Chapter 341 Technical Fees

Fu Zikang stood up and said, "Your Majesty, this matter must not be allowed. ”

"Huh?" Ying Zheng frowned, "Why not?" ”

"Your Majesty." Fu Zikang replied: "Once the salt merchant is turned into a salt merchant, it will inevitably cause the vast majority of merchants to make salt.

In this way, it is difficult to control the whereabouts of this salt.

Xirong, Xiongnu, Baiyue, etc., they all want the salt of Great Qin, but we have never sold it to them, so we control their lifeline.

In addition, once the salt is handed over to the merchants to sell, the treasury will lose a large amount of money, which is a disaster for the treasury.

In order to prevent foreign races from getting our salt, Weichen suggested that the salt should be controlled in the hands of the imperial court. ”

"Master Fu." Feng Quji said, "Haven't you noticed that now Xirong, Xiongnu, Baiyue and other places have all been returned to Great Qin.

Now they are all the people of Great Qin, in order to make them return to their hearts, the prince has gone to Baiyue, and General Meng Tian has been sitting in the Xiongnu.

Although Xirong has already returned to his heart, the imperial court cannot treat everyone equally, and they will rebel sooner or later.

And it won't take long for the art of salt making to spread, so instead of waiting for the people to make their own salt for consumption, it is better to directly let the merchants set up salt making workshops.

According to what the emperor said, it is to establish the brand as soon as possible, so that the people know which brand of salt makes this salt.

This salt is the façade of the brand, as long as the salt is good, then it can show that the brand is good, and more and more people will buy salt in the future.

There are only two things that the imperial court has to do, one is to collect taxes, and the other is to maintain market prices.

Daily necessities such as salt, which are needed every day, can be set cheaper, and the government's current salt is ten cents a catty.

At present, all the poisonous salt mines in the world can produce salt, as well as Najing salt, lake salt, sea salt, etc., Daqin's current salt can be said to be inexhaustible.

Under such circumstances, the price of salt should be lowered.

With such a low price, it is simply a waste of manpower and material resources to make the court responsible, and at the same time, it is also competing with the people for profit.

Your Majesty, Wechen suggested that all the matters of salt production and salt sales should be handed over to the merchants, so that the private salt would disappear.

The imperial court set the price of salt to death, and no one was allowed to raise or lower it without authorization.

The price of salt should be uniform regardless of who produces it, so that the salt will not cause market chaos. ”

Ying Zheng nodded slightly and said, "You can give it a try." Now that the salt workshop is in charge of Feng Xiangzai, the matter of attracting investment will be handed over to you. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Weichen will definitely live up to Your Majesty's expectations." Feng Qujian said.

Li Si stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen has something to say. ”

"Speak."

Li Siying said: "Your Majesty, in the "Law of Commerce", there is a law on the protection of technology. It is said that whoever made a technology, as long as it is reported to the imperial court or the local government, then the technology belongs to this person, and no one else is allowed to use it.

If you want to use it, you can only spend money to buy this technology, and there are two kinds of purchase technology, one is buyout.

It is the technology that is sold to a businessman, and the person who invented the technology loses the right to own it, let alone sell it to anyone else.

There is also a way to sell it only to the other party, but not completely sell it to the other party, and it can be sold to other people.

In this regard, the two parties can enter into a contract, a contract protected by the imperial court. ”

"Good. In this way, Daqin's technology will increase day by day, and sooner or later, Daqin's banner will be planted all over the world. Ying Zheng said excitedly.

"Your Majesty is wise." "Therefore, Wechen suggested that any merchant who wants to set up a salt-making workshop needs to spend a sum of money to buy the emperor's salt-making technology. ”

Ying Zheng, Feng Quji and the others instantly understood what Li Si meant, this was making money for Qin An.

Since Li Si's daughter Li Yanran followed Qin An, she basically thought about Qin An in everything, and now she even has to spend money to buy salt-making technology.

You know, this salt-making technology has been completely opened up and everyone knows about it.

The only difference is that the current salt is all controlled by the imperial court, and although some people will make some salt in private, they eat it themselves and never dare to sell it privately.

However, it cannot be said that there is no illicit salt, and there are quite a few of them, all of which are sold by nobles.

Feng Quji also saw this, so he proposed the commercialization of salt, and let the merchants sell it, which is equivalent to letting the nobles sell it.

Originally, after the First Emperor agreed, he could arrange everything properly, but now Li Si suddenly asked for technical fees, which is equivalent to asking the nobles to pay the money first and then make the workshop.

Immediately, Feng Quji gave Fu Zikang a look, it turned out that they were acting just now, and Fu Zikang deliberately demolished Feng Quji's stage, making Ying Zheng think that they were not in a group.

Fu Zikang understood and immediately said, "Your Majesty." Li Xiang is reasonable, he should give the emperor a sum of money.

But now that this technique is well known, and the emperor is still paid, is it a little inappropriate for them? ”

"There's nothing wrong with that." "After paying the technical fee, they can set up a salt factory and then sell the salt, which is protected by the government."

However, if he opened a salt-making workshop without paying the money, then he was misappropriating salt-making technology and needed to be punished by the law of commerce.

Another point is that opening a salt factory without the consent of the government is also punishable.

In addition to fines, there may be confiscation of everything in the workshop and even jail time.

If he doesn't want to have his workshop confiscated and doesn't want to go to jail, then he has to complete all the formalities.

However, there are still fines, which is to tell all businessmen not to take chances, and at the same time let other businessmen see the protection.

In this way, Daqin's commerce will become more and more developed. ”

Ying Zheng bowed his head and said: "Yes, although the imperial court does not prohibit business, it also does not allow businessmen who do not follow the rules. The court will only protect merchants who abide by the rules, and the court will severely punish merchants who break the rules.

Feng Quji, just follow Li Si's method, if there are no businessmen willing to open it, it will be handled by the imperial court.

Finally, the matter of illegal salt was thoroughly investigated, and all illegal salt dealers were ordered to stop producing illegal salt, and some people sold illegal salt within the specified time limit, and they were severely punished. ”

"No." Li Si and Feng Qujian responded at the same time.

"Your Majesty." Feng Qujian said, "Weichen has one more thing to play. ”

"What?" Ying Zheng asked.

"Your Majesty, from the mouth of the emperor, Weichen learned that the Silk Road is the commercial trade route between Great Qin and the countries of the Western Regions.

Therefore, Weichen suggested that a large caravan be established in the name of the imperial court to send Daqin's goods to the countries of the Western Regions and open up the road to the Western Regions. ”

"Road to the Western Regions?" The corners of Ying Zheng's mouth curled, and he said, "I'm going to go sooner or later, since you brought it up, then I'll leave it to you." ”

"No."

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