Facts have proved that what Xiao Wu said was not wrong, those salt merchants were all tight-lipped after leaving, and did not say a word about MSG and salt, and some people prevaricated in the name of going to the Yingguo Mansion for a banquet. Vertices are updated the fastest

And after they returned, they immediately either sent people or went out in person, and it didn't take them all three days to rush to Dengzhou.

Salt merchants, as it sounds, can know that these people are not ordinary, because in ancient times, if you wanted to sell salt and sell salt, you needed to have a license, and without a strong strength, it was naturally impossible to become a so-called big salt merchant.

And the salt merchants, capital alone is not enough, the most important thing is to have power, without power and money alone, in the end, they can't escape the end of being divided up by others, so in fact, the big salt merchants that Xiao Wu found this time are basically the spokespersons of those noble families.

Of course, some friends will ask, didn't the author say that the salt law of the Tang Dynasty was changed a few years ago?

Yes, the author did say it at the time, but don't forget, capital is actually very important, the salt law is liberalized, how can you buy goods if you don't have money? One pound at a time? When will capital be accumulated?

Therefore, although the salt law has been changed, in fact, the people who sell salt are basically the same people, and the change of the salt law has only increased Datang's tax revenue a lot, nothing more.

……

In Dengzhou's Assassin's Mansion, Du Wei was sitting under a laurel tree enjoying a warm afternoon tea.

Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed!

Thinking of the method of drying salt that Li Chengqian said to himself on Chinese New Year's Eve last year when he returned to Beijing to visit relatives, and then thinking about the mountains of salt piled up in the salt storehouse, Du Wei raised the tea cup in his hand towards the West.

Dengzhou is poor, thinking about the scene he saw when he first arrived, Du Wei lowered his head and smiled bitterly.

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty went on three crusades to the east, and the land of Shandong was ten rooms and nine empty, and the people were either conscripted into the army, or they fled with their families.

In addition, Dengzhou is close to the sea, and there is a large amount of saline-alkali land along the coast, and crops can rarely survive on this land, and even if they are barely planted, the next year's harvest is likely to be only one-fifth of the normal yield.

This is Dengzhou in the third year of Zhenguan, where a poor person only has one pair of pants at home, and whoever goes out wears it.

But what about now? Since the start of road construction, everything in Dengzhou Mansion began to change slowly, first the people had surplus money in their hands, and then some large markets began to appear in Dengzhou City, which was originally lifeless, and then the city became more and more lively.

A large number of arms exports to the Japanese state made Dengzhou wharf expand again and again, the frequent entry and exit of 'sea wolves' and sailors made this sea area pirates extinct, clean sea area became a merchant's paradise, a large number of merchant ships to and from Dengzhou wharf every day.

Now, just relying on the wharf, it can solve the livelihood of nearly 10,000 people in Dengzhou.

And last year, with a half-believing attitude, Du Gou built several salt pans by the sea and hired some local people to take care of them.

At that time, Du Wei felt that this matter was not very reliable, and he thought in his heart that even if he failed, he would do it, so he would treat it as a little face for Li Chengqian, after all, his old man was saved by others, and he was also promoted by others.

But it only took a month for Du Gou's mind to change, and after watching the few people who were hired by him come to the mansion with bags of salt eyebrows and smiles, Du Gou realized that Li Chengqian's guy was not untargeted.

At this time, Dengzhou Mansion was lively again, and all coastal areas basically changed the land that could not grow grain into salt ponds, and a large amount of seawater was diverted into the salt ponds for .......

Within a year, Dengzhou Mansion had almost become the largest salt production base in Datang, and piles of salt had been dumped into the built warehouses, and the people of Dengzhou had once again found a way to make a living for themselves.

However, when Du Gou wrote to Li Chengqian to report the news here, he received a reply that he would 'not move', just asking him to save all the salt, and he would never sell it for a catty and a half taels.

Du Wei didn't know why Li Chengqian did this, but thinking that that guy had made several arrangements before and finally made Dengzhou Mansion have a huge harvest, Du Jialang decided to believe him again.

So this wait is several months, seeing that countless salt warehouses have been built, and the salt in the warehouses is piled up, if it is not sold, it is estimated that the government will not even be able to get the money to build the warehouse.

What is Li Chengqian doing? Why is it that people don't use so much salt when they have so much salt?

Du Wei squinted his eyes, enjoying the afternoon sun, but his mind was entangled.

At this time, the old housekeeper Du Quan walked in from outside, leaned over and whispered in his ear: "Young Master, someone from Chang'an is here, saying that it is from the Qin Palace." ”

"Oh? Let him in! Du Weimeng sat up straight in his chair.

Damn, I finally looked forward to the news, I hope that Li Chengqian's conscience found out and arranged for someone to come over to deal with the salt.

……

Sure enough, Du Wei's guess was confirmed, but to his surprise, the letter asked him to ship at a standard that was thirty percent lower than the normal price.

This made Du Wei a little unbearable, but he waited for almost half a year, and what he was waiting for was such news?

30% lower than the normal price, so why is it still profitable?

Oh, of course, you can still make a lot of money, even if you remove the work of those workers.

But even if it does, it can't be done, he Du Gou is a cow, and he is forced to blow out, saying that after this year's salt is sold, the rest of the money will be vigorously opened in the government to start a breeding industry, and then build a few legendary canning factories.

And now, the amount of money made is suddenly less than 30%, which is ...... Isn't this, can the aquaculture industry still do it? How to build a cannery, if it can't fulfill its original promise, the credibility of the government will not be there.

Du Wei, who couldn't understand why Li Chengqian did this, was very angry, and the first thing he thought of was that he must not do what the letter meant, he had to write back and ask His Royal Highness the King of Qin in Chang'an City, and ask him what he thought!

So, Du Wei used the fastest speed to prepare paper and pens and prepare for action.

"Young Master, you, what are you doing here?" The old housekeeper looked at Du Gou's anxious appearance and asked with concern.

"Uncle Du, Gao Ming actually asked me to send salt to those salt merchants at seventy percent of the normal price, this is absolutely not good, you know, if you sell those salts in this way, it is the people of my Dengzhou Mansion who will suffer."

"This ......" The old housekeeper Du Quan frowned when he heard this, first looked at the person who came to deliver the letter, and found that this person did not have any special reaction, so he couldn't help but move in his heart, and turned his head to Du Gou and suggested: "Young Master, the person who sent the letter is still there, why don't you hear if he has anything else to say, how about it?" ”