Under Huo Hai's deliberate guidance, Zhen Ping and Guo Yong said a lot of news about the overall political situation, but their subjective view is that Taiping Church cannot make any big fuss, because rebellion must meet several conditions: one is enough money and food support, two is enough force support, and three is the leadership of talented people.

The Taiping Cult does not occupy any of these three principles. Rebellion is just a way to die. This is also the mainstream view of the current literati and officials in the court.

Historically, Taiping Cult launched an attack when he was not prepared enough and captured dozens of counties across the country at once, so that the people on the corpse were awake and began to respond in a panic.

Later, the series of operations of Emperor Ling did destroy the Yellow Turban Army, but it also led to the expansion of the powerful power of the aristocratic families, and eventually formed a situation where the princes separatist and conquered each other.

Huo Hai, Zhen Ping and Guo Yong actually couldn't say this. After clearly telling them that he would not rebel with the Taiping Sect, Huo Hai clearly rejected the two of them for recruiting him, and tactfully told them that he could cooperate with them to do some business.

"At first, I felt that Mr. Huo had a lofty ambition, but I didn't want to be a businessman and he was at ease." After dinner, Zhen Ping and Guo Yong were sent to a room made by Baoer and others to rest. Guo Yong, who sat cross-legged on the warm kang, opened his mouth to Zhen Ping, who closed his eyes and pondered.

"He just returned to the Central Plains, but I'm afraid he doesn't understand that it won't work for us to be rich or not."

After Zhen Ping finished speaking, he opened his eyes and looked at Guo Yong seriously and said, "Besides, he is not a small wealth. Just what we see so far is enough to make him rich. He is rich but not expensive. That will cause disaster. It is under such circumstances that I, Wuji Zhen, have been operating on thin ice for decades before there is a little change."

"Indeed, this kind of warm bed is much more comfortable than the ones in our house. There are also ways to warm the whole house, but they are treasures. Once we master it, it is easy to make a huge profit." Guo Yong stared at Zhen Ping's eyes.

What he meant was naturally to ask Zhen Ping what he thought.

"I plan to talk directly to him about business things during the dinner. No matter what, let's make money first." Zhen Ping said his thoughts.

What he was worried about was that when more people knew the beauty of Huo Hai, they might learn it, and by then, they would delay their chances of making money.

"It should be like this." Guo Yong agreed.

The two began to discuss what business to discuss with Huo Hai tonight, but they didn't expect that Huo Hai had already prepared a few things.

"Young Master, according to your method, the craftsmen can already extract such snow-white fine salt from the salt ore." Baoer took a pottery jar to Huo Hai and said.

The lid of the clay pot was opened, and the inside contained snow-flake salt that was exactly like the white snow everywhere outside. Moreover, the particles were smaller than the snow.

The method of extracting pure edible salt is currently the simplest technique that Huo Hai can determine, namely, dissolve, filter and remove poison with carbon-wrapped gauze, after a certain precipitation, remove the precipitate, cook and evaporate the water in a large pot, and finally grind it finely by hand.

The entire process can be completed by the elderly and children, and the cost of building workshops to produce large-scale production is not high, so it is naturally what Huo Hai chooses to do first.

Secondly, paper. In this era, papermaking technology has been available, but the cost is high. The yellow paper made is either rough, hard and thick, or has a very dark color. It is not white paper in later generations. It is only suitable for making paper money or for Taoist priests to deceive ghost painting talismans.

The reason why Huo Hai chose to make paper was because when he was working in the city in his later years, he worked as a papermaking company. He knew very well about the raw materials and processes of papermaking.

At present, he has made a piece of the easier white paper. Although in later generations, this kind of paper is very ordinary and can only be used to print pirated novels at most, it is definitely several levels higher than the paper of this era.

However, Huo Hai also wants to increase the comfort of writing with a brush, and may need to make some improvements.

Of course, taking out such paper is enough to shock Zhen Ping and Guo Yong, because its raw materials are all made locally and there is almost no valuable thing to add. The cost is only lower than the Caihou paper used by the gentry now. Moreover, this paper is enough to convey letters and documents, and saves a lot of costs than the silk made of silk that the gentry used in this era when writing letters.

From the beginning, Huo Hai targeted the market at the high-end market. Then, consumable toiletries must be made. After all, the shampoo, shower gel and other things he brought himself were almost used up. Even if he brushed his teeth, it would soon be replaced by salt.

Therefore, he also brought a few samples of the soap made of oil, dried flower spices and other materials.

After all, Huo Hai was born in a peddler family. When he was a grandfather, he had just reformed and opened up. At that time, he wanted to sell things to make money, but it was difficult to get the goods. Most of the things had to be made by themselves. Huo Hai was influenced by his childhood, but he learned a lot of skills in making these things.

In addition to soap, he will do it by wiping the face, lipstick, refreshing the mind, refreshing the body, anti-it-out water, various snacks, and seasonings for home-cooking cooking. He will do it without saying that he will do it! There is still a direction for how to do it. If you explore and experiment a few times, you can get a lot of things.

"Have you found a place to dig out salt ore in the Qifeng Camp?" Huo Hai tasted the taste of salt and nodded with satisfaction.

"Is this necessary to find? Everyone knows where these salt ores are! There are many such salt ores in Kukong Mountain more than 30 miles west of Black Mountain. However, without the method of refining by the young master, those salts cannot be eaten and they are poisonous." Baoer replied.

"Is there a lot? That's good. Are the ingredients ready for the evening? I cook myself, and you can learn something from the side." Huo Hai smiled.

There are quite a lot of salt mine reserves in Jizhou. Even if it is developed in later generations, there will be a large salt mine of 100 billion tons that has been discovered! This is a good source of wealth.

Because, with salt, you can not only do business with the great gentry, but also with the nomadic peoples in the north. In this era, once you have enough horses, cow tendons, cow leather and other strategic materials, your ability to protect yourself will increase by several%, which is a strategic issue that Huo Hai must consider.

"There are roe deer meat, bear meat, wolf meat, pheasants, wild ducks, rabbits, and all kinds of fish in the pond, and they are fished and killed. There are also many eggs from pheasant and wild ducks, which were sent by the infantry battalion hunting team this morning." Baoer heard that Huo Hai was going to teach him how to cook, so she excitedly pointed her fingers and counted them.

Not to mention, she used to like cooking and mixing medicines, and when she mastered the heat and added seasonings, she was always more accurate than Chu Yu. Therefore, her cooking skills are now making great progress. As long as Huo Hai taught the dishes, she would learn them and try them a few times by herself, and the taste would be accurate.

"Let's make charcoal-grilled roe deer meat, a steamed honey bear paw, a pheasant stewed mushrooms, a wild duck soup, and a braised fish and a stir-fried bean sprout. Five dishes and one soup is enough for us to have a big meal." Huo Hai made a rough arrangement, and Baoer happily called two quick-handed servants to go to the kitchen to help him cook these ingredients.

It has been snowing heavily recently, and a lot of work that needs to be done outdoors cannot be done. The infantry battalion has become a hunting team. These ingredients can be sent a lot every day to give Huo Hai a tooth sacrifice.

There is no way, food such as instant noodles and noodles has been eaten up long ago. After a while, when the seasonings are used up, he can only use homemade seasonings.

After thinking about what he wanted to discuss with Zhen Ping and Guo Yong, Huo Hai started cooking.

At this time of day, it is difficult for the little guys who write with reeds in the snow to concentrate on practicing writing. Their noses will suck their breath from time to time, and their eyes will look at the kitchen. Huo Hai is cooking for the two guests, and they are all thinking about this.

I opened a large braised pot and put all the meat that I couldn't use today into the braised pot to cook. The servants killed more than a dozen big fish. After making it into hot pot, they would be served with tofu, bean skins, and asparagus slices. These children's food tonight should be able to make them have a good time.

Zhen Ping and Guo Yong, who had a sleep on the warm kang in the afternoon, were very comfortable. The servants brought them a steaming teapot and two cups at the right time.

"Why is this pot a little different from the wine pot? It's so small, is it used to drink hot water?" Zhen Ping waved his hand and asked.

"When I say to the two distinguished guests, this is a teapot. My husband said that if the two distinguished guests wake up, they can rinse their mouths with this kind of strong tea. If you need to drink it, there is a brewed tea on the square table, and there is hot water in the cooking pot on the charcoal stove at any time. After you drink it, you only need to add hot water and wait for a while before you can drink it again." The servant girl intervened and bent down and replied.

These people were originally servants in Sun's family and knew the rules very well. Huo Hai had nearly a hundred children who needed to take care of their daily life, so he transferred ten people to help. After using them, he was really inseparable from them. After all, Huo Hai's own ability to do things is a bit poor, and he cannot waste his time on cleaning, boiling water and making tea, and doing housework.

"You said, is this tea soup made?" Zhen Ping took out a silver cake from his arms and handed it to the servant.

"It's tea, not tea soup. My husband said that the tea soup is too hard to drink, and it's not as good as this brewed tea. In the future, the tea needs to be fried with his secret method and stored. We can't just slap the tea at will." The servant lady also received rewards from noble people when she was at Sun's house, but there were not many noble people who could make a silver cake at the first time, so she couldn't help but say a few more words.

Upon hearing this, Zhen Ping and Guo Yong became interested immediately. The servant also poured the tea used to rinse his mouth into the cups and brought a pottery basin for mouthwashing.

After waking up, they rinsed their mouths. It was necessary for wealthy families. The two of them looked at the green tea in the cup and sucked a big mouth. They suddenly felt a bitter smell occupied the entire mouth. Before they could rinse back and forth, they spit it out.

He asked the servant, "Why is it so painful?"

"My husband said that the stronger the tea, the more effective it can remove tartar. If you rinse it a few times, it will be able to prevent caries, prevent decay, remove deficit and anti-virus. It is very beneficial to the teeth and mouth, and can also enhance physical fitness and reduce colds and typhoid fever." The servant replied.

Hearing this, even though the tea was very bitter, Zhen Ping and Guo Yong endured it and rinsed their mouths a few more times. It was not until all the teeth were covered with bitter tea and the whole mouth was filled with bitter taste.

"After rinsing your mouth, you can drink a cup of hot tea first. The old woman will tell my husband that you have already gotten up." The servant took the mouthwash of the two of them and went down. When they rinsed their mouths, the two cups of tea she had already poured for them were placed on the square table in the room.

After she left, the two of them immediately picked up the teacup and started drinking in small sips. In fact, they wanted to quickly clear the bitterness in their mouths.

"Hey, this tea seems to have a sweet taste, which is different from sugar, but it has a different sweet fragrance." Guo Yong, who was the first to drink tea, lit his eyes.
Chapter completed!