A salt merchant couldn't help but interject and asked, "Is what Mr. Qiu said true?" Is your tribute salt really the same price as ordinary private salt? ”

"Nature is true. However, because this high-quality white salt is not easy to refine, we have to sell it with coarse salt.

For example, if you want to buy 1,000 catties of white salt, you have to buy the same amount of 1,000 catties of coarse salt, and mix and match them one by one. ”

"How much white salt do you really need?"

"Speak casually under 10,000 catties."

Hearing this, all the salt merchants present gasped.

Speak casually under 10,000 catties?! These two really have so many high-quality tribute salt?!

For a time, many people were full of doubts about these two people.

They are all big salt merchants who have been in business for many years, and they are well aware that it takes a lot of manpower and material resources to purify the sea salt from the decoction of sea salt.

But now these two people are saying that there are more or less than 10,000 catties, which is simply a fantasy.

These two are definitely liars!

At this time, the same thought came to the minds of all the salt merchants.

Facing the suspicious eyes of the salt merchants, Zhao Tao said very calmly: "I know that you still have doubts about Zaixia, after all, it is the first time I have met you.

As for whether what I said is true or false, you may wish to ask Master Zhong for verification. ”

The salt merchants hurriedly looked at Master Zhong and wanted to hear what he had to say.

Master Zhong said with a smile: "I might as well tell you the truth, I have already purchased a thousand catties of white salt and a thousand catties of coarse salt from Mr. Qiu.

The salt is now in my warehouse, and if you don't believe me, you can go with the old man later, seeing is believing. ”

Hearing Master Zhong say this, the salt merchants suddenly became short of breath.

They may not believe other people's words, but Master Zhong is an old-timer in their industry, and since he has said so, his credibility is naturally very different.

Could it be that these two men did have a large amount of tribute?

Zhao Tao knew that these salt merchants were tempted, and continued to add fuel to the fire and said: "If you still have doubts, you might as well try the water by a few hundred catties each."

After the goods are in, you will know whether it is true or false at a glance. ”

When the salt merchants heard this, they felt that this was indeed a solution. Even if these two people are really liars, they are only losing a few hundred catties of salt money, and the loss is limited.

But if it's true, then you can buy it in large quantities from them later.

In fact, even the coarse salt that the two men said was not of bad quality, almost the same quality as the private salt produced by the salt merchants and their own salt factories.

If you can really buy it at a 7% discount, then the business itself can already make a lot of money.

Of course, the most attractive thing to them is the white salt, if this white salt is really the same price as ordinary private salt, then they will make a profit.

Such a high-quality tribute salt, even if it is casually doubled or tripled, a large number of people rush to buy it.

What's more, if these people can ensure sufficient supply and stable supply, they can even consider closing some of their own private salt farms to reduce the risk of exposing themselves.

Of course, it's too early to say this, after all, it is the first time they have done business with these people, and they don't even know the details of each other, and the two sides are still testing each other.

Only after doing business a few more times and making sure that what they say is true, can everything continue.

Although the people who do the smuggling salt business are people who are used to hiding their identities, after all, this is a high-risk business, but the two people who call themselves Zhao Tao and An Ping are still very suspicious.

The people present are all big salt merchants who have been in business for many years, and they have been in this business for so many years, but they have never heard of a salt merchant who can come up with so many high-quality tribute salt at once.

Although it is said that there are salt industry old-timers like Mr. Zhong as the middleman who matches the matchmaking, the salt merchants present are still full of all kinds of doubts and fears about the identities of these two people.

Some people even wonder if this will be a bureau set up by a certain bigwig in the officialdom to serve them, the big salt merchants in Jiangnan who have a share in selling smuggled salt.

The so-called richer you are, the more afraid of death, these salt merchants do not dare to act rashly until they are sure whether the two people of unknown origin are reliable.

But it would be too stupid to put money and not make money, so they decided to buy a small batch of goods first.

If that's okay, consider gradually increasing the amount of stock.

It was a big deal that they didn't expect.

……………………

After the two returned to the inn, Zhao Yaoguang, who was one of the confidants of Ning Zhiyuan, the general of the Northwest, and now known as Zhao Tao, breathed a sigh of relief, and then said a little proudly: "Sure enough, they are all businessmen who are unprofitable and can't afford to make money, and when they hear that there is money to be made, their eyes are blue."

As long as this business is completed, we will not have to worry about the salt road in Jiangnan in the future.

Jiangnan is the main salt and iron transshipment center of the Great Wei Dynasty, and the opening of the Jiangnan Salt Road means that our salt will soon be sold to the whole territory of the Great Wei Dynasty.

Anyang, you send the news back to Jiujiang early tomorrow morning, and ask Jiujiang to send 5,000 catties of white salt and 5,000 catties of coarse salt to the previous port by sea as soon as possible, and wait for those salt merchants to come and get salt.

Although it is more troublesome to take salt across provinces, as long as there is money to be made, those salt merchants will not be troublesome. ”

An Yang, who was originally Ning Yafeng's personal bodyguard, and is now temporarily responsible for protecting Zhao Yaoguang's safety, nodded and said, "I know, I will send the news out early tomorrow morning." It's just that this adds up to tens of thousands of catties of salt, can Jiujiang really get it? ”

"Since Mr. Su said that salt merchants below 10,000 catties can open their mouths, it should be no problem."

said so, but Zhao Yaoguang still seemed quite hesitant.

He was also worried about whether Jiujiang would be able to get so much salt.

Although he had long heard that a large amount of salt was being produced in Jiujiang, it had only been three months since Jiujiang had succeeded.

Is it really possible to fry so much salt in such a short time?

This is tens of thousands of catties of salt, plus the two thousand catties of salt sold to Master Zhong before, this amount is really too big.

If they can't get it, then the salt merchants in Jiangnan will definitely not believe them anymore.

Therefore, whether we can do a good job in this business is the most important.

Ning Zhiyuan, the general of the Northwest who had just arrived in Jiujiang, was also deeply worried about this.

It's not that he doesn't believe in the ability of his little son-in-law, but the amount is indeed too large.

After all, Jiujiang has built seven salt farms, and each salt farm produces an average of about 1,000 catties of salt per month, adding up to 7,000 catties of salt.

In three months, more than 20,000 catties of salt have been produced, which is enough to meet the needs of salt merchants.

In fact, being able to produce so much salt per month has already made Ning Zhiyuan very satisfied.

As long as a few more salt farms are built, there is no difficulty in producing 10,000 catties of salt per month.

What's more, these salts do not need to be cooked at all, except for some manpower in the early stage, they are almost free.

It's just that the salt merchants in Jiangnan mainly value those high-quality white salts, not these coarse salts.

Also, now the salt merchants in Jiangnan only add up to 5,000 catties of white salt, which is just a temptation, the purpose is to see if they can really come up with so much high-quality salt.

When this business is completed, the insatiable salt merchants will definitely buy in large quantities.

At that time, it will not be as simple as 5,000 catties, and it may even multiply several times or even more than ten times.

At present, the only place that can produce high-quality white salt is the only salt factory that the little son-in-law has just built. Is this small salt factory really enough to supply the large number of orders placed by the salt merchants in Jiangnan?

With this question, Ning Zhiyuan, who had just finished inspecting the various new salt farms, immediately came to discuss this matter with his little son-in-law.

However, when Ning Zhiyuan followed his little son-in-law to the salt warehouse, the scene in front of him made him fall into a stupor.

I saw that the entire salt warehouse was full of salt, and a large piece of white flowers made Ning Zhiyuan almost unable to believe his eyes.

There are more than 10,000 catties of salt here, more than tens of thousands of catties.

And it's all of that kind of high-quality white salt, so much so that you can see it everywhere like mud and sand on the beach.

"All this salt is dried using the salt pan method you said?" After a while, Ning Zhiyuan finally spoke.

Chi Fei replied, "Yes, father-in-law." The salt pan method I used was about once a month, and I had six salt in the past three months.

Now I have some experience and know how to make the salt fine and white.

In fact, the salt produced by the salt pan method is not only high-yielding, but also of much better quality than the salt obtained by the ditch beach salt drying method.

But as the saying goes, scarcity is expensive, in order not to make the market indiscriminate, we are still stuck in the best of the best.

So I have already told your staff Mr. Qiu that when he talks business with those salt merchants, he will set a mix of half white salt and half coarse salt to sell, so that the price of white salt can maintain a certain advantage.

This time, Mr. Qiu negotiated with those Jiangnan salt merchants to negotiate 5,000 catties of white salt and coarse salt, totaling 10,000 catties.

I simply sent him 30,000 catties of salt, which was also half white salt and half coarse salt, which saved me time and effort to send it again after a while.

The extra 20,000 catties of salt should be enough for him to negotiate a few more deals for the time being.

I thought so, in the future, all coarse salt will be sold in the territory of Great Wei as much as possible.

Mix and match according to the method of half white salt and half coarse salt, and try to keep the price of white salt unchanged, so as not to abuse the market.

As for the salt-for-grain plan to the outside world, we will use white salt to exchange grain with those small neighboring countries, so that it will not affect the market of Dawei.

Father-in-law, what do you think? ”

"Oh, okay, okay, just do what you say."

"If that's the case, we need to open two more salt farms using the salt pan method to ensure production.

Judging from the output of this salt field today, as long as there are three such salt farms, it should be enough to supply the salt market in the territory of Dawei and even the surrounding small countries.

There is no need for more, after all, there is still a certain amount of room for other private salt suppliers to survive, so as not to provoke their fierce resistance. ”

Looking at the little son-in-law who was talking eloquently, and then looking at the piles of high-quality white salt everywhere around, Ning Zhiyuan had a sense of unreality as if he was in a dream.

He even thought that if it was really a dream, he hoped that this dream would never wake up.

Ning Zhiyuan once again felt that his decision to accept Chi Fei as his son-in-law was really fucking wise.

This kid is not just a genius, he is simply a genius sent by God to prosper their Ning family.