Chapter 16: The Battle of Salt (1)
Within a few days, a batch of snow-white refined salt suddenly appeared in Jiangsu Province, and these snow-white refined salts suddenly made many people see that they were flowing out of Harazi. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThese snow-white refined salts, not only do they not have a grain of sand, but even those shops openly give the people free taste, the taste of these salts is very pure, there is no bitter taste.
The boiled salt in other seawater not only has a lot of sand, but also has a lot of bitter taste. As for the carefully selected fine salt, it is all for the heroes of the rivers and lakes or those who have a few rich people, and the ordinary low-level people in the rivers and lakes can't afford to eat it. But now, there are so many refined table salts on the market, which makes everyone crazy.
"How much does this salt cost a catty?" "Yes! How much does this salt cost a catty, I'm afraid it costs at least five taels of silver?" "Five taels of silver, that's still priceless, I'm afraid it's not enough to buy at all!" "Yes! Don't talk about five taels, I'm afraid those knights will snatch it even if they rob it!" ......
Many people looked at these snow-white table salts, and their mouths drooled. But the big man next to those shops clearly told them that this salt was not so easy to grab.
"It's on sale now, exquisite snow salt, thirty yuan a catty!" "Exquisite snow salt, thirty yuan a catty!" ......
When the store announced the price, the ordinary people were stunned. Instead of being stunned by the high price, you are being stunned by the extremely low price. You must know that the price of salt on the market is often hundreds of dollars a catty, and even these salts are not very good, there is still some sand and various bitter tastes.
These snow-white table salts without any impurities should be very expensive in the eyes of most people, and a few taels of silver a pound is not an exaggeration. But now it's only twenty dollars a pound, which is too ...... It's so cheap. This is simply a "gift price", and there is no difference from giving it away for free!
"Exquisite snow salt, unlimited purchases, but you have to queue! You can only buy one pound at a time, but there is no limit to the number of queues!"
Hearing this good news, many places in Jiangsu were completely sensational, and many people stopped working and came to buy salt. These salt builders will be given away for the same price as free, and everyone has stopped working to buy it. Everyone thinks that after this village, there will be no such shop, and they all think that this snow salt cannot be sold for a long time. Even ordinary people know that this kind of salt must have undergone a lot of processing, and the cost is not just one or two silver.
This time, people's brains were in water, and it was only thirty wen a catty, so everyone stopped and hurried to buy it. I can't wait to use all the wealth I can use to buy this high-quality salt.
All of a sudden, many places in Jiangsu set off a wave of rush to buy salt, and Jiangsu's economy was almost paralyzed.
"Qiuhua Qianhu, Mr. Jiang Bo, come from outside to report, the salt in the whole Jiangsu has also been robbed!" Zhang Chuchun said.
Zhang Chuxia also followed suit and said: "That's right, the people of the entire Jiangsu have stopped what they are doing and come over to buy salt together." This time, we also bought our fine snow salt, and those gangs were responsible for buying the salt and selling it. The last share of the salt money has flowed into us, and a large amount of private wealth has now been channeled into us through various salt stores. ”
Qiu Hua looked at Jiang Bo, and was even more admired, and secretly thought: "This is my man, this is my man! Although he doesn't know martial arts, he is really powerful!"
The current Qiuhua, and even anyone around Jiang Bo, will not look down on him because Jiang Bo doesn't know martial arts. Jiang Bo has already proved his worth with his mind and talent. Can other martial artists do it? Can't do it, everyone knows that even if they change to any so-called high-level martial artist, they won't be able to achieve Jiang Bo's achievements.
Even if Qiu Hua was originally a third-class guard-level martial artist, if she was Jiang Bo's woman, many people would think that Jiang Bo was not worthy. But now Qiu Hua doesn't think that Jiang Bo is unworthy of him at all, on the contrary, Qiu Hua feels that he is a little unworthy of him. With his own mind, he leverages the general trend of the world. This is something that no martial artist can do in the past, and he has completed a performance that the imperial court has not been able to do for hundreds of years in the past, so Qiu Hua also admires it very much, and even admires this man who does not have the slightest martial arts, and is even willing to be his woman and obey his orders!
Jiang Bo took a sip of Jiangnan Longjing tea, and then said, "Very good, if we use force alone, it will be difficult to fight the deep-rooted Sea Shark Gang." If you want to regain this salt monopoly power, you must use special means. This means is my technical means. ”
"The other Sea Shark Gangs, and even the major smuggling gangs involved in the trafficking, all rely on controlling the salt-boiling craftsmen and then boiling seawater into salt. This not only consumes a lot of manpower and material resources, but also consumes a lot of firewood, charcoal, and even time. Is this kind of salt not expensive? Even there are many chemical elements in seawater, and eating this kind of salt is very bitter. ”
"I dug salt pools directly along the beach, and when the tide was high, the sea water entered the salt pools. We then add salt ponds so that when the sunlight gradually evaporates the seawater, we can also get the salt. ”
"The salt is filtered through activated carbon again, so that after a second treatment, these refined salts are extremely white and even have no bitter taste. ”
Qiu Hua immediately praised and said: "You are really amazing, why didn't you think that you could do this in the past." Directly using sunlight to dry salt, coupled with this use of toner to filter, we actually spend only a few pennies per catty of refined salt, but we sell it to merchants for 20 wen a catty, which is really a big profit!"
"Jiang Bo, you're amazing!"
Qiuhua is not stingy in praising her man, because her man is powerful, doesn't it prove that she has vision and didn't make a mistake? What's more, now she really thinks that Jiang Bo is very powerful, although this power is not force, but it makes Qiuhua happy and convinced.
"Sea Shark Gang, I'm afraid I can't sit still! I'm afraid, they can't sell the salt they have now! Hahahaha......" Jiang Bo laughed.
Qiuhua and Zhang Chuchun and Zhang Chuxia also smiled, this time it was an amazing victory. If it is used well this time, it can cut off the economic lifeline of the Sea Shark Gang. A little economic lifeline is cut off, and for a gang, that's deadly!
Sure enough, here in the Sea Shark Gang, the entire Sea Shark Gang is panicked.
"Gang leader, deputy gang leader, we can't sell a single piece of salt, we can't sell it!"
Black Shark, the leader of the Sea Shark Gang, and White Shark, the deputy leader of the gang, have received a lot of bad news in the past few days. In the whole Jiangsu Province, I don't know why, a batch of exquisite snow salt suddenly poured out, such snow salt instantly took away a lot of their market, their sand with bitter salt, not only cost a few hundred yuan a catty, how can it be sold. Not only is the salt of the highest grade higher than that of the highest-grade refined salt in the past, but the price is only one-tenth of that of the lowest-grade salt, so it is not surprising that the market was taken away in an instant.
"Helper, this is also the salt sold outside!"
Black Shark, the leader of the Sea Shark Gang, is a bearded man with a beard and obviously dark skin. As for the deputy gang leader White Shark, his skin is whiter, but he is also wheat-colored, after all, they are from water kung fu, and they will definitely be sunburned.
However, although the leader of the Sea Shark Gang seems to be a bearded man, if he really thinks of him as a reckless man, it is a big mistake. Anyone who has dealt with this Black Shark, the leader of the Sea Shark Gang, knows that this Black Shark is a wise and foolish person, and he also knows how to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger. But later, everyone found out that this guy is muscular, but his mind is more developed than muscles! But at that time, the Sea Shark Gang was already in a state of power, and it could not be suppressed.
The black shark dipped his finger in the salt, and then put it in his mouth, and couldn't help but say, "Good salt, really good salt! Even in my life, I have never eaten such good salt!"
The Sea Shark Gang is a truly sincere statement, and he really thinks that the salt that Jiang Bo has treated by the two physical and chemical methods of salt drying and activated carbon filtration is really the best salt among the good salts, and he, the largest smuggler in Jiangsu, has eaten this kind of high-quality salt for the first time in his life!
"Black Shark Gang Leader, there's too much salt outside, and we can't sell it. Our salt is not only sandy, but also bitter and astringent, and very expensive. But this is only 30 yuan a catty, which is too cheap, and it is no different from giving it away for nothing. We brethren couldn't sit still, and even ...... Even a lot of brothers have gone to buy this salt!"
When the deputy gang leader White Shark heard this, he immediately slapped the table fiercely. The rattling sound sounded, and the wooden table was shattered into pieces one by one by the internal force, which made the weak gang members also startled.
"Bastard, did my eldest brother and I treat them badly? They actually went to buy the salt of those guys, tell me, whoever buys it, I have to kill him!" said White Shark angrily.
But the black shark dissuaded and said: "Second brother, don't panic, after all, people like cheap ones, and it's understandable for them to do this!"
"Thank you for your forgiveness!"
The black shark continued: "Once we get used to eating such high-quality salt, I'm afraid that if we eat it again, I'm afraid I really feel guilty!
White Shark hurriedly asked: "Big brother, salt is the lifeblood of our Sea Shark Gang, once we don't have salt, then we're finished!"
After all, the Sea Shark Gang has risen too fast, and its economic source is very single, that is, it relies on salt. Those real top sects on the rivers and lakes have diversified economic sources and channels. For example, Shaolin, Wudang, and many sects with diversified economic sources. Some rely on renting land, some rely on printing money, and some accept the children of some rich people as disciples, and the rich people have to give a certain amount of "tuition".
Of course, the economic channels of those major schools are very diversified, not easy to be cut off, and have a strong ability to resist risks. But the Sea Shark Gang is different, the Sea Shark Gang relies on the force of their brothers, and they rise too fast and have no deep background. As for apprenticeship, this is too embarrassing. The Sea Shark Gang does not have a rich collection of cheats like Shaolin Wudang, and they all rely on their cultivation step by step. Maybe he is good at martial arts, but it is difficult to teach his juniors.
Therefore, the Sea Shark Gang has always relied on their brothers to support them, and there are not many other masters, and even don't wait for the masters to have a strong sense of belonging, and it is easy to break up without enough interests.
After all, the rise is too fast, and for those big factions, it is simply a nouveau riche among the nouveau riche. There is no secret inheritance, no sect culture, and no cohesion can be formed. Those famous and upright sects, or "evil sects", all the sects with a long history, have their own "sect culture" to maintain cohesion.
Each of the world's rivers and lakes is actually an "economy". Sometimes the force of the sect is important, but it is not absolutely that important. If you rely on force alone, you may be able to make a sect short-lived, but if you want to continue the inheritance of the Dao system, it is not so easy.
If you want to continue the sect, the economic strength, the sect culture, and even all kinds of inheritance systems are indispensable! The Sea Shark Gang has risen too fast, not to mention the sect culture and inheritance system, and even the economic foundation is not solid.
"Second brother, what you said is right, if we don't have salt, then the brothers will inevitably be scattered. Once the hearts of the people are scattered, the gangs will not be easy to lead. Therefore, we must not sit idly by, otherwise our Sea Shark Gang will inevitably fall apart. Once it falls apart, our brothers' fighting for more than ten years will be gone. When the time comes, those who hate us on the rivers and lakes will not let us go in the first place. We've come to this day, with more blood than many, many gangs. We have seized the power to monopolize the illegal salt by bloody and brutal means, but once we lose this private salt market, our Sea Shark Gang will inevitably fall apart. When the time comes, our brothers will all die without a place to be buried!" the black shark sighed.
The white shark quickly said, "Brothers, follow me and go to patrol the major cities in Jiangsu. I don't believe that the untouchables dare to buy all that refined salt, and they will kill me!