Li Jia, the eldest son of Li Jindou, the manager, was sitting in the official office of the salt field.
He had already arrived in Wu Dynasty, but was called to this autonomous prefecture by a letter from Fu Xiaoguan.
At this moment, he was quickly counting the amount of salt produced each day on an abacus.
The more he calculated, the more shocked he became, and the more he admired his boss, Fu Xiaoguan!
The salt field has been completed since mid-August, and in just over a month, it has already produced a total of 900,000 kilograms of salt!
What is the concept?
This is pure silver!
Money comes faster than printing money!
He was directly appointed by Fu Xiaoguan as the Minister of Finance of the Salt Field. He was not only responsible for managing the accounts of the salt field, but also for the sales of the salt.
But he still couldn't understand why such good salt was only sold at the same price as green salt?
Fu Xiaoguan did not explain to him, and only mentioned how he could sell the salt, saying that he could ask the barbarians to exchange it for cattle, sheep and horses. As for the rest... the Li family had already gotten used to this hands-off boss.
Now, the news that cattle and sheep can be used to exchange for salt at the Muyang Salt Field has been passed down through the government. In just half a week, 200,000 kilograms of salt have been exchanged. According to the standard of one sheep for three kilograms of salt and one cow for ten kilograms of salt, the salt field now has 40,000 sheep and 8,000 cows!
Six days ago, he had arranged for people to send these cattle and sheep to the commercial cities of Xinzhou and Lanqi respectively. Many businessmen have gathered in those two places.
The Yu Dynasty, the Yi State, and even the Wu Dynasty were all accustomed to eating mutton. As for pork, it tasted bad and was cheap, so only the poor would buy it to eat.
Also sent to the two places were 500,000 kilograms of salt!
The Li family fully believed that these cattle, sheep and salt could be sold quickly.
The daily output of this salt field is still increasing. According to the owner, with so many people, the daily output should reach 80,000 kilograms of salt - a daily income of 40,000 taels of silver, which means... 15 million taels a year!
And what about the expenses of the salt fields?
The daily wage is ten cents, and with ten thousand people in total, the daily wage expenditure is one hundred taels of silver... This can be completely ignored.
Therefore, after the Li family finished calculating the accounts, they were even more speechless.
This is like finding a gold mine!
Almost half of the tax revenue of all countries in the world comes from salt and iron. The reason why the once barren country lived in such hardship and cold was that there was no salt in this place before!
If it weren't for the high-quality cattle and sheep in this place, it would be impossible to establish a country.
According to the tax revenue of the Yu Dynasty, approximately 10 million taels of tax revenue was from salt and iron each year, and salt accounted for more than half of it. At least 7 million taels of silver were taxes generated by salt - this was the salt for the entire country!
But the salt tax revenue from just one salt field in this autonomous prefecture reached the entire country's salt tax revenue of the Yu Dynasty!
The boss is planning many industries. Once those industries are put into production, the tax revenue of an autonomous prefecture will completely surpass the tax revenue of the entire Yu Dynasty.
Why……
The Li family sighed. According to the quality of this white salt, it could be sold for more than 800 coins. It was a pity that 300 coins were lost per pound for no reason.
Just as he sighed, the Salt and Iron Envoy Tuoba Feng walked in.
The two have known each other for nearly a month and have become very casual with each other.
"Shopkeeper Li, why are you sighing?"
Li Jia shook his head, a look of doubt on his face. "Sir, why would Ding Anbo sell such good salt for the same price as green salt?"
Tuoba Feng thought about it and said, "If it's too expensive, it won't be good for the people of the autonomous region."
Li Jia thought about it and realized that this was the truth.
Now a sheep can be exchanged for three catties of salt. If the salt is really sold for eight hundred coins, it can only be exchanged for two catties of salt.
"Mr. Ding'an, be merciful! Although this will harm the autonomous region's revenue, it will reassure the people. I understand."
Tuoba Feng would not admit Fu Xiaoguan's prowess, but his heart was still very honest. Now that he was appointed by Fu Xiaoguan as the Salt and Iron Envoy, he was really doing this job with all his heart.
I was able to destroy a country when I was an emperor, so can't I be a small salt and iron envoy?
Tuoba Feng naturally didn't believe it, so he put all his energy into this salt field.
With him in charge of these ten thousand barbarians, there would be a lot less trouble. After all, he was once an emperor, and after all, the Tuoba clan was the largest clan among these barbarians.
Therefore, the construction of the salt field was very fast. He also selected some clever people according to the salt refining method written by Fu Xiaoguan, and adopted the assembly line operation method mentioned by Fu Xiaoguan. The salt output was constantly increasing. He believed that once all the workers were skilled, they would be able to achieve the daily output of 80,000 kilograms mentioned by Fu Xiaoguan.
Now he feels a sense of accomplishment. He failed to manage 80 million barbarians, but the effect of managing 10,000 barbarians was immediate.
For the sake of three meals a day and those ten cents, they are as docile as little lambs.
"Next year, I plan to recruit another 10,000 people." Tuoba Feng brewed a pot of tea and slowly said to the Li family, "We have to double the scale and make this salt business even bigger..."
Before he finished speaking, a man suddenly rushed into the office. His name was Tuoba Duo, and his face was full of excitement.
"Second uncle, I'm rich, I'm rich...!"
Tuoba Feng frowned and looked at Tuoba Duo with dignity. "You're already in your forties, why are you so flustered? ...No, are all the cattle, sheep, and salt sent to Lanqi Trade City sold out?"
Tuoba Duo, who was about forty years old, was the leader of this trip to Lanqi Commercial City to sell cattle, sheep and salt.
His dark face glowed red as he nodded frequently, "Second Uncle, Shopkeeper Li, you don't know what happened. As soon as we put the salt out there, we were surrounded by people in an instant!"
"Those Yi merchants are so greedy!"
"They didn't believe the white, snow-like substance was salt, so I took some and offered it to them to try. After tasting it, they went even more crazy."
"When I said this salt would be sold at the same price as green salt, 500 coins per pound, our shop was nearly packed!"
"One hundred thousand kilograms of salt were sold out in a matter of seconds!"
"There was also a merchant from the Yi Kingdom who bought all the 20 kilograms of salt for the tasting!"
Tuoba Feng knew that this thing would definitely sell well, but he didn't expect it to sell so well.
He knew too well the benefits of this salt. The white salt had a pure taste, just salty, unlike the green salt, which had a strong bitter taste. The two were worlds apart in comparison.
"Where's the silver?"
Tuoba Duo swallowed his saliva and said, "I was in a hurry to come back and tell Second Master the good news. When I left, the cattle and sheep had not been sold yet. I think the silver is on its way back now."
Thinking of all that money, Tuoba Feng couldn't sit still any longer. He stood up and said to the Li family, "Manager Li, I think we should expand the scale now. What do you think?"
Li Jia was also so excited that his face was flushed. He naturally thought it was okay.
"Then let's do as Master Tuoba wishes!"
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