Zhu Yuanzhang: Ninth Brother's illegal salt has directly ruined my name in history!
"Now you know why we tolerated and even acquiesced to him doing this, right?”
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Biao's shocked expression and asked with a faint smile.
"This ninth brother has really brought this son quite a surprise!”
"If things continue to develop like this, won't it be a matter of time before Hanzhong Prefecture surpasses Xi'an Prefecture?”
Zhu Biao came back to his senses and shook his head with a bitter smile.
"Right now, the tax revenue of Hanzhong has already surpassed that of Xi'an Prefecture. It's just that the population is still insufficient!”
"However, the population of Hanzhong Prefecture will only increase. It's not impossible for it to surpass Xi'an!”
Zhu Yuanzhang also sighed. The next sentence shocked Zhu Biao even more!
"Ninth Brother has increased the flow of people by making use of traveling merchants. Now, all the merchants in the northwest are trying their best to squeeze into Hanzhong Prefecture just to do business with Han King Zhu Li!”
"Besides, Ninth Brother is very kind! Hanzhong Prefecture had now publicly announced that they would take in refugees all year round. As long as those homeless people who could not survive due to natural and man-made disasters went to Hanzhong Prefecture, Old Jiu would take them in. He would even arrange food, lodging, and work for them so that they could settle down in Hanzhong and live a good life!”
"If Ninth Brother can continue to develop like this, the population of Hanzhong Prefecture will only increase by a terrifying number!”
"According to the intelligence sent back by the Embroidered Uniform Guards, Ninth Brother has already started a large-scale construction in Hanzhong Prefecture and is preparing to expand the town!”
As Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, he could not help but smile bitterly.
In the past, if someone had told him that there was a vassal king who could govern his fief so that the common people could have ample food and clothing, and that he could not close his doors at night or pick up anything on the road, Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely have thought that it was nonsense!
Even Zhu Yuanzhang did not dare to say that he could do this. Even the current Ying Tian Prefecture could not do it!
But Ninth Brother, this brat, did it!
"This…why is Ninth Brother's business so attractive?”
Zhu Biao was even more puzzled when he heard this!
In terms of doing business, the place with the strongest business atmosphere in the country should be the Jiangnan area, right?
"Then we have to talk about Ninth Brother's business!”
"Do you still remember the rare fruits that Ninth Brother sent over, as well as the fermented bean curd and chili sauce?”
"These are all mass-produced in Hanzhong Prefecture!”
"Do you think these things alone will be difficult to sell?”
"If you were a businessman, would you choose to buy Ninth Brother's goods to do business?”
"More importantly, the price of the goods obtained from Old Nine is extremely low, and the price of the goods sold is not high. However, for merchants, the profit is very objective!”
Zhu Yuanzhang directly pointed out the key point!
"I see!"
"As the eldest brother, I don't seem to have really understood this younger brother!”
When Zhu Biao heard this, he felt as if he was meeting his ninth brother for the first time. Everything that Zhu Yuanzhang had said had already broken his understanding of his ninth brother!
"Humph! There's something you probably don't know!"
"What surprised me the most was that Ninth Brother was actually selling illegal salt in Hanzhong Prefecture!”
At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly changed the topic, and his expression turned ugly!
Zhu Biao's expression changed immediately!
The business of salt and iron had always been controlled by the imperial court. Smuggling illegal salt or pig iron was a matter that could cost one's life!
Even if Ninth Brother was a vassal king, wasn't this too reckless?
In fact, the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang was angry was not because Old Nine smuggled salt!
It was because he had been thinking of exchanging for the salt-making technique from the system. He had also thought that he would be able to leave his name in history after improving the salt-making method in the future. In the end, Old Nine, that stinky brat, beat him to it!
Zhu Yuanzhang had already tasted the sample of the smuggled salt that the Embroidered Uniform Guards had brought back. The quality of the salt was not inferior to the one sold to him by the National Fate System!
This was equivalent to saying that the achievements that he, Zhu Yuanzhang, had originally set for himself had been stolen by that stinky brat, Old Nine!
Zhu Yuanzhang might not be so angry if it was just smuggling salt!
In fact, he had so many sons of vassals, which one of them did not do some shady business in private?
The fourth brother, Zhu Di, had business dealings with the Tartars and Jurchen tribes in Beiping Prefecture. It was said that he had a lot of smuggled salt and ironware!
Most of the time, Zhu Yuanzhang would turn a blind eye as long as he didn't go too far!
After all, the vassal kings were raising troops at the border. It was indeed difficult to continue relying on the money and food allocated by the imperial court!
Speaking of double standards, probably no one could compare to Zhu Yuanzhang!
This was only his own son doing this. If it were anyone else, their heads would have long been removed!
"Listen to what we have to say first. Don't be in a hurry to plead for this kid!”
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't wait for Zhu Biao to speak, but waved his hand and interrupted him.
"The matter of illegal salt was actually revealed to us by Old Jiu himself!”
"Ninth Brother also said that he can supply salt to the Imperial Court. Apart from the northwest region, the Imperial Court can also purchase salt from Hanzhong and control it!”
Zhu Yuanzhang's following words made Zhu Biao's eyes widen!
Amazing!
Old Nine's move was really brilliant!
Zhu Biao finally understood why the old man didn't seem angry!
On second thought, he understood the key point, because the old master could not refuse at all!
Salt was related to the livelihood of the people!
"I wonder how good the quality of the smuggled salt in Hanzhong Prefecture is? What about the price?"
Zhu Biao asked the question he was most concerned about!
"A number you would never imagine. Old Nine's salt is only 30 copper coins per bushel! Moreover, he also stipulated that the highest price to sell it to the common people of Ming Dynasty could not exceed eighty wen!”
"Even if the transportation and labor costs are excluded, the profit of a bucket of salt is at least 20 to 30 copper coins!”
"This is equivalent to investing 10,000 taels of silver, and you can earn 10,000 taels of silver in profit! Who wouldn't be tempted?"
When Zhu Yuanzhang said this, he could not help but sigh in his heart!
Old Nine's boldness was really amazing. Not everyone was willing to give up such a high profit directly!
Ninth Brother was basically giving a hen that could lay golden eggs to the imperial court!
This was what it meant to be able to take it up and let it go!
"As for the quality of the smuggled salt…You've eaten the refined salt that I took out a few days ago. Let's put it this way. The quality of the salt that Ninth Brother made isn't any worse than what we're eating now.”
When Zhu Yuanzhang said this, Zhu Biao was already grimacing!
At first, when he heard that the illegal salt was so profitable and the purchase price was so cheap, he thought that the quality of the illegal salt that Old Nine made would be relatively trash!
All of them were smuggled salt of the same quality that the mysterious immortal had given the old man?
This result was far beyond Zhu Biao's expectations!
If the price was really 80 wen per bushel, this quality of smuggled salt was enough for all the commoners to be able to afford it!
What was great kindness?
This was what Old Nine meant by kindness!
It must be known that the official salt of the imperial court, which was coarse salt with a relatively high impurity content, cost 200 wen per bushel. Ordinary people might not even be able to afford enough salt!
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