Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 369, angry crowd
In Yanshi, the capital city, Liu Jin accompanied Zhu Houzhao to Yanshi for a walk. After the news of the price war was known to Zhu Houzhao, he became extremely excited.

Since it is impossible to fight a war with gunpowder smoke, it seems to be very good to play a war without gunpowder smoke.

"Old Liu~ They have lowered the price again, and only sell it for nine cents a catty. Should we continue to lower the price?"

"I think we might as well drop it to nine cents a catty and just kill them."

Zhu Houzhao's small eyes wandered around the shops on both sides of the salt market, and when he saw that Li's Huiyan salt was hanging out here with nine cents a catty of salt, he immediately said happily to Liu Jin.

He is a master who is afraid of chaos in the world. Seeing their price reduction, he can't wait to drop it to a few pennies a catty, and kill the enemy all at once.

"Don't be in a hurry. Let's see the situation first. If we lower it further, we won't be able to take advantage of it."

"In the end, it may become a competition of financial resources between the two sides. Those salt merchants are all rich and rich, and some of them are silver. Even if we can win the fight, it will not be worth the loss in the end. At the current price, we still have money to make. And they started losing money."

Liu Jin smiled and shook his head and said, then looked at the people who came to buy salt on the street, smiled and said to Zhu Houzhao: "Let's listen to their thoughts and opinions first."

"Their thoughts and opinions?"

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he was at a loss. This is a war between the two sides. How could it be related to the people who bought the salt?
For those who buy salt, the price reduction between the two parties is definitely his favorite, because they can buy cheaper salt, and they can have any ideas and opinions. Of course, whoever has the cheapest salt will buy it.

However, Liu Jin has always done things with a purpose. He asked himself to listen carefully, so there is naturally his reason in it. Zhu Houzhao likes to learn things in this way.

Asking him to study, he was very annoying, asked for leave every day, was not feeling well, and Yang Tinghe was half dead with anger, but it was not that Zhu Houzhao didn't like learning, he was still very willing to learn what he was interested in.

For example, the last time he went to sea to hunt whaling, he learned a lot of knowledge very humbly. Liu Jin is very aware of this, so every time he wants to convey some ideas and opinions to Zhu Houzhao, he will tell Zhu Houzhao in a different way .

Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao pricked up their ears, carefully observed the salt buyers on the street, and listened to their conversations.

"Sister from the Zhang family~ are you here to buy salt?"

"Yes, Miss Wang, didn't you just buy salt yesterday? Why are you buying salt again?"

Soon, Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao's attention was shifted to two female comrades. Both of them were housewives, and they were both carrying vegetable baskets. They were obviously out shopping.

"Oh, don't mention it, I was almost scolded to death by my boss yesterday."

The person named Sister Wang said with a sigh.

"what happened?"

The woman surnamed Zhang quickly asked with concern.

"It's not the salt. Look, is this salt for people to eat?"

Mrs. Wang took out a bag of salt from her vegetable basket and handed it to Mrs. Zhang, and at the same time gritted her teeth in hatred and said, "Look, look, there is too much sand here, just grab a handful of salt, There are seven or eight grains of sand in it, as well as this soil."

"Although it was said that there were sand and mud in the past, it was not too much. We ordinary people don't pay so much attention to it. We all eat mud."

"But now, there's too much salt and dirt in here."

"Yesterday I used this salt to stir-fry, and the owner ate it, and broke a tooth. At the beginning, the dog who scolded me was bloody. I spent a long time picking sand for this salt yesterday, but I still ate a lot of sand when cooking. .”

"It's really maddening."

Speaking of this, Mrs. Wang also said viciously: "I came here today to smash the signboard of this Li's Hui salt store. How can there be such a business, just seep sand and soil into the salt, this salt is still good Do you want to eat?"

Mrs. Zhang took Mrs. Wang's bag, grabbed a handful of salt, and looked carefully, and found that it was indeed the case, because this kind of sea salt was originally large in size, slightly yellow in color, similar to sand, and it was not easy to pick it out.

"The consciences of these salt merchants have been eaten by dogs."

"I heard people say that the price of this salt has dropped again. I was thinking of buying some here. Now it seems that I can't eat this salt after buying it. When will I pick the sand?"

Looking at the salt in her hand, Mrs. Zhang frowned immediately. If she sold such salt, she would never even think about cooking. There was too much sand and dirt.

"Sand and soil are enough, you don't know, this salt is still short of catties. Last time I saw that salt was cheap, I bought five catties of salt, but when I got home, I used my own scale to check it. It was only a little over three catties, and it was nearly two catties missing, plus the sand and mud that had seeped in."

"Don't look at this salt. Now it only sells for nine yuan a catty. In fact, it is not as good as the salt that used to cost twenty cents a catty."

Mrs. Wang continued to rant again. It is not uncommon to buy salt or grain short of catty or two. If there is a shortage of catties or two, it depends on who is more deficient. It is impossible to stop eating or salt because of this.

But now, these salt merchants are really short of catties. Five catties of salt is only a little more than three catties. The key is that there is sand and soil in it. Apart from sand and soil, it is actually only half of it.

"Let me just say, how could these unscrupulous salt merchants lower their prices? It's better not to lower their prices. At least there will be less sand, so we don't have to worry about eye pain."

Mrs. Zhang said loudly after listening, then took Mrs. Wang's hand and walked to Li's Huiyan shop.

"Let's go, let's go to Li's Huiyan together to seek justice."

The two men were aggressive, Liu Jin and Zhu Houzhao looked at each other, and followed them tacitly, wanting to see what kind of trouble they could make.

Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Wang came to Li's Huiyan Salt Store very angrily, and as soon as they entered, Mrs. Wang threw the salt she bought on the table and shouted very loudly: "Everyone is here to judge. "

"Yesterday, I bought five catties of salt in this salt store, and there was two catties short, and the five catties of salt turned out to be only a little more than three catties. That's okay. Let's take a look at this salt again. Is this salt still for people to eat? "

"Guys, look at the sand and mud in the salt. I've never seen so much sand and mud. Is this selling salt or mud?"

"Everyone, take a look, take a look~"

"At Li's Hui Salt Shop, their consciences have been eaten by dogs. They can sell this kind of salt. On the surface, they are lowering the price, but secretly they are playing such a trick."

Mrs. Wang's voice was loud, with her hands on her hips, and she shouted loudly. Not only did she finish shouting in the store, but she also ran to the door of the store to shout, and immediately attracted the crowds of many people around.

"This lady, this lady~"

Li Cai heard the voice, hurried over from behind, and said to Wang with a smile on his face.

"I'm not a lady, I'm just a plain-headed commoner. Let's take a look. He is the owner of this store. His conscience is eaten by dogs. Everyone, look at the salt he sells. This is the salt that people eat. ?"

Mrs. Wang was scolded half to death yesterday, and she was already full of anger in her heart, and now she shouted at the top of her voice, ignoring Li Cai at all, and came to the door of the store with a ladle full of salt, loudly facing the micro people said.

"I lost nearly two catties of five catties of salt, and there are still a few taels of sand and soil in the three catties of salt. Everyone, take a look, look at it, and come to comment~"

The microscopic people grabbed the salt from the ladle one after another, looked carefully, and immediately nodded their heads.

"A lot of sand~"

"There is still a lot of mud. I can't eat this salt at all, and my teeth will be knocked off."

"It's too short of a catty or two catties. Five catties of salt is only a little more than three catties. It used to be like eight or two catties."

"I also bought salt from here yesterday, and I came here to talk about it. Just like what this lady said, the lack of catties and taels is too great, and it only weighs six taels. The key is that there is too much sand and soil, and it is impossible to eat. "

"Six taels is not bad. The salt I bought at Sun's Salt Shop only weighs five taels. There is more sand and soil in it than this. I bought ten catties of salt, and I threw away all ten catties of salt. I can't eat it." .”

"Five taels?"

"It's too dark."

"Black? If you don't black, what do they eat? They are all salt merchants who eat people and don't spit out their bones. You think they will do good deeds with sincerity. The price is a few cents a catty, but it is not as good as the salt in the past. The salt is at least edible."

Wang's words resonated, and the crowd around them also began to complain about their own painful experiences. They were all the same as Wang's. So much so that there is no way to eat.

Many people are the same as Mrs. Wang, who came here to discuss the explanation.

"Everyone~everyone~"

"Our business has always been based on honesty, and we will never be short of catties. As for some silt and the like, it is inevitable. Even the best well salt, pond salt, and green salt will have mud in them. Sandy, some silt is normal."

Sweat was pouring out of Li Cai's forehead. Although he said so, he was actually very empty in his heart.

"You profiteer, go, go with me to the government, I don't believe it anymore, at the feet of the emperor, there is no law of the king, do you dare to eat this salt?"

When Li Cai came out, someone angrily threw a handful of salt at him, immediately grabbed Li Cai, and said very angrily, pulling him to the government.

Li's Huiyan's buddy saw it and hurried out to make a rescue.

"Everyone~everyone~"

"Everyone, where do you go to buy such cheap salt for nine Wen a catty of salt?"

Li Cai was held back by someone, and he was in a panic immediately. He kept saying loudly.

"Cheap, cheap is not good. In the past, it was expensive, but this salt is still edible. Now, it seeps so much sediment, can it do it?"

Wang crossed her hips, seeing that everyone was supporting her, she became more confident.

"Money back ~ money back ~"

"Yes, money back~ money back, this kind of salt, keep it for yourselves, and give us the money."

"Cheap, cheap, cheap, there is no good product."

The crowd was furious, and following Li's Huiyan's commotion here, soon there was a commotion at the entrances of other salt shops. Some people took the salt they bought and threw it directly at the face of the shopkeeper and the shopkeeper of the salt shop, and some people yelled Refund the money, and some angry people directly smashed the signboards.

The entire Yanshi was in total chaos.

There were too many injured people, and many of them, like Mrs. Wang, came here specifically to ask for an explanation. Now everyone is staring at the shops and shouting and killing them. The bullish salt merchants in the past were scared to death.

Li Cai from Li's Huiyan was extremely embarrassed, his hair and clothes were very messy, and the inside of the store was also in chaos. The angry crowd began to smash, poured salt on the ground, and smashed the things in the store.

"You black-hearted salt merchant, I smashed your signboard~"

Zhu Houzhao mixed in the crowd, looking very excited, pretending to be very angry and smashing down the signboard of Li's Huiyan.

"Your Highness~Your Highness~"

Liu Jin hurriedly dragged Zhu Houzhao out of the angry crowd. This Zhu Houzhao really didn't make people feel at ease, but he followed to join in the fun, and he went to beat up after watching the show well. .

"Cool~"

After getting out of the crowd, Zhu Houzhao clapped his hands happily. The smashing just now was very enjoyable, and it was a great time.

"Why didn't anyone go and smash Zhang's Snow Salt Store?"

Soon, Zhu Houzhao's attention shifted to a salt shop.

Unlike other stores, this place is very quiet, no one comes to make trouble at all, and the guys and bosses in the store are very excited to watch the excitement.

"This lack of catties and taels is too outrageous. Our Zhang's Snow Salt will never be short of catties. If it is short of catties and taels, everyone will smash my signboard~"

"The silt still seeps through. It's really not a human thing. Our Zhang's Snow Salt will never seep into the silt. Everyone can come and have a look. This salt is white, snow-white, and there is no silt."

"Our salt is a little expensive, but our salt is not short of catties or taels, and does not seep into sediment, because the salt of our Zhang's Snow Salt comes from Changlu Salt Field, and this Changlu Salt Field is Xinke Zhuangyuan Gong. For Mr. Liu's property, we will not smash the name of Mr. Zhuangyuan."

While watching the excitement, Zhang's Snow Salt boss and associates also took the opportunity to quickly advertise their Snow Salt.

When the people around heard it, many people immediately gathered around, Zhang Xueyan's body was straight, so she raised her head and chest, and shouted proudly.

"Everyone come and take a look, take a look~"

"Our Zhang's snow salt is never short of catties or taels, and never seeps in sediment. Such good salt is only sold for fifteen yuan per catty now."

"Our salt is the salt produced by the Changlu Salt Field under Mr. Liu's command. Mr. Liu is the Mr. Zhuangyuan. He will never do such a thing. Everyone can come and supervise together. Nisha, everyone can go directly to Duke Zhuangyuan, he will definitely chop off my head and apologize to everyone."

Zhang Yonghui, the owner of Zhang's Snow Salt, said loudly that he was very proud when he introduced the salt in his store.

"I bought the salt of Zhang's Snow Salt yesterday. It is indeed good salt, and it is indeed not short of catties or silt."

After listening, some people also nodded and showed their own words.

"I also bought salt from Zhang's Snow Salt. It's a bit expensive, but this salt is indeed the best salt. It can be compared with well salt and pond salt, and there is no shortage of catties, taels or silt seepage."

"It turned out to be the salt from Changlu Salt Farm, the number one scholar. It's no wonder. This Wenquxing, he is Wenquxing. He is not comparable to those unscrupulous salt merchants. One is not short of catties and two, and the other is that there is no seepage of sand. After this When you buy salt, you only buy the salt of the champion.”

"Yes, yes, only buy the salt of the champion."

"Although this salt is a bit more expensive, it is actually cheaper than their salt. It is not short of catties or taels, does not seep in sediment, and is high-quality salt. This kind of salt is only available for the son of a high-ranking man, the number one scholar. able to get it out."

"Isn't it? Yesterday I regretted buying the salt from Sun's Salt Shop. When I saw their appearance today, I immediately felt that it was worth it. It's just a few pennies more expensive, but the salt is really good. , Nothing to say, I will only buy salt from here when I buy salt in the future.”

Liu Jin can assure you that this is definitely not a group performance arranged by him, but it happened right before his eyes.

The eyes of the masses are discerning, plus there is no harm without contrast.

In the past, it might not have been obvious. Although everyone knew that Zhang’s Snow Salt was good salt, not short of catties or taels, and did not seep in silt, but other salt shops had lower prices.

For these ordinary people, a penny more or a penny less is a big deal. This is true even in later generations. Many times they know that cheap goods are not good, but as long as they are cheap, they will still choose cheaper goods.

But now it’s different, the price continues to drop. In order to make money, these salt merchants are too short of catties and taels, and there is too much silt seeping, so that the salt can’t be eaten. I think the salt of Zhang's Snow Salt is very cost-effective, very cheap.

It will no longer be like before, just simply looking at the price, without carefully measuring the cost-effectiveness of the goods.

Of course, the business of Zhang's Snow Salt itself is very good. Before that, everyone already knew that the salt of Zhang's Snow Salt was better, and it was not short of jin, less Liang, or silt.

Now, because of the comparison and the testimony of many people, more people have seen this clearly, so the business of Zhang's Snow Salt has become even more popular.

There was a scene of ice and fire in the entire salt market. On the one hand, Zhang’s Snow Salt was crowded with people, and people who bought salt formed a long queue. On the other hand, they pointed angrily at Li’s Huiyan Salt, Sun’s Salt Shop, etc. Waiting for the swearing, while starting to buy ten catties, twenty catties of salt to go back.

While salt is cheap, hurry up and buy more.

On the other side are the scattered salt shops that were smashed up. Li's Hui Salt, Sun's Salt Shops, etc. were all smashed up very badly, and they were in a mess. Helpless, this business can't be done.

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