Xuande

Chapter 311 At this moment, everyone understands
Liu Bei didn't know much about the Western Regions in this era, but he vaguely remembered that there were many countries in the Western Regions with a large population, and some of them were very rich.

But at present, they are all eating unpalatable bitter salt. Liu Bei believes that once Liangzhou fine salt enters their market, it will definitely form an advantage in the local area.

People who are brave enough to pioneer can make money in the Western Regions.

As for the risks...

Liu Bei doesn't need to care about it yet.

Of course, the government will first levy a [-]% tax on the money earned, and then the brave warriors will be rewarded.

Many big salt households were dumbfounded by this, and then wanted to cry but had no tears.

The Western Regions, to put it simply, the Silk Road was indeed prosperous back then.

But today is different from the past. The Eastern Han Empire no longer has any absolute control over the local area. It is uncertain what risks there are, what hostile forces are there, and who wants to take a cut from them.

One is not good. Everyone has to confess to the car and the goods, as well as the guards accompanying the team. They didn't make any money when they went out, and they had to pay for the settling expenses.

How dare we do this business?
"The Western Regions are very risky. Bandits and bandits are haunted. No one knows if they can come back after going there once. Your Majesty, this is too..."

Facing the reasons and timidity of these people, Liu Bei spread his hands, expressing his disappointment.

You don't even have the courage to step out of your comfort zone and open up new tracks. Do you still want to make a lot of money?

If you want to make a lot of money, you must have the courage to step out of your comfort zone!To discover new outlets, open up new tracks, find new industry pain points, and strive to complete new industry integration.

Then give me your comfort zone!
Of course, if you don’t go and don’t have the courage to leave your comfort zone, it’s okay. With your existing wealth and land, you can certainly live a good life, but it’s not that good.

Can't afford to support so many people?
You can dismiss a group and hand it over to the government.

Can't afford to take care of so much land?

The government can pay for the purchase, and you just hand over the land.

Can't manage so many industries?
The government helps you reduce your burden and lose weight, and you sell your property to the government, okay?
By the way, check to see if you have evaded taxes before, okay?
Looking at Liu Bei's kind smile, and listening to his words about einsteinium and kryptonium, the big salt households understood that Liu Bei is a ruthless stubbler who eats meat but does not spit out bones. When they met Liu Bei, they would suffer eight lifetimes of bad luck. , but there is no countermeasure yet.

There is no one behind them. It is not that there are no official forces in the local area to protect them, provide them with a lot of help, and take a lot of money from them. The bureaucratic forces in these localities are also very unwilling to change Liu Bei's policy.

But the key problem is that there are people behind Liu Bei.

Still the biggest and greediest person in the world.

Moreover, the umbrellas of the powerful and powerful families in Liangzhou should be the bottom of the ranking of big men in terms of power and connections, so they can be compared with Bingzhou and Jiaozhi, and they have nothing to do with the Luoyang court.

In the entire Han Dynasty, there were not many people who could wrestle with Liu Bei, and they had nothing to do with them, and they didn't want to have anything to do with them.

Without foreign aid, they couldn't beat Liu Bei themselves. They wanted to protect their own interests, but they didn't dare to die. Facing Liu Bei's blatant threat, they could only admit defeat, hand over their interests, and belong to Liu Bei.

If Liu Bei really checks their accounts and ransacks their homes, not to mention the chain reaction that will follow, they will definitely be wiped out by Liu Bei right now.

Again, Liangzhou is really Liangzhou. This Liangzhou that wanders on the edge of the rules of the game and is not valued by everyone is really wonderful.

Liu Bei is not riding a horse here, it is a galloping horse!
All the unexpected things you can think of are possible in Liangzhou at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty!
Under Liu Bei's coercion, the old Liangzhou vested interests had to compromise and had to admit defeat to Liu Bei.

But there are also three or five families who have the courage to take risks. They think that even if they can't sell salt in Liangzhou, they still want to go out and venture out, and they definitely don't want to leave this industry just like this.

They made an agreement with Liu Bei, and started to explore trade routes to the Western Regions.

But Liu Bei doesn't care about the past, but now, he has to pay taxes. If he makes money, he must pay taxes honestly, otherwise the old and new accounts will be settled together, you know.

Understand!
Who doesn't understand?
The old game in Liangzhou no longer exists and has been shuffled. Who dare not understand?
At this moment, everyone knows the king.

The Liangzhou salt industry was unified by Liu Bei, but Liu Bei's pace did not stop, followed by the iron and steel industry.

Recently, the government's supply of agricultural tools to the entire Liangzhou agriculture has also begun to increase on a large scale.

Originally, the iron industry was half-official and half-private, and it was extremely difficult for Liangzhou farmers to use farm tools, and they couldn't use any good products.

However, after the official sector supplied farm tools in large quantities and sold them at reduced prices, in just a few months, people in Liangzhou suddenly found that they could afford iron farm tools.

And the quality of these iron farm tools is quite good, much better than those they used before.

The quality is good, the price is a little bit cheaper, and the supply is quite sufficient. The official iron shop is full of brand new and high-quality iron farm tools. The supply is open, and the farmers are happy to see it.

This wave of price-quality tactics instantly allowed the government-operated iron shops to occupy more and more market share.

The private iron shops were empty, and the government-run iron shops were bustling with people. In just over two months, the group of ironware dealers in Liangzhou couldn't get along anymore.

Like the big private salt sellers, they didn't dare to confront Liu Bei blatantly, and they didn't even dare to squeak the umbrella behind them.

No way, a group of people came to Liu Bei to beg for mercy, begging Liu Bei to give them a way to survive, and don't kill them.

Hearing how Liu Bei dealt with the big salt sellers, in order to prevent Liu Bei from checking their accounts and ransacking their homes, they also joined together to pool a sum of money and quickly donated it to the state government in the name of donation to please Liu Bei.

Liu Bei met them with a smile and showed them a way.

Don’t think about continuing to live the previous life. My goal of unifying salt and iron in Liangzhou is impossible to change. This goal needs to serve a more ambitious goal and will not change in the short term.

But as long as you are willing to hand over all the production lines and craftsmen, as well as the mines you control, etc., the state government will buy them at an appropriate price, and then all the past purchases and sales will be made. I don’t ask, and you continue to live a boring life rich life.

Come to think of it, the wealth you accumulated before and the money given to you by the government are enough for you to live in luxury for several lifetimes.

Of course, if you can't think about it and don't agree, I won't accept the money, let's take it slowly.

Let's check your account books, decades of salt and iron taxes, land taxes, and family members' calculations and taxes.

If you check one thing and do one thing, no one can escape.

Is there anything more to say about this?
It is a good thing that Liu Bei is willing to spend money to settle this matter with them. At least it shows that Liu Bei is not a madman and will not kill people casually.

In this place where Liu Bei covered the sky with one hand, and under the premise that all the protective umbrellas were torn apart by the hunk from the sky, they really had no choice but to die.

Today, these big households finally understand what real power is.

They have no choice.

Therefore, in July and August of the fourth year of Zhongping, Liu Bei, with the power of a great victory, actually realized the monopoly of salt and iron in Liangzhou through mergers and acquisitions.

(End of this chapter)