Chapter three hundred and eighty second stealing the limelight
Chapter 382: Stealing the limelight
Putting aside the officials and dukes who were more than 200 miles away, Li You glanced at his second wife's father-in-law again and said meaningfully: "I finally understand why you are willing to spend a huge sum of money to find a noble concubine."
On the one hand, the amount of surplus salt sold is huge, so you can rest assured if you have an amulet. On the other hand, when dealing with those "partners", it is more convenient to have the status of a relative of the emperor, or in other words, you will feel less inferior.
Jin Wanwan watched carefully and saw that the cheap son-in-law still looked confident and calm after hearing the words "Zhongguan" and "Guogong". He wondered in his heart, how many trump cards did he have that he had not revealed?
"I will tell you how high the sky is. But now that we have finished talking, it's time for you to explain what your business is like. Otherwise, if you want me to reach out one day, I don't know how.
"Li You continued to cross-examine.
Jin Baiwan was silent for a while, then said: "There are thirty salt fields in the Lianghuai River and the Huaihe River. The total rated output is 500 million catties and more than two million jin. The rules have not changed for decades. Every year, the Lianghuai Salt Transportation Department reports and distributes
It’s all this amount. But now the actual output is far more than that, about 700-800 million catties, and the extra 200-300 million catties are the remaining salt.”
Li You nodded when he heard this. What he needed was such real first-hand data.
The planned output of 500 million kilograms is official salt, and the remaining salt is plainly private salt. The salt works have ambassadors to supervise and manage salt production. According to the system, the output is strictly limited. It can only be produced according to the annual plan, and unauthorized increase in production is strictly prohibited.
However, secretly increasing production is obviously uncontrollable and unstoppable. Besides, the salt factory ambassador may not be willing to strictly limit production in accordance with national policy. This is the biggest source of illegal salt production.
"Of the two to three hundred million kilograms of surplus salt, I traffic in about 100 million kilograms every year."
This amount made Li You stunned, and his calm expression finally changed, which made Jin Wanwan feel secretly happy for some reason.
Mr. Li originally guessed that Mr. Jin only earned tens of thousands of taels of silver by secretly trafficking thousands of kilograms of illicit salt every year, but he never expected that he would make such a big deal.
The salt production in the Huaihe River and Huaihe River accounts for half of the world. According to this ratio, the output of private salt should also be half of the world. Calculated at 100 million kilograms of private salt sold by Mr. Jin every year, it is about one-fifth of the total private salt in the world! This
In terms of quantity, they are definitely the number one salt owl in the world.
Li You felt his breathing quicken, "How much profit do you make every year?"
"When purchased at the place of origin, the price is three cents per catty, and when shipped to the port, the wholesale price ranges from ** cents per catty..."
"Profit of 600,000 taels of silver in one year!" Li You quickly calculated the result and continued to be stunned. For private property, 600,000 taels of silver were accounted for every year. It is really huge and unimaginable. It is said that the private money of the emperor, who is known as the richest in the world, is every year.
Just over one million.
The last time Jin Wanwan spent a lot of money, he clamored to use 500,000 taels to buy a place for a noble concubine. Li You was shocked and speechless for a long time. Unexpectedly, this amount was not the upper limit. Today, he heard another one of 600,000 taels per year...
If Mr. Li is an honest official in Jiangdu County, his income this year will be about one or two thousand. For ordinary people, it is already a high income, comparable to that of ordinary wealthy businessmen. But compared with six hundred thousand taels, it is really small.
Not worth mentioning.
However, since dealing with the salt merchant, especially since he recognized his father-in-law who had cheap gold, Li You became more and more numb to the amount of silver measured in tens of thousands, and would not be as fussy as before.
"You can't calculate the accounts like this. The six hundred thousand yuan that actually comes into my hands is only around one hundred thousand." Jin Wanwan looked at his son-in-law's expression and said with a wry smile.
Where did the other hundreds of thousands taels go? Li You, who had woken up, did not ask in detail. He only curiously joked: "This is just your income from trafficking in private salt. Your annual 70,000 taels of official salt must also earn at least 100,000."
.Honestly, how much money does your old man earn in total every year? Do you have three hundred thousand taels?"
"It's definitely not that much!" Jin Wanwan denied.
After getting the data, Li You stopped asking further and said seriously: "Do you want to clear your name?"
"What is whitewashing?"
"This... do you want to traffic in residual salt openly?" Li You tempted: "I have a chance, don't say you don't take care of your family..."
Jin Wanwan was very vigilant and said, "Who are you talking to me for?"
Li You asked: "Do you know who Wu Guangen, the imperial envoy for the draft, belongs to?"
"You said it was Her Royal Highness Princess Guide."
Li You said: "Then I will tell you now, don't underestimate the generation of women. Guide Chitose has the late emperor's edict in his hand. He is the most powerful helper around the emperor today and is responsible for most of the affairs in the palace. He has the heart in his heart.
The situation is very big and she plans the salt industry in the world. Before I came to Yangzhou, she had explained to me. So I can pull the strings and let you become a royal merchant in the salt industry under her, and serve the royal family honestly from generation to generation.
So there is nothing to worry about about the law! Isn’t this much better than fooling around with some envoys, princes, and middle-ranking officials?”
Finally, Li You added: "As for the issue of Su Niang entering the palace, if Guide Chitose and the emperor agree, then Su Niang's selection as a concubine will probably not be a big problem, and she will not be bullied by others with Guide Chitose taking care of her."
This time, Jin Wanwan was shocked by the grand plan designed by Li You. The son-in-law's trump cards were endless, and he actually revealed another Princess Guide. It was almost unbelievable. He murmured: "If you want to
Telling the truth is naturally good."
Of course Li You could tell that Mr. Jin was really tempted. The temptation of having his daughter as a concubine and a royal merchant family was not something that ordinary businessmen could resist, let alone someone like Jin Wanwan who needed to clear his name.
After convincing Mr. Jin, more than half of today's goal has been accomplished. Some subsequent actions can only wait until the emperor's southern tour. Otherwise, by himself, he will only fight guerrillas at best, unable to fundamentally shake the existing political system.
The interest pattern of the salt industry.
I'm really looking forward to the southern tour, Li You thought to himself. If the eldest princess had not lost interest in the salt industry, she would definitely accompany her southward in person, and the little boy who should be named Zhu Liu would also come.
Before leaving, Li You warned again: "You must continue to pay attention to the matter of cultivating evil spirits. If the limelight is robbed by the Salt Transport Department, where will I put my face?"
Jin Wanwan could only sigh at this request.
Walking to the gate of Jinzhai, Mr. Li suddenly remembered a big problem. If news of the southern tour spread, the Salt Transportation Department would probably continue to steal the limelight...
For Tsune Shang who relies on his nest and salt, the Yan Yun Division is the only one who provides food and clothing. The most he, Mr. Li, can do is beat him a few times to embarrass him, but cannot touch the fundamentals.
In other words, it is much more convenient for the Salt Transportation Department to ask for money from salt merchants than Mr. Li, not to mention that the salt merchants are now very hostile to Mr. Li.
If Mr. Ding, the salt transport envoy, summoned all the salt merchants and raised millions of dollars to donate to the emperor's southern tour, wouldn't it steal the limelight from Li You? According to the relevant historical experience of another time and space, this is very possible.
