Zheng Chenggong held the Four Seas Merchant House and made a huge fortune in maritime trade. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

More importantly, he also has a strong army in his hands, which controls the southern coastal areas, and he must rely on whether he goes north or south by sea.

Wang Tengsheng was worried about Wu Ziwei's recklessness, but now was not the time to pursue it, and calming Zheng Chenggong's anger was the most important thing.

Wang Tengsheng hurriedly said: "General, please calm your anger, Ziwei is also too anxious, so he is so reckless!" ”

Shen Yan also persuaded: "Yes, the general is angry, Ziwei is just anxious about the predicament at home to be so out of shape!" ”

Wu Ziwei also stood up and bowed respectfully and said: "The general atonements, the small one is only in a hurry, and he will offend the general!" ”

"Hmph, if it weren't for Mr. Shen and Mr. Wang's sake, I would have kicked you out!" Zheng Chenggong snorted and said.

Seeing that Zheng Chenggong no longer pursued it, Wang Tengsheng also took the opportunity to say: "General, although I am a little offended, what Ziwei said is true. Today's chaotic situation, as if it were the north, is full of war. Because of this, our salt cannot be shipped or sold. ”

"In this case, you don't have to sell it to the north, you can sell it to the south!" Zheng Chenggong said.

Wang Tengsheng said with a wry smile: "The general doesn't know, in addition to the two Huai salt farms in the south, there are also Guangdong tobacco, Fujian salt, well salt, etc., each with its own sales area, and it is not a last resort to dare to cross the border to sell." Due to the sunshine in the north and the Mongolian region, the salt gap is large, so the sale of Huai salt will be allowed. If there was no market in the north, Huai Salt would certainly not be able to support so many salt merchants. ”

Zheng Chenggong heard and pondered that he had always planned to wage an economic war with the Manchus to force the Qing army south in order to gain a geographical advantage.

Before, I wanted to use grain, tobacco, tea, etc., but now it seems that salt is also a good choice.

The ancient salt and iron monopoly system began with the "Guanshan Hai" policy proposed by the Guan Zhong of Qi in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the salt tax has been an important financial revenue of the Chinese dynasties since then.

At present, the Jianghuai region has caused serious harm to the Qing army, and the salt tax revenue has dropped sharply.

If you can help these salt merchants, you can not only hit the economy of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but also increase your income, which is a mutually beneficial choice.

However, these salt merchants relied on monopoly to lead the nest and reap huge profits.

If you have money but don't know how to give back to society, you will live a luxurious life and die of drunken dreams.

Now that I am in difficulty, I remember to ask the government for help.

Even if we need to bail them out in order to restore the market, we must not allow them to make huge profits.

Zheng Chenggong picked up the teacup and said slowly, "What's in it for me?" ”

Hearing Zheng Chenggong ask about the benefits, Wang Tengsheng knew that things had taken a turn for the better.

Before coming, Wang Tengsheng discussed it a few times.

If you want to ask Zheng Chenggong to send troops to escort you, it is absolutely impossible to do it in vain.

Wang Tengsheng said tentatively, "Taishi Zheng had a discussion in his early years, and each ship should be worth three thousand, I don't know what you think, general?" ”

Now the salt in the north has risen to four taels and one stone. They gave Zheng Chenggong three thousand taels, which was just a drop in the bucket. Therefore, the salt merchant gave Zheng Cheng three thousand taels, but he didn't blink an eye.

When Zheng Chenggong heard that a boat of three thousand taels, he said with a displeased face, "You want General Ben to send a boat to escort you north, but after Xuzhou, it will no longer be within the scope of General Ben's strength, and the risk of doing so is a little higher!" ”

Zheng Chenggong wants to increase the remuneration a little more, anyway, there is no supply of salt goods in the south now, even if there are Jin merchants involved in the sale, there are still many towns and villages in the north that lack salt, especially in Shaanxi, Gansu and other places in the mainland, and the price has soared.

As long as the salt goods are brought into the mainland, they can even be sold for five or six taels of stone.

These salt merchants have made huge profits, and they have to pull off a layer of skin themselves.

Wang Tengsheng said with a bitter face: "General, we are now short of capital turnover, and three thousand taels is our limit." ”

Zheng Chenggong said with a smile when he heard it: "Since you are in such a big predicament, you don't need to say anything about borrowing money to turn around." The Four Seas Firm will take the lead in purchasing your salt goods. Don't you have the funds? How does Mr. Wang feel? ”

When Wang Tengsheng heard that Zheng Chenggong was going to buy Huaiyan, he suddenly felt like he was lifting a stone to shoot himself in the foot.

Now the lack of salt in the north is dying, and the price is also one price a day.

Yangzhou salt merchants waited to sell salt to the north and make a fortune.

At that time, not only can you pay off the arrears, but you can also have a good surplus of money to continue to operate.

Now Zheng Chenggong wants to buy Huaiyan and is ready to do it himself.

What about Yangzhou salt merchants? Selling salt to Zheng Chenggong at a high price?

Which salt merchant dared to shout a high price, but he was afraid that he would send troops to Zheng Chenggong to be strangled on the same day.

Wang Tengsheng didn't dare to agree at all, otherwise after he went back, he would definitely dig the ancestral grave for the Yangzhou salt merchants.

Seeing that Wang Tengsheng didn't speak, Zheng Chenggong suddenly sank his face and said, "What, don't you want to?" ”

Seeing Zheng Chenggong's gloomy face, Wang Tengsheng hurriedly said: "No, no, no, this matter is too big, and the small one has to go back and discuss it with others." ”

Zheng Chenggong said expressionlessly: "Oh, then it's better to hurry." Time waits for no one! ”

"Yes, yes, yes! The little one will go back and discuss with others and reply to the general as soon as possible! Wang Tengsheng nodded hurriedly and said.

Wang Tengsheng, Wu Ziwei, and Shen Yan walked out of Zheng's mansion and got into the carriage.

Wu Ziwei opened his mouth and complained: "General Zheng is too greedy, this is trying to intercept our wealth!" ”

The reason why salt merchants can make huge profits is that they have a monopoly on the sale of salt, and they can start the price arbitrarily.

That was Zheng Chenggong's purchase of salt and selling it himself. They don't dare to make random bids, where can they still make a profit.

Wang Tengsheng said: "Go back and discuss again!" ”

After speaking, he looked at Shen Yan, and Wu Ziwei suddenly understood when he saw it, and stopped talking.

Shen Yan accompanied Wang Tengsheng to Zheng Chenggong here, just to see the salt industry.

However, the Shen family was not engaged in salt trade before, and the sales channels had not yet been opened.

Yicheng's salt industry is only the future for the Shen family, and there is not much profit to be made now.

If you can exchange the salt industry with a meager profit to Zheng Chenggong's favor, such as making an internal response, you can secretly hand over the information of Yangzhou salt merchants to Zheng Chenggong.

Shen Yan definitely did it.

As long as the Shen family can be listed in Zheng Chenggong's heart, and his daughter can be corrected, are you afraid that there will be no way to make money in the future!

Wang Tengsheng saw that the Shen family did not have many business routes, and he wanted to take advantage of this to connect with Zheng Chenggong, so he dared to agree to Shen Yanyicheng's salt industry.

Otherwise, although the salt industry is not profitable now, as long as the channels are opened, it is a profitable business. (To be continued.) )