Chapter 81: What the hell do you want to express?
"Xiaoyou don't have to worry about this matter, Xiaoyou's move is for the sake of many people like Mayi, and the government will definitely not sit idly by.
All the materials needed to expand production will be borne by the government, and 500 stone of grain will be allocated for the salt makers. ”
Li Jing walked down the slope given by Han Cheng.
"However, the price of salt is too high, most of the people are poor, and they really can't afford to eat the high price of salt."
Li Jing looked at Han Cheng and said.
"This is natural, the kid is not the kind of person who is greedy for money, and he will definitely not do such a thing......"
Hearing Li Jing mention the price of salt, Han Cheng agreed without hesitation.
Even if Li Jing didn't say it, he wouldn't set the price of salt too high.
This kind of thing that takes the opportunity to make money and does not hesitate to force the people to death for this reason, Han Cheng can't do it.
After Yuan Bo on the side heard Han Cheng's words, he couldn't help but scold in his heart, not a greedy person, you blackmailed me for five thousand yuan out of thin air?
You don't call it greed for money, then what is greed for money? How can this guy be so brazen?
"Twenty liters of wheat in exchange for the price of one liter of this salt, what does Jun Cheng think?"
After Han Cheng thought about it, he quoted a price, looked at Li Jing and asked.
After Han Cheng said this price, Li Jing's complexion suddenly changed.
Not because Han Cheng opened too high, but because he opened too low!
Before the salt famine, it was generally 10 liters of wheat for 1 liter of ordinary salt, while green salt almost fluctuated around 30 liters of wheat, and it didn't seem to be lower than 28 liters at the lowest time.
Using the method provided by Xiaoyou to refine the green salt from the salt ore, he had already tasted it with his own mouth just now, and the saltiness was extremely strong, not inferior to the green salt he had eaten before.
It's even richer than the salty ones.
Although Li Jing had already reminded Han Cheng just now, the quality of salt was here, and when it came to such a time, the young man gave a price of forty liters for one liter, and Li Jing didn't think it was excessive.
As for the original method of exchanging thirty liters of wheat for one liter, that was the best result he could have imagined.
At a time when the price of salt is soaring, the price of salt can still be set at the original price, and there are very few people who can do such a thing.
You only need to look at those people in the Wang family to know this.
And now, this young man actually directly gave it a price of twenty liters for one liter, how could this not make his heart shake.
The taste of green salt is pure, and the salty taste is particularly strong, and when it comes to cooking, one liter of green salt is almost worth two liters of ordinary salt.
In other words, the boy set the price at the price of ordinary salt before the salt shortage.
How many people can do such a thing?
It's not something you can do with your upper and lower lips, it's real money!
"Do you think it's high? If it's higher, you can set it a little higher. ”
Han Cheng's voice sounded again, which shocked the dizzy Li Jing's heart again? Can it be lowered again?
"It's okay, it's okay, it's okay for such a price!"
Li Jing hurriedly opened his mouth and said in a loud voice, for fear that the young man in front of him would come out at a lower price.
Before today, he had been worried about the high price of salt, and he dreamed of letting the high price of salt fall.
And now, he is actually preventing the price of salt from falling further.
This was something he didn't dare to think of before, but now it's happening!
Han Cheng couldn't help but smile secretly when he saw Li Jing's reaction, the reason why he set the price of salt so low was that he really felt that the people were too poor now, the little girl he met when he was selling salted fish in the county town that day, and some of the tragedies caused by the lack of salt that he heard one after another, made him feel a lot of touch.
He is not a saint, but he still has the compassion that ordinary people should have.
And at such a price, he can still make a lot of money.
On the other hand, Han Cheng was going to pat Li Jing's ass hard and hug this golden thigh a little tighter.
This period of experience after coming over, as well as many historical materials recorded in the history books, tell him that in this era, it is impossible to rely on simple business and mix a stable and prosperous life.
He wants to get rid of the predicament in front of him and change his current status, Li Jing's golden thigh can't be lost.
Another reason is that I want to disgust those guys from the Wang family.
Han Cheng understood that after today's incident, he and the other party were completely torn apart, and since this was the case, there were some things that could not be taken into account like that.
"It's really a blessing to have a little friend!"
Li Jing touched his beard and admired him from the bottom of his heart.
Han Cheng smiled slightly in his heart, where is this?
When he spoke again: "Juncheng, the kid thinks that the taxes in the county are a little too little......
Ma Yi belongs to the north, itself is not as rich as the south, and now the supreme and all kinds of levy and conscription, the family and officials take the opportunity to get up and down, the output of the land is getting less and less, but the people need to pay for the grain and cloth has not decreased, and even will increase.
Of course Li Jing knows these things as the county of Mayi, but he is just a county prince.
In the face of such a major event as the salt shortage, he was able to stand up and fight hard for the people under his rule, but in the face of these long-standing problems, it was really not something that he could do as a county.
At this time, hearing Han Cheng say that the taxes were too small, Li Jing's heart couldn't help but sink.
What does this little friend want to do? Now the people of Mayi are living hard enough, but he said that the taxes collected are not enough, is this because the people are not living hard enough?
“…… Moreover, Mayi is located on the border, adjacent to the Turks, and the armament cannot be relaxed, which requires money and food......"
Han Cheng ignored Li Jing's thoughts and continued to speak.
When Li Jing heard this, he couldn't help but sigh secretly, now with the return of the Turks, many people in China feel that there is no need to garrison too many soldiers and horses in the border counties, so that the military spending of Mayi has been reduced in the past two years.
Li Jing was extremely angry about this, although the ambition of the Turkic wolf son was temporarily obedient, but after a long time, he would become a great enemy of the Central Plains, and he must not be guarded against, let alone take it lightly.
It's a pity that he is soft-spoken, and he is also helpless about this matter.
I didn't expect this little friend to be young, but he was able to recognize this place and know that armaments should not be abolished.
Li Jing sighed in his heart.
But then he was stunned, this little friend collected too little tax, and the armament could not be abolished, so what do you want to express with a hammer in the east and a hammer in the west?