Chapter 215: Cangzhou Salt Incident

If you want to say that this Qingchi County is still a little different from Weizhou City, it is that there is a difference in color from this first glance. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Although the houses in Weizhou are also more or less wooden, no matter how you look at it, there is an earthy yellow, that is, the entire surrounding environment, distant mountains and near roads, are all yellow. It is also because of the northwest wind and sand, the Loess Plateau, or the desert in the northwest, covers this Weizhou with a layer of earth.

Cangzhou is different, this Qingchi county, inside and outside are full of green and white taste, but like a landscape painting, although not as prosperous as Bianliang, but it is no different from the streets and alleys in Bianliang City.

The architectural style is similar, the same is the traditional building mode of the Han people, blue brick or stone foundation, wooden houses, dougong beam structure, sloped roof, blue and black tiles. There is also a two-storey small building structure.

The architectural style in the northwest is relatively simple, and even the neighboring houses are almost the same. Cangzhou's style is more bold than that of Bianliang, with square and square, white courtyard walls, black and green tiles, and windows are much more atmospheric.

If you go further south, to Lianghuai and Jiangnan, it is exquisite, exquisite pane patterns, exquisite carved beams and paintings, is the separation of the inner and outer courtyards of the courtyard wall of the opening window, there are exquisite design styles.

Zheng Zhi took Pei Xuan and Jin Cuilian to stroll down the street, followed by Niu Da and a few other soldiers in civilian clothes.

Qingchi County is much larger than Weizhou City, and the goods sold on the street are also richer than Weizhou. There are also more pedestrians on the street, and the pedestrians are much more delicate in their costumes than the people of Weizhou.

Zheng Zhi slowly looked at the pedestrians coming and going, this is also the second time that Zheng Zhi has looked at the pedestrians so seriously, the first time is the moment when he just arrived in this world and left his courtyard.

Scholars wearing square crowns, ordinary men wearing felt hats, and low-level people wearing turbans.

In this era, scholars and rich families can almost be equated, and scholars have always been rich. Most of the poor scholars also declined from the rich, and the division of social classes had already been formed. The fact that a poor peasant kid can read and take exams is mostly a joke, even if he can't even sing it in the play. The gentry have become the ruling class, controlling the vast majority of the human and material resources of the entire society, including the right to study. The people at the bottom, not to mention apprenticeship and buying books, are difficult to afford even pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

The hierarchy of society can be easily divided from people's faces, spirits, and spirits.

Zheng Zhi strolled through the streets, looking at the flowers, but there was nothing particularly interesting.

On the contrary, it was Jin Cuilian, who was instructed by Zheng Zhi, and had a taste of big purchases, this thing was bought for Mrs., and that thing was bought for a teacher.

After buying, he also had to come to Zheng Zhi to offer treasures, but Zheng Zhi also instructed Jin Cuilian to buy some gifts for his wife and teacher.

When he arrived at a salt tea shop, Zheng Zhi stopped, this time on the street, Zheng Zhi also decided to go to the salt tea shop to have a look, salt, in China for thousands of years of government monopoly, until Zheng Zhi crossed the lift. It was also one of the important sources of revenue for ancient governments.

As soon as Zheng Zhigang stopped, Jin Cuilian came up and asked, "Official, how do you know that you are going to buy some salt at home?" ”

Zheng Zhi smiled and nodded, didn't answer, just walked towards the shop. Behind, Niu Da and several people also followed in with large bags and small bags.

Salt is really a luxury, and ordinary people are never willing to use it more. But since Zheng Zhi crossed over, the amount of salt used by the Zheng family is very large, although Zheng Zhi can't drink the tea with salt, but where can he stand the bland and tasteless food, and the Zheng family's salt consumption is naturally more than that of other people's.

The inside of the shop is not big, and there are many wooden lattices placed on the counter, mostly tea, green, red, black, and all kinds of tea.

There is a little bit of salt in it, but there are only two slightly larger wooden lattices, and the salt grains in one lattice are white, but they are a little yellowish, and the particles feel larger. The salt grains in the other lattice are much whiter, and the grains are naturally more delicate. But they are as white as the salt of the Hereafter.

Of course, this is also related to the backwardness of the production and purification process in this era.

Xiao Er at the counter was not as enthusiastic as the one in the restaurant teahouse, but he just stood at the counter and asked, "Does the guest officer want to buy salt or tea?" ”

Jin Cuilian pointed to the pile of white and delicate lattices and asked, "What is the price of this?" ”

"Refined salt is one or two or sixty wen!" Xiao Er replied, in a calm tone, neither impatient nor enthusiastic.

Jin Cuilian heard this and said: "It's not expensive, buy two catties!" ”

Hearing the number of two catties, this little two showed a smiling face, others sell salt, mostly buy by two, today is a big customer, said: "Okay, two catties are always nine hundred and twenty yuan, twenty wen will not be yours." ”

After speaking, Xiao Er picked up the rod scale and began to weigh the salt. One catty is sixteen taels, one tael is sixty wen, and one catty is nine hundred and sixty wen.

When Jin Cuilian heard this, she also smiled and said: "You are not bad, but you can't give me less money, but you have deducted the scales!" ”

Xiao Er also smiled: "Our family is a time-honored brand in Qingchi City, it is other counties in Cangzhou, and it is also my family's business. ”

Zheng Zhi looked left and right, and then pointed to the yellowed coarse salt next to him and asked, "What is the price of this?" ”

Xiao Er glanced at it, and his hand was still scooping the salt grains on the weighing pan, but he also replied: "Coarse salt forty-five wen." ”

Hearing this, Zheng Zhi turned around and asked Pei Xuandao: "How to price official salt?" ”

"The official price of refined salt is always 200 yuan per catty!" Pei Xuan replied, and seemed to know why Zheng Zhi stopped at this salt tea shop.

Zheng Zhi turned back and asked Xiao Er: "Why is your family's salt nearly 300 Wen cheaper than official salt?" ”

Xiao Er looked at Zheng Zhi with a smile and said, "Official, you don't have to ask about this." ”

Zheng Zhi nodded, didn't ask this question anymore, and said, "Then where did your salt come from?" ”

"Officials rest assured, our family's salt is definitely good salt, and the sea salt cooked on Jingdong East Road and Shandong is absolutely of the highest quality." Xiao Er didn't think much about it, and went straight to business.

But Zheng Zhi frowned when he heard this, this private salt was so openly sold in the shop, and the private salt was already overflowing, and naturally there were also things about the government accepting benefits.

These joints have already reached the bright side, Zheng Zhi thought for a moment, but he smiled again, since this is the case, this benefit will naturally be affected by the yamen of the Jingluo Mansion.

It is another way to make money, Shandong can boil salt, Cangzhou can naturally also boil salt. It is a waste for thousands of party members to put them in Cangbei just to raise horses, and it is just right to boil salt, and there are many things with technical content in boiling salt, so you can find someone to teach you.

As for how to make a lot of money with this salt, you have to plan carefully.