In the salt market of the capital, Liu Jin accompanied Zhu Houzhao to take a walk here in the salt market, and after the news of the price war was known by Zhu Houzhao, he became extremely excited.

Since you can't fight a war with gunpowder, it seems good to play a war without gunsmoke.

"Lao Liu~ They have reduced the price again, only selling nine cents a catty, do we want to continue to reduce the price?"

"I think we can simply reduce it to nine cents a pound, and kill them directly."

Zhu Houzhao's little eyes walked around the shops on both sides of the salt market, and when he saw that Li's Hui Salt had a pound of salt hanging out here, he immediately said happily to Liu Jin.

He is a master who is afraid that the world will not be chaotic, and when he sees them reduce the price, he can't wait to drop it to a few pennies a pound at once, and kill the enemy at once.

"Don't be in a hurry first, let's see the situation first, and if we lower it, we won't take much advantage."

"In the end, it may become a competition of financial resources between the two sides, those salt merchants are rich one by one, some are silver, even if we can win, in the end it is more than worth the loss, now at this price, we still have money to make, and they are starting to lose money."

Liu Jin smiled and shook his head and said, then looked at these people who came to buy salt on the street, and said to Zhu Houzhao with a smile: "Let's listen to their thoughts and opinions first." ”

"Their thoughts and opinions?"

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he was confused, this is a war between the two sides, how can it be related to the people who buy salt?

For these people who buy salt, the price reduction between the two sides, he must be the favorite, because cheaper salt can be bought, what ideas and opinions can they have, of course, whoever has the cheaper salt will buy whomever it is.

However, Liu Jin has always done things with a purpose, he let himself listen to it carefully, then naturally there is his reason in it, Zhu Houzhao likes such a way to learn things.

asked him to study, he was very annoyed, he asked for leave every day, he was unwell, and Yang Tinghe was half dead, but this is not that Zhu Houzhao doesn't like to study, he is still very willing to learn what he is interested in.

For example, last time in order to go whaling at sea, he also learned a lot of knowledge very modestly, Liu Jin knew this very well, so every time he wanted to convey some ideas and opinions to Zhu Houzhao, he would tell Zhu Houzhao in a different way.

Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao pricked up their ears, carefully observing the salt buyers on the street and listening to the conversation between them.

"Sister of the Zhang family~ Come to buy salt?"

"Yes, Sister Wang, didn't you just buy salt yesterday? How can you buy salt again? ”

Soon, Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao's attention shifted to the two women comrades, both of whom were housewives, both holding vegetable baskets, apparently out to buy things.

"Alas, don't mention it, I was almost scolded to death by my boss yesterday."

The person named Sister Wang sighed and said.

"What's wrong?"

The woman surnamed Zhang hurriedly asked with concern.

"It's not this salt yet, you see, is this salt eaten by people?"

Wang took out a bag of salt from his vegetable basket and handed it to Zhang, and at the same time gritted his teeth with hatred and said: "Look at it, look at it, there is too much sand in here, just grab a handful of salt, there are seven or eight grains of sand in it, and this soil." ”

"In the past, although it was said that there was sand and soil, it was not too much, and we ordinary people did not pay so much attention to it, and we all ate mud rice."

"But right now, there's too much salt and dirt in there."

"Yesterday I used this salt to stir-fry, the family ate it, broke a tooth, the dog who scolded me was bloody, I picked the sand for most of the day yesterday, but I still ate a lot of sand when I stir-fried."

"It's infuriating."

Speaking of this, Wang Shi also said fiercely: "I came here today to smash the signboard of this Li Hui salt shop, how can there be such a business, net sand and soil seeping into the salt, can this salt still be edible?" ”

Zhang took Wang's bag, grabbed out a handful of salt, and took a closer look, it was really like this, because this kind of sea salt was already large in particles, slightly yellow in color, similar to sand, and it was not easy to pick it out.

"The conscience of these salt merchants has been eaten by dogs."

"I heard that the price of this salt has dropped again, and I originally wanted to come and buy some, but now it seems that I can't eat this salt after buying it, and when will I pick up the sand."

Zhang looked at the salt in his hand, and immediately felt frowned, don't think about cooking when you sell such salt, there is too much sand and soil.

"Just sand and mud, you don't know, this salt, it's still short of two catties, last time I saw that salt was cheap and bought five catties of salt, but after I went home, I used my own scale to see, and the result was only a little more than three catties, nearly two catties less, plus the sand and soil that seeped in."

"Don't look at this salt, it only sells for nine cents a pound now, but in fact, it is not as good as the salt that used to be twenty yuan a pound."

Wang continued to complain, it is not rare to buy salt and buy grain, and it is rare to meet someone who is not short of two catties that day, and everyone is used to it, because where to buy it is like this, they are all short of catties and taels, it depends on who is more lacking, and it will not be because of this not to eat or eat salt.

But now, these salt merchants are too short of two catties, five catties of salt is only a little more than three catties, the key is that there is sand and soil seeping into it, except for sand and mud, in fact, it is only half.

"I'll just say, how can these black-hearted salt merchants reduce prices, it's better not to reduce prices, at least there is less sand, we don't have to pick on eye pain."

After hearing this, Zhang also said loudly, and then took Wang's hand and walked towards Li's Hui Salt Shop.

"Let's go, let's go to Li's Huiyan here and get justice."

The two of them were aggressive, Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao glanced at each other, and they also followed very tacitly, wanting to see what they could do.

Zhang and Wang came to Li's Hui Salt Shop very angrily, and as soon as they entered, Wang directly threw the salt he bought on the table, and shouted very loudly: "The big guys are here to judge." ”

"Yesterday I bought five catties of salt in this salt shop, and I was short of two catties, and the five catties of salt turned out to be only a little more than three catties, so forget it, look at this salt again, is this salt still for people to eat?"

"Big guy, look at the sand and mud in this salt, I've never seen so much sand and mud, is this selling salt or mud?"

"Big guys take a look, look at it~"

"This Li Hui salt shop, their conscience has been eaten by dogs, they all sell this kind of salt, on the surface it is a price reduction, but secretly they play such a little trick."

Wang's voice was very loud, his hands were on his hips, he opened his throat and shouted, not counting the shouting in the store, he also ran to the door of the store to shout, and suddenly attracted many onlookers around.

"This lady, this lady~"

Li Cai heard the voice, hurried over from behind, and said to Wang with a smiling face.

"I'm not a lady, I'm just a flat-headed common man, everyone looks at it, he is the owner of this shop, his conscience is eaten by dogs, everyone looks at the salt he sells, is this the salt that people eat?"

Wang was scolded half to death yesterday, and he had already accumulated a belly of anger in his heart, and now he opened his throat and shouted, ignoring Li Cai at all, he came to the door of the store with a scoop full of salt, and said loudly to the microscopic person.

"Five catties of salt are nearly two catties less than me, and there are still a few taels of sand and soil in the whole three catties of salt, all the big guys take a look, all look at it, and they all come to judge it~"

The microscopic people grabbed the salt from the scoop one after another, and when they looked closely, they all nodded their heads.

"That's a lot of sand~"

"There's a lot of mud, and I can't eat this salt at all, and my teeth will be knocked out."

"This lack of two catties is too powerful, five catties of salt is only a little more than three catties, and there used to be eight taels of salt."

"I also bought salt from here yesterday, and came to reason, as this lady said, the lack of catties and two is too great, only six taels, the key is that there is too much sand and soil, and there is no way to eat it."

"Six taels is good, the salt I bought in Sun's salt shop, it only has five taels, and there is more sand and soil in it than this, I bought ten catties of salt, and I threw away ten catties of salt, and I couldn't eat it."

"Five taels?"

"It's too dark, isn't it?"

"Black? What do they eat, they are all salt merchants who eat people and don't spit out bones, do you think they will really do good deeds, the price is a few pennies a pound, but it can't be used as the previous salt, the previous salt can at least be eaten. ”

Wang's words resonated, and the surrounding crowd also began to tell their bitter stories, and they were all the same as Wang, the lack of salt was too serious, and the sand and soil seeped out were so much that there was no way to eat.

Many people are like Wang, and they all come here to ask for explanations.

"Everyone~Everyone~"

"Our shop has always been honest-based in business, and there will never be a shortage of catties or two, as for some sediment and the like, it is inevitable, even if it is a good well salt, pool salt, and green salt, there will be sediment in it, and some sediment is normal."

Li Cai's forehead was full of sweat, although he said this, but his heart was actually very empty.

"You profiteer, go, follow me to the government, I don't believe it, at the feet of this son of heaven, Lang Lang Qiankun, there is no royal law under this world, do you dare to eat this salt?"

When Li Cai came out, someone angrily sprinkled a handful of salt on him, immediately grabbed Li Cai, and said very angrily, pulling him to go to the official mansion.

Li Huiyan's buddy saw it and hurriedly came out to relieve the siege.

"Everyone~Everyone~"

"Everyone, where do you go to buy such cheap salt for this nine cents a pound of salt?"

Li Cai was grabbed by someone, and he was immediately embarrassed, and he kept saying loudly.

"It's cheap, it's not good, it's a little expensive before, but this salt can still be eaten, and now, how much sediment seeps, can it?"

Wang's fork waist, seeing that everyone is supporting themselves, is even more confident.

"Refund ~ Refund ~ "

"Yes, return the money ~ return the money, such salt, keep it for you to eat, and push the money to us."

"Cheap, cheap, cheap is not good."

The crowd was angry, and with the trouble here of Li's Hui Salt, soon there was also a commotion at the door of the other salt shops, some people took the purchased salt and threw it directly on the face of the salt shop shopkeeper and the guy, some people shouted to return the money, and some angry people directly smashed the signboards.

The whole salt market is completely in chaos.

There were too many injured people, many of them were like the Wang family, who came to discuss the law, and now everyone is staring at the shops and constantly shouting and shouting to kill, and the salt merchants who used to be extremely bullish are all scared half to death.

Li Cai's Hui Yan was extremely embarrassed, his hair and clothes were very messy, and the store was also in chaos, and the angry crowd began to smash, pouring salt on the ground and smashing the things in the store.

"You black-hearted salt merchant, I smashed all your signboards~"

Zhu Houzhao mixed in the crowd, looking very excited, and pretended to be very angry to smash the signboard of Li's emblem salt.

"Your Highness ~ Your Highness ~"

Liu Jin hurriedly pulled Zhu Houzhao out of the angry crowd, this Zhu Houzhao really didn't make people worry, he actually followed to join in such a lively scene, and watched the play on the sidelines, and even went to smash it.

"Cool~"

Out of the crowd, Zhu Houzhao clapped his hands very happily, the smashing just now was very enjoyable, and it was very refreshing.

"Why didn't anyone smash Zhang's Snow Salt Shop?"

Soon, Zhu Houzhao's attention shifted to a salt shop.

Unlike other shops, it's very quiet, no one comes to look for trouble, and the guys and owners in the store are very excited to watch the excitement.

"It's too outrageous to miss two catties, our Zhang's snow salt will definitely not be short of two catties, if there is a shortage of two catties, everyone will smash my signboard~"

"It also seeps sediment, it's really not a human thing, our Zhang's snow salt will definitely not penetrate the sediment, everyone can come and see, this salt is snow white, snow white, no sediment."

"Our salt is a little more expensive, but our salt is not short of catties or two, and it does not seep sediment, because the salt of our Zhang's snow salt comes from the Changlu Salt Farm, which is the industry of Liu Gongzi, the champion of the new branch, and we will not smash the signboard of the champion."

While watching the excitement, Zhang's Snow Salt's boss and his buddies also took the opportunity to quickly advertise their Snow Salt.

When the people around heard this, they immediately gathered a lot of people around, and Zhang's Xueyan's body was straight, so he also raised his head and chest, and shouted proudly.

"Everyone came to take a look and take a look~"

"Our Zhang's snow salt, there is no shortage of catties or two, and there is no seepage of sediment, such a good salt is now only sold for fifteen yuan a catty."

"Our salt is the salt produced by the Changlu Salt Farm under the command of Liu Gongzi, Liu Gongzi is the champion Gongzi, he will never do such a thing, everyone can come over to supervise together, if there is a shortage of catties and two, there is mud and sand, you can go directly to the champion Gong, he will definitely cut off my head to apologize to everyone."

Zhang Yonghui, the owner of Zhang's Snow Salt, said loudly, and he was very proud when he introduced the salt in his shop.

"I bought the salt of Zhang's Snow Salt yesterday, and it is indeed good salt, and it is indeed not short of catties or two, let alone sediment."

After listening to this, some people also nodded and showed up.

"I have also bought the salt of Zhang's Snow Salt, which is a little more expensive, but this salt is indeed the best salt, which can be compared with well salt and pool salt, and there is no shortage of catties and sand seepage."

"It turned out to be the salt from the Champion Gong's Changlu Salt Farm, it's no wonder, this Wenqu Xing, he is Wenqu Xing, not those black-hearted salt merchants can compare, one is not short of two catties, and the other is not seeping sand, so I will only buy the salt of this Champion Gong in the future."

"Yes, yes, only buy the salt of the champion."

"Although this salt is a little more expensive, it is actually cheaper than their salt, there is no shortage of catties or two, it does not seep sediment, and it is the best salt, and this kind of salt can only be made by the champion of the sons of the masters."

"It's not, yesterday I regretted buying the salt from the Sun's salt shop, and when I saw their appearance today, I immediately felt that it was worth it, that is, it was a matter of a few pennies more expensive, but this salt is really good, I didn't say it, I will only buy the salt here when I buy salt in the future."

Liu Jin dares to guarantee that this is definitely not a group performance arranged by him, but it really happened right in front of him.

The eyes of the masses are bright, and there is no harm if there is no contrast.

In the past, it may not be very obvious, although everyone knows that the salt of Zhang's snow salt is good, there is no shortage of catties and two, and there is no mud and sand, but other salt shops have low prices.

For these ordinary people, more and less pennies are big deals, even in later generations, many times they also know that cheap is not good, but as long as it is cheap, they will still choose cheaper goods.

But now it's different, the price continues to decrease, these salt merchants in order to make money, the shortage of catties is too serious, and the seepage of sediment is too much, so that the salt can not be eaten, in comparison, everyone suddenly thinks that the salt of Zhang's snow salt is very cost-effective and very cheap.

It will no longer be the same as before, just looking at the price, without carefully weighing the cost performance of the goods.

Of course, Zhang's snow salt itself is very good business, before this, everyone already knew that Zhang's snow salt is better, and there is no shortage of catties and sand seepage.

Now because of the comparison and the fact that everyone has appeared to say, more people can see this clearly, so Zhang's snow salt's business has become more popular.

There is a scene of ice and fire here in the whole salt market, on the one hand, Zhang's snow salt is crowded here, and the people who buy salt line up in a long line, while angrily pointing to Li's Hui Salt, Sun's Salt Shop, etc., and scolding, while starting to buy ten catties or twenty catties of salt back.

Take advantage of the cheap salt and hurry up and buy more.

On the other side is the smashed scattered salt shop, Li's Hui Salt, Sun's Salt Shop, etc. have been smashed very badly, a mess, the guys, shopkeepers, and bosses in the store are all very helpless, this business is no way to do.