The Entry of Mongolian Salt into Shanxi and the Changes in the Salt Market of North-Central Shanxi Province during the Qing Dynasty
The insufficient supply of local salt in Shanxi in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties provided an important opportunity for the flow of Mongolian salt to Shanxi.At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty,the market structure for the sale of Mongolian-Soil in the north-central region of Shanxi was initially formed and formally recognised by the Qing court.With the reoccurrence of the Hedong Salt production capacity crisis and the improvement of Mongolian Salt's own procurement and marketing,Jilantai Salt,a branch of Mongolian Salt,with the convenience of the Yellow River water transportation,not only competed for the market with the Soil salt in north-central Shanxi,but even went south to encroach on the Hedong Salt market.For this reason,the Qianjia two dynasties,the Qing court made frequent adjustments to its policy of bringing Mongolian salt into Jin,the dramatic policy changes in the salt market in north-central Shanxi has experienced this and that of the Mongolian Salt and the Soil salt sales areas.At the end of the Qing Dynasty,with part of the market space of the main sales area of the Mongolian Salt is crowded by the Shaanxi and Gansu Huamachi Salt,the main sales area of the Soil Salt in the east of the counties were also encroached upon by the Lu Salt,the salt market in north-central Shanxi presents a kind of Mongolia,Soil,Hua,Lu distribution of the new market structure.During this market change,the Soil salt has been able to preserve most of the market space and continue to develop by virtue of local social acceptance and its own advantages.The examination of the issue of"Mongolian Salt"in Shanxi is an important window into the salt market in north-central Shanxi Province since the Qing Dynasty and the environment for the survival of Soil Salt.
Qing DynastyMongolian SaltSoil SaltHedong Saltthe Salt Market in North-Central Shanxi Province
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