The third volume sailed in the Ming Dynasty

"Qin Du, this ...... Wouldn't it be inappropriate? ”

Shen Shouchong opened his mouth and stammered, the first time he saw Qin Du's arrogance, the court boss was actually a fart in his eyes, if this was spread, it would be an uproar!

Of course, he is not a rabbard and disdains to do that despicable thing.

It's just that without the permission of the imperial court, selling illicit salt is a capital offense. Over the years, there has been no shortage of people who have died in the Dengzhou Guard.

A trace of sarcasm flashed across Qin Haoming's mouth, Shen Shouchong, these grassroots court officers, have the court and the Ming Dynasty in their hearts.

As everyone knows, these court bigwigs who represent the imperial court have long abandoned them for their own selfishness.

is in response to that sentence, I love Daming, Daming doesn't love me.

Having said that, ideological work still needs to be done. The twisted melon is not sweet, and it is necessary for a group of like-minded people to work together, so that the Ming can be saved, and the Han people can go to glory.

Of course, each person uses different methods. Some use fusion; Some are tied up with interests; some use persecution; Some use coercion......

If you really touch a tendon and it is inconvenient to remove it, you can only move it.

"General Shen, ladies and gentlemen, I believe that there is no need for this governor to say more, everyone already knows.

The sea water is inexhaustible, as long as the salt field is built, there is almost no capital. Over the course of a year, Daming has made a profit of more than 10 million?

But do you know, what does the Ming court get in a year? Qin Haoming's gaze swept over the Dengzhou Guard, "This governor tells you that the salt tax transported to the imperial court household every year is less than 400,000 taels. ”

"So, whose pocket does all this money fall into?" Qin Haoming suddenly raised his voice and roared angrily:

"Princes and nobles, court bigwigs, local officials, salt inspectors, large and small merchants, etc., all have a share, but there are no people and us soldiers who fought bloodily, is this fair?

So why can't we? ”

"Yes, yes, the last general will obey the orders of Qin Du!"

As soon as Qin Haoming's words fell, Cao Shengxin had already nodded and began to express his position. In his opinion, it was a great honor for the governors of the two provinces to explain these things to them.

Other schools also chimed in.

Shen Shouchong hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded, "The last general will obey Governor Qin's orders." ”

"Okay, don't worry, we will build salt ponds in Dengzhou and Zhoushan this year, and next year the governor will ask people to apply to the imperial court for salt induction orders.

In this way, the public salt of our salt farm is sold in Guangzhou, Fujian, and the private salt depends on the ability of the brothers. ”

Don't look at Qin Haoming as the governor of the two provinces now, but in the salt industry, he doesn't necessarily have the final say. From the imperial court to the localities, they are all controlled by the Salt Inspection Division.

This is equivalent to the tobacco monopoly system of later generations.

In this way, if the businessmen supported by Qin Haoming want to sell salt in Fujian and Guangzhou, they must get a salt introduction order.

The so-called nest list is actually a document proving the legal distribution of official salt, a license issued by the Ming court, and the nest list will indicate the amount of salt obtained by the salt merchant and the distribution area.

Salt merchants apply for qualifications from the Salt Transportation Department of the imperial court through various channels, and then pay a deposit, and then find someone to have a guarantee, and then they can get the nest order issued by the imperial court.

With this thing, this salt merchant has the right to monopolize the monopoly. It has become an officially designated salt monopoly and has the monopoly of a certain territory.

According to the instructions of the imperial court, all salt merchants transported and sold official salt in their respective monopoly areas, and salt merchants were not allowed to sell across the border.

After having a nest order, the salt merchant pays money to the imperial court every year to get a qualification certificate for this year, which is the Nian Nest. With the New Year's Nest, there is the monopoly of the year.

In short, under this kind of salt system, the most important thing is the nest order, and if there is a nest order, there is a monopoly and monopoly power.

Bait and switch!

As soon as Qin Haoming's words came out, the Dengzhou Guard School cheered, and even Shen Shouchong showed a knowing smile, as if he saw the wealth rolling in.

Why?

Because of Qin Haoming's power, the businessmen he supported had no problem getting nests in parts of Fujian and Guangzhou.

In this way, they can take a small amount of salt from the local salt works and sell large quantities of salt from their own salt works.

"Governor Qin, when the last general goes back, he will gather the military households who used to boil salt and do a big job. It's all old brothers, reliable! ”

"Yes, there is an old man in the last general's guard, who was the head of the Dengzhou salt factory, and he is extremely familiar with the salt making process.

Due to the plundering and burning of Kong Youde's rebels, the Dengzhou salt works were destroyed, and he had to wander to Laizhou. After hearing that Qin Governor came, life got better, and their family came back again, avoiding the fate of starving to death on the streets. ”

"Governor Qin, the last general can mobilize the soldiers to go out and sell salt......"

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The generals are gearing up and offering advice one after another, trying to play their part in it, so that they will not be abandoned.

The sunlight shone through the windowsill and spread on the body of the generals who were happily talking about it in the room, but Qin Haoming was deep in thought.

Needless to say, compared with everyone's focus on the production of salt, Qin Haoming thinks more about where to sell salt in order to get more profits?

How much salt mill needs to be built to meet the demand for both concealed and stable markets?

In his plans, first of all, the Mongols, Lin Hu and Li San had established close relations with many steppe heads through opium.

Moreover, in the Mongolian provinces, there is no need for a salt introduction system, and it is purely a transaction of paying money with one hand and delivering goods with the other.

Alternatively, bartering with salt is also a good option, their horses, which are very much needed by themselves. In addition, cattle and sheep are in the Ming Dynasty, which is short of food, which is also a good way to replenish the body of soldiers.

In this way, the sea salt produced by Dengzhou Wei does not need salt to lead the nest, and there is a hidden and reliable sales channel, which can be shipped in large quantities.

Now on the market, the purchase price of one hundred and twenty catties of illicit salt is three coins of silver.

In order to crack down on their opponents and collect more abundant salt, many dealers who bought smuggled salt secretly mentioned five or even six dollars of silver.

Of course, it is impossible for the smugglers to make a loss-making deal. As soon as they change hands, the profits will be doubled. If it is shipped to certain salt-deficient areas, it is possible to increase the profit tenfold.

Rather than this, it is better to make the profits yourself.

As for the risk of smuggling with the Mongolian tribes, Qin Haoming scoffed, and he was confident that he still had influence in Xuanda.

Qin Haoming believed that if he could really traffic the sea salt produced in Dengzhou to the Mongolian tribes over a long distance, it would be absolutely no problem to sell seven taels or eight taels of silver per load of salt.

The Mongolian steppe, including slaves, had a total population of about a million.

If 300,000 taels of salt can be shipped every year, at the price of eight taels per load, and the transportation costs are removed, even if there is only a net profit of five taels per load, it will be a huge profit of 1.5 million taels of silver a year.

In this way, the output of Dengzhou Weiyan Farm must reach at least four million catties to meet sales.

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