Official salt had always been controlled by the imperial court.
But whose imperial court was this?!
In fact,
During the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin had ascended to the throne, but the control of official salt…
In fact, it had always been controlled by Li Yuan's faction!
This was because Li Shimin had not been able to seize control of the official salt since he ascended the throne!
As for Li Yuan's faction,
He controlled the official salt, and the five surnames and seven Wangs could also get a share of it!
However, it was very rare.
Especially Cui Clan, who was responsible for the production of coarse salt and selling it to the world…
It could be said that the Cui family was the agent of the official salt!
And now.
Li Yuan wanted to negotiate with the Cui family about the official salt!
Li Yuan didn't waste any time.
He said coldly,"I want you to raise the price of salt and reduce the production of coarse salt. I want the people of this world to continue to be in turmoil!"”
Cui Shenping was shocked.
He was really ruthless!
The importance of salt to people was self-evident. In the Great Tang era…
Who doesn't eat salt?
Moreover, the price of coarse salt was not low on a normal day. It was enough to satisfy their appetite, but now...
Li Yuan was even more ruthless!
He still wanted to continue to raise the price of salt. He was deliberately making the people unable to afford salt!
He wanted to shake the Great Tang's economy…
Although the drought in the east of the river had gradually improved, the situation was getting better!
But now…
Obviously, Li Yuan did not stop because his plan was even more ruthless this time…
This time, it wasn't just Hedong Road!
He was planning to throw the entire Great Tang into chaos!
Cui Shenping thought for a moment and then asked,"What can my Cui family get?"!”
Li Yuan sneered and said word by word,"You and I will split the profits of the official salt equally!"”
Boom!
The huge temptation made Cui Shenping's face flush red.
He even clenched his fists!
Cui Shenping agreed to cooperate with Li Yuan without hesitation!
Li Yuan frowned and said,"Don't let anything happen!"”
Cui Shenping also sneered." Don't worry, Your Majesty. All the coarse salt in the world comes from Cui Clan. As long as Cui Clan wants to, we can cut off the supply of coarse salt in the world..."
"My Cui family is the Salt King. What accident can happen?!”
Hearing this, Li Yuan was relieved.
After Cui Shenping left, Li Yuan's eyes became deep…
He seemed to see that not long after.
Because of the skyrocketing price of official salt, the commoners could not afford it!
The Great Tang's economy had suffered an unprecedented blow!
The commoners could no longer restrain themselves and began to riot!
That scene…
It was much more terrifying than the drought in the east of the river!
"My good Erlang, this time…" Li Yuan sneered and said sarcastically.
"I want to see what you have to fight me!!”
……
Five days later.
Tianshui County.
When Su Ze was taking an afternoon nap in the backyard, Chen Zhi, who had been calm all this while…
At this moment, he couldn't remain calm!
" Master, bad news, bad news. The people are all complaining to the salt shopkeeper, saying that they are raising the price of salt and not giving people a way out…"
At this moment, Chen Zhi was drenched in sweat.
However, his expression was extremely nervous because this was not the first time.
Su Ze sighed and slowly opened his eyes. He yawned.!”
"Not only did it not fall, but it's also plummeting all the way. Now, it's no longer something that people can afford…" Chen Zhi smiled bitterly.
"Sir, the price of salt is a little ridiculously high now. The people are a little anxious.!”
Su Ze was lazily stretching.
But in fact, how could he not know that something big was about to happen?!
Official salt had always been under the control of the imperial court, and now the price of salt had skyrocketed…
Had the Imperial Court gone mad and wanted to dig their own grave?!
Everyone could tell that something big was about to happen!!
The more so,
The more the people panicked, even in a small place like Tianshui County…
The people's resentment was boiling!
Not to mention the other big cities, it would probably be even more serious!
Su Ze finally got up and said slowly,"Take me to take a look."”
Very soon,
Following Chen Zhi out, they walked on the streets of Tianshui County and arrived at a salt shop.
"The county magistrate is here!"
"Make way, let the county magistrate catch this black-hearted merchant!!”
"That's right. Magistrate, you have to uphold justice for us!”
As soon as Su Ze arrived,
The people cheered from the bottom of their hearts and made way for Su Ze.
The manager of the salt shop smiled bitterly and said," Lord Su, you're finally here. If you hadn't come, I would have been beaten to death!"”
"What's the price of salt now?" Su Ze asked directly.!”
The shopkeeper smiled bitterly again and said,"Qian Wen!"”
" Huh?!"
Even Su Ze could not help but widen his eyes in shock.
The price had already risen to such a crazy level!？
A thousand wen?
Who could afford to buy the salt that people had to consume?!
A thousand wen was enough for the people to eat and drink normally for a year or even a few years!
No wonder the people were so excited!
The manager of the salt shop was still lowering his voice. He gritted his teeth and said," And Lord Su, there's less and less official salt now. I'm afraid it won't be long before we run out of stock!”
Hearing this, Su Ze's lazy eyes finally narrowed slightly.
He took a deep breath.
Su Ze understood that someone was trying to throw the Great Tang into complete chaos!
How ruthless!
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Chapter 5:
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