Boss Xu was a small salt merchant in Guanlong. Not only did he have to endure the exploitation of big salt merchants, but he also had to curry favor with big salt merchants. Otherwise, once the big salt merchants were unhappy and cut off the salt, Boss Xu's family could only eat the northwest wind.
When he heard the news about Daqing Salt in the Mo Magazine, he immediately drove a carriage to the county to taste the salt. After that, he immediately took out most of his savings and bought salt coupons for Daqing Salt.
The quality of Daqing Salt itself was superior. Coupled with Mo's purification technology, it not only tasted good, but also looked good. At a glance, one could tell that it was superior table salt. There was no need to worry about sales.
For some small salt merchants like Boss Xu, it was too risky if they hoarded table salt. Just the storage alone was a huge expense. Now that they had salt coupons in hand, they could take salt at any time and reduce their risk to a minimum. Moreover, in order to open up the market for Daqing Salt, Meton left enough profit for the salt merchants so that small and medium-sized salt merchants would not be tempted.
This was the advantage of doing business with Mo Jiazi. Not only was it profitable, but it was also extremely convenient.
With Mo Jiazi's signboard, small salt merchants like Boss Xu were all tempted to abandon other salt merchants and monopolize Daqing Salt.
As truckloads of Daqing Salt hit the market, the Daqing Salt, which was cheap and easy to pick up, quickly took over the market. Along the brick roads, Lanzhou, Tianshui, Chencang, and Daqing Salt fell one by one, and the other table salt was defeated.
Especially when the best fine salt of Daqing Salt was transported to Chang 'an City, the price of salt in Chang' an City suddenly fell by 30%.
"Mo Jiazi!"
Many big salt merchants gnashed their teeth and said hatefully.
This time, the biggest loss was probably these big salt merchants. Before, they had a large amount of table salt in their hands and their status was as stable as Mount Tai. However, once Daqing Salt appeared on the market, not only was the quality better than them, but the price was also cheaper. Many salt merchants' goods directly fell into their hands.
Among the salt merchants, the Wang Family of Taiyuan had suffered the most losses. They had lost almost half of their market share in the Guanlong region. However, the Wang Family of Taiyuan was not angry. Instead, they were happy. Although the Great Azure Salt had caused them to suffer heavy losses, it had also exposed a flaw in Moton's salt-making techniques.
The Mo family made snow salt with coarse salt and directly occupied half of the fine salt market in Chang 'an City, which made the Wang family jealous. Unfortunately, the Mo family's salt-making method was very secretive, and the Wang family could not easily get it.
However, in the Great Green Salt Workshop in Lan Zhou City, the salt merchants naturally had the opportunity. From the moment the Great Green Salt Workshop was completed, the Mohist method of making salt had already appeared on the desks of every salt merchant. The Wang Clan was naturally no exception.
The Daqing Salt Lake was backed by the Chaka Salt Lake, and his Wang Family also controlled the Yuncheng Salt Lake. If he obtained the Mo Family's salt production method, the Wang Family's salt production would definitely skyrocket. What was the current loss?
Next to Yun City's salt lake! Wang Zhe, who was called back to the family, was happy. He had suffered a big setback because of Mo's snow salt. Now that the Taiyuan Wang family had gotten the salt-making method of Mo's, they must avenge their previous humiliation.
"Wang Dong! How's the new salt? "Wang Zhe could not wait and asked impatiently.
Wang Dong was the shopkeeper of Chang 'an City's salt trade. This time, for the salt-making method of Mo's, he specially came back to Yun City to supervise the new salt.
Wang Dong bowed and said, "Young master, the craftsmen have just learned about Mo's craftsmanship and are still familiarizing themselves with it. I believe it will be done soon."
Although Wang Zhe was anxious, he could only secretly suppress his temper when he heard Wang Dong's words.
"Shopkeeper, it's crystallized!" Suddenly, an old craftsman with gray hair said with surprise.
Hearing this, Wang Zhe and Wang Dong immediately rushed to the craftsman's side. In the burning boiler, there were crystallized pieces of salt at the bottom.
In order to succeed as soon as possible, Wang Zhe used the fastest method of boiling salt. Wang Zhe waved his hand and removed the firewood under the boiler. Wang Zhe did not wait for the temperature to drop. He could not wait to knock down a piece of salt from the boiler. After cooling it, he put it in his mouth.
"Bah!"
Wang Zhe's face suddenly twisted with bitterness.
"How could it be so bitter? Could it be that the secret recipe is wrong? " Wang Zhe roared. This time, they used the salt-making method of Mo's, but the new salt was still hard to swallow. The unique bitterness of Yun City's salt lake still lingered.
Wang Dong also could not believe it. He tasted it and spat out the dry salt in his mouth.
"Impossible! I have done this many times in Lanzhou. It's impossible to make a mistake, "the old craftsman said firmly.
Wang Dong shook his head and said, "Young master, from what I see, there is nothing wrong with this process. Look, these salt grains are already very pure."
Only then did Wang Zhe calm down. He muttered to himself, "How could Daqing's salt be so fragrant, but our Yun City's salt lake is so different?"
"From what I see, the biggest reason is the lake salt. It must be the quality of Chaka's salt lake. Yun City's salt lake has always been known as bitter salt. This process was specially made by Mo Jiazi for Chaka's salt lake. It might not be suitable for Yun City's salt lake," Wang Dong said bitterly.
Although Wang Dong's words were just guesses, he guessed the main point. Chaka's salt lake was a natural superior edible salt. Yun City's salt lake was one of the three major sodium sulfate saltwater lakes in the world. Its composition was complex, and it was difficult to separate the other components using the original filtration method. In the future, even the local edible salt in Yun City was mostly imported from other provinces.
"In that case, our efforts were in vain?" Wang Zhe's anger soared to the heavens.
Wang Dong shook his head and said, "Young master, don't worry. Although we didn't make Daqing's salt, we found a way to make snow salt."
Wang Zhe's eyes suddenly lit up. The snow salt produced by the Mo Family Village was made of Yun City's coarse salt. If they used this method, they would be able to make snow salt in large quantities.
"Use this method to make fine salt in Yun City immediately. I want the snow salt of the Mo Family Village to disappear completely in Chang 'an," Wang Zhe said with a smile.
The same thing happened in other salt-producing areas. Although the method of making Daqing's salt was not suitable for other salt-producing areas, it brought the method of purifying fine salt to other salt-producing areas.
Thinking of the huge profits of fine salt, many salt-producing areas were tempted and began to make fine salt in large quantities.
The Daqing's salt directly stirred up the salt policy in Guanlong. Not only did it cause a stir among the people, but even the imperial court also paid attention to it. It was not until the price of salt in Guanzhong stabilized at 80% of the usual price that the imperial court felt relieved.
"Mo Jiazi is really a catfish. He can make a big storm wherever he goes." Many courtiers sighed with emotion.
The big storm that Meton made in Tuyuhun had already spread to the whole of Chang 'an. However, as batches of money were pulled into the treasury of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, all the courtiers had to accept it for the sake of money.
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