As the largest commodity distribution center in the world, there are some new shops opening and some closing down every day.

Today, a new shop with a huge area has opened.

Surprisingly, this shop, called Seafood House, currently only sells one item.

That's salted fish!

"Shopkeeper Hou, have you been to see the newly opened shop opposite?"

Opposite the seafood house, is one of the largest salt shops in the West Market, where green salt, refined salt, and coarse salt from all over the Tang Dynasty can be found, and the business is very prosperous.

"You mean what the seafood house is called, right?"

"That's right, that's it, I went over this morning, and it seems that there is only salted fish sold in the whole shop, and it's not called a seafood house, it's so funny."

"Hehe, salted fish has always been a chicken rib-like item in the West Market. If you sell it cheaply, there is no profit at all, and if it sells expensive, no one buys it. ”

As the shopkeeper of this salt shop, Shopkeeper Hou is still familiar with the situation in the West Market.

"Yes, the noble family doesn't eat salted fish much, and ordinary people can't afford salted fish, so I'm curious how long this shop can last."

……

Dongfang Ping walked around the West Market with a sad face.

There was no food at home, so I came out to buy some, but fortunately, the price of millet rice in Chang'an City was not high, and I could afford to eat it.

Originally, I wanted to buy some more salt, but after looking at a few restaurants, none of them had refined salt less than 30 yuan a catty; The coarse salt of very poor quality is not used to it.

A scholar like him doesn't have much money in his pocket, but he has a little insistence in his heart, and his life is often poorer.

"Sell salted fish! Sell salted fish! ”

"Freshly pickled big yellow croaker, the only one in Chang'an City, there is no semicolon!"

"Big yellow croaker in the East China Sea, pass by, don't miss it!"

Suddenly, Dongfang Ping heard a shout.

I can't afford refined salt, but if I have salted fish to eat, it seems that it is okay?

You don't even need to put salt, right?

Dongfang Ping soon found that there was a shop called the seafood house dozens of steps ahead, and there were already many people in front of the door.

He quickened his pace, lowered the reader's shelf slightly, and Dongfang Ping squeezed into the crowd.

Hey?

Is this really salted fish?

In Dongfang Ping's eyes, a piece of salted fish that could no longer tell whether it was a big yellow croaker or not was placed on the table.

The snow-white grains reflected bursts of light under the sun's rays.

"Shhh Dongfang Ping couldn't help but gasp, "This is the finest refined salt." ”

Dongfang Ping, who has just come out of a few salt shops, has reached the peak of his life in his understanding of salt, and he can see at a glance that the salt on the salted fish in front of him is not the coarse salt that is common in ordinary salted fish shops.

Also, the amount of salt is too much, right?

Is there such a pickled salted fish?

The store has to die, right?

"Shopkeeper, is this salted fish really ten cents a pound?"

Without waiting for Dongfang Ping to speak, a man next to him asked in a trembling voice, a little expectant and a little nervous.

"Tong Suo is not deceived, and the price is clearly marked." Wang Fugui showed a smile that met the expectations of the society, "Ten cents are written here, and they are only sold for ten cents!" ”

"I'll have a salted fish!" Dongfang Ping touched the copper coin in his arms and made a decisive choice.

These salted fish, the small one is estimated to be three or four catties, but the refined salt in it is estimated to account for half.

In other words, the refined salt on this salted fish alone is worth sixty yuan, and the salted fish itself is equivalent to a penny.

Such a good thing, if you weren't shy in your pocket, how could you buy a few more.

No, buy it quickly, borrow some money from the landlord after you buy it, and then come over and buy a big one.

This kind of salted fish marinated in large yellow croaker, even if it does not count these refined salts, is worth more than ten cents a catty.

If you miss it today, you won't necessarily have it later!

Dongfang Ping's response was very fast, and the other ordinary people were not slow.

Everyone is not stupid, and they all have a name in their hearts.

What is cost-effective and what is expensive, you can figure it out after a little weighing.

"Bring me one!"

"Get me one too!"

"Half a strip for sale or not? I'll ask for half first! ”

Soon, the salted fish placed outside the shop were snatched up by you and me.

"Don't worry, everyone, line up, come one by one, we still have a lot of salted fish!"

Wang Fugui expected that the salted fish in the shop should sell well, and when he saw the thick layer of salt on the salted fish, he immediately understood what his lord's idea was.

It's just that he didn't expect it to sell so well.

It seems that Dengzhou's salted fish industry is promising!

……

Tai Chi Palace.

"You said that Li Kuan went to sea to fish after he went to Dengzhou, and then these fish are now salted into salted fish?" Li Shimin hadn't heard from Li Kuan for a while, but he didn't expect it to be such a strange content when he heard it.

"Yes, Your Majesty. This morning, the shop selling salted fish in the West Market opened in the Chu Palace, and the crowd almost made Jin Wuwei think that something had happened. ”

Li Zhong has now completely admired Li Kuan's ability to do things, no matter what happened to him, he was a little numb.

What is the head of the four evils in Chang'an City, why do I think he is here to harm me?

"Do many people buy salted fish? Why doesn't I seem to have eaten much in my impression? ”

Li Shimin is considered to be one of the emperors of all dynasties who understands the people's livelihood better, on the one hand, he attaches importance to it, and on the other hand, he fought in the Quartet in his early years.

"Your Majesty, under normal circumstances, salted fish is a very small category of items, rich people can't look down on it, and those who don't have money can afford it, only some ordinary people will buy some when they try it. But this time, the salted fish made by His Royal Highness the King of Chu is different. ”

Li Zhong thought of the salted fish that his subordinates bought, and he didn't know what to say.

Is it salted fish or refined salt?

When did Datang's refined salt become so worthless?

"What's the difference?"

Li Shimin looked at Li Zhong a little confused.

"Your Majesty wait a moment, and your subordinates will bring the salted fish immediately."

Li Zhong was secretly happy in his heart, but fortunately, he had made full preparations.

Not long after, a salted fish surrounded by snow-white salt appeared in front of Li Shimin.

"It's... Is this salted fish? ”

"Your Majesty, this is the salted fish that His Royal Highness the King of Chu arranged for someone to transport from Dengzhou to Chang'an City. A pound is only sold for ten cents! ”

"Only ten pennies a pound?"

Li Shimin ignored the taste of salted fish, stretched out his hand and pulled it a few times, and under a thick layer of refined salt, a fish appeared.

There is no need for Li Zhong to explain anything, Li Shimin has already understood what is different about this salted fish.

This is wide, where is the salted fish sold.

Wait, where does all this refined salt come from?