Chang Lin said as he asked the little eunuch next to him to show Li Shimin all the samples he bought.

Opened these different types of salt and put them on the table, Li Shimin took a closer look and found different places, for example, the cheapest 1.5 wen a pound of salt, although the whole is very white, it is almost the same as the refined salt he has seen before, the only difference is that the particles are a little rough, and a lot of salt has condensed into a thumb-sized lump.

Li Shimin picked it up and wanted to taste it, but Chang Lin hurriedly stopped him and said, "Your Majesty, Your Highness said that there are impurities that are harmful to the human body. ”

"Well, he said that we didn't eat as cheap as his before. That's also something that can't be helped, didn't he say that mercury thing? It's not right to talk about toxicity regardless of dose, so it doesn't matter. Li Shimin waved his hand.

After putting it in his mouth, Li Shimin immediately noticed the difference, this coarse salt does not have a bitter taste, but the taste is very bad, but it is better than the refined salt on the market before.

The salt particles of 50 Wen next to them are also finer, there are no large coarse pieces, and the 200 Wen and 300 Wen are also more delicate, Li Shimin tasted them separately, after tasting them, although the salt is salty, Li Shimin still feels that 500 Wen a pound of salt is the best taste.

Sure enough, this kid did something with a conscience and provided his father with the best, and Li Shimin was somewhat happy. However, Li Shimin didn't believe the cost price of 500 Wen that Li Ke said, and his cost price was at most 150 Wen, or even only 100 Wen a catty.

Five times the profit, but Li Shimin is not angry, because he knows where the money earned is used, so Li Shimin is very happy on the contrary, he thought about it, and then said: "Chang Lin, the edict, Li Ke, the king of Qin, thinks for the people, develops impurity-free salt, and because he manages Xizhou, he lacks talents, and he can select some personnel from the scholars who failed in the national imperial examination or did not participate in the imperial examination, and the imperial court will issue a fortune." ”

Chang Lin: "......"

Isn't this what was rewarded to His Royal Highness King Qin for His Royal Highness King Qin's management of the "Tang Weekly" before? Although there is no official edict to form a holy decree, it is also agreed...... Your Majesty, didn't you reward His Royal Highness the King of Qin with His Royal Highness's things?

"Yes!" Of course, Chang Lin didn't dare to refute, he just agreed honestly.

"Then the edict, in addition, the Qin King Li Ke, quite filial piety, for the father for the mother of the special development of fifteen filtration procedures of salt, is really an example of filial piety, this salt is given as a royal tribute, considering that Li Ke research and development is not easy, this tribute is allowed to be sold to the outside world. This edict was published in the "Datang Weekly" and released to the outside world. Li Shimin added.

"Yes!" Chang Lin nodded silently and agreed, he could be regarded as having opened his eyes with Li Shimin, aren't these routines those routines of His Royal Highness King Qin? Your Majesty doesn't know when you learned it!

At present, Datang Weekly has begun to be published in Chang'an, the western capital, Luoyang, the eastern capital, Taiyuan, the northern capital, Yizhoufu, the southern capital, and Yangzhou, Huainan Province. However, in other cities, the same content is delayed by seven to fourteen days.

But this is already extremely efficient in Datang, and it can be said that the news of Chang'an City is spreading rapidly at an unprecedented speed!

The only downside is that this is too expensive, and the other cities each issue about 20,000 copies, while Chang'an City stabilizes at about 70,000 copies.

The loss of these highnesses alone is not a small number.

However, Chang Lin naturally didn't know that he had lost ...... money It's nothing at all, it's not a dime, because as soon as Li Shimin's two edicts were published, the effect brought about by Yuelai Commercial Bank made the profits from the salt sold by Yuelai Commercial Bank ...... It is estimated that at present, the ten larger administrative offices of Datang issue "Datang Weekly" are all drizzling.

Yuelai Commercial Bank's sale of salt also happened to be pinched at a certain point in time, just before the release of "Datang Weekly".

Tomorrow is the release time of Datang Weekly, and the next day, "Datang Weekly" will be released as usual, and the headlines are the two edicts issued by Li Shimin! The second article is a detailed introduction.

"On the Importance of Salt in the Tang Dynasty"

"Since ancient times, salt is a necessity for people's lives, salt is also one of the necessary nutrients for the human body, if you do not eat salt for a long time, it will lead to weakness of the human limbs, and it is easy to lead to edema of the whole body, because salt plays an important role in the regulation of yin and yang in the human body such as water and blood."

"In addition to this, it can also lead to decreased digestion, decreased appetite, stomach acid reflux, and heartburn-like fever. In severe cases, muscle spasms, rapid heartbeat, and even fainting may occur. ”

As soon as these side effects are mentioned, in fact, some people who can't afford to eat salt can probably understand it, because even the most ordinary people know that they can't work if they eat less salt. This is what the people have summed up from their daily lives.

"But the salt in the salt pond is often accompanied by a variety of impurities that cannot be removed, and these impurities have been difficult to remove since ancient times, although a small amount of these impurities do not affect human health, but perennial consumption of some frail patients still affects the life expectancy."

"Pure salt has no other taste, only saltiness, and even a hint of fragrance, which is found in the purest salts, while other salts with a bitter and astringent taste are caused by impurities in them."

"His Royal Highness King Qin was ordered by His Majesty, for the sake of the people of the world, specially developed a new method of salt making, greatly reduced the most harmful substances to the human body, removed bitter impurities, and adhered to the method of thinking about the health of the people of the Tang Dynasty, so that the people can eat salt, His Royal Highness deliberately sold at a loss, and each catty of salt is the same as the current market price, only 1.5 Wen."

"In addition, His Highness has also developed more advanced filtration programs, which can filter more impurities, and these salts can only be sold at a higher price because of the high cost of filtration procedures, and earn some profits to make up for the shortfall spent on developing filtration experimental methods."

However, His Highness said that it is expected that in the next 3 to 5 years, the filtered salt will be reduced to the current market price to be sold! At present, the salt has been sold in a shopping mall, Yuelai Commercial Bank and other places, please buy it as appropriate. ”

As soon as this article came out, the news about salt could be said to have spread throughout Chang'an City in an instant! All of a sudden, even ordinary people know something about table salt.

This is the first time that "Datang Weekly" has actually brought goods, and then all of a sudden, there is a long queue at the door of all the shopping malls and Yuelai Commercial Houses in Chang'an City. Everyone in Chang'an City was dumbfounded.

And at this time, some shrewd businessmen suddenly saw some business opportunities, such as Bai Ling, who formed the first chamber of commerce in Datang, was drinking tea with a few businessmen and reading the newspaper at the moment, and after reading it, he suddenly asked: "You say, if we spend money to ask His Royal Highness to publish the sales news of our firm in this "Datang Weekly", do you say it will work?" ”

All of a sudden, several merchants drinking tea were stunned for a moment, and then their eyes became brighter and brighter!