Tang Dynasty: The beginning of the game is to touch the Princess Changle

Taiji Hall, Imperial Study.

The five people in the Imperial Study were no longer as calm as they were when they were drinking tea.

"An hour ago, the guards reported that many people gathered at the salt shop. I wonder what the situation is now?"

Li Shimin was a little anxious at this time.

"Your Majesty, don't worry. Su's arrangement is flawless. I believe the noble families will not remain indifferent."

Fang Xuanling comforted him.

Li Shimin nodded. He also believed in Su Chen's arrangement.

Time passed bit by bit.

About half an hour later, Wang Defa reported.

"Your Majesty, the secret agent of the salt shop reported that all the salt in the salt shops in the East and West Markets has been bought up by the Cui Wang family."

"Five hundred thousand strings of silver have been secretly transported to the palace just outside the hall."

Li Shimin and others stood up immediately with excitement.

"Okay, okay, Su kid, you really see through the sinister hearts of the noble family."

Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong led more than 60,000 people to refine fine salt day and night outside the city.

More than 10 million kilograms of fine salt can be refined every day.

After the curfew yesterday, the soldiers dressed up as servants and transported 20 million kilograms of fine salt to two salt shops.

"Noble family, I want to see if you can beat my Tang Dynasty national teacher!"

"Hahaha...!"

...

Wang family.

The head of the Wang family, Wang Zhen, looked at the piles of fine salt with golden eyes.

"What a good salt, how is it refined?"

"Butler, have you found out where this salt comes from?"

Their noble family has existed for a thousand years, and has never been able to refine such pure fine salt.

"Master, I haven't found out the source of this fine salt. The shopkeeper is very tight-lipped."

Wang Zhen nodded, thinking that this was normal. How could such a traditional craft be easily shown to others?

Just like their salt-making technology, it would not be revealed to outsiders.

"Do they still have fine salt for sale today?"

Wang Zhen now wants to directly monopolize the snowflake salt business.

"Master, the shopkeeper said that there is only so much salt today. By the way, master, this is only the salt from a salt shop in the East Market. The West Market was taken by the Cui family first."

Wang Zhen nodded slightly after hearing this, frowning and thinking.

"You should bring more people and money tomorrow and guard the salt shop in the East Market early.

This master guessed: those old foxes have also smelled the smell and are going to make a move."

"How much money do you need? Go directly to the account office to get it. No matter how much salt he has, eat it all."

Wang Zhen said grimly: 'Those old foxes really want to be on an equal footing with my Wang family. Dreaming! ’

When fighting against Li Er, I just used you to distract Li Er’s firepower.

The idea of ​​these noble families is the same as that of modern capitalists, that is, they want to use their own financial resources to acquire small businesses in the same industry that they think are not as strong as themselves.

They want to monopolize the market to the maximum extent.

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The salt shop opened the next day.

Before the East Market Salt Shop opened, a long carriage team lined up outside the shop.

As soon as Chen Shi arrived, the salt shop opened.

The clerk rubbed his eyes and asked the shop door to be removed slowly.

The people of the Wang family couldn't wait any longer, so Xiao Si stepped forward to help remove the door.

The other clerks inside were about to carry out the shelves where the salt was stacked.

Steward Wang immediately stepped forward to stop them.

"Come on, there is no need to put the salt out. I will buy all the salt in the store today."

At this time, the shopkeeper who heard the voice hurriedly nodded and bowed forward.

"Oh, Master Wang, you're really early today. I wonder why your house needs so much salt?"

Butler Wang was unhappy when he heard this.

"Shopkeeper, stop asking questions. How much salt do you have? Hurry up and load it."

The shopkeeper was embarrassed when he heard that he wanted to buy all of it again.

"Master Wang, if you buy salt like this, it will be difficult for small businesses. There are only more than 6 million kilograms of salt in the store today. Look..."

Butler Wang waved his hand impatiently.

"It doesn't matter who you sell to. I need some money from you. Come on, load the goods."

The shopkeeper was at a loss and looked very embarrassed. He waved his hand and asked someone to move the cash box outside.

...

West Market, Salt Shop

"Shopkeeper, how much salt do you have in the store? I'd better buy all of it. I have enough money for today."

The shopkeeper with a mustache came forward, "Master Cui, can you buy only half? I can't do my business if you do that. It's hard to explain to the boss!"

Butler Cui didn't waste time talking to him.

"Just tell me how much salt you have? Are you afraid that I'll give you less money?"

The shopkeeper said in embarrassment:

"Master Cui, there are only 7 million kilograms of salt in the store today. I..."

Before the shopkeeper finished speaking, Butler Cui waved his hand and pushed the shopkeeper aside:

"Shopkeeper, the money is outside. Go and order it yourself. Come on, load the carriage!"

Shopkeeper: "Master Cui,You..."

After loading the car, Steward Cui walked up to the shopkeeper.

"Shopkeeper, just tell me how much salt the store will have tomorrow, so I don't have to bring too much money and waste my energy."

The shopkeeper hesitated and said slowly: "Master Cui, I'm not sure, probably about 10 million catties."

"Hmph, let's go!"

Steward Cui flicked his sleeves and led the carriage away.

...

Five surnames and seven families, Cui family.

"Master, today the salt shop only has 6 million catties of snowflake salt. The shopkeeper said that there will only be about 10 million catties tomorrow."

The head of the Cui family, Cui Bo, nodded and smiled.

"Well, I guess the situation over there is similar. As long as it is not less than Wang's salt, no one can compete with my Cui family in the salt business."

"This family head estimates that the salt shop doesn't have much salt to sell. Such good salt cannot be produced in unlimited quantities. "

"Butler, continue to collect as much salt as you can! In addition, see if you have a chance to find out the owner of this salt shop tomorrow."

Humph! Old dog Wang, do you really think my Cui family is your younger brother? We can't compete with you in the grain business.

This salt, my Cui family is the best choice.

"Yes, sir!"

...

Leshan Restaurant, private room on the third floor.

Eight people sat at a large round table, and they didn't look very good.

"Master Zheng, Master Li, what do you think? ”

The people sitting in the private room were the other three families, Li, Zheng, and Lu.

The speaker was Lu Changfeng, the head of the Lu family.

They also knew that snowflake salt appeared on the market, and they wanted to do this salt business.

Before, the salt business was dominated by the Cui family and followed by the Wang family.

But the three families did not know how to make salt, so they could only watch others eat meat.

Now that good quality salt has appeared on the market, they certainly want to get a piece of the pie.

However, the strength of each of them is not as good as that of the Cui and Wang families.

Now they plan to form a group and strive to get a piece of the pie.

But they are all old foxes, and no one wants to be the first thorn to fight against the Cui and Wang families.

The head of the Lu family, Lu Changfeng, turned the wine back and forth, frowned and thought, and said:

"In my opinion, we should wait and see how much salt the two families can eat. We are not sure how much salt this salt shop has."

"If we act rashly, neither side will benefit, and the gain will not outweigh the loss! "

When the two heads of the Zheng and Li families heard this, they secretly thought: You are indeed an old fox, and you want us to get in the water first.

The two heads of the family nodded and agreed at the same time:

"Master Lu, what you said makes sense. Come on, let's have a drink!"

At the same time, the two of them looked at each other with contempt.

...

Li Shimin didn't know what the people of the noble families were thinking.

He only cared about how much salt was sold every day.

How much money the treasury received today, and he was worried that the noble families would not have enough liquidity tomorrow.

The five people were drinking tea happily!

As for Su Chen, who was far away in the manor, he would not care about these.

He was busy making bricks!