Tianjin Changlu Salt Farm.

As the weather slowly gets hotter, the salt production of Changlu Salt Farm here also begins to rise and rise, the salt produced every day is piled up into a hill, and the carriages of goods and carriages are lined up into a long line, and the salt here is sent to the salt of the high-ranking officials Lu Salt Farm, the quality is high, the price is very cheap, so it is very popular, everywhere you go, all the other salts are unsalable, only the salt sales of Changlu Salt Farm are extremely hot.

"The price of salt in various places has begun to drop~"

Li Jiye, the general manager of Changlu Salt Farm, is now focusing on the development of the market, because the dealer system is adopted, so Changlu Salt Farm has a strong control over dealers around the country, and also maintains extremely frequent contact.

It is extremely sensitive to the wind direction and changes in the market, and any salt-related matters can quickly gather from all over the country to Li Jiye of Changlu Salt Farm, so that Changlu Salt Farm can respond and adjust in time.

This is also related to the sales policy, because the dealer of Changlu Salt Farm sells the salt of Changlu Salt Farm, and he does not have any pricing power, and the price is determined by Changlu Salt Farm.

For example, here in Changli County, according to the actual situation here, the price of salt is set at 42 yuan a catty, and the dealers here must sell it at this price, and they can't be short of catties or two, let alone sand and soil.

The Changlu Salt Farm will send people to various places from time to time to investigate, once it is found that someone is short of catties or two or raise the price, etc., the Changlu Salt Farm will immediately cancel the other party's dealer qualifications and replace it with someone else.

The price is the final say on the side of Changlu Salt Farm, and the profit point of Changlu Salt Farm has been calculated for all dealers, whether it is sold for 40 yuan a catty or bought for 30 yuan a catty, the profit point of the dealer will not change.

Therefore, many times dealers prefer to be able to sell at a lower price, because then the sales volume will be larger, and their profits will naturally be greater.

Under such a system, if there is any wind and grass in the market, dealers around the country will send people to contact Changlu Salt Farm as soon as possible to give feedback to Changlu Salt Farm.

Li Jiye looked at the galaxies that were fed back from all over the country, and the areas that the Changlu Salt Field had entered had basically begun to reduce prices, and the price reduction was very large.

The salt that used to sell for 30 or 40 yuan a pound is now only sold for 20 yuan a catty, and dealers from all over the country are asking for instructions from the Changlu Salt Farm, and they also hope to reduce the price to protect their own market.

"It seems very unusual, and the prices are almost all being reduced at about the same time, which is extremely unreasonable."

Li Jiye carefully analyzed, and soon, he keenly sniffed out the unusual places.

"At this time, you must report to Liu Gongzi immediately~"

Without hesitation, Li Jiye immediately realized the seriousness of the matter.

Liu Jin has made it clear a long time ago that once there is a change in the market, he must report to Liu Jin in a timely manner, and he has been waiting for changes in the market.

The salt from the Changlu Salt Works will certainly seriously damage the interests of the original salt merchants, and the salt merchants will inevitably react and use various means to protect their interests.

After all, the struggle for interests has been the most brutal since ancient times.

Soon, Li Jiye led people to ride straight to the capital, there is a cement road between Beijing and Tianjin, and it only takes less than two hours to ride a horse.

The mansion of Liu Jin in the capital.

"Salt prices are dropping everywhere?"

After listening to Li Jiye's report, Liu Jin also groaned slightly, the salt merchant's counterattack was much later than he expected, and from now on, the other party is going to fight a price war by himself.

Fighting a price war, Liu Jin is not afraid of them at all, the salt output of Changlu Salt Farm, they probably don't know how terrible it is, and when it comes to summer, the salt produced by Changlu Salt Farm is enough for the entire Ming Dynasty, even if it will cost a few pennies a pound, Liu Jin is not afraid, it's a big deal not to make money.

What really worries Liu Jin is that this salt merchant will use some other means to come out, Liu Jin now has a big family and an official body, and if the other party really wants to target him, it will be much easier.

"It seems that in the future, we still have to live as simple as possible, and every time I go out, I have to bring enough people."

Liu Jin's first thought was his personal safety, several emperors in the middle and late Ming Dynasty died unexplained, and some people speculated that it was very likely that the emperor touched the interests of some people, so he was killed by unknown and unclear.

Although there is no basis for this kind of thing, Liu Jinning can believe it or not, his own life is the most important thing, his life is gone, there is nothing.

Even the emperor dares to confiscate it for you in an unknown way, and it will be easier to kill yourself.

"Let's go, go to the capital salt market to have a look~"

After thinking about it, Liu Jin decided to go to Yanshi to take a look in person and understand the situation in the market, so as to better deal with this battle.

Soon, Liu Jin took Li Jiye to the salt market in the capital.

It is said that it is a salt market, in fact, it is a street that specializes in selling salt, and the shops on the whole street are selling salt, including well salt from Zigong, Sichuan, pool salt from Shanxi, and of course Hui salt from the Jianghuai region, of course, snow salt from Changlu Salt Field, all kinds of salt produced in Daming are gathered here.

Like well salt, pool salt, and green salt are obviously salts that belong to the high-end market, and they have always been the first choice of dignitaries and dignitaries in the capital, with high prices, small market sales, and very amazing profits.

Hui salt from the Jianghuai region was originally the largest selling salt on the market, of course, the worst quality salt, very large particles, many impurities, bitter taste, but the price has always been the cheapest of all salt.

Liu Jin was already very clear about these things, but Li Jiye beside him still explained it carefully to Liu Jin in detail, for fear that Liu Jin would not be clear.

"Lee's Emblem Salt~"

When he came to the salt market, Liu Jin looked at it very casually, chose a salt shop and walked in.

This Li's Hui salt, the main focus is naturally Hui salt, the salt sold is the salt from the Hui merchants in the Jianghuai region, of course, in addition to this Hui salt, there are other types of salt, which can be regarded as taking into account all levels of the market.

The shop occupies a large area, all kinds of types of salt are placed neatly, and the little two in the store are listless, because the business is very bad, even if their salt has been reduced to twenty-five yuan a catty, but the customers who come to the door are still crowded.

On the other hand, the Zhang's snow salt shop opposite, the business is very hot, the salt sold by the other party is the snow salt from the Changlu salt field, the quality is good, the price is affordable, and now the low-end market has almost been robbed up.

"What do you need, this son?"

Seeing Liu Jin, Li Jiye and others coming in, Xiao Er in the store suddenly came to his senses, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him enthusiastically.

"Our son-in-law has set up a factory and has a lot of labor, so he wants to come over and buy some salt."

Li Jiye hurriedly replied.

"Okay~Good~ Distinguished guests, please~"

Xiao Er immediately came to his senses when he heard it, and hurriedly beckoned Liu Jin to rest in the guest room on the side, and at the same time hurriedly went to inform his boss to come over, the list of this factory, it is a long-term big order, as long as it is negotiated, it will be delivered regularly in the future and collect money.

"This son, in Xia Li Cai, is the owner of this small shop, I don't know the son's name?"

The boss Li Cai also immediately came from behind when he received the news, and greeted Liu Jin with a smile on his face.

"In Xiajinliu, I opened a small factory in the capital, and I want to come over to purchase a batch of salt."

Liu Jin replied with a smile, and dealt with the other party by making up a name casually.

"It turned out to be Jin Gongzi, disrespectful, disrespectful~"

Li Cai carefully looked back at the big man surnamed Jin in the capital in his mind, and he couldn't think of it for a while, but his face was still full of smiles, the other party was dressed extraordinarily, and he was accompanied by a group of guards, so he was not small.

"I don't know what kind of salt Childe needs?"

After thinking about it, Li Cai also asked with a smile.

"The cheapest one is fine, and opening a factory is not a good deed, so why use such good salt."

Liu Jin replied without thinking.

"Then you really came to the right place, the salt in my store is the cheapest salt in the entire capital, as long as twenty-five yuan a catty, there is no cheaper salt in the entire capital."

Li Cai hurriedly said.

"Twenty-five dollars a pound?"

"What kind of salt is this? Can people eat it? ”

When Liu Jin heard this, he pretended to be slightly surprised and asked.

"Yes, of course I can~"

"Hurry up and get some salt and show it to Jin Gongzi."

Li Cai nodded again and again, and then instructed his junior.

Soon Xiao Er took a plate of salt, Liu Jin looked at the salt carefully, it was no different from other sea salts, they were all large, clumped, and slightly yellow in color, and gently took off a little bit to taste it, Liu Jin also frowned slightly, and the taste was very bitter.

"Why is this salt different from what I usually eat, it's too unpalatable, isn't it?"

Liu Jin hurriedly asked, of course he knew it, but now he pretended not to understand.

"Jin Gongzi, this is the cheapest salt, of course it can't be compared with the salt you usually eat, the salt you usually eat must be the best well salt, pool salt or green salt, these salts cost hundreds of wen a catty, this kind of salt, it is produced in the Jianghuai region, only twenty-five wen a catty, very cheap, naturally can not be compared."

Li Cai said with a smile on his face, but he despised it in his heart, he was a son-in-law who didn't know anything, and he also opened a factory, maybe he would have to pay to his grandmother's house.

"That's it, then give me 100 pounds first, and if you use it well, I'll let people buy it again."

Liu Jin looked suddenly enlightened, and said after thinking about it.

"Okay~Okay~"

When Li Cai heard this, he immediately laughed happily, sure enough, he was a person who didn't understand anything, and he couldn't even bargain, but he only bought 100 catties, which was too little.