Li Shimin

Chapter 237 Snow Salt is on Sale

With the confirmation of the first cement road project, the entire Chang'an City was in a state of noise.

Especially, after the road construction department wrote all the money invested by those aristocratic families on the notice, and posted it at the gate of the entire city.

As soon as the big characters of 270 million yuan came out!
All the merchants had tears in their eyes, wishing they could go to Pingkang Fang for a drink in broad daylight.

As for setting up a card to collect business tax, how much is it worth?

As long as the paved concrete roads are really smooth and level, they can walk in rainy or snowy weather, and they don’t overturn their cars when it rains, or get stuck in mud pits and can’t get out, they can earn at least [-]% more money every year.

And the aristocratic families who were posted on the notice were even more joyful.

This is the imperial court's intervention, and it is raising their prestige in the county, and even the reputation of the entire Tang Dynasty.

In Chang'an City, shopkeepers and waiters of those aristocratic families walk with their heads up and chests up, wishing to tell everyone loudly that they, the Cui family in Qinghe, or the Zheng family in Xingyang, cooperated with the imperial court and paid 300,000 yuan to build a building for the people all over the world. the way.

Of course, the most arrogant old rascal with a beard and a big waist is even more arrogant in the court, and he is even more confident when he scolds some civil servants.

The old man spent tens of thousands of dollars to build roads for the people of the world to benefit the world. You and a group of sour scholars who only open their mouths to spray dung and show off their tongues.
A group of civil servants who were so angry directly fainted in the court, and some military generals who were reluctant to pay for it, their eyes lit up and they were eager to try!
As notices were posted on the state capitals along the road from Chang'an City to Qingzhou, the reputations of the Cui family in Qinghe and the Zheng family in Xingyang were directly promoted from county prestige to dao prestige.

As for the families below, each of which only produced [-] to [-] guan, or [-] to [-] guan, they can only flash past in the hearts of the people in their respective states and counties.

For several months, the joy on the faces of Cui Xuanlan and Zheng Yuanzhe never disappeared.

Because, in the past two months, there have been great Confucian scholars who have shown favor to their Cui family and Zheng family.

Although they haven't officially settled in their family yet, they are still one step away from the final formal welcome.

Of course, there are those who are in a good mood and those who are in an extremely bad mood.

For example, the six clans in Guannei, as well as the other seven families with five surnames, and the Luoyang family, are not only full of depression, but also a little gloomy.

Not to mention tens of thousands of coins, I haven't gotten much benefit yet.

At the same time, in Chang'an City, what all the aristocratic families didn't notice was that at some point, several salt shops appeared, selling a very high-quality refined salt, which was called snow grain salt.

White as snow grains, without any bitter taste.

Moreover, this kind of refined salt is much cheaper than fine Qinghai salt, and the price of a catty of refined salt is about ten yuan!

Now, all the salt merchants panicked!

There was no sign of this kind of snow grain salt. As soon as it came out, more than a dozen salt shops were opened in the entire Chang'an City. Within half a month, none of the tens of thousands of catties of Qinghai salt they had accumulated was sold.

In this situation, they couldn't explain to the people behind them.

Yongning Square, inside the Wang Family Courtyard.

Wang Hui looked at the servants in front of him with a gloomy face, "Whose family's salt is the snow grain salt? I haven't found out yet?"

"Back to my lord, the power behind that snow grain salt is hidden very deeply. The villain and others have been investigating for so many days, and they didn't even find out where the salt was shipped from!"

"How is the investigation of the families in Hedong?" Wang Hui asked.

"Back to Mr. Lang, we have investigated the Pei family, the Liu family, and even the Xue family in detail. None of these snow grains of salt belong to them!"

A servant hurriedly cupped his hands and replied.

"Where's Qinghe Cui's family?" Wang Hui continued to ask.

"Going back to Lord Lang, Qinghe Cui's house is too far away, and there is no news yet!"

The servant replied quickly, then thought of something, and hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "However, I was waiting in the Yanchi in the east of the river, but I found something wrong?"

"Anthracene?"

Wang Hui's expression was fixed, he stared at the servant and said, "What's wrong?"

"Your Majesty, in Hedong Lu Village, in the royal salt field, I don't know when, there have been a lot of guards from the Imperial Guard!" The servant said quickly.

"Forbidden Army?"

Wang Hui was taken aback for a moment, and then his face was full of disbelief.

"Are you suspecting that the snow grains of salt that appeared in the city recently were made by someone in the palace?"

"My lord, due to the tight defense of those salt fields, the villain and the others did not investigate clearly."

The servant hesitated for a moment, and then said again: "However, the forces behind the snow grain salt shop in the city are too mysterious, and they don't seem to be from other families. The villain is confident that if it is from other families, I will be able to find out the clues. !"

Suddenly, Wang Hui's heart sank, inexplicably thinking that King Jin, who had been hiding in the small mountain village in Wannian County, couldn't help but feel something bad in his heart.

"I know about this matter! Wait, send more people to Hedong and Qinghe. If so many snow grains of salt are to be transported to Chang'an City, there must be some clues. We must investigate clearly where those grains of salt come from. of!"

"Yes, sir!"

The servant responded quickly, and retreated under Wang Hui's signal.

Afterwards, after taking a sip of tea slowly, Wang Hui stood up directly and walked out.

"Housekeeper, prepare the car!"

"Yes, sir!"

In the early Tang Dynasty, the control over private salt was not too strict.

Therefore, many aristocratic families still have the business of selling salt.

Selling salt is also one of the main industries of the Wang family, earning the Wang family hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars every year.

If the annual output of snow grain salt is really more than that of Qinghai salt, it will be a catastrophe for their family!
Although Wang Hui didn't believe it, Li Er really dared to persecute their family like this, but he had to guard against it!
……

No matter how irritable and noisy the outside world is.

Lijiazhuang is always leisurely and peaceful.

After the spring plowing, nearly a thousand construction craftsmen and laborers poured into Lijiazhuang again, and they were still working in an orderly manner.All the craftsmen's faces were peaceful, even in forced labor.

Working for the King of Jin, not only can he directly receive [-]% more wages than other places every day, but he also manages two meals a day, which are all big white cakes, and occasionally some cooked vegetables with sliced ​​meat.

In the shady place next to the construction site, there are buckets of clean boiled water, which is sweeter than the water they drink at home. As long as they are thirsty, they can drink whatever they want.

Moreover, according to King Jin's words, it is not easy to get sick with this kind of water.

More than half of the people have only worked here for two months, and everyone has gained more than ten catties.

In the past, serving the imperial court was suffering and suffering.However, in King Jin's place, it is a blessing.

Many people are fortunate that they came to work here before King Jin.Now, many people eagerly want to come, but they can't get in!

"Aye? Your Majesty?"

"I have seen Your Majesty!"

In Li Xuan's small courtyard, Li Chengqian and others were lying on the table, following Li Xuan's instructions, sorting out the ledgers for the construction of other courtyards, chicken pens, pig pens, duck pens, and paddy fields, when they suddenly felt a cloud over their heads.

Looking up, everyone was surprised.

His Majesty!Aye?
Immediately, they all hurriedly saluted.

"What are you doing?"

Li Shimin, Changsun Chong and others stared at the ledger in the hands of Li Chengqian and the others, and asked curiously.

Although they just glanced at it just now, they also saw that the books in the hands of these bastards did not seem to be that simple.

"Go back to Aye, Master asked me to wait for the account book!"

Li Chengqian quickly replied.

On the side, Li Baoding, Cheng Chusi and others nodded quickly.

……

(End of this chapter)