Chapter 109 Official Salt and Private Salt
King Rui met this unprecedented way of cooperation, and said that Qin Feng would present the detailed cooperation content. After he had read it, King Rui patted Qin Feng's shoulder with a kind look, saying that if you have anything to do in the future, he could go to the mansion to find him.
From the Princess's Mansion to the Interior Office, you have to take a carriage. If you go to his Prince Rui's Mansion, you will only be a street.
Qin Feng looked at the smiling King Rui and was very happy - this was also a guest of Hongyulou.
According to the information collected by the girls, King Rui did not participate in the battle for the throne at the beginning. As a neutral side, he did not offend him on either side, so after Emperor Yuan came to power, he did not force him to leave, and left him in Sui City and gave him a fat man.
If Emperor Yuan is also a famous figure, he will be named Emperor Yuan after he seized the throne. What is Yuan? It is the beginning. Just like Qin Shihuang’s character "Star", it means that he is the beginning of everything, and the same is true for the character "Yuan"!
However, Emperor Yuan was not a country that was conquered from scratch, and there were several ancestors ahead.
He was fine. After he took office, he directly created a Yuan Emperor for himself. What a group of ministers loyal to the old emperor did? The Censorate of Guangdu wrote a letter countless times and asked Emperor Yuan to change his year name. Emperor Yuan didn't care at all, and did his own thing.
Qin Feng felt that Prince Rui was following the doctrine of the mean and was also a smart person. He did not take sides back then, but instead lived to the end.
Prince Rui lives a good life now. I heard that there are hundreds of night pearls in Prince Rui’s mansion, all of which he collected by himself.
"If the emperor's uncle doesn't mind disturbing his nephew, his nephew will go directly to the mansion next time." Qin Feng looked at the wonderful eyes of the three emperor merchants and smiled slightly, "I'll ask the three seniors for their advice in the future."
How dare those three men advise the prince? Today is the prince’s show of goodwill and the support of Prince Rui. How dare they?
If Qin Feng hadn't refused, he would have held the shareholdings of the three of them now!
Speaking of which, they also want to thank Qin Feng for letting them go.
For a moment, the attitudes of the three of them became much warmer. They secretly felt that the prince consort had a extraordinary vision and did not covet the business they were doing. That is, whether the ideas he proposed could come true, so let’s talk about it.
Qin Feng turned around and found that a chief was staring at him, as if he was thinking. When he met his eyes, the man said hello, and Qin Feng also smiled and felt a strange feeling in his heart.
Prince Rui wanted to discuss his proposal with Qin Feng in private, and the next meeting was to discuss other matters. In addition to the lack of peace at sea, the recent flood of private salt has also been a big problem.
Salt is a necessity in ancient times and present. Although it is not a scarce product, because it is a monopoly commodity, countless officials and salt merchants colluded to resell official salt and went out to sell it privately.
Although the three major royal merchants all operate salt business, there are also salt merchants responsible for distribution. How many salt merchants are stingy? It is difficult to check, especially if they report more weight and then secretly buy and sell the extra ones to make profits. They are all in their own jurisdiction.
There is a saying that it is difficult for a strong dragon to defeat a local snake. They can make trouble on their own territory and come up with various ways to cover up. It is difficult for the people above to track down.
These three families were all disturbed by private salt. With their ability, they could not solve the problem, so they could only ask Prince Rui for help.
Qin Feng received higher education in modern times and knew that the biggest problem with this private salt is that it is cheaper than official salt, just like the reason why Duoduo can quickly occupy the market - low price!
Qin Feng was very excited when he heard them discussing how to go back to restrain the salt merchants below and how to control the prices.
He was patient and didn't say anything. Do you dare to reduce the official salt to the same price as private salt?
There is no harm without buying or selling, and there is no reselling without profit. Official salt is expensive and ordinary people can't afford it, but they just turn to choose low-priced private salt. Anyway, the reseller makes it out of nothing, and the low-priced one can still make a lot of money.
This is impossible in Dongyue Kingdom. Qin Feng tried his best to remain silent. Now he is becoming more and more determined to the path he chose - just be a vain.
Involving industries with the court means being involved in a lot of messy things. It is really not easy for these three families to last for more than a hundred years. At this moment, Qin Feng respected them.
Listening to the voices in his ears, Qin Feng seemed to have returned to the hospital for a moment, and everyone sat around to discuss the condition and treatment plan. At that time, he was still a respected doctor, and many people lined up for him to take the surgery.
The female nurses looked at him with a light look. At that time, they had a high social status, a successful career, and had several girlfriends. If they waited, they would reach the peak of their lives...
"Nephew?" Prince Rui's voice brought Qin Feng back to reality.
Looking at the surrounding scenery, Qin Feng sighed quietly in his heart, thinking of six words - since he came, he would be at ease.
During his distraction, the meeting was over. Seeing that the three of them had their own joys and sorrows, some problems could be solved, and some problems could not be solved at all today. Maybe they could not see the day when they were alive!
Just now, all the officials have also confirmed the recent needs with the three royal merchants, and there are still some areas that need improvement. The noisy sound just now has disappeared, and Qin Feng followed everyone to see off all the officials and the general manager.
Seeing that he was a little absent-minded, Prince Rui patted his shoulder and said, "The nephew's son-in-law has a good idea, but everything is difficult at the beginning. There must be a process for the idea to become reality. The emperor is waiting for you in the mansion."
Qin Feng immediately said, "The nephew and son-in-law will go to see the emperor's uncle immediately."
Prince Rui laughed loudly and left with the heads. Qin Feng then breathed a sigh of relief. He turned to meet Shen Hai's meaningful eyes. He smiled slightly, Shen Hai bowed his hand with a smile, and left with his servant.
Qin Feng breathed a sigh of relief when he saw off the three imperial merchants, and then found that the soap samples he brought were gone!
It was all because of the distracted moment, and they didn't pay attention to who took the soap. Feng Bao had already remembered it for him: "King Rui took one, three emperors of the imperial merchants also took one, and six officials took it away."
There are eleven samples in total, one for live demonstration, ten for distribution, all used!
Qin Feng felt a little relieved and waved his arm: "Go and go back."
After leaving the west gate and getting on the carriage, Qin Feng thought for a while and asked Jing Wuming that only two people were allowed to go to the palace today. Jing Wuming offered not to go, and asked Long Qi and Feng Bao to accompany him. Feng Bao smiled and said, "It's probably in the Princess's Mansion, maybe he's having a fight with Bai Qian."
They could all see that Jing Wuming likes to pester Bai Qian if he has nothing to do. Bai Qian is good at it and can still keep quiet in front of Xiao Lingyao. Once she faces Jing Wuming, she will be a little pepper and has a hot temper.
The two of them started fighting when they had disagreements. Jing Wuming was still a fake fight. Bai Qian was really serious. His moves were all ruthless, which made Jing Wuming's face pale. Although beating was love and scolding was love, Bai Qian was ruthless and did not see any love.
Chapter completed!