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After the salt well is dug, the brine is taken out and made into salt by boiling it.

It took more than half a month from the issuance of the decree to the receipt of the first batch of salt.

Looking at the pinch of salt wrapped in paper on the desk in front of her, Yun Zhi dipped her index finger in it and put it in her mouth to taste it.

It's salty with a hint of bitterness, but much better than coarse salt.

Yun Zhi looked at the residual salt on her hand and rubbed it with her index finger and thumb.

Yu Mo noticed her action and immediately took out a handkerchief and handed it to her.

"Lord."

Yun Zhi took it, wiped the salt off her hands, and looked up at Liu Anruo who was standing there.

The salt this time was brought by her.

"The price of well salt is set at fifteen wen per catty."

Hearing the price, Liu Anruo was shocked and said, "Is it set so low?"

"Actually, there's still some profit, isn't there? It's just less than other places. As for the price, if we find a better way to make salt later, we can lower it further."

Salt has always been a highly profitable industry.

There has always been a saying that three dan of rice equals one jin of salt.

From this we can see how expensive salt is.

Before the war, the price of coarse salt was fifteen cents per catty, and salt with a better taste could be sold for thirty cents.

In recent years, chaos has broken out everywhere, and the price of salt has been inflated to sixty cents per catty, and fine salt is even more expensive.

In fact, the cost of salt is very low. Most salt-making places recruit coolies, and they don't get anything except a meal at noon.

(One catty according to the Qin Dynasty standard was 258.24 grams, which is about half a catty today)

Liu Anruo thought for a moment and realized that he had indeed made some profit. He was used to that price before, so he was inevitably shocked when he heard this price for the first time.

"Publicize this price."

"Yes."

The people naturally knew that their lord had started producing salt in his jurisdiction.

After all, people are being recruited everywhere to dig salt wells and make salt.

today.

Zhang Suhua had just gone into the city with her husband to sell some grain. When she passed a salt shop, she stopped.

"Dad, aren't we out of salt? This is just the right amount of money to sell. Let's go in and take a look. Didn't we hear that we're going to start selling well salt?"

"That thing is so expensive, we can't afford it. It's only eaten by rich people."

She tugged at the man's sleeve and said, "We're just going to go in and take a look. If it's too expensive, we'll leave."

It makes sense when you think about it.

"Okay, let's go in and take a look."

Because the shop had just opened today, when the couple went in, they found that they were the only ones there.

After entering, Zhang Suhua habitually looked at the price tag, and ended up standing there in a daze.

She tugged at her husband's clothes and pointed at the price tag. "Dad, am I dazzled? Doesn't this say fifteen cents?"

The man looked in the direction of her finger and said, "It's true."

So the two of them excitedly walked to the place where the salt was placed.

Looking at the salt that was much finer and cleaner than coarse salt, the man looked at his wife excitedly, "This must be the well salt we produce ourselves. It's really white."

"That's right... this price might be wrong."

Otherwise why would it be this price.

Zhang Suhua looked at him with some hesitation on her face, "Why don't we ask the waiter, if it's really that price we can buy some."

The man nodded, "Okay."

Just when they were about to ask the waiter, the waiter who heard their noise came out.

"What would you two like to buy?"

The man pointed to the sign with the price and asked, "This salt is fifteen cents per catty?"

The waiter smiled and nodded, "Yes, that's the price. No cheating, no deception."

"This this…"

The couple looked at each other, somewhat unable to believe it.

You can tell what they are thinking by looking at their expressions. After all, that was what he was thinking when he first saw the price.

"My dear gentlemen, this is the price. The Lord said that a necessity like salt should not be too expensive. And the price is set here because it consumes too much manpower. If we find a better salt-making method in the future, we will lower it."

"It can still go down!"

"Yes, so would you two like to buy some?"

This time the man did not hesitate, "Buy it, give us two catties."

"Okay, please wait a moment, both of you."

When the waiter went to load the salt, the couple watched him load the white salt excitedly.

"My lord, you are so kind to set the price of salt so low."

"Yes, I have lived for decades and have never tasted the taste of this well salt."

“When we return to the village, we will talk to them and ask them to buy some if they want.”

"Ah."

After a while, the waiter packed the salt they ordered and brought it out.

"Sir, this is thirty coins."

Zhang Suhua counted out thirty copper coins and gave them to the waiter.

The waiter counted and found that there was no mistake. He handed the small bag of salt to them with a smile on his face, "Take this, sir. Come to our store often in the future."

"Hey."

Zhang Suhua took the paper bag of salt and walked out of the store happily with her husband.

When they walked outside, they opened it excitedly, dipped a little bit and tasted it with a look of curiosity.

“So this is what it tastes like.”

The couple looked at each other for a moment and then laughed.

In the blink of an eye, it is already November.

The weather is starting to get colder.

Now, with the silent encroachment, three more county towns have been added to the territory.

The number of recruited soldiers reached 15,000.

Now, we have the territory.

The food and fodder were sufficient because of the taxes collected and the spoils plundered from the officials.

The number of soldiers recruited is increasing day by day.

As for weapons, they were not in short supply because they later occupied several iron mines.

That only leaves the horses.

As for where to buy horses.

If you want to know which country has the best horses, it must be the horses from the Huns.

Tall and mighty.

Yun Zhi looked towards Beiman, with a determination in his eyes to win.

"Summon Liu Anruo to an audience."