Tian didn't say anything big, and he did have salt at home.

In the Daxing Dynasty where they lived, salt was subject to a control system, and each family had a number of how much they could receive each season, and it was distributed by the lieutenant chief, so that ordinary farmers could not afford to buy salt.

Originally, it was just enough to eat, but after two years of famine, I couldn't even eat food, so how could there be a place for salt?

At most, villagers use salt to wash old grains, which can reduce the chance of aflatoxin.

Cui Zhi watched Tian take out a large bag of salt, and his heart beat a few times faster.

"In the old days, when the year was normal, was this salt enough?"

"It's enough, but it's just enough, and it has to be tightened." Tian replied.

"And if you run out, will there be any other place to buy salt?"

Tian Shi looked at her strangely, "I bought salt from a smuggler and caught it, but I will be exiled from my family!" Besides, it's very expensive, where can we afford it? ”

Cui Zhi listened, his eyelids blinked twice, "Our family has so much salt, so you don't want to sell it?" ”

Tian smiled, "Where to sell?" There is no shortage of salt in every household. ”

Tian was busy grabbing salt and washing rice, Cui Zhi helped her, Wei Ming stood aside, looked at the salt at home, and then looked at Cui Zhi, his mind was full of what she had just asked-

"We don't want to sell all this salt?"

Selling illicit salt is a capital offense, but what they have in their hands is official salt, and there are such situations in every family, if they can really exchange these surplus salt for money and food, it is good to take a risk.

Otherwise, would you really eat old grain and hold on until the imperial court allocates disaster relief grain?

He remembered that in the previous life, everyone was looking forward to the relief food from the imperial court, but the real allocation was not enough, and many people starved to death in winter.

At present, there is no shortage of salt in all parts of Shandong, and there is no need for salt to make a living because there is no food and no money, and even if someone wants it, it is necessary to lower the price, and can only be sold to other places.

It's just that in this way, the costs and variables have increased, and if you are caught again and mistakenly think that you are a smuggler, you can't explain the reason.

Wei Mingzi refused to give up easily, and was about to write and paint for some thought, but was pulled by someone.

It's Cui Zhi.

"Muzi, do you know the price of salt?" She asked.

"Three coins of silver and a pound of salt." Wei Ming replied, seeing that she was confused, he explained: "If you talk about the price of rice in an ordinary year, one catty of salt is equivalent to five liters of rice in a bucket. ”

Cui Zhi repeated in his mouth, pulled him to the yard, picked up the branch and began to draw talismans again.

Wei Ming was not surprised, knowing that she was counting, and added: "In the year of drought and famine, the bucket of rice is thousands of dollars, and now although there is government relief, a bucket of rice costs about one tael of silver." ”

Wei Ming can only estimate such a number, the specific value, his current identity, there is really no way to ask.

Cui Zhi was still drawing, "One tael of silver is sixteen coins?" A pound is also sixteen taels? ”

"Hmm." Wei Ming responded.

He was still thinking about how to transport the salt from the villagers' hands and exchange it for food. After all, according to the normal year, one pound of salt for rice, enough for one person to save half a year, it seems that the surplus salt taken out by Aunt Fang is more than one catty, remove the part of washing old rice, and the rest can be exchanged for a lot of grain.

I have to say that Cui Zhi's idea is really worth a try, but how to get through this road is a difficult problem.

Can people from the previous life still use it?

Wei Ming was thinking about it, Cui Zhi dragged him again, Wei Ming looked down, and saw that the ground was full of talismans drawn by her.

She tilted her head, but she didn't say anything about him, and said excitedly: "If there is salt, there is mine!" Let's go to the county tomorrow, there should be a big salt collector in the county! Exchange salt for money at a low price, and then use the money to buy food in other places! ”

Wei Ming heard what she said, but there was some truth.

It is certainly not worth exchanging salt directly for local food, so if you exchange money and then go to other places to exchange food, although the price of salt is lowered, it can also be exchanged, but the distance is far away, and there are hungry people all the way, and the transportation has to be wasted a lot.

He reminded her, "How much food do you need to have enough food for the carriages and horses?" ”

She was stunned, and seemed to be aware of the problem.

I'm afraid that if I collect all the salt in this place, it won't be enough to toss, let alone what to collect salt?

She was a little discouraged, the branch poked the talisman on the ground, and after a while, she lost her prototype, "Food, clothing, housing and transportation are restricted everywhere, and people are calling for wind and rain when they cross over, why can't I even eat a full meal?" Why didn't I join a big family? ”

She grumbled, suddenly, "Huh? You can't grow food in the fields of large families, right? Are they willing to eat stale rice? How can they eat when they are so rich? ”

Wei Ming was also stunned by her.

He remembered.

Later, Anqiu County encountered another famine, when he was admitted to Xiucai, went to the county to visit a classmate, and heard the classmate say that the rich families in the county across the street can eat rice for a year in the house of the servants who have a good face, and the main family can eat new rice, or the new rice sold by the grain merchants in the south of the Yangtze River!

Jiangnan new rice sold by grain merchants in Jiangnan......

Wei Ming couldn't help but speak, "There are grain merchants from other places who come to sell rice. ”

"Ahh Cui Zhi exclaimed, "If you sell salt to them, wouldn't everyone be happy?!" ”

Oh, yes......

Wei Mingben still had some concerns, but she shouted at her and shouted away.

If you can't succeed, you have finally found a way, let's talk about it!

looked down at Cui Zhi, who was dancing with flying eyebrows, who expected to be held in the face by Cui Zhi, "Muzi is really not stupid!" Knowing so much has helped me a lot! I haven't read the book in vain for two years, and I have the temperament of a scholar! When I earn money, you study hard and come back after taking the exam! ”

After saying that, he ran away happily.

Wei Ming felt that he had to reveal his identity at the right time, and he couldn't blindly cover it up.

Otherwise, with the big grin of the little girl, I thought he was a child, and I touched his face casually, which was too unusual......

*

Cui Zhi was excited all night.

How important the first pot of gold is, she knows it with her toes! This is the start-up capital, with money can regenerate money, she crosses once, and she has to run to the road of a winner in life!

So her goal is to make money!

Early the next morning, she looked at Xiao Yi once, and saw that Xiao Yi's condition was stable, but there was not much rhubarb, so she said directly: "There is no rhubarb at Granny Bai's house, Muzi and I will go to the county seat and buy some medicinal materials for Xiao Yi to come back." ”

"What are you going to do in the county seat? There is also a doctor in the village below Tashan, you can go to his house and ask, so as not to go so far to the county seat. ”

The county seat is a bit far away, and it takes an hour to walk there.

But Cui Zhi had a plan in his heart, and he had to go to this county in person.

She smiled: "I'm afraid that he doesn't have one at home, so I'll run for nothing." Besides, maybe the county pharmacy can have an antidote next to it, Muzi and I will go early in the morning and come back in the morning! ”

Tian still hesitated, "You and Muzi are still young, how can you go to such a far place?" Know the way? ”

There is no navigation in this era, and when you go out, you know the way by your ability, Cui Zhi forgot about this stubble, hurriedly looked at Wei Ming, and saw him smile faintly, "I know, auntie." ”

Cui Zhi was very happy, he didn't expect that Muzi, who was empty two days ago, was so reliable in the past two days, just like starting and restarting!

Well, this time it's going to be a big win!

She was so hungry that she was dizzy, she only cared about making money to eat, and before she could think deeply, Wei Ming's side had already packed all the water bladders for going out.