The Young Master Is Fierce Chapter 856: Silver! Gold!
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The sun sets over the mountains, but the heat has not subsided.
Another basin of ice came in from Yu Chaoyu's study, but Yu Wenwen still didn't feel cool, and he was a little irritated.
"Dong Shangshu, do you mean that according to current estimates, this year's tax income will drop by 20%?"
Dong Kangping bowed his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the salt imported from Xinzhou... accounts for nearly 30% of our market share. Although the price is between 800 and 1,000 yuan, the supply is still in short supply."
After a pause, Dong Kangping added casually: "This is because the Muyang Salt Farm has to supply the autonomous region, Xinzhou City and Lanqi Trade City at the same time."
Yu Wendao took a deep breath and looked at Hongzhuang, who was standing silently in the corner, "Still unable to obtain the refining method of the white salt?"
"Back to Your Majesty, there are at least a hundred spies from the ant colony watching the entire Muyang Salt Field, and Xiaoyulou has no way to get started. And...the salt production method they use is a flow-through method, and each workshop has only one process. The personnel are strictly guarded, and I am afraid that no one except Tuoba Feng knows the entire process."
"In fact, the Chen family of the Wu Dynasty also sent people to the autonomous region to try to get that method, but they also failed."
Yu Wendao knew about this news. Xiaoyulou's spies in Wu Dynasty would send back news almost every day. He thought that after Fu Xiaoguan ascended the throne, he would use force as soon as possible against the four major families among the seven thousand-year-old sects of Wu Dynasty. He even made some arrangements for this, but to his surprise, Fu Xiaoguan has not moved yet.
But he had already moved!
He is not using force, but using commercial means!
It’s hard to guard against it!
"Fu Xiaoguan..." Yu Wendao gritted his teeth, "According to the current output of the Muyang Salt Farm in his autonomous region, he can only occupy at most 30% of our market. This part of the market is a high-end market, and the largest market is still In our hands, this is a blessing! ”
"The Thirteen Roads have made slow progress in implementing the policy of Wo Feng Road. The main reason is that many merchants from our country have gone to Wu Dynasty to invest and build factories. If things continue like this, the country will not be a country. Everyone, you are mine. Dear minister, please give me some advice on how to deal with this?"
Yu Wendao sat down, and Prime Minister Yan Shidao was silent for a moment and said: "Qin Mowen of the Guanxi Road Daotai sent me a letter a few days ago. He said in the letter that the mulberry and tung oil produced in the Guanxi Road , and copper and zinc mines are piled up and difficult to sell.”
"He asked me to ask Your Majesty, does the Wu Dynasty need these things? If so, you can sell these natural substances to the Wu Dynasty in exchange for money."
"I have been thinking for a few days. Didn't Emperor Dezong also set up the border town as a free trade zone? Why don't your majesty write a letter to Emperor Dezong to ask? The Yu Dynasty has a vast territory and extremely rich natural resources. Maybe the Wu Dynasty will also Really need it.”
Yu Wendao frowned and thought for a moment, then nodded, "Okay, I will write a letter to my brother-in-law right now, but whether it will succeed or not...I don't know for sure."
In the blink of an eye, I haven’t seen that kid for a year and a half, and now everyone is the emperor. If Fu Xiaoguan doesn’t buy it, there’s nothing he can do against Fu Xiaoguan.
"In addition, Your Majesty, how about we impose a tax on the white salt? A 30% tax based on the premium of 300 cents can offset the loss of our salt farm." Yan Shidao added.
"Your Majesty, I think Prime Minister Yan's policy is inappropriate!" It was Zhuo Liuyun who said this.
Since returning from Yaoxian County, he has been with the prince and is in charge of the operation of the East Palace.
Now that Yu Wendao has ascended the throne as emperor, Zhuo Liuyun, who was once a close minister of the crown prince, has naturally become the Huangmen Minister of the Yu Dynasty. Although he is still a subordinate of the prime minister, he still has the special position of walking in the imperial study room.
"Master Zhuo, please discuss in detail."
"Xiang Yan, I think that if taxes are imposed, the 30% of the tax will probably be passed on to the price of salt. Since white salt entered our dynasty, the selling price ranges from 800 to 1,000 yuan, and it seems that all consumption is A big businessman, but it has actually affected the price of our Chaoqing Salt."
"The selling price of green salt has increased from 500 fen per catty to 550 fen per pound. Although it has only increased by 50 fen, these 50 fen have been the net income of the people in the past two months."
"If the price of salt continues to rise, I also suggest that your Majesty issue an order to control it. After all, it involves people's livelihood, and you must not hurt the people's sentiments!"
"So I think that there are thousands of kinds of commodities in the market, and we can make up for it from other places. For example, I heard that the silk and fabrics of our Yu Dynasty are much better than those of Wu Dynasty. Since the border town is a free trade zone, we can also sell to Wu Dynasty. Silk, to defeat the Wu Dynasty’s silk and silk market!”
"In addition, I also heard that the porcelain of our Yu Dynasty is very popular among the people in the Chilechuan Autonomous Region. This can also be brought into the Chilechuan Autonomous Region in large numbers. The lives of the people in the wilderness are now much better than before. Cattle and sheep Prices have increased, and they will have demand if they have money. After all, it was once a country!"
Zhuo Liuyun’s words seemed to open a window for Yu Wendao and others——
Yes, Fu Xiaoguan used salt as a weapon to invade the Yu Dynasty. The Yu Dynasty also had many unique products that could be used to invade the Wu Dynasty!
Yan Shidao stroked his beard and nodded. Dong Kangping had never dared to express his opinion, so he nodded today.
"In this case, I will issue an order tomorrow to allow the merchants of Yu Dynasty to make full use of those two free trade zones!"
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This was the prototype of international trade. No one realized that commercial competition had risen to the level of competition between countries.
Fu Xiaoguan knew that this day would come sooner or later. He originally thought that according to the vision of these people in this era and the limitations of their understanding of business, such business competition should occur in two or three years.
He never expected that Zhuo Liuyun, the down-and-out magistrate of Laiyun County whom he recommended to Yu Wenwen, would open this smoke-free but extremely cruel market in advance.
At this moment, Fu Xiaoguan is sitting in the Yangxin Palace and staring at his father Fu Daguan.
"No, Dad, what did you just say?"
The fat man smiled honestly, "Dad said... Aren't you worried about money? The bottom of the star-catching platform is full of gold!"
Fu Xiaoguan's eyes widened and he swallowed, "Where did the gold come from?"
The fat man smiled sheepishly again, "Well...don't care where it comes from. In short, the gold belongs to you! As for whether you want to use the gold for this country or keep it as a small treasury, dad will not interfere. ”
"How many?"
"I don't know, there are a lot of them anyway. It took me three years to move them all back."
"..."
"Son, daddy will leave tomorrow."
"What are you doing? Going back to Mozhou?"
The fat man's face became a little shy. He sat cross-legged and rocked on the chair.
"I will not return to Mozhou for the time being."
"Then where are you going?"
"Go to the Yu Dynasty... Isn't your Shengguo Palace empty? Dad will live there for a while."
"Besides, the national jade seal...forget it, this **** doesn't matter anymore."