When I heard this price, there was a burst of breath coming from the surroundings.

Everyone understands that Lin Qingran's trip to the south under the name of rectifying the salt administration was essentially to increase salt tax revenue for the Ming Dynasty. The usual method was to increase production capacity or issue new quotas, and it was rare to increase the price of quotas.

However, Lin Qingran was not an ordinary person after all. He broke the price alliance of the salt merchants in Lianghuai through various means, making it inevitable that he would increase the price of salt induction.

But no one expected that Lin Xunran would directly raise the price of salt induction to triple, which far exceeded their psychological expectations.

You should know that Yan Maoqing, who was hated by others in the past, just increased the salt tax from Lianghuai from 600,000 taels to 1 million taels. Now Lin Qingran actually wants to directly increase the salt tax from 600,000 taels to more than 1.8 million taels.

no!

Too high!

We cannot accept it!

The salt merchants present were all frightened by the price, and they were reluctant to do so. This was far beyond their expectations. Some even felt that Lin Weiran was crazy.

But I don’t know who started it, and everyone said that the price was too high and could not be accepted. Although the sound was not loud, the entire venue seemed very noisy.

Cao Meng and others were still indifferent, sitting next to them quietly sipping the tea, at most they looked at the place with the loudest sound.

Chen Boren frowned slightly, and for a moment he couldn't grasp Lin Qiran's true intentions. He turned his head in confusion and looked at Lin Qiran sitting in the hall.

In theory, Lin Weiran only needed to mention twice as much as he could handle the court, and he did not have to set the price of salt so high, which would not help him win over the hearts of the people.

The meeting room seemed very noisy, and most of the salt merchants were indeed unwilling to do so, but seeing that many of the big guys didn't say anything, they didn't have the courage to point it out openly, which made the scene slowly calm down.

Lin Qingran's status and ability had already washed away the disadvantages of his age. Sitting here and drinking tea slowly at this time made everyone present feel unhappy, but they could only endure it silently.

When the noise in the conference hall stopped, he looked up at the salt merchants with dissatisfaction on their faces, but asked coldly: "The court helped you to destroy the salt smuggling gang. The court promised you to go to the salt farm to directly raise salt without going through the yamen. The court gave you the identity of the hereditary salt merchant. Do you think these benefits will be given in vain?"

this……

Everyone listened to Lin Xuran's repeated questions, and suddenly became completely quiet and thought again.

Although compared with the previous salt intake prices, Lin Weiran was right, the imperial court gave them such rich things this time is indeed different from the past.

Not to mention the hereditary salt merchants, they can extract salt from the salt farm without passing through the two Huaihe River transport department, which has saved them a lot of public relations costs.

But maximizing benefits has always been the nature of merchants. Many shopkeepers have made a lot of money, but whenever they sell goods, they keep claiming to customers that they have lost money.

"Although these conditions are good, the court will inevitably go back on its word!"

"The matter of private salt cannot be strictly guarded, and I'm afraid it will make a comeback in a few days!"

"If the court still gave salt to the clans, our profits would still be greatly thin!"

...

After simple thinking, the salt merchants adhered to the bargaining nature of merchants, and immediately developed various concerns and expressed their opinions.

When Fan Qianshan heard that everyone's concerns were not aimless, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but raise his lips gently, looking at Lin Qingran with gloating pleasure, wanting to see this whimsical young man slap himself in the face.

It's a full triple increase, and this kid is really a fool.

Lin Fu personally brought the tea and seemed to be careful to renew Lin Qingran with a cup.

Lin Weiran picked up the hot teacup and slowly asked in response to the eyes of the salt merchants: "If I told you today that the new salt indices only cost half the price before, and this imperial envoy will put you in the book and report it to the court, what do you think the court will react?"

Half price?

The salt merchants thought that they did not expect Lin Xuran to ask this question, and they could not help but look at each other. Finally, some salt merchants answered with certainty: "If this is the case, the court will definitely disagree, and the salt law will be invalidated!"

Huh?

The salt merchants realized it later and understood what Lin Junran said. Although this increase to three times is unacceptable, it does not seem as ridiculous as imagined.

The gloating in Fan Qianshan's eyes disappeared, and replaced by solemnity. He no longer dared to expect Lin Qingran to slap himself in the face.

"You may think that twice is enough, there is no need to mention three times. This is why I, Lin, is so happy with me!" Lin Yanran looked at the eyes of the salt merchants, and seemed to be intent, but he changed his mind, and then snorted coldly: "Is it really, Lin, who is so happy with me? Whose interests will the Gang Salt Law harm, and how much resistance will it be in the court? This does not require me to mention this too much. If it is only increased to twice, there will definitely be certain variables in the identity of your Gang Salt Law. So since we want to be a Gang Salt Law, why not double the insurance? The reason why you can get the support of the emperor is because you, the Gang Salt Law, can bring generous taxes to the court, and the greater the contribution we have shown now, the greater the support of the emperor will naturally be. There will be no voices in the court against and question us, and even your previous concerns are no longer a problem!"

After listening to Lin Xuran's analysis, the salt merchants found that this was the case. If they had enough benefits, the court would definitely open the door to convenience, which would also make their identity as the salt merchants more stable.

Chen Boren gently put down the teacup, but looked at Lin Qingran deeply. He thought he was already very proud of the other party, but found that it was still far from enough. This Zuo Deputy Censor, who was only 22 years old, was a genius who was rarely seen in a century.

While everyone was still struggling with the price, he had already looked at the whole market. It was probably because of this overall view that Cao Meng and others were willing to accept this "absurd" price.

As soon as he thought of this, he couldn't help but look at Cao Meng and others again, and found that the latter was still drinking tea expressionlessly. These people were already firmly supporting Lin Qingran.

Lin Junran saw that the effect was good, so he struck while the iron was hot and said: "Even if it was three times the price of salt induced, it would be levied 19 taels and 2 cents. How much profit is there? Can I use this imperial envoy to calculate it for you?"
Chapter completed!