The price of table salt varied in different periods and regions during the Ming Dynasty, with significant fluctuations.

Within Zhu's fiefdom, prices vary in different regions.

In previous years, when the price of salt was at its highest, one kilogram of salt was equivalent to about 200 yuan. When it's cheap, it's about 50 yuan.

From this price, it can be seen how scarce salt was at that time. For ordinary people, it was considered a luxury item and not an exaggeration. Even at the cheapest price, it was equivalent to 50 yuan per kilogram.

The current price is not cheap either, around 150 yuan per kilogram.

At this time, Zhu Cha's team began to sell refined salt, fine salt, and ordinary salt to various states and counties within the fiefdom.

Refined salt has the highest grade, followed by fine salt, both of which are obtained through exchange in the system. Salt is a common salt in the market.

The first wave introduced refined salt and regular salt.

The price of refined salt is about 1000 yuan per kilogram, while the price of regular salt follows the market price, which is 100 yuan per kilogram. You can sell as much as you can.

Soon, the refined salt that appeared on the market caught everyone's attention.

Those who can afford this kind of refined salt are the powerful and wealthy landlords. Ordinary people are not willing to spend money to buy such expensive refined salt.

And with the circulation of these refined salts, the news that the Seventh Prince had been enfeoffed upon his arrival spread throughout the entire fiefdom.

As salt traders became active within the fiefdom, the news that Prince Qi would plant two new crops, sweet potatoes and potatoes, this year was also known to many landlords.

The yield of these two new crops is extremely high, according to salt traders, it can reach up to 100 stones per acre.

Both refined salt and two new crops have caused a huge sensation throughout the entire sealed land.

Potatoes were only introduced to China in the late Ming Dynasty. Although they were carefully cultivated, their small quantity and slow expansion did not save the fate of the Ming Dynasty. It was not until the Qianlong period that potatoes were widely planted.

Sweet potatoes, on the other hand, were introduced to China along with crops such as corn during the Ming Dynasty's Wanli and Tianqi periods, and were widely planted in provinces such as Guangxi and Yunnan.

Due to its high-yield characteristics, it is particularly popular among the people.

However, due to many external and internal reasons, sweet potatoes and corn were ultimately not widely promoted, nor were they able to save the Ming Dynasty.

The sweet potato popularized by Zhu Cha is sweet potato. Potatoes are also directly exchanged by the system and do not carry any poison. He can directly plant on a large scale, but the amount of potatoes and sweet potatoes he can exchange from the system is relatively limited.

Directly using it for consumption is too wasteful. It is most suitable to use it as seeds.

By the time drought broke out in Sanjin this year, a large number of refugees came to Qidi. Qidi had already obtained a Dafengshou (Salad of assorted fresh vegetables), which was enough to deal with this round of natural disasters.

Then, the news will inevitably reach the court, and at that time, these two crops will inevitably attract the attention of the court. No matter what kind of pressure they encounter, Zhu Yuanzhang, who comes from a peasant background, will spare no effort to promote them vigorously.

This is Zhu Cha's preliminary plan!

And within the Qi region, it indeed caused a huge sensation.

At first, everyone's attention was only focused on the refined salt because it was too delicate. Compared to the rough and yellowish salt, this refined salt was even more exquisite than the fine salt used in the palace.

Fine and even, crystal clear, like a work of art!

Compared to conventional fine salt, its accuracy is incomparable and not on the same scale at all!

You should know that Qidi is also one of the important production areas for table salt.

Some of the fine salt from the court was paid as tribute from the Qi region.

The salt merchants in Qi have never seen such exquisite and beautiful salt.

And those responsible for sales are all servants of His Royal Highness the King of Qi. According to them, this is the best salt in the world today, made by His Royal Highness the King of Qi through special means of commission and grinding, specifically for the supply of high-ranking officials and nobles.

The price, although 10 times more expensive than regular salt, is definitely worth it.

And this type of salt is indeed very popular. Although it is expensive, there are always people who can afford luxury goods regardless of the dynasty or generation.

Compared to ordinary salt, the quantity of refined salt is relatively limited, which quickly attracted the attention of high-ranking officials, wealthy businessmen, and landlords to purchase it.

A small amount of refined salt cannot impact the market price, but soon, the fine salt of Prince Qi also began to be sold.

As soon as this fine salt was released, salt merchants couldn't sit still because the quality of this fine salt was also very high, even much better than the ones in the palace, but the price was slightly higher than ordinary salt, just slightly more expensive!

As soon as this fine salt was released, it immediately seized a large market share.

The price is similar, but the quality of this fine salt is obviously much better. The salt has more impurities and larger particles, which are far less convenient to use than fine salt.

Moreover, fine salt, which used to be a luxury item that ordinary people couldn't even imagine, is now priced similarly to regular salt. And this is the business of His Royal Highness the King of Qi, there is no risk involved in buying and selling!

For weddings, funerals, and other occasions such as gifting, using this fine salt is truly worth it!

Although fine salt has not replaced salt, the truly impoverished people still mostly use salt, but it has had a great impact on the interests of salt merchants.

They are already in the same place and cannot raise prices arbitrarily to seek huge profits.

Even in order to stabilize the market, it is necessary to lower the price of salt bars in order to differentiate them from fine salt and increase sales by lowering prices.

There's no other way, since this is the financial path of His Royal Highness the King of Qi, the salt merchants naturally can't say anything and can only let him plunder their original market share. In the territory of the King of Qi, no matter what background, no salt merchant dares to oppose His Royal Highness the King of Qi.

At the same time as the popularization of fine salt, the second wave of caravans sent by King Qi also brought a second message.

As long as they are landlords in Qi territory, they are about to purchase high-yield sweet potatoes and potato seeds from the King of Qi!

Moreover, in the first year of procurement, there is no need to pay silver, only a contract needs to be signed, and the harvest obtained will be three out of ten for the Qi royal family!

This is a definite temptation, for every landlord, it has tremendous allure!

You don't need to pay silver to get high-yield crops, with no loss or profit. All you need to do is provide land for the tenants to take care of, and then distribute 30% of the harvest to His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi.

A sure win deal!

Although everyone remains skeptical of the rumor that a hundred stones are produced per mu, the news came from His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi. What if it is true?!

Especially when His Royal Highness the King of Qi presented refined and fine salt that no one had ever seen before, even of better quality than the tribute salt, he was amazed by the King's methods.

Maybe these two crops that yield 100 stones per mu are also real.

A famous landlord, one after another, was moved to report his name and the amount of land he could provide to the merchant caravan of Prince Qi.

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