There was only one shop selling salt in Xiyang City. It was a middle-aged man named Ying Ya. He would carry a bag of salt in his hand all day. It was said that it was top-grade refined salt, white salt that was picked out from a pile of salt.
"The lives of the commoners in Xiyang City seem to be getting better and better. The salt sold in the past few days has almost caught up with the salt sold in the past few months.”
Ying Ya sat by the gate and watched the pedestrians come and go. He watched them carry wood and gravel as they passed by.
"Hurry up and work hard to earn more money. Otherwise, how can we afford salt?”
Ying Ya said with a smile. The street in front of him used to be very deserted. Ever since that noble called Liu Feng came, he sealed off the main road and demolished all the houses.
Then, people in the city would take the side road, which was the road in front of Yingya's shop. He went to take a look a few days ago and found that there was still construction going on. He heard that the houses on both sides of the main road were almost repaired, and they were just missing some interior decoration.
There were also a few places called residential areas. The houses were almost finished. With more than 2,000 people repairing the houses together, how could it not be fast?
There was one thing that he found very strange. Why did the mud become hard every other day? It made him very curious.
As for the rest, Ying Ya didn't understand. He only knew that he could sell more salt now. Those commoners had saved some copper coins for the City Lord.
"Now, a catty of salt costs 30 copper coins. Should I add another copper coin to the price?”
Ying Ya had been thinking about this problem for three to four days. Raising prices was normal for merchants. It would be good if they were not like those stupid grain merchants. He had also gone to watch the hanging that day. It was fine if they raised prices to make money, but they actually dared to murder nobles.
"It costs five copper coins per catty from Sea Salt City, and the transportation fee to Xiyang City is ten copper coins per catty of salt. If I only earn twenty copper coins, when will I be able to earn enough money for my retirement? Looks like I still have to raise the price!"
Sea Salt City was an alley city near the sea. It was one of the largest cities in the kingdom and was rich in sea salt. Every year, countless amounts of sea salt were transported from Sea Salt City, and salt merchants like Ying Ya were as numerous as the hairs on an ox.
In fact, Ying Ya was very envious of the shops in the big market. That was the place with the most people in the entire Xiyang City. What a pity! He actually refused to sell the shop and only rented it out. Moreover, he had to pay taxes.
This was something he could not accept. It was already very little for him to earn 20 copper coins, and he still had to pay taxes. How could he accept it? After all, he was the only salt seller in Xiyang City. Even if he did not go to the big market, there would still be people coming to buy salt.
"Ta Ta Ta…"
The sound of horse hooves woke Ying Ya up. He looked in the direction of the main road and saw four to five carriages pulling things over.
"Eh? Isn't that Butler Niu? What is it that he has to do?" Ying Ya knew that Niu Ben was the butler of Liu Feng, the City Lord. He rarely left the City Lord's Mansion. When he heard that something big had happened, Niu Ben would move out.
"The things in the car must be very precious, right? They actually let Butler Niu escort them." Ying Ya got up and looked at the carriage. Unfortunately, there was a wheat mat blocking the carriage.
Niu Ben also saw Ying Ya, and a strange smile appeared on his face. He shook his head silently. It would not be long before this salt merchant vomited blood and had a big sale.
Or perhaps, he had to leave Xiyang City and go to another city to sell salt. Otherwise, he would probably go bankrupt and lose everything.
Ying Ya scratched his head. He had seen Niu Ben's smile. His intuition from years of doing business gave him a bad feeling.
"Could it be that the City Lord wants to attack me? That was impossible, right? Wasn't he afraid of scaring the other merchants away?”
"Ta Ta Ta…"
"Bang!"
A few carriages left, leaving Ying Ya, who was letting his imagination run wild. He happened to see something fall from the carriage, so he quickly went up to pick it up.
"Stone? Could it be ores? Could it be a gemstone mine that could make Butler Niu move?”Ying Ya's eyes lit up. He immediately hid the stone in his arms and strode back to the shop, closing the door.
Niu Ben didn't know that he had lost a piece of his salt ore and that it was being kept like a treasure. At this moment, he drove the carriage into the military camp's research department.
Being able to produce salt from salt ore was a revolutionary thing. It was the best choice in the heavily guarded Research Department.
By the time Liu Feng arrived, the salt mines on the carriage had been unloaded and piled up like a small hill.
"Young Master, do you think it's enough? If it's not enough, I'll get someone to pull it a few more times." Niu Ben said in a deep voice. This was the first time he had gone there personally, which showed how much he valued salt.
"Enough. After this is refined into salt, it will be enough to supply thousands of people for many days. The next time we make salt, we will roughly refine it here before moving to another place.”
Liu Feng nodded his head in satisfaction. There were some things that he couldn't release yet. Otherwise, it would become a tool for the other nobles to make money. If he wanted to promote it, he would be the one to do it. Moreover, when the time came, his promotion would be unimaginable to others. It would also give him a good reputation, and the nobles wouldn't be able to make money.
"I'll send someone to keep an eye on it." Niu Ben was not a good person. He knew who he was loyal to. Moreover, he did not believe that his young master was the kind of person who would only care about money.
Because it was too easy for the young master to earn money. The watch, the crystal glass cup, the composite hunting bow, and so on. Any one of them could earn thousands of gold coins.
But the young master didn't even do that. Moreover, he even wanted to reward these divine items to them. Where could they find such a master? There might only be one in the world.
"Don't worry, the price of the salt won't be very high. Everyone will definitely be able to afford it.”Liu Feng chuckled.
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