King Luhuang of the Ming Dynasty: My father, Ming Taizu

Chapter 79 The grand occasion is unprecedented!

Hejian Mansion.

at this time.

Cao Wenlong saw the notice posted in Prince Lu's Mansion with a sneer on his face.

beside him.

Sitting there were more than a dozen famous salt merchants from the north.

Basically they are from the Shanxi merchant family.

Cao Wenlong smiled and said: "Changlu Salt Field is inviting investment? We are the largest salt merchants in the north of the Ming Dynasty! If we don't go, what can King Lu do to attract investment?"

Everyone laughed.

"This King Lu is just a fifteen-year-old kid! He knows nothing about business! If he dares to get rid of Shopkeeper Cao, then the Changlu Salt Farm will be waiting for him!"

"That's right! The salt guide given to us by the court only stipulates where to sell salt and how much to sell, but it doesn't stipulate where to buy salt! We won't go to his Changlu Salt Farm to buy it! By then, there will be millions of kilograms of salt. .When the sea breeze blows, it turns into a lump! It can’t be sold, and it can’t be saved! Even Prince Lu will cry!"

Suddenly someone said: "Shopkeeper Cao, this notice says that if you can cooperate with Changlu Salt Farm, you will get exclusive salt prices! This is very attractive."

Cao Wenlong sneered.

"Do you believe this? Go and try it! Anyway, I went there and paid out 61 taels of silver!

If anyone among you has a rich family, you might as well talk to him about cooperation!
  I have come into contact with this King Lu once! Extremely stupid! Extremely greedy! Not a person to work with at all!

Only after being taught a lesson, and he knows how powerful we are, there may be opportunities for cooperation! "

Everyone nodded when they heard this.

To be honest, Cao Wenlong’s lesson of 61 taels of silver was indeed painful enough.
  Although Shanxi merchants are wealthy, they have always been very good at it.

Such a huge loss is heartbreaking for anyone.

On the contrary, Cao Wenlong's proposal was sound.

Only if King Lu can see the power of Shanxi merchants, will he cooperate obediently and stop playing tricks!

Seeing everyone nodding.

Cao Wenlong said in a deep voice: "Everyone! I suggest that we quickly replace all the salt bait we have in our hands with salt! Even all the salt bait we get next should be replaced with salt as soon as possible!
  As a result, Changlu Salt Farm will not be able to sell salt, and it will not be able to find it on our behalf! We are all doing business honestly! In short, wherever you buy salt, you buy it from the imperial court, so the Ministry of Household Affairs will not suffer!
  Even if King Talu gets angry, there is nothing he can do! "

Suddenly someone asked: "Shopkeeper Cao, if we do this, will we offend King Lu too much? What if he comes to force us hard next?"

Cao Wenlong said coldly: "How can he be so tough? This is Hejian Prefecture! Not Yanzhou Prefecture! Can Prince Lu's people come here to arrest people? Hejian Prefecture is one of our people, and the gentleman in the court , are also our people! In this world, there is law after all! Don’t worry!

What's more, we just don't buy the salt from Changlu Salt Farm, but we are not resisting the imperial court!
  You guys believe me! As long as we ignore this bullshit Changlu Saltworks investment conference, after a batch of salt from Changlu Saltworks is used up, he will come to beg us sooner or later!
  By then, King Lu will not have the final say over the Changlu Salt Farm! "

"Okay! Let's do something big this time! Replace all the salt seals! Haha. When the time comes, Prince Lu won't be able to take advantage of our problems! We've bought all the salt seals, but it doesn't mean he doesn't support your growth. Lu Salt Farm!”

Prince Lu's Mansion.

A large hall.

Ten pounds of salt were placed in front of Zhu Tan.

They are all produced by Changlu Saltworks.

White as snow and fine as sand.

in the hall.

Nearly a hundred merchants stood respectfully.

They are all considered to be the top figures in Shandong business circles.

Zhu Tan was able to attract so many people this time and really benefited from it.

According to the provisions of the Kaizhong Law, merchants must have salt before they can buy salt.

But now, the acquisition of Yanyin is not bought with money.

It's about doing things for the court. For example, transport a certain amount of grain, grass, ordnance to the front line, and then take the salt issued by the front line military camp to the salt field to buy salt.

This is also the reason why Shanxi merchants can develop so fast.

Because Shanxi is close to Jiubian, the demand for supplies is huge, and these Shanxi merchants can get the goods first, complete a large number of tasks assigned by the court, and thus open a large amount of salt and monopolize the sales of salt.

But now, Zhu Tan plans to cultivate rivals for these Shanxi merchants.

The prerequisite for Shanxi merchants to make profits is that they can transport grain and grass to the north at a lower cost, or even simply send locally produced grain and grass to the military camp, obtain salt, and then use the salt to buy salt.

The price of salt is the same for all merchants.

The key to how much profit can be earned lies in how to transport food to the front line at the minimum cost.

In this regard, Shanxi merchants are unrivaled in terms of cost. After all, they are local snakes.

Zhu Tan, on the other hand, simply came to drain the fire!

Other merchants may not be as capable as Shanxi merchants in transporting grain and grass, and their costs are as low as they are.

But as long as the price of salt is low enough, it can cover the cost gap between other merchants and Shanxi merchants!
  This time.

Zhu Tan's words on the notice at the investment conference were extremely ambiguous.

The general meaning is that Changlu Saltworks is seeking cooperation, not business!

Businessmen who can cooperate with Changlu Salt Farm will receive exclusive salt prices!

This is also the reason why this Changlu Saltworks Investment Conference was able to attract so many people.

at this time.

Seeing many merchants gathered together.

Zhu Tan shook his head slightly.

What a shabby outfit!

I don’t know what dad thinks.

It even stipulated that farmers could wear four kinds of clothing materials: silk, yarn, silk and cloth.

But merchants can only wear silk and cloth.

How much land can farmers cultivate in a year if they work hard? How much money do you make?
  Can they afford silk and gauze?
  Businessmen can afford to wear them, but you insist on not letting them wear them. Many businessmen wear silk underneath and cloth outside.
  What's the matter!
  This time, because they were in the palace, these businessmen were extremely low-key and cautious, and their clothes were extremely shabby.

There are even ones that are patched!

This made Zhu Tan shake his head.

With this kind of virtue, you tell me that you have the ability to cooperate with Changlu Saltworks?

The harsh punishments during the Hongwu period were really brutal.

Not only were the civil servants silent.

The merchants were also trembling with fear.

This also made Zhu Tan a lot more cautious.

My loving father, Lao Zhu, may be more like a living king of hell in the eyes of the world.

And if I just eat, drink, have fun, and have sex under his protection, maybe I won't have a happy life.

But if you want to reform the system and ideas, I'm afraid you have to be cautious!
  After all, Zhu Yuanzhang was the ruthless person who pioneered literary inquisition.

In front of him, Qianlong was considered a junior and a junior.

Zhu Tan shook his head somewhat upset.

Otherwise, you should stop messing around. In the future, you will apply to rule the Northeast and wipe out those Tunguska savages.
  Otherwise, if he accidentally touches any of Lao Zhu's nerves, will he attack himself?

(End of this chapter)