Chapter 31
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[Don't miss it when you pass by, brothers, please collect it!]
Yang Yinghan hurriedly took the pork and went to work hard with Huang. Yang Gansheng was sent to pull out the garlic sprouts. Thinking of the fragrance of fried pork with garlic sprouts, everyone in the Yang family couldn't help swallowing, even Yang Kaide, the head of the family, was no exception.
Soon, the aroma of the pork fried with garlic sprouts overflowed.
"It smells so good!" It was the voice of the little girl Yang Lingxue.
"It smells so good!" Zhang Zhun couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
After more than a month in the Ming Dynasty, he finally could eat pork!
I really don’t know if I should be happy or crying. The Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty are speechless.
The mouse came back at this time and smelled the smell of fragrance. He hurried to the kitchen and found that it was pork. He didn't care about the hotness he was copying. He reached out to take the largest piece and stuffed it into his mouth. As a result, he rolled his eyes and kept rolling his tongue, but he refused to vomit it out. Everyone was angry and funny. Huang reached out and pinched his ears, but the mouse still refused to let go.
“It’s so delicious!”
After a while, the rat swallowed the pork hard. The hot pork kept burning along his throat, making him roll his eyes. Finally, the pork fell into his stomach and there was no movement. After a breath of breath, he immediately exaggeratedly started to scream. While dancing, he took a piece of it from the pot and put it in his mouth, not afraid of the oil burning at all.
Yang Yinghan raised the spatula, swayed in front of him, and drove him away.
Mouse left the kitchen reluctantly and pulled Yang Ruifeng to ask. After learning that the refined salt that Zhang Zhun had purified was sold at a sky-high price of 155 cents per catty. Mouse's tongue stretched out exaggeratedly and could not believe anything. After a long time, he gave Zhang Zhun a thumbs up.
Say nothing.
Just one word to accept!
During lunch, Zhang Zhun's position was adjusted and she sat next to Yang Kaide, who was also the head of the family. Not only could he train the guard team, but he also knew such a way to make money. With such a prospective son-in-law, Yang Kaide really didn't know what to say. Anyway, the old man kept laughing, laughing, and laughing from ear to ear.
Three plates of fried pork with garlic sprouts were quickly served, and the rich fragrance covered the entire thatched hut. Everyone was greatly attracted to their appetite and moved their chopsticks. A piece of fried pork was put into their mouths. The wonderful feeling was really something that people who had not experienced it personally could not understand. It was not until this time that Zhang Zhun felt that the food was vaguely familiar.
Yang Gansheng almost choked because he ate too fast and kept coughing. Yang Yinghan patted his back continuously, and he recovered with difficulty. Yang Lingxue was accidentally scalded her lips because she ate too fast, and kept breathing in the air conditioner. Everyone was secretly amused. As for the mouse, she didn't speak from beginning to end, and had no time to eat meat. Fortunately, Yang Ruifeng bought five kilograms of pork in one breath, otherwise it would be wiped out in just a few seconds.
"Come some wine."
"Yulin, you have a drink too."
The old man said happily.
Yang Yinghan then brought the wine jar and poured a small glass of strong wine for every man, even Yang Gansheng had a portion. The wine from the Yang family was bought a few years ago and was buried in the cellar next to the kitchen. Only during festivals can they drink a small glass. Last time there was fish, they didn't drink it and couldn't bear it. It can be seen that I was so happy today.
The Yang family has no reason to be unhappy at the price of 155 cents per kilogram of fine salt! As long as the price does not change significantly, purified fine salt is an unprecedented money tree that can create a steady stream of money for the Yang family! Well, to be precise, it is to create wealth for the entire Yangjiatun.
"Come on! Yulin, I'll toast you!" Yang Ruifeng took the lead and picked up the wine glass.
"Come on! Do it!" Zhang Zhun picked up the wine glass readily.
"Bang!"
The two of them touched the wine glasses hard, and then drank them all in one go.
Zhang Zhun was not very good at drinking, and when he drank strong alcohol, he immediately blushed.
The mouse then picked up the wine glass and shouted, "Yulin, I'll drink with you!"
Yang Yinghan helped Brigadier General Zhang fill his wine glass.
Zhang Zhun smiled and nodded, raised his glass, drank it all, and his cheeks turned redder.
Mouse put down his wine glass and said proudly: "It turns out that Yulin can't drink, haha! My mouse finally has a skill that is better than you!"
Yang Kaide said: "It's okay, Yulin, the old man also wishes you a cup!"
Zhang Zhun hurriedly said, "Uncle Yang, I should respect you!"
As he said that, he picked up the wine glass.
Yang Yinghan filled his wine glass again.
Yang Kaide happily clinked glasses with Zhang Zhun, very happy.
The two drank it all in one go.
Yang Yinghan quietly touched Yang Gansheng.
Yang Gansheng understood, picked up the wine glass and said, "Brother Yulin, I will also toast you."
Zhang Zhun smiled slightly, nodded and picked up the wine glass.
Yang Yinghan gave him full again.
Both of them drank the same one.
Yang Yinghan was still trying to pour wine, but found that the wine jar was empty, so she had to turn it over with regret. As a result, only a few drops of wine dripped out of the wine jar and there was no movement. She remembered that Zhang Zhun got back so many snake galls that day, all soaked in spirits. Yang Kaide ate one every day, which consumed a lot of spirits.
Zhang Zhun put down his wine glass and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter. As long as we want to, we can drink it every day."
Yang Ruifeng nodded in agreement: "I will go to Jimo County to sell salt tomorrow. When I come back, I will make a few kilograms of good wine and let our whole family have a good meal. Mother, Xiaoya, Xiaoxue, have two drinks! I remember that last time our whole family had wine, it was the time when Xiaoya was full moon. In a blink of an eye, fifteen years have passed again."
After talking about it, I couldn't help but feel melancholy and feelings on my face.
When his son talked about the dusty past, Yang Kaide couldn't help but burst into tears again and said with emotion: "White rice, meat, and wine, what else do we ask for? What else do we ask for?"
Huang also kept wiping his eyes and choked.
Zhang Zhun said with a smile: "Everyone works harder today and get dozens of kilograms of fine salt. I will bring it to Brother Feng tomorrow to sell. I will buy whatever I want, buy whatever I wear, and buy whatever I drink. I also buy a few kilograms of good wine, and drink it whenever I want."
Yang Ruifeng nodded repeatedly.
A good pound of strong liquor costs only a few dozen cents, at most equivalent to half a pound of fine salt. In the past, I couldn't afford it, but in the future, I basically ignored this amount of money. The hard days finally came to an end, and everyone saw hope.
The Yang family ate this meal more than last time. Today is pure white rice, without any wild vegetables, and the fragrance is really tempting. Seeing the hope of future happiness, everyone is in a very good mood. The troubles and pains of the past are temporarily put behind their heads.
After lunch, Yang Kaide, Zhang Zhun and Yang Ruifeng sat together to study the business issues of purifying coarse salt. How to manage this money tree is crucial. The main thing that speaks is that Zhang Zhun, Yang Kaide and his son listen silently. It’s not that they don’t want to speak, but they don’t have much chance to interrupt. How can their thoughts keep up with Zhang Zhun’s thinking?
"Brother Feng, I think..."
Zhang Zhun has sorted out his ideas and said in an orderly manner.
After a simple calculation, each pound of sea salt can basically purify more than 14 taels of fine salt (16 taels per pound). In other words, there is not much loss during the purification process. Although some brine may be wasted during the purification process, there is definitely no problem for purifying 100 pounds of coarse salt to purify ninety pounds of fine salt.
Usually at room temperature, the saturation concentration of brine is about 36%, while the salt content of seawater is only about 3%. This means that the efficiency of purifying coarse salt is more than ten times that of boiled salt in seawater. The coarse salt cooked in a large pot can be purified in one pot. Simply put, the sea salt cooked by ten families is just enough for Yang Ruifeng's family to purify.
The premise is that Yang Ruifeng does not increase the number of large pots.
However, this is impossible.
With such a huge profit, anyone thinks of the first time is to quickly expand production and purify more refined salt. The most direct way to expand the scale is to increase the number of large pots. The Yang family originally had three large pots, so they must use them as soon as possible.
Zhang Zhun suggested: "Tomorrow you will move all three big pots back and purify the accumulated private salt first. Others do not cook salt at night, but we cannot do it. We must start work at night. If there is not enough manpower, see what can I do? Please ask a few honest, trustworthy young people and relatives, and give you a good salary."
Huang said, "My nephews work well and are honest. I will call them tomorrow."
Yang Ruifeng nodded vigorously.
According to Zhang Zhun's calculation, if the three-mouth pot starts day and night, about 60 kilograms of fine salt can be purified every day. The refined salt obtained by purifying every day can be sold the next day. The profit obtained is used to buy more large pots, more firewood, hire more people, and then purify more fine salt. More than 6,000 kilograms of coarse salt accumulated in a backlog should be completely purified into fine salt in less than two months.
After purifying more than 6,000 kilograms of coarse salt, there are at least 5,500 kilograms of fine salt. Calculated at 155 cents per kilogram, the total price is 852 taels of silver. When Zhang Zhun purchased these coarse salt, he only used 30 taels of silver, which is less than half a percent of this price. Excluding all costs of firewood, labor, transportation, etc., the net profit will not be less than 750 taels of silver.
"Seven hundred and fifty taels of silver..."
This time, it was Yang Ruifeng's turn to mutter to himself.
Whether in the past, now, or in the future, the Yang family never thought that they could earn more than 700 taels of silver. This was a waste of money, not more than 700 copper coins! Moreover, as long as the technology was not leaked, they could provide more silver continuously. As for how much they could earn, it depends on God's intention.
Maybe it's ten thousand, maybe it's one hundred thousand, maybe it's one million...
Yang Ruifeng dared not think about it anymore.
Of course, the Yang family suddenly made so much money, others must doubt it, and some even wanted to be jealous. People died for money, birds died for food, and who doesn’t like the white money? However, with Zhang Zhun’s ability to slap fish first, the Yang family’s family has improved, and others have nothing to say. As for jealousy, that’s certain. But what can be jealous? The guard is now in the hands of Zhang Zhun.
If you want to grab money, you have to pass Zhang Zhun’s level first!
Chapter completed!