Li Dongyang saw that the salt was as fine as snow, and wanted to send it to the palace to Emperor Hongzhi, and Yan Chengjin entered the palace with him.

Emperor Hongzhi was reading in the East Warm Pavilion, and the New Year was no different from usual for him.

The little eunuch came in and reported: "Your Majesty, Lord Li and Lord Yan ask to see you." ”

After a while, Yan Chengjin followed Li Dongyang and strode into the hall.

"The minister thought, there is no such fine salt in the dining room of the palace, so he specially sent it to His Majesty." Li Dongyang bowed.

The little eunuch presented the sealed salt shaker.

Emperor Hongzhi pinched some of them, as fine as flour and as white as ice and snow, and said with a smile: "Master Li thinks about me everywhere, and he has a heart." ”

Yan Chengjin thought to himself.

How to let the weak Liangxiang Chamber of Commerce join the tea market and the horse market.

The Jin merchants monopolized the sale of salt, the Hui merchants monopolized silk cloth, and the home of the Cantonese merchants was those merchants along the coast.

Each has its own territory.

The Liangxiang Chamber of Commerce has no "one skill", and it can't squeeze into the top ten business gangs at all.

The reason for the gradual decline of the Ming Dynasty was that it was unable to transform its strong national strength into economic strength, and the treasury was always short of money.

The Liangxiang Chamber of Commerce is a weapon for transformation.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not." Yan Chengjin is serious.

Emperor Hongzhi raised his head slightly, and after coming to the warm pavilion, this guy didn't say a word, and there was nothing to do today, so he simply listened: "Say it." ”

"I beg your majesty to allow the refined salt of Liangxiang to be added to the tea and horse market, and it can be traded with Fanbang without being compatible." Yan Chengjin Road.

No matter how powerful the Jin merchants were, they could only trade in places where there were tea markets and horse markets in the Ming Dynasty and the northwest.

It cannot trade with Korea, Wa, Annam, Tatar, Jurchen, etc.

In other words, you can't do foreign trade.

If His Majesty agrees, the Liangxiang Chamber of Commerce will be able to trade abroad, which is a great advantage.

Refined salt will become another commodity symbol in addition to the silk, porcelain and tea industries!

This is also the outlet for the rapid rise of the Liangxiang Chamber of Commerce.

You really dare to admonish, Li Dongyang was shocked and said: "This move is tantamount to opening the sea ban." ”

Emperor Hongzhi showed a slightly meaningful gaze, if he was not sure, this son would not admonish, but wanted to hear it: "What Li Qingjia said is good, you can talk about it." ”

Yan Chengjin said: "It is different from the ban on opening the sea, if you don't go to sea, you will be transported to the border of Fanbang by merchants for trade, and half of the silver will be filled into the treasury." ”

Emperor Hongzhi's eyes lit up, and he wondered: "How much silver?" ”

"It's comparable to a new business tax." Ten percent, Yan Chengjin only said one percent.

The profits from refined salt are comparable to those from commodities such as silk and tea.

This is the outlet brought about by the information gap.

Tartary and Varat could not refine salt, but only scraped salt frost formed by alkali.

Annam relied on the red salt in the well, and although Korea and the Japanese kingdom were near the sea, the salt refined was bitter.

All lack of refined salt.

With the refined salt produced in Liangxiang alone, I am afraid that it will not be able to supply so many countries, and I am not worried about not being able to sell it at all.

Salt is also a consumable, and it earns more silver than trading iron tools.

Emperor Hongzhi secretly increased 20%, which is enough to cover the new tax of the three prefectures? His complexion suddenly became solemn.

"Go, Xuan Cabinet and the Six Ministries enter the palace!"

After a while, outside the noon gate, a sedan chair stopped in the snow, and Qin Hong secretly complained to himself, for the New Year, His Majesty also announced that I would wait to enter the palace, so that no one would be allowed to celebrate the New Year......

It can be seen that Mu Xiu was also announced into the palace 996 during the New Year's Festival, and everyone was a little resentful in their hearts, the cabinet and the six ministries were announced at the same time, and major events happened in the court.

was in a hurry to face the saint, but Liu Jian didn't walk fast.

Qin Hong took a few steps forward: "Gong Liu, the road is slippery, the lower official will carry you in." ”

"Then it's hard work."

The ministers came to the East Warm Pavilion.

Emperor Hongzhi was expressionless: "How about letting me sell salt to merchants and neighbors?" ”

The ministers looked left and right.

Salt is an important commodity, and the merchants in the market sell salt to each other, and the control is strict, not to mention the sale to Fanguo.

Yan Chengjin was a little worried.

The opposition of civilian officials to the economy is the key to restraining the Ming Dynasty from turning national strength into economic strength.

"What Your Majesty said, but the refined salt sent by Yan Chengjin?" Liu Jian asked.

Han Wen and Zeng Jian and the others, looking surprised, exchanged glances: You also received it? I received it too.

"Exactly." Emperor Hongji said the reason for his heart: "The treasury has half of the proceeds. ”

Liu Jian looked at Yan Chengjin and Li Dongyang, there was nothing to say, the two had already explained to His Majesty, summoned the cabinet and the six ministries to come in, and just went through the motions.

A holy decree followed Yan Chengjin to Liangxiang.

After Zhang Xian saw the holy decree, he hurriedly ordered the scribes to print it into a newspaper and pass it on to the gentry in Liangxiang.

What a great thing, adults! Blatantly selling salt to neighbors, Wang Busui thought to himself.

Not long after, all the gentry of the Liangxiang Chamber of Commerce came, pestering Wang Busui to increase his shares.

"I didn't expect that the imperial court would let me wait to sell salt!"

"The old man will add another 1,000 taels of silver to the shares!"

These gentry are like pigs standing on the tuyere and being blown into the sky.

Yan Chengjin didn't agree, at first, how much was the additional shares, it was as much as the money, the activated charcoal was boiled, washed, and reused, and the cost would not be too high.

"My lord, those gentry who don't want to join the chamber of commerce, all kneel outside the yamen, saying that if they don't let them join the merchants, they will die outside." Zhang Xiandao.

"Send the dogheads out and let them wipe them when they're done."

“……”

Gu Jinxian shouted happily, he didn't hesitate to join the Chamber of Commerce at the beginning, but now he can't get in if he wants to.

I am a little more proud of the identity of a member of the Liangxiang Chamber of Commerce.

"My lord, there are some family members in the house, and they haven't been sent home during the New Year's Festival, so they can help in the workshop."

"The villain has a warehouse on the other side of South Street for the Chamber of Commerce to use."

The refined salt business will definitely be able to share the silver, and they do not have a large share, and they hope to share more by contributing.

Yan Chengjin said to Wang Busui: "Put the refined salt into oil bags, pack bags and pack them up, and the first batch will be shipped to North Korea first. ”

North Korea eats kimchi every day and consumes a lot of salt, Yan Chengjin decided to start with North Korea, which seems to have a silver mine, enough for them to eat kimchi for several years.

"My lord, seal it with oiled paper?" Wang Busui was a little worried.

"Salt is not afraid of water, afraid of wind, sealed with oiled paper, and then put it in a box to transport."

Refined salt is another commodity symbol of the Ming Dynasty, which should be packaged high.

It is still quite tall to use the oil paper that sells baked cakes and print the word "good township".

Yan Chengjin sent someone to Jiangnan to let Xie Yu return to the capital and sell salt, or he would be more stable.

A dozen days later, a caravan transporting refined salt began to set off for North Korea.

Zhu Houzhao went out of the palace to find Yan Chengjin, gloating: "Lao Gao, did you call Shou Ninghou and Jian Changbo to go to the Adventure House?" ”

Yan Chengjin almost forgot that he hadn't seen the Zhang brothers for a while.

"Something's wrong?"

"Lao Gao, you are so smart, the queen mother is now in the Ningshou Hou Mansion."

“……”

……

Ningshou Houfu,

Mrs. Kim sat next to the two brothers and washed her face with tears.

"Brother, it's here again, and the hand is on my shoulder." Zhang Yanling cried.

"Shhhh Don't make a sound. ”

The two brothers squatted in the corner, nervously looking around, ignoring Jin and Empress Zhang.

Two lines of tears flowed from Queen Zhang's eyes: "Brother is fine, why did you become like this?" ”

"After going to Liangxiang, it's like this, Yun ...... Mother, you have to call the shots for them! Kim couldn't stop crying.