"Where was the fight?"

A shopkeeper stood at the door of his house and looked out.

These people were all running in the same direction, but no one came in. It was really strange!

"Shopkeeper, there's no fight!"

The waiter threw down the rag and said dejectedly.

"Then why are they all heading east? They seem to be in a hurry? Isn't there some excitement?"

The shopkeeper turned around and asked in confusion.

"Shopkeeper, you have been settling accounts behind the counter today and are busy changing the menu. Of course you don't know...!"

The waiter pouted and said disappointedly: "The refined salt sold in the city a few days ago has also started to be sold at the official salt store today!"

"What? The official salt shop has also started selling it? It's not private salt this time?"

As soon as he heard the word refined salt, the shopkeeper's eyes suddenly lit up.

The last time he bought salt, he didn't have much money, so he only spent ten gold to buy a pound of refined salt. He also heard that it was private salt, so he was afraid for several days.

If official salt has such quality, even if you go out to borrow money, you still have to buy more!

"Yes, it's not private salt this time, but the price...is...but...!"

When it came to the price, the waiter hesitated for a long time and couldn't explain why.

"What? The price has increased...? Even if the price increases, there is nothing wrong with it. After all, it is official salt, and the quality is very high!"

The shopkeeper showed a very understanding expression and continued to ask, "How much has it increased? 10%? 20%? Or just doubled?"

"neither!"

The waiter shook his head.

"Then what happened? Tell me!"

Seeing his appearance, the shopkeeper became anxious and wanted to go up and slap him.

"Yes... it's down!"

"Reduced? Why did the price of official salt not increase, but instead decreased?"

The shopkeeper looked puzzled and a little confused.

Normally, private salt is stolen through some improper channels, and you want to sell it quickly, so the price will be lower than normal.

If official salt also has this quality, it must be higher than private salt!

This is the first time that it has fallen instead of rising!

"How much has it dropped?"

"Ten...ten pieces of paper!"

The waiter frowned and couldn't bear to say anything.

"Haha, I thought it would be much lower. A ten-cent reduction does not count as a reduction...!"

After hearing the figures, the shopkeeper suddenly laughed, "I'm just telling you! When did the government become so conscientious? Not only did the prices not increase, but they actually dropped. It turned out to be only a small drop!"

"No, shopkeeper, it's not reduced by ten cents, but reduced by ten cents!"

The waiter emphasized every word.

"What?"

The smile on the shopkeeper's face froze instantly, and he stared at him as if he had seen a ghost.

"Shopkeeper, when I just went out to collect firewood, I heard from the people on the street that the official salt shop will be selling it today. The young master also came and personally priced it at ten cents and one tael. The quality is the same as before. It seems that the young master will sell it.

Inland salt has also been purified, so the production of refined salt has greatly increased, and the price has naturally become cheaper!"

The waiter reported what he heard truthfully.

"Reduced to ten cents and one tael? Did you hear that correctly?"

The shopkeeper still couldn't believe it.

He had spent ten gold to get a pound of refined salt before, but only three days later, the salt at home was only worth a hundred gold?

Doesn't that mean all his money was wasted?

"You heard me right, it's indeed ten cents per tael and one hundred cents per catty. You see, all the people outside are rushing to buy salt!"

The waiter pursed his lips towards the door.

All the people in Xianyang City are rushing to buy salt. Not to mention that there is no business today, there is probably no business in the past few days!

"Ouch..."

The shopkeeper turned his head and looked at the people running quickly at the door. His heartbeat suddenly accelerated, his breathing became difficult, and he clutched his chest in discomfort.

His shop is not big, and the taxes in Daqin are high, so it is not easy to save these ten pieces of gold.

Now that it is gone, who can accept it?

Fortunately, he bought little and earned it back after working for a year and a half, but the Cui family was different.

At this time, Cui Sheng was hung from the beam by Cui Jingtong and beaten with a whip!

The originally fair skin was now riddled with whip marks and stained with blood.

The first wife knelt on the ground and begged for mercy with tears streaming down her face, "Master, my son is your biological son. Are you going to beat him to death?"

"Hmph! My biological son? Is there any biological son who cheats me like this? I think he is colluding with those salt dealers. It seems he cheated me out of my money!"

Cui Jingtong held the whip in his hand, his chest kept rising and falling, and he was breathing heavily. He was obviously very angry.

"Master, how can you say that? I'm still young, so it's inevitable that I'll do something wrong. Money is something outside of me. If it's gone, let's make it again!"

The lady cried and persuaded.

"Earn? That's easy to say. That's more than three thousand gold. How long will it take for our Cui family to earn it back? Do you really think that the gold was blown by the strong wind?"

The more Cui Jingtong talked, the angrier he became. He whipped him again, and blood marks suddenly burst out.

Cui Sheng screamed in pain, "Ouch!"

"Master, please calm down. The eldest young master is young and has been hanging around brothels. How can he see through those people who are liars!"

A concubine held a silk handkerchief and caressed Cui Jingtong's chest.

They say they are trying to calm him down, but they are actually adding fuel to the fire!

"Snapped……"

"Ouch...!"

Sure enough, after listening to the concubine's persuasion, Cui Jingtong went up and whipped him again, this time with a stronger force than before. It was not a blood stain at all, but blood was directly visible, and he was still cursing, "Damn it, he

You're already twenty and you're still young? You don't do anything serious all day long, you just think about going to brothels and picking up girls. When I was his age, I had already inherited the mantle and started making wine and doing business!"

"Snapped……"

Maybe he felt that his hatred was still unresolved, so he went up and was whipped again.

"ah……"

"Dad, you can't blame me. Those people sell it in Xianyang City with great fanfare. How did I know that they were selling private salt? If I knew, I wouldn't dare to buy it even if I were killed! Besides, I only bought one pound.

Dad asked me to buy the other hundred people!"

"Snapped……"

"You kid is still reasonable!"

"Hiss...! Ouch...! Dad, no one would have thought that refined salt, which was once more precious than gold, would suddenly be ruined on the streets!"

Cui Sheng, this is an injustice.

I don’t know who pushed him out to buy salt a few days ago!

When I bought it back and felt it was not enough, I drove a carriage to deliver money to others. As a result, the salt was not loaded on the carriage and came back. Instead, I was pulled back lying on the carriage!

He fainted for a day and a night, and rested in bed for two days. He heard the bad news just after he recovered his strength, and immediately tied him up and gave him a whip. Who should he ask to reason with him?

"I asked you to talk back!"

"Pah...pah..."

Cui Jingtong gritted his teeth and whipped him twice, venting all the hatred in his heart on his son.
Chapter completed!