Emperor of the Tang Dynasty

And now everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, this is a war that must be won!

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Youzhou has inevitably started to fall into a salt shortage, and many people have not eaten salt for several days.

Now, the price of salt in various parts of Youzhou is so high that ordinary people can't afford to buy much salt. The most important thing is that even if you have money, you may not be able to buy it!

This is all because the aristocratic family hoarded the salt by themselves, completely disregarding the life and death of the common people, resulting in the price of salt in Youzhou.

"Damn it! It's been nearly half a month, and I'm almost fading out of my mouth!"

"Old Qian, it is said that Xi'er among the white-haired girls turned white-haired because of lack of salt. Do you think we will be the same?"

The man called Lao Qian sighed: "Who knows... I just can't understand why His Royal Highness the King of Chu imposes heavy taxes on the salt merchants. Isn't this suffering our common people?"

"Yeah, especially those aristocratic families who took the opportunity to accumulate a lot of salt, it's really hateful!"

The other person was also indignant. If Li You hadn't accumulated enough in the past to make the people still trust Li You's actions, there might have been a riot long ago.

Even so, there was still a sense of unease in Youzhou, and conversations like these two people appeared every day in various parts of Youzhou.

Just when the two sighed for a long time, suddenly a strong man rushed in at an alarming speed from the outside!

"Old Qian! Lao Mo! Go to the official yamen to see it, it's incredible!"

Chapter 223 Li You's Fanatical Loyal Fan

I planned to update it earlier yesterday, but I just wanted to go to bed to rest, so I slept until [-] o'clock... I hurriedly got up and started coding like crazy.

In fact, at the end, I almost couldn't help writing the line as "It's incredible, the potato chips next door are half price!"

"What... what's the matter, Lao Yang? What's the big deal?"

Both Lao Qian and Lao Mo were taken aback, because in their memory, Lao Yang's character has always been very dull, and it's rare to see such excitement~.

"This is a great good thing!" Lao Yang said excitedly, "The government has started selling salt!"

"what?"

The two were taken aback again, and then their expressions dimmed again.

"What if we sell salt? We can't afford that price anyway..."

Lao Yang shook his head and said, "If I can't afford it, will I still come to call you? The salt that the government sells is unimaginably cheap!"

"Really?!"

Lao Qian and Lao Mo were stunned for a while, and then became equally excited.

"We can have salt again!"

"I knew that His Royal Highness King Chu would definitely not abandon us!"

Now they have a feeling that the hardships have come to an end. The government sells salt at a low price.

It would be better to say that now they all feel very complacent. They feel that they believed that His Royal Highness King Chu was right before, and they were too prescient.

"Since there are such good things, it's not too late, let's go and see!"

When the three of them rushed over excitedly, they found that the gate of the government was already crowded with people.

Countless officers and soldiers were struggling to maintain order, shouting: "Everyone has a share! Everyone has a share! So keep order, come up one by one to get the number, and buy refined salt with the number!"

Although Li You made a lot of refined salt during this time, after all, he did not fully open his hands to make it, and there was not enough time, so the amount was just enough for the normal use of the people of Youzhou.

It's just that we have just experienced the salt shortage, and it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no people frantically buying refined salt, so it is necessary to use the number to buy it per head.

This new method naturally caused a commotion, but it was mainly because no one had heard of this method, and what attracted their attention was what the officers and soldiers said.

"Refined salt?"

Lao Mo wondered to himself, what kind of salt is this, I have never heard of it at all?

But forget it, as long as it's salt anyway, he doesn't care.

Just thinking about it, the officers and soldiers have continued to announce the price of refined salt.

"A tael of refined salt for 10 cents! You can buy a bag of refined salt for 100 cents and go home!"

After saying that, the officers and soldiers also raised the bag in their hands. Seeing the size of the bag, the eyes of the common people suddenly became straight.

"You can buy one or two for 10 cents?!"

"It's too cheap!"

"It's too cheap!"

"Can salt be so cheap!?"

"And look at that bag contains more than twelve!"

In the past, the price of table salt has been so high that many people could not afford it at all, and even had to go to the wild to lick those poisonous salts with rare and huge impurities, and eventually die.

But now the salt sold by this official salt channel, and it is still in the midst of a salt shortage, can still be sold so cheaply, it's really fake!

"You can buy a tael of salt for 10 cents... Is it really edible?"

Lao Qian was also stunned. He heard Lao Yang say that the price is very cheap, but he really didn't know it would be so cheap!