“Where does such high-quality salt come from?”
Hao Yongchang asked excitedly.
This time.
It was the luck rebel's turn to be confused.
What?
Seems okay?
He opened his eyes and took a closer look.
hiss!
Is that salt?
Where can such fine salt be found?
Several people gathered around it, gave it a twist, and licked it, and then they were overjoyed!
Great, the quality of this salt is really "excellent"!
That Ying Lu did nothing wrong.
The quality of this salt is several times that of other salts, and it is worth the purchase price of one penny!
So not only were they fine, but they also made meritorious deeds?
The middle-aged Yuntei hurriedly smiled and approached: "This Ying Lu Tiju has been harvesting salt for decades. He can tell the difference between good and bad at a glance. Let me tell you, how could he do something wrong?"
Hao Yongchang chuckled: "Didn't you just say that he was an idiot and had something wrong with his brain?"
Yun Bei Dui smiled and said: "Xia Guan just made a slip of the tongue, a slip of the tongue."
"Okay, okay, stop talking nonsense and find Ying Lu soon."
Hao Yongchang's face suddenly became happy: "We are so happy that we can find such a salt producer this time."
"Sir, I will invite Ying Lu now, and please wait in the middle hall."
With that said, Yun Bei asked the salt transporter to leave the warehouse, so as not to see some extremely poor quality salt collected in the warehouse and cause trouble.
Not long after.
Ying Lu came over from another department.
In the middle hall, Hao Yongchang asked: "Are you Ying Lu?"
Ying Lu hurriedly raised his hands and said, "I have met Mr. Hao. I am Ying Lu, who is promoted to the Salt Department."
Hao Yongchang nodded and asked again: "Yesterday you collected a batch of salt. The quality is very good. Is this possible?"
Ying Lu nodded hurriedly and explained what happened last night.
Hao Yongchang understood clearly, shook his account book, and said, "But why don't you record the name of this salt household in your records?"
Speaking of this, Ying Lu also felt his scalp numb and said:
"My lord, this is the villain's negligence. The registration information is Zhang Tiju's business. He was not here last night. The official was too excited and forgot about it."
"I think about it today. The first time I came to the Yamen, I went to the place where Zhang Ti held the permit to check."
No wonder no one was found just now. Hao Yongchang asked: "What was the result of the investigation?"
"Return to my lord."
Ying Lu said: "I didn't expect that person yesterday came earlier. Zhang Tiju hadn't arrived at the Yamen yet. He collected the money from the warehouse with the pass and left."
"What did you do?"
Hao Yongchang frowned.
Ying Lu knelt on the ground and shivered.
Yun Bei hurriedly came out to smooth things over and said, "Mr. Hao, it's okay. This new salt household can't only sell this little salt. They will definitely come back in a few days."
"Okay, let's not worry about the crime today. The merits and demerits are equal to each other."
Hao Yongchang stood up and left with his hands behind his back, "Remember to leave this person's information next time."
"It's my lord."
Yun Bei hurriedly sent the giant Buddha of Hao Yongchang out, and he was relieved after sending it out.
He frowned, thinking to himself that Master Hao was really an old fox.
If the merits are equal to the faults, doesn't it mean taking all the credit to oneself?
Old fox!
That's it.
Hao Yongchang went to the Beiping government office in a very good mood.
Met with Magistrate Huang and reported the matter.
After some reporting.
Magistrate Huang stood up excitedly, staring at the white salt in front of him in disbelief.
"Great work, Brother Hao, you really made a great contribution this time!"
Magistrate Huang said excitedly: "Report this to King Yan, and King Yan will definitely look at you differently."
With this salt, it means that Shuntian's own method of opening the middle will work.
Then the problem of military ration shortage will be solved!
Because the salt was not distributed to the people, but was used to exchange for food by merchants.
Salt of this quality can definitely be sold at a good price.
In other words, for the same weight of salt, the grain required is several times that of ordinary salt!
Hao Yongchang also humbly handed over his hand: "Thanks to the prefect for reminding me, it's not a waste of my time as an official. I stayed at the Yamen day and night, and I was able to watch the clouds clear and see the moonlight."
He directly took the credit on himself, saying that it was the result of staying at the Yamen day and night.
"Thanks a lot."
Magistrate Huang smiled and said, "Are we going to meet His Highness King Yan now?"
"Let's go together."
Hao Yongchang said excitedly.
Not long after.
The two of them came to Prince Yan's Mansion in person.
After the guard informed him, he quickly entered the mansion.
"Your Highness King Yan, Your Highness King Yan, good news! Great news!"
As soon as he entered the door, Magistrate Huang shouted excitedly.
Hearing this, Zhu Di hurriedly waved for them to sit down and said with a smile, "But did you find salt?"
During this time, Zhu Di was very worried about this matter.
If the shortage of military rations is not solved, seventeen guards and a total of one hundred thousand soldiers will guard the border. We cannot let the soldiers go hungry, right?
"Your Highness is really good at predicting things. You guessed it before I even opened my mouth."
Magistrate Huang smiled and cupped his hands.
Hearing this, Zhu Di was overjoyed: "Say it quickly!"
Magistrate Huang said: "Speaking of it, this is a clever move by His Highness. Once this notice was posted, it really attracted people from among the people."
Zhu Di laughed loudly and said: "It's not worth mentioning. This plan was the princess's suggestion."
"I heard that the princess is well-read in poetry and books, and is extremely resourceful. She is really a good wife for His Highness."
After flattering him, Magistrate Huang's eyes fell on Hao Yongchang and said: "Master Hao, please talk to His Highness."
"Yes, sir."
Hao Yongchang stood up excitedly.
This is a rare opportunity in a thousand years. As a salt transport envoy, he has almost no chance to deal with His Highness King Yan.
Now is a great time to show off.
"I have met His Highness King Yan."
Hao Yongchang cupped his hands in excitement, and then began to talk, telling what happened.
The content of what he said naturally contained some personal information.
Euphemistically praise yourself for how responsible and caring you are, blah blah blah.
After he finished speaking, he dug into his pocket and took out a bag of salt.
"Please see, Your Highness, this is the white salt of excellent quality that I mentioned."
Zhu Di took the white salt and was stunned immediately.
Is this white salt?
He licked it, and it was indeed white salt.
There is only a pure salty taste, extremely salty, and no bitter taste from impurities.
There is no two copies in the world, this salt is actually produced in Peiping!
Although Peiping can also produce salt, it is indeed far behind Liaodong and Lianghuai.
Nowadays, such high-quality salt can be produced in Beiping, which is really a good thing!
"Okay! Great! I can't believe that such salt is produced in Beiping. It's a blessing for Beiping!"
Zhu Di raised his eyebrows with joy. While rubbing the snowflake white salt, he asked: "If this salt is used in the Kaizhong method, how many times more beneficial will it be than ordinary salt?"
"Reply to the prince."
Hao Yongchang cupped his hands and said: "According to the method of Kaizhong, our court collected salt for twenty cents and taxed it for two cents, and the court made a profit of one cent and eight cents. The businessman exchanged the salt for the equivalent of one cent and five cents of grain. When sold to the people, the price is nine cents per penny, plus the cost of carriages and horses and transportation losses during the period, the profit is almost three cents."
The court's profit was reduced by thirty coins, in exchange for the merchant's profit of ten coins.
This is actually tantamount to giving the court's profits to businessmen, which is not unequal.
For the court, it was actually a loss.
Because the people bought salt from salt merchants, they would not buy salt from the court in the coming year.
It is equivalent to overdrafting the tax on the salt behind.
In fact, it is somewhat similar to Yin eating Mao Liang.
However, military rations were in short supply, so it was a helpless move to replace them with grains in advance.
Hao Yongchang continued:
"But the quality of salt can be good or bad, and good salt can earn more."
"But this kind of extremely high-quality salt can be sold at a high price."
“Sold to wealthy households, a pound of salt can definitely be sold for two or three taels.
"We give away profits and let businessmen earn more."
"I'm afraid there are countless merchants who come to exchange for salt."
"This kind of salt will continue to be purchased at a price of one cent per catty, and the salt merchant will exchange it for grain equivalent to one tael of silver."
"The food obtained in exchange is eight times that of before!! There may be more!"
(End of chapter)
