Chapter 52: Making money
"Xiao He, how much money is still in my son's account?"
In the evening, Ying Changsheng was in the palace and asked Xiao He, who had returned from outside the city.
Xiao He's ability to coordinate finances is quite large, so after Ying Changsheng took him under his command, he handed over all the finances of his family to Xiao He to deal with.
"Back to the nineteenth son, now on the books, there are more than 3,000 yuan!"
"More than 3,000 yuan, it's not too much!"
Ying Changsheng sighed with emotion and muttered again.
"Yes, Nineteen Sons, more than three thousand yuan, for ordinary people, it is a lot of income, but for Nineteen Sons, this money is really not much!"
Xiao He said, Ying Changsheng nodded, and then asked.
"Xiao He, my son plans to get some money to spend, I don't know what you think?"
"What do you mean by Nineteen Princes?"
Xiao He frowned and asked Ying Changsheng.
"I want to earn some silver, and I ask you, now that I am Daqin, what is the price of salt?"
"The price of salt is probably stable, not expensive......"
Xiao He thought about it for a while and explained.
"However, cheap is cheap, but this kind of crude salt tastes bitter and astringent, and there are a lot of impurities in it."
"Probably, it costs ten and a half taels per catty!"
"Where does all this salt come from?"
Win Changsheng asked Xiao He, who thought about it for a while and said.
"Most of the salt in Kanto is produced in the land of Duoqi, and the salt in Guanzhong is mostly produced in the salt fields in the north......"
"Qi domestic salt?"
Ying Changsheng was a little surprised, and Xiao He also explained to him.
"The nineteen princes don't know, the original Qi country, among the six countries, was the richest man, purely because, at the beginning of the establishment of the Qi country, Guan Zhong set a rule, boiling the sea for salt, and selling salt made the Qi country extremely rich and ......."
"Today, although my Daqin dominates the world, the local people are still on the seaside, boiling the sea for salt, and the salt obtained is also sold to all over the country......
"I see!"
Ying Changsheng suddenly understood, and he immediately said.
"My son is also going to sell salt now!"
"If the Nineteen Sons sell salt, where do they plan to buy the salt, and then where do they sell it?"
Xiao He asked.
He also thought that Ying Changsheng planned to buy salt from the coast or near the salt pans like ordinary merchants, and then use the caravan to transport it to Guanzhong to sell.
Seeing that, Ying Changsheng shook his head and explained to him again and again.
"My son doesn't plan to buy salt to sell, I plan to produce salt to sell!"
Win Changsheng explained.
Salt is a big profit.
Because, unlike other commodities, salt is a necessity of life.
If people do not eat salt for a long time, it will lead to extreme weakness and easy to get sick.
A person eats at least seven or eight catties of salt every year.
And in this, there is an amazing profit.
After all, in the Great Qin world, there are more than 20 million people, and everyone needs to eat salt.
In this way, this profit can be imagined.
It is no wonder that before the unification of the world, the Qi country would be so rich.
After all, selling salt can make huge profits, and in China during the Ming and Qing dynasties, salt merchants were the richest merchants in the world!
At this moment, although Win Changsheng planned to return the salt and iron to the official domain, so as to enrich the treasury of Great Qin.
However, he also wants to earn something for himself.
After all, in the future, the Great Qin Imperial Court will nationalize salt and iron, and it will not be possible to make salt by itself.
The imperial court is nothing more than selling and purchasing the salt of the people.
At the moment, Ying Changsheng planned to use the refined salt extraction technique he obtained to extract more fine salt, and then sell it to make some money.
He is still quite short of money now.
Before, Ying Changsheng didn't feel short of money, but now, as more and more people were recruited around him, it would cost a lot of financial resources to support these people.
In such a situation, if he has no money, he is still a fart?
Hearing Ying Changsheng say that he wanted to make his own salt to sell, Xiao He couldn't help frowning, and he persuaded him.
"Nineteen sons, this salt production is not an easy task, not to mention the need for technology, but also need a salt mine, it takes a large number of people to successfully make salt, the folk salt mine, operating for many years, these things have long been there, we have these hands, but we don't have these manual skills......"
"Rash salt production will probably cost a lot of money in vain......
"Don't worry, my son has already prepared, now I order you to inquire in Xianyang City, collect information, see where there is a salt mine to be sold, and then ask the price, and this son will buy it!"
"As for salt?"
"What's so difficult about this, and besides, the salt made by this son must be much stronger than the salt sold on the market!"
"Then Xiao He obeys the order!"
Xiao He arched his hand and took the order.
At this time, Ying Changsheng said to Chen Ping on the side.
"Chen Ping, you are also idle, this son has given you a task, in Xianyang City, there are a few restaurants, let's have a tavern business!"
"Nineteen sons, I'm forbidden to drink in Daqin......"
The embarrassed face on the side said to Ying Changsheng.
The Great Qin Prison State, the Prince of Great Qin, broke the ban and went to sell alcohol, which was the first thing to violate the laws of Great Qin.
"I'm forbidden to drink in Daqin?"
Ying Changsheng raised his eyebrows, a little surprised.
"Alcohol is indeed forbidden!"
Xiao He echoed.
"Of course, not all of them are banned!"
"It's just that the people are forbidden to drink alcohol, and only during the festival every year, the people are allowed to drink, which is normal, brewing wine requires a lot of waste of food, I Daqin advocates frugality, how can I allow the people to use grain to make wine to drink?"
"Of course, although there is a ban in the imperial court, for those who have a title, as long as he has money, he can buy wine to drink at any time, but the price of wine is expensive, so there are few people who drink ......"
"So that's what happened!"
Ying Changsheng suddenly understood.
On second thought, this is indeed very reasonable.
Because, in ancient times, the productive forces were backward, and people couldn't eat enough, so they used precious grain to make wine?
That's not!
As for allowing the knights to drink?
It's also easy to understand.
How many people with high titles in Great Qin are there?
How much alcohol can these people drink?
"In my opinion, it's time for this ban to be lifted!"
Ying Changsheng smiled at everyone.
"This, this is not appropriate, this is the national policy formulated by the ancestors of my Great Qin Dynasty!"
Chen Ping frowned and said.
"What's more, if the ban is lifted, the people will drink more alcohol, and the food will not be enough......"
"Ben Gongzi makes wine, no need to use grain!"
Ying Changsheng smiled at Chen Pingxiao and the others.