How important salt is, any emperor knows very well in his heart.

This is why many dynasties had a monopoly on salt, even more than a thousand years later.

In whose hands is the current salt industry in Datang, Li Shimin naturally knows in his heart.

I haven't found a suitable opportunity to break this situation, but now the salted fish in front of me seems to have brought me new inspiration.

"Li Zhong, you said that Li Kuan started fishing when he arrived in Dengzhou Mansion?"

Li Shimin looked at Li Zhong with a gleam in his eyes, which made Li Zhong wonder for a while.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"Didn't the Hundred Riders find out if he did anything else?"

Li Zhong thought for a while, "I heard that His Royal Highness the King of Chu arranged for people to buy a large piece of land by the sea to build a salt drying field, and in addition, the businessman named Wang Fugui next to His Royal Highness the King of Chu recently recruited craftsmen in Chang'an City, so that's all for the time being." ”

"Why didn't you say such important news in advance? Immediately arrange for people to go to Dengzhou to find out about the situation of the salt drying field! ”

……

"Shopkeeper Hou, there is a situation that I think I might pay attention to."

In the past few days, the business of the salt shop opposite the seafood house has been obviously deserted, but the shopkeeper Hou does not care.

It's not normal to do business, sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad.

"Hou Wu, what do you need to pay attention to?"

"In the past few days, the salted fish in the seafood house opposite is selling very well, and yesterday I squeezed in to take a look, and when I thought about it, I felt that something was wrong."

"What's wrong?"

"That seafood house sells more salted fish, and there is more salt on it than fish!"

"Huh? What did you say? How can there be such a seller of salted fish! So what money do they make? ”

"I also think it's strange, but in fact they are selling it like this, I see that the salted fish is full of fine salt, but the seafood house only sells for ten cents a catty!"

Shopkeeper Hou heard Hou Wu say this, and slowly realized the seriousness of the problem.

It's no wonder that the number of people who come to buy salt seems to have decreased in the past two days, although this trend is not very obvious, but if the seafood house has been selling salted fish like this, then who is stupid to buy salt?

"Let's go buy a salted fish and come back! I'll go to the owner in a moment! ”

……

The business of the seafood house was in a hot mess, so Wang Fugui naturally immediately arranged for the staff to go to Dengzhou quickly, and asked Wang Xuance to arrange to send more salted fish over.

At the same time, Wang Fugui also purchased ships all over Chang'an City, whether it was a large ship or a small boat, anyway, what could be bought was bought first, and it was best to hire the boatmen together.

Such a big movement naturally attracted the attention of other nobles.

"Chu Mo, Grandpa heard that you have a good relationship with His Royal Highness the King of Chu?"

Cheng Yanjin called his son to talk to him today.

Cheng Chumo thought that there was no one outside complaining about him, but he didn't expect to just ask about the relationship with the King of Chu.

"Grandpa, that King of Chu, the child and him were not familiar with him before, but since we met this year, everyone has gotten along well. What's wrong? ”

Cheng Chumo was a little strange, why did Cheng Yanjin suddenly ask about himself and Li Kuan.

"In this way, you take the few ships at home and some craftsmen in the workshop to Dengzhou Mansion, and say that you want to follow His Royal Highness the King of Chu to do a career."

"Grandpa, what are you doing? You didn't say anything, and I don't know what to do. ”

Cheng Yanjin looked at this son with developed limbs and a simple mind, and was also a little speechless.

He is pretending to be stupid, but this son is really stupid!

"Just go and tell His Royal Highness the King of Chu that Grandpa asked you to go, and you will do whatever he arranges for you to do."

"That's it!"

had the opportunity to go outside to have a look, Cheng Chumo was very happy in his heart, "Grandpa, the child wants to bring Yu Chihuan and Fang Yiai with him, is it okay?" ”

"Whatever you want! As long as they agree! ”

……

The industry of the Chu Wangfu in Dengzhou Mansion is getting bigger and bigger.

There are more than 500 people in the East China Sea fishing industry, more than 500 people in salted fish workshops, and even more people in salt drying workshops, with the number of people exceeding 800.

Coupled with the shipbuilding workshop under construction, more than 2,000 people in Dengzhou Mansion rely directly on Li Kuan for food.

Behind these two thousand people are two thousand families.

In addition, the fleet sent two fish to the people in the city for the first time, and the fish sold later for a penny and a pound completely solved the problem of eating for the people.

In today's Wendeng County, pedestrians have begun to have smiles on their faces, which are smiles full of hope for the future.

"Girl, this is Wendeng County, it's not as shabby as rumored, didn't it mean that it just suffered a natural disaster?"

Two young and pretty figures slowly descended from the carriage.

"With His Royal Highness the King of Chu here, the situation in Wendeng County must be getting better."

Yun'er couldn't help but roll her eyes, but whenever it came to His Royal Highness the King of Chu, the girl had a kind of confidence in him.

"Shall we find someone to ask where His Royal Highness the King of Chu lives? Or stay at an inn? ”

"If you go directly to His Royal Highness the King of Chu, won't it disturb him too much?" Zixia's face was a little tangled.

"Forget it...... I get it! Yun'er was speechless for a while, "Uncle Kuan, if you ask His Royal Highness the King of Chu where he lives, let's go directly to him." ”

"Girl, wait a minute, little old man, I'll ask immediately."

……

Off the coast of Dengzhou.

Five boats from the East China Sea fishery searched the surface for fish as usual.

Yang Qiwa stood on the mast of the largest ship, chewing dried fish in her mouth, holding a telescope in her hand, looking at the surrounding seaside situation.

Suddenly, Yang Qiwa put down the binoculars, closed her eyes vigorously, opened them again, and then continued to pick up the binoculars.

I saw that in the camera, a few miles away, on the calm sea, there was suddenly a fountain rising into the sky.

Immediately after, the back of a huge monster appeared on the surface of the water.

According to the experience accumulated by Yang Qiwa these days, this sea monster is at least seven or eight feet long, and it can catch up with the length of the ship he is on.

Yang Qiwa's hands trembled, and the telescope almost fell off.

Fortunately, it was tied with a rope and hung around his neck, otherwise he would have fallen off the mast and would definitely not be able to use it again.

"Whew!"

A piercing conch sound sounded from the conch on Yang Qiwa's mouth, and the crews of several nearby ships were all on alert.

Although the crews of the East China Sea fishery are not very proficient, some basic things are still trained.

For example, the sound of the conch just now, once it sounds, it means that there is a particularly major anomaly around the fleet, and the fleet is in danger.

Either there are pirates, or hurricanes, or something else significant.

"Yang Qiwa, what did you find?"

Tuesday Fu's loud voice rang out.

And Yang Qiwa quickly slid down from the mast with a pale face, "Captain, ahead...... There are monsters in front! ”

As soon as Yang Qiwa's words fell, Zhou Fu's face changed, and he hurriedly climbed the mast with both hands and feet to confirm the situation in person.