Gao Fei took the lead and walked towards the official salt shop, the steps on both sides of the store entrance were full of salt, most of them were brine salts, and the coarse salt with slightly better quality could not be seen, and the guys in the store were also listless.

Even so, Gao Fei walked into the shop with an official salt sign and shouted inside, "I want to buy salt." ”

The guy in the shop yawned first, didn't even look at Gao Fei, then waved his hand at Gao Fei and said, "I don't sell salt here, go buy it next door." ”

Gao Fei was suspicious for a while, and asked, "Isn't this official salt?" Since the door is open, why not sell salt? ”

The guy glanced at Gao Fei and saw that Gao Fei was only a five-year-old child, and said impatiently: "Where are the children, go while playing, don't fool around with me here." If you don't sell salt, you don't sell salt, where do you get so much why? Even if I tell you, will you understand? ”

Gao Fei said: "If you don't say it, how do you know that I don't understand?" ”

The guy turned his head and saw that Goofy was wearing linen clothes, although he was clean and tidy, no matter how he looked at it, he didn't look like a rich kid. Moreover, most of the children of rich families wear silk and satin, who wears linen clothes. He didn't bother to speak, so he waved his hand directly and said, "Go, go!" Get out of here, I don't have the time to fool around with a child. ”

Gao Fei did not leave, but walked a few steps into the store, looked left and right, and found that most of the salt in this shop was a lot of impurities, very low color brine salt, some of which were not even considered brine salts, as long as you looked closely, you could even find sand in the rough salt grains.

"The quality of the salt sold in the official salt shop is so bad, it's no wonder that those who come to buy salt go to the three salt shops next to it to buy it." Goofy thought secretly in his heart.

"Why aren't you leaving? If you don't leave, I'll start driving you away!" The guy yelled at Goofy with a fierce face.

Gao Fei snorted coldly, turned around and left, and said to himself as he walked: "I really didn't expect that the quality of official salt would be so bad......

Out of the official salt shop, Gao Fei turned around and walked to the Li salt shop next door, his eyes just glanced at the door of the Li salt shop, and found that the salt placed at the door was much better than the salt in the official salt shop in terms of quality, and it was also a brine salt, and the impurities of the brine salt in the Li salt shop were much less than the brine in the official salt shop.

In addition to the brine salt placed at the door, the salt shop also placed a grade higher than the brine salt, the coarse salt grains are uniform, the color is bright, slightly blue, and impurities can rarely be seen. However, this coarse salt is still much inferior to the refined salt brought by Gao Fei, but it can meet the needs of most people.

Gao Fei did not enter Li's salt shop, but then walked to the door of Zhao's salt shop and Guo's salt shop to look, and found that the salt in these three salt shops, no matter which one's salt, was better than the salt in the official salt shop. Moreover, the quality of the salt in these three salt shops seems to be very different. However, the salt in these three salt shops is only brine salt and coarse salt, but there is no refined salt.

Wujiang County is close to the Yangtze River, it is not near the sea, it is not close to the mountains, and it is not a place for salt production at all, so all the needs for salt are trafficked from outside. He originally thought that the salt and iron official camp, the imperial court would be very strict in controlling salt, but from what he saw and heard, it didn't seem to be like that. However, Gao Fei remembered the era in which he lived, the Eastern Jin Dynasty court had just been established, and a large area of land in the north was occupied by the Hu people, and he didn't know when the Hu people would fight here, and the court had a feeling of precariousness, not to mention ordinary people.

Therefore, in Gao Fei's view, although it was still the official camp of salt and iron at this time, due to the invasion of foreign tribes and the frequent wars, the imperial court's control over salt and iron was no longer so strict. Because of this, in this small Wujiang County, on the edge of official salt, there are actually three blatant salt shops, and the quality of official salt is even inferior to private salt. In this case, it is undoubtedly a huge business opportunity for Goofy.

Gao Fei casually entered a salt shop, which happened to be the Li Salt Shop next to the official salt, and as soon as he entered, he asked the guy inside, "Is the salt sold here?" ”

"Sell! This is a salt shop, what are we doing if we don't sell salt? The guy was putting things in the counter, busy with his business, talking without even looking back.

Gao Fei said: "Oh, it's good to sell salt here, unlike the salt shop next door, with the sign of official salt, it doesn't sell salt, it's really incomprehensible, since it doesn't sell salt, why do you have to open the door to do business......"

The guy struggled to move a box of things, and didn't even look back, and when he heard Gao Fei's words, he smiled and said: "You don't know this, although there is a signboard of official salt hanging next door, but in fact, we are the real official salt here, and the salt sold in the store is authentic official salt." As for the salt shop next door, hehe, to put it bluntly, it's just an ornament. ”

"Huh? Aren't you a Lee's salt shop here? How can you sell official salt? Goofy asked deliberately.

"You don't know this, our salt shop is actually ......"

As soon as he turned around, he saw a five-year-old child standing in the salt shop, and his words stopped abruptly, and he searched around, but he couldn't see anyone else, so he fell on Gao Fei and asked suspiciously, "You have been talking to me just now?" ”

Goofy nodded and said, "Yes, it's me!" ”

The guy was a little confused, he never expected that he would chat with a five-year-old child for a long time. He shook his head helplessly and said to Gao Fei, "Are you here to buy salt?" ”

"yes." Goofy replied.

"What kind of salt are you going to buy? How much to buy? The guy asked.

"I'm going to buy a pound of salt, refined salt." When Gao Fei spoke, he deliberately put the last two words very seriously, in order to highlight these two words.

The guy suddenly frowned and asked, "What salt do you want to buy?" ”

"Refined salt!" Gao Fei said seriously.

The guy looked at Goofy from head to toe, and then said with a smile, "Good! Still refined salt? Do you still want to buy refined salt? Do you know how expensive refined salt is? Not to mention that we don't have refined salt in our store, and even if there is, you can't afford it! ”

"How do you know I can't afford refined salt?" Goofy asked.

"How do I know? Just by looking at the clothes you are wearing, you can know that refined salt is dozens of dollars a pound, how can it be that you, a child wearing linen clothes, can buy it? The guy said.

As the saying goes, people rely on clothes and horses to rely on saddles, and this is true. Gao Fei looked down at what he was wearing, and his whole body was made of coarse linen, because the production cost of linen was relatively low, so ordinary people mostly used hemp as clothing. If you have a little money, you will wear cloth clothes, and if you have more money, you will wear more expensive things such as silk and silk satin.

"Dogs look down on people! How do you know I can't afford refined salt? Goofy was furious and yelled at the guy in the salt shop.

"You little brute! You are not afraid to dare to scold me for being a dog? See if I don't tear your mouth! The man's face was fierce, he rolled up his sleeves, raised his fist, and flew over.

Seeing this, Gao Fei retreated sharply again and again, but he didn't want to bump into a person at once, his whole body fell to that person, and the bag of refined salt he was carrying on his body also fell to the ground at this time, and the corner of the coarse cloth wrapped in refined salt was actually loosened, and the white and fine refined salt was directly exposed in front of everyone's eyes.

Gao Fei just wanted to reach out and pick up the bag of refined salt, but he was one step ahead of him by a big hand, and the bag of refined salt was picked up directly from the ground by the big hand, which was the person he bumped into.

The man was in his fifties, dressed in a gray cloth robe, with gray hair tied up in a bun on the top of his head, a pair of small eyes under his curved eyebrows, a nose like a falcon, thin lips slightly raised on both sides, as if smiling, and the most memorable thing was that there was a large, black mole on the right corner of his mouth, and a thick and long hair grew on it, and a goatee hung on his chin.

At this moment, the old man's eyes have been staring at Gao Fei's bag of refined salt, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he involuntarily stretched out a finger, pinched a little refined salt and rubbed it in his hand, and the surprise on his face became more and more obvious, and finally he simply raised his hand to his mouth, stretched out his tongue and licked the refined salt stuck to his hand.

"White ...... Mr. Bai, why are you here? When the man in the salt shop saw this old man, he seemed to be a different person, bowed his head and walked to the old man's side, and like a dog, wagked his tail and asked pitifully.

The old man known as Mr. Bai didn't pay attention to the guys in the salt shop, after tasting the refined salt brought by Gao Fei, the old man Bai's eyes narrowed into a slit, and a smile appeared on his face, squatting down to help Gao Fei up himself, and then asked with a smile: "Child, this salt ...... Where did you get it? ”

Gao Fei stretched out his hand to take back his bag of salt, who knew that the old man Bai's reaction was very fast, the hand holding the bag of salt suddenly raised high, Gao Fei was short, how could he grab it, he was angry and yelled directly at the old man Bai: "Give me back the salt!" ”

Old Man Bai shook the refined salt in his hand and said, "It's okay to give it back to you, but you have to tell me first, where did you get this salt?" ”

"Why should I tell you?" High Flying Road.

The old man smiled and said, "Since you don't want to say it, it doesn't matter." ”

Suddenly, the old man Bai shouted to the guys in the shop: "Ah Fu, you go to the county government now, and say that you have caught a thief stealing salt in the store, and let the county lieutenant take this thief away and imprison him in the dungeon." ”

Before Ah Fu could react, Gao Fei shouted at the old man surnamed Bai: "Old man, why are you spraying people with blood? When did I steal your salt? ”

"This bag of salt is proof." Old man Bai pointed to the bag of salt in his hand and said.

Gao Fei said: "This bag of salt is mine, how did it become yours?" ”

The old man surnamed Bai said: "I am a salt shop here, and what I sell is salt, except for me and Ah Fu, there is no third person here who knows that this bag of salt is yours." As long as both of us say that you stole the salt in our store, you will be justified and ignored. Who would believe that a child could have such a fine bag of salt? ”

Gao Fei said: "Your store only sells brine salt and coarse salt, where does the refined salt come from?" My bag of salt is fine salt. ”

The old man surnamed Bai said: "No matter what you say, I have a countermeasure to turn you into a thief, do you believe it or not?" ”

Gao Fei said: "Count you ruthless!" If I told you how this bag of salt came from, would you give it back to me and let me get out of here in peace? ”

The old man surnamed Bai said, "This is nature. ”

"Okay, then you give me back the salt first!" Gao Fei said confidently.

Old man Bai hesitated for a moment, and handed the bag of refined salt in his hand directly to Gao Fei, in his opinion, just like Gao Fei wanted to make some kind of moth, he was such a big person, and he could be leveled with just one hand.

Gao Fei took the bag of refined salt, and saw that the old man Bai and the guys in the store blocked the road out of the store to death, plus the others were small and short, in the face of these two adults, if they wanted to leave forcibly, there was no chance of winning at all, so he simply gave up his plan to leave forcibly.

He spread the bag of salt on the ground, then pointed to the bag of salt and said to the old man Bai: "This is refined salt, you should have seen it a long time ago, right?" ”

The old man surnamed Bai stroked his beard, nodded first, then shook his head, and said, "That's right, but it's not right!" ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"The bag of salt you brought, in all respects, can be said to have reached the grade of refined salt, and it can even be said that it is finer than most of the refined salt that is now circulating in the market. It's not unheard of that someone has seen refined salt, there are many circulation in the capital, but there is still a little difference between the refined salt there and the salt you brought. In my opinion, the salt you brought is considered to be the best grade of salt, and all kinds of refined salt abundant in Qingzhou, Xuzhou, and Yangzhou are not as fine as the salt you brought. So, the salt you brought does belong to the category of refined salt, but I don't see it at a glance, because I can't believe that there is such fine salt in the world. ”

After Gao Fei heard this, his heart was naturally full of joy, this white old man must have been engaged in the salt industry for many years, since even he said that this salt is very fine, then if he wants to sell it, he will definitely be able to sell it for a good price. So, he asked, "In that case, how much money should you think this salt should be sold for a catty?" ”

A hint of strangeness flashed in the white old man's sharp eyes, and he smiled: "What? Do you want to sell this salt? ”

"To tell you the truth, this salt was sent by my uncle, my mother has been sick for the past two days, and the family is short of money, so I remembered to take this salt and sell it, and sell it for money to treat my mother." High Flying Road.

Old man Bai saw that Gao Fei was only five years old, but when he talked to him, he answered like an adult. His brain turned quickly, and after listening to what Gao Fei said, he said, "I can't see it, you are still a filial son." In that case, I can consider buying this refined salt you brought. Still, you have to tell me, what does your uncle do? ”

Gao Fei said: "My uncle is a soldier, and he is currently working as an errand under Su Jun, the prime minister of Lanling, and he also brought the salt from there. ”

The old man said "oh", but he muttered in his heart, he looked at Gao Fei, and saw that Gao Fei was not afraid of him at all, and he didn't talk and behave like a child at all, so he was even more puzzled in his heart.

Gao Fei said: "Then how much can I sell for this salt I brought?" ”

The old man smiled and instructed the guys in the shop: "Ah Fu, I've been to the scales with these salts!" ”

The guy in the shop answered, picked up the bag of salt on the ground and went to the scale, and then said to the old man Bai: "Two catties and six taels." ”

The old man Bai said: "A pound of salt, I'll give you forty dollars, how about it?" ”

Goofy pondered for a moment and asked, "Can you go higher?" ”

"Forty is a lot of money?" Old Man Bai's brows furrowed.

Gao Fei said: "Since you are willing to pay forty dollars to buy my salt, then it will definitely be sold at a higher price, I urgently need money now, if I can sell it with a little more money, I can grab one more pair of medicine for my mother." ”

The old man smiled and said, "Then how much do you want to sell it to me?" ”

"Fifty big bucks a pound!" Gao Fei said briskly.

Old man Bai was not hypocritical, and immediately said: "Deal!" ”

Gao Fei spread his hand forward and said, "Two catties and six taels, fifty big coins and one catty, a total of one hundred and thirty big coins, give the money!" ”

"Hehe, the calculation is really accurate, it is indeed one hundred and thirty big money." Old man Bai happily asked the guy in the store to take out one hundred and thirty big money and handed it to Gao Fei.

Gao Fei counted carefully, and then stuffed one hundred and thirty big coins into a special pocket inside his clothes, and once the one hundred and thirty big coins entered the pocket, he immediately felt heavy.

At this time, Old Man Bai said to Gao Fei: "If there is still such refined salt, just sell it to me!" How many, as much as you want! ”

Goofy didn't say anything, just left a meaningful smile and walked out of the salt shop.