When I heard this price, there was an immediate sound of reversing breath around me.

Everyone understands that Lin Haoran went south in the name of rectifying the salt administration, in essence, to increase the salt tax revenue for the Ming court, and the usual means is to increase production capacity or increase the issuance of new introductions, and it is relatively rare to increase the price of salt introductions.

However, Lin Haoran is not a mortal after all, and he broke the price alliance between the two Huai salt merchants through various means, so that raising the price of salt has become an inevitable thing.

It's just that no one expected that Lin Haoran would directly increase the price of salt to three times, which far exceeded their psychological expectations.

You must know that Yan Maoqing, who was hated so much in the past, only raised the salt tax from 600,000 taels to 1 million taels, and now Lin Haoran wants to directly raise the salt tax from 600,000 taels to more than 1.8 million taels.

No way!

It's too high!

We can't accept it!

The salt merchants present were all frightened by this price, and they were unwilling to do so, which was far beyond their expectations, and some even felt that Lin Haoran had gone crazy.

But I don't know who started it, and everyone said that the price was too high and could not accept Yunyun. Although the sound was not loud, the whole venue seemed very noisy.

Cao Meng and the others were still indifferent, sitting next to them quietly sipping tea, at most glancing faintly at the place where the sound was loudest.

Chen Boren's brows furrowed slightly, and for a while, he was not sure of Lin Haoran's true intentions, and turned his head to look at Lin Haoran sitting in the hall in confusion.

It is said that Lin Haoran only needs to mention twice as much as it is enough to make a difference to the imperial court, and there is no need to set the price of salt at such a high level, which is not conducive to him to win people's hearts and minds.

The council hall was very noisy, and most of the salt merchants were indeed a hundred unwilling, but seeing that many bigwigs were silent, and they did not have the courage to point it out openly, the scene slowly calmed down.

Lin Haoran's status and ability have already washed away the disadvantages of his age, and sitting here drinking tea slowly at this time makes everyone present even if they are not happy, they can only endure it silently.

When the noise in the council hall stopped, he looked up at the group of salt merchants whose faces were full of displeasure, but asked coldly: "The imperial court helped you defeat the salt smuggling gang, and the imperial court promised you that you could go to the salt field directly to extract salt without going through the yamen, and the imperial court gave you the status of a hereditary salt merchant, don't you think that these benefits are not in vain?" ”

This......

Everyone listened to Lin Haoran's repeated questions, and suddenly fell completely silent, and they also rethought.

Although compared with the previous price of salt, it is indeed too high. It's just that Lin Haoran is right, the court gave them such a rich thing this time, which is indeed different from the past.

Not to mention the status of hereditary salt merchants, they were able to extract salt from the salt works without going through the two Huai Du transfer envoys, which had already saved them a lot of public relations costs.

It's just that profit maximization has always been the nature of businessmen. The shopkeepers of many shops have made a lot of money, but every time they sell their goods, they have been claiming to customers that they have lost money.

"Although these conditions are good, it is inevitable that the imperial court will backtrack!"

"The matter of illegal salt can't be strictly guarded at all, and I'm afraid it will come back in a few days!"

"If the imperial court still gives salt to the clan relatives, our profits will still be greatly diluted!"

……

After a simple thought, the salt merchants adhered to the bargaining nature of the merchants, and immediately had all kinds of worries, and expressed their opinions one after another.

Fan Qianshan heard that everyone's worries were not untargeted, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly, looking at Lin Haoran gloatingly, wanting to see this whimsical young man slap himself in the face.

Tripled, this kid is really a fool's dream.

Lin Fu personally brought the tea, and seemed to be careful to refill a cup for Lin Haoran.

Lin Haoran picked up the hot teacup, met the eyes of the salt merchants, and asked slowly: "If I tell you today that the new salt is only half of the previous price, and Ben Qin sent you to list and report to the imperial court, what do you think will be the imperial court's reaction?" ”

Half?

The salt merchants thought that they didn't expect Lin Haoran to ask such a question, so they couldn't help but look at each other, and finally a salt merchant replied with certainty: "If this is the case, the imperial court will definitely not agree, and the Gang Salt Law will be invalidated!" ”

Hey?

The salt merchants realized it later, and they also understood the meaning of Lin Haoran's words, although it was unacceptable to increase it to three times, it didn't seem to be as ridiculous as imagined.

The schadenfreude in Fan Qianshan's eyes disappeared and was replaced by solemnity, and he no longer dared to expect Lin Haoran to slap himself in the face.

"You may think that twice is enough, there is no need to mention triple at all, this is a great joy for me Lin!" Lin Haoran met the eyes of the salt merchants, and said with a heartfelt expression, but the words changed, and then he snorted coldly: "Is it really my Lin someone who is so happy?" Whose interests will be harmed by the Gang Salt Law, and how much resistance it will encounter in the court, this point does not need to be mentioned by Benchincha. If it is only doubled, there will definitely be some variables in the identity of your program, so since we want to be a programmer, why not double the insurance? The reason why the Gang Salt Law can get the support of the emperor is because you gang of gang salt merchants can bring rich taxes to the imperial court, and the greater the contribution we show now, the emperor's support will naturally be greater, and the court will not have a voice to oppose and question us, and even your previous worries are no longer a problem! ”

The salt merchants listened to Lin Haoran's analysis and found that this was really the case. If they come up with enough benefits, the court will definitely open the door to convenience, and their status as salt merchants will be more stable.

Chen Boren put down the teacup gently, but glanced at Lin Haoran deeply. I thought that he had a high opinion of the other party, but he found that it was still far from enough, this twenty-two-year-old left deputy capital Yushi was a rare genius in a hundred years.

When everyone is still entangled in the price, he has already taken a holistic view, and I am afraid that it is through this overall situation that Cao Meng and others are willing to accept this "absurd" price.

As soon as he thought of this, he couldn't help but look at Cao Meng and the others again, and found that the latter was still continuing to drink tea with an expressionless face, and these people were already firmly supporting Lin Haoran.

Lin Haoran saw that the effect was good, so he struck while the iron was hot and said: "Even if it is three times the price of salt, it will not be levied at 19 taels and 2 cents, how much profit is there, and do you still use Ben Qincha to help you calculate?" ”

After all, it was still difficult for merchants to change their nature, and a salt merchant even complained: "Lord Qincha is afraid that he does not know, there is a lot of transportation costs here, as well as the daily expenses of each shop, if it is three times the price of salt, it is really not profitable!" ”