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Chapter 175 White Sugar
After returning to the prince's house, Li Zhen felt happy.
He could never forget the shocked expressions of the Di brothers.
Obviously, no one expected that Li Zhen¡¯s request was to let Di Renjie be his attendant.
Di Renjie is only fourteen or five years old and has never shown any talent. Why does the prince pay so much attention to him?
?No one understands.
Only Li Zhen understands it.
In the future history of the Tang Dynasty, Di Renjie will definitely write an important chapter. With Di Renjie's help, Li Zhen is also confident that she can defeat powerful opponents such as Changsun Wuji, and eventually reach the highest peak of power in the Tang Dynasty.
Li Zhen gave Di Renjie a day to pack his things, say goodbye to his relatives and friends, and then come to the Prince's Mansion.
Being able to become Li Zhen's personal attendant, in everyone's eyes, Di Renjie will definitely rise to the top in one step, because Li Zhen is the prince and will be the emperor in the future. If Li Zhen becomes the emperor, then his personal attendant will definitely have a high position and become an important minister. , powerful ministers, and even frontier officials.
Everyone thought that Di Renjie had reached the sky in one step, but Di Renjie was worried.
Di Dingtian asked Di Renjie in confusion: "Huaiying, what's wrong with you? It's such a good thing to be the prince's attendant, why are you so depressed?"
Di Renjie said: "The prince's status is not solid. Changsun Wuji and others are watching him. It is still unclear what the future will be like. Being a close servant of the prince is either a great blessing or a great disaster."
Di Dingtian took a breath of cold air and said to himself that his younger brother really has a lot of ideas and his thoughts are far-reaching.
Di Dingtian said: "Since you have become the prince's attendant, you can only stand with the prince. Moreover, the prince today is wise and powerful, and he will be a wise monarch in the future. Huaiying must try his best to assist the prince. In this way, Di Dingtian The family can prosper with talent, and Huai Ying can shine on the lintel of the Di family."
Di Renjie smiled bitterly and said: "Since I have become the prince's attendant, I should be loyal to the prince. I will not say goodbye to our hometown party. I will go to the prince's mansion right now"
In the Prince's Mansion, Li Zhen is meeting Zou Fengchi in the secret room.
At this time, Zou Fengchi was no longer as poor and young as he was two years ago. He was dressed in silk and had flesh on his face. He looked white, plump and much more impressive.
In the past two years, because Li Zhen opened up the transportation channel, Zou Fengchi, on behalf of Li Zhen, specialized in the trafficking of refined salt.
Because of its good taste and taste, refined salt was deeply loved by the dignitaries of the Tang Dynasty. Every family was proud to have refined salt.
Using refined salt, Zou Fengchi trafficked it to both sides of the Yellow River in the Tang Dynasty, to the north and south of the Yangtze River, and even to the Pearl River Basin.
However, Zou Fengchi has adopted a policy of being reluctant to sell, and every time he makes and sells refined salt, he sells it in a limited quantity.
The effect of this is that rare things are more expensive, and the price of refined salt continues to increase, earning Li Zhen a lot of money.
Through the trade routes opened up by refined salt, Zou Fengchi also engaged in tea and silk business. These two businesses made Zou Yichi a lot of money.
These items bring Li Zhen nearly 10 million yuan in income every year. You must know that during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, the central government's annual fiscal revenue is only 30 million yuan, while Zou Fengchi can earn nearly 10 million yuan a year. Consistently, it is equivalent to almost one-third of the national fiscal revenue.
Literally overnight, a pauper became the number one businessman in the Tang Dynasty who was extremely wealthy.
Li Zhen was generally satisfied after listening to Zou Fengchineng¡¯s report on his business performance in the past two years.
He thought of a few more questions and said: "I say, Lao Zou, you have done a good job, but have you ever thought about doing business in this way? Although it connects the economies of the north and the south, the cost is too high, and a large number of people have to be escorted every time. Property, the risk is too high?¡±
"It is true. Every trade requires a large amount of property to be mobilized from Chang'an and transported thousands of miles away. The country is not yet peaceful and thieves are infested in many places, so losses often occur." Zou Fengchi said.
Li Zhen smiled and said, "I have a way to reduce the risk."
"Prince, please speak."
Li Zhen immediately expressed her thoughts. Li Zhen¡¯s idea was very simple, which was to add a function of depositing and withdrawing money to stores selling refined salt in various places.
This is similar to later banks, which set up ticket numbers in various cities across the country, issued banknotes, and used banknotes to replace bulky copper coins. In this way, there is no need to carry a large amount of copper coins every time the goods are transported, saving manpower and material resources. .
At the same time, the bank can also use low interest rates to attract funds and lend them out at high interest rates.?Letting money circulate can not only make the bank make a lot of money, but also make business more prosperous.
When Li Zhen expressed his idea, Zou Fengchi was overjoyed. He was astute and immediately saw the benefits of this ticket number. Mastering the ticket number was equivalent to controlling the country's economic lifeline.
And with the support of Prince Li Zhen, Zou Fengchi is even more courageous and can go ahead with confidence.
After talking about the ticket number with Zou Fengchi, Li Zhen took out a small paper bag, handed it to Zou Fengchi, and said, "Try it."
Zou Fengchi pinched the white powder in the small paper bag with his fingers and put it in his mouth. The next moment, his eyes lit up and he said, "Your Highness, what is this? Is it so sweet?"
"This is white sugar." Li Zhen said.
In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, sugar cane was abundant in the south and there was also a sugar-making process, but the sugar produced was all brown sugar.
This brown sugar tastes a bit worse, far from being comparable to the white sugar of later generations.
? Even Zou Fengchi, who has traveled all over the country and has seen a lot, has never seen white sugar. When he tasted white sugar, it tasted so good. Zou Fengchi was shocked for a while.
Li Zhen smiled and said: "This is called white sugar, which is also extracted from sugar cane, but the taste is much better than brown sugar."
"Your Highness, I have never tasted such delicious candy. If this candy can be used on a large scale, it will definitely make a lot of wealth."
Li Zhen nodded and said: "According to what I said, the production process of refined salt has been leaked out. Now many people are selling privately refined salt on the market, which has greatly impacted the price of refined salt. Moreover, my purpose is also We are not trying to make profits from refined salt, but we want more people to eat refined salt. It¡¯s time to relax the price of refined salt.¡±
"But Your Highness, if you relax the price of refined salt, our profits will be greatly reduced. Our annual income will drop from nearly 10 million guan to 5 million guan." Zou Fengchi said with a sad face, looking very unwilling.
"Haha, it's nothing. With this white sugar production process, I believe that it won't be long before we can create more profits, make up for the losses caused by the liberalization of refined salt prices, and create greater profits." Li Zhenyi pointed to the paper bag containing white sugar and said (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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