even surrounding countries, it would inevitably touch the bottom line of the court!

"Zhao Jian, you go find some businessmen from the Western Regions tomorrow and tell them that I want to meet them and discuss some business with them!"

Zhu Yue ordered directly to Zhao Jian.

"Are you going to do salt business with foreign merchants?"

When Zhao Jian heard this, his expression couldn't help but change.

"Just do as I say, there is no need to ask anything else!"

Zhu Li waved his hand, obviously not intending to explain more on this issue.

"The general understands that it is the general who talks too much!"

Zhao Jian nodded quickly. It was just a normal subconscious reaction on his part. He really didn't expect that Zhu Yue would want to do business with merchants from other countries just after the refined salt was produced!

To put it bluntly, smuggling illegal salt out of the country is a serious crime. Even if Zhu Yue is the vassal king, he cannot afford it unless he gets the permission of the court, that is, the support of the emperor!

Although Zhu Yue also has a secret tea-horse business, compared with selling refined salt, this tea-horse business is insignificant and its nature will be more serious!

But as Zhu Yue's confidant, he naturally shouldn't question any of his master's decisions. He should implement them unconditionally!

Although his reaction just now was normal surprise, he did not allow such surprise to exist!

Fortunately, Zhu Li didn't mind!

"Brother Zhu, are you still planning to do salt business with merchants from Fanbang?"

"If the court finds out about this, I'm afraid you'll be in big trouble!"

Zhao Kuangyin's surprised voice rang in Zhu Li's mind.

"Old Zhao, stop making such a fuss here!"

"I am sure that since Brother Zhu dares to do this, it means that he must have a way to deal with me!"

Before Zhu Yue could answer, the voice of the First Emperor Ying Zheng rang out.

"Brother Zhu, do you already have a way to deal with the imperial court?"

Li Shimin's curious voice also rang out.

"The salt business has always been in the hands of the imperial court, but there are also many people selling private salt privately, including nobles in the court and vassal kings from various places. Who doesn't have some shady business in their hands?"

"But if it's a salt business, with such fine salt in hand, I can completely monopolize the entire Ming Dynasty market!"

"Among the people of the Ming Dynasty, even now, there are still many people who cannot eat salt, or who cannot afford salt. If we find a way to start from this aspect, we will naturally solve the problem!"

Zhu Yue smiled confidently.

"Will you teach the court how to make salt?"

Zhao Kuangyin guessed.

"Brother Zhu shouldn't hand over such important technology!"

"If I guess correctly, you want to make a deal with the imperial court!"

"You plan to become the largest dealer of imperial salt!"

Li Shimin was obviously the fastest to respond. With just a change of thought, he almost thought of Zhu Yue's next plan!

"Yes, I just want to supply supplies to the imperial court!"

"If I can supply enough refined salt to the court, so that the court can fully supply the entire southern market, so that everyone can make money, who will come to trouble me when they are full?"

"Even if there are, there are still people in the court who can help me deal with them first!"

Zhu Yue didn't hide it, that's what he meant!

If you make a fortune in silence, you will easily be jealous of others!

If you want this business to go smoothly, you will naturally have to drag most people into the water, and let the court enjoy the benefits!

If other people thought this way, they might be swallowed up by the imperial court until nothing was left of them, but he was different!

He was one of the frontier vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty and the biological son of Zhu Yuanzhang. Anyone who dared to covet his salt-making method was seeking death!

If I tell the old man that Hanzhong can produce more fine refined salt, and at the same time, it can adequately supply the entire southern market, I guess the old man will have snot bubbles coming out of his nose in his dreams, right?

"Well, that's a good idea. I know that you are a person who does great things!"

"As long as the formula for making refined salt is always in your hands, you will be invincible!"

The First Emperor Ying Zheng said with deep approval.

Of course, Zhu Yue doesn't know yet that the old man Zhu Yuanzhang, who is far away in Yingtian Mansion, is already thinking about his life-extending pill!

At noon the next day, Zhu Yue was having lunch with Princess Cao and her son Zhu Xiaqiu in the palace. The businessmen from the Western Regions that Zhao Jian had contacted also came to the palace to ask for a meeting!

These businessmen from the Western Regions all wear white hats and various Western costumes. Their appearance is also very different from the Han people. You can tell that they are foreigners at a glance!

"Lead people to the side hall first and let them wait!"

After Zhu Yue heard Zhao Jian's report, he gave instructions calmly.

They were just a few businessmen from the Western Regions, and they couldn't disturb the time he had to eat with his family!