"Hurry up in front"
The Qiming Chamber of Commerce was lined with people trying to buy salt.
And the lines are getting longer.
"There are ten people in my family. This is the household registration certificate. Here are ten pounds of salt." A strong man said.
"The imperial court stipulates that each household can only buy 5 kilograms of salt when going long. This is 5 kilograms of salt and 10 copper coins." The boy said.
"Okay, 5 pounds is 5 pounds." The strong man wanted to shout something, but after seeing the two fierce-looking men next to him, he swallowed all his words.
"It's really unlucky that people can only buy 5 pounds at most." The strong man said as he walked.
After the strong man's words were heard by the people around him, they were definitely a little irritated. Many people felt that Qiming Chamber of Commerce did not have much salt.
Suddenly he seemed a little irritable.
"Blessed by the Bodhisattva, there must be salt," said a strong woman in ragged clothes.
As a poor person, even a copper coin is eager to be split into two cents.
This is not the so-called stinginess, but for the real poor, a penny may mean life or death.
"Damn, those businessmen are so damn evil. I went to buy salt, and the price of salt actually soared to 10 copper coins per pound. If I hadn't heard that His Majesty the Qiming Chamber of Commerce strictly prohibited price increases, I wouldn't have come."
Looking at the long queue, the newcomers couldn't help but curse.
"That's right, those businessmen are really shady, and the price of salt keeps changing."
Someone soon echoed.
"But it's your Majesty's best. Jin Yiwei just said, "Your Majesty has ordered that everyone must buy salt based on their household registration. Each person can only buy 1 catty per month. The imperial court will guarantee the supply of salt to the Qiming Chamber of Commerce, and the Qiming Chamber of Commerce's salt supply It shall not be increased in the slightest without His Majesty’s permission”.
"But with so many people, does the Qiming Chamber of Commerce have enough salt?"
Questions soon came up.
"I don't know. I can only take one step at a time and see."
As time goes by, more and more people come to know the news, making people more and more impatient.
Fortunately, the people from the Qiming Chamber of Commerce found someone to help guide the crowd, otherwise there might really be problems.
The crowd seemed impatient, and the owners of the salt shops were filled with joy and sorrow.
Fortunately, the price of salt has skyrocketed, and I can take the opportunity to make a fortune. However, I am sad that the owner of his salt shop actually sold a large amount of his inventory at the price of 2 silver coins per stone.
If it were normal times, it would be sold at this price, but what is happening now? The price of salt has soared to ten silver coins per stone.
This is definitely a blood loss.
What made them even more annoyed was that they originally wanted to use their connections to get some salt out of the official warehouse, but they were rejected.
That's right, it was a ruthless rejection. No matter how rich the background was, everyone was rejected.
If it weren't for the Qiming Chamber of Commerce, the man behind it was the powerful emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
Everyone went to reason with each other.
Although the demand for salt is far less than that of food, salt is also a necessity of life.
If people don't eat salt, something will happen.
If people do not consume salt for a long time, they will experience symptoms such as anorexia, nausea, vomiting, accelerated heart rate, weak pulse, muscle spasms, blurred vision, weakened reflexes, and even death.
Although many poor people once couldn't even afford salt, they had to make do with salt cloth.
But as the saying goes, it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality.
The price of salt has dropped again and again in recent years, so who still uses salt cloth?
