The road from Africa to Europe

Chapter 726 Salt

The salt in the Yang family is much better. It feels like the subordinates of the Yang family have sorted it out before giving it to the master.Then I asked the relevant personnel.

It is indeed such an operation. Before using it for the owner, impurities must be removed first: stones, gravel, these must be picked out and thrown away. The selected salt is actually not very tasty.

It was only then that Ling Xiao knew that the eldest family of the Yang family had always used salt in this way. To put it this way: Yang Dalang and his sister are not very particular people.

The nobles of other wealthy families use better green salt, and use coarse sea salt in all aspects, and of course the price is many times higher.Most people can't afford it. This is the happiness of the rich. The salt in small households is basically that kind of coarse sea salt.

EMMMMM!Therefore, Ling Xiao specially inspected that kind of coarse salt. She also specially bought about five catties of coarse salt, grabbed it and checked it, and it was indeed not clean.

There are actually some stones and gravel in the coarse salt, and there is also a white gravel. Be very careful when selecting it to prevent the gravel from slipping through the net.

After she picked some and put them together, she felt something was wrong. The amount of these impurities was quite large. She had to suspect that someone deliberately added impurities to it. If this was the case, someone would be too vicious.

If you don't pay attention to eating stones and gravel, you may accidentally break your big teeth and even press the scales. I really don't know what to ask her to say.

Although she knew that this would be the case before, after all, she had been to ancient times several times.But seeing such salt again after several worlds, it is indeed unacceptable, it is too rough.

The salt in the later generations is snow-white, with fine grains and coarse grains. The thickness of the salt grains depends on the use.For example, the salt-baked cooking method requires coarse salt grains, not fine ones.

But no matter whether it is coarse or fine salt, it is quite clean, and it is rare to see a little bit of impurities, which is not the case with stones and gravel in it.

The situation in ancient times was much worse in comparison. The appearance of coarse salt was really not very good. tan.

Not only is the appearance poor, but if you taste it, you will find it tastes bad. Coarse salt removes the normal salty taste, but it also has a bit of bitterness, which is the reason why some minerals are not separated in it. bad feeling.

The only thing that can be praised is that the price of salt is still relatively low. Although this kind of coarse salt is super cheap, for the poor, it is very good to be able to get it at a very low price.

The reason why it can be so cheap is mainly because in ancient times, salt belonged to the monopoly of the imperial court, and the authorities did not allow private transactions. This policy is quite correct.

This is to ensure that the family members of ordinary people can also eat salt. Otherwise, if the salt is controlled by several people or private families, most people may not even be able to afford coarse salt.

Then it will inevitably lead to a series of problems. Although many common people don't think about this problem, they know that as long as salt is cheap enough, they can buy it, and being able to eat salt is a kind of happiness.

For the common people, even if the official salt is a poor coarse salt with a bitter taste, they still have to eat it. It’s not that they are too easy to raise and have no sense of taste.

It's because the common people are like a mirror in their hearts. They once thought about getting rich overnight, but when they woke up, they knew it was just a dream.

Because it is difficult for ordinary people with no power, no power and no money to earn money, they can only sell their own strength because they can't read, and this kind of people who can only sell their strength can easily be replaced by others.

All kinds of situations make the common people go out to work hard all day without earning money. Every time they spend money, they have to break a penny into two halves. Money is rare for the common people. Bitter sea salt.

Don't look at the coarse salt from the seaside, which is very unpalatable and has some impurities, but it is also made by someone who has spent a lot of effort, and it is also very precious. It takes a lot of effort to get sea water to boil it out little by little.

Ling Xiao remembers that for a long time, sea salt was not made by drying salt in salt fields, but by specialized salt households using coarse salt boiled in pots, and the daily output was not high at all.

Sometimes there is a famine or chaos, or there is a problem with the salt ship, so there is no place to replenish the official salt after it is sold out, so the official salt with little money is out of stock.

After the cheap official salt is out of stock, it will naturally be unable to enter the homes of ordinary people. Many people have no place to buy salt, and if people cannot eat salt for a long time, accidents will happen.

The reason for the accident is that everyone knows that everyone needs to eat salt every day. If you don’t eat salt, you will have no strength. If you don’t eat salt for a long time, you will definitely have problems.

Some people in later generations said: the ancestors of human beings came from the sea, and it became a proof that a part of salt must be added every day, which proves that human beings cannot lack salt.

Therefore, when people find something bad is going on, if they have money, they must hoard some salt. Although the price of salt will not soar temporarily because of the official salt, the price and quantity of official salt will definitely be affected after the decline of the new dynasty.

If there is no supply of official salt, the price of salt will soar.Then those who cannot buy salt can only buy private salt.Because ordinary people can’t live without salt, they have to buy salt in order to live. The only effective way to stop the flood of illegal salt is to bring in a large amount of official salt.

But in fact, there are many acts of selling illegal salt. A well-known rebel in history started his business by selling illegal salt. It is said that selling illegal salt is illegal, and it is a felony if caught.

But many people who had no way to survive had to take the road of selling illegal salt. They were forced at first, but later they were reluctant to leave because they earned a lot of money.

When Ling Xiao realized that the world was going to be chaotic, he hurriedly prepared to store more salt, but looking at the quality of the official salt, coarse salt that seemed unclean no matter how you looked at it, and calculating the price, he felt that it would cost a lot of money.

This is not allowed!Mr. Liu didn't have much money in his hands. Back then, he took those soldiers to He's house. Although the big house of the Yang family gave a sum of money, Mr. Liu posted some, thanking them for accompanying him to bring back two child.

After the money is spent, there is not much money, and a large sum of money has to be hoarded for other things, and then it is not suitable to buy some salt that does not look good.

After getting Mr. Liu’s money, she began to think about how to make money. In ancient times, being a businessman was an act that was not liked by the upper class. I remember that in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, the socks of merchants had to be two different colors. sock.

That is to say, as long as you see two socks with different colors, you can know that this person is a businessman by profession, and you can see that the status of a businessman is not high.

There is a similar situation in later generations, that is, the famous green turban. During the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, it was stipulated that men in prostitutes should wear green turbans, which caused later generations to have a meaning when talking about the meaning of wearing a cuckold.

Although it is said that in this era, it is not necessary to wear two-color socks to be a businessman, but Ling Xiao knows very well that it is impossible for him to be a businessman, and he can only do it as a person behind the scenes, instead of going to the front and being pointed at by others.

The reason why he did this was because the original owner's grandfather was still alive, he would not let his granddaughter do this kind of thing, and secondly, the original owner might not be willing to come back.

And it's impossible for her to always take out the gold, silver and jewelry that was caught in the previous world, because a small amount can be used, but a large amount is definitely not acceptable.

Take gold and silver for example. Today's gold and silver purification is far inferior to that of later generations. The purity cannot be reached at all. How can she explain it if she takes it out?

After thinking clearly, she felt flustered because she had no money in hand, so she began to think about how to make money.Because I have experienced many worlds, I have many ideas about making money.

I thought about what I should do for a long time. As a person who is still in pain after being torn apart, I don't plan to fight for world hegemony at all, and I don't think that I will make a lot of money.

Thank you!She is still busy restoring her soul, so she has no idea what kind of handmade soap, glass, or cement that timetravelers like to make.

This is because she is very aware of how powerful the wealthy families are these days, and the most suppressed people in every place are ordinary people, and the so-called local snakes can still live a luxurious life as long as they are strong enough.

So even if she has some ability to make those good things such as handmade soap and glass, she can only become the secret recipe that the wealthy people want to get in their hands, and I am afraid that they will still want to get rid of the person who made the secret recipe.

For those who came from the wealthy clan, cutting grass and roots is what they should do, so even if Ling Xiao had the help of puppets, he would not think about making these things.

For ordinary people, things like glass and handmade soap are useless, and they will only become tools used by wealthy families to compare their wealth, so they should not be produced at all.

As for cement, it has a very good effect, but it is precisely because you know the benefits, so you must pay special attention. In many cases, don't just think about how to get the benefits, but also think carefully about whether it will cause a big problem. The problem?

For example, the cement production process will produce a lot of dust. If it is not good, it may be inhaled into the lungs of the workers, or the kind that can never come out will eventually cause occupational diseases, that is, silicosis.

This kind of occupational disease will cause the patient's lungs to gradually lose their respiratory function, and they will also be unable to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide. People will eventually suffocate to death.

This shows how difficult occupational disease silicosis is. A man in his prime may only work for a few years, earn a small sum of money, and then lose the ability to work. He spends the money he earns on medical treatment and eventually lives Suffocate to death in a few years.

It's scary when you think about it. With the attitude of the nobles and officials' children who ignored the common people in ancient times, Ling Xiao, who was regarded as an ant, thought about it for a while and decided not to do it, because there is no protective equipment, which is unfair to the workers.

She still remembers that one of the most famous manufacturers of masks in the world in later generations originally produced masks for their own business.

The reason for this is that this company was originally engaged in mining, so naturally it also has that kind of silicosis, and there are a lot of them. This is an occupational disease. In order to reduce the harm to the workers, everyone started to wear masks.

The employees of the company used masks from other manufacturers at first, but the effect was not good enough, so they simply made their own, and later became the most famous mask factory in the world.

So that in the end, maybe you don’t know the original main business of this company, but you will definitely be familiar with the masks produced by this company. It is a famous mask manufacturer in the world, and the quality is excellent.

Why!Ling Xiao thought about all the businesses that could make money, and then found that he couldn't find a place to make money for the time being, so he couldn't buy food?
forget it!It's impossible to deal with the chaos these years. If you have a lot of land, you can try to buy and sell food. Unfortunately, the family has no land, so naturally there is no food.

So what to do?Now this body really has no capital, no land, and no money. If my grandfather gets old one day, he will have no money to buy a funeral.

How to do?How to hide behind the scenes to make money?She remembered the salt from before, looked at the big sea salt particles, and felt that compared with the salt of later generations, the appearance of this kind of thing was too low, and it could not be bought at a high price.

Why!such a pity!There is no way to bring modern sea salt to ancient times, otherwise it will definitely make a fortune, because the gap between ancient and modern times is too great.In the eyes of the ancients, modern salt must be a surprise.

It would be great if I could buy modern things in ancient times. At this moment, she couldn't help but think of the posts posted by later generations, saying that the ancient emperors lived worse than ordinary people in modern times, eh!Really.

From the perspective of people's basic necessities of life, the emperor's overall clothing is better than modern people's. After all, many people support the emperor, with natural good things such as silk and fur.

From this point of view, it is superior to modern people. The emperor's clothes also have a lot of embroidery craftsmanship, which looks magnificent.But the clothes of later generations were not completely defeated, and they were superior to ancient times in terms of comfort and protection.

In terms of food, it can be said that ordinary people in modern times can beat the emperors in ancient times. Let alone other things, first of all, there are more seasonings and more types of food.

Ordinary people can also often eat chicken, duck and fish, which run on the ground (except wild ones), fly in the sky, swim in rivers, lakes and seas, and eat a lot of meat.

In addition, people can often eat fruits from all over the world, and fresh vegetables in winter.The emperor couldn't eat many things at all, and he was completely defeated.

When it came to the competition of living, the house where the Ming emperor lived - the Forbidden City was famous, resplendent and beautiful, but in fact it was far less comfortable to live in than modern people.

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Forbidden City could have fire walls and floor heating to keep warm in winter, but what about summer?At most, ice cubes are placed, which is impossible to compare with air conditioners.

In addition, in ancient times, it was impossible to have high-rise buildings with dozens of floors. Even if there were, it would be difficult to live in. Living in high-rise buildings without elevators would kill people, so in terms of living, modern people give priority.

As for the rest of the journey, even if you are as honorable as the emperor, you will be completely defeated, because the fastest means of transportation in ancient times was the horse, and the emperor would ride in a carriage at most. The ancient carriages did not have rubber wheels, but were all made of wood. Like doing a trampoline.

It can be said that the speed is very slow, and you can’t sit still. There are often wild animals and bandits on the side of the road. It is very unsafe, and you can’t even eat well.

Modern means of transportation include airplanes, high-speed rail, and even cars are much better than horse-drawn carriages.The same distance from ancient times would take one or two months, but modern times can only be reached in a few days at most.

Ling Xiao felt very touched after reading this post. It is better to be in the modern society. Those who devote themselves to traveling through the ancient times will regret it very much after traveling, because the gap between the two is too great.

Thinking of this, she had an idea. She didn't have any capital, so she could only find some cost-free commodities, such as the so-called salt, which could be produced as long as it was at the seaside.

Ling Xiao feels that there is definitely a certain market for private salt. After all, private salt has been banned repeatedly, which shows that many people cannot buy salt.After thinking it over, she pondered, what should I do?
I don't know what kind of salt the emperor ate. It should be green salt, which looks better and tastes better than coarse sea salt.I just don’t know how the green salt compares with the most common table salt bought by ordinary people in the supermarket in later generations, what will happen?
Now that you plan to start with salt, what should you do?At first, Ling Xiao thought that she would buy more coarse salt and process it to make it more attractive. She thought about it for a while, but she could do this, but if she changed hands like this, wouldn't she turn the official salt into private salt?

In addition, I am afraid that buying a large amount of official salt will attract attention. Maybe something will happen, so I might as well do it myself.After thinking about it for a while, she planned to let her puppet go out to make salt, get seawater from the sea, don't boil the salt, but make coarse salt after drying the salt.

Get the coarse salt and then process it a little bit to remove some of the excess minerals and make the coarse salt whiter and finer. You don’t need the salt of later generations. If you take out that level of salt, you will have trouble.

Who knows if it will make people want to grab the puppet and force out the secret recipe?Although she just wanted to get rich, she didn't want her puppet to be hunted down.

(End of this chapter)