please make me king

Chapter 1086 Salt Method
Could it be that there is a mistake in the calculation?
Zhang Shun was stunned for a moment, feeling a little strange in his heart.

"That's right, four qian of salt per person per day is a fixed number, how can it be false?" Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but said when he heard this.

It turns out that there are more heavy physical labor in this era, so the intake of salt is also higher, which can basically reach about [-] grams per day, which exceeds the standard of [-] to [-] grams in later generations, and is far higher than the World Health Organization's daily limit. higher than the five-gram mark.

"It's just that the Yellow Book has always been copied year after year, and the name is no longer true. Therefore, based on this calculation, there should be six million people in the three sides and four towns of Shaanxi." Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but categorically say.

It turns out that in addition to Xi'an, Pingliang, Qingyang, Yan'an, and Hanzhong, Shaanxi also has Gansu, Ningxia, Yulin, Lintao, and Gongchang. It is not surprising that there are six million Dingkou in total.

In fact, the population at the end of the Ming Dynasty has always been a mystery. According to the research of later experts, the actual number should be around [-] million, which is almost three times the number of household registrations in the Ming Dynasty.

Today, the registered population of Shaanxi is [-] million, so there are at least tens of millions of people in the three sides and four towns in Shaanxi.

It's just limited to the means of this era, so it can't be thoroughly investigated.

But even with a population of six million, Zhang Shun couldn't help being satisfied.

It is exactly one-half more than the registered population, isn't it cheap?
Not to mention the population, according to Zhang Shunyan's hair-plucking temperament, Liushi only charged three cents and five cents when he heard that he was teaching salt.

When they issued the purchase, they were sold for one penny per catty, and six shi could be sold for seven taels of silver, twenty times their own. How could they sit still?

Zhang Shun couldn't help but opened his mouth and said: "Each salt is only three cents and five cents, and the real sale is seven or two cents, but it's too cheap?"

Lu Xiangsheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and quickly explained: "Those who collect salt are also taxed. After the salt merchant pays the silver, he still needs to go to the kitchen household to pay for the salt."

"Each quote is priced at three or two yuan, and this is the price!"

"After the salt merchants got the salt, they spent a total of three, two, five and five cents of silver for each quotation."

"Although it seems to be profitable, it is actually sold layer by layer and transported back and forth, which is not the actual profit."

Well, the salt tax for love alone cost more than [-] taels?

"Okay, let's leave it at that for now!" Zhang Shun shook his head helplessly and said, after the matter in Yulin is over, I will go to Lingzhou Thousand Households Office for on-the-spot inspection. "

Although Lingzhou is under the jurisdiction of Ningxia Town, the salt business is assigned to Yulin Town.

Among them, the question of salt tax involved the matter of buying horses in Yulin, so Lu Xiangsheng specifically mentioned this matter.

Seeing that Zhang Shun had already made up his mind, Lu Xiangsheng stopped talking.

Afterwards, Zhang Shun, Lu Xiangsheng and Zhang Fengyi learned about the situation in Yulin, and then he resigned from Lu Xiangsheng with satisfaction.

As for Zhang Fengyi, there is a saying that "a little farewell is better than a newlywed", the two of them finally meet once, how can they not be chaotic?

It's just that Hong Niangzi is on the left, Wang Qiying is on the right, and Ma Yingniang is behind them. The three of them surrounded Zhang Shun in a double-team manner, making Zhang Fengyi scratching her ears and cheeks outside and worrying about it was useless.

Just when Zhang Shun couldn't laugh or cry, there was a voice suddenly: "His Royal Highness Shun, 'I have something to do with the criminal, I don't know if I should say it or not?"

"Say!" Zhang Shunxin said: You wouldn't try to persuade me with nonsense like "Shang Zhou likes Daji, Xia Jie likes sister" like Zhao Yutou?
"Actually... In fact, General Lu doesn't know much about the salt method, and he is easily deceived by villains." It turned out that the person who spoke was none other than Kong Wenjian, the successor of the sage Kong recommended by Ding Qirui.

"How do you say that?" Zhang Shun was taken aback when he heard the words.

Originally, he listened to Lu Xiangsheng's sound words, and felt that this person was indeed a great talent, but unfortunately he was too weak to take care of the salt law for him, but when he turned around, he was told that this was not right?

"Prince Shun, let me know!" Kong Wenjian couldn't help explaining quickly, "What General Lu said is the Lianghuai salt method."

"For every five hundred and sixty catties of Lianghuai salt, domestic merchants will sell it to water merchants at a price of three or two yuan each, and the water merchants will then break it down into small packages and sell it to various places."

"The so-called domestic merchants are those who buy salt and sell it; the so-called water merchants are those who monopolize all regions."

"However, this price comes from sea salt, which requires burning stoves, so the price remains high."

"It's not the case with pond salt. No firewood is needed, and it only needs to be dried for a few days. The method is very cheap, and the salt is inexhaustible. It is also a source of wealth!"

"Taking Hedong salt as an example, a cart of ten yin and two thousand catties is only sold for five taels. During the Wanli period, it was only raised to seven taels by the emperor's decree. Compared with Huai salt, how cheap is it?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Shun calculated in his mind, and found that a thousand catties of Huai salt was worth more than five taels or six cents a cent, while Hedong salt was only worth three taels or five cents, which was a whole lot cheaper by two taels and one cents a cent.

The price of a thousand catties of Shaanxi Chiyan is more than four or two renminbi.

"What does Mr. Kong mean?" Zhang Shun couldn't help asking tentatively.

"My pool salt is also cheap!" Kong Wenjian couldn't help laughing when he heard the words, "Nowadays, the rebels don't need to take care of the price of Huai salt. How can there be any reason to relic to others?"

"In my opinion, the first thing is to recruit people to increase the production of pool salt to [-] million catties."

"Secondly, taxes must be collected from salt households, one tael or seven dollars per thousand catties of silver, to take huge profits from them."

"Only these two items can increase the income of one hundred and fifty-three thousand taels of silver!"

"This..." To be honest, Zhang Shun was really moved.

Originally, Hedong salt could be sold at two taels and five thousand catties, so it would be no problem to charge the price difference of one tael and seven for the pool salt that sold for more than four taels and two cents per thousand catties?

If there is no problem, why not levy a "production tax" to reduce the financial pressure on the rebels instead of losing their profits to these salt households?
There are more than ten taels of war horses, and this income alone can buy tens of thousands of war horses, so Zhang Shun can't help being tempted.

"It's just that there are few people in Shaanxi, how can they eat so much salt?" Although Zhang Shun's eyes were shining, he also knew that if too much salt was put in, the price of salt in the market might plummet, and all the salt merchants would lose money at that time. No one came to do business with himself.

"Don't worry, King Shun!" Kong Wenjian couldn't help laughing, "King Shun only knows that there is pond salt, why doesn't he smell Huai salt and Hedong salt?"

"Although the Huai salt is thousands of miles away, Qin Fan, Han Fan, Qing Fan, and Su Fan each have their own salts and sell them in their territories. This is one of them."

"The price of salt in the east of the river is low, and it is across the river from Shaanxi. Doesn't it mean that private salt is rampant and the court can't control it? This is the second."

"Therefore, based on my estimation, [-] million salt is not enough to meet the needs of the people in Shaanxi. Please also ask King Shun to learn from it."

"Seventy million?" Zhang Shun secretly estimated, then Shaanxi will have a population of more than [-] million. Is it really okay?
"How about this? It just so happens that I don't have a Deputy Envoy to rectify Yulin West Road Yanfa Tuntian. I wonder if Mr. Kong will give in?"

The Keyan ambassador who was in charge of the Keyan Division was only an eighth-rank official, so Zhang Shun couldn't use it to "insult" Kong Wenjian, the fourth-rank inspector.

And the deputy envoy who rectified Yulin West Road Yanfa Tuntian Tuntian was the Bingbeidao dispatched by Yulin Town to be in charge of Yan, and he was just right for Kong Wenjiao to be in charge.

That's what Kong Wenjian intended, how could he refuse?

He couldn't help being overjoyed and said: "Thank you King Shun for your kindness, I will definitely fulfill my mission!"

(End of this chapter)