Chapter 1 The Beginning
The first mouthful, everyone naturally wanted to confirm if it tasted like salt.
After confirming, many people were captivated.
It wasn't that they hadn't eaten salt before, but they had never eaten such pure salt.
They had never tasted such pure saltiness before, so they savored it.
After savoring it, they sighed again.
"Such white salt, such pure salt, I've never seen such pure salt before!"
"Pure as snow, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, if I hadn't tasted it with my own mouth, I wouldn't believe it was salt!!"
"This kind of salt is truly good salt, a good salt that truly benefits the country and the people!!"
The crowd had personally participated in Lin Tian's salt production, so they understood very well how low the production cost of this salt was.
Who wouldn't be tempted by such low-cost, high-quality salt?
These soldiers could basically foresee that once such salt was introduced, it would be immensely popular.
And because of this, they were filled with anticipation.
"Your Highness, good salt, this is truly good salt!!"
"Indeed! Your Highness, this humble servant believes that if the common people can buy this salt, they will definitely not buy any other salt!!"
"Your Highness, such salt is too important for our Great Qin, our Great Qin needs this kind of salt!!"
These soldiers could already see the changes this salt would bring to Great Qin, and because of this, they were all extremely excited.
This excitement, naturally, also spurred Lin Tian on.
And because of this, Lin Tian spoke at this moment:
"Since everyone believes this is good salt, then let's go all out with production!!"
"Mobilize more manpower, and produce Great Qin's salt with all our might!!"
"Yes!!"
Upon hearing Lin Tian's words, these soldiers immediately sprang into action.
They began to quickly mobilize personnel, enter the salt mines, and then vigorously produce white salt.
The people at other salt mines naturally learned of this.
However, upon learning this, they did not panic, but merely smiled faintly.
"Produce, you can produce as much as you want! The more you produce, the more you will lose!"
"Moreover, the more you sell, the more people will die. No matter how you try to salvage the situation, it will be irreversible!!"
To them, the more Lin Tian sold, the better.
The more Lin Tian sold, the bigger the problems would become.
As long as the problems were big enough, no matter how powerful Lin Tian was, he wouldn't be able to resolve them.
Therefore, they waited for the situation to escalate.
They waited for ten days.
After ten days, the situation finally changed.
The white salt produced by Lin Tian was finally completed.
They were now officially put on sale.
As soon as this news broke, many people were excited.
Among them, the common people expressed their excitement.
Many of them had already arrived at the place where Lin Tian was selling the white salt and were waiting there.
"The salt produced by His Highness the Crown Prince is truly something to look forward to!!"
"Indeed! I heard that the salt produced by His Highness the Crown Prince is very cheap. Even if I'm poor, I'll buy some to show my support for His Highness the Crown Prince!!"
"I believe the salt sold by His Highness the Crown Prince will be high-quality salt. This time, I must buy some!!"
Lin Tian's salt had not even gone on sale yet, and many common people were already willing to buy it.
The reason for this was entirely due to Lin Tian's extremely high reputation among the common people.
Many common people were willing to trust Lin Tian, and they were very willing to support him when he was selling salt.
Such support was incomparable to any other salt merchant.
His business was also something other salt merchants could not compare to.
And because of this, many people at this moment showed envious glances.
"How detestable, so many common people are willing to buy his salt!!"
"These common people are truly ignorant and foolish. They don't know that this salt is actually poisonous!!"
"Right! These people are truly ignorant, but it doesn't matter, they will have plenty of time to regret it when they learn the truth!!"
In their view, the common people were ignorant.
They truly disdained these ignorant common people.
However, seeing that the common people were willing to spend money on Lin Tian, they felt jealous.
They even thought, if all these common people's money were spent on their salt, they would have inexhaustible wealth every day.
However, even without getting that wealth, they did not show any signs of urgency.
Because they knew that Lin Tian's salt was about to have problems.
As soon as it went on sale, within a day or two, his salt would inevitably face endless criticism.
It was even highly possible that it would poison a large number of common people.
Therefore, no matter how popular his business was now, it was only a temporary prosperity.
Such temporary prosperity, in the end, would be like a castle in the air, fleeting.
All they were doing now was watching the show.
Soon, the salt shops opened by Lin Tian's people slowly opened their doors.
Afterward, a large number of common people flooded in.
Every one of them was very excited, even feeling impatient.
"Where is the salt? Where is the salt produced by His Highness the Crown Prince??"
"How much is the salt? Give me half a catty!!"
"My household expenses are large, give me ten catties!!"
Before the shopkeepers and clerks could even introduce Lin Tian's salt, the common people were already shouting how much salt they wanted to buy.
Of course, most of those who dared to shout like this were wealthy individuals.
At this time, salt was no different from a luxury item in terms of price.
Those who dared to buy so much salt were people with a certain amount of wealth.
And they dared to buy like this, naturally because they trusted Lin Tian.
However, their unconditional trust did not mean that the shopkeepers and clerks did not need to introduce it.
After all, the advantages of the salt produced by Lin Tian were too numerous. If these advantages were not publicized, it might take more time to completely defeat other salt fields.
And because of this, seeing these people asking for several catties of salt, the shopkeepers quickly introduced:
"Please be patient, everyone. I know you are all eager to buy salt!"
"However, before you buy salt, I still need to introduce the salt in our shop!!"
"The salt in our shop was personally developed by His Highness the Crown Prince. Compared to other salts, it has three very important advantages!!"
"First, it is very white, its color is pure white like snow, incredibly pure!!"
"Second, its taste is very pure, without a trace of off-flavor, only the saltiness of salt!!"
"Third, its price is cheap. Its price is only one-tenth of the price of other salts, or even lower!!"
"So, rest assured, this is good salt that everyone can afford!!"