But when you walk along the Yangtze River from the coastal areas to the Hankou area, the price of salt soars to about 50 wen per catty! And with the increase of travel, the price of salt is gradually rising!

Take the Jiubian region as an example, the price of salt is about 120 wen per catty. Even private salt has to be sold for 80 yuan a catty! It doesn't seem like the price is very high, but don't forget that the economy was not as developed as it is now, and there were still a lot of bartering in the Ming and Qing dynasties!

The farmers were exploited by merchants when they converted their materials into copper coins, and the amount of copper coins minted was not enough to use, making the copper coins expensive, so the salt price was quite expensive! Therefore, due to the lack of salt, many remote areas have to add sour and spicy flavors when cooking, which has formed a unique cuisine in each region.

Therefore, once Liu Haojia's low-priced salt appears on the market, the people, even some middle-class families and even speculators will purchase and hoard a large number of them! At that time, the price of salt not only cannot be beaten, but will be used by others to raise the price!

After figuring out the reasoning, Liu Haojia could only compromise and said, "In this way, if we only care about Jiubian and Shanxi, will we have enough salt in reserve?"

Hearing Liu Haojia say this, Zhang Zhi nodded again and again as if he had been amnestied and said, "No problem, no problem! We now have enough salt in reserve, and we are still producing it, as long as we can transport and supply, there is no problem in bringing down the price of salt in these two places! However, the matter of transportation needs to be solved by Hou Ye!"

Liu Haojia said happily: "This is simple, let the Wu'an Army escort it!" Ben Hou has already asked for a holy decree, so let's say it's an armed drill!"

Zhang Zhi was also completely relieved when he heard this, and after laughing twice, he said, "Master Hou, do you think now you can let the caravan secretly escort a batch on the road first, and let the Wu'an Army follow closely behind?"

Liu Haojia nodded and said, "Good idea, let the caravan go first. In this way, other salt merchants can estimate a lot less when estimating the quantity! Even if they plan to eat it at a low price, they will have to suffer a big loss!"

After a quick discussion, the two went their separate ways to get busy. Zhang Zhi went to contact a familiar caravan to transport salt, and Liu Haojia released the news that he was going to hold a banquet in three days to celebrate winning a big order! That is, the army of the nine sides is going to purchase grain from Liansheng Grain Store, and at the same time, the salt farm can also sell salt to the outside!

After the news spread, the whole Tianjin was full of discussions, and everyone expressed their envy! Because the trading of grain and salt can be said to be one of the long-term and stable businesses, and it is very profitable! Therefore, there are those who envy and those who hate!

Of course, most people are envious, and only a few people are hated. This is naturally because these people are people who have already meddled in food and salt! However, they didn't do anything at this time, but were actively contacting each other, preparing to deal with Liu Haojia in the court!

In their opinion, if they do it with Liu Haojia at this time, they can't shake Liu Haojia's foundation, and only by defeating him in the court can they legally cut off Liu Haojia's room for interference, and they can also give latecomers a warning! So during this time, there were a lot of letters from Jingshi and various places! Because both sides were in full swing to complete their respective plans, the market calmed down for a while.

A month and a half later, in a village below Datong Town, Zhao Sun's family got up before dawn! She is almost fifty years old this year, not very old, but looking at her body movements, it is obvious that her body can't keep up with the command of her mind, and she looks a little deformed!

If there is someone who knows how to do it, he will understand that it is not that he can't command his own body, but that there is something wrong with his eyes, and he can only try to act.

However, when Zhao Sun was young, there was no problem with her eyes, and she was also a well-known embroiderer! Although she has no professional training and can't make large embroideries, he has a talent for making small embroideries such as handkerchiefs quite well!

But there were too many children in her family to afford a dowry, so she had to marry a poor man from a neighboring village. Although her husband treats her very well, the poor life is hard after all! Her eyes were burned out in the process of embroidering all day, and her husband died in a serious illness, which made the family even worse! But fortunately, her husband is dying

I also saw my son marry a wife and have children before, and I have no regrets!

However, their family has no land, and now their lives mainly rely on their sons and daughters-in-law to work for people, and Zhao Sun's family tries his best to make some embroidery to fill the family's use, and take on all the housework. And the daughter-in-law's family is also poor, and she can't borrow it! But he is a person who is really responsible, so the two families have always gotten along well!

Zhao Sun's family has no other thoughts at all now, that is, to focus everything on his son and three people! Even she often complains that she should have died a long time ago, and she shouldn't drag others down! And her daughter-in-law always comforts her, saying that life is like this, and she can get by if she survives, and maybe one day there will be a turnaround! The same sensible grandson also gave her the courage to live!

Today, Zhao Sun's got up so early because she was going to Datong City to buy salt! Because he had not eaten salt for a long time, he found that his son and daughter-in-law had stumbled a little, so he had to let them eat some salty meals no matter what today!

The reason why she had to go to the city to buy salt, instead of waiting for the smuggling salt sellers to come, was because she had no money in her hands when the smugglers showed up last time, and she missed the opportunity in vain. So even if the official salt is a little more expensive, I have to buy some for the sake of the body of my son and daughter-in-law!

Zhao Sun groped her way to the kitchen and started to make a fire, and as soon as she lit the fire, her daughter-in-law also walked in, and the two of them made breakfast together. During the whole process, the two didn't even say a word, but they cooperated very tacitly.

Soon the breakfast was ready, and it couldn't have been easier! Thin porridge, chopped wild vegetables, the only thing that can make people feel like they are eating is probably three thin cakes! Seeing these three cakes, Zhao Sun hesitated for a moment and took out the fourth cake from the cabinet.

Seeing this, the daughter-in-law opened her mouth to speak but didn't make a sound, although Zhao Sunshi couldn't see the expression on her face clearly, but she also guessed what she wanted to say, so she whispered, "I've calculated, our family's food can still be eaten for a long time!" Thanks to Lord Qi! As soon as he came, the price of food came down, so you should eat a whole cake today, and it is very tiring to work outside!"