In Linhai City, a middle-aged man who looked like a businessman panted and ran back to the inn where he lived, after running into the inn, he did not enter his room, but pushed open the door of the next room, closed the door after entering the room, and then walked in the direction of the bed, and whispered as he walked: "Lao Liu, Lao Liu, wake up, hurry up and bring the money to the salt market to buy salt, I don't know what kind of madness the Yun family has, now a pound of salt is only 9 silver and 20 copper, 10 copper cheaper than yesterday." ”

Lao Liu was lying on the bed resting, and he didn't sleep, if he did, Lao Liu would definitely close the door and wouldn't let people push it open so easily.

Then Lao Liu heard the voice of his companion Lao Wang, Lao Liu and Lao Wang are fellow villagers and small businessmen, who make a living by selling salt, mainly buying white salt at a slightly lower price from the Yun family, and then selling it to more remote areas to make some luck.

After Lao Wang heard Lao Liu's words, he immediately sat up from the bed, and Lao Wang was also surprised by the news.

Prior to this, the wholesale price of white salt in Linhai City Salt Market was 9 silver and 30 copper a catty, Lao Liu and Lao Wang each bought a batch of white salt and sold it to remote areas, and the price of selling it to ordinary people was 10 silver a catty, counting all the costs, consumption on the road and taxes, the two of them earned less than 50 copper per catty of white salt.

If the wholesale price of Yun's white salt really drops by 10 copper, then the income of the two of them will rise a lot.

"Lao Liu, is this true?" Lao Wang looked at the breathless Lao Liu with suspicious eyes, Lao Wang really didn't believe how the Yun family could lower the price of salt, wouldn't the Yun family's income be reduced if he did this? This is completely a matter of harming others and benefiting themselves, only an idiot would do this, is the wicked person of the Yun clan an idiot, the answer is obvious.

But Yun really lowered the wholesale price of white salt.

"Lao Wang, you don't believe me, when did I lie to you, Lao Zhang, Lao Li and they have already gone over to buy white salt, and if it's too late, I'm afraid I won't be able to buy it." Lao Liu was a little angry, and he ran back to tell Lao Wang the news with good intentions, but Lao Wang suspected him, and he was really kind to treat him as a donkey's liver and lungs.

"How could I not believe you, this news is too surprising, let's go, let's go." Hearing Lao Liu's words, Lao Wang couldn't sit still anymore, took all his belongings, took Lao Liu's hand and left, Lao Liu could only be pulled helplessly.

Lao Liu and Lao Wang have been old friends for many years, how could they be really angry about this.

Lao Liu and Lao Wang are not so lonely to sell salt, the two of them each have two men, and the means of transportation to and from the white salt are horse-drawn carriages, one carriage is specially loaded with white salt, and the other is used to load supplies.

The two gathered their men and drove the carriage to the salt market in Linhai City, and when a group of six people arrived at the salt market, the salt market had gathered a large number of salt merchants (sellers), and a large number of vehicles brought by the salt merchants crowded the salt market.

Lao Liu and Lao Wang did not turn around and leave, but continued to wait with a glimmer of hope, hoping that the low-priced white salt would not be sold out when it was their turn.

Approaching evening, it was finally the turn of Lao Liu and Lao Wang, and the waiting of the two finally had an effect, and the white salt was not sold out.

But a new question arises, how can white salt not be sold out?

In the salt market of Linhai City, white salt is purchased in limited quantities, and a salt merchant can only buy a maximum of 500 catties of white salt.

If there were so many salt merchants in the past to rush to buy white salt, the white salt in the salt market would have been sold out long ago, but today it has not been sold out, some people speculate whether it will be something wrong with the Yun family, and a large amount of money is urgently needed, so the white salt is sold at a low price, and even the white salt in stock is released for sale.

In any case, Lao Liu and Lao Wang each bought 500 catties of white salt, and excitedly loaded the white salt on the carriage with their buddies and pulled it away, and waited until tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, the two of them would leave Linhai City in a team with other salt merchants, anyway, they could buy low-cost salt, and the income of the two of them on this trip increased greatly, so it was not good to make more money.

Behind the salt market, Yunhao, the county magistrate of Linhai County, sat opposite a middle-aged man who looked like a literati, holding a cup of tea in his hand, enjoying the lively scene in the salt market.

The person sitting across from Yun Hao is named Yun Dui, and like Yun Hao, he is a descendant of the Yun family, Yun Hao is the county magistrate of Linhai County, and Yun Du is the director of the salt city, responsible for the Yun family's salt industry.

The scene that happened today was not that the Yun clan needed a large amount of money to sell white salt, but that Yun Hao and Yun Dui planned it.

Yunyi's "Yun's Salt Making Method" was confirmed by Yun Hao to be effective, so Yun Hao began to vigorously promote the "Yun's Salt Making Method" in Linhai County, and the "Yun's Salt Making Method" was so convenient that the salt workers gave up the "iron pot boiling sea" and turned to digging salt fields and using the "Yun's Salt Making Method" to make salt.

Now is the time of the white salt harvest, and the large number of salt pans by the sea in Linhai County harvest a staggering amount of white salt every day.

But then Yun Hao and Yun Du thought of a problem, the amount of white salt sold in the salt market of Linhai City every day and the amount of white salt purchased by salt merchants had been finalized, even if the amount of white salt increased, they could not sell it all.

We need to find a way to solve this problem.

So today's scene happened, Yun Hao and Yun Du lowered the price of white salt by 10 copper, in the face of low-priced salt, salt merchants have entered the salt market to buy, each salt merchant bought 500 catties of white salt, almost today's income in one day is equivalent to the previous month's income, and the net income is the same.

However, this also consumed the potential of this group of salt merchants, the number of salt merchants who traveled to and from Linhai County Salt City was limited, and the amount of white salt they could eat was also limited, but the amount of white salt harvested by the Yun clan increased by more than ten times, in addition to the Linhai City Salt City to release a large amount of white salt, Yun's own caravans also had to bring more white salt to sell to various cities.

Whether it is a small salt merchant like Lao Liu and Lao Wang, or a big salt merchant like Yun's, they all have a certain sphere of influence, this is an unspoken rule, the salt in their hands can only be sold to their own sphere of influence, and they cannot cross the line, once they cross the line, it represents the struggle between the two forces.

The Yun clan can't cross the line, but the Yun clan's sphere of influence can't digest the ever-increasing white salt, the Yun clan was still worried about how to increase the output of white salt, but now the Yun clan is worried about how to sell the white salt, and can't cross the line, so they can only find a way from Linhai City Salt City.

Lowering the price of 10 copper salt is just the beginning, and then Yun Hao and Yun Du will also lift the restriction order, allowing salt merchants to buy unlimited amounts of white salt, and then they will continue to reduce the price of salt, so that the price of salt will be reduced to 9 silver.