Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

While Chang Lin said, he asked the little eunuch next to him to show Li Shimin all the samples he bought.

After opening all these salts of different shapes and putting them on the table, Li Shimin took a closer look and found different places. For example, the cheapest salt at 1.5 cents a catty was very white, but it was not the same as the refined salt he had seen before. It's almost the same, the only difference is that the particles are a bit rough, and there are still a lot of salt condensed into thick lumps the size of a thumb.

Li Shimin picked it up and wanted to taste it, but Chang Lin hurriedly stopped him and said, "Your Majesty, Your Highness said that there are impurities in it that are harmful to the human body."

"Okay, he also said that what we ate before was not as good as his cheapest one. That's something we can't help. Didn't he talk about the mercury thing? It's wrong to talk about toxicity regardless of dosage, so it doesn't matter .” Li Shimin waved his hand.

After putting it in his mouth, Li Shimin immediately noticed the difference. This coarse salt does not have a bitter taste, but the taste is very bad, but it is better than those refined salts on the market before.

The salt grains of 50 Wen next to it are also finer, without large chunks, while the 200 Wen and 300 Wen are also more delicate. Li Shimin tasted each of them. After tasting, although salt is salty, But Li Shimin still feels that 500 Wen a catty of salt tastes the best.

Sure enough, this kid did something conscientious and provided the best for his father, and Li Shimin was somewhat pleased.However, Li Shimin did not believe the cost price of 500 Wen mentioned by Li Ke at all. His cost price was at most 150 Wen, or even only 100 Wen per catty.

Five times the profit, but Li Shimin is not angry, because he knows where the money he earned is used, so Li Shimin is very happy on the contrary. He thought about it, and then said: "Chang Lin, the draft edict Li Ke, King of Qin, thought for the people, developed impurity-free salt, and because he managed Xizhou and lacked talents, he was specially rewarded to select some of the scholars who failed the national imperial examination or did not participate in the imperial examination, and the imperial court paid them. "

Chang Lin: "..."

Isn't this what His Royal Highness King Qin was rewarded for his management of "Datang Weekly"?Although no official edict was issued to form an imperial decree, it was agreed... Your Majesty, aren't you rewarding His Highness Qin Wang with something from His Royal Highness Qin Wang?

"Yes!" Of course Chang Lin didn't dare to refute, he just agreed honestly.

"Re-draft the imperial edict. In addition, Li Ke, the king of Qin, is quite filial. He specially developed salt with fifteen filtration procedures for his father and mother. It is an example of filial piety. He specially bestowed this salt as a royal tribute. Foreign sales are allowed. This edict was published in the "Datang Weekly" and announced to the outside world." Li Shimin added.

"Yes!" Chang Lin silently nodded in agreement, and he had opened his eyes to Li Shimin. Aren't these routines the same as those of His Royal Highness King Qin?Your Majesty Ganqing learned it at some point!

At present, the Datang Weekly has begun to be published in Chang'an, the western capital, Luoyang, the eastern capital, Taiyuan, the northern capital, Yizhoufu, the southern capital, and Yangzhou, Huainan Road.However, the same content in other cities will be delayed by seven to fourteen days.

But the efficiency in Datang is already extremely high. It can be said that the news of Chang'an City is spreading at an unprecedented speed!

The only disadvantage is that this is too expensive. Other cities issue about 7 copies each, while Chang'an City stabilizes at about [-] copies.

The loss of these highnesses alone is not a small number.

But Chang Lin naturally doesn't know that the money lost...is nothing at all, not a drop in the bucket, because once Li Shimin's two edicts are published in the newspaper, the effect will make the profit of the salt sold by Yuelai Commercial...It is estimated that At present, the "Datang Weekly" issued by the ten larger administrative offices of Datang is drizzle.

The sale of table salt by Yuelai Commercial Bank happened at a certain time, just before the publication of "Datang Weekly".

Tomorrow is the publication time of the Datang Weekly. On the second day, the "Datang Weekly" will be published as usual. The headline news is the two edicts issued by Li Shimin!The second article is about the introduction in detail.

"On the Importance of Salt in the Tang Dynasty"

"Since ancient times, salt has been a necessary product in people's life, and salt is also one of the necessary nutrients for the human body. If you do not eat salt for a long time, it will cause fatigue in the limbs of the human body, and it is easy to cause edema in the whole body, because salt affects the water in the human body, Blood and other yin and yang regulation play an important role."

"In addition, it will lead to decreased digestion, loss of appetite, acid reflux in the stomach, and heartburn-like fever. In severe cases, there will be muscle spasms, rapid heartbeat, and even coma and fainting."

As soon as these side effects are mentioned, some people who can’t afford salt can probably understand it, because even the most ordinary people know that if they eat less salt, they will have no strength to work.This is what the people have learned from their daily lives.

"However, the salt in the salt pond is often accompanied by various impurities that cannot be removed. These impurities have been difficult to remove since ancient times. Although eating a small amount of these impurities does not affect human health, eating for many years is still harmful to some weak patients. affects life expectancy."

"Pure salt does not have any other taste, only salty, and even a hint of fragrance, which is only the purest salt, while other salts with a bitter taste are caused by impurities in it."

"His Majesty the King of Qin, following His Majesty's order, for the sake of the people of the world, specially researched a brand-new method of making salt, which greatly reduced the most harmful substances to the human body, removed bitter impurities, and adhered to the principle of thinking about the health of the people of Tang Dynasty The method is to let the common people afford to eat salt, and His Highness deliberately sells it at a loss, and the price per catty of salt is the same as the current market price, only 1.5 Wen."

"In addition, His Royal Highness has also developed a more advanced filtration process, which can filter more impurities. Because the cost of the filtration process is too high, these salts can only be sold at a higher price, and part of the profits will be made to make up for the cost of developing the filtration experiment method. deficit."

"However, His Highness said that it is expected that in the next 3 to 5 years, the price of the filtered table salt will be reduced to the current market price for sale! At present, the table salt has been sold in places such as Youjian Mall and Yuelai Commercial Bank. Please The general public can buy as they see fit.”

As soon as this article was published, the news about salt spread throughout Chang'an City in an instant!All of a sudden, even ordinary people know something about table salt.

This was the first time that "Datang Weekly" actually carried the goods, and all of a sudden, there was a long queue at the gates of all the Youjian shopping malls and Yuelai Commercial Firms in Chang'an City.Everyone in Chang'an City was dumbfounded.

At this time, some shrewd businessmen suddenly saw some business opportunities. For example, Bai Ling, who founded the first chamber of commerce in the Tang Dynasty, was having tea with some businessmen and reading the newspaper. After reading it, he suddenly asked: "Say, If we spend money to ask His Highness to publish the sales news of our firm in the "Datang Weekly", do you think it's okay?"

All of a sudden, the businessmen drinking tea were stunned for a moment, and then their eyes became brighter and brighter!