"Does Lu Situ really want to host a banquet for merchants in Xuzhou?"

Cao Cao added...

Zhao Yun said truthfully: "It's true..."

Cao Cao's eyes couldn't help but fall into deep thought, thinking about what Yu'er's purpose was to do this? You must know... merchants are pursuing profits, and they are free from evil. If they want to squeeze some money and food from them, it would be so difficult!

Before Cao Cao could figure it out.

"Report to Cao Sikong, Commander Lu asked the last general to bring this secret to Cao Sikong!" Zhao Yun's words followed one after another, "Commander Lu had a word, and there was a trick of 'Cangting' in the secret to break Yuan Shao!"

Huo...Cangting defeated Yuan Shao's plan?

Not only Cao Cao, but also Xi Zhicai's eyes were condensed by his side.

What a familiar recipe?

What a familiar taste?

Could it be... this is Lu Yu again...ah no, now he has the word "生正", which is the story of "Ziyu" continuing the "planning and winning thousands of miles away"?

Thinking of this, Xi Zhi blinked his eyes repeatedly.

At the same time, Cao Cao had already opened the tips and unfolded the notes.

It was just such a small note that Cao Cao's eyes were so wide...

Yuan Benchu ​​is eager for quick success and instant benefits!

Long Xiao Camp lures the enemy into the depths!

Cao Sikong ambushed from all sides!

Cao Cao's eyes opened!

Yuan Benchu, Long Xiaoying, Cao Sikong... a series of words were spliced ​​together in his forehead!

He seemed to have understood the clever plan that Yu'er had given!

…

…

Xuzhou, Donghai County, within the courtyard of the government office.

Dozens of tables were placed in sequence, and merchants walked into it quickly, whispering from time to time. Every time a person sat on one side of the table, a servant placed a cup of warm water on the table beside them.

Soon, these merchants settled down.

They are all merchants from Xuzhou, including those from Xiapi City, and those from Donghai County. Of course, Langya, Dongguan, Guangling, and Pengcheng are indispensable...

Everyone looked around carefully, and everyone knew that today... the banquet set up by Baimahou was very meaningful. Just a "Dahan Welfare Lottery" made everyone salivate!

Not to mention the ships of big yellow croaker that I have witnessed in recent days, it is like a fish that fell from God!

Hundreds of merchants came here! Everyone's eyes were shining!

...Who will eventually cooperate with Baimahou and the government? No one knows.

but…

Everyone knows that once a businessman cooperates with Baimahou, it will inevitably be a big backer, whether it is status, fame, or money, it will soar!

It is no exaggeration to say that everyone has made complete preparations... Even if they pay a huge price, they will still be favored by Baimahou.

After everyone sat down, it didn't take long...

Lu Yu, who was wearing a black Confucian robe and wearing a seal of the Grand Situ around his waist, walked in from outside!

Dian Wei and Cao Xiu were escorted on both sides.

Very handsome, heroic...

This is the first impression of Lu Yu by merchants.

But Lu Yu was always smiling, and walked into the courtyard with a complete smile, which added a touch of affection to his handsome cheeks.

What a beautiful man!

No wonder... News came out of Xu Ducheng that there were always some high-ranking officials and nobles who asked someone to go to Situ's house to match their daughters. Such a handsome young man with such a look and such a status? Which boudoir lady doesn't love? Which boudoir lady can bear it?

Lu Yu walked in front, behind Cao Xiu and Dian Wei, there were several Long Xiao armored soldiers. Each of them held a wooden box in their hands, which seemed to contain something!

While walking, Lu Yu glanced at the people around him...

The merchants who were originally sitting on the stool had already stood up, lowered their heads, bowed their hands slightly, and looked like the attitude that the lower-ranking person only had when they saw the higher-ranking person.

Today...it seems to be a cooperation to win the "Dahan Welfare Lottery".

But in fact, everyone knows it!

A Baimahou who holds great power, his "friendship" is more expensive than a daughter!

It is no exaggeration to say that as a businessman in Xuzhou, if one sentence offends Lu Yu, then... he will be able to completely stop the food within one day. If the same sentence pleases Lu Yu, he will not be able to do business in the entire Central Plains.

The Wei Hongwei family in Chenliu County, Yanzhou, and the Zhen family in Wuji County, Zhongshan, Jizhou are precedents...

I heard that the five daughters of the Zhen family and Bai Mahou still have a messy relationship...

It's really envious of everyone.

Lu Yu, who was standing in the main seat, did not sit down, but looked at everyone in front of him.

"Everyone, sit, sit...drink water, drink water..."

Lu Yu made a gesture of invitation, and his tone was still twenty-one friendly.

The merchants also sat down one after another, picked up the tea cups, took a sip... It was really water, so why didn't you want to put some tea leaves on?

but…

hiss…

A group of merchants felt that the taste buds moved, and the water was a little salty... like the smell of the sea!

However, it is different from sea water...

It's not bitter, nor so extra salty!

It can be said that it is just right!

Of course, merchants all know that seawater cannot be drunk, and drinking too much will cause poisoning! Even drinking too much will cause dehydration!

Many fishermen have come to the conclusion that among the fishermen who have died at sea, the possibility of death by drinking sea water is much higher than that of those who have not drunk sea water...

This is because the concentration of various substances in seawater is too high, far exceeding fresh water, and excessive entry of certain elements into the human body will cause poisoning.

In addition, in order to discharge 100 grams of salt in seawater, the human body often needs to discharge 150 grams of water. People who drink seawater not only cannot replenish the water needed by the human body, but instead accelerate dehydration and death!

“Baji…”

The merchants were squeaking their mouths and inexplicably felt that the saltiness of the water was just right, which was extremely salty than the sea water. I don’t know how many times the total.

Just then.

Lu Yu spoke, "I believe everyone is wondering why I, Lu Yu, want to invite all the merchants in Xuzhou to have a banquet for tea... no, it's just drinking water!"

"The reason is that the soldiers of our Cao camp Guandu can only drink water now... The food is in urgent need of food, and I, Lu Yu, was ordered to come to Xuzhou to raise grain. This... I must be very clear about it."

Raise grain!

Lu Yu immediately made a clear attitude.

Such frankness has made the merchants feel much more at ease.

Lu Yu's words continued, and he clapped his hands. A Long Xiao Camp soldier opened the first wooden box and placed it on the table in front of Lu Yu, and it was filled with salt and salt inside!

"People say that they are business! I know that asking all merchants to donate grain is more uncomfortable than cutting your meat, so... I'll invite you to come today just to show you a few things. After seeing it, let's discuss the issue of food!"

Lu Yu lifted the box filled with salt and walked past the merchants one by one.

While watching it one after another, Lu Yu said again: "I believe you are all familiar with it. This is the refined salt I have extracted. I am not afraid to tell you that this refined salt is different from the coarse salt refined by the Shangguan family on the market. It is extremely cheap and can even be popularized among thousands of households!"

"Imagine that after adding this fine salt to a cup of white water, it will become a little flavor. What about the dishes? If the fine salt is popularized, the dishes will inevitably become more delicious when cooking by the whole man! This fine salt will also become a necessity for people's lives!"

Hey…

Lu Yu blurted out his words, and the merchants blinked their eyes repeatedly.

Salted salt?

This is the first time they heard this title. Before... they heard more of coarse salt, which is the poisonous salt from Longxi. Of course... if you put coarse salt into the dishes, the taste will be ten times better, and there is no merchant who doesn't know about this.

But the key problem is that coarse salt is too expensive.

Even today, the price of coarse salt is a hundred times that of corn!

In addition, even at such a high price, selling private salt was illegal in ancient times. It was necessary to refine and sell the salt department of the government.

The purpose of the coarse salt refined by the government is not to cook, but to "preserve" and preserve vegetables, meat, fish, and milk, which are prone to rot and deterioration.

It is no exaggeration to say that in ancient times, salt was equivalent to the "refrigerator" in later generations!

If you really want to follow Lu Yu’s words and let salt enter thousands of households, then... how cheap should it be?
To be continued...