Zhu Youjian: Taizu has an order! kill!

"Remember what we said before?"

"Salt, iron and grain must be state-owned."

“It’s not just about income, it’s about control.”

"But forcible withdrawal will definitely offend the interests of most businessmen."

"A person who can't handle these things will definitely jump over the wall."

"So these days we have been thinking about how to recover these three items stably."

Li Chen breathed out to indicate that Zhu Youjian was not too excited.

This matter is not as simple as he thought.

This is the late Ming Dynasty and not the early Ming Dynasty.

The pattern of the world has been finalized, unless it is destroyed.

Otherwise, if you want to operate under the current situation, you can only do it slowly and slowly.

"Salt and iron are very profitable, and those businessmen will not hand them over easily."

Zhu Yujian nodded in agreement after hearing this.

No one wants to spit out the business they put in their mouth.

Especially those businessmen who are obsessed with money.

"Taizu, have you come up with any ideas?"

"If it doesn't work, just send troops to settle the matter."

"Those businessmen's families are not clean anyway."

Zhu Youjian on the side couldn't help but frowned.

What trouble could there be.

Now he needs people and money.

If those businessmen don’t want to be decent, then help them be decent!

"You are an emperor, not a bandit."

"Besides, do you know how many merchants there are in the world?"

"I can't kill them all."

"If the country is regarded as a person, then businessmen are the blood that circulates."

"Responsible for transporting various materials needed for the body to function."

"Without them, are you going to be responsible for the turnover of goods in this world?"

Hearing Zhu Youjian's outrageous words.

Li Chen almost reached out and slapped him on the forehead.

I taught you for a long time, just to teach you how to govern the country?

"Forehead..."

Seeing his great ancestor staring, Zhu Youjian smiled and touched his head.

Is what he said wrong?

"That's it..."

"What we are going to say is a bit complicated, so listen carefully."

"This is going to be a project that lasts several years."

"The success rate is about [-]%."

Li Chen wiped his face and was too lazy to talk nonsense with Zhu Youjian.

He sat up slightly straighter and looked more serious.

Zhu Youjian and the others immediately calmed down when they saw this.

All ears pricked up.

"Now the bank has been established and the nine imperial merchants have been confirmed."

"In this case, we can use these nine people to shake up the entire industry."

"First of all, the three items of salt, iron and food must be solved separately."

"Grain is related to farmers, while salt and iron are related to merchants."

“It’s natural that different audience groups cannot be generalized.”

“Originally, our idea was to solve the farmers’ problems first.”

"After all, all the rebels in the past generations were farmers, and with the continuous natural disasters in the next 17 years, their lives will only become more difficult."

"If you can't eat, then the only way out is rebellion."

Speaking of this, Li Chen paused.

Seeing that both of them had listened, he continued.

"But now we have changed our minds."

“The peasant rebellion is nothing more than not having enough to eat.”

"But now, with the new grain species, we don't have to worry about this problem for the time being."

"So after much thought, we still have to deal with the vendors first."

"As long as the salt and iron can be gathered back first, the national treasury will be full."

"Even if natural disasters continue, the imperial court will still have money to provide disaster relief and buy food."

"Farmers must first ensure military pay and national treasury before they can consider it."

Li Chen only figured this out recently.

Everything in the country depends on money.

If you have money, anything can be solved.

If there weren't so many natural disasters later, Li Chen could solve the farmers' problems first.

but now...

Let’s make money first.

Although this will make farmers suffer for a while, it will at least ensure that the broken carriage of the Ming Dynasty can still move forward.

What Li Chen has to do now is to get out the money hidden among the people during the Ming Dynasty as quickly as possible!

Most of this money is in the hands of merchants. Only by dealing with them can the economy of the Ming Dynasty be fully circulated.

Otherwise, all the money is buried underground.

When the time comes, you will have money in your hands.

Even if natural disasters continue, Li Chen can still purchase food in large quantities from Nanyang.

"The words of Taizu were enlightening."

"Indeed, you have to deal with the vendors first before you can get the money."

"As long as you have money, you won't be afraid of any number of natural disasters."

Zhu Yujian thought carefully for a while, and finally figured out what Taizu meant.

Immediately, the admiration surged out.

As expected of Taizu, he had a very tricky perspective on issues.

But any emperor would probably have to give priority to solving the problems of farmers.

However, once this happens, the court will need to spend a lot of money to subsidize agriculture.

However, the benefits that agriculture can generate are not high, and it is easy for imbalances to occur.

By then, the royal family would have no money, and the farmers’ money would be taken away by the merchants. The merchants’ tax rates were low, so the royal family would not be able to collect much.

Wouldn't this become an endless loop...

Once the national treasury is empty, the border will be in danger.

Therefore, it is indeed right to resolve the matter with the vendors first.

"Yes, Taizu is right."

Zhu Youjian is actually a little confused, but this does not prevent flattery.

Anyway, what Taizu said is right.

"So the first step is to get rid of those vendors first."

"Now we have the latest technology of salt and iron in our hands."

"Soon, the salt and iron production capacity will inevitably increase significantly."

"The market price will definitely be driven down by us by then."

"This is the bargaining chip we have."

"On this condition, talk to these vendors."

Li Chen saw that both of them seemed to understand.

Then he continued with a satisfied expression.

There is a lot of room for manipulation in the salt and iron projects. As long as you do it well, you don't have to worry about businessmen not taking the bait.

"Then let's talk about how to do the salt and iron projects now."

"Salt and iron can actually be regarded as two types of transactions."

"Salt is for people's livelihood, iron is for military industry."

"Let's talk about salt first."

"Aren't those businessmen very envious of the title of Royal Merchant given by the royal family?"

"Since that's the case, it's easy."

"Zhu Yujian, after the mineral salt is refined, you can call all the major salt merchants in the world for a meeting in the name of the bank."

"Show them this new snow salt."

"Tell them the output and cost, and these people will naturally understand what it means."

"As long as we know that the price of salt will collapse, it will be easier to negotiate later."

"You only need to tell them that as long as they return the old salt in their hands to the court, they will have priority in purchasing snow salt."

"But there are still a few conditions that need to be agreed to."

"The first is the salt tax. The royal family provides them with high-quality snow salt, but they need to pay a 15.00% purchase tax."

"Second, the royal family will open trade channels to Nanyang, allowing them to sell snow salt to other places, but the royal family will charge a tax of 20.00% on the transaction amount."

"Third, the price of salt is set by the royal family. Subsequently, Zhu Youjian needs to open convenience stores in various cities within the Ming Dynasty. The salt they sell must not exceed 5.00% of the price of convenience stores."

Slowly stretching out three fingers, Li Chen smiled and said the replacement conditions for the snow salt.

He originally wanted Wei Zhongxian to handle the salt tax, but there were too many things and too many obstacles, and in the end no good results were achieved.

But now, Jin Tatar has been beaten to death behind the border.

It's time for a showdown with these wealthy salt merchants.