"A thousand stones?"

Hearing this, the uncle next to him couldn't help but smack his tongue and said: "Doesn't that mean that the salt making workshops in various places, in addition to other costs and labor costs, can add a hundred gold in tax revenue to the treasury with pure profits alone?" ”

Qingji didn't know what the concept of salt in this thousand stones was before.

But after hearing Bo Yan say this, after 1,000 stone of salt is equal to 100 gold, how can this not make people's hearts bloom?

No wonder the salt industry is profiteering, it seems that it is really similar to robbery!

Where is this table salt for white flowers?

It's clearly Huang Cancan's gold!

100 gold a day, 10 gold a day, 40,000 gold a year!

Coupled with the salt workshops in various places, just the salt alone, Wu Guo can generate at least 60,000 gold every year!

This is still a conservative estimate!

Qingji bowed slightly: "In the past, most of the salt market was monopolized by the salt merchants of Qi State. ”

"There are many coastal areas of the Qi people, so there are countless salt-making workshops, which are not comparable to my Wu country."

"However, the current state of Wu is no longer what it used to be. According to the opinion of the widow, my Wu State can completely replace the Qi State at this time and monopolize the entire salt market! ”

"My lord, what do you say?"

The ministers asked suspiciously.

"Although there are sea salt, well salt, and salt lakes, most of the salt is coarse salt, its taste is bitter, its color is gray, and the particles are not large enough."

"However, now my Wu country is using this reclamation and drying salt method, and the salt particles produced by the reclamation and drying salt production method are full, and its taste is salty enough without bitterness, and the color is snow-white, which can be called refined salt!"

"Second and third sons, which is better or worse between coarse salt and refined salt?"

Naturally refined salt!

As soon as Qingji said this, everyone present suddenly realized.

Since ancient times, there has been no such thing as coarse salt and refined salt, because the salt produced by both the decoction and sun drying methods is very similar, and there is almost no difference.

However, through the invention of Qingji, this kind of reclamation and drying salt method, the refined salt with larger particles, snow-white color and removal of bitterness began to appear.

Compared with the table salt in the past, of course, refined salt is more valuable!

Shi Fan Li immediately said: "The king, the minister thinks that he should produce refined salt in large quantities through this method of reclamation and pouring!" ”

"Then raise the price of refined salt! In the past, the salt of thirty yuan and one stone, the refined salt of my Wu Kingdom can be sold for sixty yuan, or even six hundred yuan! It's not even too much to have two gold and one stone of refined salt! ”

Profiteer! Absolute profiteers!

Qingji glanced at Fan Li strangely.

Are you sure Fan Li is not an authentic businessman?

However, Fan Li in history is indeed respected by later generations as the God of Wealth, the Saint of Commerce, and the ancestor of Commerce, and many businessmen worship his statues and portraits.

Doing business, Fan Li is the originator level of existence!

"No."

Qingji had his own considerations, so he rejected Fan Li's proposal.

Qingji waved his hand and said: "I, Wu State, use the method of reclamation and drying to make salt, and make this kind of refined salt, not only to increase the income of the national treasury, but also to benefit the people. ”

"The original intention of the widow is to let more people eat the salt they need, how can we increase the price of refined salt?"

As the price of refined salt increases, Wu's fiscal revenue will certainly increase a lot.

Because no matter how expensive refined salt is, there will always be the first person to eat crabs, and there is no shortage of such wealthy aristocratic gentry in this era, who don't care how expensive things are.

On the contrary, those ministers and doctors, the nobles who are high in the sky think that the more precious and different things can bring out their noble status!

However, Qingji also hoped that the toiling masses of Wu would be able to eat this refined salt.

Now the treasury of Wu State is not short of this money, but some of the millions of Li Shu at the bottom do not even have enough salt to eat.

On the contrary, Wu Guo also raised the price of salt, do you want people to live?

Qingji has his own considerations.

This time, he used this method of reclamation and drying to make salt in large quantities, and he not only used it to increase the income of the national treasury, but also to win the hearts of the people, and also to economically overwhelm the Qi State, which relied on the abundant treasury of the salt and iron business!

"The king wants to lower the price of salt?"

"Not bad."

Qingji bowed slightly: "Salt is a thing, and everyone has two meals a day. ”

"If the price of refined salt is so high that Li Shu can't afford it, how much income can only be increased if only those dignitaries buy it?"

"There is a lot of difference in the ratio between the two, which cannot be ignored."

"What the king said is very true."

Fan Li said: "However, the king, if it is only to meet the needs of Li Shu and not to add more financial revenue to the national treasury, I am afraid that my Wu State will not be able to monopolize the entire salt market." ”

Hearing this, Qingji chuckled and said, "Fan Li, the widow asked you, one refined salt and one coarse salt, if you had to choose, which would you buy?" ”

"Naturally it's refined salt."

That's exactly what happened. Nowadays, most of the salt on the market comes from the Qi country, and the Qi country itself made a fortune by relying on the profits of salt and iron. ”

"Now the salt production conditions of my Wu State are not much worse than those of Qi State, and with this reclamation and drying salt production method, it can not only produce salt in large quantities, but also produce high quality salt."

"In this way, people from all countries will naturally rush to Wu to buy refined salt, instead of going to Qi to buy coarse salt from Qi people!"

Hearing this, Fan Li suddenly realized: "The king not only wants to monopolize the entire salt market, but also to attack the salt market of Qi State?" ”

"Yes, yes."

Qingji said slowly: "This reclamation and drying method of salt production must be in my own hands and not known to the outside world!" ”

"From now on, the widows will establish four large-scale salt farms in Nanwu, Huiji, Yancheng, and Jinyi, and all the refined salt of Wu will come out from here. Fan Li! ”

"The minister is here!" Fan Li immediately stood up.

"The scale of the salt works will continue to expand, and you will need to recruit more people, and you will be in charge of everything."

Qing Ji said earnestly: "Remember, you must find a reliable old Wu person, anyone who is a salt worker, must move his family to the vicinity of the salt field, if there are no special circumstances and warrants, it is strictly forbidden to go out without permission." ”

"No!"

Qingji said in a deep voice: "The method of reclamation and drying can only be in the hands of my Wu State!" ”

"In addition, the widow will also order a new decree to prohibit the smuggling of refined salt, and the price of refined salt in the market must be unified and clearly marked."

"The widow will also send troops to be stationed on one side of each salt farm, and idlers and others are forbidden to enter the salt works."

"The king is wise!"

Fan Li, Bo Yan and others all expressed their sincerity and convincing Qingji, and shouted busily.

The salt industry was originally a profiteering industry, and the emergence of the method of reclamation and drying of salt will further promote the development of the salt industry, and can also stimulate the economy of the Qin State and hit a country like Qi that lives on the salt and iron business.

For example, things that benefit the world, such as Quyuan plough and papermaking, Qingji does not mind promoting these things, and it is understandable for Li Shu of other countries to follow suit.

However, the method of cultivating furrows and drying to make salt, which is the secret weapon of Wu to develop the economy and increase the country's financial revenue, must not be allowed to be peeped in!

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