Zhou Lao shook his head and affirmed: "I’m sure that the written pledge to fulfill a military order here is absolutely not the slightest nonsense … These taxes are not only the most basic grain tax and business tax, but also the income of the foreign trade department from all over the country will become higher and higher with the continuous increase of grain production and falling prices in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces …"
Wei Zheng’s eyes lit up and asked Zhou Lao, "Handsome seems a little white … Zhou Lao, you mean to control all the grain in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, and then buy grain from the people at a low price, and then send the grain out of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces for high price …"
Boss Zhou affirmed: "Da Shuaiying can not only earn grain, cattle, sheep and livestock, but also earn a lot of silver for our Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces …"
Chapter four hundred and forty-nine Salt price
When the military and political circles in Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces began to adjust the personnel of large-scale military and political reforms
On behalf of the court, Wang Zhongying came to negotiate with the governor-general of Shanshan. Although he was a scholar, he still rushed to Datong to solve the urgent needs of the court as soon as possible.
Facing the old acquaintance Wang Zhongying’s face, the drawing room of Shanshan Governor’s Office only flashed a little surprise and then restored calm and then asked Wang Zhongying bluntly.
"Wang Daren, you are the emperor’s right-hand man in such a hurry to come to my Shanshan Governor’s Office. No accident, it must be the imperial court except what? Tell me, what’s the matter with the emperor asking you to come over? "
Wang Zhongying, who is clear about Wei Zheng’s character, directly revealed the problems and great pressure that the court was facing during this period.
Then a face of sincerity said, "David, the official came to Datong House by order. One is to hope that David can help the court through this difficulty. The other is to bring benefits to David …"
For Wang Zhongying’s first request, Wei Zheng was directly ignored.
However, Wang Zhongying’s second purpose of giving herself benefits attracted Wei Zheng’s attention.
Although Zhou Lao, deputy prime minister of the Standing Committee, promised to meet all the expenses needed by the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Tiger and Leopard Army, Wei Zheng was not satisfied with this …
In Wei Zheng’s eyes, the limited tax revenue of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces not only meets the needs of more than 100 thousand soldiers of Tiger and Leopard Army, but also has a very important purpose, which is to meet the needs of the people …
Therefore, for Wei Zheng, the more income the Shaanxi Governor’s Office has, the better …
However, when Wei Zheng’s eyes shot out two clothes quickly because of what Wang Zhongying said, the difficult situation facing the court at present directly came to Tao Weizheng’s mind
Later, Wang Zhongying sarcastically asked in front of him, "The benefits … Wang Daren Shuai didn’t get it wrong … Now the imperial court has the ability to give the handsome benefits even if the salaries of the troops stationed everywhere are uneven?"
"Of course, if David is willing to help the court get through this difficulty, the court will have a way to benefit David … as the saying goes, a camel is bigger than a horse … no matter how difficult the court is now, the court is, after all, managing millions of troops in more than a dozen provinces …"
"A lean camel is bigger than a horse … well said …" After Wei Zheng nodded noncommittally.
In front of Wang Zhongying, a face of interest asks, "If you are so handsome, you really need to listen to what benefits the current court can give handsome …"
Wang Zhongying’s face flashed a trace of confidence and then replied, "The official knows that refined salt and glass mirrors account for a very large proportion of all income in Shaanxi and Shaanxi provinces …"
"But the official also believes that David must consider how to sell refined salt and glass mirrors nationwide to maximize the sales of refined salt and glass mirrors and earn more silver …"
Hearing this, Wei Zheng, if you don’t know the imperial court’s calculations, then Wei Zheng, the governor of Shanshan, will be in vain
Wang Zhongying stared directly and asked, "Shuai understands that the court intends to help Shuai sell experience and glass mirrors …"
Wang Zhongying affirmed, "Even if you look at the whole dynasty, there is also a court that has the strength to sell the refined salt and glass mirrors produced by David to every corner of the dynasty …"
"The final profit from the cooperation with the imperial court must be David …"
Hearing this, Wei Zheng was moved directly, but Wei Zheng didn’t give Wang Zhongying a reply immediately.
Because Wei Zheng, the commander-in-chief of the Tiger and Leopard Army, knows very well that this kind of combination with the court will not last long, and one day he will be in a state of confrontation with the court.
No matter what you say, you can’t put your two major economic lifelines in the hands of the court.
So an idea quickly came to Weizheng’s mind.
Wang Zhongying stared decisively and said, "Shuai can make money with the court, but Shuai has a request that the court agree to this request, and now Shuai can make a decision to join the court …"
Wang Zhongying’s eyes lit up and her face eagerly asked, "What requirements?"
"Shuai should give refined salt and glass mirror to the court, and his colleagues will also give glass mirror and refined salt to all the surrounding businessmen, which means Shuai does not allow the court to monopolize the sales of refined salt and glass mirror in the whole dynasty …"
"After learning a lesson, Shuai must be careful not to put all his eggs in one basket."
"Of course, Wang Daren, don’t worry too much. The price of refined salt and glass mirrors for the court is absolutely lower than that of ordinary businessmen."
"The imperial court should not engage in malicious competition, and finally master the refined salt and glass mirror market. It is still the imperial court that finally makes money. It is still the imperial court that is rooted in those businessmen. It cannot be the imperial court opponent …"
"In addition, after the refined salt is given to the court, it belongs to the so-called official salt, so there is no need to secretly sell it as before. In this case, the price of refined salt must be appropriately high …"
"From the future, the price of refined salt taken by the imperial court from handsome hands is fifteen taels of silver per bear, while the price of ordinary businessmen is sixteen taels of silver per bear …"
"It’s so expensive …" After hearing what Wei Zheng said, Wang Zhongying uttered an exclamation.
Wei Zheng did not hesitate to sneer at "Is it expensive … According to Shuai, the price of refined salt in Beijing has risen from fifteen taels of silver to twenty-five taels of silver in a month?"
"Handsome began to think that after the transportation of refined salt all over the country, the price dropped, and it was impossible to fall back to the original fifteen taels of silver and one load. Anyway, the court made a profit …"
"Besides, nowadays, the refined salt in the Great Dynasty is all officials, gentry and landlords … These people have a lot of silver. How to take out their silver depends on the ability of the court adults …"
"In addition to the accident of refined salt, Shuai has controlled Shandong Peninsula since last month, and will sell sea salt without impurities to major provinces at a price of two taels of silver …"
"If the court wants to be handsome, it will sell it to the court at the same price and let the court help the handsome sell these sea salts."
"When the price of glass mirror is handsome, you can definitely tell Wang Daren that the price is definitely more expensive than when it was originally applied to the imperial store. At that time, there will be someone to negotiate with the court … handsome is not much to say."
After listening to Wei Zheng, Wang Zhongying shut up directly.
What Wei Zheng said is true …
Even if the court buys refined salt at a price of fifteen taels of silver, there is still a great profit.
However, with those businessmen competing with the imperial court, the selling price of the imperial court should not be too high, otherwise the refined salt business will fall into the hands of those businessmen.
But anyway, it is necessary to earn a silver or two from a load of refined salt.
Of course, Wang Zhongying, who knows the population of Dachao, will never underestimate this silver.
Not to mention that with a population of several hundred thousand people, the capital needs to consume 50 thousand tons of refined salt a year, which is even worse for the whole dynasty …
According to Wang Zhongying’s concern, the court will sell refined salt to every corner of the country. With the help of the officials, gentry and landlords in the big dynasty, there is absolutely no problem in consuming 1.5 million tons of refined salt a year.
1.5 million tons of refined salt is 1.5 million taels of silver for the imperial court.
More importantly, this is only an income from refined salt.
If it is more profitable, the glass mirror will cost three or four million taels of silver a year.
Three or four million taels of silver a year is definitely a large income for the court, which has long been unable to make ends meet.
Thought of here, Wang Zhongying gave me a subtle smile directly in her heart.
However, Wang Zhongying didn’t think that although the imperial court took a lot of advantages from it, it was not the imperial court that really made money, but sitting in front of it and still looking calm and defensive.
A load of refined salt is fifteen taels of silver. One million five hundred thousand taels of refined salt is more than twenty million taels of silver.
You know, since Laizhou Bay was extended to produce sea salt, every load of refined salt produced by Shanshan Governor’s Office has been reduced to five thousand silver, which means that 1.5 million tons of refined salt is less than 102 thousand …
In this way, the income of light refined salt in the governor’s office of Shanshan will reach more than 20 million.
Of course, these are temporary.
It is planned to reform the whole big salt industry, but it is not planned to let the big salt price continue to fly all the way.
At present, such a high price is just to earn money from those officials, gentry and landlords in the Great Dynasty.
When I have enough strength, the Shandong Peninsula will be extended to produce enough sea salt, and the defender will start to carry out the salt reform that I have long thought about.
By then, the consumption of refined salt in the whole dynasty will be greatly reduced.
Not to mention 1.5 million, maybe even less than 500 thousand
However, even so, Wei Zheng can earn a lot of silver from ordinary sea salt, which is not less than refined salt.
Because the quality of sea salt produced in Laizhou Bay far exceeds the crude salt in the big market, but its achievement is so low that everyone can’t think of it …