One catty of salt was enough for a family of five to consume for a month. Qin Mo's saltworks provided 100,000 catties of salt to Chang 'an every day.
Chang 'an was the largest city of aristocratic families at that time, with a population of about two million. Logically speaking, the sales of green salt should have stabilized after a few days.
However, in reality, there was no such thing.
The sales of green salt were still hot, and they were sold out very quickly.
The reason was simple.
The citizens who had experienced the salt shortage crisis were afraid. It was rare to have 50 copper coins per 500 grams of green salt for sale. If they did not buy more, wouldn't they be fools?
What if the price of green salt increased in the future?
It was precisely because of this mentality that green salt continued to sell like hot cakes.
With some merchants stocking up, there was naturally not enough to sell.
The output of the salt factory was still increasing. A portion of the green salt had already been transported to other places in Guanzhong by the merchant caravans of the Zhangsun Clan, Yuchi Clan, Qin Clan, and Cheng Clan.
With Lantian County as the center, it spread to other places.
Salt was an indispensable daily commodity for the common people. Since ancient times, it had been a profitable industry. Most of it was monopolized by the imperial court.
The Zhenguan years implemented the city tax, which was also the implementation of the free market trading system. This time, the crisis of salt shortage was getting more and more intense. Li Er had already thought of implementing a monopoly, because if these merchants were allowed to run amok, the common people could not even afford to eat salt.
Now that Qin Mo and the others had made a move, this crisis was alleviated.
However, Li Er was not happy.
Li Main Hall.
Li Er walked around again, sighing as if he had something to worry about.
Empress Zhangsun said," What's wrong, Second Brother? Wasn't the salt crisis resolved?”
Li Er humphed." Guanyin Maid, this salt is indeed profitable. In just a short period of time, the auxiliary machinery, Jing De, and the others have already made tens of thousands of dollars. This is even in Chang 'an. If we include Guanzhong and Longyou, how much profit will they make in a year?”
Empress Zhangsun couldn't help but smile." Green salt is only sold for 50 wen. I'm afraid the profit won't be much."”
"Guanyin maidservant, you might not know this, but this green salt was made by Qin Mo. Based on my estimation, the cost of it must not exceed ten wen.”
With such a big incident happening in Chang 'an, Li Er would naturally let his spies investigate. The source of the green salt could not be hidden from others.
The owner of the salt factory was Qin Mo, so he naturally couldn't hide it from him. If Qin Mo dared to exchange twenty copper coins of dragon balls for a million copper coins of grain, then the price of this green salt would definitely not exceed ten copper coins.
Of course, the actual price was much lower than Li Er's estimation.
"So low!" Empress Zhangsun was shocked." How did Qin Mo do it?”
"This brat can actually turn a salt mine into green salt. He really has heavenly abilities.”The workers dug the salt mine every day and transported it into the salt factory. Naturally, it couldn't be hidden from Li Er. Although he didn't know the principle, he could guess that the green salt was made of mineral salt.
"Mine salt is poisonous, yet Qin Mo has such an ability.”Empress Zhangsun praised," Second Brother did the right thing by betrothing Li Zhi to him.”
"This bunch of ministers always say that they are loyal to the monarch and patriotic. They only care about making money for themselves.”
Li Er was envious, jealous, and hateful. This group of ministers had gotten rich without him. They were eating sh * t.
He felt terrible. Whenever he saw the old man, he would ask," Brother-in-law, how much money did you earn?"
The old man naturally said that he didn't earn money. It was all for the sake of democracy and for the Lord of the People, Li Er.
Old fool Yuchi looked like he was an idiot. He didn't know what money was.
Old Qin was an honest person, but he was led astray by the old cunning fellow. He said that he did not earn money because of His Majesty.
These days, he could only watch the silver flowing into the pockets of several families like flowing water. He wanted to criticize the old man and the others for not doing lowly things in noble families. However, which noble family in Chang 'an did not do business?
Moreover, these were all his lackeys. It was not easy to make a move, so he picked the soft persimmon to pinch.
Empress Zhangsun said," Qin Mo is still a child. What does he need so much money for? With this money, how many great things can the imperial court do?”
Li Er rubbed his hands." Guanyin maid, this isn't good."”
Empress Zhangsun encouraged him." Second Brother, Qin Mo has no parents. We are his adults. We must discipline him more to prevent him from going astray.”
"Guanyin is right." Li Er nodded, sighing that the Empress was really a good wife.
This was the rhythm of preparing to snatch the little friend's money.
Thus, Qin Mo was captured and brought into the palace.
The moment he entered, Li Er asked bluntly," How much green salt did you earn?”
Qin Mo's heart skipped a beat. F * ck, Li Er, that shameless bastard, was thinking about his money.
As such, he cutely expressed that as a noble of the Great Tang and the future Prince Consort, how could he do such a lowly thing?
"Don't tell me that the salt pans in Lantian County aren't yours.”Li Er glared at him.
Qin Mo said," Your Majesty, I'm also sharing your worries. I heard that Guanzhong was short of salt, and the people's bodies were getting weaker day by day. I slept and slept all night, and I couldn't sleep or eat in peace. Finally, I developed a method to make salt.”
Li Er rubbed his fingers." I need to show sincerity to share your worries!”
Damn it, this is bullying me. Do you believe that I will make your daughter pregnant before marriage?
According to what Old Qin and the old cunning fellow said, Li Er treated him like this because he valued him and did not treat him as an outsider. They still wanted the Emperor to go back on his word.
Was it because of love? Qin Mo expressed his gratitude.
Now, he wanted to snatch the little kid's money? There was no way.
Qin Mo said bitterly," Your Majesty! Green salt was so cheap, it really wasn't profitable.”
Empress Zhangsun chimed in," You're still a child. What do you need so much money for?”
Li Er glared at him." Why are you so close to the auxiliary army and so distant from me? Am I not your lord?"
Am I not your father?
Yes, what you said makes sense. Just because of your adorable daughter, I have to call you daddy.
Thus, Qin Mo said," I have a plan that can make my internal energy full.”
Green salt was collected through taxes, but the taxes went to the national treasury. It was very difficult for Li Er to use it.
Li Er was immediately interested." What method?”
"Your Majesty, you can set up a salt warehouse in the Guanzhong region and sell it from the inner government.”For his own sake, Qin Mo decisively sold out the old cunning fellows.
Li Er frowned and said," The imperial court has implemented a market sale system. If we implement a monopoly, I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain to the imperial court.”
Qin Mo said," It's not to change the current salt and iron system. Instead, the Inner Residence will replace Uncle Zhangsun and the others as the general agent of Chang 'an.”
To put it bluntly, he was going to snatch the share of the old man and the others.
Li Er nodded in satisfaction." You are indeed loyal and patriotic. I'll leave this matter to you to tell the auxiliary army."”
Qin Mo's face darkened. Damn it, how shameless.
"Why do you need so much money?" However, it could not divert Li Er's attention.
Qin Mo said," Your Majesty needs a lot of money to develop science. I paid for the rice hybrid experiment and the compilation of the dictionary.”
Li Er's face turned red." Thank you for your hard work. Don't treat me as the emperor in the future. Just treat me as an adult."”
Qin Mo said," I'm really grateful!”
The only person who could say such elegant and refined words when taking advantage of others was Li Er.
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