Poor family farming: the sick and weak scholar's wife is very sturdy

Chapter 50 The price of salt in the capital
"This salt is made by Xiao Linzi himself. We all eat this kind of salt in our village!"

Mazi said proudly.

What he said is not an exaggeration at all. Today, more than half of the [-] villages under Jiuzhou Town eat the salt made by Lin Xiao.

This refined salt is not only pure, but also has a particularly mellow taste, salty and fresh, without the slightest bitterness.

Hearing this, Yu Xilin turned her eyes to Lin Xiao and asked in disbelief:
"Brother Lin, do you know how to make salt?"

As a prominent and first-class family in the capital, their Yu family has produced many important court officials, but they have never heard of anyone who has learned how to make salt.

Moreover, it is said that making salt is very resource-intensive and requires a large number of craftsmen to make it.

This is also one of the main reasons why salt making has always been monopolized by the imperial court.

Now, Lin Xiao is able to make salt by himself, and the salt he makes is even better than the imperial offering, so he is not surprised!
"Just a little knowledge."

Lin Xiao said modestly.

The less people know about this kind of thing, the better, lest it spread to the ears of those who are interested, which is not good for her.

"Brother Lin is being humble."

Yu Xilin looked at Lin Xiao, and his heart was full of waves.

If you know a little bit, you can make salt. Wouldn't it be against the sky if you knew a little bit?

"Young Master Yu, don't just talk too much, just try to see how the salt tastes."

A plan was born in Lin Xiao's mind, she said with a smile.

Yu Xilin responded quickly, sprinkled the salt evenly on the shredded chicken, stirred it evenly, and couldn't wait to taste it.

Suddenly, his eyes widened.

"Delicious! Really delicious!"

Yu Xilin couldn't help but took another large piece of chicken and stuffed it into her mouth.

Although he is a son of a noble family, he has never eaten such delicious food.

After eating a plate of shredded chicken with refined salt, he felt that his whole body had been sublimated.

Lin Xiaowu and Mazi swallowed greedily at Yu Xilin's eating.

The two of them evenly sprinkled the refined salt in the other portions of refined salt and the big meat noodles, and then started to eat.

At the dinner table, several people ate hard and reached the highest state of "eating without talking, sleeping without talking".

After the turmoil passed, several people patted their stuffed bellies contentedly.

Yu Xilin burped even more, and said with a look of enjoyment:

"After living for more than ten or twenty years, it can be regarded as having tasted the real delicacy!"

After finishing speaking, Yu Xilin suddenly became sad, her eyes were dull and lifeless, as if she had lost some treasure.

Seeing this, Lin Xiao hurriedly asked:

"Young Master Yu, what's wrong with you?"

"It's nothing, I just thought about what to do if I can't eat such delicious food in the future."

Yu Xilin forced a smile, but that smile looked extremely sad.

"It's easy to handle. Our salt is very cheap. If Mr. Yu buys more, won't you be able to eat delicious food every day?"

The witty Mazi suggested while taking advantage of the situation.

"Ah, yes, our salt is cheap and delicious. It's not a loss to buy more."

Lin Xiaowu also echoed.

Hearing what they said, Yu Xilin's eyes lit up, and then dimmed again:

"Brothers, I won't hide from you anymore. To be honest, although my Yu family is a first-class family, it is actually just a superficiality."

Under Yu Xilin's nagging, Lin Xiao and the others probably understood his real situation.

He was the son of a concubine of the Yu family, and he was very unpopular as a concubine.

Coupled with the natural and man-made disasters in recent years, the Yu clan has long been strong on the outside, unable to make ends meet!
Therefore, the monthly money that Yu Xilin, a concubine, can get is pitifully small.

If it weren't for his handsome appearance and being highly sought after by the noble ladies in the capital, I'm afraid he wouldn't even be able to eat now!

"Oh, I really can't see it. It's unbelievable that a dignified young man is so downcast!"

Mazi said with a regretful look.

"Yeah, it's not as good as our soil turtles in the backcountry. At least we don't have to worry about food."

Lin Xiaowu also echoed.

The speaker has no intention, the listener has the heart.

Yu Xilin thought that Lin Xiao and the others were mocking him, the so-called noble son, and he smiled bitterly as his self-esteem was damaged, then stood up and bowed deeply to Lin Xiao:

"Brother Lin, it's my good fortune to meet you. Please sit down, I'll take my leave first."

"Young Master Yu, wait!"

Lin Xiao glared at the talkative Lin Xiaowu and Mazi, and quickly stopped Yu Xilin who was about to leave.

"Brother Lin, don't worry, I will settle the bill before leaving. I still have the money to treat you to a meal."

Yu Xilin said firmly.

Although he doesn't have extra money, he can borrow it from those ladies who admire him!

"Young Master Yu, you have misunderstood me. What I mean is, do you want to be my dealer?"

"What is a dealer?"

Yu Xilin froze for a moment, then asked in doubt.

He thinks he is well educated and talented, but he has never heard the word "dealer".

"Sit down, let's talk slowly."

Lin Xiaojiang wanted to entrust Yu Xilin to tell him that her salt was blooming everywhere in the capital.

After hearing this, Yu Xilin's face was full of shock.

He really didn't expect Lin Xiao to have such great ambitions!

"I, can I?"

he asked hesitantly.

Lin Xiao replied affirmatively:

"Young Master Yu, as the noble son of the capital, has a wide network of contacts. If you come out to sell salt, it will definitely be no problem!"

"Then... have you thought about the price of salt?"

"Pricing?"

Lin Xiao shook his head and said distressedly:

"I'm not familiar with the place of life in the capital, let alone what the price is and how to set it?"

She had heard from Zhang Yue yesterday that the prices in the capital city were probably three to five times higher than those in Jiuzhou Town.

The reason why she said that was actually to arouse Yu Xilin's fighting spirit.

Sure enough, after hearing Lin Xiao's words, Yu Xilin felt confident and returned.

He straightened out his chest, with a look of great pride, and said righteously:

"The prices in the capital are clear to me, so I can set the price now!"

"Oh?"

"Coarse salt eaten by ordinary people costs [-] copper coins a catty; the coarse salt eaten by high-ranking officials costs [-] copper coins a catty; the salt for royal offerings has a price but no market, so I won't mention this."

Having said that, Yu Xilin paused and continued:

"As for the large-grain salt used in restaurants, it is a variety between coarse salt and fine salt, and it costs 150 to [-] copper coins per catty."

"So expensive?"

Lin Xiaowu and Mazi exclaimed at the same time.

The price of salt in this capital city is too ruthless, comparable to robbery!
I don't know how many times higher than the Kyushu town where they are located!
"Well, so the common people try not to eat salt, or put less salt, but it doesn't make any difference whether it's coarse salt or fine salt."

Yu Xilin nodded and added seriously.

(End of this chapter)