Putting down the Zhongguan and Guogong more than 200 miles away, Li You stared at the old man in the second room a few more times, and said meaningfully: "I finally really understand why you are willing to spend a huge amount of money to ask for a concubine." ”

On the one hand, the amount of surplus salt sold is huge, and you can rest assured if you have a talisman, and on the other hand, it is more convenient to deal with those "partners" and have a relative of the imperial family, or you are not so inferior.

Jin Million observed his words and looks, and saw that after this cheap son-in-law heard the words of Zhongguan and Guogong, his expression was still as calm as a bamboo, and he muttered in his heart, how many hole cards did he not reveal?

"I'll tell you how high the sky is. But that's it, it's time for you to give an account, what is your business like? Otherwise, if you want me to reach out one day, I don't know how. Li You continued to interrogate.

Jin Million was silent for a while, and then spoke: "There are thirty salt farms in Lianghuai, and the rated total output is 500 million catties, more than 2 million yuan. Decades of conformism has not changed, and every year the two Huai Salt Transportation Divisions report and divide the next number of points. But now the actual output is far more than that, about seven or eight billion catties, and the extra two or three hundred million catties are surplus salt. ”

Li You nodded when he heard this, what he needed was such real first-hand data.

The planned output of 500 million catties is official salt, and the remaining salt is private salt to put it bluntly. The salt factory has ambassadors to supervise and manage the production of salt, and the output is strictly limited according to the system, and can only be produced according to the annual plan, and it is strictly forbidden to increase production without authorization.

However, it is obviously uncontrollable and forbidden to secretly increase production, and the ambassador of the salt farm may not be willing to strictly limit production according to the national policy, which is the biggest source of illegal salt.

"Of the two or three hundred million catties of surplus salt, the one that is trafficked by the old man is about 100 million catties per year."

This amount made Li You dumbfounded, and his expression, which had been calm, finally changed, but it made Jin Million secretly cool for some reason.

Master Li originally guessed that Mr. Jin secretly trafficked thousands of catties of illicit salt every year to earn tens of thousands of taels of silver, but he never expected him to make such a huge amount.

The salt production of the two Huai is half of the world, and according to this ratio, the output of private salt should also be half of the world. The illicit salt trafficked by Mr. Jin every year is calculated at 100 million catties, which is about one-fifth of the total amount of illicit salt in the world! This number is definitely the first salt lord in the world.

Li You felt his breath shortened, "How much do you profit every year?" ”

"When the origin is purchased, it is three cents per catty, and the wholesale price when it is shipped to the port ranges from eight or nine centimetres per catty..."

"A profit of 600,000 taels of silver a year!" Li You quickly calculated the result and continued to be dumbfounded. For private property, 600,000 taels per year is really unimaginable, and the private money of the Son of Heaven, who is known as wealthy, is said to be more than 1 million per year.

The last time Jin Million spent a lot of money, he used 500,000 taels to buy a place for a concubine, which had already shocked Li You and was speechless for a while. I didn't expect that this number is not the upper limit, and today I heard another 600,000 per year...

If an official like Lord Li is the head of Jiangdu County, if he pays attention to honesty and honesty, his income this year is almost one or two thousand, which is already a high income for ordinary people, and it is worthy of ordinary rich businessmen. But compared to 600,000 taels, it is really small and not worth mentioning.

However, since dealing with the salt merchants, especially since recognizing this cheap golden old man, Li You has become more and more numb to the amount of silver in tens of thousands, and will not make too much fuss as before.

"The account can't be counted like this, and the 600,000 that really goes to the old man is only about 100,000." Jin Million looked at his son-in-law's expression and smiled bitterly.

Where did the other hundreds of thousands of taels go to "Set Sail without Watermark"? Li You, who woke up, didn't ask in detail, but only quipped curiously: "This is just your income from trafficking in illicit salt, and your 70,000 yuan of official salt every year must earn at least 100,000 yuan." Honestly, what is the total annual income of your old man? Is there any 300,000 taels? ”…,

"Not so much!" Jin Million flatly denied it.

With the data in hand, Li You no longer continued to dig into the roots, and said, "Do you want to wash the white?" ”

"What is whitewashing?"

"Do you want to traffic surplus salt in the open?" Li Youlu said confusedly: "This official has a chance, don't say that he doesn't take care of his family..."

Jin Wanfeng said vigilantly: "Who are you talking to the old man for?" ”

Li You asked, "Do you know who Wu Guangen is in the draft?" ”

"You said it was Her Royal Highness the eldest princess of Guide."

Li Youpu said: "The official will tell you now, don't underestimate the female streamers." Guide Chitose has the edict of the former emperor in his hand, and he is the most powerful arm by his side today, and he has done most of the affairs in the palace. The pattern in her chest is very big, plotting the salt industry in the world, before the official arrived in Yangzhou, she had an explanation to the official. Therefore, this official can pull the strings and let you be a salt industry emperor under her hands, and serve the royal family openly and honestly for generations, so what is there to worry about the law! Isn't this much better than fooling around with some envoys, state officials, and lieutenant officials? ”

In the end, Li You said: "Speaking of the issue of Su Niang's entry into the palace, if both Guide Chitose and the Son of Heaven agree, then Su Niang's choice as a concubine is probably not a big problem, and she will not be bullied if she is taken care of by Guide Chitose." ”

This time, he was shocked by the grand plan designed by Li You, how the son-in-law's hole cards were endless, and he actually revealed another picture of the eldest princess of Guide, which made people almost unbelievable. He muttered, "If what you say is true, it is good." ”

Of course, Li You could see that Uncle Jin was really tempted. The temptation of a daughter as a concubine and the royal merchant family is definitely not something that ordinary businessmen can resist, let alone someone like Jin Million who needs to be whitewashed.

said that Mr. Jin was moved, and most of today's purpose was completed, and some follow-up actions can only be said when the Son of Heaven is on his southern tour. Otherwise, by himself, he would have fought guerrillas at most, and would not be able to fundamentally shake the existing pattern of interests in the salt industry.

I'm really looking forward to the southern tour, Li You thought to himself. If the eldest princess hadn't lost interest in the salt industry, she would have personally driven south, and the little boy doll who should be named Zhu Liu would also come over.

Before leaving, Li You told again: "You have to continue to work the matter of repairing the wedge, if the limelight is robbed by the Salt Transportation Division, where will the official's face go?" ”

For this request, Jin Million could only sigh.

Walking to the gate of the Golden Mansion, Master Li suddenly remembered a big problem, if the news of the southern tour spread, the Salt Transport Division is likely to continue to steal the limelight...

For the Gangshang who relied on Woben and Yanyin, the Salt Transport Division was the parent of food and clothing, and he, Lord Li, would be embarrassed by a few beatings at most, and he could not touch the root.

In other words, it was much more convenient for the Salt Transportation Division to ask the salt merchants for money than Lord Li, not to mention that the salt merchants were now very hostile to Lord Li.

If Lord Ding, the salt transport envoy, gathered all the salt merchants and raised millions of dollars to donate to the Son of Heaven's southern tour, wouldn't he steal the limelight from Li You? Based on the relevant historical experience of another time and space, this is quite possible...... The second update of the day for a small stride...... It's also the last update before the next seal push. Walk through and ask for various monthly passes!