Chapter 162 The Price That Shocked Everyone

Wang Jian continued to play with the token in his hand in silence.

That token is quite old.

Even the patterns are slightly blurred.

However, some traces of knife and axe cutting seem to be clearly visible.

If you look closely, there seems to be some dried black blood on it.

But Wang Jian didn't care at all, as if it was an object that should be played with in his hands.

Just stroking and playing with it silently.

But his gaze was not here at all. Instead, he looked out the window and towards the opposite side with a sharp gaze.

In the Daqin Royal Salt Shop opposite, the first batch of customers allowed in did not show the excitement of successful purchases at all.

The people, all dressed in rags, looked dejected as if they were about to be executed.

His face was full of dejection and resistance.

Yu Ziqi watched all this silently, but didn't care at all.

His eyes were always on the burly men with wild eyes in the crowd.

However, although he said nothing, the murderous intent in his eyes was already faintly visible.

"These people really dare to come!"

"Tsk tsk, you're not willing to be a little late, you come right after the door opens!"

"How daring! How ruthless! "

"Do you really think that Yu is a scholar and therefore would not dare to kill anyone?"

"Or do they have someone else's support and think that Yu can't do anything to them?"

Yu Ziqi observed and pondered silently.

He didn't care about other things.

It’s none of his business!
After all, it's not that complicated, right?

The rules are ready, just follow them.

But sometimes, things are just a joke.

The salt shop, which Yu Ziqi thought could not possibly have any problems, actually had problems just after it opened.

A shrill, angry cry came straight at him.

"My lord, my lord!"

"We beg you!"

"Please have pity on us poor people!"

"We can't afford this salt!"

When Yu Ziqi turned his head, he saw an honest man with a hunched body and a sallow face kneeling down in front of him with a plop.

He was shouting in a heart-wrenching voice.

Apparently, not long after he walked in, this honest man completely collapsed.

The reason why he collapsed was simply because he finally saw the appearance of the salt being sold by the Qin Royal Salt Shop!

At this time, this man was not the only one who saw the salt.

Look, his shout caused the entire crowd to go wild.

"Hahaha, you think too highly of me, a nobody. Is this something I can eat?"

"I really don't even want to pretend anymore! You're forcing me and other lowly people to eat gold!"

"I finally understand! This is not forcing me to pay money, this is forcing me to buy contraband salt!"

"Great! What a great regent! He is going to drive us to death!"

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Every scream or curse from inside the shop was heard outside the shop without any concealment.

These voices made the already nervous people even more angry. The public grievances that had been temporarily suppressed by Yu Ziqi's efforts seemed to be erupting more violently.

Just at this moment, a soldier who was hiding in the crowd queuing outside the store winked at someone in the inner room, and then angrily pursed his lips at the side.

The latter immediately understood.

He first moved two steps to the side without making a sound, then suddenly grabbed a handful of refined salt that had already made him dumbfounded, and then strode wildly toward the outside.

But what these assassins didn't notice was that the servants here, who were wearing green shirts and small hats, were all of burly build.

The arms alone, which are thicker than an average person's calves, are scary enough.

Seeing someone grab a handful of salt and run away, the servant suddenly straightened up and looked at Yu Ziqi.

After all, Yu Ziqi is the real shopkeeper.

Everything here is up to Yu Ziqi.

But when he looked more closely, he found that Yu Ziqi was shaking his head slightly at him.

Seeing this, the servant was slightly startled, and then continued sweeping the floor without caring.

However, this person was muttering in a low voice: "As expected! Everyone who comes out of this young master's side is a black-bellied monster!"

"Never mind, never mind, let's just work honestly!"

Regardless of this, the man who had just grabbed the salt and ran away rushed directly to the door of the salt shop.

However, even though he had already reached the door, he did not just run away. Instead, he raised his hands and shouted at the people gathered at the door.

"Folks, folks!"

"Look, this shop is full of this kind of salt!"

Having said that, he simply spread out his hands.

A handful of snow-white, fine salt, like a small pile of pure white snow, was spread directly in the palm of the man.

And this man, with red eyes and a sad face, looked at everyone and shouted, "Let go."

“This is the salt sold in the shop!”

"Hahahaha, this is the salt sold in the shop!"

"Hahaha, how could I have done that?"

"I have never even seen such refined salt in my life, let alone eating it!"

The crowd of people who had gathered at the door and were already feeling uneasy now saw the pile of salt in the man's hand.

Looking at the white salt grains and listening to the man's words, everyone's eyes instantly became red.

"Is this salt? Is this the salt we can eat? I'm afraid we'll have to sell our children and even go bankrupt to buy a bite!"

"That's great! You are worthy of being the Prince Regent! There shouldn't be much refined salt like this in the palace! You actually sell it to ordinary people like us. Do you think we have too much wealth?"

"Shameless! Too shameless! How can you force people to buy and sell like this in business? You didn't allow us to buy the previous private salt, but now you want us to buy this? Shameless!"

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As the saying goes, one stone can cause a thousand ripples!

The man who rushed out of the salt shop, showed the refined salt in his hand, and his extremely "empathetic" words, completely aroused the resentment of everyone.

At this moment, the people didn't even think about asking the price.

Because everyone has a very simple idea.

That means you get what you pay for!

And the refined salt in front of them, just by looking at its appearance, looks like something they can neither afford nor eat.

Wouldn't this force them to sell everything they had, even their children, and even their entire family to get the money to Gongzi Yuan?

It was just a simple matter of buying salt, but it was turned into a matter of ruining the family by this Young Master Yuan. How could they not be sad and angry?

As for the fact that the price of salt is actually very cheap?
This thought had never even occurred to them.

Because even the homes of the noble families and even the palace didn't have such good salt, so how could the common people like them eat such good food?

(End of this chapter)