"It's been a long time since I've eaten so well!”
Meng Yi patted his round belly with a satisfied expression.
In the beginning, he was still worried about his image in front of the First Emperor. However, after a few mouthfuls of beef, he quickly forgot about the so-called etiquette.
More than half of the thin-cut beef that was constantly sent over went into Meng Yi's stomach.
"How is it? If you eat to your heart's content, you'll feel a special sense of pleasure and satisfaction, right?”
"In the words of the future, this is the happiness on the tip of the tongue!”
Su Han smiled as he glanced at Meng Yi.
"Indeed!"
"I now somewhat understand what Mister Su said before. Let the people eat their fill and the hearts of the people will submit!”
Ying Zheng's face was slightly flushed. It was unknown whether it was due to excitement or the stimulation of the spicy ginger.
"Your Majesty, this diet is indeed promising!”
"Let's not talk about much. Just the new refined salt that Mr. Su just invented, if it can be sold on the market, I'm afraid that even a thousand wen per catty will be in short supply. It's enough to make the national treasury rich!”
"If that old miser, Neishteng, finds out, he might take the initiative to ask for a reward for Mr. Su!”
Meng Yi seized the opportunity and said.
"Selling refined salt exclusively is indeed a way to replenish the treasury, but I don't really agree with selling it at a high price in Great Qin!”
Su Han frowned slightly.
The monopoly of salt that had lasted for thousands of years in the feudal dynasties had indeed become the main source of income for the imperial court in many dynasties, but it had also caused many commoners to be unable to afford salt, which had also led to major problems such as illegal salt.
In Su Han's opinion, it was not particularly cost-effective.
"Could it be that you have other opinions?"
Ying Zheng asked,
Although he was also quite tempted by the huge profits of salt, it was still Su Han's invention after all, and Ying Zheng did not want to create a rift between them because of it.
"If you want to make money, I actually have some ways. There's a high chance that the profit will be greater than salt!”
"What I was thinking just now was actually to use this refined salt to move the hearts of the people!”
Su Han said in a deep voice.
"Please elaborate, sir!"
A look of surprise flashed across Ying Zheng's face.
The rich profits were not bad, but compared to the people of the old six states, the latter was naturally more important.
" Actually, it's very simple. This refined salt purification technique doesn't have high requirements for raw materials. It can be used whether it's sea salt, refined salt, or pond salt. Therefore, it's very easy to mass produce and control the cost.
The only requirement was to ensure that no secrets were leaked!”
Su Han said.
Great Qin's territory was vast, and there were many places that contained salt. However, due to the production process, many of the salt mountains and salt ponds that had been used in the future were abandoned because they had too many impurities and could easily kill people.
Apart from that, the current salt-drying process was too crude. In addition, the acquisition and sales channels were monopolized by the nobles, and the production was actually declining.
Just by purifying and selling the salt, Great Qin's 20 million people would have a surplus.
"Please rest assured, sir. Those who know of such a divine technique are absolutely reliable personnel. They will definitely not leak it!”
Meng Yi hurriedly said.
Although he did not know much about business, he could imagine how great a loss it would bring to the imperial court if such technology was leaked.
"Secrets are definitely the foundation!"
"My initial plan is for the imperial court to build large-scale salt workshops in various places to mass-produce this high-quality salt and then sell it to the common people at a relatively low price. This will ensure that most people can afford to eat good salt, and the recognition of the imperial court will naturally increase!”
"After all, salt is a basic necessity that they can't live without every day. Every time they see cheap and better salt, the commoners can feel His Majesty's benevolence towards them!”
Su Han said in a deep voice.
"Sir is indeed a genius!"
The smile on Ying Zheng's face grew wider.
The purification of refined salt was too simple. According to Su Han, they could also use the former salt mine on a large scale. Even if they sold it at a lower price than the previous coarse salt, the imperial court would still make a small profit.
If he could gain a large number of people's hearts through this, it would indeed be a huge profit. He could not earn any more!
"However, in this way, those nobles who originally relied on salt to make a fortune will probably be even more dissatisfied!”
Meng Yi frowned and said.
In this day and age, those who could afford to sell salt were all rich and powerful. Many of them even had private soldiers. They could definitely be considered tough.
"These people's interests were not aligned with Great Qin's to begin with, but now that the new salt is on the market, there's another way to subdue them!”
For those who are willing to sincerely submit to the Imperial Court, we can give them some profits at the market price. Because of the small profits and quick turnover, more people can afford to eat salt. They might not earn less than they originally did!”
"Those who are still stubbornly resisting are the enemies of the Imperial Court. We can use them to establish our might!”
"Moreover, due to the competition of interests, if we use some tricks, these people blinded by interests will not be able to band together to resist the imperial court like before. They will even kill each other!”
"Even the lost profits of the imperial court can be replenished by selling salt at high prices to the frontier!" Su Han said.”
"Selling this kind of salt to the alien race, is this..."
Meng Yi hesitated for a long time, but he still withdrew the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
This was a prophet with immortal methods. There must be a deeper meaning behind it.
"Even if we don't sell it, the Prairie people can still get salt from other places!”
"On the contrary, selling this salt at a high price can take the opportunity to exchange for more good things from the grasslands, such as horses and cattle.”
"If it works well, we can also use it to corrupt some of the higher-ups of the non-humankind, allowing our people to obtain key information from them.
If we're lucky, we might be able to rope in a few tribes that aren't as we wish and use them as a living map of the grasslands, making it much easier to attack the Xiongnu.”
"Of course, I can only give some ideas. As for the specific operational aspects, Your Majesty, Physician Meng Yi, and the others will have to weigh them!”
Su Han said with a smile.
In the future, the border markets of the Central Plains and the Outlander Race would be extremely prosperous, and there was a high chance that they could be replicated in Great Qin.
In any case, the cost of refining refined salt was relatively low. Even if it was not handled properly, it would only earn less money.
"A small grain of salt can actually move the entire world in Mister Su's hands. I admire you!”
With the help of the wine, Ying Zheng cupped his hands and said seriously,""Great Qin is fortunate to have Mister Su around!”
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