Chapter 31: The Great Plan for Getting Rich

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  Don't miss out on your way, brothers collect it by the way!

  Yang Yinghua hastily took over the pork and busied herself with Huang. Yang Gan was sent to pull out the garlic shoots. Thinking of the aroma of stir-fried garlic shoots and pork, every member of the Yang family couldn't help but swallow their saliva, including the head of the household, Yang Kaidi.

  Soon, the aroma of garlic shoots stir-fried with pork wafted out.

  "Smells so good!" It was still the voice of little girl Yang Lingxue.

  "How fragrant!" Zhang Zhun also couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

  It wasn't until more than a month after he arrived in the Ming Dynasty that he could finally eat pork!

  Really don't know whether to be happy or cry, Great Ming Dynasty, it's speechless.

  Haozi happened to come back at this time, smelled the fragrant smell, and rushed to the kitchen. He found that it was actually pork and didn't care about the scalding hot food, stretched out his hand to grab a big piece and stuffed it into his mouth. As a result, he was constantly rolling his eyes from being scalded, his tongue constantly moving, but he refused to spit it out. The crowd was both angry and amused, Huang's wife pinched his ear, but Haozi still wouldn't open his mouth.

  "It's really too delicious!"

  It took a while, but the mouse finally managed to swallow the pork with great effort. The scalding hot pork slid down his throat, burning him and making him roll his eyes continuously. With great difficulty, the pork finally reached his stomach, and there was no more movement. After catching his breath, he immediately let out an exaggerated cry. In the midst of waving his hands and feet, he scooped up another piece from the pot and hastily put it in his mouth, completely unafraid of being scalded by the oil.

  Yang Yinghua raised her ladle and brandished it in front of him, chasing him away.

  Hao Zi reluctantly left the kitchen, pulling Yang Rui Feng and asking non-stop. Upon learning that Zhang Zhun's refined salt was sold at a sky-high price of 155 cents per catty, Hao Zi's tongue stretched out exaggeratedly, saying he couldn't believe it no matter what. After a long while, he finally gave Zhang Zhun a thumbs up.

  Nothing to say.

  It's just one word: clothes!

  At lunchtime, Zhang Zhun's position was adjusted and he sat next to Yang Kaidi, also becoming the master of the house. He not only knew how to train the guards but also understood the way to make money, having such a son-in-law, Yang Kaidi really didn't know what to say. Anyway, the old man just kept smiling, smiling all the time, his mouth couldn't close.

  Three dishes of garlic shoots stir-fried with pork were quickly served, and the strong aroma filled the entire thatched hut. Everyone's appetite was greatly stimulated, and they all picked up their chopsticks. A piece of stir-fried pork that smelled delicious was put into his mouth, and the wonderful feeling was something that people who had not experienced it personally could not appreciate. It wasn't until now that Zhang Zhun felt that the dishes were vaguely familiar.

  Yang Daren was eating too quickly and almost choked, coughing nonstop. Yang Yinghua patted his back repeatedly until he finally recovered with difficulty. Yang Lingshu ate too fast and accidentally scalded her lips, blowing cold air continuously, causing everyone to secretly laugh. As for Haozi, from start to finish, he didn't say a word, no time, busy eating meat. Fortunately, Yang Rui Feng bought five kilograms of pork in one breath, otherwise, it would have been swept clean in three or two mouthfuls.

  "Bring some wine."

  "Yu Lin, you have one too."

  The old man said with a smile.

  Yang Yinghua then brought out the wine jug, pouring a small cup of strong liquor for each man, including Yang Gan Sheng. The Yang family's wine was bought back several years ago and had been buried in the cellar by the kitchen. It was only brought out on special occasions like New Year's Eve, when they would have just one small cup. Even when they had fish to eat last time, they didn't drink any, as it was too precious. It could be seen that today was truly a joyous occasion.

  At the price of one hundred and fifty-five coins per catty of refined salt, there's no reason for the Yang family to be unhappy! As long as this price doesn't change much, refining salt is a money tree that can create endless wealth for the Yang family! Hmm, more accurately, it creates wealth for the entire Yangjia Village.

  "Come! Jade Lin, I toast you!" Yang Rui Feng was the first to raise his wine cup.

  "Come on! Cheers!" Zhang raised his wine cup with a refreshing smile.

  Bang!

  The two men clinked their glasses together with force and then downed their drinks in one gulp.

  Zhang Zhun is not very good at drinking liquor, strong liquor goes down his throat and he immediately blushes.

  Hao Zi followed and raised his wine cup, shouting: "Yu Lin, I'll drink with you!"

  Yang Yingwa helped Zhang Zhun fill his wine cup.

  Zhang Zhun smiled and nodded, raised his wine glass, drank it in one gulp, and his cheeks became even redder.

  Haozi put down his wine cup and said with a smile: "It turns out that Yulin can't drink, haha! I, Haozi, finally have one skill that's better than yours!"

  Yang Kaidao said: "It's okay, Yulin, old man will also toast you a glass!"

  Zhang Zhun hastily said: "Uncle Yang, it should be me who respects you!"

  As he spoke, he raised his wine cup.

  Yang Yingwa refilled his wine cup again.

  Yang Kaidel happily clinked glasses with Zhang Zhun, feeling extremely joyful.

  Two people drank it all up in one go.

  Yang Yinghe secretly touched Yang Gan's hand.

  Yang Gan Sheng understood, raised his wine cup and said: "Yu Lin brother, I'll also toast you a cup."

  Zhang Zhun smiled slightly and nodded, picking up his wine cup.

  Yang Yinghua refilled his cup again.

  The two of them downed their drinks in one gulp.

  Yang Yinghe wanted to pour more wine, but found that the wine jar was already empty, so she had to regretfully turn the wine jar over. As a result, only a few drops of wine dripped out, and then there was no movement. She remembered that Zhang Zhun had brought back so many snake gallbladders that day, all soaked in strong liquor, and Yang Kaidi ate one every day, consuming a lot of strong liquor.

  Zhang Zhun put down his wine cup and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, from now on, as long as you're willing, we can drink every day."

  Yang Rui nodded in agreement: "I'm going to Jimu County to sell salt tomorrow, and when I come back, I'll bring a few kilograms of good wine back with me. We'll all have a good drink together! Mother, Xiaoyan, Xiaoxue, you can all have two cups each! I remember the last time we all had wine was at Xiaoyan's full moon celebration. Fifteen years have passed in the blink of an eye."

  In the end, I couldn't help but feel a mix of sadness and emotion all over my face.

  Listening to his son mention the past, Yang Kai De couldn't help but be overcome with emotion again, and said with deep feeling: "White rice, meat, and wine - what more could we ask for? What more could we ask for?"

  Huang was also constantly wiping her eyes, choking with sobs.

  "Everyone, let's work harder today and produce several dozen kilograms of refined salt. Tomorrow, we'll give it to Brother Feng to sell. With the money, we can buy whatever we want - food, clothes, or drinks. We'll also buy some good wine, and drink it whenever we feel like it."

  Yang Rui Feng nodded repeatedly.

  A good liquor of one catty is only worth a few dozen cents, at most equivalent to the price of half a catty of refined salt. In the past, it was unaffordable, but now this amount of money is basically not taken seriously. The bitter days have finally come to an end, and everyone has seen hope.

  This meal, the Yang family ate more than last time. Today is pure white rice, without any wild vegetables, that aroma, really tempting. Seeing the hope of future happiness, everyone's mood was exceptionally good. The previous troubles and sufferings were temporarily put aside.

  After lunch, Yang Kaidi, Zhang Zhun and Yang Ruijing sat together to study the business problem of refining coarse salt. How to manage this money-making tree is crucial. The main speaker was Zhang Zhun, while Yang Kaidi and his son listened silently. It's not that they didn't want to speak, but they simply had no chance to interrupt. How could their thoughts possibly keep up with Zhang Zhun's thinking?

  "Feng Ge, I think..."

  Zhang Zhun had sorted out his thoughts and spoke in an orderly manner.

  After simple calculation, every catty of sea salt can basically be refined into fourteen taels or more of refined salt (sixteen taels per catty), in other words, the loss during the refining process is not much. Although some brine may be wasted during the refining process, it's definitely no problem to refine ninety catties of refined salt from one hundred catties of crude salt.

  At room temperature, the saturated concentration of salt water is around 36%, while seawater contains only about 3% salt. This means that the efficiency of refining crude salt is more than ten times that of boiling seawater to produce salt. The crude salt produced by ten large pots can be refined with just one pot. Simply put, the sea salt boiled from ten households is just enough for Yang Ruijing's family to refine.

  On the premise that Yang Rui does not increase the number of big pots.

  But this is impossible.

  With such a huge profit, the first thing that comes to mind is to rapidly expand production and extract more refined salt. The most direct way to expand scale is to increase the number of large pots. The Yang family originally had three large pots, which would definitely be used immediately.

  Zhang Zhun suggested, "Tomorrow, you will move the three large pots back home and first refine the accumulated private salt. Others don't boil salt at night, but we can't do that, we must start work at night as well. If there aren't enough people, think of a way to hire some reliable young people, relatives are also okay, and give them a good wage."

  Huang said: "My several nephews are doing a good job and they are also honest. I will call them to come tomorrow."

  Yang Rui Feng nodded vigorously.

  According to Zhang's calculations, if the three large cauldrons work day and night, they can refine about 60 kilograms of fine salt per day. The refined salt obtained every day can be sold out in two days, and the profit earned is used to buy more large cauldrons, more firewood, hire more workers, and then refine more fine salt. More than 6,000 kilograms of coarse salt that had been stockpiled should be completely refined into fine salt within two months.

  More than 6,000 catties of coarse salt, after refining, at least 5,500 catties of fine salt. Calculated at 155 coins per catty, the total price is 852 taels of silver. When Zhang Quan first bought these coarse salts, he only spent 30 taels of silver, which was less than half of this price. Excluding all expenses such as firewood, labor, and transportation, the pure profit will not be less than 750 taels of silver.

  "Seven hundred and fifty taels of silver..."

  This time, it was Yang Rui's turn to mutter to himself.

  Whether in the past, present or future, the Yang family had never thought that they could earn more than 700 taels of silver. This is white silver, not over 700 copper coins! Moreover, as long as the technique is not leaked, it can provide a steady stream of more silver. As for how much they can earn in the end, it depends on heaven's will.

  Maybe it's ten thousand, maybe it's a hundred thousand, maybe it's a million...

  Yang Rui didn't dare think about it anymore.

  Of course, Yang's family suddenly earned so much silver, others will definitely be suspicious, and some people are even jealous. People die for wealth, birds die for food, who doesn't like the shiny silver? However, with Zhang Zhun's fishing skills coming first, Yang's family situation improved, and others have nothing to say. As for being jealous, that's a given. But what can jealousy do? The guard team is now in Zhang Zhun's hands.

  To get rich, you must first pass Zhang Yuan's test!

  Don't miss out on your way, brothers and sisters, take it with you and recommend it! I'm eternally grateful!!! ~~~