Many people sneered at the new salt in Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth.
After all, two cents of salt was too cheap for them.
They wouldn't even look at such cheap salt.
What good can such salt be?
Therefore, they were still worried about the impact of Zhu Yuanzhang's new salt on their salt.
Now they are not worried at all.
They all felt that Zhu Yuanzhang's new salt would definitely not be accepted by the market and would be rejected by everyone.
In the end, I had to use their salt again.
Of course, although they were not optimistic about the new salt in Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth, they still sent people to buy Zhu Yuanzhang's new salt.
They wanted to see what kind of salt gave Zhu Yuanzhang such confidence.
At the same time, new salt began to be sold in various places in the Ming Dynasty.
After those white and fine salts were put out, many people felt longing for them.
Especially those people who had never seen these fine salts couldn't help but praise them.
"Oh my God! What kind of salt is this? Why have I never seen it before??"
"I know, this is the legendary fine salt. They are as white as snow, finer than sand, and taste very good. Only emperors and nobles can enjoy it!!"
"Tsk tsk, I really envy them that they can eat such good salt. If I can eat such good salt in my life, even if I die, I will die without regrets!!"
As these people spoke, their eyes showed an extremely strong desire for these fine salts.
However, they turned around and said to the salt seller:
"Give me a pound of coarse salt!!"
This is the salt they crave, but they also know that this is the salt they cannot afford.
Therefore, they just need to take a look at it to satisfy their eye addiction.
What they want to buy is the coarse salt they usually eat.
However, today they did not get the answer they wanted.
“We don’t have coarse salt here, we only have this new salt!!”
"Ah? There is no coarse salt anymore? Is the coarse salt sold out??"
"Oh my god! The coarse salt is sold out? How could this happen? What should we do if there is no coarse salt to sell??"
"Hey! We still have to go to the salt merchant. We can only buy the more expensive salt from the salt merchant!!"
They were obviously very disappointed when they heard that there was no coarse salt for sale here.
There is no coarse salt for sale here, so they can only buy it from salt merchants.
In the hands of the salt merchant, it was obviously a few cents more expensive than in the hands of the salt official.
This is an additional expense they are unwilling to spend.
However, in order to provide food for their families, they can only spend this amount of money.
Thinking of this, many people shook their heads helplessly and prepared to leave.
However, when they were about to leave, the salt officials spoke.
"Don't leave. Although we don't have coarse salt for sale here, you can try our new salt!!"
"New salt? Your new salt is indeed beautiful, as white as snow, but we can't afford it!!"
“Two pennies per pound, what can’t be afforded!!”
"Sure enough, two liang and one catty are not something we can afford!!"
The salt officials clearly stated that the new salt cost two cents per pound, but when it fell into the ears of the people, they already listened to the price in their minds.
In their minds, the price of such new salt is twenty taels of silver per catty, or even twenty taels of silver per catty.
None of them have so much money combined.
So, they shook their heads and prepared to leave again.
When their words came out, the salt officials were dumbfounded.
"Huh? I didn't say two taels of silver per catty, I said two cents per catty!!"
He shouted loudly to the common man, but the common man didn't seem to hear him, and seemed to have made up his mind and left resolutely.
Only the people nearby heard it clearly.
After the common man left, they approached Yan Guan cautiously, and then asked:
"Sir, are you saying that new salt costs two cents a pound?"
"Yes! Two cents, two cents, cheaper than the previous salt!!"
“Then where is the new salt you mentioned??”
"That's it, these are the new salt!!"
After speaking, the salt official pointed to the new salt in front of him.
He even grabbed a handful of new salt and clearly told the people in front of him that these fine, snow-white salts were new salt.
However, when the common man saw the salt, he did not show joy, but shook his head.
"Impossible, how could this be new salt? How could new salt look so good??"
"Sir, please stop joking with us and bring out the two cents of new salt. You can tell by looking at this salt that it costs more than two cents per catty. I believe you when you say it costs two hundred taels per catty." !!”
"Hey! Why don't you believe it? This is the new salt made by His Majesty. It is the new salt His Majesty asked us to sell. How can I lie to you!!"
"It seems that the adults are really free recently and like to make fun of us. If there is no coarse salt, I'd better go to other places to look!!"
"Hey? Don't go, don't go, don't go! You can't buy salt anywhere else. Your Majesty has given an order. Except for us, we can sell salt here, and other salt merchants can't sell salt for the time being!!"
"ah??"
Such words really shocked the people who came to buy salt.
Then his face became full of sorrow and worry.
"What should I do now! I'm still waiting for salt at home!!"
"Buy the salt from me, buy the new salt from me. I will pack a pound of salt for you right now. You just need two cents!!"
After saying that, the salt officer packed the snow-white salt in front of everyone, and then gave it to the common man.
When the new salt was obtained, the common man was obviously stunned.
He stared blankly at the new salt in his hand, unable to recover for a moment.
After he came to his senses, his body couldn't help but tremble.
"Are you serious? This is the best salt? You just gave it to me. I, I can't afford it!!"
“You don’t need to say anything more, just bring me two cents!!”
"Ah! Two, two cents??"
"I bought my salt, come here with the money!!"
"Oh, oh, then I'll get you money!!"
With that said, the common man took out his salt, and then prepared to count it to see how much money should be given to the salt officer.
However, the salt officer didn't give him much chance to react. He directly picked up his two pennies and returned to his stall.
Such behavior really shocked the people.
When he saw that the salt officer really only took two pennies from him and ignored him, he couldn't help but said to the salt officer:
"Huh? Did you really give it to me??"
"If you do it like this, then I will leave??"
"You, why don't you look at me? I, am I really going to leave??"
"I, I'm leaving!!"
The common man walked out step by step as he talked.
There was disbelief in their eyes.
And the salt officer did not criticize him, he just waved his hand gently at him.
Seeing him waving, the common man left without any further hesitation.
However, when he left, he no longer walked slowly, but ran away quickly, as if he was afraid that the salt official would regret it and take back the salt in his hand.
However, after he left, Yan Guan never looked at him again.
This behavior of the salt official immediately convinced the people around him that this salt as white as snow was the new salt of the Ming Dynasty.
Moreover, it only costs two cents a pound.
The next moment, some of them couldn't restrain their inner excitement and shouted directly.
"Give me a pound of new salt like this, and I want a pound of new salt like this!!"
"I want it too, I want to buy a pound of new salt like this!!"
"I, I also have ten pounds of new salt, I want ten pounds of new salt like this!!"
Some of them had the courage to speak out, and they were not sure whether the salt officials' words counted or whether they could buy the new salt.
However, when the new salt appeared in their hands, many of them were immediately confused.
After a while, their cheers instantly echoed in all directions.
"Ah! I bought new salt, I bought new salt!!"
"Hahaha! It's so good. I actually bought such good salt for only two cents. This is a great benefit. This is a gift from His Majesty to us!!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the new salt you made, and thank you for selling the new salt so cheaply!!"
Their cheers also made others react.
These white and delicate new salts really cost two cents a pound.
At this moment, all of them were crazy.
"Bring me ten pounds of new salt, I want ten pounds of new salt!!"
"One hundred catties, give me one hundred catties of new salt!!"
"I want five kilograms of new salt. The new salt is so cheap and beautiful. Give me five kilograms of new salt!!"
There was an endless stream of people clamoring to buy new salt, and a long queue instantly formed here at Yanguan.
The name of Xinyan spread quickly to all directions at an extremely fast speed.
The people sent out by the dignitaries of Jinling City also quickly bought the new salt.
However, when they held these new salts, they themselves couldn't believe it.
Among them, those who thought it was cheap bought a thousand kilograms directly.
Then, they took the new salt back to their respective masters' mansions, and then packed the new salt and prepared to present it to their masters.
"Master, I bought the new salt you asked me to buy, but I bought a little too much, I bought a thousand kilograms!!"
"What? You bought a thousand catties of salt for two cents? Are you a stupid donkey? Even dogs won't eat salt for two cents. Who asked you to buy so much??"
"This... Sir, the two cents of new salt is really beautiful and of very good quality. When I tasted it, the taste is extremely pure. That's why I bought so much!!"
"Since you think the taste is pure, I'll give you a thousand kilograms of salt. If you can't finish it, I'll take it to the coffin!!"
Hearing what the servant said, the official was obviously very angry.
However, he still didn't forget that he wanted to see what New Salt had in mind.
Therefore, he spoke to this servant and said:
"Open these two cents of salt and show me a look!!"
"Yes Yes!!"
This servant clearly felt that their master was angry.
Under such circumstances, he did not dare to hesitate and opened the salt bag directly.
Immediately afterwards, the new salt as white as snow appeared directly in the official's eyes.
Seeing the new salt as white as snow, the official was obviously stunned.
After being stunned, he became furious.
"I asked you to show me the new salt you bought. What are you doing with our precious snowflake salt??"
"Tell me, do you want to die??"
This snowflake salt, which is as white as snow, is his treasure. It costs ten taels of silver per tael. It has a price but no market. He is reluctant to use it on weekdays.
Even when he took it out, he was careful.
Now this servant actually touched his snow salt, which made him instantly murderous and wanted to kill this ungrateful servant in front of him.
And his words obviously frightened the servant.
He quickly explained:
"Sir, sir, I didn't touch your snowflake salt. I don't even know where your snowflake salt is!"
"This, this is the new salt you asked me to buy!!"
“Besides, the sacks there are all filled with such salt!!”
"Um??"
Hearing this, the official was obviously very surprised.
Especially the statement that several sacks were filled with such salt made him couldn't help but stand up and look at those sacks.
"You said, these sacks are full of salt like snowflakes??"
"Yes, these sacks are all, weighing a thousand kilograms!!"
As soon as these words came out, the official's expression changed obviously.
Then, without any hesitation, he walked directly to the sacks and opened them.
Immediately afterwards, Bai Xue's new salt appeared in front of him.
He opened one and found a sack of snow-white fine salt.
Opening another one, there was another sack of snow-white fine salt.
No matter how many are opened, the salt remains the same. They are all snow-white fine salt.
However, his expression changed.
Then he kept opening it, and his face became paler.
After he grabbed some new salt and put it in his mouth, and tasted the pure taste of salt, he closed his eyes in despair.
"It's over, we're done this time!!"
After tasting the new salt, the official knew immediately that their private salt business was over.
Compared with Zhu Yuanzhang's new salt, the quality of their private salt is really poor, and the price is too high.
Comparing these salts together, the people will definitely choose Zhu Yuanzhang's new salt without hesitation.
If Zhu Yuanzhang's new salt is really as productive as he said, then other salts will have no chance of survival.
It didn't even take Zhu Yuanzhang to ban the sale of other salts, the people would automatically eliminate other salts.
This also means that those of them who sell private salt and want to make money from salt are really at a dead end.
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