The external accounts have been settled and the internal accounts have been checked clearly.

Chen Xiao completed the task, and his idle position became even easier.

He was even too lazy to go to the Ministry of Revenue the next day, anyway, he could go or not.

With anticipation, he went to the salt pond sold to him by the Minister of Rites alone according to the address.

Yanchi is a remote area ten miles outside the imperial capital. There is no one living in this hundred acres of land and there are no fertile land, so it is deserted.

After getting closer, Chen Xiao saw a salt pond with some slightly yellow crystals on the side. These are mineral salts and cannot be eaten directly. The minerals inside are toxic and will kill people.

He took a few pieces of ore salt, put it away, and then used the water bag he brought to take some brine in the salt lake.

Immediately, he hurried back to the imperial capital and arrived at the restaurant.

He asked someone to burn a large pot first. He mashed the ore salt, put it in water, dissolved it, and then filtered, purified, burned it to crystallize.

The process is very complicated, so I won't go into details here.

In short, after a lot of trouble, he followed the salt-making method he mastered, the pieces of ore salt finally turned into white salt.

Chen Xiao excitedly dipped some with his fingers and put them in his mouth. It was salty, so salty, and it was salty and had almost no bitter taste.

"It's done, it's done, damn, I'm really a genius!" Chen Xiao was very happy.

But he looked at the salt and the amount was very small!

With so many mineral salts, the process is very troublesome, so the cost is a bit large.

But when I think about it, in the salt pond, no one dares to eat the mineral salt and some natural underground mineral salt because it can be poisoned.

Most people cook salt in salt ponds with brine or brine in salt wells.

However, Chen Xiao was able to utilize these mineral salts, which seemed to be costly, not too high.

But labor is required, and there is no doubt about this cost.

So Chen Xiao planned to invest some first and give it a try.

He found a fat man and asked him to recruit ten people to go to his salt lake to mine some mineral salt, and then Chen Xiao taught them to make salt.

Although the method of salt making may be spread out because of this, there is no way to do so. If you are careful, you will be spread out even if you want to put it bluntly. After all, it is just a little more complicated. If you read it too much, you will understand the principle.

Unlike winemaking, a distillation technology and distillation tool are a bit distant for these ancient people to be confused.

Ten workers mined a large amount of mineral salt in one day. After returning, they boiled it in a few large pots, and finally produced ten kilograms of salt.

According to the current price of salt, the best salt is about 300 people per kilogram.

Chen Xiao's salt, in terms of purity, taste, appearance, or safety, almost meets the edible salt standards, so the price is higher in any case.

Although the cost is similar to his work, he has to make some money because he is good at it.

After thinking about it, he decided to 500 yuan a pound of silver and 1 tael of silver!

This ten kilograms of salt is only five taels of silver.

Of course, this is just the beginning, so ten kilograms of salt are a little less.

These people have to mine a lot of mineral salt and increase their workload, and base them at least 100 kilograms of salt a day.

That is fifty taels of silver.

Finally, collect more salt lakes that seem useless and then make a lot of salt. This high-quality edible salt will definitely not be lower than the income that white wine brings to Chen Xiao.

You should know that no matter which dynasty, salt is a necessity and is very profitable.

After the fat man found out the result of this salt making, he was shocked.

Chen Xiao asked the fat man to manage the salt making matters. In addition, he used his own salt in his restaurant, so that the dishes would be more delicious.

After the matter of salt was settled, Chen Xiao always felt unsure!

The wine is something that people who like to drink drinks and earn money from interests and hobbies.

Salt is different, it is a necessity, it has been regulated throughout the ages, and it has been very salty.

If you want to do a salt business, you not only need to report to the Ministry of Revenue, but also have to pay salt tax, because the salt market is too large. Once you collect this salt tax, it means that all the people who eat salt will indirectly pay taxes to the court.

Everyone needs to eat salt, which is a good way to avoid the problem of tax evasion.

However, private salt, a product that does not pay tax, appears again. Unqualified salt will be sold to the people at a low price, and there is no need to pay taxes to the court.

It's like a cancer.

And now Chen Xiao is worried that he will become a private salt!

So, he had to go to the Ministry of Revenue to report to himself, and then pay the taxes to the Ministry of Revenue himself.

In addition, he felt that if you want to really do this business, you must have a backer!

Although he is also an official, if he does a business that makes money from all over the world, it will be dangerous.

After all, if this kind of necessities industry for the people becomes bigger, it will be equivalent to controlling the throats of the people. This is something that the court and the royal family are absolutely not allowed to see.

Therefore, he should find someone from the royal family to cooperate with him to dispel the doubts of the royal family.

This is called planning ahead!

So, Chen Xiao decided to pull the dragon Jiuling into the water!

He did it when he thought of it, so he brought a bag of salt and entered the palace.

It was in the afternoon when Long Jiuling came back from Gong Xue. When she was bored, Chen Xiao’s arrival made her smile!

"Jiuer, I have a profitable business here. If you want you to participate, you just need to invest some money, name it, and then give you dividends in the future!"

As soon as Chen Xiao and Long Jiuling sat down, they couldn't wait to speak.

Long Jiuling was stunned for a moment, obviously not understanding what Chen Xiao meant.

Chen Xiao then took out the salt and explained to Long Jiuling for a long time, letting Long Jiuling be his honorary boss and image spokesperson for the salt industry. After Long Jiuling understood it, he agreed immediately.

Anyway, she trusts Chen Xiao, and if Chen Xiao asks her to do it, she will do it!

The two hit it off and Chen Xiao felt relieved.

Pulling the emperor's favorite daughter into the water, and the salt industry will grow bigger in the future. If the emperor is concerned, it will be more comfortable when he hears it is her daughter's name-name industry. You won't be too worried, right?

After this incident happened, Chen Xiao was in a good mood and played in the Jiutian Palace until dark before leaving.

In the imperial study, the emperor heard that Chen Xiao went to Jiutian Hall again, and snorted and said:

"This kid is really idle in his idle job. It seems that he will be hard to achieve this time!"

The old eunuch smiled: "Your Majesty, this chief is an optional position. In the official, the doctor in charge and the official, almost do everything, and the chief is naturally free!"

"It seems that this kid is also at peace. By the way, Concubine Hu has not been abnormal recently, right?" the emperor asked.

"Your Majesty, you haven't visited her for a while. You have rejected her when she sees you. I think... I should understand His Majesty's disappointment with her, so he is still calm!" said the old eunuch.

"Yeah..." the emperor nodded.

The old eunuch hesitated and said, "However, her hatred for Chen Xiao is probably difficult to eliminate. It is said that... I wrote a lot of letters to the third prince who was far away in the sect... "
Chapter completed!