"Isn't that what I was going to tell you?"
Yun Zheng smiled at Zhang Xu and said, "The frontline troops need to be rotated. I can only stay in Shuobei for a few days. Be prepared to endure hardships. I will see if I can come up with more money-making things!"
Suffering?
When Zhang Xu heard Yun Zheng say that he had to endure hardships, he instantly felt like a deflated ball.
He is afraid of suffering!
There wasn't much business to do before, so he was tinkering with the things Yun Zheng mentioned in the workshop, and he ended up making a bunch of useless scrap copper and iron, and he lost a lot of weight.
I haven't had a rest for many days, and now I have to suffer again?
Looking at Zhang Xu's miserable appearance, Ye Zi couldn't help but chuckle.
"Look at you!"
Yun Zheng glared at Zhang Xu with a smile, "Isn't it that I have to suffer with you? If it weren't for the rotation and rest of the various departments, you wouldn't have the chance to suffer with me!"
...
...
Zhang Xu said bitterly: "You sound like a great beauty..."
"I……"
Yun Zheng's face was filled with black lines.
"Hehe... just a joke."
Zhang Xu laughed dryly for a while, and said carelessly: "It's okay to endure hardships, as long as I can make money! I'm just scared of the scraps of copper and iron in the firearms workshop..."
Doing that job is neither profitable nor tiring.
It's so boring!
Yun Zheng knew that Zhang Xu didn't understand the purpose of those things, so he didn't say much. He waved his hand and said, "Okay, just keep an eye on that side from now on! The blockade on the Fuzhou front has been lifted, and you don't have that much time to do those things!"
“This is a great feeling!”
Zhang Xu regained his spirit.
"While you are doing business, you should also get more people to Shuobei."
Yun Zheng restrained his smile and said seriously: "Anyway, we will try our best to move those people who have no land in the interior to Shuobei, and let people spread the word that after arriving in Shuobei, they can get land and tax reductions..."
"Ah? This..."
Zhang Xu's face twitched fiercely, "Your Highness, you don't want me to be a human trafficker, do you?"
Human...human traffickers?
Yun Zheng's face was filled with anger, and he almost pried open Zhang Xu's head to see what was going on inside his mind.
You are my uncle, the human trafficker!
Seeing Yun Zheng's expression, Ye Zi laughed again and helped Yun Zheng explain: "I guess he saw that the population of Shuobei is too small. Now, they have conquered so much land from Beihuan. Only with more people can they completely occupy those lands. Moreover, if a large number of poor young and strong people migrate from the interior, the soldiers of the Northern Army can also be supplemented..."
Listening to Ye Zi's words, Yun Zheng nodded continuously.
My Zi'er is still smart!
Otherwise, how could she be his good wife?
“So that’s how it is!”
Zhang Xu suddenly realized, but scratched his head again, "But, isn't this still a human trafficker?"
"I……"
Yun Zheng was speechless, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and said, "We asked people to come voluntarily! We didn't ask you to kidnap people with knockout drugs! How did you become a human trafficker?"
"right."
Ye Zi smiled and said, "There are too many powerful families in the inner city, and a lot of good land is in the hands of those people. Many people don't have their own land, and can only be tenant farmers for those people. If we can give them suitable land, there should be many people willing to come..."
The population problem is indeed a big problem.
This is not like growing crops where you can harvest one crop a year.
With Shuobei's current population relying on reproduction, it won't make much practical sense for Yun Zheng and his men to conquer more land!
"Okay, leave this to me!"
Zhang Xu nodded, and then asked curiously: "Your Highness, what do you want to make to make money? After you make it, will our wine make money?"
"It should be similar to wine!" Yun Zheng said: "Anyway, there are two things. One of them, I am sure I can make it, but the other one should be very difficult to make. I can teach you, and you can make it slowly in the future! But as long as you make it, it will probably make more money than wine..."
"real?"
Zhang Xu's eyes lit up instantly.
"It must be true!"
Yun Zheng chuckled, "Just wait and count the silver!"
Fine salt, easy to do.
Glass is difficult!
If the temperature is not reached, everything you say is nonsense.
But take your time with this glass thing!
Fine salt can definitely be made.
As for how to set the price, it depends on Zhang Xu!
Anyway, anything that Zhang Xu handles will definitely not be cheap.
"well!"
With Yun Zheng's words, Zhang Xu was overjoyed.
He is determined to become the second richest businessman!
The right thing to do is to make money quickly!
"By the way, we have to buy some things when we go out to sell things!" Yun Zheng reminded: "I'll have someone prepare a list of the medicinal materials that we are in short supply of for you later! We still have to fight Bei Huan, so we need to prepare more medicinal materials! If there are ready-made gold wound medicine and hemostatic powder, try to buy as much as possible."
"I save it."
Zhang Xu nodded heavily.
Afterwards, Yun Zheng chatted with the two of them about some other things.
After talking to them, Yun Zheng found Mrs. Shen again.
Now that Emperor Wen has opened up the Fuzhou defense line, they will also have to migrate a large number of people to Shuobei, and there will definitely be spies from various forces sneaking in.
It’s time for Mrs. Shen to train more secret agents.
Originally, he wanted Miaoyin to do this.
But Miaoyin often followed him on the front line of defense, so she didn't have to worry so much about things in the rear.
Madam Shen is a martial artist, so training some secret agents shouldn't be a big problem.
Then, he would select two more people from the earlier Blood-Cloaked Army to help Madam Shen train these secret agents.
…
In the next few days, Yun Zheng was basically busy in the workshop with Zhang Xu during the day.
After a few days, the fine salt was finally produced.
But, this glass thing is really impossible to make.
He remembered adding something that seemed to lower the melting point, but he couldn't remember what it was called.
Yun Zheng thought about it for several days but still couldn't remember what that thing was.
All right!
He admitted that his chemistry was taught by his physical education teacher.
"How about we not try this?"
Zhang Xu smacked his lips and said, "If you have this much time, you might as well make more decent porcelain and put the wine in the exquisite porcelain. Wouldn't it be more valuable?"
“…”
Yun Zheng was speechless, then he patted Zhang Xu's shoulder heavily, "You are such a genius!"
Zhang Xu chuckled, "Your Highness, do you also think this method is feasible?"
"Okay, why not?"
Yun Zheng laughed loudly, his eyes shining as he said, "Later, let's soak some deer antlers, bull whips, etc. in the wine, and then declare that this wine has the effect of raising yang..."
“Yes, yes!”
Zhang Xu nodded repeatedly, and said with admiration: "Your Highness, you are even more cunning than me!"
"Can you fucking talk?"
Yun Zheng laughed and scolded: "We don't cheat the poor, understand?"
Zhang Xu thought about it and nodded vigorously.
Just as the two profiteers were discussing this, Lu Xing suddenly ran in quickly.
"Your Highness, urgent news from the Wei border!"
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