The Yang family's salt is much better. I feel like the people under the Yang family have sorted it out before using it. Later I asked, and it was indeed the case. I tried my best to select good salt and remove impurities.
Brother and sister Yang Dalang are not very particular people. The nobles in other wealthy families use better green salt. This is the happiness of the rich. The salt of small families is much worse.
emmmmm! Ling Xiao made a special inspection of the coarse salt, and found that there were actually some stones and gravel in the coarse salt. If she wasn't careful, she might have broken her teeth and weighed down the scale. She really didn't know what to tell her.
What's good.
Although she knew this would be the case before, after all, she had been to ancient times several times. But seeing such salt again after traveling through several worlds was indeed unacceptable. It was too rough.
The salt in later generations is as white as snow, and the grains can be very fine or coarse. The thickness of the salt depends on the purpose. For example, the cooking method of salt baking requires coarse salt grains, not fine ones.
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But whether it is coarse or fine salt, it is quite clean, and you can rarely see any impurities, such as stones and gravel.
But in ancient times, it was much different, and the appearance of coarse salt was really not very good, and its appearance was very low. In addition to stones and gravel, sometimes there were other things. The salt particles were large and yellowish, or yellowish brown.
Not only does it look bad, but if you try it, you will find that it doesn’t taste good. In addition to the normal saltiness, the coarse salt is also a little bitter. That’s because some minerals are not separated in it. No matter how you look at it, it looks very bitter.
Bad feeling.
Fortunately, the price of salt is still relatively low. Although this kind of coarse salt has a very low appearance, it is very good for poor people to get it at a very low price.
The reason why it is so cheap is mainly because in ancient times, salt was exclusively owned by the imperial court and the authorities did not allow private transactions. This policy was quite correct.
This is to ensure that ordinary people's families can also eat salt. Otherwise, if salt is controlled by private individuals, ordinary people may not even be able to afford coarse salt.
Most people don't think about this issue. They only know that salt is cheap and they can buy it. Even if the official salt is a poor coarse salt with a bitter taste, they still have to eat it.
It's not that they are easy to raise and have no sense of taste, but it's because it's hard for them to earn money. Money is too hard for common people to get. In comparison, they would rather buy sea salt that has low appearance and a bitter taste.
In fact, the coarse salt from the seaside was made by someone who spent a lot of effort, and it is also very precious. It takes a lot of effort to get sea water to boil it out bit by bit.
Ling Xiao remembered that for a long time, the production of sea salt did not use the method of drying salt in salt fields, but the coarse salt boiled in pots by specialized salt farmers. The daily output was not high at all.
Sometimes there is a famine or chaos, or even a problem with the salt ship, which prevents official salt from entering the homes of ordinary people. There is no salt supply for a long time. Many people have no place to buy salt, and something goes wrong.
The reason why things happen is because everyone knows that everyone needs to eat salt every day. If you don't eat salt, you will lose strength. If you don't eat salt for a long time, you will definitely have problems.
Some people in later generations said: The ancestors of human beings came from the ocean. A certain amount of salt must be added every day, which is a proof that humans cannot lack salt.
Therefore, when people find out that something bad is going on, they must stock up on salt if they have money. Although the price of salt will not skyrocket because of official salt, if something happens to the authorities, it will inevitably affect the price and quantity of official salt.
If there is no supply of official salt, the price of salt will soar. Then people who cannot buy salt will have to buy private salt, because ordinary people can't live without salt, and they have to buy it if they only have salt to live.
It is said that selling illegal salt is illegal, and it will be considered a felony if caught. However, many people who have no way of living have to take the road of selling illegal salt. They are forced at first, but later they are reluctant to leave because they earn so much money.
When Ling Xiao discovered that the world was about to be in chaos, he hurriedly prepared to store more salt. But looking at the quality of the official salt, he felt that the coarse salt was not clean no matter how he looked at it. After calculating the price, he felt that it would cost a lot of money.
This won't work! Master Liu didn't have much money in his hands. He took the soldiers to the He family. Although the Yang family's eldest house gave him a sum of money, Master Liu also gave some more to thank them for accompanying him.
Bring back two children.
After all this money is spent, there won't be much money left, so I have to spend a large amount of money to hoard other things, and then buy some salt that doesn't look good. Why doesn't it suit me?
After getting Mrs. Liu's money, she began to figure out how to make money. In ancient times, doing business was a behavior that was not liked by the upper class. Remember, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, businessmen's socks had to be two different colors.
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In other words, as long as you see two socks of different colors, you can know that the person's occupation is a businessman, and it also means that the businessman's status is not high.
There is a similar situation in later generations, that is, the famous green turban. During the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, it was stipulated that men who were prostitutes must wear green turbans. As a result, when later generations talked about the meaning of cuckold, it had a different meaning.
Although in this era, there is no need to wear two-colored socks to be a businessman, Ling Xiao knows very well that it is impossible for him to be a businessman, and he can only do it behind the scenes.
The reason for doing this is because the original owner's grandfather is still alive and he will not let his granddaughter do such a thing. Secondly, the original owner may not be willing to come back.
And she couldn't always take out the gold and silver jewelry she caught in the previous world, because a small amount could be used, but a large amount would never work.
Take gold and silver, for example. Today's gold and silver purification conditions are far inferior to those of later generations, and the purity cannot be achieved at all. How would she explain it if she took it out?
After thinking about it clearly, she felt very flustered because she had no money, so she began to think about how to make money. Because she had experienced many worlds, she had many ideas about making money.
I thought carefully about what I should do for a long time. As a person who was still in pain after his soul was torn apart, he had no intention of fighting for world domination, nor did he think that he would make a huge profit.
Thank you! She is still busy repairing her soul, so she has no idea of making handmade soap, glass, or cement that time-travelers like most.
This is because she knows very well how powerful the wealthy families are these days. The people who are most suppressed in each place are ordinary people, and the so-called local snakes can still live a luxurious life as long as they are strong enough.
So even if she has some ability to make those handmade soaps, glass and other good things, she can only become the secret recipe that the wealthy people want to get their hands on, and she will probably want to get rid of the person who made the secret recipe.
For those who come from wealthy families, eradicating the roots is what they should do, so even if Ling Xiao has the help of puppets, he will not think of creating these things.
For ordinary people, things like glass and handmade soap are of no use. They will only become tools used by wealthy families to show off their wealth, so they should not be used at all.
As for cement, it does have very good effects, but precisely because we know the benefits, we must pay special attention to it. In many cases, we should not just think about how to get the benefits, but also think carefully about whether it will cause big problems.
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For example, during the production process of cement, a large amount of dust will be produced. If it is not done well, it may be inhaled into the lungs of workers, or the kind that will never come out again, which will eventually cause occupational diseases, that is, silicosis.
This occupational disease will cause the patient's lungs to gradually lose their respiratory function, and they will also be unable to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide. The person will eventually suffocate to death.
This shows how difficult silicosis is to treat as an occupational disease. A man in his prime may only work for a few years and earn a small amount of money, then lose the ability to work and spend the money he earned on medical treatment, and ultimately live
He will die of suffocation in a few years.
Thinking about it, it felt terrible. In ancient times, the nobles and officials' children were very ignorant of the common people. Ling Xiao thought for a while and decided not to do it because there were no protective equipment and it would be unfair to the workers.
She still remembered that in later generations, one of the most famous manufacturers of masks in the world originally produced masks to serve his own company.
The reason why this happens is because this company was originally engaged in mining, so it naturally has silicosis, and there are a lot of them. This is an occupational disease. In order to reduce the harm to workers, everyone started to wear masks.
At first, the company's employees used masks from other manufacturers, but the results were not good enough, so they simply made their own. Later, it became the most famous mask factory in the world.
So in the end, you may not know the original main business of this company, but you will definitely be familiar with the masks produced by this company. It is a well-known mask manufacturer in the world, and the quality is excellent.
Hey! Ling Xiao thought about all the businesses that could make money, and then found that he couldn't find a place to make money for the time being, so he couldn't buy delicious food?
Forget it! With the wars and chaos these days, it’s impossible to deal with it. If you had a lot of land, you could try buying and selling food. Unfortunately, the family doesn’t have land, so naturally there is no food.
So what should we do? Now this body really has no capital, no land, and no money. If my grandpa gets old one day, he won't have money to pay for a funeral.
What to do? How to make money by hiding behind the scenes? She thought of salt and looked at the big sea salt particles. She felt that compared with the salt of later generations, the appearance of this kind of thing was too cheap, and she couldn't buy it at a high price.
Alas! There is a huge gap between ancient and modern times. At this moment, she couldn't help but think of the posts posted by later generations, saying that the emperors in ancient times did not live as well as ordinary people in modern times. Well! It was really true.
Judging from people's basic necessities of life, the emperor's clothing was generally better than that of modern people. After all, many people supported the emperor and had natural goodies such as silk and fur.
From this point of view, it is better than modern people, and the emperor's clothes are also decorated with embroidery and other decorations, which look magnificent. However, the clothes of later generations are not perfect in every aspect. They are better than those in ancient times in terms of comfort and protection level.
As for food, it can be said that modern ordinary people can completely defeat the ancient emperors. Let’s not talk about anything else. First of all, there are more seasonings and more food.
Ordinary people can also eat chickens, ducks, and fish regularly, including those that run on the ground (except wild ones), those that fly in the sky, and those that swim in rivers, lakes, and seas. There is a lot of meat.
In addition, people can often eat fruits from all over the world, and there are fresh vegetables in winter. There are many things that the emperor cannot eat at all, which is a complete defeat.
When it comes to the housing competition, the Forbidden City, the house where the Emperor of Ming Dynasty lived, is famous, resplendent and beautiful, but in fact it is far less comfortable for modern people to live in.
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Forbidden City could have fire walls, floor heating and other heating measures in winter, but what to do in summer? At most, it was just ice cubes, which was impossible to compare with air conditioning.
In addition, in ancient times, it was impossible to have high-rise buildings with dozens of floors. Even if they existed, it would be difficult to live in them. Living in high-rise buildings without elevators would kill people, so in terms of accommodation, modern people have priority.
As for the rest of the business, even if you are as noble as the emperor, you will be completely defeated, because the fastest means of transportation in ancient times was the horse. The emperor could only ride in a carriage. The ancient carriages had no rubber wheels and were made of wood.
It's like making a trampoline.
It can be said that the speed is very slow and the seats are not stable. There are often wild animals and bandits on the roadside. It is very unsafe and you can't even eat well.
In modern times, we have airplanes, high-speed trains, and even cars are much better than horse-drawn carriages. The same distance in ancient times took a month or two months, but in modern times, it only takes a few days at most.
Ling Xiao was very touched after reading this post. Modern society is better. Those who are determined to travel through ancient times will probably regret it after they actually travel because the gap between the two is too big.
Thinking of this, she had an idea. She didn't have much capital, so she could only look for some commodities without capital, such as the so-called salt, which can be produced at the beach.
And Ling Xiao felt that there was a certain market. After all, private salt had been banned repeatedly, which meant that many people couldn't buy salt. After thinking about it, she thought about it, what should she do?
I don’t know what kind of salt the emperor eats. It should be green salt, which looks better and tastes better than coarse sea salt. I just don’t know how green salt will compare with the common table salt that ordinary people in the future buy in supermarkets.
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Now that she plans to start with salt, what should she do? At first, Ling Xiao thought that she would buy some more coarse salt and process it to make it more beautiful. She thought about it and realized that she could do this. It was just a matter of changing hands.
Isn’t it turning official salt into private salt?
In addition, buying a large amount of official salt would attract attention, and something might happen, so she might as well do it herself. After thinking about it, she decided to let her puppet go out to make salt. She would get seawater from the seaside. Instead of boiling the salt,
After drying the salt, coarse salt is produced.
After getting the coarse salt, process it a little to remove some of the excess minerals and make the coarse salt whiter and thinner. There is no need for future generations of salt. If that level of salt is taken out, something will happen.
Who knows if people will want to catch the puppet and force him to reveal the secret recipe? Although she just wants to make a fortune, she does not want her puppet to be hunted down.