Chapter 355 Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce Sells Salt
"Sir, such good salt costs ten cents a pound, which is almost like giving it away for free."
Zhong Ling'er sighed: "You have really done it to make the people affordable and safe!"
Normally, people buy salt in quantities of one or two or two.
But for the price of one tael of salt in the past, you can buy one pound from Xihewan Salt Factory.
It is definitely very conscientious.
"Ten cents per catty, this price must be fixed by me. If I find out that you raised the price privately, don't blame me for being rude!" Jin Feng turned to look at Zhong Ling'er.
"Linger doesn't dare!"
Zhong Ling'er was startled by Jin Feng's eyes, and quickly raised her hand to assure: "It's just... I'm worried that other salt merchants will go crazy..."
The salt production costs of other salt merchants are mainly labor and transportation.
Labor should be cheaper than here in Jinfeng, after all, salt merchants don't pay workers such high wages.
But the transportation cost is much higher than that of Jinfeng.
The heavily loaded ship hauling coarse salt had to be pulled upstream by trackers almost the entire way.
The journey from the East China Sea to Xichuan is not ten or eight miles, but thousands of miles.
The hauling fees paid to the trackers along the way, the food and clothing expenses for the workers on the ship, and the wear and tear on the ship all add up to a considerable expense.
By doing this, Jin Feng is actually maliciously destroying the market with low prices. If other salt merchants find out, they will definitely not be happy.
"Isn't the salt sales range of each salt merchant clearly defined?"
Jin Feng asked: "What does it have to do with them how much I sell for my own land?"
"Sir, there are actually many 'salt rats' among the people."
Zhong Ling'er noticed that Jin Feng looked suspicious and quickly explained: "Salt rats are small salt dealers. For example, the price of salt in Guangyuan is cheaper than that in Bazhou. They will buy salt from Guangyuan and then secretly send it to Bazhou to sell.
Make a profit.
Of course, there are also some salt rats that sell mineral salt directly.
Our refined salt is so good and so cheap, it is estimated that salt rats from all over Xichuan will swarm here soon, and our refined salt will definitely be distributed to other places."
"So that's it."
Jin Feng nodded and understood the worry in Zhong Ling'er's words.
Cutting off someone's financial path is like killing one's parents. By doing this, Jin Feng was cutting off the livelihood of other salt merchants.
People who can become salt merchants have their own methods, and there are many ruthless people among them. Zhong Ling'er is worried that they will take revenge.
"Don't worry, Ling'er, if you help me, I will try my best to ensure your personal safety."
Jin Feng said: "I will allocate a group of people from the escort agency to you to escort the salt transport team to protect your safety."
"Thank you, sir."
Zhong Ling'er saluted Jin Feng, and then asked tentatively: "What if the salt rat comes to buy salt..."
"We are selling goods. We don't know who the salt rat is. As long as someone pays, we will sell."
Jin Feng replied calmly.
In fact, he was still regretting that the scope of his salt sales was too small. Now the emergence of Salt Rat has helped Jin Feng make up for this regret.
As for what those salt merchants thought, Jin Feng didn't bother to care.
"I see."
Zhong Ling'er understood what Jin Feng meant as soon as she heard it.
"But those salt merchants might also send people pretending to be salt rats to buy salt. You have to pay attention to this."
Jin Feng reminded: "If you find such a person, send an escort to follow you. If you find one, arrest him and report him!"
"Okay." Zhong Ling'er silently wrote it down.
"One more thing, in addition to selling in the county town, you also need to arrange people to go to various villages and towns to let the people in Guangyuan know about Xihewan refined salt and eat our salt as soon as possible!"
Jin Feng made another request.
Many people can only visit the county town a few times in their lifetime. If you want to let people know about Xihewan refined salt and identify Xihewan refined salt, local promotion is the best and fastest way.
"Sir, I'm afraid this will require too many manpower..."
Zhong Ling'er was a little embarrassed.
"I asked Xiaobei to transfer some manpower to you. This is just a temporary promotion. Once the reputation of Xihewan refined salt is established, there will be no need for this."
Jin Feng said: "So this time when you go to villages and towns, you have to select an agent in each town. In the future, let the agent go to the county government to get the goods, and the villagers will go to the agent to buy."
"This is a good idea."
Although it was the first time Zhong Ling'er heard the word agent, she understood what Jin Feng meant: "Then what price does the agent charge for the goods?"
"It's also ten cents per catty." Jin Feng said: "We pay wages to the agents here, which is regarded as their compensation."
Although it has not yet been put on sale, Jinfeng is confident that Xihewan refined salt will definitely be sold, and there is no need to use commissions to stimulate agents.
"You also need to send someone to supervise the agents. If anyone colludes with other salt merchants to hoard goods maliciously, or increases prices privately, his agent qualifications will be revoked immediately."
Jin Feng reminded again.
"Okay." Zhong Ling'er nodded and agreed, "Do you have anything else to say, sir?"
"No more for now. If there is an emergency, if you can handle it yourself, you should handle it yourself first. If you can't handle it, report it immediately."
Jin Feng said: "The trucks are all ready. Let's arrange for people to load the goods."
Soon, Zhong Ling'er led a fleet of scooters that stretched hundreds of meters away from the Twin Humps.
Early the next morning, pots of snow-white refined salt were put out in the chambers of commerce stores in Jinchuan and the two counties closer to the Double Hump.
"What is the Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce planning to sell?"
"I don't know, it looks like salt."
"Where can I find such white salt?"
Before today, the Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce only sold soap. For the common people, soap was definitely a luxury item.
Now there is suddenly an additional product, and the people passing by are talking curiously.
A passing scholar turned to look at it and said, "It's salt. It says on the bag, Xihewan refined salt."
"Brother, don't try to trick us into not knowing how to read. There are only a dozen characters."
"Why am I lying to you? Those big characters are Xihewan refined salt, and the smaller characters below are "Let the common people afford to eat safe salt."
"Let the people afford to eat salt with confidence? This is a great saying. The price of salt is really too expensive now."
"Old Wu, just listen to this. Don't take it seriously. How can the things sold by the Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce be cheap? That piece of soap costs several taels of silver."
"Uh... yes, the quality of this salt is better than green salt, so it's definitely not cheap."
"Then why do you still write on the salt bags that the people can afford to eat salt? Is it disgusting to us?"
While they were discussing, a waiter came out of the Chamber of Commerce shop carrying a gong.
Dang! Dang! Dang!
After banging the gong a few times, he shouted: "Everyone who is passing by, please come and take a look. Take a look. Our Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce has started selling salt!"
"Brother, how do you sell the salt from Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce? How much does it cost per pound?"
"Old Wu, when you ask this, are you planning to buy two kilograms?"
"I can't afford the salt from the Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce, so I just asked."