Although today is not the day when the market is opened, there are still places in the town to buy salt. Because hundreds of households and thousands of people in the town eat salt every day, salt is the most important daily necessities besides grain. Moreover, during the Qin Dynasty, although salt and iron were important, it had not yet become a specialty for the government. Therefore, some people do salt and iron business, and there is a family in Qinghe Town.

Under Uncle Ma's leadership, a group of people quickly came to the east of the town and found this place selling salt a few dozen meters away from the main street.

Sure enough, the people who do business are much richer, because this salt merchant actually lives in a thatched hut but wooden house. Although it is very rough, it is much spacious and bright. After entering, he smells a strong salty smell.

Salt is mineral salt, which sticks together and is very hard. When you buy it, you have to grind it into salt with a stone mortar before you can use it.

Chen Xu seemed to remember that Henan produced salt in later generations, and there was a large salt mine in Pingdingshan City. Pingdingshan seemed to produce iron and coal. In later generations, it was a completely supported industrial city by mining. I just didn’t know if these mines were mined now.

If not... Well, Chen Xu thought he could consider finding a sucker to try to cooperate. Although the Qin Empire would collapse in more than ten years, mining business is definitely the most stable route to make money no matter which dynasty. Moreover, with coal, ironmaking technology can also take a big step forward, or even step into the era of steelmaking. With steel, in the hands of a talented and stubborn emperor like Qin Shihuang, China is likely to become an infrastructure madman two thousand years ahead of schedule.

If you think about cement, the Great Wall will be directly transformed into reinforced concrete.

Isn't that a bit crazy?

Chen Xu put salt into the basket while thinking!

"Young man, why do you buy so much salt? If you buy it, you won't have any salt in other people's homes!" The boss who sells salt kindly reminded him.

"Oh... Damn!" Chen Xu came to his senses and saw that his basket was almost full, at least seventy or eighty kilograms.

"Sorry, sorry!" Chen Xu took out the salt one by one again, and finally got only about ten kilograms left before stopping, and the boss's face was thrusting.

"Xiaoxu, it's time for us to go back!" After buying the salt, Uncle Ma looked up and looked at Tianse again and said.

"By the way, everyone has been busy for a day today, and each person pays twenty yuan. If you want to sell things, hurry up and buy them. After selling them, go home quickly!" Chen Xu opened the leather pocket that was packing money and grabbed a handful of money.

"Xiaoxu, how can this work?" Uncle Ma waved his hand and refused.

"Don't be polite. Without everyone's help, I can't get this meat back home on the mountain. They are all from the same village. I have to let everyone drink soup with me, right? If it weren't for the money, I would have other uses, and it doesn't matter if everyone splits it evenly. If you don't charge it, you won't charge it, but you know the situation of every household. If you buy salt, cloth and buy something to use, you can't come in vain!" Chen Xu forced the money into Uncle Ma's hands.

Uncle Ma's face turned red, he opened his mouth a few times and then accepted it. When the others saw Uncle Ma's receiving the money, they were a little embarrassed and nervous, but they were all excited.

Twenty coins are a considerable wealth for a group of poor people. They can buy half a stone of grain, and a family of three can eat it for a month when they are mixed with wild vegetables. In the years of famine, it is life-saving money. Therefore, with these heavy copper coins, everyone was filled with strange gratitude to Chen Xu. This underage boy suddenly became taller in their eyes.

It seems that since he fell from a tree and fainted, he woke up like a different person.

Not only will it suddenly become cured, but it is also much more generous.

You should know that although Chen Xu was not very bad in the village, his temper was definitely not good. He often scolded his sister and Chen Jiang at home, and he was a little lazy in his work. Although he was almost adult, no one mentioned a marriage to him, which made Chen Jiang a little unable to raise his head in the village. Even Niu Dashi, the brother-in-law who was booked, didn't like to interact with him very much. He always called him the name when he met him.

But since he woke up, his performance in the village these days has completely subverted the villagers' past feelings.

"I'll buy some cloth heads and take them home and ask my mother to make a piece of clothing for my little sister!"

"I'll buy a jar to cook, and the jar at home is already broken!"

"Wait for me, I'll buy two bowls too!"

"I'll buy some food, and the house is almost out of stock!"

After getting the money, several villagers spread out to buy what they needed.

Chen Xu gave Uncle Ma another hundred dollars and asked him and the remaining villagers to help buy two stones of millet and grain to take back.

"Dashi, don't you go buy something?" Chen Xu looked at Niu Dashi who was smiling at the money in his hand and said:

"If you don't buy it, I won't buy it, my mother said, you have to save the money!" Niu Dashi shook his head repeatedly.

"What are you doing when you save it? You won't be able to give up your baby if you save it. You have to learn to spend it!" Chen Xu said angrily.

"No, it's time to save it and marry Xing'er. It's all about building a house and buying land!"

Chen Xu was stunned for a moment and patted Niu Dashi on the shoulder and said with emotion: "This one can be available, save it well. When you save 50,000 yuan, I will marry your sister to you!"

"Okay..." Niu Dashi nodded, then shook his body and the money in his hand fell all over the floor. He dug his fingers for a long time before looking at Chen Xu and howled: "Fifty thousand yuan, you might as well kill me. If I had 50,000 yuan, I would be willing to marry my daughter to me!"

"That's the best!" Chen Xu rolled his eyes and nodded.

A few minutes later, under the leadership of Niu Dashi, who was sadly crying, Chen Xu found the blacksmith shop in the town.

It is said to be a blacksmith shop, but it is actually a shed with air leakage on all sides.

A thatched hut made of several thick wood has a stove made of mud and stone. There are also various molded and unformed iron and bronze products on the ground. A wooden shelf also has built hatches, kitchen knives, axes, hoes, daggers and other tools, all of which are made of bronze. As for the ironware, they are all simple cast iron, with plowshares and hoes, but they all look rough and bulky.

Although iron products appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period, they have always been limited to the level of iron smelting. The quality of iron is very poor, and a large amount of impurities cannot be removed, so they are very brittle and tough. Although they are hard enough, they are easy to damage. It is not possible to build weapons at all. Even making agricultural tools does not take long, so they have not been promoted on a large scale. The main metal in production and life is still bronze.
Chapter completed!