Chapter 787: Unhappy Breakup

In contrast, within the territory of the Ming Dynasty, from east to west, the price curve is on an upward slope, all the way up. Across the Yellow River, the price of salt can be ten times worse. The retail price of coarse salt in Jinan is five jiao, and the price of opening is fifty wen (five yuan). The huge price gap and the flood of illegal salt are almost inevitable, and those who take risks for the sake of profit are repeatedly banned.

The same is salt, as long as it is the price that flows out of official channels, no matter what the purchase price is, the price of selling it cannot be cheaper. It is normal for officials and businessmen to collude, sit on the ground and raise prices, and do not care about the lives of the people at all.

The current situation of the salt market in Daming is such a situation, Chen Xie is not a god, he can extend the bank's tentacles to every large and medium-sized city in Daming, but he cannot unify the price of salt in the country. The only thing that can be done is salt production on the southeast coast, and through guò's own powerful production, it will squeeze others out of the industry.

The production of salt is controlled, but the retail price cannot be controlled after it is sold. Overall, the price of salt in Daming is thirty percent lower than before, which can be regarded as Chen Xie's contribution to the people of Daming.

Salt has always been an official business, but after Chen Xie's rise, he gradually squeezed the official power out of the production link. Even for a few guys who don't know whether they are alive or dead, they also use violent means to evaporate the world. In the end, the production of salt was completely out of the control of the imperial court. Salt induces this thing, and it has no effect at all in the place of production.

Of course, the tax that should be paid is also a lot, but the problem is that there are so many people in this interest that there are too many people who look at it. Yang Tinglin stood up on behalf of the cabinet and a class, and the purpose of mentioning salt was clear at a glance, that is, this piece of fat meat could not be eaten alone.

Don't think about it when you return to the past state, Chen Xie will definitely not buy it. Such a big benefit. It was enough for Chen Xie to rebel. But we can't watch Chen Xie control all the bulk salt production, this matter must be talked about by everyone.

Yang Tinglin mentioned the issue of salt, and Chen Xie was also quite sad, the Ming Dynasty is not a socialist China, and the state has little binding force on salt merchants (interest groups). After the Yangzhou assassination, the salt merchants of Lianghuai were hit hard. The collapse of various salt factories is a super earthquake in the salt production industry of Daming.

Chen Xie's original intention was not to make a unified price of salt across the country, this idea is very beautiful, but the reality in Daming is very skinny. Without a strong state agency and the salt company, the retail price of salt is simply not controllable.

"What do you say?" Chen Xie sat up straight, his eyes flickering, and his eyes released chills everywhere. Chen Xie doesn't really care about salt, as long as he ensures that his industrial salt is almost the same. But this idea cannot be said to the public. The original intention of opening a salt factory in Dengzhou and the current situation are not the same. Chen Xie didn't care much about the swallowing of the salt field into the city, and the people below were very consciously invested in the face of huge interests. To put it mildly, Chen Xie didn't even care about how much input the salt field made every year, and he didn't expect Yang Tinglin to mention this matter.

"The cabinet can fully cooperate with the customs, but the salt trade is a part. Please also ask Sihua to raise his noble hand and return it to the household department. Yang Tinglin still habitually mentions the "household department". Chen Xie understood what he meant, stood up quietly, and made a gesture of embarrassment. The scene was silent, Chen Xie seemed to be thinking, and it took a long time to reach out and pull the rope behind him, and the door opened. It was Ah Xi who came in. Chen Xie said lightly: "The person in charge of the salt piece called over. ”

The office around Chen Xie is similar to a small cabinet organization, and there are people in charge of various industries. Soon a fat man named Sheng Song was led in, and after entering the door, he saw Chen Xie subconsciously want to kneel, and immediately reacted. He bowed and said, "Grandpa, the small Sheng Song, the salt industry is temporarily led by the small one." ”

In front of Yang Tinglin, Chen Xie said lightly: "You can briefly introduce the procedure from production to sales of salt." ”

Sheng Song's face was also calm, and he raised his body and said, "Back to Grandpa, all the salt farms are easy to say, and they are all done by their own people." In this part of sales, the local government and the joint firm have always cooperated, and the profits obtained are divided fifty-fifty. This rule has been like this since my grandfather opened up the Dengzhou Salt Farm, and no one dares to change it. As for the small ones and their subordinates, it is a liaison and supervision role, and the major salt factories send a few people there to ensure that the industrial salt is the main task. ”

Chen Xie left this matter behind 800 years ago, and he did this in order to launch the officialdom of Laden Prefecture and even Shandong. Later, with the development of the chemical industry, the industrial production of alkaline noodles required a large amount of coarse salt, and the salt had always been left unmanaged, casually left to the people below to be responsible, and was included in a department in the staff team in charge. To put it mildly, Sheng Song is in the office of this institution, and he is simply a sesame grain of storage. Compared with the office in charge of finance and other fields, the salt industry has almost zero sense of savings.

After Chen Xie heard what Sheng Song said, he immediately realized that there were a lot of problems in this. For a long time, the office of his own office has not included the sale of salt into the system. In the case of table salt, in fact, the accusers are still two women in Dengzhou. After reacting to this, Chen Xie immediately had a headache.

"Go down!" Raising his hand to send Sheng Song away, Chen Xie glanced at the other side, Yang Tinglin had been listening carefully, his face was very calm, and his heart was extremely disdainful, and the meaning of "you are really a good actor" in his eyes was obviously not obvious.

To tell the truth, Chen Xie didn't expect two women to make such a big deal, and Chen Xie, who was used to being the shopkeeper, felt that it was necessary to understand this matter carefully before speaking. When Sheng Song went out, the door was also closed. Chen Xie sighed and said, "I can't talk about this matter carefully now." ”

Yang Tinglin didn't expect to achieve his goal at once, Chen Xie relented, just talk. Anyway, the salt field has not paid less taxes, and the key point is to share the profits and restore the role of the salt introduction, not like now, after the salt introduction is released, it is simply a team of waste paper that wipes the buttocks.

"Sihua, Yang is not secretive, open the skylight and say bright words, salt can be sold jointly, but the profit must be half of the imperial court." Yang Tinglin felt that he had made a big concession, or at least it sounded. In fact, he knew very well in his heart that this was nonsense. The old system of salt introduction existed in name only, and the trade in salt was simply the domain of smugglers and local tyrants. Officials everywhere, driven by huge interests, will not hand over vested interests at all. Chen Xie's side is a little better, basically except for his own territory, it doesn't matter how to sell the salt after it goes out.

The problem is that the cabinet is very jealous, what if Chen Xie's intention is here? Who knows if there is Chen Xie's gun behind those sitting tigers? To put it mildly, who doesn't know that the current salt buying and selling is a business of the Chen family? Although the team has been constantly dividing into various branches, it is also constantly growing.

"Say it again! Anyway, there's no hurry. Chen Xie ended the topic, Yang Tinglin stood up unhappily, and arched his hand: "Okay, you don't have to serve tea to send guests, Yang is consciously tight." Saying that, he gave up his hand and left, and before leaving, he gave Chen Xie a look on his face, which was deliberate. The real purpose, Yang Tinglin can still feel Chen Xie's unnaturalness, thinking that this thing is guilty. The official business of the Ming Dynasty, one iron and one salt, now these two industries, who dares not to look at Chen's face. To put it mildly, Chen's iron is cheap and makes people want to go crazy, and there is no opponent at all, okay? How many folk pig iron workshops have to count on Chen's iron price not to be too low. As for steel, hehehe, is there still steel on the market that is not produced by Chen's Steel?

Yang Tinglin, who walked to the door, turned around and said: "Sihua, don't go too far in everything, salt and iron are related to national glory." The word "salt and iron" is very heavy, and a fool can hear it, Yang Tinglin is venting his dissatisfaction. When the country is suffering from external and internal strife, many things can be put aside, and when peace comes, the overall situation is already difficult to shake. In the past, I didn't dare to restore the sale of salt and iron in the name of the state, but it doesn't mean that I don't dare now. The stakes are too great to take risks.

From Yang Tinglin's point of view, the matter of the sale of salt and iron officials must regain the initiative. At least you have to participate in it, the previous salt and iron production is now incomparable, even if you can only take a small bite from it, you can earn more than in the past.

Of course, Chen Xie didn't eat his set, and immediately said unhurriedly to his back: "If I hand it over to you, the people will have to eat a hundred wen and a pound of salt, and if I hand it over to you, the officers and soldiers will have to use rifles that blow up frequently." Isn't it good to collect some taxes with peace of mind? Do you have to do nothing? This is hard to say, because it is true. Not to mention other places, the price of salt in Zhili, during the years of the first emperor, was 100 wen a catty. The common people can't afford to eat salt, and this is not a fantasy story, it is a disaster that has happened in the past. The army of the Ming Dynasty once refused to use firearms, which is not a joke.

"Okay, Yang will wait here for half a month to see what else you have to say."

The negotiations broke up unhappily, and Yang Tinglin, who was determined to be kraft candy, did not change strategy, but stalked him.

Chen Xie sighed, didn't mean to send him, but looked outside the station, the king of Joseon had been waiting for half an hour. If it weren't for Yang Tinglin's beard, Chen Xie's plan would be to meet his son as soon as possible.

didn't wait for Chen Chengen to come in, but waited for Li Yingji, who was dressed in a Daming dress, to arrive first, this woman did not follow to Japan, and has been assisting her son in Pyongyang to be his king of Korea. This will be standing at the door of the car, staring at Li Xiang who appeared in the door, and obediently lowered his head to let another person stand in front.

"If it's my sister, why are you waiting here?" Li Xiang saw Liu Ruis and was inexplicably panicked, this is her predecessor! (To be continued......)