Although soap cannot be eaten, it is very popular among dignitaries, especially ladies from high families, who regard it as a treasure. Without others, the word "clean" comes first, followed by the word "fragrant".
This product can be used for bathing, washing hair, and washing hands. It can be said to be a necessity in life. Although the selling price is relatively high, in the eyes of the noble family, the price of a piece of soap is not enough to visit Pingkangfang.
of.
Even Pei Ju himself uses it.
In other words, this is a hugely profitable business!
Pei Ju said: "It seems that this time, His Highness not only gave Su Niang the goods tag, but also the Crown Princess, Wei Concubine and others, I am afraid they also received one."
Pei Fenggao said thoughtfully: "It should be like this."
Pei Judao: "As far as I know, many civil and military officials in Shence Mansion have product tags rewarded by His Highness the Crown Prince. Some time ago, soap was sold in Shuozhou. Now, we have got a piece of soap from the states south of Hedong Road.
We should be the only one selling it. Good, very good!"
Although they cannot be sold in Guanzhong, it is enough for them to make a lot of money just in their hometown on Hedong Road.
What makes Pei Ju even more sad is that once the soap benefits are handed over to the prince's ministers, I am afraid that those people will be inseparable from the prince and will only support the prince even more.
Power, money, and people's hearts.
This time, the prince achieves three goals with one stone!
For example, even though he could see the prince's plan, he still jumped in. There was no other way, the soap was too fragrant.
He ordered: "Feng Gao, please remember that when selling, you must strictly follow the imperial production standards and do not exceed them."
"yes."
Pei Ju continued: "Once this thing is spread all over the world, His Highness the Crown Prince's private treasury will probably become even richer."
He is not stupid. Only His Highness the Prince can produce soap, and there is only one source of soap. They are just making money for His Highness the Prince.
Pei Fenggao asked: "Sir, why doesn't His Royal Highness put the soap in the court?"
"Stupid!" Pei Ju cursed, and then explained: "What do you know? If this thing goes through the court channel, the Ministry of Civil Affairs will make the money. If His Royal Highness wants to use the money, he must get the consent of the courtiers. But if it is smuggled through smuggling channels,
, then you can spend it however you want. In my opinion, our Prince, His Highness, is very angry. This time the Turks went south to Suizhou, His Royal Highness, under pressure, sent Qin Qiong to destroy the Turks.
He is different from a saint. He is young and energetic, and he has the capital to be arrogant and domineering. If my guess on the income from this soap is correct, the prince will definitely use it as military supplies to deal with the Turks in the future."
Pei Fenggao was confused when he heard this and didn't quite understand.
He asked strangely: "But isn't this fighting for the interests of the people? Doesn't the censor impeach him?"
"Impeachment?" Pei Ju sneered, "You idiot, what's the use of impeachment by the censor? As long as the ministers have soap brands, they will block those annoying censors for the prince without the instructions of His Highness."
Seeing this, Pei Ju didn't bother to talk to him anymore, so he ordered: "Follow the old rules and let the people below do it. You don't have to handle it."
"My child obeys my command."
Li Zhiyun would never favor one thing over another. If he gave the goods tag to the Crown Princess Tang Xiang, he would naturally also give it to several other wives and concubines.
It's not that Li Zhiyun was worried that because he only gave the goods to the princess and not to others, he would cause restlessness in the house and psychological imbalance among the wives and concubines. His purpose was, first, to expand the supply of goods and make money to support the army. Second, he wanted to
Interest groups are tightly tied to his hands.
Whoever disobeys in the future will cut off the supply of that company and distribute it to others at that time. Hehe, without Li Zhiyun's instructions, others will tear each other to pieces for their own interests.
What is this called?
This is called uniting the majority and attacking a handful!
No one can resist the temptation of money.
Except for Pei Ju, Yang Gongren, and Chen Shuda from the Zhengshitang, who were allowed to sell goods in their hometowns, others, such as Pei Ji and Tang Jian, did not get the goods. The reason is simple: they are not qualified to get it yet. As for Li Shuliang
, he was one of the first to eat crabs.
In addition, the civil and military personnel of Shence Mansion basically received the goods brand rewarded by Li Zhiyun.
The increase in agents means that production must increase.
Yuwen Rutong reported this issue to Li Zhiyun a few days later.
"...Now, more and more people are getting goods, and a thousand yuan a day is not enough. According to my calculations, if you want to supply everyone, you will need more than 10,000 yuan a day, which is barely enough."
"Let's do this. Separate the soap area and set up a soap workshop to supply goods to merchants." Li Zhiyun said: "Also, you have to follow the individual supply standards for each state's supply volume."
Rich states will naturally be given more shares; poor states will naturally be given less.
"yes."
After Yuwen Rutong retired, Li Zhiyun picked up the drafted "Patent Law" and "Soap Tax Law" and looked at them, then took them to the Political Affairs Hall.
He released the tiger, so he naturally had to tie the tiger up.
The patent law is to prevent others from imitating soap, and the soap tax law is a ‘chain’.
To put it simply, the soap tax law is to provide soup for the imperial court. In other words, it is also to limit the huge benefits of soap from falling into the hands of noble families.
Although most of the benefits are now in his own hands, he will never underestimate the cleverness of his subordinates.
As the saying goes, if there are policies above, there are countermeasures below.
He can bring his friends to make money, but he must make the most, and his friends can only drink some soup.
Do you think Li Zhiyun is too much?
Is it too much?
Do you dare to think that the future emperor will lead you to make money?
It’s okay if you don’t want to play, there are many people who want to chase Li Zhiyun and play with soap.
A petty profit is just meat!
Besides, soap is not a petty profit.
The "Patent Law" and the "Soap Tax Law" were quickly passed and written into the Wude Code.
Naturally, a few censors couldn't help but impeach Li Zhiyun for not doing his job properly, making soap privately, and competing for profits with the people. This is not what a ruler should do.
But, it’s no use!
During the imperial dynasty, after the censors finished spraying, before Li Zhiyun could say anything, the ministers who got the soap brand helped Li Zhiyun spray it back.
The Ministry of Civil Affairs took the lead.
There was no way, there was no soap tax law in the past. This time His Highness the Prince came up with this law. It was obviously to increase revenue for the court, so only a fool would refuse.
Of course, most people are happy and some are not.
The censor just sprays for the sake of spraying.
Pei Ji, on the other hand, is lonely. Wu Delu is his major, and now the prince can add another law if he wants.
What kind of martial virtue law is this?
But he didn't dare to beep.
By October, there will be a bumper harvest in Guanzhong. Yuwen Rutong told Li Zhiyun that soil fertilizers have indeed increased the grain output per mu by a lot, up to two stones!
This good news spread throughout the government and the public, and all the ministers praised the great success of the civil administration!
Subsequently, Li Zhiyun also immediately ordered that the method of making soil fertilizer be told to the people all over the world and let officials from various places promote it.
As a result, Chang'an's public locker rooms became popular for a while, and many people voluntarily signed up to clean the locker rooms.
After Li Zhiyun inquired about this matter, he handed it over to Sinong Temple.
The people in Guanzhong who received the news immediately prostrated themselves in the direction of Chang'an City and called the Holy Prince.
In the past two years, the prince has promoted the Quyuan plow and soil fertilizers, and he has also given them to the people without any profit. How can he not let the people be grateful?
After that, the grain from various places was put into the warehouse, plus the tax income, it amounted to more than two million dan!
The reason why there are not many is mainly due to Li Zhiyun's order to reduce or reduce taxes for the past two years and rest with the people.
Therefore, the main sources of grain harvest are Guanzhong and Bashu granaries.
In other places, such as the Central Plains, Jianghuai, Jingzhou, Hebei and other places, the imperial court basically took very little, and most of it was deposited in local charity warehouses.