Before, Wei Shuo thought that the Yang family, as a salt household, should have better living conditions than ordinary hunters and farmers like the Zhang family, but when he entered the house, he found that the Yang family's life was not necessarily much better than the Zhang family. There was no decent furniture in the house, and everyone in the Yang family also had unhealthy dishes on their faces.

"Second Uncle Yang, where is your family's salt usually sold?" Taking advantage of Zhang Dalang's transaction, Wei Shuo, who had nothing to do, couldn't help but ask Second Uncle Yang about some details of selling salt.

"Da Lang, who is this little brother?"

Second Uncle Yang is full of vigilance against Wei Shuo in strange costumes, he is engaged in the work of losing his head, in case he is discovered by someone with a heart, not only will it affect his family, but it may also bring serious disasters to the villagers in the entire valley, so he has to be careful again and again when facing outsiders who don't know the details......

"Second uncle, I am a distant relative of the Zhang family, and my family suffered a military disaster before I came to seek refuge with Uncle Zhang." Wei Shuo made up a set of lies before Zhang Dalang, this is also a helpless way, his own origin is unknown, if he wants to quickly integrate into the valley, he must pull the tiger skin of the Zhang family.

Zhang Dalang saw that Wei Shuo's lips moved when he claimed to be a relative of Zhang Jiayuan, and finally he didn't say anything to refute it, thinking that he remembered the corn and sweet potatoes in Wei Shuo's package. In the future, the promotion of corn and sweet potatoes is inseparable from Wei Shuo's approval, at this time Wei Shuo is willing to kiss the Zhang family, of course Zhang Dalang can't ask for it.

"In the past, the salt cooked by salt farmers had to be handed over to the government of Buqi County, which would buy and sell it, and we, the salt farmers, would just make some hard-earned money. But since the chaos in the world, the government has become more and more exploitative, and ordinary salt farmers can't even guarantee to earn some hard-earned money. ”

"Later, our family fled here, and the previous sales channels were definitely no longer available, and the salt cooked by the Yang family could only be quietly sold to salt merchants in Buqi County. Because it is private salt, the salt merchant keeps the purchase price very low, and the income of the family from a year's hard work cannot guarantee the basic living conditions of the family. ”

Speaking of this, Second Uncle Yang couldn't help but sigh, saying that salt merchants are rich, but who knows how difficult the life of ordinary salt farmers is. Generally, ordinary salt households rely on boiling salt to subsidize their lives, and tea, oil, sauce, vinegar and rice have to come from boiling salt. However, the purchase price of salt is in the hands of the government and the big salt merchants, and if the purchase price of salt cannot rise, the income of ordinary salt farmers will not increase.

At this moment, Yang Heizi picked out his own salt from the house and gently uncovered the linen cloth covering it. Seeing Zhang Dalang coming over, Yang Heizi said with emotion: "Brother Zhang, you see how good the salt is, but it's a pity that the salt merchant just refused to raise the price, if it weren't for the fact that we didn't have our own salt shop, the dog would be willing to sell it to the black-hearted salt merchant." ”

At this time, Wei Shuo also walked over slowly, glanced at the salt in the basket, and really saw the true face of the ancient sea salt. He stood beside the salt load for a moment, looking a little puzzled.

"Is this good salt?" Wei Shuo asked with a frown.

There is no doubt that in Wei Shuo's eyes, the sea salt in front of him is just the most primitive salt, containing a lot of impurities, and the surface has a yellow color, which is very ugly. Reaching out and grabbing a handful of sea salt, it felt astringent, and the particles were large and uneven. Such sea salt, used for stir-frying, is obviously a bit reluctant.

Suddenly, Wei Shuo seemed to think of something, he raised his head and asked, "Second Uncle Yang, is all the sea salt in Qingzhou like this?" ”

Second Uncle Yang replied proudly: "Of course not, several times in the entire Qingzhou, I dare to say that no family's salt is as good as my Yang family's, and some black-hearted salt merchants even mix soil or something into their own salt." But our old Yang family is an honest person and never does this lack of morality. ”

"What? Is this also called good salt? ”

After listening to Second Uncle Yang's words, Wei Shuo was completely speechless, even if he didn't know it anymore, he knew that the salt in the future generations was fine, powdery, and white. It's like the salt in front of me is big, yellow, and the appearance is so terrible, just from the outside, there is no desire to eat it.

"What? Do you think this salt is bad? ”

Wei Shuo's questioning aroused the dissatisfaction of the Yang family, and they dared to doubt the quality of their old Yang family's salt, if it weren't for the fact that the other party claimed to be a relative of the Zhang family, Yang Heizi would have wanted to beat the other party out.

Zhang Dalang saw that Wei Shuo was in trouble, and hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him: "Second Uncle Yang, don't blame the two Heizi brothers, this little brother Wei has seen a lot of novelties in the north and south, maybe it is not surprising that he has seen better salt than the Yang family outside." However, I, Zhang Dalang, know very well what Second Uncle Yang is like, and I will never do anything to defraud my neighbors. ”

"Humph! Even so, he can't slander our Yang family in vain, right? Everyone is a neighbor, in case any rumors spread, how can our Yang family stay in the valley. Even after listening to Zhang Dalang's explanation, Second Uncle Yang's father and son were still angry.

At this time, Wei Shuo also realized that he was a little reckless, and he bowed deeply to Second Uncle Yang and said: "Second Uncle forgive me, it was the kid who was rude just now, the kid really didn't mean to offend, I hope the second uncle won't be weird." ”

Wei Shuo's sincere apology suddenly made a storm invisible, and Zhang Dalang also quietly touched the sweat on his forehead, knowing that he shouldn't have brought Wei Shuo out. If this offends the Yang family, it will become a problem for their Zhang family to eat salt in the future, who knows that he has not put his heart back in his stomach, and Wei Shuo spoke again.

I saw Wei Shuo holding a piece of salt and asked, "Second Uncle Yang, if there is better quality sea salt than this, will the price be better?" ”

"Better quality salt? The little brother is talking about the green salt from Shuzhong, Guanzhong, and Liangzhou. But today's green salt only circulates among the big families, and ordinary people can't see the precious things. I heard that at present, Qingzhou's green salt has no price, but there has been no green salt for sale in the county for a long time. ”

Of course, Uncle Yang, as a salt household, has heard of green salt, but the price of green salt is high, and the general price is more than dozens of times that of ordinary sea salt.

Listening to Wei Shuo's words, Zhang Dalang's eyebrows jumped, and he said secretly: "Little Brother Wei is really from a big family, but I don't know what he has to do with the Hedong Wei family, I heard that the Hedong Wei family made a fortune by relying on the well salt in Hedong." ”

"Second Uncle Yang, if I have a way to turn the coarse salt in front of me into green salt on the market, can you sell it?" As he spoke, Wei Shuo stared at Second Uncle Yang's eyes tightly.

Second Uncle Yang licked his chapped lips nervously, and asked tremblingly, "Little brother, is there really a way to turn coarse salt into green salt?" ”

At this time, not only Second Uncle Yang was nervous, but even Zhang Dalang and Yang Heizi were staring at Wei Shuo intently. Green salt, that's all legendary things, they've grown so big, but they haven't even seen a glance. It's just that I heard the elders say that green salt is used by emperors and nobles to clean their teeth.

Wei Shuo ignored everyone's surprise, and said to himself: "Second Uncle Yang doesn't care what I can do, you only say can you sell it?" ”

Second Uncle Yang touched his chin and pondered for a moment and replied: "If you can really turn coarse salt into green salt, not only can you sell it, but the price will not be low, maybe it can be sold for about 100 yuan." At present, the world is in chaos, and the green salt in Shu and Guanzhong cannot be shipped at all, and the price of green salt in the Central Plains has increased several times compared with the past......"

After listening to Second Uncle Yang's words, Wei Shuo finally cheered up and temporarily forgot the pain of losing his family. Although selling illicit salt is a quick way to get rich, Wei Shuo does not dare to intervene easily at present. First of all, he had to consider whether he would be suppressed by other salt merchants once the refined salt came out, so the first step was to establish a certain defensive force.

"Hehe, second uncle, eldest lang, selling illicit salt is not a simple matter, especially selling refined salt, if you don't get it right, it will cause a monstrous disaster."

"So the production of refined salt needs to be considered in the long run, and I hope that everyone in the valley can be organized and all the people will be involved in the trade of illicit salt. In the future, the refined salt we make will be sold to all parts of Qingzhou by land, and even to Jiangdong by sea. ”

Wei Shuo's words were like a basin of cold water, which suddenly quieted down the excited three, after all, Second Uncle Yang was well-informed, and he suddenly realized that Wei Shuo's plan to purify refined salt could not only bring benefits to everyone, but also could bring disaster. If nothing else, it is impossible for the salt merchants in the city to let them go if they know about it.