It's Langya Port again......

Jing stood here again, and he looked at the twenty large ships lying in the harbor with a little emotion.

"Jing, hurry up and board the ship!"

The soldiers were busy carrying goods to the ship, including grain, grass, vegetables, and beans.

Beans are used to sprout beans, in fact, the ship is generally not too short of food, more scarce is water and vegetables, food is good to store, meat is not lacking, the crew on board the ship is very good in water, fishing is not too difficult, only vegetables can not deal with.

Making beans and sprouts was explained by Zhao Si in advance.

Jing glanced at the ground beneath his feet again, and then climbed the rope ladder to the boat.

This time the sea is not too sensational, there is no way, only seventeen ships came back, a large number of ships can not be built in a short period of time, the extra three are still dismantled and made up, smaller, estimated that the quality is also a little worse.

There are no longer a few people who board the ship and go to sea, there are crew members, there are also a large number of Yin and Yang family disciples, as well as craftsmen and accompanying soldiers.

Because there are many people and few boats, it is impossible to finish at one time.

According to Jing's plan, it should be divided into two batches.

First bring a group of people to deal with Xu Fu who was stranded in Fusang, and then the disciples of the Yin and Yang family and the crew will start exploring the open sea after receiving supplies in Fusang on the spot.

The remaining ships began to travel between Fuso and Daqin to carry out offshore development work.

There are only six ships booked to explore the open sea, and they will travel around the world according to the planned shipping lanes, and wherever there is a tribal gathering or a civilization that can communicate, they will negotiate with each other, drop five or six crew members, and then mark them on the chart.

As for the ships, they will continue to sail after they have only temporarily anchored for supplies.

In the end, the six sea ships will return to Daqin within three to five years, and then continue to follow the navigation route to start the second round of exploration around the world.

And Jing's mission is very critical, he can't stay on land, what he has to do is to lead the fleet to return safely, if he can't return safely, it means that a large number of stranded crew members will lose contact with Daqin.

He was burdened with more than just his own life and glory.

"Until today, I don't know what my brother is carrying!" Jing Yi wore a brocade robe, stood on the deck, and looked at the magnificent sea.

After drifting on the sea for an unknown amount of time, he returned to the land where he was born and raised, and now he is about to embark on another journey with the will of God and the lives of countless people.

"Jing!"

A crew member trotted over and reported to Jing on the boarding of the ship.

After making sure that the number of people was correct, Jing stood on the deck and gave orders.

The drums beat in response, the sails were raised, and the Black Water Dragon Flag was whirling with the cool sea breeze.

"Set sail!"

Jing looked at the endless sea and let out a cry.

Last time, he followed Zhao Si and crossed the ocean, but this time, he was going to set off alone.

Twenty ships shook slightly, heading out to sea.

"Xu Fu......" A smile crossed Jing's face.

"Great Qin! Come to Xingshi to ask for sin! ”

"Brother!"

Jing took one last look at the land, and as the Great Qin soldiers guarding the harbor on the shore gradually turned into black dots as the distance became farther and farther away, the coast continued to elongate and lengthen, and finally became a line, and finally disappeared into the curtain where the sea and the sky met.

"I'll definitely be back!" Jing clenched his fists to make himself less nervous.

He's ...... Obviously just a little boy.

But he was fortunate enough to worship under the sect of Sufeng, become a closed disciple of Sufeng, and even be able to become the deputy general of this ocean, and he was in power.

Although he is a lieutenant general, he is in charge of sailing at sea, and everyone at sea has to obey his orders.

Jing was nervous, he had never been burdened with such a big responsibility, and he didn't even know how he should respond.

The poor man suddenly became rich and suddenly gained power, Jing Cai found that he was really bad, he didn't know how to command all this, and Zhao Si, as early as many years ago, led the people to seize the ship and go to sea, and led the crew to return to Qin across the sea.

"Then at this time, you might as well think about what the brother will do!"

Jing took a deep breath.

……

And the other side

Coastal ......

Daqin is now frantically expanding the salt drying place and increasing the salt production capacity.

After all, if you can't eat salt, if you can't afford to eat salt, how can there be salt that you can't eat?

What's more, salt has always been one of the main economic sources of Daqin, and it is profitable, so how can it not increase production?

You can doubt all kinds of things in Daqin, but don't doubt Daqin's execution, this is to repair the world with the Chi Road, connect the Great Wall together, and even build a Chi Road from Xianyang to Shangjun in order to attack the Xiongnu.

Since the salt drying method was judged to be feasible, this matter has fallen into the hands of the general Shaofu.

The department of the Shaofu was originally the money bag and production center of the empire, and when it was profitable, it was crazy to pay for the work, and now the salt works opened up in the coastal areas can no longer be counted by the mu, and they have to be fucking by the meter.

An endless supply of salt began to be produced gradually.

However, it is a pity that because of the dispute in the court, the First Emperor decided to reduce the price of salt, and the profit fell a lot.

Originally, the official price of a liter of salt fluctuated around 200 yuan, which varies slightly from place to place, and fluctuated around 100 depending on the cost of transportation.

For example, in coastal areas, the price of salt is generally around 130 yuan.

Of course, this is official salt.

The price of illegal salt will be lower, and the price of illegal salt in coastal areas is about 100 yuan.

As for this money, of course, it is Qin Banliang.

The purchasing power of Qin Banliang is not comparable to copper coins in later generations, which is mainly due to the fact that this era is the Bronze Age, and a large number of weapons and armor and various places that need to use metal need copper, so there is very little copper that can be taken out to make money, because the currency is seriously insufficient, so the purchasing power of copper coins is not comparable to later generations.

It seems that it seems to be very cheap to buy a liter of salt for a hundred and a half taels of Qin, but in this era, a stone chestnut is only more than fifty yuan, and only 3 copper coins are enough for 1 bucket of millet.

When Liu Bang was in desperation, he relied on friends to help him live, and most of his friends gave him only three Qin and a half taels, but Xiao He gave five Qin and a half taels, which Liu Bang remembered for a lifetime.

It is conceivable that to what extent currency is scarce in this era, copper is not much cheaper than silver in this era, and a bronze Qin sword weighing a few catties can be bought with several stones of fine grain according to the price of copper.

At present, after the salt drying operation, the manufacturing cost of salt has been greatly reduced, and the output has been greatly increased, and after fierce discussions, it has been determined that the price reduction will be about 50%.

Originally, the official average price was 200 yuan, but now the official average price is 100 yuan.

There is no way, the transportation cost and labor cost are real, and it can't be reduced too much, and the Shaofu side is ready to hit the pillar to play with his life, and Meng Yi doesn't dare to say any more.

Of course, 100 yuan is just the average price, like the shipping price in the coastal areas of Qidi will be lower, about 60 yuan a bucket, that is, the price of buying a stone chestnut.

The average price of salt has been reduced by more than half, which is even lower than the price of private salt, which is not taxed.

The most important thing is that the quality is also better!

Now...... After the salt-drying technique, a large number of cheap and good quality salt was continuously produced, the quality was better than before, the price was cheaper than that of private salt, the first batch of salt has begun to be put into the market in the coastal areas, and a large amount of sea salt is galloping into the center.

In general, the people tend to be slow to react.

Therefore, it was the great nobles who first learned of the large-scale decline in the price of salt.

There is no way, the government has no propaganda at all, and the people in the coastal areas are used to buying illicit salt.

"Father! Big things are not good! ”

A young man stormed into the house.

Inside, a middle-aged man with a slightly graying beard was splashing ink on the silk in front of the desk.

His son's reckless behavior disrupted Cui Min's state of mind, so much so that his brush shook slightly, and a painting was completely wasted.

Cui Min frowned and looked at his unlucky son Cui Jing.

"You are not young, you should know how to nourish qi, how many times have I told you, don't panic in case of trouble, don't panic, you have to condense your qi! Do you know ......?"

"Daddy! No, it's really bad this time! Cui Jing smiled bitterly and raised his head.

"The price of salt has dropped!"

Cui Min frowned: "Has the official salt been lowered or the private salt has been lowered?" ”

"It's official salt, and now in the nearby area, a bucket of official salt only sells for sixty-three yuan!"

Although Cui Jing's voice softened, every word was so solid and powerful.

The brush in Cui Min's hand fell on the desk, and his fingers trembled slightly.

"Sixty dollars a bucket? Zhao Zheng is crazy? ”

His Cui family is a real nobleman in Qi State, and he has royal blood, Cui, Tian, Lu, Gao, Guo, Qing, his Cui family is also the number one.

The Cui family lives in the Langya area, and has mastered the salt sales business for a long time, and so far, I don't know how much wealth they have accumulated.

Later, Qin annihilated the Six Kingdoms, implemented the policy of mountains and seas, and carried out salt industry control, and the Cui family's salt fields were forcibly purchased and taken away.

However, after all, the Cui family has a big business, with countless generations of accumulated wealth, and skilled and production workers, so they quickly secretly got out of the private salt factory, colluded with the local nobles, and bribed local officials to continue to sell salt.

The Qin State is a tax price, that is, the price of the tax is directly put into the price of salt, so the price of salt will be much higher, and the private salt produced by his Cui family does not need to pay taxes, plus it is a noble family for hundreds of years, and the salt-making technology for hundreds of years is widely famous in the local area.

Therefore, after the Qin State took away a large number of salt farms from the Cui family, in fact, the Cui family's income did not decline much.

Private salt, never worry about selling, who doesn't want to eat cheap salt?

But what if...... Has official salt become cheap salt?

"Sixty bucks? Can you eat this salt? What is the condition of this batch of official salt? Do you have any inquiries? Cui Min looked at his son Cui Jing.

"Dad, I brought it back......" With that, Cui Jing took out a burden from his arms.

"Better than ours......" Cui Jing said cautiously.

Cui Min grinded the slightly rough salt grains in his hand, and the expression on his face kept changing.

After a long time, looking up at the sky, in an instant, it seems to have aged a lot.

"Zhao Zheng, this maid girl, this is to destroy the root of our Cui family!"

(Omitted)

(End of chapter)