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Chapter 276, About Salt

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    Qin Quan was in a good mood and wanted to hug Liu Jin's thigh tightly after selling all the sea goods in his hand at once. The demand for such a large order specially sent to the factory was very high.  It is stable, although the price will be lower, but the quantity is large, it is their favorite customer for doing business.

    Who in the entire capital knows the name of the glass factory?

    There are also big customers like Xishan Coal, which is everyone¡¯s favorite. They have money, large quantities, and stable demand. As long as they get involved, they will make money.

    So after Qin Quan gave a few simple instructions to his men, he also smiled and chatted with Liu Jin.

    "Boss Qin, what's your best seller?"

    Liu Jin came to the fish store not specifically to buy fish, but to inquire about various news and understand the market demand, so that he can follow the market changes in the future.

    "These large yellow croakers, small yellow croakers, pomfret, and squid all sell very well, mainly because they are cheap and have a lot of meat. In this seafood business, price is very important. It is difficult to sell even if it is a penny more expensive, but it is easy to sell if it is a penny cheaper.  a lot of."

    ¡°As for the best-selling one, it¡¯s actually this one~¡±

    Qin Quan pointed at the various fish on the stall and said with a smile. When talking about the latter, he picked up a few dried salted fish and said.

    "Is this dried salted fish?"

    Liu Jin looked at it and said, these dried salted fish are dried here in Tianjin Port. Each salted fish has a Tianjin Port label on it. Of course Liu Jin knows it.

    "Yes, it's dried salted fish. The price of this kind of dried fish is not too expensive, and it's easy to store for a long time and easy to transport. Of course, the most important thing is that there's a lot of salt on it. Put some dried fish in it when cooking.  Go in, it has a meaty taste and you don¡¯t need to add salt, it¡¯s the hottest seller.¡±

    "However, the production of this kind of dried salted fish is too small, and it is often out of stock. Every time there is some, it is sold out quickly. After all, it is pickled with salt, and this salt is very expensive."

    Qin Quan smiled and said to Liu Jin, salt is still very precious in this era, and the price is also very high. This kind of salted dried fish can leave salt for ordinary people, so it is naturally very popular.

    "That's it~"

    After Liu Jin heard this, he smiled and nodded.

    Liu Jin has naturally known this for a long time, otherwise he would not have come up with something like dried salted fish. Now he is asking to confirm his judgment.

    As expected, salted fish is very popular in this era.

    "It seems that the matter of setting up a salt farm by yourself must be settled as soon as possible. Without a salt farm, the salted fish would be too expensive. Those salt dealers are all people who eat people without spitting out their bones. Salt is too expensive."

    Thinking of this, Liu Jin couldn't help but want to set up a salt farm.

    It¡¯s just that in this era, the salt and iron were exclusively owned by the imperial court. However, this salt and iron franchise not only did not bring much benefit to the imperial court, nor did it bring any benefits to the people. In the end, it was the salt merchants who benefited.

    Relying on the salt and iron franchise, each of these salt merchants became extremely wealthy. They cultivated a huge group of spokespersons and slowly penetrated into the power center of the empire. In the late Ming Dynasty, they directly controlled the entire court. In the end,  This beautiful river and mountain was ruined.

    It is definitely not an easy task to set up a salt farm, and it may even be impossible.

    " However, Liu Jin has the support of the prince Zhu Houzhao. Zhu Houzhao is very enthusiastic about making money now, and the time now is very good.

    Not long ago, the case of the theft of official grain was still being investigated. From time to time, big shots in the court were found, and these people found were basically related to the big salt merchants, big families, and big businessmen in the Jiangnan area.  Inextricably linked, they are all their spokespersons.

    This wave of blows is very heavy for them.

    Before they could catch their breath, and while they were being suppressed, Liu Jin felt that there was a glimmer of hope that he could accomplish this. Before, Liu Jin would never have dared to mention this matter.

    Because that would definitely be courting death, and those big salt merchants would never allow anyone to touch their interests.

    ¡°I don¡¯t know if Zhu Houzhao has forgotten this matter.¡±

    Liu Jin thought for a while and shook his head.

    After briefly chatting with Boss Qin for a while, Liu Jin continued to wander around the Haiyu Store.

    After visiting the Fish Shop, Liu Jin also returned to his house.

    "Old Liu, you are back. Come into the palace with me quickly."

    Liu JinLooking at what happened in the late Ming Dynasty, the salt tax was even more pitiful. Not only the salt tax, but all other taxes were pitifully small. Not even a county in the Jiangnan region could receive dozens of taels of silver. Think about it.  It¡¯s incredible even thinking about it.

    This is the disadvantage of Nayin Kaizhong. Tax evasion is too serious.

    The previous grain payment was different. This grain was related to the frontier army. The border army would only give salt after receiving the grain. If you want to evade taxes, there is no place to steal. After all, everything related to the frontier army.  event.

    If the border troops have no food to eat, they will cause trouble. Since ancient times, mutiny in the army has been a major event, and it will be reported to heaven immediately.

    Hearing Liu Jin¡¯s words, Emperor Hongzhi frowned and pondered. Salt and food were matters of great importance and involved huge interests. Of course he knew how serious the corruption was.

    It¡¯s just that he didn¡¯t know much about salt, because the officials in the court below would not let Emperor Hongzhi know too much about salt.

    The impression given to Emperor Hongzhi was that after changing the tax rate, it was a good thing for the country and the people. The court increased the salt tax, and the salt merchants no longer had to work hard to transport grain to border towns, and the common people seemed to be able to eat it.  Cheaper salt.

    Because of this illusion, Emperor Hongzhi knew that salt was just like grain, and corruption was rampant, but he never carried out any rectification and reform. Of course, Emperor Hongzhi himself had limited wisdom, and relied more on the officials below, so he could not rectify it.  , no matter how many changes are made, there is actually no way to touch the interests of those people.

    "Father, ordinary people's wages for a day's work are about thirty or forty cents. A pound of salt costs dozens of cents. It is really too expensive. The current salt and iron system does not bring much benefit to the court, but it does not bring much benefit to the common people.  Even more so, ordinary people often cannot afford salt at all."

    "The biggest beneficiaries of this system are the salt merchants and the officials in the salt fields. Each of them is as rich as the country, and extremely rich."

    At this time, Zhu Houzhao also spoke. He either didn't do something, but was very serious when he wanted to do something. He asked people to investigate the salt merchants in advance, and gathered what he knew when he was outside. He also acted out of his feelings.

    Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Emperor Hongzhi's face became even more ugly. Originally, in his opinion, these tens of dollars per pound of salt were not very expensive, but when Zhu Houzhao said that ordinary people could only buy one pound of salt after working for a day.  By that time, he knew that this salt was really very expensive.

    Ordinary people don't have many opportunities to work, and it's difficult to make money. They really can't afford the tens of dollars a pound of salt. This is just like if the salt of later generations sells for several hundred dollars a pound, ordinary people will not be able to afford it.  It is also absolutely unaffordable.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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