Time is money. At the Sangjia Salt Farm, we started making pearl salt on the same day. These skilled workers and old salt farmers were much better at making salt than Huo Guang, and their movements were also precise. They quickly produced the first batch.
Pearl salt.
Huo Guang twisted the salt with his hands, put it to his mouth, tasted it, licked his lips to feel the taste, and then slapped his palms to knock the salt off.
"The stuff is very pure, okay."
Everyone was very happy when they received Huo Guang's nod.
Sang Jin then began to prepare to transport the salt out. The Sang family had their own way, but they could only transport the salt to big cities like Chang'an and Luoyang. Small cities like the following were left to other salt gangs.
They look down upon petty profit.
Now they need to transport the salt to Luoyang first. As the base camp of the Sang family, their family's share in Luoyang is higher. Because Chang'an is the capital, the competition is too fierce, so they plan to build a reputation in Luoyang first. As for Chang'an,
, Sang Hongyang planned to pay tribute directly to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty with pearl salt to replace the original tribute salt.
The packaging technology of this era is also very backward. This kind of batch transportation uses wooden boxes. Sun and rain will also have a great impact on the quality of the salt. If there are plastic bags, it can be a good solution for preservation.
problem, but if you want plastic products now, you are obviously thinking too much.
This time, a total of ten stones of pearl salt were made, all put into boxes, and prepared to be shipped to Luoyang. The Sang family was very wealthy, so they used steam horses to transport them this time, so they had to transport them as soon as possible.
The steam war horse has fast transportation speed and low loss, but the cost is high. The transportation fee on the national highway is very high. One stone of pearl salt requires a toll of 500 yuan to get to Luoyang. If the sales price of pearl salt were not high, it would not be affordable to transport it.
Looking at the pearl salt being transported away, Huo Guang thought of another way. In the future, the salt factory could be placed near a big city like Luoyang. When it was transported there, it was coarse salt and the cost was very low. When it arrived at the factory near Luoyang,
It is then refined to ensure that the salt sold into the city is of the best quality, to avoid things like agglomeration that may affect its appearance.
The first batch of pearl salt entered Luoyang. Sang Hongyang himself returned to Luoyang as soon as possible and arranged the pearl salt to all Sangjia salt shops.
The pearl salt brand was launched with great fanfare and began to be sold.
It's almost a dimensionality reduction that hits other salt shops. At a glance, everyone's quality is not on the same level.
Suddenly everyone started to rush to buy. Luoyang is not like a small place like Xiahe County. After so many years of prosperity and development in the Han Dynasty, a large number of wealthy people have accumulated. As long as it can change the quality of life, they don't mind.
Spend a little more money.
This is just like the reason why high-end service industries can always make money after society develops to a certain stage and wealth and labor are accumulated.
Today’s pearl salt is a high-end product.
How could Sang Hongyang, a shrewd businessman like him, not take advantage of this moment to raise the price? He suddenly raised the price of pearl salt to 10 yuan per tael, and one stone salt was close to 20,000 yuan.
Even so, the dignitaries in Luoyang still snatched up the first batch of pearl salt. Some nobles placed orders directly, fearing that they would not be able to get their share the next time the goods arrived.
Sang Hongyang himself did not expect such a scene. He knew that pearl salt would be popular, but he did not expect it to be so popular.
In the next few days, pearl salt was continuously transported into Luoyang and shipped to Chang'an. Ordinary salt could not compete with pearl salt. The fact that it had no bitter taste was a thousand times better than them.
For a time, salt in Luoyang was expensive, and the nobles were snatching it up. Eating pearl salt became a trend.
A few days later, Sang Hongyang received the order and the emperor summoned him to the palace.
He rushed to the palace as quickly as possible and arrived in front of the main hall, but he did not meet the emperor. Only the eunuch Li Nian was waiting for him.
"Eunuch Li, I don't know when your Majesty will summon you."
Li Nian looked at him with slightly narrowed eyes. Sang Hongyang understood the meaning and immediately handed over a small gift. Li Nian weighed the weight and hid it in his sleeve.
"Sang Shizhong, Your Majesty is busy with official duties. I'm afraid I won't have time to see you this time."
"Ah? His Majesty ordered me to enter the palace because..."
Li Nian took Sang Hongyang aside, looked around and said, "Shizhong Sang, I heard that you made some pearl salt in Luoyang this time. The price is dozens of times the market price. Is this possible?"
"Yes... yes there is."
"Sang Shizhong, what do you want me to say to you? Your Majesty usually doesn't like merchants to make random prices. I wanted to warn you, but yesterday, Your Majesty also ate pearl salt and thought it was really good. Plus, I am beautiful.
It took a few words to escape the disaster."
"Hey, thank you so much, Eunuch Li." Sang Hongyang stuffed another small gift in his hand.
Li Nian liked sensible people like Sang Hongyang, and said with a smile on his face: "I have to say that the pearl salt in Sang Shi is indeed good, and it is reasonable to sell it more expensive, but His Majesty is the emperor.
You have to think about the people of the world. It would be bad if Mr. Sang accidentally causes turmoil by guiding the salt price in such a random way. You also know that His Majesty values stability the most."
It was obvious that what Li Nian said was what the emperor meant. He didn't see Sang Hongyang, so he didn't intend to punish him, but just gave him a warning.
The emperor learned about Sang Hongyang's pearl salt. As an emperor, he was worried about unrest. Fortunately, Sang Hongyang was one of his own and had always been obedient. He only gave a warning.
Moreover, the emperor was keenly aware of how lethal pearl salt was to ordinary salt. If it was allowed to develop, it would create a wealthy businessman who could rival the country. This was a situation the emperor did not want to see.
Sang Hongyang obviously had a countermeasure in advance and said with a smile: "Eunuch Li, please tell your Majesty that I have something to tell your Majesty."
"Your Majesty is worried about the next placement of the Xiongnu troops. You'd better go back early."
Sang Hongyang grabbed Li Nian and said, "Eunuch Li, this matter is really important. I have thought about it for a long time. It will definitely be of great benefit to Your Majesty."
Li Nian thought for a while and said, "Is it a good thing?"
"It's definitely a good thing. Your Majesty will definitely like it."
Eunuchs always like to report happy events, and there are rewards for happy events. Moreover, Li Nian got a lot of money from Sang Hongyang, so he suddenly thought: "Please wait a moment, Mr. Sang, and I will report it."
"Thank you very much, Eunuch Li."
Li Nian walked through the magnificent Weiyang Palace and entered the emperor's study. After walking in, he saw the emperor writing, so he told Sang Hongyang's story.
"Your Majesty, I persuaded Sang Shizhong, but Sang Shizhong still insisted on seeing Your Majesty..."
"What did he say?"
The emperor put down the pen in his hand, and there was a magnificent word "武" on the desk.
"When he said he would meet with His Majesty, he just said a word of official courtesy to this servant."
"Let him in."
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At the same time, Huo Guang was still trying his best to trick Sang Jin, trying to get the method of making a mechanical war horse out of Sang Jin's mouth, but this woman's mouth was indeed that of a yellow flower girl, really tight.
