Gao Huaide explained: "The younger brother has lived in the desert for a long time, do you know how many of the merchants who passed by in the desert were killed by Feng Hui? Doing business in Fengzhou City is a gamble, of course the winner of the bet is full of gains, but the person who loses the bet will either stay in Fengzhou and continue to do business, or must find a way to return home alive." Feng Hui is not a fuel-efficient lamp, he controls these merchants to increase the income of Fengzhou, and life here seems to be very rich, but these riches are bought by the flesh and blood of countless people. ”

"I didn't understand. ”

"Here's the thing, Toyosu Castle is located on the border of Shikoku, so naturally there are many people who come here to do business. But if these people make money and leave, Feng Hui will kill them and take the money away. If they continue to do business here, then Feng Hui will give his full support and let these merchants send people to transport the goods. The food and meat eaten here were brought from all over the country, and the merchants were in no danger as long as they continued to stay in Toyosu, and they would be treated very well, but if they wanted to leave, they would die. ”

Zhao Kuangyin and He Meiyu immediately understood, no wonder Fengzhou City was so prosperous, because Feng Hui controlled these foreign trade merchants, allowing them to do business here, but not allowing them to leave. When there is no food, they will bring food from their hometown, no matter what they change, Feng Hui will collect taxes in it anyway, which is a very stable income.

But if these merchants were to leave, Feng Hui would be able to carry out a wave of harvesting and reclaim all the money they had earned in Fengzhou. No wonder Gao Huaide said that this is a gamble, because foreign trade is very profitable, take the extra things from your own country in exchange for the extra things from other countries, for everyone, the extra things from your own country have no value, but the extra things from others are treasures, so this kind of business is very profitable.

These poor businessmen have always been in the hands of others, and if they want to leave Toyoshu, they must make a run, and no one will give up the money they have earned, but if they run away with so much money, it is definitely a dead end. Anyway, Feng Hui is not in any danger, and this is almost a business.

"It's a profitable business~ If I also build such a small city, will I be richer than Zong Xin?" Zhao Kuangyin was not angry because of Feng Hui's methods, but admired Feng Hui's mind, this business is very profitable, it doesn't need capital, and it can directly harvest the fruits of others, it is simply a business of sitting and collecting money, no worse than Zong Xin.

He Meiyu said: "This kind of business must not last long, by the way, Gao Huaide, how do you know that Feng Hui is doing this kind of thing?"

"I heard about it when I was a child, and I also rescued a few merchants who escaped from the desert when I was in the desert, and I heard about Feng Hui's deeds. Gao Huaide said: "Maybe Feng Hui's methods were not too clever at that time, so these people escaped from the desert." Although these are all things that I encountered when I was a child, I look at the situation here, as well as Feng Hui's attitude towards us, it should be like this. ”

Zhao Kuangyin and He Meiyu nodded depressedly, they couldn't imagine that they had come to such a sin city. Although they hadn't heard of the things Feng Hui did, Gao Huaide would not lie deliberately, and his attitude towards Feng Hui was also obvious, Gao Huaide didn't like him.

This time it's troublesome, when I come to Feng Hui's territory, what should I do now?

"This is miserable, isn't it raised into the tiger's mouth? If Zong Xin was here, he would definitely be able to find a way to kill Feng Hui, and then rob his business and let us run it ourselves." Because this no-capital deal is really good, maybe he is richer than Zongxin. ”

Gao Huaide sighed: "Brother Zhao, have you counted how many soldiers Master Zongxin's business can raise? Do you know how many soldiers and horses there are here? The two are not comparable at all. Master Zongxin looked down on this kind of business. ”

Zhao Kuangyin shook his head and said, "I really don't know this, can you help me do the math?"

Gao Huaide took a deep breath and said, "I really doubt that you are Zhao Kuangyin, and you don't even know how much money you can make in your own business." Putting aside the rest for the time being, just Yandao's 20% income to Tang King Li Jing allowed him to add 50,000 more troops, which means that your 20% income can raise more than 50,000 soldiers. If anyone can get 10 percent, they can easily feed 250,000 troops, which is an astronomical amount. Have you calculated how much a soldier costs each year?"

"Eh~ I've heard others count this before. 10,000 taels of silver can raise 3,000 troops for a year, and Yandao is billed monthly, and almost 1,000 taels can raise 3,000 soldiers. 10,000 taels is 30,000 troops, so Li Jing's 20% income on Yandao should be about 20,000 taels of silver. Therefore, the income of Salt Island should be 100,000 taels of silver a month. ”

Gao Huaide sighed: "You really haven't received money once, right?" This number should be twice as much as you think you have to be. So the monthly income of Yandao should be more than two hundred thousand taels of silver. ”

"Two hundred thousand taels of silver, how much salt do you have to sell?" Zhao Kuangyin said depressedly: "The salt in Yandao is quite cheap, two catties are only one tael of silver." 200,000 taels of silver, then you have to sell 400,000 catties of salt to make so much money. The sacks we specially made, one bag of salt is a full 100 catties, and an ox cart holds ten bags of salt, and two oxen pull the cart. Merchants like this typically buy more than a dozen truckloads of salt to take away. In this way, a businessman can buy more than 10,000 catties of salt, and the business of Yandao is very good, and there are many big customers like that, often dozens of cars are pulled away at the same time, 400,000 catties originally felt a lot, but if you think about it carefully, it is not much. "Zhao Kuangyin has some things that haven't been said yet, now it is Lei Hong who is distributing the income of Salt Island, Zong Xin has not taken care of it at all, who knows how much Lei Hong and Lei Tianxin have swallowed privately?

It's no wonder that so many people are staring at their own 10% income, the original 10% income can take away 10,000 taels of silver in a month, which is an astronomical amount. A few dozen taels of silver can buy an ordinary house in the city, and ten thousand taels of silver can make many people live comfortably for a lifetime.

The most lucrative part of Zongxin's business is that he doesn't need capital, and it's all the brothers of the Ao Gang who are helping him deal with these things. Of course, the people of the Ao Gang also got a lot of benefits in it, because it was Zhao Pu, he now has the economic lifeblood of many people, as long as Zhao Pu plays a role, I don't know how many cities will set off a financial storm.

Salt is the most profitable thing to buy today, and it's even more profitable to buy *** food and weapons. It is also thanks to Zong Xin that he can think of a way to conjure salt from the sea, he is a real genius, and Zhao Kuangyin has never doubted this.

He Meiyu said: "You can earn 10,000 taels of silver a month?

"Nonsense, it's not to save you. ”

"Oh~ yes, too. I was just too surprised. He Meiyu said: "According to legend, people surnamed Zhao regard wealth as their life, and you are willing to give up such a large fortune for me, and I have to marry you just because of this." ”

Zhao Kuangyin said: "Alas~ Zongxin is no better. was cheated away by the Guo family's people and took away 20% of the income that originally belonged to him, and now Guo Wei has the money to develop the Great Zhou, and Zongxin's money is also essential. I think Zongxin has already calculated it, so he said that the business of Yandao will be given to Tianya sooner or later. This shameless monk has made so much money, and he still calls the poor ...... all day long"

"Master Zongzhi's move can be said to bless the world, and there is no need to say this about him. Gao Huaide said: "Before the appearance of Salt Island, in fact, all the salt industries in the world were about to collapse. Burning salt is extremely expensive, trees must be cut down for burning, and deforestation in coastal areas is so severe that it is not a long-term solution. Moreover, the population is increasing, and cooking salt can no longer meet the people's demand for salt, so the price of salt has soared. Before that, the price of a pound of salt had reached 800 Wen, or even one or two dollars, and the best quality salt was even as high as five taels and one catty. The salt produced in Salt Island is of very good quality, but the price is very low, otherwise the salt merchants would have to seep sand into the salt, and the supply would be in short supply. ”

"Is it so serious?" Zhao Kuangyin couldn't believe it, is there such a shortage of salt now?

Gao Huaide said: "It's more serious than your likeness, no matter who doesn't eat for a few days, they can bear it, but if they don't eat salt for a few days, they will completely lose their strength." And it will be sick, very serious illness, although helpless, but Master Zongxin can be said to be a monk sent by God to save the world, and the salt island alone is enough to pass on to future generations for thousands of years of immortality. ”

Gao Huaide's evaluation of Zong Xin is very high, of course, it is also because he does not know Zong Xin, Zhao Kuangyin can be sure that as long as he says a few words to Zong Xin, he will know that Zong Xin is not as great as he looks like, in fact, Zong Xin is just a shameless monk.

Of course, Zhao Kuangyin is still very objective, he knows that Zongxin did not establish Salt Island for himself, because he almost did not get any benefits from Salt Island, and these benefits were almost divided among others. Li Jing accounted for 20%, Guo Wei accounted for 20%, Gu Guozhang and Bai Yuntian each accounted for 10%, Lei Hong accounted for 30%, and Bu Xiangyang accounted for 10%.

Now Zongxin and his two founders have nothing at all, but ...... The people of the Ao Gang are not stupid, and the people surnamed Lei are not stupid, of course, these shares are given after meeting their needs, so the Ao Gang and Lei Hong should both get more money than anyone else. Aren't all this money from Zongxin and himself?

After all, these people are just sharing, they are not involved in the operation of Yandao, they can give as much as they want, so Zongxin, as the founder, will never be unable to share the money.

Zhao Kuangyin said: "Let's not talk about this matter, Gao Huaide, do you know how many troops there are here?"

"It shouldn't be less than 20,000 troops, although the city is small but well-equipped, and it is extremely prosperous, not to mention that the city lord is the envoy of the martial spirit army, his troops will not be too small. ”