Send a Photographer to Take Pictures of Zhu Yuanzhang?
Although Zhu Yuanzhang didn't say it clearly, Zhu Biao knew that not only Madam Lu, but also Huang Zicheng and the other officials in the Eastern Palace, as well as Lan Yu and the other Huaixi nobles, all had their own plans!
Since the old master said so, they must have shown signs of this during this period of time!
"Imperial Father, don't worry. Your son will handle this matter well!”
Zhu Biao nodded slowly.
"I believe you can handle it well!"
"As for the matter between Second Brother and Xi'an, let's wait until Second Brother comes back from Xi'an! I will also issue an edict to Old Nine to take over Xi'an's military defense!”
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded in satisfaction.
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Hanzhong Prefecture.
In the main hall of the Han King's residence, a few local nobles and merchants were sitting!
In front of them was the fine salt that had just been produced from the salt factory!
"Everyone, this is a batch of refined salt that this king's salt factory has just produced during this period of time. You can taste it first!”
Zhu Li went straight to the point. He pointed at the bag of refined salt and ordered the nobles and merchants.
These aristocrats and merchants were usually in a cooperative relationship with the Han King's residence. Today, the Han King summoned them to his residence and said that there was a big deal, which made them extremely excited!
In the past, all the businesses that he had cooperated with Han King Zhu Li had been profitable!
For example, some of them bought porcelain from Zhu Li's porcelain factory and directly sold them in the Western Regions. They had already made a lot of money!
However, they did not expect that the big business that Han King Zhu Li was talking about today would actually be refined salt!
The few of them looked at each other, then each dipped their fingers in a little salt and put it into their mouths to taste.
Almost at the same time, everyone's faces revealed an incredulous expression!
"Your Highness, isn't the taste of this refined salt too pure? Not only did it look very delicate, but even the taste was very pure, without a trace of impurities or bitterness!”
"Can you really ship this refined salt to us in large quantities?”
Immediately, someone asked Zhu Li in shock!
"Of course, this king never shoots without thinking. This isn't the first time we've worked together!”
"With this kind of salt, this king can give you as much as you want. The only problem now is how much you can eat!”
Zhu Li smiled and nodded.
"There's no need to worry about sales for refined salt of this quality!”
"But such a good salt, the price shouldn't be cheap, right?”
When they heard this, they naturally felt that the price of refined salt of this quality must be extremely high!
"The price isn't expensive. Experience points of this quality are priced at 30 copper coins per bucket!”
"And as long as you take the goods from this king, the Heavenly Water Pass can open a convenient path for your caravan!”
Zhu Li smiled and nodded.
When they heard the price of 30 copper coins per bushel, everyone's eyes widened!
Good heavens, the official salt was already sold at two hundred wen per bushel, but the Han King's refined salt was only sold at thirty wen per bushel?
Even if they sold it at a price of 100 wen per bushel, they would still make a fortune!
"However, this king also has a condition!”
"This king doesn't care what price you sell to the outside world, but internally, the price you sell to the people of our Great Ming cannot exceed 80 wen per bushel!”
"If this king knows who dares to bid higher than this price, don't expect to get a bucket of salt from this king!”
Zhu Li also stated his conditions!
His original intention of producing refined salt was not only to earn money, but also to make it affordable for ordinary people!
Even if they sold it for 80 copper coins per bushel, they could still make a profit of 50 copper coins!
Eighty copper coins was the highest price he had set for these people!
Of course, he could set the price even lower.
However, if the profit was too low, there would be fewer people willing to take the goods and sell them in the Great Ming Dynasty. Everyone wanted to go to the Western Regions to sell them to foreign countries. What would happen to the common people of the Great Ming Dynasty?
Eighty wen for a bucket was much cheaper than two hundred wen for a bucket of official salt!
Basically, it could also be affordable for the common people of Great Ming!
Therefore, the price couldn't be cheap. The profits still had to be given!
"If it's really only thirty wen per bushel, we'll buy all of the Han King's goods!”
The few of them looked at each other and immediately patted their chests as they promised.
"It's not realistic to buy everything. How much you can eat is still up to the money. In short, I have as much as I want. You don't have to worry about the supply!”
Zhu Li laughed when he heard that.
It seemed that these merchants had greatly underestimated their salt production!
At the same time, he also knew that for a long time in the future, illegal salt would become the main source of Hanzhong's GDP!
Whether it was transporting the smuggled salt to the Western Regions, or sending it south to Siam or Mughal, it was the most profitable industry!
Not only that, Hanzhong Prefecture also had high-end tea leaves and porcelain!
In the past, he didn't know how to do these things, but now, he had started to smuggle!
Moreover, starting from next month, he would have to reclaim land and build houses again. He would have to engage in real estate, as well as the renovation plan of Hanzhong Prefecture!
He knew that in two months at most, there would be a flood on the Yellow River and a large number of refugees would appear!
When the time came, the refugees would belittle him. As long as he opened a warehouse in Hanzhong to release grain, he would be able to attract a large number of refugees!
Zhu Li knew that if he wanted to develop Hanzhong Prefecture, the first thing he needed to do was to save the city and increase the population!
Only with enough labor force could Hanzhong enter a stage of rapid development!
Of course, everything had to be done in secret. They could not go too far!
He still had to give the old master some face. After all, even if he was the vassal king of the Ming Dynasty, it was against the rules to engage in illegal salt!
However, there was one thing that Zhu Li felt was better about the old man, and that was the double standard of ten points!
His own son broke the rules, but he chose to turn a blind eye. If it really didn't work, he would just scold him.
This was also the reason why these merchants dared to follow Han King Zhu Li in smuggling. Their safety was guaranteed!
After sending off the merchants, Noble Consort Zhou suddenly appeared in front of Zhu Li.
"Consort mother, is there something you need from your son?"
Zhu Li asked curiously when he saw Noble Consort Zhou.
"Li 'er, I was wondering if we could get a magical artifact like the one you refined…It's called a camera, right?”
Noble Consort Zhou went straight to the point and stated her intentions.
"Consort mother wants to take a photo, your son will help you take it!”
Zhu Li thought that Noble Consort Zhou wanted to take a photo, so he said with a smile.
"It's not that I want to take photos, but I want to send someone back to the Ying Tian Prefecture to help your father take some photos!”
"You don't know this, but in order to draw his own portrait, your Imperial Father has already killed many painters. Not many of them can draw well!”
Noble Consort Zhou explained with a bitter smile.
"So that's what happened!"
"It's not a problem to get a camera for Imperial Father, but ordinary people don't know how to use it! Why don't we wait for a while and find someone to teach him how to use it first? Then, we'll let him go to the Ying Tian Prefecture and help Imperial Father take photos!”
Zhu Li pondered for a moment and then nodded in agreement.
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