Shen Yong smiled faintly, "Don't ask for the cost price."
"Just give me 80% of the selling price."
He is not that Zhou Baopi who makes people work hard for nothing.
He has no shortage of money now, but if he wants to support the army, the more money the better.
After this period of natural disasters has passed and people's lives have returned to normal, it will of course be more convenient to pay military salaries in silver.
Xie Yutang's pupils trembled, and shock flashed across his eyes.
He thought that the cost price given to them by King Qianhuang should not exceed 100 wen for local sales, but there would be no upper limit for sales to other places.
But he never expected that King Qianhuang would not charge them the cost price.
This is equivalent to giving them salt for free to sell, and they can get 20% of whatever they sell.
Not to mention giving them 20%, even if we give them 10%, the profit would be immeasurable.
The shock on Mr. Ma's face was more obvious, and the joy overflowed directly...
........
Mr. Ma walked out of the prefectural office with excitement on his face, and immediately followed Xie Yutang to the more private restaurant owned by the Xie family.
After sitting down in the private room, Xie Yutang took a sip of tea, glanced at the busy streets outside the window, and a gratified smile appeared on his face.
"A month ago, only a few people could be seen on this street, all of them with downcast brows and dejected expressions."
"Look at them now, their faces are full of vitality."
"All this is thanks to King Qianhuang."
Xie Yutang sighed deeply.
After an in-depth contact with King Qianhuang today, he found that King Qianhuang was really a good prince who loved his people like his own children.
It would be a good idea for such a ruler who always thinks about the people and does not overly suppress the aristocratic families to be an emperor.
Since the Xie family has surrendered to King Qianhuang, they naturally hope to support King Qianhuang to ascend the throne and become emperor.
Although the Xie family has been living quietly in Qianhuang City, that is only on the surface.
Which head of a family doesn’t want his family to reach a higher level under his leadership?
Of course, he is no exception.
There was no chance before. Emperor Tianwu coveted the women of the Xie family, but was also on guard against the Xie family.
Even if the girl from the Xie family entered the palace, she could only become a concubine at best, not even a noble concubine.
Emperor Tianwu would not allow a woman from the Xie family to take the position of commanding the harem.
Oh!
Xie Yutang sneered. As a person in a high position, he was really timid to be so worried about the Xie family becoming bigger.
It was only because the Xie family had a queen and a grand empress dowager in their ancestors' family, and because unofficial history records that the women of the Xie family interfered in government affairs and supported their young son to ascend the throne, these things frightened Emperor Tianwu.
In fact, there are official records of the Xie family, and everything they did was allowed by the late emperor.
The girls of the Xie family are famous for their intelligence, talent and foresight.
The children born by such a girl will naturally be good.
In fact, if you think about it carefully, Emperor Tianwu also has a trace of Xie family blood.
"Yes." Mr. Ma sighed as he looked at the busy streets.
"In just over a month, King Qianhuang has conquered Qianhuang City and Bailong City. His future is limitless."
Bailong City has been owned by King Qianhuang, and everyone in Qianhuang City knows this.
Thousands of people came from Bailong City to fetch water, and the endless number of water carts was impossible to ignore.
Seeing that Bailong City was short of water and had to rely on Qianhuang City to transport water, he knew that King Qianhuang still did not trust the governor of Bailong City.
With King Qianhuang's ability, he can directly divert water to Bailong City.
But it was also true that he didn't really trust the prefect of Bailong City.
That guy has someone in Beijing, who knows if he will secretly inform on us.
However, Magistrate Deng's entire family, including nine clans, have moved to Qianhuang City, which is more reliable.
When talking about the fact that all nine clans of Magistrate Deng had moved here, Mr. Ma didn't know whether he should laugh or not.
Originally, he and Magistrate Deng were the only ones in Qianhuang City. He moved the Ma family to Qianhuang City just to enjoy the shade under a big tree.
The prefect is his relative in the Ma family, so it is convenient for him to do anything.
Who knew that Magistrate Deng would stay in Qianhuang City for three years and three years and three years...
Seeing that promotion was unlikely and no other official was willing to take over the impoverished Qianhuang City, the Deng family decided to move here.
Xie Yutang curled his lips and smiled lightly and nodded.
"Bailong City shipped back 10,000 kilograms of salt. I guess Governor Liu will secretly sell it to other cities."
"He will use this refined salt to exchange for more profits and strive to maximize profits."
"So we must move quickly and sell the refined salt to the capital and the wealthy cities in the south before Magistrate Liu does."
"That's right." Speaking of business, Master Ma withdrew his gaze from the street and looked at Xie Yutang.
"Originally, water transport would have been faster, but the water level in this section of the canal in the north is completely unable to support ship operations."
"The section of the canal from Bailong City to the capital has almost dried up to the bottom, which shows that the drought is still very serious everywhere."
"The drought in Qianhuang City has eased, but other cities in the north are still suffering from drought. We don't need to sell our salt to this area anymore."
"Yes." Xie Yutang nodded, "Let's leave this area to Magistrate Liu."
"We sell to the south, and also to... Fire Phoenix Nation and Silver Moon Nation..."
Master Ma raised his eyelids and looked at Xie Yutang, "Then I won't be polite with you. I choose the Fire Phoenix Nation."
"The water transportation in the south is basically controlled by the Xie family, so I won't get involved."
"The Xie family will be responsible for sales in the South and Silver Moon Country."
"You are good at saving effort." Xie Yutang glanced at Master Ma with a smile.
"The Fire Phoenix Nation is right next to Qianhuang City. You can just walk over there."
"Alas, how can the Ma family compare with the Xie family?" Mr. Ma said modestly.
"If it weren't for King Qianhuang's intervention, I wouldn't even be qualified to sit at the same table with Master Xie and have tea."
"The south is such a big piece of fat meat, the Ma family really has no power to do anything about it."
"You also know that most of the Ma family's business in recent years has been done with the Fire Phoenix Nation..."
“.......”
Mr. Ma and Xie Yutang discussed in the restaurant for an hour before they returned home satisfied.
As for those who were waiting for news in their house, they were all sent away with an excuse.
The more people involved, the more trouble there is.
King Qianhuang is already dead, and only the Xie and Ma families can sell refined salt in Qianhuang City, so it is naturally not a good idea to involve others.
The sale of refined salt in this city cannot make much money, and most of it needs to be sold outside.
........
White Dragon City....
"My lord, my lord, I'm coming back!"
The yamen runner rushed into the prefect's study with excitement on his face, shouting at the top of his lungs, "Master Zhao and Qi Zhiyong are back."
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