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The changes on Liuqiu Island soon spread through the mouths of the maritime merchants who started running around to make money.

For those who live by the sea, the idea of ​​gods coming to the island is far inferior to the four ports standing on the rocks, which are nearly 200 meters high and provide guidance for ships sailing on the sea at night.

The beacon of direction is more important.

Especially the four seaside cities of Quanzhou, Fuzhou, Zhangzhou and Chaozhou, because of the two lighthouses erected at the western port and the northern port of Liuqiu Island, some people soon broke the habit of not going out to sea at night because it is easy to lose direction.

custom.

Those fishermen were fine. They only fished in the offshore area with the light of the lighthouse that could be seen from a long distance. But for those maritime merchants who saw that the port of Liuqiu Island could bring them huge benefits.

, this is the guiding light to making big money.

What's more, the four ports on Liuqiu Island still have relevant personnel responsible for receiving the merchants who enter the port overnight. Moreover, the street lights that emit bright light also illuminate the ports as if they are daytime.

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It is precisely because of this that as more and more maritime merchants operate night ships, they first visit the two ports on the west and north of the island. Maritime merchants also enter the port for transactions at night, and then connect to the two ports on the east and south.

The port has also become lively.

As more and more maritime merchants began to flock to the four ports of Liuqiu Island regardless of day or night, a large number of slaves, craftsmen, and various resources and goods gathered. Soon, these four ports became

Four large trade markets.

As for the supplies that the officials of Liuqiu Island, that is, the port authority, except for a small part come from outside the main time and space, most of them come from those scattered across all continents and regions in the Tang Dynasty time and space.

resource points.

What surprised Li Anran was that among all the commodities he sold on the island, sea salt was the most popular. Almost every day, he could see many maritime merchants bringing the goods purchased by the port authority and then exchange them for

Boatloads of sea salt.

At first, Li Anran thought that since everyone relies on the sea, they are still worried about not being able to buy salt? But then he suddenly realized that he had made an empiricist error. However, the ocean is indeed inexhaustible.

There is an inexhaustible supply of salt, but you also need to be able to process it.

The manufacturing process of ancient sea salt was quite simple. Fishing fish near the sea were usually boiled in large pots to make salt. Not only was this method extremely inefficient, but the sea salt produced would also be affected by impurities in the sea water.

Resulting in poor quality.

But for Li Anran, the work of making salt is quite simple. The sea salt manufacturing equipment that integrates a series of functions such as extraction, filtration, and distillation can operate 24 hours a day as long as there is enough energy.

Produces sea salt locally.

However, after discovering that the sales volume of sea salt was quite astonishing, and the sea salt making machines that were originally intended to be taken along were gradually being out of supply, Li Anran had to send people to find a suitable area and opened up several large areas.

Salt fields.

Naturally, the technology used in this kind of salt field cannot be high-tech. It just takes advantage of the daily rising tide to automatically pour seawater into the salt fields that are divided into square blocks, and then the improved process can be used in large quantities.

Production of sea salt.

Although the quality of this kind of sea salt is definitely not comparable to that of sea salt produced using high-tech equipment, for those sea merchants, the best sea salt has the price of the best sea salt, and the ordinary sea salt has the price of ordinary sea salt.

What's more, after the salt field production process has been improved, the quality of the sea salt produced in batches is enough to beat similar products from the Tang Dynasty. In addition, the price is at least 20% lower than the market price, so it is strange that it is not welcomed by those maritime merchants.

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Even though the large salt fields opened up in the bay are not high-tech, the amount of sea salt that can be produced every day is not only staggering in quantity, but the quality has also been improved due to improvements in technology.

improved.

In addition to sea salt, what made Li Anran even more speechless was that the salted fish and bacon that were pickled into salty goods were originally just to prevent the seafood caught from the sea every day from spoiling because they could not be eaten.

"In-demand" goods.

After some investigation, Li Anran found out that the key to why these salty goods are so easy to sell lies in the word salty.

You must know that in ancient times, although the salt industry could not be completely controlled by the government, it was not accessible to ordinary people. As a human being, it doesn't matter if you don't eat sugar, but if you don't eat salt, you will easily get sick or even die.

Due to the backwardness of ancient salt-making technology and the troubles in transportation, although the price of salt is not expensive, it is not cheap either. If there is a bad year or natural disaster, the price of salt will be

The price will also skyrocket.

As for these salted fish and bacon, in addition to being rich in salt, they are also meat. The combination of the two has different meanings. In addition, direct sales of sea salt not only require corresponding qualifications, but also smooth relationships. This salty product

It becomes a "side ball".

As for the question of why people in the Mainland don't salt fish, bacon, and chicken by themselves, it's actually very simple. Because the Mainland does not produce salt and the price of salt is relatively high. The cost of doing this is too high, and the price of selling it is not competitive.

, not cost-effective at all.

After Li Anran's interrogation and reports from the people below, he discovered that the booming salty goods business was a coincidence. At first, no one saw the business opportunity for these salted fish and bacon that had a rather "weird" taste.

Come.

I just felt that the storage time of these things was longer than most food, so some maritime merchants bought some and threw them on the ship as food for the boatmen. Later, they were inadvertently taken back to their homes by several boatmen.

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Don't look at this salted fish, the smell of salted meat does smell a bit weird, especially salted fish, because the fishy smell is too strong and it will give people a smelly feeling. But for most people who can barely eat their stomachs.

For most people, this is not a problem at all.

What's more, although salted fish smells stinky, it doesn't taste bad as long as you know how to handle and cook it. Coupled with the rich salty taste that can be obtained without adding salt, it is actually right where the boatmen are.

It became popular in the village.

After several boatmen took salted fish home one after another, a maritime businessman saw the business opportunities. In addition, the price of these salted fish was very cheap due to the unique environmental advantages, so he tried to purchase it at the port.

One batch was brought back to Datang.

Because salted fish is not salt after all, it eliminates the cost of obtaining sales qualifications and managing all aspects. In addition, the purchase price is already low, and it is a test of water. Naturally, the selling price of this batch of salted fish will not be high.

As a result, it suddenly became popular.

Even among the people at the bottom of society, it is rare to be literate, but it does not prevent these people from having their own wisdom. After discovering that just adding a few pieces of salted fish to ordinary vegetarian dishes can improve

The fresh flavor can be used as a meat to improve the food. The most important thing is that the price is not expensive, so more people will buy it.

As the saying goes, if there is demand, there is a market.

After the first attempt to test the water was a success, the maritime businessman naturally would not miss such a good opportunity to make money. As a result, a large amount of salty goods began to pass through the wharves and ports of the four seaside cities of Quanzhou, Fuzhou, Zhangzhou and Chaozhou.

flow into the mainland.

No matter in which era, there may not be many discerning people, but there is never a shortage of people who follow the trend.

No, after the salted fish business became more and more popular, other maritime merchants naturally followed suit. As a result, the supply of salted fish on Liuqiu Island actually exceeded demand.

As for whether there will be any sales problems with so much salted fish flowing into the mainland. Although the sales volume of salted fish on the island seems to be quite large, compared with the huge market in Datang, it is not at all

Just a "drizzle".

Seeing that the salty goods business is so booming, after seeing the application that Su Xiaomei specially sent for about the people below wanting to increase the production of salty goods, Li Anran approved it with a stroke of his pen. At the same time, because of his foodie nature, he suddenly burst out,

By the way, I gave another push on this matter.

So soon some maritime merchants discovered that in addition to the kind of salted fish that was just pickled with sea salt, the Port Authority's sales office also had five-spice salted fish, thirteen-spice salted fish, spicy salted fish, and spicy salted fish.
Chapter completed!