Datang: Acting as a celestial mystery at the beginning

the other side.

Hearing Yuchi Jingde's words, Li Yi'an pondered for a while and said, "How does General Yuchi feel that it will be profitable?"

"If there is no interest, would the sir do so much?"

The answer given by Yuchi Jingde is also very simple.

"You know, I don't make salt to make money."

Li Yi'an said again: "The price of my salt will not be very high. Even if it is really beneficial, it will not be too big. General Yuchi must think clearly."

"It's not for making money, sir, what do you want to do?"

Yuchi Jingde asked puzzledly.

"Now the Cui family and the Lu family have teamed up to suppress me, and they don't even plan to sell me salt. What do you think I want to do?"

Li Yian asked back: "General Yuchi still wants to cooperate?"

Yuchi Jingde thought for a while: "Sir, how much does your salt cost?"

Li Yi'an said, "A catty of salt costs about thirty dollars."

"Only thirty dollars?"

Yuchi Jingde was shocked and said, "Sir, do you know how much is a catty of coarse salt full of impurities, yellowish in color and bitter in taste?"

"The best green salt on the market costs [-] yuan a catty, and the ordinary one costs [-] yuan a catty, but no matter how good the quality of my salt is, the price will not be too high."

Of course Li Yi'an has done market research, so it's not just for making money.

Yuchi Jingde is not the kind of dumb-headed person either. After thinking deeply, he suddenly understood something: "Sir, do you want to use this kind of high-quality, low-priced salt to suppress the current salt price?"

Li Yi'an nodded and said, "That's right, in this way, table salt is no longer an expensive item, so ordinary people won't just use vinegar cloth for seasoning."

Yuchi Jingde was shocked, and then looked at Li Yi'an in admiration, such a huge profit was sold so cheaply.

At the beginning, he only thought of making money, but his husband was concerned about the livelihood of the people, and he only wanted ordinary people to eat normal good salt.

Compared with his husband, Yuchi Jingde was full of guilt, and even felt a choke in his heart, he was too inhuman to be a minister of the court.

It is extremely important to know that salt is not only a necessity of life, but also a strategic material and a source of national finance.

"Mr. has not yet taken up the post of Salt and Iron Envoy. As a commoner, he still serves the country and the people. As an official, I only think about interests."

Yuchi Jingde bowed his hands and confessed, "If it wasn't for the enlightenment from the master, I would have been dazzled by the benefits."

This guy, like Li Langjun, just likes to brainstorm.

Li Yi'an did not explain, and continued: "The second use of my salt is to enrich the country."

"General Yuchi, just think about it. The cost of salt is extremely low and the quality is high. If we sell it for fifty yuan a catty, will anyone want it?"

Without even thinking about it, Yuchi Jingde said, "Even if it's two hundred yuan a catty, there will still be people rushing to buy it."

Li Yi'an nodded and said: "We sell these salts for fifty renminbi. Excluding the cost, for example, if 10 people buy it, the treasury can earn 200 million renminbi. , manpower and other issues. However, selling salt is done in a government-operated way, no matter how low the profit is, you can still make a profit. After the treasury is full, the general will have more confidence to fight the Turks, right? "

"That's right!"

Yuchi Jingde nodded solemnly.

If these salts are put on the market, the price is still so low, when the time comes, the salt will be directly turned into sand and worthless.

This is a means of small profits but quick turnover. As long as the population base is large, even if the price is cheap, you can make a lot of money. Although it is not a huge profit, it is run by the imperial court and no one can destroy it. It can also suppress the price of salt to the greatest extent. , Crack down on private salt, and the last money is owned by the state treasury after deducting various expenses.

The more he thought about it, the more Yuchi Jingde admired Li Yi'an.

"I still want to work with Mr.

Yuchi Jingde continued: "Mr. is high-spirited and upright, serving the country and the people. It is my narrow-mindedness. If we can cooperate, I will bear all the manpower and material resources for salt production. I only need to get one penny per catty of salt for profit sharing. Is it possible?"

Li Yi'an smiled and said: "General Yuchi's approach, I am deeply impressed, I can give the method of making salt to the general, and I don't want any money in the end."

Yuchi Jingde asked in surprise: "Why?"

Li Yi'an explained: "As I said just now, I don't make salt for money, and the general sells salt for the treasury. I simply leave everything to you and don't bother to take care of it. But don't forget, general, I am very happy." It’s Chang’an’s salt and iron envoy soon, if the general has any tricks on the way to sell salt, don’t blame me for being rude.”

"I absolutely dare not!"

Yuchi Jingde shook his head, but asked again: "If other people also get our formula for making salt, what should we do?"

Li Yi'an disagreed and said: "This involves the specific content of government-run business. After a while, all the salt in Datang will be owned by the imperial court. Stealing the formula is a crime, and selling private salt is also a crime."

"What's more, the price of salt has been lowered by us, and it can't rise. It's useless for them to get the formula. Even traders who sell private salt can't sell it at a high price."

Yuchi Jingde suddenly realized that if Li Yian dared to do this, of course he had to plan everything well to ensure that there would be no problems in the follow-up.

The entire process of selling salt is not only low in cost and price, and benefits the people and the country, but also suppresses the aristocratic family, and even puts the salt and iron back into the hands of the imperial court, closely linked.

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Chapter 99

Thinking of so many things, Yuchi Jingde had to admire Li Yi'an's thoughtfulness, from the very beginning, he was able to figure out how to develop later, and even the ending.

In this ending, of course they are the ones who must win.

"Sir, are you really going to give me all the salt?"

Yuchi Jingde still couldn't believe it and asked.

"As General Yuchi said, you can provide enough manpower and material resources, but I am just playing around and lacking everything around me. After the salt is sold, I will definitely be too busy to supply it in large quantities. It is better to give it to the general. convenient."

Li Yi'an nodded and said: "The second reason is that although the person behind me is Your Majesty, I am still an ordinary person after all, just a fortune teller. The Cui family has many reasons and means to move me. If it falls into the hands of the general, they will Do you dare to move the general?"

"Dare to move me?"

Yuchi Jingde sneered and said, "I brought the troops in directly and cut them all down."

Li Yi'an said with a smile: "Salt is safer in the hands of the general than in my hands. When General Li Junxian arrives later, I will ask him to convey this to His Majesty. Everything will be up to you."

"Thank you sir for your fulfillment."

Yuchi Jingde said excitedly.

Salt is already a strategic goal of the imperial court, and Yuchi's family will have to be linked with the imperial court in the future, so it is called an official business.

Li Yi'an, as one of the leaders, gave him the salt to run the business, even if the income would not be much in the future, they would be able to get closer to His Majesty.