Liu Jin accompanied Zhu Houzhao for a walk in Yanshi, the capital city. After Zhu Houzhao learned about the price war, he became extremely excited.
Since we can't fight a war with gunpowder smoke, it seems good to play a war without gunpowder smoke.
"Old Liu~ They have lowered the price again. They only sell it for nine cents per catty. Should we continue to lower the price?"
"I think we should just drop it to nine cents a pound and kill them directly."
Zhu Houzhao's little eyes wandered around the shops on both sides of the salt market. When he saw Li's Hui Salt selling salt worth nine cents per catty, he immediately said happily to Liu Jin.
He is a master who is afraid of chaos in the world. When he sees them lowering their prices, he can't wait to lower their prices to a few pennies per catty and kill his enemies in one fell swoop.
"Don't worry, let's take a look at the situation first. If we lower the price further, we won't be able to gain much advantage."
"In the end, it may turn into a competition of financial resources between the two sides. Each of those salt merchants is as rich as the country, and they have a lot of money. Even if we can win, it will not be worth the loss in the end. At the current price, we can still make money.
And they started losing money."
Liu Jin smiled and shook his head and said, then he looked at the people on the street who came to buy salt, and said to Zhu Houzhao with a smile: "Let's listen to their thoughts and opinions first."
“Their thoughts and opinions?”
When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he was confused. This was a war between two sides. How could it concern the people who bought the salt?
For these people who buy salt, they will definitely like it the most if the price is reduced between the two parties, because they can buy cheaper salt. They can have any thoughts and opinions. Of course, they will buy whose salt is cheaper.
However, Liu Jin always did things with a purpose. He asked himself to listen carefully, and of course he had his own reasons for it. Zhu Houzhao liked to learn things in this way.
When he was asked to study, he was very annoyed. He asked for leave every day and was not feeling well. Yang Tinghe was so angry that he was almost dead. But this was not because Zhu Houzhao didn't like learning. He was still very willing to learn things that interested him.
For example, in order to go whaling at sea last time, he learned a lot of knowledge very humbly. Liu Jin knew this very well, so every time he wanted to convey some ideas and opinions to Zhu Houzhao, he would tell Zhu Houzhao in different ways.
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Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao pricked up their ears, carefully observed the salt buyers on the street, and listened to the conversation between them.
"Sister Zhang, are you here to buy salt?"
"Yes, Sister Wang, didn't you just buy salt yesterday? Why are you here to buy salt again?"
Soon, the attention of Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao shifted to the two female comrades. Both were housewives, both carrying vegetable baskets, and they were obviously out to buy things.
"Oh, don't mention it. I almost got scolded to death by my boss yesterday."
The person named Sister Wang sighed and said.
"What's wrong?"
The woman named Zhang quickly asked with concern.
"It's not this salt. Look, is this salt for human consumption?"
Mrs. Wang took out a bag of salt from her vegetable basket and handed it to Mrs. Zhang. At the same time, she gritted her teeth and said with hatred: "Look, look, there is too much sand in here. Just grab a handful of salt."
There are seven or eight grains of sand inside, as well as this soil."
"Although there was sand and dirt in the past, it was not too much. We ordinary people are not so particular and we all eat dirt."
"But now, there is too much salt and soil in it."
"Yesterday I used this salt to cook. The boss ate it and chipped a tooth. He scolded me so much that he scolded me. I spent most of the day picking out this salt yesterday, but I still ate a lot of sand while cooking.
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"It's really annoying."
Speaking of this, Mrs. Wang also said very fiercely: "I came here today to smash the sign of Li's Hui Salt Store. How can anyone do this kind of business? Sand and soil are infiltrated into the salt. This salt can still be used."
Do you want to eat?”
Mrs. Zhang took Mrs. Wang's bag and grabbed a handful of salt. After a closer look, she saw that it was indeed like this, because this kind of sea salt has large particles and a yellowish color, similar to sand. It is difficult to pick it out.
"The consciences of these salt merchants have been eaten by dogs."
"I heard that the price of this salt has dropped again. I originally wanted to come here and buy some. But now it seems that I can't eat this salt even if I buy it. How long will it take to pick out the sand?"
Mrs. Zhang looked at the salt in her hand and immediately felt like she was frowning. If you sell such salt, you won't be able to cook. There is too much sand and soil.
"Forget it's just sand and soil, but you don't know that this salt is still short of a pound or two. Last time I bought five pounds of salt because it was cheap. When I got home, I used my own scale to check it.
It’s only a little over three kilograms, nearly two kilograms less, plus the sand and soil that seeped in.”
"Don't look at this salt. It only sells for nine cents per catty now. In fact, it's not as good as the salt that used to cost twenty cents per catty."
Mrs. Wang continued to complain. It was no longer unusual to be short of a pound or two of grain when buying salt or grain. It was rare to meet someone who was not short of a pound or two of grain that day. Everyone was used to it, because it was like this wherever they went to buy food.
It depends on who is more deficient. You won’t skip meals or salt just because of it.
But now, these salt dealers are really short of jinshaoliang. Five jins of salt is only a little more than three jins. The key is that there is sand and soil seeping into it. Apart from the sand and soil, it is actually only half.
"I'm just saying, how could these black-hearted salt dealers lower their prices? It would be better not to lower their prices. At least there will be less sand and we won't have to worry about it."
After hearing this, Mrs. Zhang also said loudly, then took Mrs. Wang's hand and walked towards Li's Hui Salt Store.
"Let's go, let's go to Li's Huiyan together and seek justice."
The two people were so aggressive that Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao looked at each other and followed them in unison, wanting to see what kind of trouble they could cause.
Madam Zhang and Madam Wang came to Li's Hui Salt Shop angrily. As soon as they entered, Madam Wang threw the salt she bought on the table and shouted very loudly: "Everyone, let's comment.
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"Yesterday I bought five kilograms of salt from this salt shop. I was short of two kilograms. The five kilograms of salt turned out to be just over three kilograms. That's okay. Let's take a look at this salt. Is this salt still for human consumption?
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"Look at the sand and mud in this salt. I have never seen so much sand and mud before. Is this selling salt or mud?"
"Everyone, look at it, look at it~"
"This Li's Hui Salt Store, their conscience has been eaten by dogs. They can sell such salt. They are cutting prices on the surface, but secretly they are playing such little tricks."
Mrs. Wang's voice was very loud. She put her hands on her hips and shouted at the top of her lungs. After shouting inside the store, she ran to the door of the store and shouted, which immediately attracted many people around her to watch.
"This lady, this lady~"
Li Cai heard the sound and hurried over from behind, talking to Mr. Wang with a smiling face.
"I'm not a lady, I'm just an ordinary citizen. Look at it, he is the owner of this store. His conscience has been eaten by dogs. Look at the salt he sells. This is salt for people to eat.
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Mrs. Wang was scolded to death yesterday, and she had already been filled with anger in her heart. Now she shouted at the top of her lungs. She didn't care about Li Cai at all. She filled the ladle with salt and came to the door of the store, shouting loudly at the microscopic person.
The person said.
"The five kilograms of salt is nearly two kilograms less than mine. There are still several taels of sand and soil in the three kilograms of salt. Everyone, take a look, take a look, and comment on it~"
The microscopic people grabbed the salt from the ladle one after another. After taking a closer look, they all nodded.
"So much sand~"
"There is still a lot of mud. I can't even eat the salt. My teeth will be knocked out."
"The lack of jinsiaoliang is really great. Five jins of salt is only a little over three jins. In the past, it was only eight liangs."
"I also bought salt from here yesterday and came here to check it out. Just like what this lady said, the salt shortage is so severe that it only weighs 60 ounces. The key is that there is too much sand and soil and it is impossible to eat it.
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"Sixty ounces is not bad. The salt I bought at Sun's Salt Shop only weighed five ounces, and it contained more sand and soil than that. I bought ten kilograms of salt, but I threw away all ten kilograms of salt. I couldn't eat it.
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"Five Liang?"
"This is too dark."
"Black? If not, what do they eat? They are all salt merchants who eat people without spitting out their bones. Do you think they are really doing good deeds? The price is a few pennies per catty, but after all, it is not worth the salt of the past. In the past,
The salt is at least edible."
Wang's words resonated, and the people around him began to share their sufferings and their own painful experiences. They were all the same as Wang. The salt they bought was too short, and there was too much sand and soil.
It got to the point where there was no way to eat.
Many people are like Mr. Wang, who came here specifically to ask for an explanation.
"Everyone~everyone~"
"Our store has always been based on integrity in doing business, and we will never be short of ounces. As for some sediment, it is inevitable. Even the best well salt, pool salt, and green salt will have mud in it.
It’s sandy, and it’s normal to have some silt.”
Sweat broke out on Li Cai's forehead. Although he said this, he felt very guilty in his heart.
"You profiteer, go away and follow me to see the government. I don't believe it anymore. The world is clear under the emperor's feet. There is no king's law in the world. Do you dare to eat this salt?"
When Li Cai came out, someone angrily threw a handful of salt at him. He immediately grabbed Li Cai and said angrily, pulling him towards the government.
The clerk from Li's Huiyan saw it and quickly came out to rescue him.
"Everyone~everyone~"
"Everyone, where can you buy such cheap salt that costs nine cents per pound?"
Li Cai was grabbed by someone and immediately became embarrassed. He kept talking loudly.
"It's cheap, but it's not good. It used to be a bit expensive, but this salt is still edible. But now, there's so much sediment in it, can it be used?"
Wang put her hands on her hips and felt more confident when she saw that everyone was supporting her.
"Refund~Refund~"
"Yes, refund the money~ refund the money, keep this salt for you to eat, and pass the money to us."
"Cheap, cheap, cheap means no good product."
The crowd was furious, and with the commotion here at Li's Hui Salt, there was soon a commotion at the entrances of other salt shops. Some people took the salt they bought and threw it directly to the salt shop shopkeeper. Some people shouted on the waiter's face.
The money was refunded, and some angry people smashed up the signs.
The entire Yan City was in complete chaos.
There were too many injured people, and many of them, like Wang, came here specifically to ask for an explanation. Now everyone was staring at each shop and shouting and shouting. The salt merchants who used to be extremely arrogant were scared to death.
Li Cai of Li's Huiyan was in an extremely embarrassed state, his hair and clothes were very messy, and the inside of the shop was also in a mess. The angry crowd began to smash, pouring the salt on the ground, and smashing everything in the shop.
"You black-hearted salt merchant, I smashed all your signs~"
Zhu Houzhao mingled among the crowd and seemed very excited. He pretended to be very angry and smashed the signboard of Li's Huiyan.
"Your Highness~Your Highness~"
Liu Jin quickly pulled Zhu Houzhao out of the angry crowd. This Zhu Houzhao really didn't want to worry about anyone. He actually joined in the fun and was watching the show on the sidelines, but he also started to smash things up.
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"Cool~"
After getting out of the crowd, Zhu Houzhao clapped his hands happily. He had a great time smashing things just now and felt very happy.
“Why didn’t anyone smash up Zhang’s Snow Salt Store?”
Soon, Zhu Houzhao's attention shifted to a salt shop.
Unlike other stores, it was very quiet here, and no one came to cause trouble at all. The waiters and bosses in the store were very excited to watch the excitement.
"This lack of Jin Shaoliang is too outrageous. Our Zhang's Snow Salt will never be short of Jin Shaoliang. If we are short of Jin Shaoliang, everyone will smash my sign~"
"It's really not human behavior to allow sediment to seep through. Our Zhang's snow salt will never seep into sediment. Everyone can come and take a look. This salt is snow-white, snow-white, and has no sediment."
"Our salt is a bit expensive, but our salt is not lacking in weight and does not seep into sand, because the salt of our Zhang's Snow Salt comes from the Changlu Salt Field, which is the first scholar in the new science and technology industry."
Mr. Liu’s property, we will not destroy Mr. Zhuangyuan’s brand name.”
While watching the excitement, the boss and staff of Zhang’s Snow Salt also took the opportunity to quickly advertise their own snow salt.
When people around him heard this, many people gathered around him. Zhang Xueyan's figure was straight, so he raised his head and chest, and shouted proudly.
"Everyone, come and take a look, take a look~"
"Our Zhang's snow salt will never be short of a pound or less, and will never seep into sand. Such good salt is now only sold for fifteen cents a pound."
"Our salt is the salt produced by the Changlu Salt Field under the command of the Number One Scholar Liu Gongzi. Mr. Liu is the Number One Scholar and will never do such a thing. Everyone can come together to supervise. If there is any shortage or leakage,
Nisha, you can go directly to the Zhuangyuan Gong, he will definitely chop off my head to apologize to everyone."
Zhang Yonghui, the owner of Zhang’s Snow Salt, said loudly, and he was very proud when introducing the salt in his store.
"I bought the salt from Zhang's Snow Salt yesterday. It is indeed good salt, and it is indeed not lacking in weight, and there is no sediment."
After hearing this, some people nodded and expressed their opinions.
"I have also bought salt from Zhang's Snow Salt. It is a bit expensive, but this salt is indeed the best salt. It can be compared with well salt and pool salt. It does not lack any weight or seepage of sediment."
"It turns out that the salt comes from Zhuangyuan Gong Changlu Salt Farm. It's no wonder. This is Wenquxing. He is Wenquxing. He is not comparable to those black-hearted salt merchants. Firstly, he has no shortage of pounds and secondly, he has no sand. From now on,
When buying salt, just buy the salt from this Zhuang Yuan Gong."
"Yes, yes, I only buy the salt from Zhuangyuan Gong."
"Although this salt is a little more expensive, it is actually cheaper than their salt. It is not lacking in weight, does not seep into the sand, and it is the best salt. Only the top scholar's son can have such salt.
It can be done."
"Isn't that right? I regretted buying the salt from Sun's Salt Shop yesterday. When I saw how they looked today, I immediately felt it was worth it. It only costs a few cents more, but the salt is really good.
, to say the least, I will only buy salt from here in the future.”
Liu Jin can guarantee that this was definitely not a group performance arranged by him, but actually happened right in front of his eyes.
The eyes of the masses are sharp, and if there is no contrast, there will be no harm.
In the past, it may not have been obvious. Although everyone knew that the salt from Zhang's Snow Salt was good, not lacking in weight, and did not seep into sediment, the prices in other salt shops were low.
For these ordinary people, one penny more or one penny less is a big deal. This is true even in later generations. Many times they know that cheap goods are not good, but as long as they are cheap, they will still choose cheaper goods.
But things are different now. Prices continue to drop. In order to make money, these salt merchants are so short of jinshaoliang that there is so much sediment that the salt is inedible. After a comparison, everyone suddenly
I think the salt from Zhang’s Snow Salt is very cost-effective and very cheap.
It will no longer be like before, just looking at the price without carefully measuring the cost-effectiveness of the goods.
Of course, the business of Zhang's Snow Salt itself is very good. Before this, everyone already knew that the salt of Zhang's Snow Salt was better, and there was no shortage of jinshaoliang and silt.
Now, because of some comparisons and people's personal testimonials, more people have seen this clearly, so Zhang's snow salt business has become even more popular.
There was a scene of ice and fire in the entire salt market. On one side was Zhang's Snow Salt, where the crowds were surging, and there was a long queue of people buying salt. On the other hand, they pointed angrily at Li's Hui Salt, Sun's Salt Shop, etc.
While he was cursing, he started buying ten and twenty pounds of salt.
While salt is cheap, buy more as soon as possible.
On the other side is the smashed salt shop. Li's Hui Salt, Sun's Salt Shop, etc. were all smashed very badly and were in a mess. The clerks, shopkeepers, and bosses in the shop all looked very nervous.
