"In this case, we might as well just go with the flow and wait for the refined salt to go on the market. After the people buy the refined salt, we will expose it in public!"
"In this way, Emperor Wuhou will be disgraced, the court will be disgraced, and those unruly people will treat us as heroes!"
"Hehe! How wonderful! Your Majesty will have to think twice if he wants to deal with us as before."
Salt merchants decided to tell the truth that refined salt is refined from mineral salt when it is launched on the market.
Lin Fan organized the Salt Industry Department here and has produced more than 30,000 kilograms of refined salt. According to the current salt shortage situation in the Ming Dynasty, the situation can basically be stabilized.
"Everyone, refined salt will be sold starting today. The price per catty is 150 Wen. I will make a decision on the specific price in the future."
Lin Fan said coldly.
In front of him, rows of Jin Yiwei stood neatly. In order to ensure that every common person could buy refined salt, Lin Fan had to send Jin Yiwei to various places for supervision.
"Yes! Sir!"
Jin Yiwei took the order and quickly traveled to various places in the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, official shops everywhere opened and began to sell refined salt, and the price was very cheap.
"Everyone, come and take a look. This is refined salt extracted by our Marquis Diwu himself. It tastes very good, even better than plain salt!"
"Refined salt is on the market. It is produced by the Salt Industry Department established by Emperor Wuhou. The quality is very good and the price is cheap. You can buy a pound of it for only 150 Wen!"
"Refined salt is supplied in unlimited quantities. Now the Ministry of Salt Industry produces thousands of kilograms of refined salt every day. We no longer need to buy high-priced coarse salt and clear salt!"
“It’s time to buy refined salt, first come first served!”
The official shop opened, and the clerks enthusiastically greeted people to buy refined salt.
When the people heard that salt was available, they hurriedly gathered around and started queuing up to buy refined salt at the request of the clerks.
"This salt is really white! Much whiter than coarse salt, and it's too fine!"
"This salt looks good at first glance. Those damn salt merchants sell a pound of coarse salt for one tael of silver, but such good salt as Mr. Wuhou only sells it for one hundred and fifty cents. Mr. Wuhou is right
We’re so good!”
"Our family has not had salt for several days. If this continues, our whole family will die. Master Wuhou saved our whole family!"
"I want a pound of salt! You must leave one pound for me!"
"Haha! I bought refined salt. This refined salt is very white. I just took a bite and it was so delicious without any bitterness!"
"This is the best salt in the world. I want to go home and cook!"
The people who bought the salt cheered and cheered, but the people who didn't bought the salt frowned and looked at the official shop with expectant faces.
When they saw the guys carrying out bags of salt one by one, these people felt a lot more relieved. If they want to buy salt, they can buy it no matter how long the queue is.
"Haha! I think Emperor Wuhou is not helping us, but he is looking down upon human life and disregarding the life and death of us common people!"
At this time, a sneer came, and a man with a big belly came out.
When the clerk at the official store saw the fateful man, he immediately yelled: "You bastard! Where did you come from?
Mr. Wu Hou is selling salt to save the people, how can he be doing this in a disregard of human life?"
"You are the one who is spreading rumors and causing trouble here. Believe it or not, we will call the police to arrest you now!"
The common people also said at this time: "You are so ignorant. You will die if you eat without salt. Lord Wuhou is saving us!"
"Have you ever seen such good salt?"
The man was scolded by the clerk in the official shop and scolded by the common people. Not only did he not feel any nervousness, but he sneered and said: "Haha! What if I told you that these salts are mineral salts?"
ah!
The people exclaimed, and the man continued: "I have a friend who knows the inside story. In order to put a lot of salt into the market as soon as possible, Emperor Wuhou mixed the mineral salt into salt and sold it to us!"
"Let me ask you, have you ever seen such fine salt?
These so-called refined salts are actually made from ground mineral salt!”
"However, if the mineral salt is ground, it is still mineral salt. If you eat this stuff, you will die. If any of you are not afraid of death, just eat it!"
After the man said this, all the people in line stopped, and the people who were buying salt also stopped. As ordinary people, no one understands the horror of mineral salt better than them.
After all, they all had times when they had no money, and times when they couldn't eat salt. There were people around them who took the risk of eating mineral salt, and died miserably in the end.
"This! Is what he said true?"
one of the people asked.
this……
The clerk at the official store also knew the origin of this refined salt, but the people from the Salt Industry Department said that it was purified, but who knew the inside story?
They are just associates. It would be bad if they made a guarantee at this time and incurred a lawsuit.
Seeing the hesitation of the waiter in the official shop, the man laughed even louder and said: "Haha! I knew that there is a shortage of salt everywhere now, and it is impossible for Marquis Diwu to solve the problem so quickly!"
"Everyone, please be careful. The officials of the imperial court failed in their duties, which caused the damage to the salt field equipment in various places and the inability to produce salt. Emperor Wuhou also used shoddy mineral salt as refined salt. This is not taking our lives for granted!
"
this……
The common people all cast angry glances at the official shop, and one person said: "Damn it! We thought that Marquis Diwu was a good person, but we didn't expect that he would treat our lives like a trifle!"
"It's okay! I just took one bite. If I had eaten too much, I would have died. Now that I think about it, I also feel that my mouth is dry and bitter. Could it be that I am going to be poisoned?"
"Folks, if I am poisoned to death, you must seek justice for me. If you cannot seek justice, you must also help me take care of my children!"
For a time, the common people only had the voice of crusade against refined salt.
Not far away, several salt merchants saw the chaos in the official shop, with a look of pride on their faces. They looked at each other and walked out.
Looking at the people, he said: "Fellow folks, I believe that this mineral salt incident was definitely not done by the imperial court or your Majesty. It was because Emperor Wu did not understand the dangers of this mineral salt that it caused such a big joke.
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"We salt merchants, thanks to His Majesty's grace and the support of all the folks, are here today. Nowadays, there is a shortage of salt everywhere. We still have some goods at home that can be sold to you at market prices!"
"Please calm down the matter today and don't make the matter bigger and discredit the court!"
The reason why the salt merchants walked out at this time was to discredit the official stores and at the same time raise their image in the hearts of the people to a higher level!