Datang: Son-in-law, I beg you to come out of the mountain

Although Yang Zhuo's asking price is very high, but thinking, as long as he has this kind of table salt, he can sell it at a high price, and moreover, he can also break the supply monopoly of the aristocratic family, it is the best of both worlds!
All the salt-making workshops in Datang were monopolized by aristocratic families, and they provided the prepared salt to the officials for sale.

Because they are the only supplier, there will be a monopoly phenomenon. Not only the quality is good, but they are often short-changed, but you can't say anything.

Li Shimin was often annoyed because of this matter, but there was nothing he could do!

snort!This time, I got the secret recipe of making exquisite table salt from Yang Zhuo!
In the future, I can make a dragon!
Homegrown!

No longer restricted by the aristocratic family!

Thinking of this, Li Shimin was very happy!
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Salt Bureau.

"Zhou Cheng! Why is the income from this salt so much less than last month?" Li Shimin asked while flipping through the accounts.

"Please learn from the emperor, I have never cheated!" Zhou Cheng thought that Li Shimin was saying that he had played a trick.

"I didn't mean that, Zhou Aiqing doesn't have to be nervous." Li Shimin said in a low voice.

Zhou Cheng wiped the sweat from his forehead and explained: "Your Majesty, you know that it is Mr. Fan's nephew Fan Guochang who supplies the salt to our Salt Bureau. It is a big family, therefore, it is rather domineering, and every time it sends salt, it will always use some tricks."

"It's even worse this month! It's...the price has been raised!" Zhou Cheng said angrily and helplessly.

After hearing this, Li Shimin became even more angry, and threw the account book on the ground?
"This Fan Guochang! He's getting more and more arrogant!" Li Shimin was very angry.

Many of the officials in the aristocratic families of the Tang Dynasty were inherited from the Sui Dynasty.

They don't care much about who is the emperor, because they have power in their hands, and no matter who is the emperor, they have to listen to them.

Just like now, they dare to openly cheat Li Shimin!
As for the salt, they can deduct it if they want, and raise the price if they want to. You still have nothing to do with them!

"Emperor calm down!"

Zhou Cheng fell on the ground and said.

Li Shimin patted the table and said: "Since the Fan family doesn't want to continue to do salt business with the government, then let's not do it!"

"No! Your Majesty! No one in Chang'an City can produce salt except the Fan family!" Zhou Cheng reminded.

Fan Guochang grasped this point, so he dared to be so rampant!
"Zhou Aiqing's words are wrong!" Li Shimin said proudly.

Hmph, here's another chance to show off!
"Your Majesty, what do you say?" Zhou Cheng didn't know why.

Li Shimin smiled and took out a small brocade box.

"Zhou Aiqing, just look at this first."

After speaking, Li Shimin handed the brocade box to Zhou Cheng.

Zhou Cheng took the brocade box suspiciously.

Then, gently open.

When he saw the white things inside, he looked at Li Shimin in surprise and doubt.

"Your Majesty, this is?"

"This is table salt!" Li Shimin explained.

Zhou Cheng was shocked!
"This... is this table salt?!"

How can it be? !
"Exactly!"

Li Shimin liked to see Zhou Cheng's astonishment.

"But! Isn't table salt light yellow? But this table salt...how could it be so white?" Zhou Cheng was shocked!

Because the salt making technology is not working!There are impurities, so the general salt of Tang Dynasty is yellowish, and the taste is not good!It is common to eat sand.

In particular, Fan Guochang deliberately mixed sand into the salt bar in order to make more money!

"Zhou Aiqing, please calm down first, taste it and you will know whether I have lied to you." Li Shimin said with a smile.

Zhou Cheng was dubious, stretched out his finger, dipped some salt, and put it in his mouth!

When the tip of his tongue touched the snow-white salt, Zhou Cheng's eyes widened instantly!
"This table salt! This table salt...is so delicious!" After Zhou Cheng finished speaking, he dipped some more into his mouth!
I just thought it was an illusion, but when I tried it again and found that the salt had no bitter taste, Zhou Cheng was so excited that he was about to cry!
"It's so delicious! There is such pure table salt in this world!"

Seeing Zhou Cheng so excited, Li Shimin was also happy in his heart!
Zhou Cheng has always been in charge of the salt business. He has dealt with salt for more than ten years and knows the salt best. If he thinks it is delicious, then this salt is definitely superior!
"Zhou Cheng, I have the method of making this refined salt here, let people remember it, and don't let it out." Li Shimin said with sharp eyes.

He handed the paper with the method of making salt to Zhou Cheng.

After Zhou Cheng saw it, he was very impressed!

"Wonderful! Wonderful!"

Zhou Cheng was full of praise!

"From now on, we will sell this kind of refined salt, and will no longer buy the table salt from Fan Guochang's workshop," Li Shimin said.

The Fan family, since the Sui Dynasty, has used salt as the family's biggest income.

But who made Fan Guochang so arrogant?

Then, let's start with the Fan family!

Cut off their salt income!Let the big tree of their family slowly wither!
"The emperor is wise!" Zhou Cheng admired Li Shimin and said.

"It's a trivial matter." Li Shimin pretended to be forceful.

"Your Majesty, you have a lot of time to manage, but you can develop such an exquisite salt-making method in the midst of your busy schedule! I really admire it!" Zhou Cheng said sincerely.

This flattery made Li Shimin very comfortable!

"Salt is the foundation of people's livelihood, so I must study it carefully." Li Shimin said righteously.

Brother Yang Zhuo, I'm sorry, I really like the feeling of being admired by others, so I'm going to pretend to be a substitute!No wonder!No wonder!
After Fan Guochang raised the price, the common people had to spend a lot of money to buy salt.

The cost of making this refined salt is not high, and the common people can spend less money to buy good salt.

"Your Majesty is a virtuous king through the ages!" Zhou Cheng bowed down.

Li Shimin was in a good mood: "Zhou Aiqing, I entrust you with the matter of making salt today, you must do it well."

Zhou Cheng said respectfully: "I obey the order!"

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After Li Shimin left.

The van from the Fan family came to deliver the salt again.

"Master Zhou, the salt has been delivered, you fill out this receipt form, I'm in a hurry to go back."

The Fan family slave said arrogantly.

Zhou Cheng snorted coldly!

In the past, it was because the Fan family monopolized the supply of salt. He had no choice but to endure it!

But today, the emperor gave the secret recipe for making salt!Little Luo Luo of your Fan family dares to act presumptuously in front of this official!
"Go back and tell Fan Guochang that starting today, I will no longer buy the salt made by the Fan family!" Zhou Cheng said, shaking his sleeves and leaving.

That little guy is in a hurry.

"Master Zhou! Are you confused? You don't accept the salt from our Fan family. Where can you collect salt? Could it be that the Salt Bureau is going to close down?"

Zhou Cheng sneered and said, "Of course our Salt Bureau will not close! However, your Fan Family Salt Workshop is not far from closing!"

"What? What do you mean by that?" Xiao Luo didn't understand!