"What? Ten buckets of wheat can be exchanged for half a liter of salt?! ”

In Chengfang City, Mayi County, in front of the shop specializing in salt, Uncle Liu's eyes widened and he exclaimed.

There were many other people who exclaimed with him, all of them looking so surprised that they were deformed.

In the past, they exchanged salt from salt sellers in the countryside, all according to the ratio of ten buckets of wheat and one bucket of salt, and they thought that after coming to the county town, the price of exchanging directly from the salt shop would become lower.

One bucket is equal to ten liters, which means that the price of salt has risen twenty times directly!

People who can't wait to break a penny into a three-petal flower on weekdays, in the face of such amazing news, if they can do it indifferently at this time, it is called a strange thing!

In the chaotic shouting of everyone, Han Cheng, who had not yet had a deep understanding, suddenly became extremely ugly after figuring out what was going on.

The price of grain on the way here, from Uncle Liu's discussion, he already knew that wheat was 18 yuan a bucket, and corn was 15 yuan a bucket.

At this time, the two hundred and twenty-three coins he carried on his body could be exchanged for more than 12 buckets if he was exchanged for wheat, and if he used it to buy salt, at the price at this time, he could only buy more than half a liter of salt!

It's almost the bowl in Han Cheng's house, more than one bowl, less than two bowls.

More than 12 buckets of wheat are almost 120 or 30 catties, and according to the level of food for people in this era, these grains are almost enough for a family of four to eat for more than a month!

And now, so much grain can only be exchanged for less than two bowls of salt, and it is the kind that has impurities in the yellow bula machine.

This......

Why don't they rob this!

After such a conversion, it would be strange if Han Cheng's complexion was good-looking!

"We don't have a choice, and we don't want to increase the price, but now that we are short of salt, we don't have much salt in our hands......"

At the entrance of the store, there were guys there, with bitter faces on their faces, explaining to the emotional crowd.

"Nonsense! There is a salt pond in Hedong County, and there is so much salt every day, and Hedong County is not far from us, so how can there be a shortage of salt! ”

There were some knowledgeable people among the people, and they immediately refuted loudly, and as soon as these words came out, the people who were already excited became even more excited.

"How dare you talk nonsense about such a thing? More than a month ago, there was a dragon in the salt pond turned over, and a large number of gravel rolled down in Zhongtiao Mountain, and more than half of the salt miners were killed and injured, and the most fatal thing was that there were several large cracks at the bottom of the salt pond that were several miles long, and the water in the salt pond fell into the ground along the cracks, and now the entire salt pond is not as big as the previous one......

The fellow spoke loudly to the crowd, his face full of bitterness.

The noisy crowd gradually quieted down, and many of them became extremely silent.

The earth dragon turned over and sucked the water out of the lake, something like this made them feel terrified and at the same time feel extremely heavy.

Salt is an extremely important thing for people, and in feudal society, vegetables can be grown by themselves, grain can be grown by themselves, and clothes can be woven and then made by themselves...... But salt alone is not self-sufficient.

It is also because of this that the government has always attached great importance to salt.

But now, there is a problem with the salt pond, the price of salt has skyrocketed, and there is a salt panic in Mayi County and even more places!

This is not the most uncomfortable thing for Han Cheng, the most uncomfortable thing for him is that he has planned a money-making plan for a few days, because of this sudden change, he is directly stillborn!

What makes money to pay off debts, buy good food, tear cloth for the family to make flowers, what renovates the house, at this time, because of a salt panic problem, all came to naught.

Damn, are you still a traverser? Or is it not the protagonist anymore?

If you don't give the golden finger, forget it, the aura and luck that the protagonist should have are not half a point.

I just want to make some salted fish, isn't that too much? Why is it so difficult? Even the salt pond, which had never been turned over by an earth dragon, was shaken......

"Let's go and take a look at the rest of the salt shops!"

After a period of silence and disbelief, someone shouted unwillingly.

These words woke up the rest of the unwilling people, although everyone also knew that the rest of the salt shops basically had no possibility of being cheap, but with some luck, they still went to the rest of the salt shops.

Han Cheng also went to the rest of the salt shops with Uncle Liu, but before he could walk a few steps, he met a group of people who hurried to this side from the rest of the salt shops......

In the salt shop, the shopkeeper who stood behind the counter and never went out, looked at the people outside with panic and sorrow, his fat face showed some smiles, and then he lowered his head and fiddled with the calculation chips on the counter......

The sun shines down in late spring, and everyone in Qingque Village, who was originally happy because of entering the city, has a sad face at this time, and the atmosphere seems very dull.

"Earth Dragon on Donkey Day!"

After a moment of silence, Uncle Liu cursed fiercely.

Such a high and outrageous price of salt makes everyone's hearts heavy, after all, salt is an indispensable thing in life.

Because it is relatively close to the salt pond in Hedong, and Mayi is an important passage to the Turks and Turks for trade, there has not been a salt panic here in Mayi, so most of the families on it are not in the habit of storing large amounts of salt.

Now that the price of salt has suddenly soared, and it is caused by a problem in the salt pond at the root of the problem, it is not easy to bring the price of salt down.

The family's income is not much, and now there is such a heavy burden of eating salt, it would be strange if everyone's mood was better!

Looking at the salt shop not far away, and then thinking about the ridiculously high price of salt, everyone finally didn't have the courage to change salt in the past after a few glances.

"Let's go back first, there is still some salt at home, I can eat it for a while, and then I will come and see after eating, maybe the price of salt will fall."

The price of salt is outrageously high, and the government should not ignore it. ”

Uncle Liu stopped the people who were cursing the earth dragon and said this.

In the face of such a thing, everyone has no way to think about it, but they can only hope that things are really as Uncle Liu said.

So a group of dejected people went out of the city gate and went back to the road.

At this time, although the sun was setting in the west, no one offered to buy some food in the city, and the people who lived in a tight life would never waste this money.

Han Cheng spent a penny, bought a string of sugar gourds, and promised to bring things back to the little girl, so he couldn't break his promise.

This kind of longing for a day, but in the end, it was an empty taste, Han Cheng tasted it, and it was very uncomfortable.

Originally, Han Cheng wanted to buy a hu cake, but because of the increase in the price of salt, the price of the Hu cake with salt also rose a lot, and in the end Han Cheng chose a string of sugar gourds.