Three Kingdoms: My Wife Is Diao Chan

Chapter 238

Chapter 239

Fazheng then announced: "The imperial salt storehouse will purchase salt through competitive bidding, and those who are willing to sell salt to the imperial court can submit an offer to the imperial court."

However, the Salt Administration also stipulated that the imperial salt storehouses were for the purpose of leveling market prices and ensuring that the common people had access to salt, so only medium and low-grade salt were purchased. High-grade salt was considered a luxury item and was not included in the scope of procurement.

This is Cao Chong's trick, he plans to make up for the difference in the price of middle and low-grade salt with high-grade salt!

The aristocrats have plenty of money, but they want face. They pursue the best in everything, and they are not afraid that they will not buy it!
No one paid any attention to the procurement policy of the Salt Administration.

Sell ​​it to the government at a low price, and then the government will use it to suppress the market salt price, what do you think of us!

Zhou Buyi really wanted to say: "I'm not stupid, but the young master asked me to do this."

So Zhou Buyi said: Dahan Salt Manufacturing Company is willing to provide salt to the imperial court at half the current market price!
If it weren't for the protection of many soldiers at the scene, Zhou Buyi would have been beaten to death on the spot!
Fazheng signed a purchase contract with Zhou Buyu on the spot, and the direct purchase was for three years. Within three years, the imperial salt warehouse gave priority to purchasing salt from Dahan Salt Manufacturing Company.

At the same time, it was announced: According to the previous agreement, merchants who supply salt to the imperial court at a low price will reduce or exempt part of the tax. Within three years, all salt taxes of the Dahan Salt Manufacturing Company will be reduced by half.

Regarding Zhou Buyi and Fazheng's performance, the representatives of various gentry clans sneered.

Also give priority to purchasing, Dahan Salt Manufacturing Company sells all the salt to you, let me see how much you can have!
Fazheng ignored them, and directly announced the next decision: "All the salt warehouses of the imperial court will sell salt to the market at [-]% of the current market price, so as to curb the rising trend of salt prices in various places."

Hearing this, even Zhou Buyi sighed: "The government is still ruthless! If you don't do anything, you will get [-]% profit with just one word!"

The representatives of the gentry were amused when they heard this: [-]% of the market price is sold?OK!
"Notify the staff of all counties and counties that if the government salt warehouses dare to sell, they will buy them all, and then increase the market price by [-]%. Let me see how much pure you have to sell!"

Fazheng wanted to say: "A lot! Really a lot!"

Lao Cao ordered a few years ago not to dump salt like the south. Cao Chong’s salt has been praised for several months. Now the Wushui Super Salt Mine is officially put into operation, and it can completely independently supply the salt demand of Yuzhou, Yanzhou, and Qingzhou. .

In fact, this is exactly Lao Cao's plan. From now on, all the salt in these three states will belong to my Cao family, so get out of here!

Lao Cao is very concerned about this matter, not just competing for power and interests with the court civil servant group, he also wants to give his descendants a family fortune!
At the same time when the Salt Administration announced the implementation of the new policy, Lao Cao sent troops to guard the checkpoints and intersections in Henan, Yan, and Qingzhou. The salt in the three states was only allowed to enter but not to exit. He wanted to buy it here and sell it elsewhere. high price?You think too much.

Lao Cao's reason is very good. The price of salt in the three states has been increasing, and the outflow of salt must be controlled in order to better stabilize the price!

Then the gentry was forced to work hard. How could there be so much salt in the official salt warehouse!The warehouse is full, and the gold and silver in the hands are about to shine, and the salt warehouse does not look nervous at all!

It is impossible to sell the bought salt locally, but to sell it elsewhere, but the damned Cao Aman actually sent troops to guard the intersection to prevent it from being shipped out.

Finally, someone couldn't hold it anymore, and the price of salt in the three states fell precipitously. In less than a month, it fell to a price lower than the selling price of the salt warehouse.

It won't work if you don't lower the price, not to mention the gold and silver in your hands are about to shine, and it's not a solution to pile up so much salt in the warehouse!

"Prime Minister, now that the price of salt in the three states has stabilized, can we open the road?"

Now the price of salt in the three states is almost catching up with the price that Cao Chong sells to the salt warehouse. Wouldn't it be a loss to sell here?The price of salt in other places is fairly stable, so you will pay less if you ship it out!
"Since the price of salt in the three states has stabilized, the road ban should be lifted." Lao Cao felt that he was quite reasonable.

Gentlemen, after the salt was transported from the three states to other places, the national salt price started a chain reaction, ordered to drop!

Don't blame me this time, you did it yourself, Lao Cao thought proudly.

"Hey!! Fortunately, the loss this time is not too bad, but the salt in these three states has nothing to do with us in the future. The three densely populated states in the Central Plains!"

Just when the hearts of the gentry families were terribly heartbroken, another more irritating news came!

Cao Chong, a black-hearted person, even doubled the price of high-quality salt several times, which is nearly ten times that of medium-grade salt!

"It's too expensive, you don't have to eat it! When you didn't have high-quality salt in the past, didn't you live the same way? Continue!"

It is true that Cao Chong thinks that the gentry are rich, and it is also true that the production is insufficient.

This time, Cao Chong did not produce much high-quality salt in order to use the price war to defeat the elites of the gentry and seize the market in the three states of the Central Plains.

After reading the information sent by the school affairs office, Cao Chong was very happy.

It seems that this year's luck is good, the recruiting of the refugees and farming went smoothly, the construction of Luoyang went smoothly, and even some achievements in the strategy of Wenjiao!
With a happy mood, Cao Chong was going to chat with Yiji.

Yiji has been in Luoyang for a few days, running to the construction site all day long, and is very interested in those new construction tools and construction materials. If he doesn't feel too shameful, he would like to make some cement concrete for himself.

Cao Chongxin said: "I don't object to you acting like a curious baby all day long, but occasionally you have to do something serious. Qingke also has to give advice to the owner, right?"

Cao Chong felt that the six volumes he worked out were not as perfect as he had imagined, so he asked Pang Tong, Liu Ba, Yi Ji and others if there was any room for improvement.

Everyone else has replied, but Yiji has no voice.

On Cao Chong's way to find Yi Ji, Cao Chong ran into a worried Liu Jing, who seemed to be looking for him.

Seeing that Liu Jing's expression was not right, Cao Chong was puzzled.

Could it be that Tuntian is not going well?No, I received a report from him two days ago that everything went well.

"What's the matter? Tuntian is in trouble? Look at your bitter face."

"Young master, I always feel that something is wrong with the refugees!" Liu Jing said hesitantly.

"What's wrong? Is it a refugee? He spends all day in the mountains and forests with beasts and poisonous snakes. His image is quite normal."

"That's not what I'm talking about. I always feel that there are too many refugees." Liu Jing said seriously.

"Too many people? It seems a little bit. I saw your report yesterday saying that there are nearly 5000 people."

After Cao Chong finished speaking, he thought for a while and said, "Maybe it's the season of shortage, and the food for the refugees is almost exhausted, so more people come out?"

"No, the 1000 was the amount from three days ago, and more than [-] have come in these two days."

"what?"

Cao Chong was startled when he heard this number.

(End of this chapter)