Datang: Showdown, your father and I are Li Shimin

Chapter 58
Outside Chang'an City.

Liu Xiuping bumped all the way to dozens of prefectures and counties outside Chang'an City.

He barely arrived at a county seat, and the first thing he had to do was to inquire about Yanshi.

As soon as Liu Xiuping got out of the carriage, he walked straight to a small shop in the county seat.

"Fellows, is there a salt shop near you?" Liu Xiuping, dressed as an ordinary farmer, squeezed into the crowd.

When Liu Xiuping got closer, he realized that this was not a shop, but a temporary disaster relief food distribution area.

At the same time, there is also a bag of white salt in the grain.

When Liu Xiuping saw this bag of refined salt, his scalp went numb and he couldn't help frowning.

The person in charge of distributing disaster relief food and refined salt glanced at Liu Xiuping, frowned and said, "Are you from another place? Do you want to buy salt?"

"Yes, I came from other places, and I couldn't buy salt anywhere, so I had to look for it in other places. I heard that there was smallpox recently, and salt can sterilize and cure smallpox, so I thought about preparing some salt for preparation Use." Liu Xiuping pretended to be simple and honest, at first glance he looked like a scholar from an ordinary family or a slightly thinner farmer.

The person who distributed the disaster relief resources looked Liu Xiuping up and down, shook his head and said, "Where did you hear the rumor? Salt water can't cure it, it can only prevent it. If you have smallpox, go to Du Village. There is a genius doctor there who can cure it." To treat smallpox, don’t be like those lunatics who drag others down when you get sick yourself.”

"We only sell salt here, and only people with household registration in our county can get it. If you really want to buy it, you can go to Chang'an City to buy it, or wait for the imperial court to distribute it to your hometown, and then go to your government to get it. stop."

After finishing speaking, the man waved his hand towards Liu Xiuping and shouted, "Next!"

Liu Xiuping squeezed a gap from the crowd, slowly left the county town, and went to the next place.

On the way, Liu Xiuping met a Pei Ji disciple who was planning to go to other counties to investigate refined salt like him.

Seeing Liu Xiuping's carriage, Zhou Zhanan immediately stopped the driver, got out of the carriage and walked towards Liu Xiuping: "Brother Liu, can you find out where there is a shortage of salt?"

Liu Xiuping basically understood most of the meaning behind his words.

It seems that Li Er or Li Ze has long been prepared.

The refined salt has been spread to all areas near Chang'an City.

If it was shipped far away, and the shipping cost was not as good as the profit, Xiang Pei would certainly not have traveled thousands of miles to sell the coarse salt that is now not very valuable to other roads.

Is it possible that this coarse salt of thousands of stones really needs to be kept in hand?

Liu Xiuping immediately shook his head and said, "Ah~ Listening to what the little official said, I'm afraid that Li Er's refined salt has already spread all over Chang'an City, and there is still a need to expand the scope of distribution or sales. It seems that if you want to It’s a bit difficult to sell this batch of coarse salt!”

Immediately afterwards, Liu Xiuping told Zhou Zhanan exactly what the little official who distributed the disaster relief resources had just said.

However, Zhou Zhanan also said that the petty officials he met basically had the same speech skills.

It seems that Li Er has already arranged all this, and it is probably impossible to sell this batch of salt through regional differences.

Zhou Zhan'an and Liu Xiuping proofread what the local officials said, and then suggested: "In this case, why don't I go back to Chang'an City first."

For him, it is enough to find out whether and how much salt is sold in various places.

Since they have visited four or five areas and have roughly guessed the result, it is better to return home earlier and imagine other ways to deal with it.

"No!" Li Xiuping said sternly, "Pei Xiang asked us to investigate clearly. Now that we have visited a small number of counties outside Chang'an City, we must make sure that there is no shortage of coarse salt in any place outside Chang'an City. Once there is a certain Since refined salt has not been popularized in several states and counties, we can take the opportunity to hand over part of Xiang Pei's coarse salt."

"No matter what, try your best to stop the loss for Prime Minister Pei. This time, Prime Minister Pei paid a huge price. This Li Ze should not be underestimated!"

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This Li Ze should not be underestimated!

Also in Chang'an City, Pei Xiu also sighed secretly.

At this time, he was walking through the streets and alleys of Chang'an City, watching people come and go, and every citizen had a very happy look on their faces.

Those restaurant shopkeepers also carried big bags of refined salt and walked towards their own shops.

Not long ago, when the entire city of Chang'an was short of salt, the shops basically bought them at a price of a few hundred renminbi.

Now, as soon as this refined salt was born, it immediately suppressed the terrifyingly expensive coarse salt, and the price dropped directly from [-] to [-] Wen.

If you want to buy the current coarse salt, you probably have to price it below a thousand cash, otherwise you won't be able to buy it at all.

Pei Xiu looked around while walking towards a certain black market.

There are also many rich people who have servants trotting home with refined salt.

When Pei Xiu just walked to the black city, he saw a few people pushing coarse salt and selling it at a low price on the street.

"How dare you sell salt so blatantly? These people are too courageous!" Pei Xiu couldn't help frowning, and walked in the opposite direction of a random vendor.

"Hey! Young master, I have a high-quality, low-priced coarse salt here. Would you like to take a look?" The merchant saw Pei Xiu walking towards him, and hurriedly greeted him.

Pei Xiu looked at his carriage and the people around him, and he could basically conclude that these people were all small traders who wanted to make a fortune by hoarding coarse salt a few days ago.

"What's the price of your crude salt?" Pei Xiu asked casually, and immediately reached out and grabbed a handful from his pocket.

Pei Xiu, who had been in contact with the refined salt, felt a sense of disgust in his heart as soon as his hands touched the coarse salt. The coarse salt was bluish-yellow in color, and there were many black impurities in it.

It looks rough and unclean.

Compared with Li Er's fine salt, these things are simply unpalatable.

"Son, I am dissatisfied with you. During this period of time, the price of salt has also dropped. I really can't find any sales for the rough salt I hoard on hand. Look at the price of seven hundred yuan a bucket. Can you accept it?" How much? If you charge more, you can continue to negotiate the price." The peddler talked to Pei Xiu almost in a pleading tone.

When Pei Xiu heard the price given by the peddler, he was also shocked.

Is this coarse salt so cheap now?

"My lord! If you are willing to accept this rough salt, I can give it to you at a lower price of [-] cents a bucket. If you charge more, you can continue to negotiate!" Another peddler not far from Pei Xiu also started to yell loudly. with.

Immediately after that, the surrounding voices came one after another, and they all lowered their prices down to 450 Wen.

When Pei Xiu heard the price given by everyone in the end, he felt a chill in his heart.

Is it possible that I have to sell this batch of salt at my house at such a very low price?

(End of this chapter)