"Sixty-three dollars! Sixty-three dollars!" Cui Min kept pacing in the room, mumbling.
Today, the Cui family's private salt production still uses the method of boiling the sea to make salt. Not only is the output low, but there is also additional firewood cost.
Qin State currently sells official salt for 63 qian. If they sell it at this price, not only will they not make a penny, but they will also have to pay for it.
The idea of a price war only fleetingly occurred in Cui Jing's mind. Just kidding, there is nothing wrong with bullying foreign salt merchants in a price war. The other party is Qin.
The Qin State has a great cause, and I am afraid that the Cui family will be wiped out, and the Qin State will not lose a hair.
"In this case... I will send someone to contact the Lu family and the Gao family first to find out whether the price of official salt in our area is low or whether it has dropped.
As for the current official salt, go and buy it, buy as much as you can, and try to delay the news of official salt price cuts spreading to all directions. "
"The price of Qin is paid by taxes. If you sell it for sixty-three yuan, the cost must be lower. The cost is so low. Either a large salt mine has been discovered, or there is a new way to make salt." Cui Min paced in the house, Force yourself to calm down and analyze.
With the state of Qin, playing hard is to specify that it will not work.
Not to mention the Cui family, even the entire named nobles of Qi may not be enough to defeat Qin. They really have the ability to flip the table.
"Father, the State of Qin recently collected corvees in Langya and Handan areas and sent them to the salt fields. Is it related to the price reduction of official salt?" Cui Jing asked.
"In this case, send someone to find out more and see if Qin has any new salt-making methods." Cui Min frowned and said.
The Cui family has long heard of the Qin State's extensive corvee levy in coastal areas, which occurred in the salt fields. After all, the Cui family is the dominant force here, but the Qin State's corvee levy has become the norm. In which year did the levy of corvee not occur? Therefore, everyone did not take it seriously.
But now it seems that there must be something fishy.
"If it is a new method of making salt...then the Cui family will not lose its foundation." Cui Min sighed.
"Raised by a maid!" Cui Min cursed again.
"Don't worry, father. If there is just a new method of making salt, no matter how hard the Qin State guards it, it will take at most a year and a half before we can get the news." Cui Jing comforted.
This is true. The Cui family is the top powerhouse in Qi State, with people from top to bottom, and salt production inevitably requires a lot of corvee labor. It cannot be airtight. After all, the Cui family is the dominant force here.
"Besides, even if we lose the salt-making business, our family has accumulated a lot of wealth and has thousands of hectares of fertile land..."
"Just lowering the price of official salt won't be able to control us."
Although private salt has always been the main source of income for the Cui family, as a top noble, how could the Cui family have such a single source of income?
After so many years of accumulation, their land is calculated on a per acre basis. Their shop products are all over the Langya area. They have almost mastered all the commodity dumping of this generation. The Cui family has thousands of slaves, tenant farmers, slave craftsmen, serving the Cui family. The combined manpower exceeds tens of thousands.
The number of people shrouded in fame by the Cui family reaches hundreds of thousands.
The Cui family is a top noble that has existed since the founding of Qi. Although the Tian family suffered heavy losses when they replaced Qi, it still stands today and cannot be underestimated.
Nobles related to the Cui family by marriage are spread throughout Qi and even the world. The Cui family's political connections can even reach as high as Jiuqing. In the Langya area, a large number of officials are from the Cui family's disciples.
The Cui family supports hundreds of dead disciples alone, not to mention those who have already left the Cui family.
They go down to the local government and go up to the government offices...
Even if the private salt business is gone, he can still live well, not to mention that the Qin State cannot prevent the Cui family from stealing secrets.
"The Kingdom of Qin belongs to Zhao Zheng, but Langya belongs to the Cui family!"
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And the East China Sea boundary on the other side...
Inside Lord Canghai’s mansion.
Cang Haijun and Zhang Liang sat opposite each other.
"Zifang, this is the fairy seed that is said to have a yield of up to a thousand catties per acre in the Qin Kingdom."
Cang Haijun took out three things with a smile.
"This is corn. It is said that the yield per mu is more than 900 kilograms. This is sweet potato, and the yield per mu is as high as 6,000 kilograms. This is potato, and the yield per mu is as high as two to three thousand kilograms." Cang Haijun had a smile on his face.
"Ying Zheng is really lucky. The dirty people gathered overseas and have never seen such strange things. I have to help them buy grain, farming tools, salt and weapons. Ying Zheng just sent Xu Fu to sea. To be able to get this immortal food..." Mr. Canghai said with some emotion in his tone.
"Who would have thought that when Xu Fu was stranded in Fusang, Zhao Si would seize the ship and return. He would forget about it and bring back such immortal food."
Zhang Liang nodded expressionlessly and looked at the three new grains in front of him.
To be honest, except for corn, which looks slightly better, sweet potatoes and potatoes are earthy and have nothing to do with fairy food.
"How much grain Canghaijun got?" Zhang Liang asked after playing with the corn, potatoes and sweet potatoes one by one.
"Thirty percent... I can only get 30% of the grain sent from the East China Sea." Canghaijun sighed.
"After all, this is several thousand kilograms of grain per acre. Every family is rushing to get it, and every family has connections. It's hard to tell much apart. I tried my best to buy it, and we only managed to get more than two hundred kilograms of seeds."
Zhang Liang nodded...
He did not doubt that various noble families were keen on fairy seeds.
Nobles are all eager to take advantage of something.
The production of three kinds of fairy grains in Qin State has caused a sensation in the world. The court has made plans to promote it, and all the nobles can't wait.
In a place where a batch of grain seeds are distributed, the first person to get the fairy grain grain seeds is definitely not Guizhou.
We have to wait for each noble family to give priority to the distribution before the remaining 10% of the seeds can be distributed to Guizhou.
Nobles are also citizens...
Who is growing this fairy food?
Doesn’t it count as promotion if it’s promoted to nobles? Nobles pay taxes!
The government's performance indicators are only to promote the fairy grain, and there is no explicit requirement that it must be planted in Guizhou. Besides, each county has only a few thousand kilograms of grain, which will not be enough even if it is distributed.
"The price of salt has dropped." Zhang Liang pondered for a moment and then raised his head to look at Cang Haijun.
"Now the price of salt in the East China Sea is only 86 yuan, which is lower than the price of private salt. Mr. Canghai can buy more official salt and sell it to filthy people. As for these grains, just give them away for free." Zhang Liang pondered for a moment and said. .
"These two hundred kilograms of grain are a waste of energy..." Mr. Canghai was stunned when he heard this.
His country has been destroyed. Although Lord Canghai was born as a filthy person, as he spent more and more time in the Central Plains, he was gradually accepted by the Central Plains nobles and became known as Lord Canghai. Lord Canghai no longer thought about it. He regarded himself as a dirty person, and used the dirty people who migrated overseas as a tool for his own profit-making, a stepping stone to integrate into the aristocratic circle of the Central Plains.
The so-called restoration of the country and the so-called great hatred are becoming more and more distant in Canghaijun's heart. It's just that being against Qin and criticizing Qin is political correctness in the aristocratic circle.
To be honest, there were only more than 10,000 filthy people in Canghaijun's previous country. They lived in poverty and could only make a living by fishing and hunting. He said that they were filthy rulers, but in fact they were no different from tribal leaders. When the Qin Dynasty did not destroy them, Canghaijun It’s also about surviving through cracks.
Now he is prospering more and more, and has been accepted by the nobles of the Central Plains. Canghaijun can open up communication channels with overseas people.
The current Canghaijun is no longer the Canghaijun who was determined to restore the country.
"Canghaijun has many virtuous names among the dirty people. Canghaijun has gained a foothold in the country by relying on dirty people overseas. Selling salt, iron, grain and farming tools is a business, but grain seeds are the lifeblood." Zhang Liang looked deeply. He glanced at Mr. Canghai.
"Cang Haijun, you are the leader of Hui Ren. You were before and you are now. In the past, no one wanted to bypass Cang Haijun and trade with Hui Ren. The price is even lower than Cang Haijun. Why does Hui Ren only recognize you, Cang Haijun?" Zhang Liang spoke seriously.
Hearing this, Mr. Canghai said after a long silence: "Okay, I'll listen to the wife."
Zhang Liang nodded and thought for a moment before continuing: "In the past few days, I will try my best to buy more weapons and armor..."
"Weapons and armor are not easy to get, and the price is not affordable for the evil people. You know that the evil people are poor. Even if I can get a lot of weapons and armor, they can't afford it." Canghaijun frowned and said.
"Why does Zifang have such a suggestion?"
Zhang Liang was silent for a moment, raised his head and said, "Let's prepare for a rainy day..."
"The price of Qin's official salt suddenly dropped lower than that of private salt. Three new grains with yields of up to 1,000 kilograms per mu were allocated to local areas, but there was no intention of raising taxes... I always felt that Qin might have other actions."
"Qin's domestic troubles are not only caused by the nobles, but also by the anger of the people. The corvee is endless, the taxes are twenty times higher than in ancient times, the laws are complicated, the minor crimes are punished severely, the people are tired and weak, and the people's wealth is being robbed. But now it suddenly changed its temper... No. Qian Shou is undergoing surgery..."
"But will Qin Guo put down the knife? Mr. Canghai?"
"If this sword is not aimed at the head of Guizhou, who will it be aimed at?"
Cang Haijun was shocked when he heard this. He had always believed in Zhang Liang's judgment, and Zhang Liang's words had made it obvious enough.
The State of Qin suddenly changed its temper and gave the common people a glimmer of hope. Even if an acre produced thousands of kilograms of grain, they would not take the opportunity to raise taxes and squeeze the capital of Guizhou.
With Qin's temperament as a tiger and a wolf, if this sword does not fall on Qian Shou, it will fall elsewhere.
Now that Qin has no foreign troubles, this sword...
"I know! During this time, I will try my best to buy more armors and weapons." Canghaijun nodded seriously.
"If there are disputes among the filthy people overseas, Mr. Canghai will also take the trouble to mediate. Now that we have obtained new food, Mr. Canghai will try his best to send more people to help them learn to farm and help them... let them learn to farm and learn etiquette, not daily life. There have been constant disputes. Now that the Qin State has destroyed the six kingdoms, it has issued a new order to bring troops to the head of Guizhou. Each noble has its own grievances... The only one in the world who has the opportunity to command millions of people is Lord Canghai." Zhang Liang said seriously. .
Lord Canghai has been trying his best to infiltrate into the circle of the Central Plains aristocrats. Zhang Liang can see clearly, and Zhang Liang is also very aware of the virtues of the old aristocrats of the Six Kingdoms.
But now...it's not like before!
Mr. Canghai nodded seriously when he heard this, and after a long discussion, he walked out of the room.
Only Zhang Liang was left, he closed the bamboo slips heavily and let out a long sigh.
"The thing I was most worried about happened..."
(End of chapter)
