Chapter 610: Salt Dumping
"With such quality and such a low price, can our Pingzhou government still make a profit?" someone couldn't help but wonder.
Hearing this, Lu Desheng thought calmly that they got this salt from Longcheng Lake Salt, and it was basically a zero-cost business.
Every spring, salt crystals form on the lake's shores, forming thick layers of white salt, sometimes blending in with the remaining snow. My daughter told me that the annual output of the Longcheng salt lake is estimated to be tens of millions of kilograms.
"And what's the purpose of Pingzhou doing this?" someone wondered. Is it really as Ji Wuyin said, out of pity for the people of Dali?
The person who was speaking was pulled by his companion's sleeve. They didn't care whether the government office made money or not, and what was the point of interfering in Pingzhou? Since the governor was planning to do this, he must have his own considerations.
"Ji Daxiu, we want to do this business, what are your requirements?"
Ji Wuyin: "As I said earlier, the price in Pingzhou is 80 wen per catty. We don't care how you manipulate it. We only have one requirement, which is that the price sold to the people of Dali cannot exceed 150 wen per catty. You can decide the balance between the two."
Hearing this, everyone was shocked and couldn't help whispering.
"A big deal! Our Pingzhou is really generous!"
"Oh my god, I think the governor is really going to take action against Dali's vitals."
Being able to buy official salt of this quality for just one hundred and fifty coins was truly a death sentence for the Dali court.
Tea, horses, salt and iron were almost the most important sources of tax revenue for the imperial court in all dynasties.
This time, the court’s salt supply will definitely be hit hard.
Even if it is Pingzhou, with such quality and selling at such a low price, Pingzhou itself will lose a lot of money.
Ji Wuyin concluded, "Everyone present here, if you feel you are capable of this task, you can go to the first floor of the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce building later to pay the deposit and order the amount of salt you need. After you pay, the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce will issue you a receipt, and you can take it to Shanggu County in Youzhou to pick up the goods."
Everyone present was smart and they understood Ji Wuyin's subtext: it's time to mobilize your connections.
This is a rare opportunity, so everyone should compete fairly. How big a piece of meat you can get depends on your own ability.
A military region in Pingzhou
"Gather! Quick!"
"There's a mission!"
"General, what's the mission?"
"Go to Longcheng to escort a batch of goods to Shanggu County!"
"Yeah!"
"Every one of you, get your act together. This mission was chosen by drawing lots, and you are not allowed to mess it up. Do you hear me?!"
“I heard it!”
Because of the salt lake, Longcheng has become a key military defense area, and the original pharmacy has long been relocated. Because this is the former site of the Longcheng Pharmacy, it is still called that.
That night, under the cover of darkness, countless lake salts were transported out of the Longcheng Pharmacy by army soldiers.
Qingzhou
Wu Ren received another letter from his master.
The Pingzhou Expeditionary Force's victory in the East China Sea was due to the food and fodder they prepared in advance.
After the battle of the East China Sea ended, his master sent a letter praising them highly and saying that they would be credited with a merit.
This was the second letter since the end of the East China Sea War. He opened it and read it carefully.
In the letter, Lu Songli mainly talked about two things. One was to ask him to cooperate with Pingzhou's upcoming salt dumping plan against Dali, and the other was to inform him of the complex plan to be implemented in Zhuozhou, and by the way, let him personally implement the long-term counter-trading link.
So this is possible?
Wu Ren read the letter over and over again, eagerly learning and absorbing new knowledge.
Until Master Ji and Tao Xun came together.
After sitting down, Young Master Ji asked directly, "Did the governor send a letter?" Don't ask him why he asked this, because his father also sent a letter.
Wu Ren: "Yes, I was just about to ask someone to invite you."
Young Master Ji smiled and said, "My father also wrote to me, so I brought Lao Tao with me."
"The governor wrote to us, asking us to cooperate with Pingzhou's upcoming salt dumping plan against Dali. I'm sure Uncle Ji also mentioned this to you in the letter, right?"
Tao Xun looked at this one, then looked at that one. These two guys were bullying him. No one in Pingzhou? "What is the salt dumping plan?"
"The salt dumping scheme is..."
Tao Xun was so excited when he heard this: making money and benefiting the people, what kind of wonderful thing is this? Let's do it!
Wu Ren and Young Master Ji had already read the letter and were excited, but they were still unable to calm down.
"Old Wu, when will we go back to Pingzhou?" When Tao Xun mentioned Pingzhou, his face was full of longing. He really wanted to go to Pingzhou to have a look.
Wu Ren was helpless, "Let's get to work first?"
"This job is not difficult. Let's act separately." As long as the profit is big enough, I don't believe that the shark will not be tempted!
There is no problem selling this salt, and the profit is enough for them to take the risk.
…
With Pingzhou's actions, a large amount of salt entered the market, and the Dali coastline, Jizhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou and other places were like a drop of water dropped into a frying pan.
Undercurrents are surging everywhere.
"Such a low price? Is the salt okay?"
"No problem, you can check it!"
When the buyer checked it, he was surprised to find that this quality of salt was better than the best official salt.
"Salt of this quality should be sold for three hundred coins per pound without any problem. You're giving me one hundred and ten coins per pound. Did I hear you wrong, or are you crazy?"
"You heard correctly, but we have only one condition: your selling price must not exceed 150 coins per catty."
"Are you the Bodhisattvas sent from heaven to save people from suffering?" Selling salt of this quality for 130 wen per pound is a good deed, and the powerful and wealthy will be scrambling to get it!
"Don't worry about what we are, just tell us whether we will do it or not."
“Done!”
The buyer thought, anyone who doesn't do it is a fool. The other party should be from Pingzhou. Pingzhou set the selling price. Although the selling price is only half of the salt price of the Dali court, the quantity is large and it is enough to satisfy your hunger.
This is to make them rich!
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