Daily Life In Qin Dynasty

  Chapter 123 Refined salt and cooperation

   "Tell me in detail."

   Ying Zheng hurriedly said.

   But Mr. Mo did not respond immediately, but instead glanced slightly at Mr. Changwen next to him, and then hesitatingly said: "Your Majesty, there are many people here..."

  Hearing what Mo Jun said, Chang Wenjun, who was already a little stiff, turned black like the bottom of a pot.

   Ying Zheng spent several days looking down, but Chang Wenjun and seven or eight other ministers who failed to find a solution waved their hands impatiently.

   "Mo Qing will follow me into the apse, and the rest of the ministers will step back for now!"

   "Yes, I will retire."

  Chang Wenjun bowed a little stiffly, and then slowly exited the palace.

  Stay until everyone else has left.

  Jun Mo followed Ying Zheng into the apse, where the communication between the two was much more casual.

  The servants in the palace offered Mo Jun and Ying Zheng a cup of tea each, Ying Zheng took a sip, and then slowly said: "What good strategy does Mo Qing have to solve the worries of the widow?"

   "Look, Your Majesty."

  Mr. Mo put down his teacup, reached out and took out a cloth bag from his pocket.

  Ying Zheng opened it and took a look, and found that inside was a bag of fine particles like snowflakes.

   "Is this...refined salt?"

  Ying Zheng's eyes moved, and he said with a little surprise: "Could it be that Mo Qing discovered a new refined salt mine?"

  Mr. Mo shook his head, and said: "Reporting to the king, I have not discovered any new salt mines. These refined salts are extracted from poisonous salt mines through a special method."

   The voice just fell.

  crack~

   Ying Zheng got up suddenly, and because of his violent movements, he knocked over the teacups on the desk, and the hot water soaked the dragon robe.

  However, Ying Zheng didn't realize this at all. Instead, he widened his eyes and said in shock, "Impossible!"

  What is a poisonous salt mine?

  It is a salt mine that contains a lot of toxic impurities, and if you eat it, you will die.

  Although there were some purification technologies during the Warring States Period, they could only remove a very small number of impurities. Therefore, at present, only salt mines that are very pure in themselves can be mined and used by various countries.

   As for the poisonous salt mine, it is a waste mine.

  But among the salt mines excavated today, there are a lot of poisonous salt mines. Among the ten salt mines, at least nine are poisonous salt mines, and only the remaining one can be reluctantly used.

  This is also the reason why Qin State's salt crisis was caused by the drying up of only two salt mines in Qin State.

  However, someone told me now that there are so many "poisonous salt mines" in Qin State that they can actually extract high-quality refined salt. How could this not shock Ying Zheng.

   And not only Ying Zheng, but also Gai Nie, who was standing by the window with his sword in his arms, with a stern look, cast a somewhat surprised look in this direction after Mo Jun finished speaking.

   Although there are only two descendants of Guigu's family in the past, each of them is an earth-shattering figure.

  As the successor of Guigu, Gai Nie can be said to have a good knowledge of astronomy and geography. Wentao, martial arts, everything. Normally speaking, it is not a simple matter to arouse the emotions of the descendants of Guigu.

  However, since getting acquainted with Mo Jun, Gai Nie has found that his previous cognition has been subverted time and time again.

   Could it be that there are really people who are born knowing in this world?

   "Isn't Mo Qing really trying to deceive the widow?"

  When he said this, Ying Zheng stared fixedly at Mo Jun who was opposite him, even breathing heavily.

  For a country, the importance of salt is beyond doubt.

  Its status is equal to food.

   People will die if they don’t eat.

   If you don't eat salt, you will die.

Salt is an indispensable substance for human survival. If the human body does not consume enough salt for a long time, "hyponatremia" will appear, which will lead to symptoms including nausea, vomiting, fatigue, fatigue, headache, irritability, and even Confusion and other symptoms.

  Since the Shang and Zhou dynasties, salt shortage has been an unsolvable problem for all dynasties.

  At present, not only is there a shortage of salt in Qin State, but the other six countries are basically in a similar problem. It may seem to be nothing at ordinary times, but once an accident occurs, the salt reserves of each country are basically unable to cope with too much risk.

   Even in a sense, the problem of salt in various countries is more serious than food.

  Because if there is a food shortage in some places, the imperial court can still find ways to raise food for disaster relief.

  But if there is a 'salt shortage' like this time, even the imperial court can't do anything about it.

   "I dare not lie to the king."

   Facing Ying Zheng's gaze, Mo Jun responded calmly.

   "Colorful!"

Ying Zheng shouted excitedly: "Mo Qing is worthy of being the minister of the humerus of the widow. First, the grain, and then the refined salt. The two major crises of our Great Qin, are now solved by Mo Qing. The widow has Mo Qing, it is really like a fish in water, like a tiger with wings added Also...hahaha!"

  Ying Zheng laughed heartily, and stared at Mo Jun in front of him with a pair of majestic and divine eyes, which were full of scorching heat at the moment.

  As for Chang Wenjun.

   What is that thing?

  The dignified Shaofu, when the salt shortage occurred in the Great Qin Dynasty, did not think about saving the country from danger, but instead thought about making small reports about the widow's "hands-on-hand minister" all day long.

  What's the use of keeping this kind of thing?

   "Mo Qing has made another great contribution to Qin! If this 'salt shortage' can be solved, I will reward you heavily."

  If Mo Jun's "refining method" can really refine the salt in the poisonous salt mine into refined salt, even if half of it is lost in the middle, the salt production of Qin State may immediately increase by more than ten times.

   This is not only to solve the "salt shortage" of Qin State this time, but from now on, the entire Qin State will not be in crisis because of salt.

   Such a great achievement.

  To be honest, even Ying Zheng didn't know how to reward Mo Jun for a while.

   And at this moment, I heard Mo Jun suddenly said: "Reporting to the king, I don't need a reward this time, I just want to talk to the king... No, it should be two deals."

  Ying Zheng's eyes moved, and he said unexpectedly: "Oh? What business?"

  Mo Jundao: "Your Majesty, what is the quality of the refined salt extracted from the poisonous salt mine?"

  Ying Zheng picked up a pinch of table salt and said first, "This refined salt is pure in color and fine in texture."

As he spoke, Ying Zheng took another sip, then his eyes lit up, and he continued, "Mo Qing's method is so amazing that the refined salt doesn't even have a trace of bitterness. This quality, even compared to the royal family's salt Not too bad."

  Jun Mo asked again: "The king thinks, if this salt is sold to other countries, what kind of profit will it bring to Qin?"

Yingzheng's eyes narrowed for a moment, and after a moment of thought, he said, "This salt is of high quality, so naturally it won't worry about selling. But... Don't forget, Mo Qing, that there are clear regulations in the laws of the Great Qin Dynasty, and salt and iron (bronze) are not allowed to be sold." Selling it privately."

   At the end, Ying Zheng also reminded Mo Jun intentionally or unintentionally.

Mo Jun bowed his hands and sincerely persuaded: "Of course I understand, but as the saying goes, 'blocking is worse than sparse'. Over the years, although the laws of the Great Qin have clearly stipulated that salt and iron (bronze) are not allowed to be sold privately, people who buy and sell private salt , still innumerable.”

   "Instead of letting those thieves and thieves lie on my Qin State and **** blood. It's better for us to make this money and make a little contribution to Qin State."

   "Didn't Your Majesty always want to add a stable extra income to the treasury? Now is the best opportunity."

  After listening to Mo Jun's persuasion, Ying Zheng suddenly felt a little moved.

these years.

  Qin's private salt trading and grain storage have always been prohibited repeatedly.

  Salt food, as a necessity for survival, has always been a highly profitable and stable business, and it is naturally impossible for such a business not to arouse the covetousness of those businessmen.

  Even after so many years, Ying Zheng himself didn't know how many heads were beheaded because of these things.

   But there will still be countless people risking their lives and taking risks.

   What's more, once the 'refining method' presented by Mo Jun is successful, the huge salt production obtained will never be completely consumed by the Qin market alone.

   At that time.

  Those excess refined salt will inevitably be stared at by countless pairs of eyes.

As the king of a country, it is naturally impossible for Yingzheng to devote all his energy to the government affairs of 'fine salt' all the time, so in this case, finding a reliable person to help him watch is also what Yingzheng must do things.

   Originally, Chang Wenjun should be responsible for this matter.

   But with Chang Wenjun's performance this time, if he still handed over the 'salt tax' to the other party, Ying Zheng himself would feel sorry for Mo Jun's efforts.

  Thinking about it.

  Mo Qing in front of him seemed to be the most suitable candidate.

  And if he and Mo Jun reach a cooperation, there is no need to worry about the other party being corrupted, because this kind of business is originally "corrupted" by the two of them together.

   After a while.

  After some contemplation, Ying Zheng said slowly, "How does Qing Mo plan to cooperate?"

Hearing Yingzheng's words, Mo Jun immediately lifted his spirits, and decisively spoke out his plan, saying: "Your Majesty, you can first issue an edict to notify the border generals everywhere to strictly block the border and prohibit merchants from entering the country." Carry out private salt trading."

   "Then the minister will take the lead, and the king can choose two to three partners for cooperation, and we will release news among the people to attract other private businessmen to join."

   "Then I will set up a cooperative chamber of commerce to provide 'refined salt' and 'sales channels'."

   "At that time, only private merchants with our consent can 'sell private salt'."

   "And any other merchants who dare to sell private salt will be attacked by the court and other private merchants in the chamber of commerce. Once discovered, they will all be punished."

   "As for the final net profit, the king can monopolize 70%, the ministers will take 10%, and the remaining 20% ​​will be shared by several other partners."

  Ying Zheng: "..."

   Gai Nie: "..."

  After listening to Mr. Mo's overall plan, the entire apse suddenly fell into dead silence.

  Ying Zheng and Gai Nie didn't say a word, but at this moment, the way they looked at Mo Jun was like watching a ghost.

  You are a real loser!

  Is this a plan that a serious person could come up with?

  If Yingzheng just simply sealed off the border, no matter how strict the inspections and strict laws are, there will still be countless people who will take risks and sell illegal salt.

  Because when the profit reaches 300%, most businessmen can risk their lives to break the law.

   But that has a premise.

   That is when these businessmen have no other choice, they risk their lives to gamble.

  But if Mr. Mo gave them another, safer way, then even the most daring businessman would inevitably fall into hesitation, after all, no one is really not afraid of death.

  The so-called "cooperative chamber of commerce" established by Mo Jun later made the merchant group fall into peer struggles even more openly.

   At that time.

  If there are still people who want to sell private salt without joining the chamber of commerce, even without the court’s intervention, these merchants who have joined the chamber of commerce will themselves solve those merchants who have not yet joined the chamber of commerce.

  Because the most fundamental conflict of interest has emerged between the two.

   And this is an unsolvable conflict of interest.

  As for Yingzheng, Mo Jun and others, they only need to provide 'refined salt' and 'sales channels' behind the scenes, and they can sit firmly on the Diaoyutai platform and make a lot of profits.

  Although Ying Zheng and Gai Nie had discovered Mo Jun's ability to do business more than once before, but until today, the two of them have really seen Mo Jun's business methods.

   "Qing Mo is a talent, I only have a personal experience today. But..."

  Ying Zheng suddenly sighed, but halfway through the sentence, Ying Zheng suddenly said: "Qing Mo only charges 10% of the profit, isn't it a bit too low?"

  Mr. Mo shook his head and said, "It's enough for me to only charge 10% of the profit, because besides that, I have another additional condition for this cooperation."

   "And this is what I said before, the second deal with the king."

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  (end of this chapter)