The heavens start from saving Daming

Even in the modern world, sugar is an important commodity.

Here in Datang, that is even more so.

Although sugarcane is not an original product of China, it has been introduced to China as early as the Zhou Dynasty.

Later, the sugar method was introduced along the Silk Road, which rapidly expanded planting, surpassing honey as an important source of sugar.

Of course, in terms of productivity in the agricultural era, no matter how much is produced, it is not enough.

The quantity is small but the demand is large, so the price is naturally high.

In Chang'an City, one penny can probably buy an egg.However, one tael of stone honey, stone honey is rock sugar made from sucrose, and it costs fifty Wen for just one tael.

The price is so expensive that it is almost catching up with the price of honey.

Naturally, ordinary people can't afford it. At most, they just eat some caramel made from maltose.

In ancient times, candy was given to children during the Chinese New Year, not only because children like sweetness, but also because sugar is too expensive to afford on weekdays.

Such an expensive thing, Li Yunze actually used it to make wine, one can imagine Li Er's mood at this time.

The nobles were also shocked when they heard the words, what kind of rum is actually made of sugar, how expensive it will be to pay for it.

"This is sugar wine in a catty." Picking up a bottle of rum and shaking it, Li Yunze indicated the price on the wooden sign, "One bottle only costs five hundred coins."

"Five hundred words?!"

The nobles were shocked, not because they felt expensive but because they felt too cheap.

A tael of Shimi costs [-] Wen, and a catty costs [-] Wen.

Although they don't know much about the wine-making process, everyone knows that a catty of wine is four catties of food, or even more.Otherwise, there is no need to ban alcohol.

Calculated in this way, the cost of a catty of sugar and wine would be at least three pennies, but it only cost five hundred coins to sell it?
Cheng Yaojin immediately asked, "Could it be watered?"

Li Yunze smiled and did not respond. It is obvious that the governor of Luzhou does not know what is called industrial wine making, not brewing but direct making, let alone what is called real blending.

If he had the opportunity to visit the production workshop of the winery in the modern world, he would probably give up drinking immediately after returning.

Li Yunze didn't explain much, and led everyone away from the drinking area and continued walking forward.

Going forward, we came to the seasoning area.

Salt, sugar, sauce, vinegar, tea, spices, etc. are filled with many counters.

"This salt is really white." Li Er stepped forward and reached out to grab a handful of white salt. It is so thin and white that it is pleasing to the eye.

At this time, Datang did not implement the monopoly of salt and iron, so it was able to be traded privately.

"These are mineral salts that have undergone multiple filtration." Li Yunze came up to discuss business. "The quality is still not good enough. I want to buy a seaside salt farm to produce high-quality sea salt. What do you think of it?"

"Isn't that good?" Li Er was speechless, and then he looked at Fang Xuanling, "We should discuss this matter with Fang Qing."

Fang Xuanling understood the look in Li Er's eyes, it was to earn a lot of money.

The things and the land that were sold to Li Yunze before, I thought it was a huge profit at the time, but it didn't take long to understand that all the losses went to grandma's house.

This time, we have to have a good talk, so that we can make the most of the benefits.

Li Er glanced at the salt price and was shocked by the cheap price.

"If Your Majesty is willing to sell the seaside salt farm to me." Li Yunze patted his chest and assured, "It will definitely be cheaper than now."

Li Er, who was already moved, held back his words, and walked to the place where the sugar was sold.

Like table salt, it is snow-white sugar, even rock sugar is crystal clear and very beautiful.

Seeing the price, Li Er finally understood why the previous rum and wine were sold so cheaply.

In other shops, a tael of stone honey can be sold for a high price of [-] Wen, but Li Yunze only has [-] Wen a catty here.

Li Er turned his head and looked at Li Yunze, "You sell it so cheaply, do you have so much of it?"

"This year's sugarcane field yielded 2 catties of sugarcane per mu." Li Yunze said calmly, "The sugar rolling factory uses fifteen shaft iron rods for triple pressing, and the sugar yield is more than [-]%. The sugar weighs more than [-] catties, and a total of more than [-] mu have been planted on the rented land
.That is more than 2000 million catties. "

As soon as this remark came out, there was a sudden gasp in the surroundings.

This is not over yet, Li Yunze then added, "This year, there is another severe drought in Guanzhong, but sugarcane and cotton like the sun, and sufficient sunshine has increased production."

More than 2000 million catties of sugar are enough to distribute dozens of catties to each of the people in Chang'an City.

With such an abundant supply of supplies, it really made everyone speechless in horror.

Wei Zheng shook his hands tremblingly, "That is to say, you can earn 200 million yuan just by selling sugar?!"

When this number came out, Li Er couldn't pretend anymore.

The imperial court's annual rent, mediocrity, thick, land tax, household tax, commercial tax, etc. are all added up, and the physical copper coins and silk cloth are discounted together to calculate, and all that can be counted are counted, and they can't touch tens of millions. threshold.

Among them, copper coins, gold, silver and other currencies add up, and the total number is only more than two million guan.

Li Yunze can sell so much sugar here just by selling sugar, the eyes of everyone from the emperor to nobles are red.

"That's not how the accounts are calculated." Li Yunze is naturally not afraid of other people's greedy eyes, but if it is a game of force, then the world this time will be boring. ?”

"The money for renting the 2 mu of land." Li Yunze pointed at Cheng Yaojin and the others. "They know the rent best."

Cheng Yaojin and others looked away, obviously not wanting to get too entangled in this topic.

"Plowing the land, planting, fetching water, weeding, exterminating insects, disease prevention and other processes all require expenses." Li Yunze spread his hands. "Everyone knows that Lijiazhuang is short of manpower, and they spend money to hire people from various places to do the work. Not only do they have to pay wages , but also take care of food. These are all successful
Book. "

"One more thing." Li Yunze turned to Fang Xuanling, "When the sugarcane was in the field, the government collected a tax once. The sugar cane was made into the city, and the tax was collected again. Harvesting, rolling, and transportation all the way here Selling also requires hiring people to work, and they all need to be paid.

"

The land in Datang has to pay taxes regardless of whether you plant it or not, and the market tax for goods entering the city is also indispensable.

"In the end, there are a lot of sugar, but it is impossible to sell all of them." Li Yunze asked everyone, "Who thinks that the people in Chang'an City can eat twenty catties of sugar per person in a year?"

The data speaks for itself, if the per capita annual consumption of sugar exceeds [-] catties, it is even higher than the value in the modern world.

In the modern world, the per capita sugar consumption in China is about 16 catties, which is still a decimal catty. The catty here in Datang is in hexadecimal, [-] taels per catty, more than half more.

That is modern China with extremely rich products under industrialization. How can the Tang Dynasty in the agricultural era be compared?
Li Yunze sells fifty yuan a catty of sugar here, which seems cheap and not expensive, but who in an ordinary family would spend the same amount of money to buy twenty catties of candy to eat?

The income of the common people is not high, and their purchasing power is not that strong except for nobles.

After Li Yunze's explanation, everyone felt a little relieved.

If we do the calculation here, more than half of the cost will be removed, and a large part will not be sold, and the profit will not be as terrible as previously imagined.

But there are still a lot, which is really enviable. Many nobles have secretly made up their minds that they will not rent out the fields this year, and they will grow them themselves to earn a fortune.

Li Er, who had recovered, asked with his hands behind his back, "What should I do if there are too many left to sell? I shouldn't throw them away."

Qin Qiong, who was not in good health, coughed twice, and said with a smile, "If you really want to throw it away, please tell me where I threw it away."

"Hahaha~~~"

Suddenly there was laughter all around.

Li Yunze, who had a slight smile on his face, was thinking in his heart, "Laugh, that means you are lucky to have met me, a good person who is not a capitalist."If you were a capitalist operating here, your primitive industry would have been destroyed long ago, and you would be completely in control.real
If there is overproduction, you won’t be given a chance to pick it up even if it’s burned out. '

He must be right, but the Guanlong Military Group is not a leek slave, and it will definitely start fighting at that time.

"Your Majesty." Li Yunze looked at Li Er, "Does the court want to take over the remaining supplies?"

Li Er subconsciously shook his head, "The imperial court doesn't have that much money. Uh."

He stopped before he finished speaking.

A catty of sugar only costs [-] Wen, and Chang'an City can't consume it all, but what is the real world?And what about so many Hu merchants on the Silk Road?
Before Li Er could speak, Fang Xuanling had already stepped out, and before all the nobles could speak, he took Li Yunze's arm and went to the side to discuss.

Seeing this scene, the nobles secretly thought it was a pity.

The things in this big market not only have a wide variety and sufficient quantity, but also are of excellent quality, and more importantly, the prices are cheap.

You don't need to do much, as long as you buy it and resell it, you will make a lot of money immediately.

It's a pity that Li Yunze's items here are sold in limited quantities, and they are the nobles and barbarian merchants who are on guard.

If you want to purchase on a large scale, you can only do it in the name of the court.

After some debate, Fang Xuanling walked to Li Er's side with a smile.

Everyone hastily pricked up their ears, vaguely hearing words such as '[-]% off, large amount, tax reduction and exemption'.

Now even Wei Zheng didn't come out and say anything more.

He is honest and not a sand sculpture, and he can legitimately increase the income of the court. Of course, he will not refuse such a good thing.

Everyone knows about changing hands.

In fact, if it is not known that Li Yunze's strength is unfathomable, and his details and connections are not clear, the most appropriate way is to directly confiscate it.

The difference is that we don't know whether the consequences of confiscation can be tolerated.

After all, no one would believe that a strange person who can produce so many good things without a sound and no one has the ability to protect himself, after all, this person does not look like a sand sculpture.

After saying this, everyone continued to visit.

In the non-staple food section of Nuo Da, many nobles even saw the servants in charge of purchasing in their own homes.

Of course, no one would let their servants come over to greet him at this time, after all, the emperor was here.

"Soy sauce, 180 days of real soybean soy sauce."

"Vinegar, real grain vinegar, grain vinegar with added sugar, the taste is even more delicious."

"star anise."

"Cinnamon."

"Fragrant leaves."

Li Er glanced at the price on the wooden sign, and was a little puzzled, "Except for pepper and star anise, the other prices are not much cheaper than those shipped by Hu Shang."

"Yes." Li Yunze nodded immediately, "The main reason is that Guanzhong is not suitable for growing spices. It's not that there is no ability, but that the place is not suitable."

Speaking of this, Li Yunze grinned, "If Datang has a large fleet capable of sailing to sea, I can give you a map and guide you to occupy the Spice Islands."

"Spice Islands?"

"That's right, there are many, many islands densely covered with all kinds of wild spices, no formalities are required, just pick them directly after landing on the island."

While speaking, Li Yunze gestured to the crowd of nobles who had gathered to come up with shining eyes, "Break one down, and you can get a penny. When you arrive at the Spice Islands, it's not picking spices, it's picking money. "