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Chapter 552 Salt Iron Agency

When Fusu's order was sent to Zhang Cang, Zhang Cang immediately ordered people to post Lubu.

At the same time, some officials explained the policy in front of Lubu.

Among them, there are naturally some servants of merchants. After seeing such news, they rushed to the horse and sent a copy to their masters.

Many merchants frowned after seeing such a policy.

Nowadays, the policies promulgated by the Administration for Industry and Commerce are still full of murderous intent, and many of the original laws of the Qin court have been supplemented and patched.

In the original laws of the Qin State, some merchants were willing to spend energy to find loopholes in it, and then took advantage of the opportunity.

But the current posture obviously blocked this road!

What kind of goods are transported from the merchants and what is the scope of business, all of which need to be reported to the Industrial and Commercial Administration for record.

Including the general scope of the price setting, it also needs to be reported to the Industrial and Commercial Administration.

Of course, the core point is the size of the caravan, which is the most emphatic, and there are corresponding regulations on the number of people and the weapons they carry.

The reason why I want to emphasize this point is that in this era, the caravans under some merchants are not even inferior to the army to a certain extent.

Such a caravan, which is comparable to an army and has strong financial resources as a support, swaggers through the market, how can it not make people feel vigilant.

Including this time, Zhang Cang's arrest of those businessmen seemed to be very smooth, but in fact, it was also because the secrecy work was done so well before that no news leaked out.

What's more, Zhang Cang was assisted by Fusu's most powerful Habayashi army. If not, some of the businessmen might want to die!

It is precisely because of the joint cooperation of all parties in the Qin court that the plan was implemented quickly and secretly, as fast as thunder, leaving no room for these businessmen to think.

Otherwise, once these merchants connect together, Fusu will have a very headache now!

That's all, Fusu also needs to bear the pressure from all sides.

However, with the establishment of the Industrial and Commercial Administration, this problem no longer exists to a large extent.

According to the current order issued by the Industrial and Commercial Administration, it can be said that, to a large extent, the autonomy of businessmen has been greatly restricted.

There are also some materials that are directly controlled by the Qin court, such as leather, copper, lacquer and other military materials.

In addition, materials such as salt and iron were declared official.

Of course, the Administration for Industry and Commerce also provided certain conditions. For example, if you meet certain conditions, you can apply to the Administration for Industry and Commerce, and choose to cooperate with the government to sell salt and iron.

Of course, in order to prevent businessmen from making huge profits, the corresponding price is also restricted by the government, and can only be sold within the price range limited by the government.

But even so, after a rough calculation, the profit is quite objective.

Although a considerable part of the profits were distributed by the government, the government did not do nothing, and it also reduced the trouble for these businessmen to a certain extent.

At least there will be no such thing as food and cards for the time being, and merchants no longer need to spend money to get through the joints.

Such a move by Fusu, in the words of later generations, "reduces the middlemen to make the difference."

In other words, a considerable part of the "price difference" flowed into Daqin's treasury.

The establishment of the Industrial and Commercial Administration means that Fusu has already made a condition.

In the future, if businessmen want to do business in Qin State, they must submit to the jurisdiction of the Qin State government. If they cannot agree, they can only withdraw from Qin State.

Frankly speaking, the current restrictions set by the Industrial and Commercial Administration are much better than those in the previous period.

You know, in the previous period, these businessmen couldn't sleep at night. They were afraid that when they woke up, they would see the fully armed Habayashi army standing by the bed and take them away.

Such a scene is really terrifying!

Although the current restrictions are harsh, they are much better than before.

And some of these businessmen are completely indifferent to these.

For example, Cheng Zhengle and Zhuo Dingshan who have already arrived in Xianyang, the restrictions imposed by the Industrial and Commercial Bureau are actually the same situation in Shu County.

Even speaking, the restrictions they received in Shu County were a little stricter than this.

Another example is Shifu, as a wealthy businessman in the world of business, he doesn't even need to look at such restrictions.

For Fusu, Shifu will only follow his steps faithfully. His Shifu can have the position he has today, even in front of the kings of Shandong countries, he is treated as a guest. To be honest, he cannot do without Fusu secretly support.

And they, even after the promulgation of the policy of the Industrial and Commercial Administration, keenly sensed the business opportunities in it.

Yantie is an official operation, but the government is willing to share part of the profits with merchants, which shows that Qin Ting is looking for a partner for cooperation.

Whether it's Shifu, Cheng Zhengle, or Zhuo Dingshan, they are all excited about this matter.

Once you win the local agency, you can really make money lying down!

First of all, salt is a necessary material for life. Without salt, people will have no strength, edema, and various diseases.

Therefore, salt exists as a rigid need.

As for iron, with the popularization of iron farm tools, the original farm tools have been gradually eliminated, and all kinds of tools have begun to be replaced by iron.

The consumption of iron is increasing sharply. Cheng Zhengle and Zhuo Dingshan, who specialize in this, know this most clearly.

Because of this, they have already planned how to take over the business of selling salt and iron in the two counties of Bashu.

In the future, if possible, Cheng Zhengle and Zhuo Dingshan still have plans to expand to the counties of Hanzhong and Changsha.

However, when a piece of news reached their ears, they immediately realized that their plan was probably shattered!
Even for the two of them, it was very dangerous.

Because Bashi from Berkshire had also sent people to Xianyang, this was a thunderous blow to Cheng Zhengle and Zhuo Dingshan.

You must know that Ba Shi had established friendship with Ying Shi earlier than them.

Back then, Ba Shi's patriarch passed away, and the widowed Ba Qing alone took up Ba Shi's burden.

After Yingzheng found out about this, he built a Huaiqing Terrace specially for Baqing, which shows his great honor.

There is also the countless mercury in the Lishan Imperial Mausoleum, all of which were donated by Ba Shi. The friendship between the two, to be honest, is already extraordinary.

In contrast, if Cheng Zhengle and Zhuo Dingshan didn't know Fusu, at best they were just two big local rich men from Shu County!
The imperial court said that they would not even frown if they were cut off.

(End of this chapter)