Li Meng smiled:

"Either it's leisure, if there's something but it's all together, can you say what's the matter?"

"It is estimated that it is a regular banquet, and there is nothing major."

……

The shopkeeper of the two salt stacks turned out to be the master of half of Laizhou Mansion's private salt, and Li Meng, who suddenly appeared, controlled the supply and price, and naturally felt unhappy in his heart, but before they used their means, Li Meng had already controlled the private salt trade of the entire Laizhou Mansion and the neighboring two prefectures.

The thunderous and bloody methods of the salt pole deterred many people, and the two shopkeepers were also honest, but there were also some benefits, Li Meng rectified the private salt market, and the quality of the salt was improved a lot.

But the quality of the salt produced now is very good, and the salt from these two salt stacks is not sold in the area controlled by Li Meng, so this kind of salt without impurities, they can be mixed with sand and other things to sell, and they have more profits, which is an unexpected good thing.

For them, Li Meng is both the god of wealth and the god of fierceness, and now they all live in Fengmeng Town, of course, they have to be careful to please and serve.

In the process of Li Meng's manor, the two shopkeepers and the salt stack have made a lot of efforts, and regularly set up family banquets to invite Li Meng, the family banquet of the two shopkeepers Li Meng is still willing to participate, because the dishes are very good, the treasurer of the salt stack has a good income, they are really people who pay attention to enjoyment, come to the town of Mengzhen, and simply bring chefs and people who should be served from their hometowns.

Moreover, the mansions of these two shopkeepers are quite exquisitely built, eating delicious food in it and enjoying the careful flattery of the master, which is a rare leisure way for Li Meng. Another advantage at this banquet is that the two shopkeepers are very well-informed, they regularly have salt ships to and from Laizhou and Yanzhou, and they often bring in some news from the outside, so they can learn more about what is happening outside.

Therefore, Li Meng's invitation to the shopkeeper of the salt stack is generally glad to go, if he does not participate in this kind of occasion, I am afraid that the other party will be suspicious.

The wine and rice of the Jiaodong Peninsula pay attention to boiling and boiling, and try to highlight the original taste of the ingredients, but the chef of the Wangjia Salt Stack is the way to eat in Yanzhou, the taste is relatively thick, and more pork, beef and mutton are used.

After a few glasses of wine, the words of the two shopkeepers are also more, after the two sides get together a few times, they also know Li Meng's habits, Li Meng prefers to listen to the two of them talk about things outside, rather than talking, this discovery makes the hearts of the two shopkeepers become more balanced, Li Erlang, how about you have the means, you are not a country bun, how can we be well-informed.

"Henan and Shaanxi are making more and more trouble, and the gang that went to Luoyang to sell salt some time ago was captured by thieves before they entered the city, so they almost returned to Jining bare-bottomed."

"The soldiers are in chaos, it's not very peaceful, Lord Li, Qingzhou, Yanzhou, Jinan at the junction of the three prefectures, there are still thieves operating there, and the merchants don't dare to go over there."

"It's not easy to walk at the junction of the three provinces?"

Li Meng asked casually, a few days ago, someone complained to him that the salt in Qingzhou can only be bought and sold in areas close to Laizhou, and other places are in chaos, and they can't get through.

Seeing that Li Meng did not mean to continue this topic, the two shopkeepers continued:

"Shaanxi and Henan are in a mess, the price of sheepskin and wool felt has risen, and there is a military disaster in Jizhen Town, and the fur of the Tartar can't come, which really makes the Lao Jiang family earn, and the price of those leather goods in his hands has doubled, tsk!"

"That's in stock, don't you look at how much money he lost before, several big merchants who do groceries in Jining are now in a hurry, the inventory of green salt in their hands is sold out, and the price is skyrocketing, so they can only be in a hurry?"

"Salt?"

Li Meng finally heard the topic he was interested in, he was doing the inspection of the salt administration, and his subordinates had a big private salt business, so he was naturally particularly concerned about the word "salt", and the two shopkeepers saw that Li Meng was interested in this, and quickly explained:

"The north and south of Zhili and all the big cities use the green salt of Shaanxi and Gansu, and now the king over there, the general will make trouble, the court sends a large army to collect, Shaanxi is no longer a person who can go outside, a lot of local products can not be transported, and the green salt is also?"

"What is green salt?"

Rao is two salt stack shopkeepers, no matter how careful they are, they have the intention to please, and their eyes are full of surprise when they look at Li Meng, or more precisely, they are full of contempt, the kind of "you hillbilly" contempt.

When he left the banquet of the two salt store shopkeepers, Li Meng finally knew what this green salt was, and after coming to this era from modern times, there were all kinds of unaccustomed living habits, such as brushing teeth, toothbrushes can be solved with wooden sticks and pig bristles, and toothpaste is not so easy to get.

However, looking at the people around him, they all rinsed their mouths with salt water and wiped their teeth with willow branches, and after getting used to it, Li Meng found that the effect of this was really not worse than toothpaste.

It's just that the area of Lingshanwei and Xuejiadao is close to the sea, and almost every family does things to boil salt in the sea, and there is no shortage of salt.

Today, listening to the two shopkeepers mentioned, Li Meng paid attention to it, walking on the street, after Fengmeng Town became prosperous, although the weather is cold now, there are still a lot of pedestrians on the road, and the people who meet Li Meng are respectfully greeting, but Li Meng is walking with his head down and no direction.

In the contemptuous attitude of the shopkeeper of the salt stack, Li Meng knew that in the inland, or in the homes of slightly more decent people in the Ming Dynasty, green salt was used for brushing teeth, which was as necessary as modern toothpaste.

The so-called green salt is the pool salt produced in Shaanxi and Gansu, and Li Meng has been trading private salt for a long time, Li Meng also knows a lot about salt, and this salt is also divided into three, six, nine and so on, and the sea salt produced by the sea in his hands is the worst quality, and the well salt and pool salt are of the highest quality.

Especially in the pond salt in Shaanxi and Gansu, the salt is almost the same as the current refined salt, and the price is also the highest. This salt is considered to be pure and has a unique effect. Most of the uses are used to clean teeth, the price of sea salt is generally one or two five dollars a load, but this pool of salt in Shaanxi when you buy three or four taels of silver a load, after Shaanxi, the nearest Henan, Shanxi, Sichuan can be sold for eight taels to ten taels, to Shandong, can even be sold for twelve taels to fourteen taels.