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Text no, 265 Huang Junming’s bad taste

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    no, 265

    Huang Junming’s bad taste

    Qianlie County distributes salt?  !  Huang Junming couldn't help but feel a headache when he heard what the aunt said. If Southwest wrote in the second dimension, everyone might be able to see the hash mark and three vertical lines on Huang Junming's forehead.  .

    The idea of ??Qianlie County selling salt really made Huang Junming jump. However, these words also made Huang Junming, who had always been nervous, feel a little bit evil: "Aunt, this Qianlie County?"  But it’s a far away place, too far away from us. It is recorded in the classics that chanting the Tao produces salt, and some women say that salt is clean, and there is also a doctor named Bai who uses salt as medicine. Hanging a pot to help the world. On a certain day of a certain year, a certain month,  The government is harmonious and the world is at peace. The emperor said, "Good!" He gave the name and chanted "Salt". Three years later, there was a county named Qianlie County. The county magistrate was salt-loving as much as his life. He especially loved chanting "Salt". However, foreigners besieged the city and the salt in the city was exhausted.  He endured the pain and gave salt to the people. He won. After this battle, people often said that those who eat salt and chant salt in the front line counties are strong men. In this way, salt chanting is the most precious treasure in the counties in the front line. Every time the siege ceremony is held, salt is distributed to the people.  To commemorate this.”

    Huang Junming made up a nonsense story, but the aunt listened to it with great interest, as if she was also a strong man in the frontier counties who had eaten Yin Dao salt.  Although this aunt's slightly fat body is eye-catching, the saliva on her mouth is also very shiny, making people dare not look directly at her.

    "The little Taoist priest is really knowledgeable. A place like this Qianlie County can make you tell such a thrilling story." The aunt wiped the corner of her mouth and continued to Huang Junming: "It's just the little Taoist priest. We in Datang are not just  Are there ten paths divided? Where is this chant path? Auntie is not as knowledgeable as you, can you tell her about it? And when is the siege festival? Auntie also wants to join in the fun if she has time."

    This aunt has a goal that will not give up until she achieves her goal. It seems that if Huang Junming mentions a place, the aunt may really carry her pocket to find salt.  Regarding this point, Huang Junming couldn't write it down anymore, so I could only say in uncertain words: "Auntie, you see the trail has just come down the mountain. I have never been to the local trails recorded in this book, so I really don't know where they are. This siege city  The little Taoist priest knows the day of the sacrifice, and the book says it is December 21st, but it is already the first month of the year, so I am afraid you will have to wait for another year."

    "Hey, forget it. Auntie won't hide it from you. When I heard that Qianlie County issued salt, I really wanted to carry a few pounds back. Although my family is rich these days, this salt is more expensive than rice! In poor days,  I'm too scared. Save money if you can. Auntie is really not the kind of person who takes advantage of things. Really not" The auntie, who looked a little fatter, said calmly, repeating one sentence after another.  This gave Huang Junming a headache.  When the aunt wasn't paying attention, she quietly pulled the horse's reins and stepped back.

    "Auntie is really not a cheap person. Who made the price of salt too expensive? One ounce of salt can buy two ounces of rice! Little Taoist? Little Taoist??" Aunt finally left his own spiritual world.  Come out, where is Huang Junming at this time?  Even the people around him had already left half of the room empty, running to the front to see a doctor.  And the aunt stood alone on the snow, quite similar to the posture of Mrs. Xianglin back then.

    Huang Junming rode on his horse and ran towards Chang'an City.  To be honest, this own bad taste is really funny, but if it becomes funny for a long time, it will be very bad, right?  Then again, the aunt's serious expression when she talked about the salt distribution in Qianlie County was really ridiculous.  But when I turned around and thought about it, I realized that Auntie wanted to take advantage of her.  But in the final analysis, isn’t this still a matter of too high prices?

    The early Tang Dynasty was very poor. Although Huang Junming had always been in the aristocratic level of the Tang Dynasty, he really knew about these things. Low food prices were mandatory, and there was no way this country could not let the people starve to death.  Only food prices are low.  Only then will the country have a steady output of food and a steady supply of soldiers, and the entire society will be able to operate stably.  But in addition to food, cloth can also be used to pay taxes.  In addition to the cloth they needed for their own homes, most of the people paid it as tax in exchange for grain.

    As for other things, salt, iron, tea, wine.  These four categories are exclusively sold by the state. Others may buy some drinks, salt tea, etc. privately.  It’s okay to eat and drink by yourself, but you want to sell.  That is absolutely impossible.  Not even a drop of wine or a grain of salt will make a difference!  As for iron?  Then there is no need to say more.  If iron farm tools are damaged, you have to report them to the government, let alone buy and sell them privately.

    In fact, there is nothing we can do about it.  No one wants this. People are prohibited from making and selling wine privately because there is a shortage of food. You must know that food is needed to make wine!  This food is the foundation of the country. In order to help the country tide over the difficulties, how can it be allowed to waste food to make wine?  As for iron, it is a military material. From ancient times to the present, no matter which dynasty has relaxed the ban on iron.  It's just light and heavy, and this tea is a high-end thing,The price is too high, and high prices also lead to high incomes, so all iron tea and wine are controlled by the state.

    This salt, in ancient times, was generally associated with iron, and was called salt and iron official business. The fact that the state controls salt is nothing more than that salt is an indispensable ingredient for everyone.  And it is the most important ingredient. Although it is possible to avoid eating salt, if you think about the white-haired girl, you will know that it is absolutely impossible not to eat salt.  Similarly, the salt production industry in ancient times was not developed, resulting in a situation where demand was far greater than output. Therefore, no matter in which dynasty, salt was in short supply.

    And why the state monopolizes salt as a kind of material? In a word, in order to increase government fiscal revenue and crack down on industrial and commercial enterprises, this method of monopolizing salt by the state is implemented.  After the democratic system of salt, official collection, official transportation, and official sales came down, the price of salt was often several times, or even hundreds of times, higher than the original purchase price.  Although prices were low in the early Tang Dynasty, a bucket of salt only cost ten cents.  But compared to rice noodles, it is quite expensive.  There are only two or three provinces that cannot make salt, and the entire country eats salt.  Don't raise the price.  This little salt is really not enough.  Ultimately, this is another issue of productivity.

    Although Huang Junming knew why the price of salt was higher than the price of rice, he really had no intention of getting involved in this matter. Who said this thing was in the hands of the state?  And what is the country lacking now?  money!  Controlling the price of salt was also a very important part of the imperial court's finances. No matter how wide the implications were, it was impossible to change Huang Junming's position on the national character.

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