In previous lives, ancient Egypt, ancient India, ancient Babylon, ancient Greece, including ancient China, and other ancient civilizations all originated from rivers and seas, that is, either rivers or seas, and they were the kind of big ones.

The reason for this is not so much that life depends on water, but that life depends on salt.

Only where salt can be delivered is where the lifeline can extend.

The famous work "Zuo Chuan" in the Spring and Autumn Period of China has a cloud: "The major affairs of the country are in worship and Rong." ”

"Sacrifice" is a sacrifice, or a prayer, which is generally a prayer for a good harvest of grain, and "Rong" is war. -- But what was there to argue about in those days? One of the few answers stood out, and that was salt.

At that time, it can be said that seven or eight out of ten, or even eight or nine times out of ten, of the war factor was because of salt.

Just as the nuclear bomb was called the artifact of the town in later generations, before that, salt has been the foundation of the country for thousands of years. Any country, or force, can only be regarded as having the capital to survive and develop when it has mastered the salt vein.

For a long time, the so-called treasury was almost basically a grain tax plus a salt tax, and the importance of salt can be seen from this.

The so-called "firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar tea", remove rice and salt, and several other things add up to 10,000 times, which is not as good as the proportion of the former.

Because it's necessary, it's important.

Even in later generations, if the state relaxes regulations, the value of a few yuan a pound of salt will instantly appreciate tenfold or even dozens of times or even higher. It's all about the ordinary. ――The reason is very simple, I'm afraid you won't eat it?

If you have the ability, you can try it!

As the only foundation of the state, salt has become less prominent. It depends on the fulfillment of several conditions:

The first is the emergence of large-scale salt production, that is, the production of salt in batches and in large quantities has become possible.

Even if it is a necessary thing, when it is overflowing, the value will decrease, just like sunlight, water, and air, everyone knows that they are important. But most of the time, they're worthless. Oh, with the times. The water in the city has already begun to collect money......

Ancient Rome also had running water, but they didn't take money, which shows how stupid the ancients were. It's hopelessly stupid. No wonder it was destroyed later, Ya, so that you don't take money!

The second is the development of traffic and transportation, which is needless to say.

In previous lives, even though online shopping such as Taobao had become very popular, in many remote places, things could not be purchased online, because the logistics costs often far exceeded the price of the item itself.

Three. It also depends on the generosity of the state.

If the country is not generous, even if the first two conditions are met. Salt prices can remain high.

In the previous life, in the era of Fang Tianlai, if one day, the profits of real estate have been excavated, and the salt industry is pushed back onto the profit train, it is not impossible.

......

One after another, countless related knowledge rolled in Fang Tian's consciousness, from salt to others, from others to others......

In the sea of knowledge, without Fang Tian observing or knowing, the "sun" that represents the greatest food and drink, like an onion or a flower, blooms layer by layer, and by its traction, there are dozens of other "suns" near and far away, which are also undergoing deformations of different sizes.

The whole sea of knowledge, at this time, is like the sky of the sunset in the real world.

The kind that hangs on the fiery clouds.

Between the dozens of "suns", there is a mysterious interaction and flow.

And what comes out of the table is the clouds steaming and the clouds.

It's also stunning.

If Fang Tian's mind was immersed in the sea of knowledge at this time, facing this situation, he turned into a wet man and let out a sigh of "Sun, you are so beautiful", but there was no if, Fang Tian at this time had already focused his attention on a few samples in front of him.

Several large piles of salt and several large jars of salt water encompass the five major salt lakes.

At the same time, the information of the five salt lakes also flashed in Fang Tian's consciousness.

The northernmost point, Black Wind City, the southernmost point, Xiaoye City, and Yanhuang New City have a total of three small cities (big towns), and two of them produce salt, while Sanhe City, another small city, although it is not directly salt-producing, is surrounded by three salt-producing towns in the middle.

In other words, it can basically be said that the three cities and twenty-eight towns in the jurisdiction of the new city, these three cities, almost all started on salt.

Especially in Black Wind City, just listening to the name knows that it is not a good road. And in fact, it is true, the city of Black Wind, which hangs alone in the wasteland at the northern end, is full of wilderness and rivers as far as the eye can see, and on its east side, the strong winds that blow from the mouth of the Calado Mountains continue to blow for many years.

If there was suddenly no more salt production here, Fang Tian had no doubt that in just a few days, this small city called Black Wind and a few nearby towns that were used as stacks would be empty, and then washed away by the "Black Wind" and turned into a wilderness again.

In this era, this kind of place is indeed deserted enough, and it is no wonder that no one wants it, and in the end it was cheaper than Yanhuang City.

Of course, this is not the main reason, the main reason is that this is a world of cultivators, not to mention the upper strata of society, even if it is the middle stratum, the vast majority of them are not in terms of secular interests.

Even more than the middle level, but also further to the low level, well, just like last year's Morith, gold and silver coins or something, probably will not be put in his eyes, the biggest possibility, or as long as there is food.

And this is still a semi-"degenerate" magician who has not much pursuit in magic practice.

It can't be said that there are no other strange and exceptional existences, but the main atmosphere or customs of society are like this, and it is impossible to do a lot of extravaganza if it is "non-mainstream". -- They don't have the ability or the guts.

In general, it is the difference between the direction pursued by the upper middle layer and the lower bottom, and although there is almost no room for the lower bottom layer to rise, it is almost completely in a state of freedom and unrestrained.

Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

In the opinion of Fang Tian, who has comprehended and continues to comprehend the way of yin and yang, of course, there are good and bad, let's not talk about specifics.

But when he comes here, the situation is different, several major salt lakes, all the ownership should be recovered, hehe. If left unchecked, the cheap ones are just some local snakes, and no matter how much the salt industry benefits, it has little to do with real ordinary people.

Instead of cheapening those local snakes, that is, "a handful", it is better to really put these benefits into the hands of the locals, just like the current mountain goods business in Hongshi Town, the benefits are evenly distributed, and everyone has a share.

Of course, the big and small portions still depend on their own abilities.

Everyone has a share, in order to provide for the old and rely on the young. The greater the ability and the greater the contribution, the more you will get. The combination of these two is the most ideal way of distribution of benefits that Fang Tian can think of at present.

Well, in other words, this is also "yin and yang".

Based on the nature of this society, that is, the direction pursued by the upper and lower classes, it is possible to maintain this kind of distribution of benefits for a long time.

Fang Tian was also confident that it would be extended to the entire Yanhuang City.

Of course, it's hard to say whether you can get out of Yanhuang City or not. But in the beginning, why bother pursuing so much? He was only the city lord of Yanhuang City, not the lord of the empire, nor the lord of the continent, nor the head of the earth, nor the head of the solar system.

Just be yourself.

The same is true for doing things, and the same is true for practice. Or rather, the two are the same thing. (To be continued......)