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Chapter 37: White as Snow and Frost
Looking at the silver sent by Cheng Yaojin, Changsun Wuji didn't know how to continue to play the next round.

"Cheng Zhijie, an old fellow, has never traded at a loss. Why did he give in so easily this time?" Changsun Wuji wondered.

Changsun Jing danced happily, rubbing his hands, and grinning his teeth completely ignored the bruises on his face, and said: "Aye, I have a good idea, since they can afford to pay double the salt, then I will use the official salt in the future." When the time comes, I will pull a batch of goods and send them to him, and see how they will take up the offer."

Changsun Wuji didn't think of any other way to deal with it, so he could only let Changsun Jing toss about it.

Fang Yiai's treason case was exactly as he wished, and the situation was overwhelming.Fang Yiai was accepted by him under the conditions of the false promise, and Wu Wang Li Ke was also involved.

When the troops were being deployed to arrest Li Ke, how could Changsun Wuji still have the mind to focus on this matter of official salt.

Li Ke has always been heroic and courageous, and he has a large group of generals to support him. Changsun Wuji was worried that there would be rumors that he would run over, implicating King Wu's rebellion, and finally found out that he deliberately instigated Fang Yiai to give false testimony to frame Li Ke. , it will not be able to end at that time.

Think about the Han Dynasty, the prince Liu Ju was framed by Jiang Chong and Su Wen, which led to the disaster of witchcraft. In Chang'an City, the prince's faction and the emperor's faction fought in Chang'an City for several days. Blood flowed like a river, and Changsun Wuji's back oozed A lot of cold sweat came.

The most urgent task is to arrest Li Ke as soon as possible without anyone noticing, and report to His Majesty afterwards.

Tai Chi Palace.

Li Zhi's brows finally eased.Perhaps it was because of Cheng Zhijie's report that his arthralgia syndrome gradually improved under Ni Tu's diagnosis and treatment, his swollen ankle actually improved a bit, and the joint pain also stopped.At the end of the article, Cheng Zhijie begged His Majesty to bear it a little longer, and after he repeatedly tested the moxibustion needles, cupping, cupping, and medicinal paste, and confirmed that they were correct, he would dare to present them to His Majesty.

It may be that the struggle between Changsun Wuji and Cheng Zhijie has finally come to an end, which relieved his disturbing heart.

"Changsun Jing transports an extra batch of official salt every day, and sells it to Cheng Zheng at twice the price in the square market. Cheng Zheng will always accept it with pleasure."

Li Zhi frowned when he read this rumored memorial. "Lu Guogong is really a person who knows the general situation. In order to ease his relationship with Changsun Wuji, he even purchased official salt at a high price. However, this method seems a little inappropriate, and it is suspected of conveying benefits."

Wu Meier on the side smiled, instead of commenting or responding, she smiled and put the two memorials beside Li Zhi's hand.

"It's not too late for the Holy Majesty to draw conclusions after reading these two memorials."

Li Zhi opened a memorial, quickly browsed through it, and said: "The salt and iron envoy reported yesterday's salt and iron data, and specifically mentioned that Cheng Huaimo bought a private salt farm and filed a record yesterday. The manager is Mrs. Sun."

"Your Majesty, look at this memorial again."

"Qinling Snow Salt, which is as white as snow and grains as frost, is sold in several Yutai salt shops in the eastern and western cities of Chang'an, as well as in the northern and southern cities of Luoyang, the price of which is ten times that of common table salt. Whether the tax on goods should be levied as a luxury item.”

"Meier, is there any connection between these two memorials?"

Wu Meier returned with a smile: "Your Majesty should judge these three memorials together."

Li Zhi heard about it, and said in his mouth: "Cheng Zheng bought the official salt sent by the eldest grandson at twice the price, Sun bought a private salt mine, and the price of Qinling Snow Salt sold by Yutai Salt Shop is nine times higher than ordinary table salt?"

"What I can see in common is that these memorials are all related to salt."

Wu Meier smiled slightly, and replied: "Your Majesty, this Sun family is Lu Guogong's main wife, Cheng Chumo and Cheng Chuliang are both her legitimate sons. The financial master behind this Yutai Salt Shop is also this Sun family."

"You mean, Lu Guogong not only bought the official salt at a high price, but also bought the salt mine, and finally produced this Qinling Snow Salt as white as snow grains?"

"Holy Master Mingjian!"

"Haha, have I already said that? Lu Guogong has always been shrewd, so how could he engage in a business that loses money? Buying official salt for twice the price, but selling it for ten times the official salt, after all, he is still making a lot of money."

"Grandpa Lu is a good planner!"

"Haha, I wonder if Uncle Yuan will be so angry that he vomits blood when he hears about it."

Seeing that Li Zhi was in a good mood, Wu Meier's mind also improved a lot.

"It's just that I don't understand, what does table salt as white as snow and grains like frost look like?"

"Lu Guogong has already sent quite a few to the palace, I have taken some to show His Majesty."

Li Zhi took a fist-sized porcelain jar from Wu Meier's hand.

This porcelain jar was so exquisite that Li Zhi forgot about the salt.

The underglaze colored porcelain of blue and white on a white ground is covered with pine trees, auspicious clouds and cranes, and the pictures are vivid and beautiful.

There are a few big words: "Qinling Snow Salt."

There is also a smaller word on the side: "Made by Cheng Fu."

But on the back there are two lines of small characters in official script: "If you want to have a good status, you can't do without the snow and salt of Qinling Mountains."

Li Zhi almost let out a pig cry from laughter.

Playing with this exquisite blue and white porcelain vase, Li Zhi suddenly discovered that there were several lines of raised small characters on the bottom of the vase. After reading carefully, he recognized these dozen words: "Pure Qinling Snow Salt, look for the anti-counterfeit mark made by Chengfu , beware of counterfeiting."

"There are such strange things in Lu Guogong's head. I didn't expect that he would sell a lot of knowledge when selling salt."

"Your Majesty will be even more amazed when you look at the snow salt."

Li Zhi pulled out the cork on the blue and white porcelain bottle, poured the salt inside on a piece of paper, and suddenly found something as white as snow grains spread in front of him.

"This...is this table salt? Not snow?"

"Who gave him the idea?"

"Ni Tu."

"It's Ni Tu again!"

"The memorials and documents these few times were all written by Ni Tu. In addition, it was Ni Tu who provoked the troubles between the Cheng family and the eldest grandson's family."

"It was Ni Tu who made suggestions and contributed to the method of making snow salt. It was Ni Tu who finally resolved the dispute between the two families."

"I heard that as soon as the snow salt appeared, there was already a grand occasion of queuing up to buy the snow salt. There were so many people queuing in front of the Yutai salt shop in Chang'an and Luoyang that there were dealers who resold the sequence number. He claims to be an old scalper who "dedicates himself to consumers and dies after death."

The more Li Zhi listened, the more he frowned, and finally sighed: "Such a resourceful talent, and also has the fame of Tanghua Tanghua, why didn't he come to my side to relieve my worries? He is willing to condescend to the grassroots of the army, and to gain In terms of silver coins and copper?"

"Your Majesty, it's better to polish him more. My concubine is worried that his vigor is too strong. If His Majesty favors him, he will definitely show his sharpness. Too much is not enough."

"Quickly announce Yuan Tiangang's audience."

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(End of this chapter)