"Remember, the most important thing is to get the formula of Dingding." Zhu Sha reminded, he had also heard about the power of Dingding in his house.

Silver can help him get through difficulties, and Dingding can definitely help him succeed.

"Whatever I say, I will obey you!" Mrs. Deng continued.

Zhu Sha nodded with satisfaction, "Go down and have a good rest. I'll wait for your good news!"

...

After all, Zhu Jun did not stay in the capital any longer. He stayed until the end of February and then left the palace with his people.

He didn't take any of the women at home with him.

And the only ones who have not made it through the last step so far are Master and Disciple Sun Nuer and Tang Xiuling.

Maybe Xu Miaojin is addicted to food, so he doesn't think much about other women these days.

As a result, Zhu Jun also took ginseng every now and then to replenish his energy.

In three or four months, Guanyin slaves and others will be due to give birth, and he will come back early.

This time, his first stop was Yangzhou.

As the saying goes, fireworks descend on Yangzhou in March. Yangzhou is located north of Yingtian Prefecture and is not very far from Yingtian. The first stop of the three municipalities directly under the central government in the north is Yangzhou.

Going south, Yangzhou Prefecture can also connect to Suzhou Prefecture and Hangzhou Prefecture.

The roads to the six municipalities directly under the Central Government are not a straight line and involve multiple state capitals.

"Your Highness, Yangzhou has arrived!" Niu Wuliu opened the boat curtain, cupped his hands and said with a smile.

Zhu Jun came out of the boat and stood in front of the boat. He was dressed in regular clothes and looked like a wealthy young man.

What catches the eye is the Yangzhou Flower House by the river.

The most famous thing about Yangzhou is its revelry.

Yangzhou is also famous for its beauties.

However, he thought of the Three Days in Yangzhou and the Three Massacres in Jiading in another time and space. These were bloody lessons.

Now that he is here, this kind of thing will never happen in the future.

"It's quite prosperous here." After landing, Zhu Jun walked around the streets. Yangzhou is really a unique place.

Even after the founding of the country, there were only a dozen households left here, but after eleven years of development, the number of people has increased. In another ten years, the number of people here may not even double.

Historically, grain, grass, coins, and minerals from the north and south were transported to various places through Yangzhou, and even sent overseas.

Moreover, Yangzhou was also the place where literati from the Central Plains had to pass through when they went south. When a military disaster occurred in the north, most people from the Central Plains would migrate to Yangzhou.

The Huai salt from Yangzhou is popular all over the world and is transported in Yangzhou city.

Therefore, Yangzhou is an important city for national salt control, and the profits it can earn can be imagined.

The reason why Zhu Jun came here was because there was a group of people here, a group of businessmen who came here to make a living.

They have a name: Lianghuai Salt Merchants!

It can be said that if you want to revitalize Yangzhou in the future, these people are indispensable.

Now, the Huai salt trade is still a voluntary trade and has not yet become a hereditary contract system.

Huaiyan produces a lot of salt, but the efficiency is too slow. It is not as fast as sea salt, nor is it as large as Qinghai.

Daye, there is sea salt, but it is still cooked in a traditional stove.

Once we switch to drying sea salt, the impact on the salt market will be huge.

Therefore, he wanted to come over and deal with these people first.

If you plan to visit Ningbo Prefecture in the future, you must have a salt drying field. Xiangshan County is very suitable for salt drying. If you plan carefully, the salt drying field alone can revitalize Ningbo Prefecture.

And these sea salts will inevitably be transported to Yangzhou.

How much money can those pirates who dominate the island make if they don't buy sea salt and just rely on wealthy merchants to visit the docks?

They did not plunder ordinary people, and the sea trade cycle was also long. Except for Gaoli and Wozhou, the cycle was shorter, and other places were quite far away.

Go south and trade with Liuli Island at most.

Therefore, if you want to support so many soldiers, you must have stable financial income.

"Er Bao, how is our business doing in Yangzhou?" Zhu Jun asked.

Shen Erbao replied: "Your Highness, I dare not say that our family's business in Yangzhou is number one, but it is also among the best.

Here we have restaurants, theaters, gardens, makeup shops, cloth shops, and antique businesses.

In short, we have a shop in every business that makes money."

If you don't talk about why the Shen family became the richest man in the world, their business acumen is simply unrivaled.

It’s no wonder that Shen Wanqian worked hard to become an imperial merchant. With so many industries, who wouldn’t be jealous?

If you don't find a backer, if you are targeted, won't you just make wedding clothes for others?

"I'm asking you, does our family have a salt business in Yangzhou?" Zhu Jun said.

"Yes!" Shen Erbao nodded, "In the third year of Shenwu, His Majesty began to implement a compromise method, and our family got salt."

The so-called salt sales license is a salt sales license, issued by the government. If it is fake or there is no salt sales license, you will be sentenced to death.

This compromise method is to let businessmen collect military rations and send them to warehouses in prefectures and counties designated by the government. Then they will be given salt, and they will go to the designated salt fields to collect the salt and then sell it in designated areas, and stipulate a certain period of time. Return the used salt to the Yamen.

Since Daye has a monopoly on salt industry, the market price is much higher than its value, and the profit rate of return is high, which makes many people want to go to Yangzhou.

Lao Zhu relied on this hand to revitalize Yangzhou. In eleven years, Yangzhou became as prosperous as it once was.

Although it has not yet completely restored the luxurious appearance that has existed for thousands of years, there are newly built houses everywhere, and there is a sense of vitality that comes from being destroyed and then being rebuilt.

"I remember that even if there is salt, the merchant still has to go and mix the salt in person, right?"

"Yes!" Shen Erbao smiled bitterly, "But Your Highness, there are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom. This method is to prevent favoritism and malpractice, and you cannot let others act on your behalf.

Since many salt merchants have passed away over a long period of time, the salt in their hands has not been used. Although the court has not legally recognized the agency, the Lianghuai Salt Transportation Department in Yangzhou has recognized the agent, but it has to pay a certain amount every year. agent money.

However, it’s getting harder and harder to add salt now!”

"Why?" Zhu Jun frowned, "Isn't there enough salt?"

Shen Erbao shook his head, "It's not that it's not enough, it's actually the benefits that move people's hearts. Many salt factories here have been secretly occupied by powerful people, so it's difficult to exchange salt.

Moreover, the Lianghuai Salt Transportation Department allows cross-regional salt exchange.

Because we can act as agents and exchange salt across regions, salt merchants are divided into border merchants and domestic merchants.

Domestic merchants do not need to go to border towns to collect grain in person. They can buy salt directly from border merchants to exchange salt in the Huaihe and Huaihe areas.

As a result, some border merchants transformed into internal merchants. As the internal merchants grew bigger, they entrusted the work of selling salt to agents or directly resold the salt. From the internal merchants, a new merchant called a water merchant emerged.

So the current situation in Yangzhou is very complicated and chaotic.

The interests of all parties involved are involved.

It seems more prosperous than before, but in fact..."
Chapter completed!