Chapter 177: Salt Profiteering

Although Li Yonghe is not a hardcore ally, in this matter, Zhao Yu still believes that Li Yonghe will help him. After all, in a certain respect, the two of them are grasshoppers on a rope, and they are not treated by traditional scholars.

However, Zhao Yu is more aware of one thing, that is, he must solve the problem of 'employment' of displaced people. Originally, this problem was easy to solve, and that was to become a tenant of a large landowner.

It's just that not everyone wants to become a tenant, and although the tenant is not a private slave, with this status, the social status will not be high. The famous Yue Fei was born as a tenant and was a tenant of the Han family in Xiangzhou, Hebei. In the future, even if he becomes a big official, when he meets someone from the Han family, he has to take the lead in saluting, maybe this person is just a prodigal son with no official position and no position.

At present, there are about 170,000 or 80,000 such refugees in the area of Jingdong East Road.

The big ones were also annoyed that the refugees were so uninformed and raised taxes on the new tenants. Originally, the tax tax ranged from 30% to 30% according to the fertility of the field, but now as a tenant, you have to pay at least 40% of the tax, and you don't like to have sex. This is a kind of defense of the interests of all large landowners, and of course this must be based on the exploitation of refugees.

And what industry can absorb these 1780,000 people?

Of course, it is not to say that 1780,000 jobs will be provided, and the economy of the Song Dynasty is still relatively monotonous. As long as the men in the family find a job, the women will weave cloth at home or work part-time jobs elsewhere to support the family, so Zhao Yu actually only needs to provide 60,000 or 70,000 yuan, or even less.

And what is most famous in modern Shandong?

Zhao Yu thought about it, and thought of the gold mine! Shandong's gold mines rank first in the country in modern times, in fact, now in the Song Dynasty, the number of gold mines in Shandong is also considerable, there are thirteen! However, it is not under the control of Zhao Yu, and is directly under the jurisdiction of the three envoys and the royal family.

Zhao Yu didn't expect this gold to go into his pocket, but he believed that if he could find the gold, Song Renzong and the third envoy Cheng Lin would definitely be grateful to him, and this would be enough!

"Someone come and get a map of Jingdong East Road!" Zhao Yu shouted.

Gongsun Xuanxu and Qian Yanyuan both looked at each other, and they didn't understand what Zhao Yu wanted to do.

The map was quickly picked up by the soldiers, and the ancient maps were very abstract, but they were enough for Zhao Yu to find the gold mine. Zhaoyuan! Zhao Yu remembers that the Zhaoyuan gold mine was the largest gold mine in Shandong, and now the Zhaoyuan gold mine is not being developed on a large scale, but there is already a small gold mine there.

For this reason, in the mountains, modern Zhaoyuan already has some people, and there is a small town there, Luofeng Town.

"Immediately send craftsmen to the area of Luofeng Town to explore the ore veins! By the way, don't use the traditional chisel, bring some gunpowder and fry! Zhao Yu commanded.

"Gunpowder? Is that okay? Gongsun Xuanxu disagreed with this, as a Taoist priest, he knew a lot about the gunpowder made by alchemy.

Zhao Yu smiled confidently and said, "Ordinary gunpowder is naturally not easy to use!" I have a new recipe here, huh! It's up to Gongsun Xuanxu to prepare it! ”

Gongsun Xuanxu thought for a while and said, "Can you invite a few Taoist friends to come to the poor Dao?" After all, it is quite troublesome to prepare for one person! ”

Zhao Yu nodded and said, "That's okay, but you need to pay attention to secrecy, and at the same time, you need to pay attention to the gunpowder preparation process......

Next, Zhao Yu said some matters to pay attention to, which are relatively basic. At first, Gongsun Xuanxu was still a little unimpressed, but when he listened to it, he heard the taste, and when he made a whole face, he wrote it down carefully.

Qian Yanyuan interjected: "Lord Wang, the gold mine can't be touched, can't be seen, and I don't know when I found it, far water can't quench my thirst!" ”

Zhao Yu was stunned, and then nodded thoughtfully. Truly! The gold mine thing, sometimes it's really cheating. You may not be able to find it for several years, but you kick a rock on the side of the road, maybe it's a dog's head gold. This gold mine really can't be too hopeful!

Qian Yanyuan brought up the old matter again and said, "Lord Wang, boil salt!" Since ancient times, the profit of salt and iron has been the most violent, and the Huainan salt matter has been decided, if the prince revives Qi salt, he can divide the north and south equally with Huaiyan! Divide things with anti-salt! ”

Zhao Yu was silent.

Qian Yanyuan took out a document in his arms and said, "Lord Wang, the lower officials have investigated the salt on the market, and the price of official salt ranges from forty-four to thirty-four wen, divided into three grades!" The upper one is forty-four dollars, the middle one is thirty-nine dollars, and the lower one is thirty-four dollars! And the Guangling Salt Service, where Qingzhou is located, buys salt from salt households for only four or three dollars a catty! As a result, many salt households fled, and there were officials arrested on weekdays, and now in the year of the catastrophe, there are less than three pavilions in ten pavilions of salt households. The prince only needs to restore the salt business, and he will get ten times the net profit! ”

Zhao Yu couldn't have imagined that this salt would be so profitable!

Suppose a person ingests three taels of salt a month (Song system, one catty and sixteen taels), and suppose that one million people on Jingdong East Road buy this salt to eat. Nearly 190,000 catties of salt will be consumed in a month! According to the lowest price, thirty-four wen a catty. You can get more than 6,300 yuan a month! Of course, it is really impossible to get so much when it is really sold, but in Zhao Yu's trouser pocket, there are about 4,000 guan to say the least!

The most important thing is the stability of this money income, people can not eat meat or drink anything, but they cannot eat salt! In a year, Zhao Yu should have an income of about 50,000 yuan. It is higher than the Zhao's Zhengdian and Da Song gaming income in Bianliang City!

Although the gaming income of the Great Song Dynasty is high, Zhao Yu no longer occupies sixty percent of the shares. Zhao Yu wisely sold some of his shares to get the support of some powerful people. And Song Renzong's equity has also increased to fifty percent! Zhao Yu still owns only about 150% of the shares!

In fact, after seeing the huge profits of the Great Song Dynasty gambling, if Zhao Yu is still unwise and retreats bravely, even Song Renzong is afraid that he can't help but attack Zhao Yu. After all, this money is terrifying! After the Bianliang Debate, the income of Da Song gambling has decreased, but there is no problem with ten or two hundred thousand yuan a year!

Gongsun Xuanxu suddenly interjected at this time: "Since the prince knows that this salt is so profitable, he should also know that it is not easy to interfere!" ”

Zhao Yu sensibly withdrew from greed, there was nothing wrong! This salt is so profitable, how can there be no one behind it? Touching him rashly, even if he is the king of Changsha, it is not easy to deal with! After all, the other party has been in business for so long.

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