In the afternoon of that day, Liu Mo led Zhao Da to "Jingshui Pavilion". Today, he would sell his new salt publicly.
Part of the stored salt was kept by me for daily cooking in "Jingshui Pavilion", and part of it was previously brought to the government for testing by the Salt Gang. It wasn't a lot, but it was enough to complete his plan.
"Sell salt, sell salt. The newly launched sea salt is of high quality and low price. It's rare to get it!" Li Xin led the waiters and shouted at the top of their lungs.
Sales of the new salt were so popular that demand exceeded supply, and the first batch of new salt was sold out in just a few days.
Now when I heard that there was new salt, it quickly attracted many onlookers.
"Is this the new salt from Zhou's store?"
"The Zhou family sells my boss's new salt!" Li Xin explained.
"How to sell it?"
"Twenty-five cents per catty!" Li Xin replied.
"Ah? The Zhou family only sells it for twenty cents per catty, why are you more expensive than the Zhou family?"
"Yes, yes, why is it more expensive than others?"
"You don't have to buy it!" Li Xin shrugged.
"Get out of the way, you can't afford a pound for 25 cents? I want ten pounds!" shouted a burly man.
This is not Liu Mo’s stooge...
The new salt has a delicious taste and no peculiar smell. It is much better than the refined salt originally produced in the Daxia Dynasty. The refined salt can range from as little as one hundred wen to more than three hundred wen per pound. Twenty-five cents is already cheap and can't get any cheaper.
The people of Rongcheng who have tasted the new salt are full of praise.
"This distinguished guest weighs ten pounds!" Li Xin shouted at the top of his lungs.
Seeing this, the people who were watching had no scruples, and they all rushed forward to buy the new salt.
"Don't be impatient, everyone, follow the old rules and stand in a row!"
The long queue formed again, just to grab the rare new salt.
According to Liu Mo's arrangement, Li Xin and others deliberately slowed down their actions. They had to wait for the people from the Salt Gang to show up!
In about a stick of incense time, a dozen Salt Gang disciples came quickly.
"Finally here!" Liu Mo immediately walked out of "Jingshui Pavilion" when he saw the person coming.
The leader of the Salt Gang is a native of Rongcheng. His skin is like old leather, he is short in stature, and his beard reaches up to his ears.
Without saying a word, he waved his hand and signaled to his men to "confiscate Liu Mo's new salt!"
Those salt gang disciples were so arrogant that they didn't even say hello, they just grabbed the new salt, put it on their shoulders and left.
"Stop!" Zhao Da shouted sharply. "Are your Salt Gang going to rob me in broad daylight?"
The leading Salt Gang disciple stepped forward angrily, "You and other unscrupulous people dare to sell new salt without the permission of our Salt Gang? You are so impatient!"
Liu Mo was waiting for now. He walked forward calmly and asked, "What do you call this brother?"
"No need, Mr. Liu, just call me Xu Tian!"
"Brother Xu!" Liu Mo bowed his hands, "May I ask if you are an official from Rongcheng County Government?"
Xu Tian squinted at Liu Mo, and then snorted coldly, "Mr. Liu, are you asking me?" He said disdainfully, "Do you need me, Xu, to teach you the rules of the Salt Gang?"
"The rules of the salt gang?" Liu Mo sneered, "I, Mr. Liu, am a citizen of Daxia, and I only recognize the laws of Daxia!" He raised his voice, "The new salt I sell has official approval, why do I need to abide by yours?" Salt gang rules!”
Xu Tian became interested. This was the first time since he joined the salt gang that he saw a salt merchant who dared not follow the rules. “Liu, you’re full and holding on, so you’re looking for trouble, right?
If you want to sell salt in Rongcheng, you must abide by the rules of our salt gang, even if the King of Heaven comes! "
"Ha, so you say the rules of the Salt Gang are greater than the laws of the King of Great Xia?"
"That's right!" Xu Tian said sternly. "Brothers, smash it for me and let him know what the rules are!"
After hearing the leader's words, the Salt Gang disciples drew out their swords from their waists and slashed at the cloth bag containing salt.
There was a crash, and fine salt was scattered all over the floor.
"Everyone else, get out of here!" Xu Tian spoke again.
Seeing this, the onlookers dared not come forward and fled one after another.
"You bastards are looking for death!" Zhao shouted angrily.
Seeing that Zhao Da was about to rush forward and teach these thugs a lesson, Liu Mo grabbed him by the corner of his clothes and said, "Don't do it, let them smash it!"
Zhao Da was puzzled, "Uncle, why are you doing this?"
He thought to himself, he could beat ten of such a bunch of losers by himself!
"I know you are good at martial arts, but don't do anything, just wait and see the show!"
Although he doesn't know why, Zhao Da has long been used to it after being with Liu Mo for so long.
"Li Xin, have you finished what I asked you to do?"
"Go back to my uncle, it's done!"
Liu Mo smiled knowingly, stood in front of his men, and looked at him quietly as he tried to die.
After a crazy beating, all the fine salt placed at the door of "Jingshui Pavilion" was destroyed.
Looking at the fine salt on the ground, Xu Tian showed an arrogant smile, "Mr. Liu, do you now know what the rules are?"
"Oh? I still don't quite understand." Liu Mo spread his hands.
"You..." Xu Tiantian blushed, "Boy, if you dare to speak arrogantly again, be careful of Master Xu's fist!"
"Ha, are the county government officials the Daxia government or your salt gang?" Liu Mo smiled, "Not only smashing my new salt, but also beating people? To tell you the truth, I still have a lot of new salt in my store. Salt, if you can, go in and smash it!"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Da was stunned, let alone Xu Tian and other Salt Gang disciples.
How is this different from "Hit me, you idiot!"
Xu Tian has a bad temper. Hearing this, he didn't bother to talk to you. He roared angrily, "Go in and search!"
A group of Salt Gang disciples rushed into the "Jingshui Pavilion", swearing, picked up the tables, chairs and benches in the store and threw them to the ground. The things fell to the ground and were smashed to pieces.
At this moment, the Yan Gang disciples have no interest in finding new salt or new salt. Only by smashing the entire "Jingshui Pavilion" can they vent their anger.
Along with the sharp and broken voice, Liu Mo's mood became better and better.
He's crazy? joke!
It's all part of the plan.
Since the creation of salt, the arrogance of the salt gang can be said to be far beyond Liu Mo's imagination.
The power is so great that their consent is required for new salt to be put on the market.
Not to mention the five hundred taels of silver required to join the membership, as well as other rules and regulations.
Today is even more outrageous. I am a government-certified salt merchant who sells salt. If you say it will be confiscated, it will be confiscated, and if you say it will be destroyed, the store will be destroyed.
The Great Xia court might have had no time to take care of such a dark and evil force because of the war. This is a time of peace, how can we sit back and do nothing.
Huang Shouren and He Ruda urging him to marry Gong Xiaorou was a signal that the operation to eradicate the Salt Gang was about to begin!
Liu Mo saw through this, and all he had to do was to speed up his actions.
For this reason, Liu Mo had secretly informed He Ruda before today. He came to stir up trouble, add fuel to the flames, and ignite the flames of the Salt Gang disciples, causing them to engage in further extreme behavior, making the higher-ups take action faster.
