Chapter 114 Discussion

Several old men in the Shi family all held the fictitious title of sixth-grade court minister, so Su You stepped forward and greeted the female elders: "Young Su You, I have met An Ren."

An Ren took Su You's hand and said, "Oh, why do you also have calluses on your hands? There are a few more calluses than Wei'er's."

Su You smiled and said: "The one on the middle finger is made by the pen barrel."

An Ren sighed: "It's not easy. I don't believe the rumors in the village about the reincarnation of Marquis Deng. Just like our Wei'er, he has the ability to endure hard work."

Shi Kuan was a little impatient: "Old ladies know how to nag. Mingrun and I still have important matters to discuss."

An Ren rolled his eyes at him: "Then let's identify the person first before talking about it."

The next step was to bow to each other. There were many people in the big family, so I remember that Su You felt dizzy.

After the ceremony was over and everyone dispersed, Su You had the opportunity to talk to several family heads.

Shi Kuan smiled and said: "Mingrun, we exchanged all the salt banknotes obtained from the Erlin Department for salt. Look at the matter of refining snow salt..."

Su You said: "This process is actually not complicated. Just leave it to the children of the Tutu Temple. By the way, I heard that Meizhou also has salt."

Shi Kuan smiled and said: "There are many places with salt in Sichuan, but the biggest ones are Lingjingjian on Yizhou Road, Fushunjian and Jujingjian on Zizhou Road, Daningjian, Yun'anjian and Yongchang on Kuizhou Road.

Supervisor, we in Meizhou can only be regarded as making small troubles."

"The six eunuchs provide the imperial court with at least 500,000 guan per year. The few salt wells in Meizhou only add up to 30,000 guan."

Su You smiled and said: "The salt banknotes from the Erlin Department were issued by Fushun Supervisor. The freight along the way was also quite high, right?"

Shi Kuan said: "I am about to discuss this matter with Mingrun. The new policy of the imperial court this year is to implement a buyout of salt wells. Are you interested in participating?"

Su You was surprised and said: "Why should I share a share of such a good thing?"

Shi Kuan chuckled and said, "Don't you care how affectionate the general girl's sister is in the Erlin Department? With her, your face is probably greater than that of our four families combined!"

"Twenty or thirty thousand guan of salt is actually just that in the eyes of the four of us. Even if you turn them all into snow salt, it is only 30,000 to 40,000 guan. What we value is actually"

"Copper! Copper from the Erlin Department!"

"Hahaha, talking to smart people saves worries. You see, brass and white copper can be produced now, and you have made the processing easier. So we thought about covering the salt well ourselves and using the copper materials provided by the Erlin Department.

Eat it all! This is a big deal!"

Su You thought about it and said: "Brother, eating copper materials is always a suspicion. I think so. There is no problem in mining salt. That is where the transaction cost lies. In terms of details, can the copperware be directly transferred to the Erlin Department?

Process it and then transport it in? Only in this way can it be legitimate and can it be entered into the smelting field openly without any suspicion of private smelting."

Shi Fu said: "Then the smelting method of brass and white copper will probably not be kept secret for long."

Su You didn't take it seriously: "We need to understand the essence of the matter. First, we want to introduce copper into the Song Dynasty, and secondly, we want to sell our products. In fact, there was a copper shortage in the Song Dynasty, no matter what kind of copper it was.

What we want to buy, the so-called brass and white copper, is just an add-on."

"Besides, the Erlin Department controls the trade routes. We are like a pond, and they are like a ditch. If they don't open the gate, the water in the pond will not be able to survive."

"The other thing is that they don't have the technology. If their copper needs to appreciate in value, they can't do it without our technology. The key materials and technologies are all in our hands, such as water glass, which is a good thing to prevent mine collapse, such as punch machines.

, it is impossible for them to make a magical tool that suppresses copper embryos. Do you expect people from the Erlin Department to invent a lathe to make a lead screw?"

Shi Fu thought about it and said, "Well, then I will convey my intention to several companies and follow this method. The Erlin tribe is really born in a good place! We have to rush to make them rich."

Su You smiled and said: "The resources belong to others, so we can only provide technical cooperation. This is called cooperation, which benefits both sides. However, it is not without benefits for us, the Song Dynasty. We can also send people to follow the caravan to conquer the southwestern barbarians and Dali."

If we have a clear grasp of the geography and humanities of many situations and timely exchange of information, we can also avoid the joke of closing the city gates due to rumors."

Shi Kuan cupped his hands and said, "Mingrun's words show his vision, and he has the flavor of being able to achieve great things and benefit the world at the same time."

Su You smiled and said: "I just don't know if Hachigong will let me out. Otherwise, I really want to go to the Second Forest Department and help them see if there is any improvement in mining technology."

Shi Fu waved his hand: "You'd better think about those salt wells first, otherwise the coppers sent here won't be able to afford them, and then the wealthy businessmen in Jiayi and Jiayi will be in vain!"

Su You smiled and said, "When it comes to this, I'm really confident."

Are you kidding me? Nowadays when people talk about salt mining, they refer to Zigong. Little do they know that the name of Jingyan County in Damei Mountain comes from a few salt wells.

Where is Jingyan? It is the boundary where the salt production once forced Zigong salt merchants to almost jump off their buildings, and finally lobbied the government to block the wellheads with molten iron!

Thinking of the government, something came to mind: "Can we discuss with the prefecture and county to use Qufang's method to buy salt wells this time?"

Even Shi Kuan and Shi Fu were not very clear about this. After Su You explained it, he couldn't help but feel a little depressed: "According to production? Then we will suffer a big loss, right?"

Su You said: "In elementary physics, there is a law of conservation of energy, and the same applies to human affairs. Things obtained with a small cost can easily be taken away by others with a small cost. Only by letting the government, aristocratic families, and the people learn from this matter

After receiving the benefits, our well is made of iron. We will not give anyone an excuse to usurp it."

"If everyone agrees, I will also give you a guarantee, that is, the income of each family will not be less than the net profit of a few large wells now!"

The family had not expected how much money the salt itself could earn, and the copper exchanged was the bulk of it. Now Shi Kuan heard Su You say that the profits from the salt were quite substantial, and he couldn't help but be surprised and said: "My dear nephew, what's the matter?"

really?"

Su You smiled and said: "Seriously, but I have to trouble the old man first. If you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your tools. It's time for your horse teeth to come in handy again!"

After discussing this matter, Shi Wei was already sitting impatiently: "Brother Xiaoyou, let's go outside and play!"

The horned bow of a scorpion can be turned back. Marriage between brothers is as far as it goes.

Zhu Xi's biography explains this sentence: "A horn bow is a bow decorated with horns." That is because he did not understand the scientific principles contained in the horn bow. The horns are not just for decoration.

The Chinese compound recurve bow is a legend among the world's bows and arrows. The smallest volume allows for maximum shooting energy, the energy storage system, and the anti-shock stabilization system are all the crystallization of thousands of years of wisdom from our predecessors.

The Shi family's bows and arrows are all of the highest quality, typical of the Southern style of bows and arrows. They are very particular about the selection of six materials: stem, horn, tendon, glue, silk, and lacquer.

Maintenance alone is a laborious task. Shi Wei led Su You into the kitchen and opened a wooden box on the side of the stove: "The bows at home are usually kept here to dry and maintained. This is my bow."

After saying that, he took a small bow from inside.

Shi Wei began to string the bow. Her small bow was made of rock mulberry, with beef tendons on the inside, bamboo skin, fish skin, and buffalo horns on both ends. It took three years to select the materials and make the bow for worship at home.

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The bowstring is made of deer sinew torn into thin strips and wrapped with silk thread. It is very hard but elastic. The silk thread is not wrapped from top to bottom on the string, but is divided into three sections. It can be folded and carried.

The small bow is U-shaped. When stringing, you must first straighten the U-shape, and then continue to use force to make it recurve. The energy accumulated per unit length is unmatched by other types of bows.

The ancient people's quantitative statistical units were quite confusing. Bow power, wooden boat carrying capacity, and grain weight were all based on stones and buckets, but there were differences.

Similarly, the prices paid when buying cattle, horses, and ordinary commodities are also different. If you are not a member of the guild, you will be tricked without negotiation.
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