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

Chapter 83 I admire your vision very much.
  Zhu Tan smiled and said: "From now on, the salt from Changlu Salt Field will be of this quality! There is no upper limit on the annual output! It can be eaten by the people of the entire Ming Dynasty! This time I summon you all to choose who will sell it!

First, the partner needs to be strong!

You need to invest at least tens or even millions of taels of silver in advance to open stores in various places!
  Second, you must be able to obtain a large amount of salt!

Therefore, you must be proficient in food transportation matters and be able to open up joints in various places!
  Third, in cooperating with Changlu Saltworks, although you provide people, money and efforts, I only get half of the shares!

If you can agree with these three items, let’s talk about cooperation! "

The words fell.

The whole audience was shocked.

Subsequently.

Someone started making crazy calculations.

This salt is indeed a good thing.

It can definitely be sold at a good price!

At the same time, if there is the backing of Changlu Salt Plant, then it is almost certain that cooperation with Changlu Salt Plant will make money on your own!

But
  As Zhu Tan said, the initial investment was too great!
  It takes millions of taels of silver to open salt shops across the country.

You have to pay an unknown amount of money in advance before you can accept the task issued by the government and transport the materials needed for the front line.

And the most harsh thing is that everyone can only get half of the benefits by contributing money and efforts like this!

This is too much!

At present, salt sales across the country are only a few million taels.

Even if the profit can reach one million taels.

Most of the silver was also taken away by King Lu.

I can only get half of it, which is tens of thousands taels!
  Everyone silently calculated in their hearts.

They all shook their heads.

Not a good deal!
  It’s really not cost-effective!

No matter how you invest millions of taels of silver in reclamation, lending or buying land, it will be more cost-effective than cooperating with Prince Lu to do business!
  not to mention.

The effort that goes into this is unimaginable.

soon.

The entire hall fell into silence.

This Prince Lu is really too greedy!
  You only give half of the benefits, but everyone has to work for you in vain!

Are you kidding!
  However, Zhu Tan felt that even if it was only half a percent, he would be at a disadvantage!
  How many people were there in the Ming Dynasty?
  In the early years of Hongwu, there were about 5000 million people. By the 6000th year of Hongwu, there were already about million people.

In the past, there were so many salt impurities that a normal person would have to eat 15 grams a day to maintain a normal life.

Nowadays, even if the red sandalwood salt has less impurities, it is normal to consume 10 grams a day.

In this case, one pound of Ming Dynasty salt is roughly equivalent to 590 grams in modern times. A person would eat 3600 grams of salt in a year, which is more than 6 pounds!

The price of salt is now so high that a pound of salt costs 1 yuan and 2 cents of silver.

Therefore, although the court's annual salt tax can reach three million taels of silver.

But in fact.

The people of the Ming Dynasty did not really release their purchasing power for salt.

In fact, most people still mainly buy private salt.

If the salt is of high enough quality.

The price of salt dropped to 4 cents of silver per pound.

What will happen?
  This price is much cheaper than private salt!

Next, the common people will be able to afford official salt!

And what about the benefits?

With 4 cents of silver per catty, 6000 million people, and 6 catties of salt per person per year, sales will reach a terrifying 3.6 million catties, and the annual silver taels earned from selling salt will be 1260 million taels!

Of course, the people of the Ming Dynasty could not eat that much salt after excluding the elderly, weak, sick and disabled, but there were still many places where pickling vegetables and meat required a large amount of salt.

So, overall.

This estimate is still reasonable.

By then, even if the Changlu Saltworks was fully covered by the imperial salt tax, it would only be 300 million taels!

By then, Zhu Tan will be able to make money!
  Zhu Tan made a rough estimate.

The cost of obtaining salt is about one to two million taels of silver, and the production cost is about 50 taels of silver.

The rest is all pure profit!

Although it was only half a profit, this profit also reached a terrifying 40 taels of silver!

If Zhu Tan hadn't been too lazy to open up a channel and personally went to Yanyin, he might as well have won half of it by himself.

however.

at this time.

The whole place was deathly silent!
  no way.

The two sides are not calculating the same account at all!

Everyone felt that they were at a loss!

Zhu Tan looked at everyone and couldn't help but ask: "Isn't anyone willing to cooperate with Changlu Saltworks?"

The words fell.

No one responded.

Everyone just looked at each other.

Talking quietly to each other.

"Executive member Zhao, this is a good deal. Are you interested?"

"Ahem. It's really good! It's just that my family is temporarily in trouble and I can't afford so much money! I think the king can do it! He is strong and has money!"

"Why am I the only one who has money? I just married three wives! What money!"

"You will have no money if you marry three wives? Why is it that the wife you married is decorated with gold rims?"

"If you marry three people, you have to build three houses and give them gifts. Isn't that all money?
  Anyway, so much money! I came to see the excitement! "

Seeing everyone talking, no one stood up.

Zhu Tan was speechless.

That's it, that's it.

There is no shortage of tricks and strategies!

It's better for me, the king, to take action myself.
  Zhu Tan, who became a little less interested, waved his hand and was about to let everyone leave.

suddenly.

A clear and gentle voice sounded.

"Your Highness! The Yanzhou Wu family is willing to cooperate with Changlu Saltworks!"

Everyone was shocked.

They all looked at each other.

"Miss Wu, this is repaying your kindness."

"If you look at the money spent alone, the Yanzhou Wu family's strength is no problem, but if you count the energy they have to spend, it's quite a lot! Haha. This Miss Wu is a bit of a trick on Master Wu!"

"What are you trying to do! You have to pay at least 150 million taels of silver, and it takes a lot of effort to attract salt and build a salt bank! In the end, you may only earn a few tens of thousands of taels of silver a year!"

Wu Waner looked at Zhu Tan and bit her lip.

Your Highness, this time, I paid a huge price for you!
  you.
  Even if you don't like me, I won't regret it!

the other side.

Zhu Tan looked at Wu Waner, slightly surprised. Unexpectedly, among all the men in the room, no one had such a vision!

This woman actually got a huge advantage!
  Zhu Tan looked at everyone and smiled slightly.

"Today's matter regarding the Changlu Saltworks, please keep it a secret! I will ask the Jinyi Guards to keep an eye on it! If even the slightest bit of information about the Changlu Saltworks is leaked, it will be regarded as treason!"

These words were so domineering that all the businessmen couldn't help but tremble in their hearts when they heard it.

Now the King of Qi in Qingzhou has moved to Kaiping.

King Lu Zhutan is the highest-level talker in Shandong!
  If he is willing, he will have no problem killing and seizing others in Shandong.

Anyway, after the incident, at most he was scolded by Lao Zhu for breaking the rules.

After being "threatened" by Zhu Tan, the businessmen naturally remained tight-lipped.

Of course, it doesn't matter if the secret isn't kept.

Zhu Tan just wanted to see the stunned faces of the Shanxi merchants. There was actually nothing to keep secret about the Changlu Saltworks.

In the face of absolute strength, any conspiracy is meaningless.

Prince Lu's Mansion.

A large hall.

Zhu Tan and Wu Waner sat opposite each other.

Wu Waner's pretty face was red at this moment, her beautiful eyes were secretly looking at Zhu Tan, and her heartbeat was racing to the extreme!

Does Your Highness know my thoughts?
  he.
  He called me here alone!

A lonely man and a widow.
  As long as His Highness appreciates me and knows my affection for him
  Even if the business loses money, I am still willing to do so!
  Wu Waner is different from ordinary ladies.

Because she is Mr. Wu’s only daughter.

Mr. Wu has not raised her as an ordinary daughter since she was a child.

Instead, he took her around to do business and see the world.

That's why Mr. Wu took Wu Waner with him when he visited the Xu family in Jinan Prefecture.

Therefore, Xu Jinji was concerned about it.

So many years of experience and teaching have given Wu Waner extraordinary knowledge and abilities.

She just made a rough estimate in her mind and roughly calculated the profit of the entire salt farm. If she only took half of it, it would only be a profit of ten or twenty thousand taels of silver at best.

But the investment was millions of taels of silver!

but.

Wu Waner has also analyzed it.

The Wu family has its own advantages.

The Wu family has rice shops all over Shandong!
  Just sell salt along the way, saving a lot of money.

As for other areas, we will just continue to open stores depending on the situation.

In short, the Wu family has many ready-made rice shop owners who can go to other provinces to open stores at any time.

Second.

The Wu family is engaged in the grain and rice business, and has its own group of talents for the transportation, storage, and purchase of grain!
  This also makes it not so difficult for them to obtain salt.

Even if the cost is higher than that of Shanxi merchants, it won’t be much higher!

Calculate the total.

In addition to hard work, you earn less money.

But there will definitely be no compensation.
  Wu Waner made up her mind.

My father is very old and may not be able to undertake such a hard work.

Since I am responsible for what happened this time, then everything is my responsibility!

I was thinking wildly in my mind.

suddenly.

Zhu Tan looked at Wu Waner and smiled slightly.

"Miss Wu, you got a big deal this time!"

Wu Waner was stunned for a moment.

Big deal?
  I?
  It’s obviously a huge loss!

After investing so much, we can barely make a loss in a year!

Why are you getting such a bargain?
  Then, she reacted suddenly!

Even the whole person got excited!
  Yes!

Your Highness
  Did His Highness say that I thought he would fall in love with me if I chose to cooperate with Changlu Saltworks?

In this case, no wonder he would say that he got a big deal!

Isn't it a great bargain to get His Highness's favor just by paying a little money?

In the end, he did not live up to his good intentions.

His Highness must also be very moved, right?
  Hundreds of people have not cooperated with His Highness, but I am the only one who can accept such harsh conditions at the risk of losing money!

but.

His Highness said this, how should I answer it?
  It’s so embarrassing!

For a while.

Wu Waner was extremely shy.

He lowered his head and said in a voice as loud as a mosquito, "It's Your Highness!"

Zhu Tan's face was full of confusion.

Invest one or two million taels of silver, and you can earn four to five million taels a year!
  Why are you so shy after getting such a big bargain?
  If you are so shy, why do you dare to show up disguised as a man?

Women are so strange!
  Zhu Tan shook his head with a strange expression on his face, but still said: "Miss Wu, actually I admire you very much!
  Those merchants who have been doing business all their lives have never chosen to cooperate with me. You are a prostitute, but you have such a vision! "

Wu Waner's pretty face turned red.

Miao Mu glanced at Zhu Tan.

Do I have a vision?

Who am I looking for?

Your Highness
  You are asking knowingly!

but.

Although Wu Waner felt that there was only a layer of window paper between the two.

But Zhu Tan didn't tell the truth. As her daughter's family, she couldn't say anything!
  She could only respond casually: "It's Your Highness! Wan'er just feels that being able to help His Highness is the greatest blessing in Wan'er's life!"

Zhu Tan felt confused when he heard this.

you help me?
  It's obvious that you've made money!
  If I weren't too lazy to run a shop or run a grain road.

He doesn’t want to give away his income of hundreds of thousands of taels this year!
  This Wu Waner is worthy of being a wealthy businessman from Yanzhou Prefecture.

Not only does he have a unique vision, but he also speaks nicely.

It was clearly something that made her a lot of money, but now she said it was to help herself.

but.

Zhu Tan would not argue with her, a female prostitute.

He just asked: "As far as I know, your Wu family has been running a rice store before, and you are very familiar with the grain business, but when it comes to selling salt, you are a layman! I would like to know, what do you think about what happens next? What are my plans for cooperation?"

Wu Waner was stunned.

did not expect.

How could the puncture of the window paper she had been looking forward to turn into a discussion about managing the salt business?
  Although this is the proper meaning of the title, it still makes Wu Waner a little disappointed!
  Your Highness
  Are you also shy and embarrassed to say it?
  (End of this chapter)