Chapter 49 I want them all

Roman sold 600 kilograms of maltose for only 20 gold coins.

Morey brought 18 oxen and 28 draft horses.

Among them, the price of draft horses was 7.5 silver coins.

28 draft horses were worth 21 gold coins.

In other words, the maltose Roman brought could not even exchange for 28 draft horses.

The price of oxen was 5.5 silver coins, with a total value of 9.9 gold coins.

Draft horses are difficult to use in war, and at most they are used to transport supplies or pull carts.

As Morey once said, draft horses have poorer endurance, poorer physical fitness, and poorer farming efficiency than oxen.

The yoke is put on the draft horse for a long time, which will make the draft horse difficult to breathe, and even die suddenly.

For various reasons, the price of draft horses is not expensive, which is far from that of war horses.

This batch of livestock totaled 30 gold coins. Even if Roman used barter, he could not buy these oxen and draft horses with maltose.

The boast he had made earlier was exposed in an instant.

But Roman did not feel embarrassed.

He gestured and said to Morey: "Next time your merchant ship comes to Sige Town, I can give you 200 barrels of maltose."

The production cost of this thing is surprisingly low, and it is convenient and fast. There is no reason for Roman not to produce it later.

Anyway, there is plenty of wheat.

Morey said incoherently: "Mr. Duo?! 200 barrels? Six thousand kilograms?!"

He immediately realized that Roman Liejia had mastered the art of making sugar and named this honey maltose.

Is this sugar extracted from malt?

How many kilograms of wheat are needed to make one kilogram of maltose?

If the cost is too high, how can it be mass-produced?

Morey's frown relaxed instantly. He was shocked at first, and then fell into confusion. When countless thoughts collided, Morey instinctively said: "If all 200 barrels of maltose flow into the market, its value will become very low."

Roman didn't care how low the price could be, anyway, he was making money.

But maltose was a new commodity, and he was a little worried that this approach would expose the town of Sige, thus attracting many covetous eyes.

This is not a good thing for the current town of Sige.

"Forget it." Roman gave up this approach easily.

Then Roman asked again: "You should know what I'm doing now?"

Morey had communicated with the residents of Sige before Roman came over. This is the habit of businessmen to know what happened in this land the fastest.

And some of the news he learned from here made it hard for him to believe, so when he saw Roman, he was a little excited.

"You are building a road..."

Roman nodded: "Yes, I found a salt mine and I am going to mine it."

Morey knew that this land contained a lot of wealth, so he was very confident and willing to invest regardless of the return.

But he did not expect that the development speed of Sger Town was too fast. Roman found the salt mine in just one month and almost leveled the 40-kilometer road.

This efficiency is extremely amazing.

Even the Markor Fury that Morey had seen before could not be compared. Although the latter was also one of the three grand dukes of the Black Iron Kingdom and his actions were excellent role models, he still could not be compared with the extraordinary existence in front of him.

Not everyone can find a way to make a fortune in such a short time with bare hands.

He said anxiously: "Can I go and see?"

Roman understood Morey's urgency.

He found someone to take Morey to visit.

Although it rained a few days ago, the flat land was still muddy and the ruts were messy, but it was generally unobstructed.

Morey rushed all the way, and there were ox carts and horse carriages coming and going along the way. He soon saw hundreds of farmers working hard to level the road.

This wide road has not been built to the end, and there is still a distance of ten miles to go, but a small trail has been built in advance. Although it cannot allow large vehicles to pass, it can allow people to walk directly to the salt mine.

Roman sent dozens of farmers there in advance to prepare for the work.

They have to build a salt processing plant, clear the gravel piles on the surface, and dig several meters or tens of meters deep to dig a corner of this rock salt deposit.

Compared with sea salt, mineral salt is purer, it has extremely high purity and few impurities. Even some rock salt itself can be used as coarse salt. When grilling or cooking, just rub it with a salt brick.

But the consequence is that excessive consumption may cause salt poisoning.

Therefore, it is necessary to carry out the processing of crushing, dissolving, filtering, boiling, etc., so that the fine salt after processing can be called refined salt, and there is no need to worry about safety issues - rest assured, humans in this era will definitely die from other accidents before being poisoned.

When seeing those high-purity rock salts and those huge crystals like ice cubes. Morey was very excited.

He realized that this was a high-quality salt mine, and it was easy to mine, and the output in the future would definitely be very high.

Salt is a strategic material, and no one does not value its value.

To be precise, salt is only slightly worse than iron.

This special mineral can even have an effect on some witches' spells.

Therefore, the church also attaches great importance to salt and regards it as a sacred object that can expel and purify demons.

Influenced by this, slightly wealthier families will also buy these salts to expel demons and ward off evil spirits.

Kings and nobles would also regard salt as a special currency and use salt, iron, wheat, fur, meat and other physical goods to deduct most of their military pay.

Therefore, when Morey returned from the salt mine, his face was red and he kept saying "Okay, okay".

Roman asked: "Do you want salt or sugar?"

Morey took a deep breath and said the same words as Roman.

"I want them all!"

Roman was satisfied with Morey's answer. "Okay, the price of those livestock will be deducted with salt. When you come to Sige Town next time, I will still give you maltose. As for the specific amount, it depends on how much you want to buy. As for salt, I will give it to you for the time being. I will sell it to you at a price of 0.1 copper coins per catty without charging you any customs duties. After you transport 200,000 catties of salt, I will increase the price to 0.2 copper coins per catty and charge an additional 1 copper coin per hundred catties. Do you understand the tariffs?”

Of course Morey can understand Roman's approach.

The purchase price is the purchase price and the export tariff is the export tariff.

Even if you buy a large amount of salt from a salt-producing place, you will be ordered by the local nobles to pay the corresponding duties when you leave that place. When entering another place, import duties will also be charged.

The tariff of 1 copper coin per 100 kilograms of salt can be said to be very cheap.

After all, salt is a necessity, and tariffs have a huge impact on salt prices.

When the price of salt is stable, the purchase price of merchants is generally 0.2 copper coins per catty. If there is more social unrest, the price will most likely increase to 0.25 copper coins or higher.

For every 100 kilograms of salt purchased, an additional import and export tariff ranging from 4 to 6 copper coins will be paid, which increases the purchase cost in disguise.

Therefore, many businessmen hope to find salt producing areas with stable prices and low tariffs.

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PS: Wheat is a high-grade grain. One pound of wheat is equal to three or four pounds of miscellaneous grains.

The export price of 1 salt is equal to 4 wheat, and the market price is 1 salt equal to 20 wheat.

The price Roman gave to Morey was 1 catty of salt and 2 catties of wheat - until Morey transported 200,000 catties of salt, and then raised the salt price to the standard price of 1 salt equal to 4 wheat.

Because the cattle and draft horses brought by Moreira were free and given to Roman for free, they were exchanged for a low purchase price.

Don’t think that 200,000 pounds of salt is a lot.

The Black Iron Kingdom has a population of tens of millions. What is the demand for salt in a society of tens of millions of people?

If you think that the annual social demand is less than 5 million kilograms of salt, then there is nothing to say.