Listening to the shopkeeper say this, the faces of several guys who had just become ruddy turned pale again, and they were dumbfounded and speechless! Because the answer to this question is obvious, tomorrow there will be a large number of villagers who will flock to the city to buy salt, and this is a sure thing!

At this time, the shopkeeper sneered and said, "You were all fucking dissatisfied with Lao Tzu when he was named as the shopkeeper, who is still dissatisfied now?"

Then the shopkeeper saw that everyone had no intention of refutating, so he pointed his finger at the people and commanded, "You, go to the door panel in a while, and only allow a third of the door panel to be lowered tomorrow!" You, you, and you. The three of you took the money to the Liansheng Bank to make a deposit, and by the way, borrowed a few guards from them and came back! You two go to the warehouse and count the salt packets! When everyone comes back, transport the salt from the warehouse directly to the front and put it in the front lobby!"

Hearing the shopkeeper's arrangement, the guys mourned, but they still carried out the shopkeeper's order to the letter!

And the next day, just as the shopkeeper guessed, early in the morning, when a few people didn't wake up, someone outside was already smashing the door panel, shouting loudly to buy salt! Fortunately, yesterday's shopkeeper's arrangement was appropriate, not only invited helpers from Liansheng Bank, but also contacted Qi Jiguang through Liansheng Bank, so that he sent many soldiers to maintain the order of the entire street!

And there are a lot of people who want to buy salt in large quantities today! Either they want to take the opportunity to hoard it. Or you want to make a time difference, buy some cheap salt and ship it to a distant place to make a difference! Either it has ulterior motives, like completely emptying the inventory of the salt store!

Fortunately, Liu Haojia has arrangements for such things, and the shopkeeper only retails here, not wholesale. There are also soldiers to maintain order, and those who take the opportunity to make trouble do not get a chance!

This went on for five or six days, until when most of the inventory in the warehouse was sold, and the flow of people finally became scarce! And now the shopkeeper can rest assured that people in Datong and its surrounding villages and towns will not buy salt for almost half a year!

Just as the shopkeeper and the guys were clapping their hands and rejoicing that they were finally free, several craftsmen appeared outside the gate tremblingly! The leader asked, "Shopkeeper, do we want to continue the renovation of this store?"

The shopkeeper slapped his head on the door when he heard this, and involuntarily scolded loudly: "Damn, I'm so busy, and the plaque hasn't been put on yet!"

The things in Datong City are not unique, and then they were staged one after another in several main cities in Jiubian and several big cities in Shanxi, directly smashing the salt price in Jiubian and Shanxi from more than 100 Wen to 60 Wen, which can be said to be directly cut in half!

The people were naturally overjoyed, and even the ordinary gentry toasted to celebrate! But those involved in the salt and grain trade were furious! Because the grain prices here in Shanxi and Jiubian have fallen by nearly 30%, as for the salt price directly cut in half, this is no longer a question of whose cheese is moved!

And looking at the appearance of Liansheng, we still have to continue to press down this price! Because they can see very clearly, Liansheng is constantly acquiring abandoned land and wasteland, and connecting them into pieces through purchase and land replacement, and also recruiting a large number of displaced people to open up the wasteland!

Therefore, it is foreseeable that grain prices in Shanxi and Jiubian will fall again. Not to mention the price of salt! A large number of convoys of soldiers have rushed to various cities in Shanxi and Jiubian, and it seems that the number of reserves is extremely large, and next year is ready to do a big job!

And the number of stores they have opened this year is obviously insufficient, and after contacting more distributors and opening more stores next year, Shanxi and Jiubian will basically be completely covered! Maybe you don't have to wait until next year, and by the second half of this year, the price of salt will reach less than 60 yuan!

Knowing the situation in Shanxi and Jiubian, Liu Haojia couldn't stop laughing at home! He is so happy not only because his plan has succeeded and given the people of the Nine Sides a new chance, but also because he has really made a windfall!.

First of all, although there is no real money in the grain trade, it is all converted into salt and sold. There will naturally be an income from this. The most important thing is that he bought a large amount of land in Shanxi and the Jiubian area, and recruited a large number of tenants as tenants. These lands are an inexhaustible cornucopia that grows food in a steady stream!

And in this world, food is money!

As for the salt business, it is even more profitable! Because after this period of production, Zhang Zhi has made detailed statistics, and now the cost of his salt production is 17 yuan per 30 catties! And his retail price to the outside world is 60 wen per catty, which shows the huge profits!

And Zhang Zhi clearly told him that now that it is about to enter the summer, the output of salt will rise rapidly with the increase of temperature, and the cost will be further reduced, and it is very likely to reach the level of 30 catties of salt and 4 yuan! That's the benefit of mass production!

Such a huge profit allows him to quickly recover the cost of construction, even if you count the money to pay the salt tax, it is only a year and a half = three months to recover the cost! So Liu Haojia did not hesitate to call Zhang Zhi and asked him to immediately recruit displaced people everywhere and immediately start the construction of the next salt factory!

And Liu Haojia clearly told him that half of the soldiers of the Wu'an Army would be allocated for his use, and all the planned salt farms must be built this year, and the fourth phase of the salt farms must be planned! Liu Haojia told Zhang Zhi that within three years, the price of salt north of the Yangtze River must reach less than 50 Wen!

At this time, Zhang Zhi was not cautious when he first came out of the palace! After more than a year of training, he has integrated what he has learned and is already a skilled master! According to his own estimates, even if he goes back to master the first prison now, it will be okay!

But at this time, even if he is allowed to go back to the palace to control the first prison, he will not go back! In the palace, how can there be such a vast sky outside! And he can often learn new things with Hou Ye, which makes him even more reluctant to go back!

After a few busy days in Tianjin, Liu Haojia returned to Beijing with drawings and plans, and he had something to report to Emperor Wanli. And on the day he arrived in Jingshi, Jingshi's discussion of him and salt reached its climax.

In fact, a few days ago, there was already a mess in Jingshi City about the affairs of Shanxi and Jiubian! Especially among the scholars, it caused a great sensation! And this time, there are actually many people on Liu Haojia's side, if he knows, I'm afraid he will be more interested in listening to what these people say?