Although the official salt shop stipulates that each person can only buy one catty, it's okay. His relatives still have salt at home. Don't worry. If you help buy one catty today, you can earn ten catties of salt. Why not?
When the time comes, he will go to Guanyan Store to buy it tomorrow.
After a while, the waiter returned to the store with the newly bought salt.
The shopkeeper was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the waiter didn't fool him. The salt in this official salt shop was actually as white as snow?!
Needless to say, this grade of salt must be of high-quality quality.
I just don't know how it tastes.
The shopkeeper pinched some with his thumb and forefinger and put it in his mouth to taste.
When I tasted it, I was even more surprised: Why doesn’t this salt have any bitter taste?!
Not only is there none, it is purer than ordinary salt.
It's the shopkeeper. I've probably never seen such pure salt in my life.
His heart beat faster, wondering if the court had discovered some new salt mine, so...
Just when he was thinking this, Qi Rusheng, the young master's master, walked in from outside.
"Young Master."
The shopkeeper quickly stepped forward and saluted.
Qi Rusheng asked him to get up and asked him about the situation of the official salt shop.
The shopkeeper’s honest explanation.
When Qi Rusheng heard that the court might have discovered a new salt mine, he frowned slightly and asked the shopkeeper to show him the salt he bought.
Although Qi Rusheng was only a concubine of the Qi family, he got this job because the Qi family had a great business and he was very proud of it.
He is responsible for the salt shop in this area. If something goes wrong, he will have to pack up and get out.
As soon as Qi Rusheng finished tasting the snow salt, his brows knotted up and he was very worried.
Could the shopkeeper’s guess be true?
Isn't he too unlucky?
Nothing happened to others when they were on errands, so why did something like this happen to him?
His chest was a bit congested, but there was nothing he could do. Qi Rusheng wrapped it in snow salt and told the shopkeepers to keep an eye on the shop, while he went to find someone to report.
Not long after, the Qi family and other families received "snow salt" from their subordinates.
They are all veterans of this industry. You can tell whether the salt comes from their own salt mines by just tasting it.
This time, all of them panicked.
"Mr. Qi, what should we do? This... doesn't seem to come from our salt mine?"
"Yes, the imperial court has really discovered a new salt mine, right? If that's the case, wouldn't we be in danger?"
…
The imperial court had long wanted to deal with them, but because they hid the salt mines all over the world so tightly that the imperial court could not find out, they had no choice but to "manipulate" them.
Now if the imperial court has its own salt mine and they still fight against it, can the imperial court let them go?
Mr. Qi said with a cold expression: "What? The shops are closed and the prices have been raised. You still want to go and tell the court that you haven't done anything? You have let go of the ninety-nine steps ahead. Do you think the court
Will you let us go?"
"Uh..." A group of people were suddenly speechless.
Everyone here is not a fool. Everyone knows very well that from the moment they faced the imperial court, there was no turning back.
If they really want to quit now, the price they will pay will be huge.
Maybe the court will ask them to hand over everything they have.
How can that work?
That is the inheritance left by the ancestors of the family, why should it be handed over to the imperial court?
If they really hand it over, what will they do?
Aren’t they the sinners in the family?
How can we meet our ancestors when we go underground?
"Besides, don't you think it's strange?" Seeing that they all gave up the idea of surrender, Mr. Qi continued, "All the salt mines in the world are in the hands of a few of our aristocratic families. We have dealt with salt for generations. Salt
What does it look like? We still don’t know? We all know that the output of refined salt is extremely low. Where did the court get so much refined salt? So much refined salt suddenly appeared. Could it be that the court deliberately released it to show us?
of?"
"What's the meaning?"
"It means...actually the imperial court does not have that much salt in hand, but in order to create the illusion that they are not short of salt, they have saved up such a large amount of refined salt for who knows how many years, and suddenly put it on the market in large quantities, just to scare us.
Let us think that the imperial court has salt in its hands. When the time comes that we panic and admit defeat to the imperial court, isn’t that just fish and meat on the knife board and let the imperial court fail?”
"Isn't it?! But what if the court just doesn't lack salt?"
Mr. Qi glanced at the old man who spoke, and said with some displeasure: "Didn't I say that we have been dealing with salt for so many years, and no one has an idea of the output of refined salt? Is it because we want to make more money?
Is that why the refined salt is so expensive? Is it because the output of refined salt is too low and there is no other way, so the salt can be divided into three grades... If the imperial court really had the ability to popularize refined salt to the world, it would still be suppressed by us like this
for many years?"
"Uh...that's right."
…
If all kinds of salt were put together and put together, maybe they could still believe it. But the imperial court took out so much refined salt at once. Is there something wrong if they don't make it clear?
If refined salt was so easy to obtain, families like these would have taken it out long ago. Why would they wait until now?
Even if they want to make money, who can know better than them how much salt is produced?
The more I thought about it, the more I felt that Mr. Qi was right. This must be a "confusion trick" deliberately used by the imperial court to frighten them and then take them down.
Beautiful thought!
What if the imperial court discovered a salt mine and stockpiled a large amount of refined salt?
Most of the salt mines in the world are in their hands. As long as they don't say anything, there will be no problems in the short term. But over time, the court will definitely not be able to handle it.
As a result, they not only closed their own salt shop, but also secretly arranged for people to go to the government to buy salt.
They wanted to see how long the imperial court could carry such a huge amount.
Sure enough, within a few days the official salt shop started to increase the price.
Each household can only buy one pack of "affordable salt" per month. If you want to buy more, you need to get ten more copper coins.
"See, the imperial court can't hold on any longer. We will increase our purchasing efforts and must buy all the goods in the imperial court's hands. When the imperial court runs out of salt, it will be their turn to beg us." Qi
The old man's face was filled with coldness.
Anyway, things like salt have been put away and sealed, and they haven't come back after being put away for several months.
After they buy out all the official salt shops of the imperial court, let's see what other tricks the imperial court can come up with.
At the same time, they also tightened the grip on the younger members of the clan, asking them to be more honest recently and not to cause any trouble and fall into the hands of the imperial court. No one would be able to protect them then.
There are still a small number of idiots who have no brains and knowingly commit crimes. As soon as my old man spoke, most of the people below him became honest.
They also know in their hearts that only if their own family is preserved can they have their prestige.
If their family is gone, they are nothing.
Besides, instead of going out to drink wine and molest good women, they can play at home.
Which courtyard doesn’t have beautiful maids?
It just so happens that I have picked enough wild flowers outside, so I might as well try some home flowers at home.
For a time, it was rare to see the descendants of several prominent families outside.
