One stone is six thousand yuan! Today's ordinary family, after a year of hard work, only eats and drinks for only three thousand yuan. How can ordinary people afford such salt?
But Huo Guang didn't intend to sell it to ordinary people. He first made money from the rich while this thing was still a rare item. After the technology of filtration, purification and saturated solution washing was discovered, the price of fine salt will naturally increase.
It came down.
After all, Aguang can't practice salt alone all the time. I came here to enjoy the blessings. I came to follow my idol Huo Qubing to become famous and dominate the throne. We can't endure such hardships in our lives.
The price, which was ten times more than ordinary salt, also surprised Sang Jin and Sang Tianliang.
"Aguang, is this price too high?"
"It's either low or not. Let me ask you, how much is the salt tribute given to His Majesty worth?"
Sang Jin also happened to know this: "The price of carefully selected salt is indeed high."
"How does the quality compare to my salt?"
Sang Jin thought for a moment and said, "Your quality is higher."
"Then it's right that my price should be more expensive. You can distribute this salt to the surrounding counties. I won't sell it to other trading houses. It's only a few dozen kilograms of salt a day. Even if I give it all to you, it won't be enough for several companies."
It’s given to wealthy families.”
Sang Tianliang still felt that the price was too high and wondered if anyone would accept it.
But Sang Jin agreed: "Well, Aguang, let's try it together first. If you give us the salt, we will calculate it at three thousand yuan per stone."
Then he said to the maid: "Go to the concierge to get three thousand dollars and give it to Mr. Huo."
"These three thousand dollars can be regarded as a deposit. I want to buy a rock salt first. According to your speed, Aguang, it will take a few days. Give me some of your own sales and give me the rest. Let's try to see the sales volume first.
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"Okay, it's a deal, but you can't sell it in this county."
"nature."
Although Sang Jin was a woman, she was very decisive in doing business and was very decisive in doing business. After the two parties negotiated the terms, they implemented them immediately. As soon as she got the salt, she said to Sang Tianliang: "Brother, you share this salt."
Go down and sell it to the salt shops in the other three counties in the county first, and set the price to one tael of salt and five cents."
Sang Tianliang was even more stunned when he heard it. One tael and five cents, a pound of sixteen taels is eighty cents, and one stone is nine thousand six hundred cents, which is much higher than the price A Guang had ordered before.
Sang Tianliang looked troubled: "Young Master, I'm afraid this is too high."
"It would be nice for ordinary people to try it out and buy a little bit. It won't cost much. Long-term customers from high-end families will definitely come back to negotiate discounts if they use a lot. You have to reserve some space for them, so as not to ruin the price set by Mr. Huo.
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Sang Jin thought more carefully, mainly because he had many customers.
Six thousand yuan for one stone sounds like a lot, but it only costs three yuan if you divide it into one tael. Ordinary salt is sold by one catty. This kind of pearl salt is bought by two yuan. It is not impossible to try it.
After going back and forth, even if the business path was decided, Huo Guang felt that it would be better to cooperate with the Sang family than with a salt gang like the Stick Gang.
The Sang family was already a large salt merchant, and they had ready-made salt shops as sales channels. Moreover, they were a wealthy family, so there were many wealthy customers among them.
The salt gang only transports the salt out, but they don't know how to sell it.
Huo Zhongru, Huo Guang and his son walked out of Sang Mansion with smiles on their faces. Sang Jin walked to the door. The maid held the little girl in her hands and watched them leave.
"Aguang, Sang Jin is definitely attracted to you."
"Why? Just met twice?"
"It's not enough. Ordinary girls in the boudoir are so double-faced that you can't see them at all."
Huo Guang suddenly realized that in this era, except for women from farmers' and workers' families who had to help with work, women in the boudoir rarely went out. Of course, in small places like theirs, the rules were much fewer and not so strict.
"That's not right. Father, why do you think someone likes me?"
"My father has seen too much with his eyes. Sang Jin looks at you differently than he looks at others."
Huo Guang said nonchalantly: "What does a high-ranking person like me think of me?"
"Our family is not bad now. Although money can't compare, what kind of person is your eldest brother? You will also be an official in the future. It's normal for girls to like you."
"I wouldn't be surprised if you take a fancy to me because of these things."
Huo Zhongru glanced sideways at Huo Guang, didn't say anything, just smiled slightly and patted Huo Guang's shoulder: "He looks a bit manly."
Accompanying Huo Zhongru back to the Shaofuyuan, Aguang got his seal and got an errand as a county official.
"You are a temporary county official. Normally, you will only be recruited when there is a shortage of manpower and will not be recorded in the register."
Huo Guang was shocked: "Ah? Why did my father arrange a temporary job for me? Temporary workers are used to take the blame."
"What nonsense are you talking about? You will be an official in the capital in the future. Your resume as a small county official is a bit ugly. If your colleagues know about it, you will be looked down upon. So I will give you a position that is not recorded in the book. The effect will be the same."
Huo Guang didn't expect Huo Zhongru to think so long-term. Although his father was sometimes unreasonable, when it came to himself, he always planned as well as possible.
Huo Zhongru took out a stack of bamboo slips at this time, his face full of distress.
"What are you worried about, father?"
"I don't have a headache when I do my taxes today."
Huo Guang took a closer look and saw that the densely packed accounts made his head hurt. Moreover, the taxes of the Han Dynasty were really high.
Oral Fu: "From the age of seven to fourteen in the common people's year, the amount of money given to the people is twenty-three. Twenty coins are used to feed the emperor. For those who have three coins, the additional money is used to repair chariots and horses."
Children aged 7 to 14 have to pay twenty-three dollars a year, three of which are military expenses.
Calculation of Fu: "From the 15th to the 56th year of the Republic of China, money is given out to buy troops, chariots and horses."
For the poll tax, men and women between fifteen and fifty-six years old had to pay 120 yuan a year.
Even during Emperor Hui's reign, a 15-year-old girl who had not started a family had to pay 5 times the amount, 600 yuan a year.
There are also property taxes and the like.
Why should these taxes be targeted at individuals? Because it is difficult to monitor private business activities in this era, and there is no way to know the income of a family. It is most convenient and simple to do it by head. Several people can pay as much tax as they meet certain conditions, and the property is also
Easy to calculate.
If you really go to the deep mountains and forests to open up wasteland, no one will care about you.
The difficult part is commercial taxes, of which salt tax is the largest one.
If Huo Zhongru really wanted to study the dense records carefully, he wouldn't have to do anything else.
"How do you think this can be checked? No wonder I was confused before, I just have to fool around with it." Huo Zhongru looked at it twice and then retreated.
Huo Guang looked at the total sales of salt merchants recorded in the county, which amounted to 300 rocks a year, and the tax was also paid on these 300 rocks.
"Okay! There's no need to calculate it carefully. How much has been stolen."
Huo Zhongru looked at Huo Guang in confusion: "You knew you had escaped just by looking at him?"