Chapter 86 Salt Fields
Magistrate Wang immediately acted like he was asking for advice humbly.
Li Tai said proudly: "The Iron Spear Temple can be built similar to the original one, but the surrounding supporting facilities must be good! For example, there must be a restaurant similar to the size of a Shanghai hotel, and there must be an inn, and there must be other places to play, such as a peach blossom. Island or something.
In short, the tourists should not be able to finish it in three days.”
Magistrate Wang frowned again and said, "But this requires a lot of money! How can I get so much money if Jiaxing is so poor?"
Li Tai said: "You can find shareholders to attract investment, such as Xiao Jian, the owner of Shanghai Hotel, and King Qin, the owner of Jinsuoguan."
County Magistrate Wang simply ignored Xiao Jian. When he heard "Prince Qin", he immediately became happy. The four people present here are all from Prince Qin's palace! Magistrate Wang saluted them respectfully in unison and said: " Please give me a helping hand, I really want to make Jiaxing as prosperous as Jinsuoguan!"
Li Chengqian said at this time: "We are not asking you to find my father because we are from the Qin Palace, but because they are all people who have benefited from the tourism industry, and you will definitely get twice the result with half the effort by attracting investment.
You still need to discuss the details yourself, and we will not interfere."
Magistrate Wang's mood hit the bottom again like a roller coaster. Li Kean said: "Don't worry, go talk to them. Since we have come up with this idea for you, we must be confident.
We have already written down the specific plan, take it and take a look."
After speaking, they handed their plan to Magistrate Wang.
Magistrate Wang looked at it carefully and felt better again. He happily asked the few to go and have a rest first. He wanted to study it again.
A few of them didn't go to the guest room in the government office. The three brothers hadn't had a good sleep in several days, so they insisted on staying in the best inn. They didn't care about literature and art. It was their money anyway.
Walking on the road, Wenyi asked: "Are you so sure that he can attract investment?"
Li Tai laughed and said: "Master, the three of us came up with this idea. Why can't my father embarrass him when he heard that it was our idea?
As for Xiao Jian, it doesn’t matter, this travel plan will definitely be profitable, and it’s just what I want him to not want to get involved with.”
Wenyi shook his head and stopped talking.
After returning to the inn, Wen Yixiu wrote a letter to Xiao Jing. He only revealed a little bit about the Chen family and he must have known what to do.
Sure enough, just when the three little guys' money was about to be embezzled by the inn, someone from County Magistrate Wang invited them to come over.
Li Tai was the most anxious one. He was determined to get money from Magistrate Wang so he encouraged the brothers to eat and drink heavily these days. If Magistrate Wang did not follow the routine, they would have to make steamed buns every day. , the days of Qingshui.
Several people hurried to the government office, and Magistrate Wang said happily: "Someone from the Xiao family has come, and they have found all the old accounts of the Chen family over the years and asked me to enforce the law.
The official confiscated all their property and then sold it to fund the construction of the Iron Spear Temple.
Here is the account book, please take a look at it and see if there is anything you need.
If there is any, please give generously to help!”
The three brothers took it over and didn't understand much, so they gave it to Wenyi for help.
Wenyi carefully calculated various properties, and suddenly saw a hundred acres of salt farm while flipping through the pages.
Literary became interested and asked: "Mr. Wang, where is this salt farm?"
I want to go take a look."
Magistrate Wang thought for a while and said: "It's about 50 miles east of the county. I can take a few people to have a look."
Wenyi made a gesture of invitation, and several people went out and boarded the carriage and went straight to their destination.
As soon as I arrived nearby, there was a pungent smell of snuff.
Literary and artistic minds are determined, and history will not deceive me. According to records, the Tang Dynasty used the "salt boiling method" to make salt. The operation is simple and crude. Seawater is put into a large pot and boiled until it is completely dry. What is left is rich in various
Minerals and toxins are out of salt.
The salt made by this method can be sold all over the country, and it is salt that only rich people can afford. The common people only have a salt cave or vinegar cloth.
A few people went in for a walk and then returned to the county government office.
Several people sat down and looked at Magistrate Wang with joy.
Magistrate Wang was so scared that he had been looking at him like this since he came back from the salt field. He was now panicking. If this big shot wanted him to sleep with him, would he go?
Or should I go?
I was so confused! Finally, Magistrate Wang, who couldn't stand it anymore, took the lead and said, "Why does Mr. Wen look at me like this?"
Wenyi smiled even more happily and said: "I was thinking about how much I have to charge you to be able to afford my idea. We will talk about this later and resolve the matter between you two first."
Li Tai waited for this sentence and immediately said: "County Magistrate Wang, it seems that you have adopted our plan. In this case, do you need to pay us some remuneration?"
Magistrate Wang was stunned, thinking that he came up with this idea just to find another source of income for the palace. Why did he ask me for remuneration again?
He opened his mouth and asked, "I wonder what Third Young Master means?
I didn’t quite understand it.”
Li Taili said confidently: "As the planners of the plan, we have put in hard sweat and labor to formulate such a perfect plan. Now that you have adopted this plan, you should pay the plan usage fee and the wages of the three of us.
I don’t want too much. The three of us each receive 10 taels of silver, plus the planned usage fee of 50 taels. You only need to give us 53 taels of silver."
Magistrate Wang was delighted. He had just confiscated the Chen family's property, and now he was a nouveau riche with only 53 taels. Of course, he called the accountant and paid the full amount on the spot.
The three brothers were filled with joy again, they were considered rich! The affairs of the Iron Spear Temple were settled, Wenyi said at this time: "County Magistrate Wang, I didn't expect you to be a lucky general. I have an idea to sell you, but
I wonder if you dare to accept it."
County Magistrate Wang thought it was another matter of dozens of taels, so he patted his chest proudly and said, "It doesn't matter if I ask Mr. Wen, I am still quite wealthy now."
Wenyi became even happier and said with a smile: "Okay, for the sake of the Xiao family and your Wang family, just give me five million taels of silver. I have already sold it to you at a loss."
Magistrate Wang was shocked and asked hurriedly: "How much?"
Five hundred taels or five million taels?”
Wenyi said with disdain: "Is five million taels a lot to be quoted as their master?
If it weren't for your liking, I would have gone directly to the Xiao family, and the asking price could have been doubled several times."
Magistrate Wang hurriedly changed his words and said: "I wonder if Mr. Wen can give you an overview first. Five million taels is really a lot. Even my family won't be able to afford it for a while."
Wenyi shook his head and said: "I don't want you to participate in this matter as a member of the Wang family, otherwise you will be in trouble.
Just do it as the county magistrate.
I just visited the salt farm and found that the current method of making salt is too backward. I have a faster and more efficient method of making salt at a very low cost.
The profits are so big that you can’t imagine! How about it?
Dare to give it a try?
Chapter completed!