After being divorced, my identity as a poet was exposed

No one knew that on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of the first year of Zhen'an, in the Jing'an Hall of Changle Palace, the seven richest businessmen of Ningguo launched a fierce bidding war.

The dispute is about the sales rights of the snowflake salt, which was named by the emperor himself and could change the world's diet.

The three cabinet leaders are witnesses.

The Minister of Revenue of Ningguo personally took notes.

The emperor personally presided over the auction.

Each increase in the bidding price made Li Wenhou's heart tremble violently.

He forgot about the IOU for 10 million taels of silver.

I also forgot the heartache I felt when I took out the jar of snowflake salt from my arms.

There was an increasingly intense light in his eyes!

That is the light of silver!

It is the light that turns a pile of silver into a mountain of silver!
Get rich!
The amount of silver deposited in the Ministry of Revenue's account is about to be rewritten.

That would be an unimaginable amount of money that he had never seen in the more than ten years he had been the Minister of Revenue.

He suddenly realized that it was really easy for Li Chenan to make money.

The operating rights of the canal transportation revitalized Ningguo’s stagnant water transportation and made the figures in the Ministry of Revenue’s account exceed 100 million for the first time!
Now for the salt.

We have been eating green salt for thousands of years, and I don’t know how complicated a method he used to make it into white salt.

Just this thing...the richest businessmen in Ningguo have become greedy.

What's the big deal about spending a fortune?
This is what we call heroism!

"I offer 480 million taels of silver!"

When Guo Shanyi raised the price to 480 million taels of silver, Liu Baiyin, the patriarch of the Liu family in Shuzhou, had no choice but to give up.

He is unwilling to give up!

But 480 million taels of silver... Liu could certainly come up with it by selling everything he had, but all his other properties had to be sold.

What's more, Guo Shanyi is determined to win.

The others also showed no intention of giving in.

The price will be even higher.

Then Liu won’t get it in the end.

He had already made up his mind -

The salt merchants in Shuzhou were not the largest in Ningguo, but the actual profits made by the big salt merchants in Shuzhou were around two million taels of silver each year.

There are many salt merchants in Shuzhou.

It is said that the profit of the salt pan in Shuzhou is about tens of millions of taels of silver.

There are five roads in Ningguo.

The annual profit is at least 200 million.

That's green salt!

It is the net profit after deducting the salt tax!

What you are buying now is the total sales rights of this snowflake salt!

In the emperor's words, he is the general distributor of Ningguo Salt Industry!

The emperor priced this salt at one tael of silver per catty, which was the price given to the general distributor.

The Emperor's auction for the general distribution sales rights is for five years, and the first winner will have the priority right for the next auction.

The emperor said that the retail price of this salt in the market is one tael and five cents of silver per catty... The gross profit is five cents, which is five hundred coins!
Five hundred coins...

This is nearly ten times the profit of green salt!

The emperor did not take back the right to sell green salt. He just said that when people's income increased and when the refining technology of snowflake salt became more mature and the cost decreased, people would be able to afford it.

This means that in the future snowflake salt will take over the entire market.

The bitter green salt will be gradually phased out.

In order to protect their interests, the emperor promised that when the cost is reduced, the pricing and selling price will also be reduced simultaneously, and they will be guaranteed a minimum profit of 30%!
This is enough to make them break their bank to get this big deal!

But Liu couldn't get it even if he spent all his money!
Liu Baiyin was very depressed.

At this moment, Cai Zhengyao calmly raised the sign again:
"I offer... 500 million taels of silver!"

Liu Baiyin looked at Cai Zhengyao who was sitting next to him in amazement.

At this moment, he suddenly discovered that Ningguo was a place full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers!

An originally unknown grain merchant in Guangling City could actually offer 500 million taels of silver... and seeing how confident he looked, it seemed that he could even offer even more!

When did selling food become so profitable?

"Five hundred million taels of silver at a time...!"

Before Li Chenan finished speaking, Cui Sangeng, the head of the Qinghe Cui clan, raised a sign: "I offer 600 million taels of silver!"

Li Wenhou's hand holding the pen trembled, and he exclaimed in his heart, "Wow!"

This time we added 100 million! Just add ten times and it will be done!

Before he could put pen to paper, Chen Dingmao also raised his sign: "I offer 800 million taels of silver!"

Li Wenhou felt dry in the mouth. He swallowed and reached out to pick up the teacup to take a sip, but found that his hands were shaking violently.

Cai Zhengyao didn't say anything at this moment. He found that there was no need for him to be a babysitter.

This is a big business that is enough to drive everyone crazy!

Your Majesty has underestimated the strength of the Ningguo merchants.

Li Chenan did not underestimate.

The spies from the Imperial City Bureau are no pushovers!
He was not happy with the price at all.

Guo Shanyi raised the sign again: "I offer 1 billion taels of silver!"

Ten billion taels of silver and the right to sell snowflake salt for five years.

This……

Although the profit margin of snowflake salt is high, the sales group is limited.

From tea business to salt business, channels have to be re-established and markets have to be re-developed.

All of this costs money!

If it is promoted to other countries...if it affects the taxation of other countries, even if other countries allow the sale of snowflake salt, it is inevitable that they will impose more salt taxes on them.

If you do it well, you can double your profit.

But if it is not done well... the consequences are self-evident.

Wen Zhuyu and others also held their breath at this time. They had been suffering from the poverty of the national treasury and the lack of money to handle the many important matters on their desks.

just now……

It seems like I’m about to get rich!
But Wen Zhuyu changed his mind and thought again, the emperor wanted to build two Ning Straight Roads that would run across Ningguo. Compared with the investment in the two Ning Straight Roads, this seemingly large amount of money... seemed to be nothing at all.

It was suddenly quiet here.

Wen Zhuyu thought the final bid price would be set at 1 billion taels of silver. At this time, Cai Zhengyao also thought it was about right. But then he saw Li Chenan lift the lid of the teacup...

He hesitated for three breaths and raised the sign again.

"I offer 1.2 billion taels of silver!"

When this offer came out, everyone was stunned.

Even Guo Shanyi turned his head to look at Cai Zhengyao. He frowned and said:

"Boss Cai, 1.2 billion taels of silver... this is real money that will be deposited into the Ministry of Revenue's account!"

This is a reminder.

After all, the emperor sits on it!
If you can't produce it, it will be a crime of deceiving the emperor!

You'll lose your head!

Chen Dingmao and others also looked at Cai Zhengyao. They didn't believe that a grain merchant in Guangling City could come up with so much silver.

Cai Zhengyao still looked calm.

He also looked at Guo Shanyi and smiled slightly:
"The emperor is the general distributor of the auction... So Cai is thinking, can there be sub-distributors under the general distributor?"

"Cai really can't come up with 1.2 billion taels of silver."

"But if Cai wins the agency rights of the general distributor, he can sell it to the sub-distributors..."

"It's too big a piece of fat meat for Cai to eat alone, but I think salt merchants all over the world might be willing to bid for the qualification of sub-distributor for this snowflake salt."

Everyone suddenly realized!

Liu Baiyin was dumbfounded.

What the hell!

Can it still be done this way?
Fifty percent profit!
Give 20% to each distributor below, which is enough for them to fight for it!
He immediately held up the sign:

"I offer 1.3 billion!"

Cai Zhengyao's words opened a window for these tycoons -

Use the distributor method to raise this huge amount of funds!

Use the channels that were originally used by salt merchants to sell this snowflake salt!
Borrowing chickens can lay eggs!
The risk that he had once worried about was passed on to this guy.

It seems that 20% of the profit is distributed, but if the channel can achieve rapid and comprehensive coverage, sales will inevitably increase significantly!

Therefore, this is a good deal without any hesitation!

As a result, Li Wenhou's hands shook even more violently.

It was not until Guo Shanyi finally reported the unbelievable number of 2.8 billion that Li Chenan closed the bowl.

Raise the hammer.

It’s settled! (End of this chapter)