In the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan beat Li Shimin at the beginning

chapter 74
"What? Two cents for a catty of salt? Are you kidding me?"

The shopkeeper of Cui's shop immediately exploded.

Yes, the salt here costs 150 Wen a catty.What is that Dongshan Salt Shop, and it only sells for two cents a catty?What are you kidding?
As a result, I sent someone to inquire, and it was really true.

The shopkeeper of Cui's shop immediately felt bad all over.

Yes, among the things sold in their shop, salt is the largest transaction volume and the most profitable business.

Moreover, these salts are all produced and sold by them themselves. If you suddenly pay two cents a catty, they can't even recover the production cost!
This is how to do?
kill him?
That's definitely not possible, that's the property of the prince and the king of Shu.

There is no way, the only possibility is to impeach him together with several big families and let him close the shop.

Yes, each of these big families has a salt business.

There is no way, because the salt business is too profitable.It's impossible for them not to.

Thinking of this, the shopkeeper of the Cui family shop immediately went to find Cui Zhengfa, the person in charge of the Cui family.

Cui Zhengfa was also suffering from a headache. After hearing what the shopkeeper said, his mind immediately became clear.

yes!It is impossible for such a shop to exist, even though it belongs to the prince and king of Shu, it must be destroyed.

Otherwise, they will lose this large piece of meat.

Ever since.Cui Zhengfa immediately called the heads of other families and began to discuss matters.

At the Dongshan Salt Shop, Fang Yiai was the last to check out and found that more than 8 catties of salt had been sold.

I got more than 16 Wenqian, which is 165 Guanqian.Excluding the production cost for one day, 15 guan is enough.

In other words, they earned 160 yuan a day.No way, salt is too cheap.

But having said that, 160 guan is really a lot of money. 10 days is 1600, one month is 4800.That's tens of thousands of dollars a year.

Although this is incomparable to the wine business, it is really no different from stealing money.

The difference is that the winery is to make money from the rich, which can be robbed.

Salt is to make money for the poor, and this cannot be robbed.

Otherwise, Li Ke raised the price of salt by 10 times and sold it for 20 Wen a catty.Business will also be so hot.

However, he can't. His purpose is to bring down the price of salt.Only by letting the people not worry about eating salt can they live a good life.

I saw that I made 160 yuan, which is incomparable with the profit of the winery.

But Fang Yiai is already very satisfied, even though he is only 1% of the members, he can still get 1600 Wen.

Don't underestimate this money, it is several times higher than his father's monthly salary as prime minister.

Yes, his father's monthly salary is only a few bucks.That's a lot of money already.

If it was any more, more than ten or twenty sticks, his father would not be able to carry it back when he received his salary.

As for him, he gets forty or fifty in dividends a month, and this is because the productivity is not up now.

Once the productivity increases and hundreds of thousands of catties are produced a day, the dividends will be terrifying.

Even according to the current productivity, there are at least 50 sticks a month.

When the dividend was distributed, his Fang Yiai couldn't get it back unless he called a carriage to pull the money.

Therefore, it is important to mention that 50 pennies a month is already a lot.At most two months, he will be able to pay back.

One of the most popular shops in Chang'an City can only make so much money in a month.

With such a business, what else is he dissatisfied with?
In Li Shimin's palace.

Li Chengqian and Li Ke came here with the report, yes, this report is the income of the salt shop today.

Li Shimin's face darkened immediately when he saw the report.

According to this income, he can only earn about 100 yuan a day.For Li Shimin, this was a very disappointing thing.

"Prince, what's the matter with you? What's the use of earning 100 coins a day?"

Yes, Li Shimin had very high expectations for this salt factory.

As a result, this is it?
100 pennies a day, this is very tasteless for Li Shimin who is in urgent need of money.

In fact, 100 guan a day is 3000 guan a month, which is already a lot of money.

It's just that this is far from Li Shimin's expectation.

Li Ke stood up and said: "Father, there is no way, salt is a necessity for people, we can't sell it too expensive, as long as we can make money.

If we also sell hundreds of coins per catty, then what is the difference between us and those aristocratic families?Dad, don't blame big brother, I set the price. "

Li Shimin frowned and said, "Isn't it too cheap for you?"

Li Ke said: "Father, it's not cheap anymore. This is only the first day's sales. Our current scale is small, and the output cannot increase. When our output increases, we will earn considerable money."

Only then did Li Shimin relax slightly and asked: "After expanding the scale, how much money can I earn in a day?

As you said, this is a treasure that makes me no longer worry about money.Now, you have done business like this? "

Li Ke said with a smile: "Father, we have at least 5 million people in Tang Dynasty now, and I don't count the others that have not been recorded. Let him count as 000 million people!

They each eat about one or two salts per day.The salt consumed by Datang every day is 500 million catties. Five million catties is 500 million Wen.

That is 1 yuan a day.After a year, it is more than 360 million.This is already enough to cover our tax revenue of Datang for half a year.Dad, are you still not satisfied? "

Li Shimin's eyes widened upon hearing this.

Li Ke continued: "Besides, we are not the only ones who want to eat salt. We sell it to people from other countries at a price of one or two pounds per catty. Do they want it?"

Li Shimin's eyes widened again.

Said: "Ke'er, can you really produce 500 million catties of salt a day?"

At this moment, Li Shimin finally changed his mind and stopped thinking about earning money from those poor people.

yes!There are foreigners!Just like a Turk, as long as you give him salt, he is willing to do anything.

That's right, as Li Ke said last time, as long as you give him salt, it's fine for him to fight Tubo.

According to the current selling price of those aristocratic families, it costs 150 Wen per catty.

They sell to those foreigners, the lowest price is 100 Wen per catty, and 10 catty is consistent money.

……

One million jin is 100 guan.And this 10 guan is just a day's income.

How much is 10 per day for a country in a year?Li Shimin's math is not good, and he almost can't count.

This is the big head!
So as long as he, Li Shimin, controls the salt business well, he will have a steady stream of big money.

Li Ke said: "Father, don't worry! As long as someone works on this thing, let alone a few million catties, tens of millions of catties will be absolutely fine."

As for Datang, the most indispensable thing now is people to work.

Early in the morning on the 2nd day.

Li Tai walked into the Tai Chi Hall through the back door very nervously.

Yes, it's time for Li Tai, the acting emperor, to once again go to court every day.

(End of this chapter)