In the six years of Zhenguan, on the whole, the wind and rain were smooth, although there were some local wars and disasters, but the situation was thriving.

In the Tai Chi Palace, Li Shimin looked at all kinds of twists and turns with a smile on his face.

Li Zhong: "Your Majesty, the price of salt in the West Market has fallen by three percent this month. ”

"Oh, what do the salt merchants think?"

I have seen the salted fish sold in the seafood house before, and the price of salt will fall, Li Shimin is not surprised at all, it is strange if it does not fall.

"Several big salt merchants have been intensively holding various banquets these days, and they seem to be discussing something." Li Zhong glanced at Li Shimin cautiously, he didn't find out the specific content of the party, for fear that Li Shimin would blame.

"Keep an eye on their movements, this time, I'm going to brake with static."

"My subordinates understand!"

"What has that Li Kuan been doing lately?"

Hearing Li Shimin's question, Li tangled for a moment, "Your Majesty, I just received a message from the Hundred Cavalry Division yesterday, and my subordinates feel a little unreliable......

"Whether it's reliable or not, I have my own judgment, what is the news?"

"I heard that the East China Sea fishery encountered a sea monster at sea."

"Sea monsters?"

Li Shimin frowned.

"Yes, before the East China Sea fishery could catch several boats of big yellow croaker every day, and a while ago, Wang Xuance went back to Chang'an to buy a batch of boats to Dengzhou, but the seafood house in the West City seems to have nothing to sell in recent days."

"Increase the level of news in the direction of Dengzhou, and the Baiqi Division will send the news back at a faster speed." Li Shimin thought about it for a while and felt that he still didn't know enough about Dengzhou.

Dengzhou is not particularly far from Chang'an, if you take the waterway, it will be almost ten days, if you can go by land and water, speed up, you can also arrive in six or seven days.

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Cheng Chumo: "Lord Wang, this salted fish, how can it not be compared with fresh fish, will anyone really buy it in Chang'an City?" ”

The salted fish shop next to Wendeng Wharf, Li Kuan personally took Cheng Chumo to visit.

This time, Cheng Chumo came with a few fast horses, and after a few days, there were also subordinates in the family who came with ships and craftsmen, obviously not to follow their own Langjun, but for other purposes.

Li Kuan had a brief understanding, and he quickly understood the plans of Cheng Yanjin, Wei Chigong and others.

Pulling the Cheng family, Wei Chi's family and the Fang family on their own boat, although it will share some profits, it is completely worth it, and Li Kuan accepted it without any hesitation.

Expanding the transportation volume of refined salt, no, salted fish, this is something that Li Kuan immediately determined.

So after dealing with the sea monsters, he took them to the salted fish shop to visit.

"Chu Mo, don't worry, when these salted fish arrive in Chang'an, not only will no one buy them, but they will sell well. After a while, the caravan set off, heading to Chang'an, Luoyang, and Taiyuan, and now we have to worry about how to make more salted fish. ”

The ships of the shipbuilding workshop are still in a hurry, and the ships brought back by Wang Xuance from Chang'an are all used for inland river transportation, except for a few that can go to sea, so the recent catch of the East China Sea fishery has not increased significantly.

Of course, by this time next year, it won't be like this at all.

"Forget it, I can't figure out the doorway inside, Lord Wang, my grandfather let me listen to your arrangement, just do what you say."

Cheng Chu couldn't figure out why Li Kuan was sure that salted fish would be a hot seller.

In his opinion, the quality of salted fish produced by the salted fish workshop is really declining; In the past, it was basically big yellow croaker, but now it has begun to buy all kinds of fish caught by other fishermen in Dengzhou from the Yellow River, ponds, streams and other places.

Yu Chihuan: "Lord Wang, this carp is not eaten in Chang'an City, and I dare not eat it, the salted fish workshop encourages the people of Dengzhou Mansion to go fishing in the Yellow River, will it be impeached?" ”

Fang Yiai: "Yes, especially the prince, you still let the people go to the beach to pick up shells, dig seaweed, etc., all of them are pickled and shipped out to sell, do anyone want these things?" ”

Yes, seeing the reaction of the third brother, Li Kuan still couldn't help it.

"This king finally knows why you are often beaten at home, and if this king is your grandfather, he wants to beat you too."

"Hey! Although you are the prince, if you talk like this again, we are welcome. ”

Cheng Chumo is often educated by Cheng Yanjin, which is famous in Chang'an City, and when he heard Li Kuan say this, that guy couldn't hold it on his face.

"Lord Wang, could it be that there is a mystery behind these salted fish?" Yu Chihuan's head was not rusty yet, and he knew that there should be something that he had thought of.

"A few of you, this king asks you, the people of Chang'an City rarely bought salted fish to eat before, why do they buy our salted fish?"

Cheng Chumo: ......

Wei Chihuan: ......

Love: ......

Several people looked at each other, and a few of them thought that the common people would not buy it, and now Li Kuan asked......

"What this king sells is not salted fish at all, but salt."

"Huh?"

"Selling salt?"

"If you sell salt, you sell salt directly, why do you say you sell salted fish?"

Indirectly achieving the purpose of selling salt by selling salted fish, it is estimated that the Tao in this is not something that Cheng Chumo and these guys can understand, and Li Kuan is too lazy to explain further.

"When you have the opportunity to go back to Chang'an, let a few princes explain it to you themselves. Anyway, now you just need to understand that we need to transport all kinds of salted fish and seafood to Chang'an and other places for sale. In the past, it was a small fight, but now we are ready to make a big move, and if there are other merchants willing to buy from the salted fish workshop, we will not refuse. ”

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"Brother Chen, this time the salted fish shop in the East China Sea fishery is open to supply salted fish, I plan to leave Dengzhou tomorrow, go to Hedong Road first, and estimate that I can sell this ship."

"I'm also going to leave in two days, and I think there are still fewer salted fish sold, so I plan to go to Jizhou, Hebei Province, which is closer and can come back faster to buy."

Chen Jin and Liu Wenfei stayed in Dengzhou for a while, and finally prepared enough goods and were ready to do a big job.

In addition, both of them bought houses in Wendeng County and opened a new shop, ready to sell the goods brought from other places.

Both of them have been in business for many years, and they have already seen that the future of Dengzhou must be promising.

Now walking on the street, there are no beggars in sight, and many ordinary people are either renting helpers in the Chu Palace, or they have found work in other newly opened restaurants and restaurants.

As long as you work hard, you will not starve to death in Dengzhou.

"Okay, then I wish our brothers a smooth journey, and we will meet again next year when we return to Dengzhou!"

In Dengzhou City, there are more and more businesses like Chen Jin and Liu Wenfei.

Datang is too big, Li Kuan can't send people to sell salted fish in all states and counties, it makes no sense.

With such a large market, no matter who sells it, as long as the source of goods is the East China Sea fishery, Li Kuan's goal will be achieved.