"Although the price of salt is low, it is a daily necessity for the people, ordinary people do not eat salt for a few days, not only tasteless, but also weak limbs and weak body. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Chang Yu said calmly:

"Most of the salt in Xiaowei is produced in the East China Sea of Qi State, but now, Qi State has been mired in war, and the route of salt supply to Wei Guo has been interrupted for a long time. However, due to the fact that Weiguo has a lot of salt reserves, and there is also some private salt supply in the hinterland, there is at least a few months of supply of salt in Weiguo, and no one in the whole country is worried about a sudden shortage of salt. ”

"What does Brother Chang mean is that we are going to make the salt shortage of Weiguo?" Mao Er's eyes rolled and he thought of the key point.

"That's right!" Chang Yu glanced at everyone, nodded and said, "What we want to do is to manipulate the salt market of the country!" ”

Mao Er seemed to understand a little, but he still couldn't figure out the details, and asked again, "However, we don't have experience in this area, how can we do it?" ”

The corners of Chang Yu's mouth raised a confident smile, if you talk about these little tricks to manipulate the market, I was born in an economic class, but I have thousands of years of knowledge, and I am naturally different from the rookies in these novice villages.

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"If you want to manipulate the market of Weiguo salt, it is easy to say, but it is difficult to say."

"First of all, we have to buy out all the illegal salt in the city, including the salt goods in the hands of foreign and domestic salt sellers, regardless of the price. As long as we concentrate all the salt goods in our hands and hoard them for a month, within this month, let the people in the city have no salt to use, no salt to buy, and when the salt in the people's homes is eaten up, it will inevitably cause a panic atmosphere, and the people will rush to buy salt, and the price of salt will naturally rise rapidly. ”

"When the traders in the city saw the high price of salt, they must have hurried to the inland salt fields to buy goods, and at this time of scarcity. We took the opportunity to empty all the salt goods and reap the benefits of price increases. Because the people in the city have been out of salt for a long time, they are terrified. The forces will buy a few months' worth of salt and hoard it at home, and most of the salt we bought before will definitely be sold. ”

Chang Yu's method of buying out illicit salt is feasible. It is precisely because of the emergence of the ancient "private salt official camp" system that it was still in the late Qin and early Han dynasties.

During the Warring States Period, the private salt official camp also appeared once, when Guan Zhong served as the minister of Qi, but since Guan Zhong's death, because of the conflict of interest, the salt business has once again fallen into the private merchants. Other countries are not directly involved in the operation of salt goods, let alone Xiaoweiguo.

Warring States period. The situation of private salt and iron still accounts for the majority, and this is why there will be rich people like Yidun and Zhuo's who make a fortune by operating salt and iron.

When everyone heard Chang Yu say, their eyes lit up, and they all fell into contemplation.

Zhan Zhi reacted the most flexibly, and with a turn of his mind, he hurriedly asked, "Big brother, although your method sounds good." But buying out the smuggled salt in the city and then selling it to the vendors is not as simple as me stealing something, it's a huge project! ”

Chang Yu nodded. agreed, "Yes, to accomplish this, it is necessary not only to have careful arrangements, but also to be good at using the hearts of the people. There are three links that are particularly crucial! ”

"Which three links?" Zhan asked eagerly, and everyone also looked at Chang Yu suspiciously.

Chang Yu's face turned gloomy, he smiled weirdly, beckoned everyone's ears to him, and said softly, "This first key node is to conduct an overall investigation of the market, including three aspects, namely: the amount of salt required by the people in the city for three months, the total amount of salt currently sold in various stores in the city, and the total amount of salt imported from all over the city to the vendors in the city every month. When these three are counted, we can know how much money we need to invest, which is the first part of the whole plan. ”

Everyone has heard of any market research, and their brains are swollen for a while.

"How can you estimate the amount of salt used by the people in the city?" Mao Da broke the silence and asked.

Speaking of this, but physics and mathematics problems, Chang Yu took out a dagger from his arms and gestured on the table:

"1 bucket is 10 buckets, 1 bucket is 10 liters, and 1 liter is roughly 1.5 kilograms of salt. The amount of salt consumed per person per day is roughly 8 grams, and the amount of salt used in a day for a family of six is roughly 50 grams, and the amount of salt consumed in a month is roughly 1500 grams, that is, 1.5 kilograms, which is exactly 1 liter. In the entire Xiaowei country, there are nearly 300,000 people, a total of 50,000 households, and the amount of salt used in a month is roughly 50,000 liters, that is, 500 Hu, plus the salt used in the homes of restaurants and magnates in various places, far exceeding ordinary people, and the amount of salt used in the whole Weiguo for a month is nearly 1,000 Hu. ”

"Xiaowei's domestic salt, most of which is produced in the East China Sea of Qi State, is currently sold at a price of roughly 500 yuan, and 1,000 yuan is a total of 500,000 yuan. 1 gold is 10 silver, 1 silver is 1,000 yuan, 1 gold is 10,000 yuan, and 50 gold is needed to buy 1 month of salt for Xiaoweiguo. ”

This account, Chang Yu had already calculated in his heart, and when he said it, he would naturally zipline.

But everyone stared at the formula carved out on the table, back and forth, addition and subtraction, but they were confused and looked at Chang Yu in surprise.

Chang Yu thought about it in his heart, and said, "To put it simply, to buy out the salt of Weiguo for three months, it needs 150 gold, and if you want to buy out the salt goods in the hands of the traders who sell salt to Weiguo every month, and control all the private salt of Weiguo, you need to double it again, a total of 300 gold, and if you want to hire some more people and rent a warehouse, it will take nearly 400 gold." ”

"If the first link is preparation, then the second link is not the procurement and sale of salt?" Zhan Zhi asked again.

"Exactly!" Chang Yu nodded, "This is also the most important part of the whole plan. When to buy and when to sell, we need to carefully design, specific plans, and I will tell you when the preparations are done. ”

Seeing that Chang Yu had sold here, Zhan Yu thought of something else, and asked, "However, if we don't sell some of the private salt by then, won't we lose money?" ”

Chang Yu said with a smile, "If you can't sell the private salt, we'll sell it to the traders!" ”

"Sell it to a vendor?!" Zhan's eyes widened, a little incredulous.

"That's right! That's the third part of the whole plan. Due to the war in Qi country, it is difficult for traders to pick up goods in Qi country nearby, but if you want to go back and forth between Weiguo and inland salt land, it takes at least two or three months to go back and forth. The rest of the salt goods, we are at the border of the country, pretending to be salt merchants. Sold at half the price in the city, sold to the merchants, who of the merchants of that time did not rush to grab? Chang Yu said unhurriedly.

"That's right! How could I not have thought of it! He slapped his head. He stroked his palms and laughed, and began to dream, "If we buy out all the salt in the city, how much will we sell it at that time?" ”

"Ten times!" Chang Yu said categorically.

"Ten times?!" The crowd was surprised again, "If it is sold for ten times the price." Won't we be able to earn 3,000 gold?! ”

Seeing everyone's surprised expressions, Chang Yu had already concluded in his heart that these brothers who killed people and took rewards were definitely not the material for business.

Later generations of shareholders made hundreds or hundreds of times the price difference in the stock market, and that did not make these people lose their eyes.

Chang Yu found that among the crowd, only Peng Gaoyang frowned.

Peng Gaoyang was born poor and generous-hearted, Chang Yu certainly knew this method of raising prices, which made Peng Gaoyang unbearable, so he said. "Although this method of making a windfall will harm the interests of the people, the good thing is that the price of salt itself is not high, and it is not like grain, which requires a big bowl to eat at a time, so although we get huge profits from it, it will not greatly increase the cost of living for the people."

Peng Gaoyang listened, looked up at Chang Yu, and then realized that Chang Yu said this. It was just to say it to himself, and his heart was wide and he expressed his support for Chang Yu's approach.

In Zhan Yuan's heart, there are already one hundred and twenty plans to support Chang Yu. A little excited, "Big brother, what do you need us to do?" ”

"Brother Chang is worthy of being a native of Guigumen!" The three Mao brothers also responded in unison, "Please give orders from Brother Chang!" ”

Chang Yu shared the "Mixed Yuan Five Elements Needle" with everyone, which has already convinced everyone's hearts, and now he has proposed such a big plan that everyone expected. Everyone has a united direction, and the status of Chang Yu's main backbone has been deepened in the hearts of everyone.

Chang Yu muttered, "There are still two problems to be solved at the moment, one is that we are seriously understaffed, and the other problem is the three hundred gold that we are short of. The business of man can be hired from all over the place, and the more ordinary the people, the more conducive to the secrecy of our actions. ”

"Leave the matter of hiring labor to me and the three Mao brothers!" Zhan Wei stood up and took the initiative to take the initiative, "When we gather enough manpower and prepare the warehouse, we will start to purchase salt goods when the eldest brother gives an order." ”

Chang Yu nodded and agreed, this matter is the most labor-intensive, and it is borne by the four people including Zhan Nao, of course, it is the best, the three Mao brothers have always been the only ones who look forward to it.

"Big brother, the three hundred gold ......"

Zhan Zhi opened his mouth to speak, but was interrupted by Chang Yu, who reminded Zhan Jiao, "What Brother Peng said just now makes sense, the mansions are heavily guarded, and it is really not appropriate to steal anymore." ”

"Hey, okay......" Rubbing his chin, he smiled embarrassedly.

Chang Yu had two peerless beauties in his heart, and immediately had an idea, so he said to everyone, "I'll figure out the matter of three hundred gold!" ”

Chang Yu said, and then refined the plan with everyone, and said with satisfaction, "I have explained to the head of the horse sect that we will rest for a period of time in the near future, and will no longer undertake tasks, you will act separately during the day, and meet at night, and I will implement the mixed yuan five elements needle for everyone every night to help everyone improve their cultivation!" ”

The crowd was overjoyed and loudly promised.

"Brother Chang, what do you need me to do?" Peng Gaoyang questioned, now he is the only one left without arrangement.

Of course, Chang Yu will not leave Peng Gaoyang behind, and he is sure that there is something important for him to do, which is also a question that has always been in Chang Yu's heart.

"Brother Peng, I hope Brother Peng will continue to investigate the matter, this is related to the safety of our brothers, and it is far more important than the silver taels we earned today." Chang Yu said.

Peng Gaoyang nodded, "Okay, this matter is on me!" ”

Chang Yu originally wanted to find someone to look around for Liu Ruyin's whereabouts, but only to find that he had no manpower available, so he could only put the matter on hold for the time being.

After Chang Yu finished arranging, he said to everyone, "Then there are brothers Lao!" ”

As soon as the words fell, there was a rough roar outside the courtyard, and everyone could clearly feel it, and the spittle stars mixed with this roar almost flew into the house:

"Grandma, a bear! Didn't you say that Chang Boy is back? Where did the death go?! (To be continued.) )