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Chapter 26 Buying You a Village With Fine Salt

In modern times, due to the development of chemical technology, there are more and more types of seasonings. Therefore, salt is only the most common seasoning in people's daily life, and it can be bought all over the country.

but!

In ancient times, it was different. Salt could only be purchased in areas specified by the imperial court.It can be said that salt is a country's strategic material, and its importance has surpassed that of many countries.

The salt that people come into contact with is roughly divided into two types, one is the salt mined from the salt mine; the other is the well-known sea salt.Making salt from seawater seems to be a very simple process, but it is much more complicated than ordinary people imagine.

The table salt that can be used for human consumption must be extracted, such as using the "salt field method" to dry salt.It is necessary to choose a large flat seaside tidal flat in an area with a mild climate and sufficient sunlight, build a salt pan, and set up evaporation pools and crystallization pools.

So even if the butchers are sitting on the unique conditions in the Inner Sea, how can they, a group of rough guys, learn the real method of drying salt?On weekdays, they spread the seawater directly in the simple salt pan to expose themselves to the sun.

In the end, some stone-like salts of different sizes were obtained. Even these coarse salts gave them too many different tastes in their daily diet.

But just now, the butcher received a pack of fine salt under Seiko!A pack of extremely pure salt that can be eaten directly!
Even the salt sold and circulated by the imperial court in the entire Mahayana dynasty cannot meet such meticulous requirements.

Who can come up with such a treasure?

The butcher pushed open the door, followed by several respected brothers in the village, and everyone walked quickly.

They need to see who is coming, is it some dignitary from within the Mahayana Dynasty?

When they saw the group of more than 50 men holding steel knives in the center of the village, they first took out the scimitar vigilantly, and then set their eyes on the woman at the front of the crowd.

To be precise, this is a young girl whose face is only [-] years old, but it is not difficult to see that she is the one with the highest voice in this group.

"You, what are you, Shangguan, Qingwan?"

Ran Tong got off his horse and clasped his fists: "The little girl's surname is Sikong, and Sikong is Qingwan. She has seen a butcher who is the head of the family."

Sikong Qingwan?I have never heard of this character before, but I heard from the brother who sent the letter before that she is the new head of the two villages after the merger of Chen Gang and Fatty, and the butcher still has to clap his fists in return.

"Since it's the new head of the family who came here, don't be surprised if I miss you and welcome you. I don't know why you came to my village?"

After some official courtesies, Ran Tong didn't hide.

"The head of the family must have seen the things that the little girl sent over just now. Everyone open the skylight and tell the truth. I want to make a deal with the head of the house."

The butcher narrowed his eyes, the salt bag in his hand was still warm, he asked in a low voice after thinking for a few seconds.

"Trading? Salt as a trade? Hmph, girl, do you know the price of official salt circulating in the dynasty?

A bucket of salt is worth 3 taels, and four buckets of official salt is worth 10 taels!
Even if the private salt circulated in the black market is cheaper, it still costs 2 taels per bucket! "

Rough conversion, it is equivalent to more than 200 yuan to buy a catty of salt.

Such huge profits made Ran Tong speechless.

"Since you live in the frontier of the northern region, you know that silver is like cow dung here. What can I have in this village that is worth enough to exchange for your salt? And..." the butcher sneered.

"How do I know how much salt you have?"

Ran Tong nodded in agreement and understood what the butcher said, and she looked back at the salt made from a bucket of sea water just now.

It weighs about ten catties.

A barrel of seawater costs a little experience to make ten catties of salt. If he can sell salt in the dynasty, then Ran Tong will become a salt tycoon.

"You don't have to worry about the boss, you can have as much as you want, since you don't have currency chips to buy salt, so how about this."

Ran Tong raised his voice: "I will buy your village with salt."

As soon as these words came out, everyone froze in place.

After more than ten seconds, the butcher came back to his senses, and immediately burst out laughing.

"The little girl is so ruthless that she actually wants to annex my butcher's village without bloodshed?" The butcher's face changed: "See off!"

Of course, Ran Tong knew that the idea of ​​annexing a village just by using her words could not be easily realized. Seeing the butcher turned his back, the scimitars in the hands of more than a hundred brothers around him were also drawn out, and his own brothers also showed up here. steel knife.

The battle is on the verge of breaking out.

The right time, place and people are in the opponent's hands. If there is a fight, only you will suffer.

"Don't misunderstand me, the head of the family. Although I bought the stockade in name, I will not interfere with all the affairs of your stockade. You only need to provide what I need, and we will treat you the same way as our brothers. Here you go, if you don't believe me, you can ask the brother who just delivered the message for me, and I will guarantee that the brothers will have enough food and drink every day."

The butcher didn't speak, and the brother beside him who sent the message smiled awkwardly, with the leaves of the steamed bun still sticking to his teeth.

Ran Tong continued: "By then, it's up to the brothers in the village whether they want to move to my manor or continue to live here. Have you ever heard of the 'one place, two governance' strategy?"

The butcher still didn't look back, and after a while, he continued.

"see a visitor out."

Ran Tong's back began to sweat again. Although she had expected this result, but at this juncture, this fear still made her a little overwhelmed.

The truth is that people have big heads. People in high positions must have been frightened since they were young.

But having said that, she still needs to put the wind on her face, if she shows any timidity, it will be embarrassing.

"You don't have to be like this, we will leave, but before we leave, I hope that you will think about it carefully. If you change your mind, send someone to the abandoned manor to the east to find the little girl." Ran Tong reined in his horse and turned his head: "Brother guys, let's go."

It was smooth when he left. The butcher really did not have the idea of ​​annexation and expansion as the brothers said. Otherwise, it would be difficult for him to get out of the [-] people.

When they walked out of the village smoothly, all the brothers around them were sweating coldly. Maybe they were not afraid to fight hard with the fat man. They are not of the same grade.

Even with steel knives in hand, 50 of them face more than 100 people, and they have no chance of winning.

"Miss, it's dangerous..."

The voices of some brothers were trembling.

But no one saw that Ran Tong's lips were trembling with fright.

"Yes... yes, let's go."

Everyone was afraid that the butcher would go back on his word and chase him out.

Just when they were about to evacuate, a team of nearly 200 people suddenly appeared in front of them, walking on smoke and dust!

The speed of this group of people made Ran Tong and the others light up their steel knives one after another. Just after they came out of the butcher's village, which team was facing them? How could there be so many people? !
People took a closer look, one moment they were nervous and fearful, and the next moment they howled with excitement.

"It's the second master, it's the second master!"

Before Zhang Peng's horse stopped, he himself dismounted, and walked up to Ran Tong and the others with a knife in two or three steps, followed by a man who was not taller than Ran Tong.

After the short man jumped out from Zhang Peng's side, he looked around Ran Tong carefully, then pointed at her in disbelief and said to Zhang Peng.

"Old man Ge, is it just such a little girl who swallowed up Chen Gang and Fatty's two villages?"

Zhang Peng rolled his eyes at him: "Now with your machete gang, there are three, Zhao Qichuan, I met the eldest lady, please show some respect, in the future, you and your brothers will all work for her of!"

After all, he ignored Zhao Qichuan cursing and turned to Ran Tong.

"Miss."

After calling out to the eldest lady to confirm that Sikong Qingwan was all right, he looked around.

"It looks like Missy didn't succeed."

Ran Tong sighed: "Yes, this butcher is really not a vegetarian."

However, Erdang took a look at the mighty team behind him, and the steel knife flickered: "Why don't you go in directly, there are so many brothers in and out of the manor, and I also brought a group of brothers from the machete gang, and took the butcher's stockade easy."

As soon as these words came out, even the fifty brethren who I had just brought echoed loudly. They were trembling a moment ago, but now that the helpers came, they were all bloody.

But Ran Tong shook his head after thinking about it for a while.

"Try not to use force until the last moment. It's not easy for everyone to live on the frontier of the Northern Territory. Let's go and talk about it next time."

The Erdang took a look at the butcher's seaside stockade, and also ordered people to put away the guy in his hand: "Brothers, go home."

On the way back to the city, Ran Tong was in a good mood. Although Zhao Qichuan's voice of "Ge Laozi's" and "Ge Laozi's" could be heard all the time, Ran Tong ignored the barrels of edible salt that his brothers were carrying. these little problems.

With salt, the food in the manor will not be the same as before.

Even if there are buns to eat, they don't have the slightest salty taste. Now, the brothers in the manor can finally eat real and authentic buns.

(End of this chapter)