Chapter 788
However, just when the Emperor of Chu thought he was right, the 30,000 kilograms of salt ordered by the three dynasties of Northern Qi, Daxia, and Han Dynasties had been successively shipped to the royal families of various countries.
Qi Huang stared at the ten thousand kilograms of salt in front of him. He murmured to himself: "Although that guy Tang Yu gave me a 30% discount on the imported refined salt, and one kilogram of salt was calculated as seventy-one kilograms, but if I want to make a profit, I can't set the price." It’s too low, the price is too high, and I’m afraid no one will buy it, so let’s try it first, and one pound of refined salt will be sold at one hundred and fifty taels of silver!”
At this moment, Qi Huang still had no idea about the price. After all, ordinary people couldn't afford the price of 150 taels per kilogram of refined salt.
Now that he has decided, Qi Huang naturally plans to give it a try.
Not long after, the 10,000 kilograms of refined salt ordered by the Northern Qi Dynasty from the Tang Dynasty were successively delivered to various official salt stores.
"Oh no! Is that true? The royal family actually started selling high-quality refined salt? Is this news true or false?"
"For thousands of years, high-quality refined salt has only been supplied to the royal family, and the royal family may not necessarily have enough refined salt to eat every year. How can they have excess refined salt to put into the market below?"
"Really, it's all true. This is His Majesty's personal decision. It seems that this batch of refined salt is not specially supplied by the royal family, but ordered from the Tang Dynasty!"
"What? Is this really happening? Refined salt has always been expensive but not marketable. Let's go and take a look!"
Learning that the royal family had released a large amount of refined salt into the market below caused a huge sensation in the Imperial City of Northern Qi, and countless citizens rushed to the sales stores.
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The refined salt had just been put into the market below, which not only shocked countless people in the Imperial City of Northern Qi, but also shocked a large number of royal relatives, princes, nobles and many aristocratic families.
"Is this the legendary fine salt? It's really delicate!"
"Yes, yes, look at the fine grains of this salt and it's all white. It's much better than the coarse salt we usually eat!"
When many people saw the fine salt on sale, their eyes widened in shock.
You know, the coarse salt they usually eat is yellow-brown, but now when they see the fine white and fine refined salt, many people's eyes flash with envy.
Amid the violent commotion, someone plucked up the courage to ask about the price of good refined salt. However, the answer he got almost made his eyes pop out in shock.
"One hundred and fifty taels per catty? Wow! Did I hear that right?"
"One hundred and fifty taels per kilogram of fine salt? Isn't this an international joke? I've worked so hard for a year and can't even earn ten taels of silver!"
"Robbing money, this is totally stealing money!"
Originally, some ordinary people planned to spend a lot of money to buy a pound of high-quality refined salt to try, but when they heard the price of high-quality refined salt, many people almost died of fright on the spot.
Although the Northern Qi Dynasty was much more powerful than the Tang Dynasty, the total household income of ordinary people basically did not exceed ten taels of silver a year. If they wanted to buy a pound of fine salt, they would have to spend at least fifteen years of their savings, and within these fifteen years They also had to save money all the time without eating or drinking.
After a while, a large number of people watching the excitement dispersed. They were intimidated by the good refined salt.
They knew very well that this price was beyond the reach of ordinary people except princes and nobles.
"What? One pound of refined salt is priced at one hundred and fifty taels?"
Within the Imperial City, all the major wealthy families received the news one after another. Even if they had deep backgrounds, they were frightened by the price.
When they learned that high-quality refined salt was being put on the market below, everyone guessed that the price of high-quality refined salt would definitely not be cheap.
In the past, some refined salt specially supplied by the royal family came to the market, but at its peak, these refined salts were sold for one hundred taels of silver per catty. No one expected that the price of such high-quality refined salt would be so outrageous.
