After waiting for a while, Liu Pei saw that no one spoke, so he said to himself: "Do you have any opinions on this salt price?" ”

The room was quiet again, and no one spoke. Liu Pei set his eyes on a salt owl directly opposite him. I can see that salt lord is sweating! But he also knew what Liu Pei meant by staring at him. So he mustered up the courage to stand up, showed a smile that was uglier than crying, and said, "Lord Liu, if you sell it to us at this price of salt, we really won't make any money." You ......"

Before he could finish speaking, Liu Pei interjected and said: "Do you want to say that the price of salt has increased, plus the money for porters, carriages and horses, and the money for playing checkpoints, in the end, you will have no money to make, right?" ”

As soon as everyone heard that Liu Pei had exposed the old bottom, they put their hearts at ease and said one after another: "Yes! Now everyone is bargaining with each other! ”

"That's right! Lord Liu, you have to be considerate of us! ”

“……”

Without waiting for everyone to calm down, as soon as Liu Pei raised his hand, the salt lords present immediately quieted down. Liu Pei said: "Everyone is doing this head-killing business for money. I don't want to ruin everyone's money. I haven't told you the reason for the price increase. When I'm done, I don't think you will be able to do anything. ”

Everyone pricked up their ears and waited for Liu Pei's next step. Liu Pei rushed to Wang Chuanhao and gave him a look, and Wang Chuanhao got up and went out. A moment later, Wang Chuanhao came in with a small bag. He placed the small pocket on the table and opened it. It turned out to be full of salt. Liu Pei pointed to his pocket and said, "Let's take a look, this is the sample." ”

Everyone got up and looked at the bag of salt, and some even grabbed a few and stuffed them into their mouths to taste them. After a while, everyone looked at each other suspiciously. This bag of salt seems to be no different from what I used to sell at home. But seeing this old god Liu Pei sitting there, they didn't dare to say anything, they just desperately glanced at each other. Everyone wants someone to discover the mystery behind this bag of salt.

But this bag of salt was passed around in everyone's hands, and no one found anything special. Both the look and taste are exactly the same as before. Just when everyone was scratching their heads, suddenly a salt lord shouted loudly: "Sand! There's no sand in this bag of salt! ”

Everyone "coaxed" and messed up, trying to snatch the salt bag from someone else's hand to take a closer look. The marketing that found out about this matter was also a bachelor, and regardless of whether there were still dishes on the plate, he directly stacked several dishes on the table to make room for it. Then he poured the bag of salt all over the table. Everyone dialed and dialed with their hands, and sure enough, they didn't find a grain of sand! At this moment, the salt lords turned their eyes to Liu Pei.

In fact, it is not to blame that the salt barons took so long to find out that the salt was not mixed with sand. In the past, when a few people outside the evil officer presided over Feng Mengzhen, it was common sense that there were two taels of sand in a catty of salt. Everyone has formed a habit, and it is a problem to not be appropriate. So when Leng Buding saw this salt that was not mixed with sand, he couldn't turn around for a while.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Liu Pei smiled and said, "Sure enough, there are still bright-eyed people!" In the past, they always mixed sand in this salt, and everyone got used to it. Now when you get the goods from me, there will definitely be no mixed sand! I've also heard that they often play tricks that are too short for two pounds, which I don't have with me. I promise that every load of salt is a full pound of two! ”

The crowd immediately began to think about it in their hearts. If it is like Liu Pei said, each load of salt can be a full pound of two, and it is not mixed with sand, the price of one or two or five yuan per bag of salt is not unacceptable! But the profit is less than before, and everyone is not very happy. The people who come here are not from the city, they are unwilling in their hearts, and naturally they can see it from their faces.

Liu Pei didn't care when he saw that there were no good expressions on everyone's faces. He continued: "There is a second reason for you to elaborate on it. From today, at most two or three months, there will definitely be no other second salt farms in Laizhou, Qingzhou and Dengzhou. At that time, I will be the only source of goods! And when the time comes, the salt road will have to be redivided! ”

Liu Pei's reason stunned everyone! There is only the source of Liu Pei's family's salt goods in these three places, so isn't it that he can sell as high as he wants? And listening to Liu Pei's meaning, could it be that he wants to completely annex the entire land of Sanfu? If that's the case, the price of two or five cents a load is really not high! As for whether Liu Pei can grab the salt road in these three places, and how many people will be killed or injured, they don't care. Because more than 100 people who lost their heads in Fengmeng Town a while ago are good answers!

It's different from just now. Just now, everyone had resentment in their hearts and couldn't speak, and the room was quiet. And now everyone is excitedly talking to each other, discussing how many benefits will be pocketed in the future. There was a lot of commotion in the house.

While everyone was discussing, Liu Pei picked up a few conches, took out the meat with a toothpick and ate them. When he finished eating, he found that everyone was still talking. He put down the snail shell and said loudly to everyone: "Do you have any objections to the price of salt that everyone said to me?" ”

The voices discussed below suddenly stopped, and then everyone replied in a chaotic manner: "It's all up to Lord Liu!" ”

"Naturally, Lord Liu has the final say!"

"We took this salt price!"

“……”

Liu Pei smiled, stretched out his hands and pressed down to signal everyone to sit down. After everyone sat down, Liu Pei continued: "Okay, since you agreed to this matter, let's talk about the second thing." ”

After saying that, with a wave of his hand, Wang Chuanhao got up and went out again. The salt barons here are a little confused. What is this Wang Chuanhao going out to do again? Could it be that Lord Liu can still play some tricks on salt goods?

While everyone was thinking, the door curtain was lifted, and Wang Chuanhao came in with a small bag. He was followed by the shopkeeper and his men, all of whom had a tray in their hands, and on which were many small soup bowls. As soon as they entered, they placed a small bowl of soup in front of everyone.

Liu Pei raised his hand and said, "Everyone, try it!" ”

Everyone carefully observed the soup in the small soup bowl in front of them. It looks like it's just an ordinary bowl of radish soup, and it doesn't seem to have any special tricks. After everyone glanced at each other, they picked up the spoon and began to taste the soup in small bites.