Fantasia of the Sky

Chapter 1482 The Reasons of the Nobles 1
"What do you want to do? Cough, this is difficult." Jones said and poured himself another cup of tea. Obviously, his preference for tea was higher than that of the four who hadn't finished the second cup: " If you want to reduce the price of salt and coal, it will be of no practical effect to start with Chaopai or Langpai; the real power is always in the hands of those with capital. Look, what capital does the old man have? The old man is just It’s nothing more than being able to mobilize other people’s capital, but you have to be watched by a lot of people. The Lang faction is more busy than the Chao faction, but what’s the use? Except for the thousands or even hundreds of salt that those people send out every month There is no capital to speak of other than a salary of 50.

His hint was quite obvious.If you want to lower the price of salt and coal, you have to start with the nobles?Then why don't the nobles...

This seems like a no-brainer question.The source of income and status of the nobles is the high price of salt. If the status of salt is no longer so important, the status of the nobles will also be in jeopardy.From this point of view, it seems that the Duke of Bran Road has no reason to cooperate with himself in reducing the price of salt.

... No no no, it's not just that simple.If it was said that lowering the price of salt would only do so much harm to the nobles, the relevant proposals would have been completely wiped out long ago.

There must be some kind of interest... something that is beneficial to the nobles, so their attitude is relatively "wavering".

"What do the nobles think about lowering the price of salt?" Huanmeng felt that this question was more likely to get the information she wanted.

"Basically, the attitude is the same as the factions they support." Jones took a sip of tea, "Those who support the Chao faction agree to lower the salt price, while those who support the Wave faction disagree... The opinions of the two parties have always been relatively balanced. Recently, the Puli family has been added, so there is basically no need to talk about it.”

"What kind of views do the nobles who support lowering the price of salt hold...?" Huanmeng continued to ask, and took a sip of tea by the way—I felt that tasting it was better than sitting.

"Of course it's because of the price of coal." Jones said with a smile, "Of course the price of salt can't just go down for nothing... Is it possible that the price of coal won't go down?"

Lowering the price of salt does not mean simply adjusting the selling price - the price of coal must also be taken into account, which is the situation in the country of Burning Stone.Once the price of salt is lowered, it must be because the price of coal has also been lowered—otherwise, wouldn’t the people of the Kingdom of White Waves lose a lot of money?

Out of yearning for a "normal" life, officials have drawn up a set of countermeasures for how to stabilize the situation after the price of salt coal drops, whether it is the country of Baitao or the country of Burning Stone.However, since the price of salt and coal has never been lowered, this set of countermeasures has been dusted off like ordinary people fantasizing about how to dispose of themselves after they have made a fortune.

"They agreed to lower the price of salt because the price of coal is too high to afford, right?" That's true, but Huanmeng still wants to ask—the nobles shouldn't be able to afford coal, right?They are so rich.

...Wait, it is true that they are rich, but it seems that they are not only responsible for their own stoves.

(End of this chapter)