Chao Cuo didn't say a word this time. Looking at Liu Deng's calm and composed expression, and then looking at Zhang Tu's calm and composed expression next to him, Chao Cuo was even more sure that the monarch and his minister must be hiding something fishy.
"Does anyone else have the same idea as him?"
Liu Deng drank up the wine in the glass in one gulp. To be honest, this wine was not much better than the beer of later generations. The wine was a bit turbid and did not taste like much alcohol. It was only about 20 degrees.
"Your Majesty, this is what I think. On behalf of my country, we are now at a critical moment of life and death. I really can't drink it. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
"Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
In this generation, the number of people who can attend this banquet is only about thirty or so.
Seeing how united they were now, Liu Deng felt a little ashamed. They treated him so heartily, but he ended up guarding them as much as he guarded against thieves.
This did make him feel a little ashamed. On the contrary, Zhang Tu was very indifferent. This old guy seemed to have known such a result for a long time, so he just stayed silent and watched Liu Deng's jokes.
"I see that you two have no intention of eating right now. Now that the matter has been settled, I will let you open your eyes today. I have something in my hand. I will keep it for you. After you look at it, you two will smile!"
Anyway, all the coarse salt in hand has been sold, and things have already turned upside down. At this time, even if the news is revealed, Liu Xian's grandson has no way to save himself.
"Come here, bring me the things!"
Seeing the stunned expressions of the civil and military officials in the court, Liu Deng waved his hand domineeringly, and Du Ziteng walked in directly with two guards and a sack.
"I wonder what this is?"
Chen Qi asked with a frown.
As the internal history of the Dai Kingdom, he has the highest status among everyone except Zhang Tu.
"Please, Master Neishi, open it and take a look for yourself!"
As Liu Deng spoke, he dropped a small dagger for cutting meat from the table and said to Chen Qi with a smile.
"promise!"
Chen Qi looked around, and everyone looked confused. He could only step forward and pick up the dagger, ready to see what was inside.
I walked to the sack and touched it. There seemed to be something like sand inside. What could it be?
Could it be that it could also be alluvial gold?
But even if it is alluvial gold, for those greedy merchants, no matter how much money they have now, they will be extorted by them.
Chen Qi, feeling anxious in his heart, grabbed the dagger angrily and slashed it directly on the sack.
"Tsk-la"
After a crisp sound, all the white stuff in the sack flowed out. Chen Qi was stunned for a moment.
"This is?"
Everyone stood up immediately, except for Liu Deng and Zhang Tu, who were sitting there peacefully.
Zhang Tu even raised his wine glass, gestured towards Liu Deng, and then drank it all in one gulp.
"Gu-dong"
There was not even a grain of salt in the official warehouse. Almost everyone's actions had gone through Chen Qi's hands. He was extremely convinced of this.
Chen Qi swallowed hard, walked forward tremblingly, grabbed a handful of white particles with his trembling right hand, put it in front of his eyes and watched carefully for a moment, and stretched out his hand in the strange eyes of everyone. Licking it with my tongue!
"It's salt! The best green salt has no bitter taste. Is this the salt eaten in the palace?"
Chen Qi had a glimmer of hope in his heart, but he immediately gave up the crazy idea.
This thing is really valuable, so how can it be affordable for ordinary small farmers?
"This is indeed what I eat in the palace, but that's not what I want to say. What I want to say is that starting from tomorrow, all the official warehouses in my country will start selling salt, and only this kind. One hundred and fifty cents per catty!"
Liu Deng said with a faint smile.
"One, one hundred and fifty coins?"
Before Liu Deng finished speaking, Chen Qi was already dumbfounded.
How is this possible?
This is the finest green salt. Even if King Wu sells it himself, it still costs 800 coins per catty. Even if the king makes some money this time, it still cannot afford such a large subsidy!
"Your Majesty, I wonder how much of this thing you have in your hands? Do you know how many people in our country have in total? Even if we sell it based on household registration, the amount needed every year can be around hundreds of thousands of stones. This is no joke!"
Chen Qi said tremblingly.
"As for this thing, I really don't have much in my hands right now. It's probably only about 100,000 stones. But according to the current production, it can basically produce 3,000 stones per day. Is that right, Master Taifu?"
Liu Deng said that this was a bit uncertain and looked at Zhang Tu and asked.
Zhang Tu knows the things over there best. He handled the whole process from scratch. When it comes to this, he has the most say.
"Three thousand stones per day. This is the current production. In ten days, it should be increased to five thousand stones per day!"
Zhang Tu is such a talented person that he will never stop dying without saying anything shocking.
Chen Qi felt like he was going crazy. This fucking world is so crazy. Does this old guy know what he is talking about?
That’s salt!
And it is the finest green salt. This stuff is not the sand by the river. As long as you have someone, you can pack it anytime and anywhere.
Making salt is a complicated process. It takes an experienced salt worker at least seven or eight years to master the timing of adding salt.
Even if Dai State now has all the people making salt, there are not that many experienced salt workers to help them operate it.
Five thousand stones a day?
Even if King Wu is now the richest in the world, he doesn't have the courage to reveal this output.
The entire Wu State has only been able to produce about 1,000 shi per day so far. This old guy Zhang Tu is deceiving the people and the king with his lies.
"My minister, the internal envoy Chen Qi, impeached Grand Master Zhang Tu for deceiving the king and disregarding the life and death of the country's soldiers and people. I also ask the king not to listen to his nonsense. How can there be such an exaggerated output in this world!"
While the courtiers were talking about it, Chen Qi gritted his teeth and knelt on the ground.
"I said, Mr. Chen, what are you doing? My old man usually offends you? I asked you to arrange me like this!"
Zhang Tu brought himself a glass of wine nonchalantly, and while drinking, he admired Chen Qi's serious eyes.
"Master Taifu, because I have no grievances in the past and no enmity in the recent past, I, Chen Qi, am impeaching you today purely out of public motives. If you have any selfish motives, I will strike with thunder from the sky and five thunders!"
After Chen Qi finished speaking, he kowtowed heavily to Liu Deng on the ground.
"Master Taifu, this is your own trouble, you can take care of it yourself!"
Liu Deng was very irresponsible and kicked the ball back to Zhang Tu. Zhang Tu couldn't help but roll his eyes. This little bastard was going too far.
