When it comes to going out to collect money, Xia Jing thinks it's better to wait until the shop opens the day after tomorrow to see what happens.
Tong Song's servant saw off the guests and came back with a pained look on his face: "Sir, was this Prince Qian born to bandits? Whenever we encounter them, we will lose money, a thousand cattle and a thousand mules and horses.
, they are robbing!"
Tong Song put down the tea cup, "I don't know if their ancestors were bandits, but the man who rebelled and established the Yu Dynasty back then, how much kindness and ruthlessness do you think he has in his blood?"
Boy: ".It's not a bad thing anyway!"
Tong Song felt that he didn't read the almanac when he went out today. When he met Princess Qian, he could only be willing to be beaten by her.
He didn't dare to refuse, it was really frustrating!
The Tong family's roots are in Lingnan. If he and Prince Qian's palace go against each other, no matter who loses or wins in the end, they will end up killing one thousand enemies and losing eight hundred to themselves.
Tong Song looked at the sun outside and sighed secretly in his heart. Since he couldn't resist, he should lie down and enjoy being treated with respect by King Qian.
He has also passed the age of being impulsive, passionate, and reckless, otherwise the elders in the family would not have given him part of the family business to take care of.
Mr. Zhang returned to the government office, separated from Xia Jing, and hurried to King Qian's study.
"Your Majesty, the minister is back."
"Having fun and forgetting about Shu, you are still willing to come back!" As he said this, King Qian threw a ledger into his arms.
"Oh, Your Majesty, I came all the way back and Wei Chen is covered in hot sweat. Can't you let Wei Chen take a rest first?"
Mr. Zhang threw the account book into the arms of Mr. Yan standing aside like a hot potato.
Mr. Yan: "."
Bullying honest people, right?
He put the account book on the table, "Why did you leave it to me? You have always been in charge of logistics."
Mr. Zhang fanned himself and wiped the sweat from his face, "You know I'm in charge. Let me rest for a while, and you can help Nian Nian."
Mr. Yan glanced at King Qian and saw that he remained silent, so he had no choice but to pick up the account book again and flip to the back.
"When I first arrived in Lingnan, my income this month was 330,000 taels in back taxes. Expenses: The prince rewarded several gentlemen with 10,000 taels each, a total of 50,000 taels. The guard camp purchased summer clothes for 2,000 taels. This month
Food is 500 taels. There are 12,000 new soldiers, clothing expenses are 24,000 taels, and food expenses for this month are 5,000 taels, which is the salary of all Yamen officials for this month."
Mr. Zhang picked his ears and said, "Don't read the detailed accounts, just state the total."
Mr. Yan shook the account book in his hand and said, "These are the totals I just read. In the end, the income was 330,000 taels and the expenditure was 83,355 taels."
Mr. Zhang looked at Prince Qian and said, "Your Majesty, there is still some money left. Don't worry."
Mr. Yan sighed, "This month there is a balance because there is a lot of money coming in. If it were next month, the government would have nothing coming in. How long do you think this money can last?"
King Qian stroked his forehead, endured his headache and said: "Now we have recruited a lot of soldiers and horses. Military camps have to be built, ordnance, and horses have to be prepared. All of this costs money. How long do you think this money can last?"
Expenses?"
The study fell into silence for a moment.
None of them knew how to make a living, and even if they did, they wouldn't be able to meet such a large expense in a short period of time.
After a long time, King Qian remembered and asked, "Where did you go with the princess today?"
Mr. Zhang explained everything about leaving the mansion in detail. At the end, "My lord, if the princess knows how to run a business, would you like to call her over to ask for her opinion?"
"I have lived with her for more than ten years. I know how much she weighs better than you!" King Qian snorted coldly.
Mr. Zhang touched his nose: "."
The next day, at the gate of Nancheng City, a neatly arranged motorcade lined up to enter the city. When it was their turn, the leader took out a token. The officers and soldiers guarding the city took a look at it and hurriedly let them pass.
The people waiting in the back to enter the city were all curious about the bodies of this group of people and what was being transported in the carriage.
The leader of the team was Fang Ji. He and Hong Fuzhong were originally appointed by Xia Jing to be responsible for the construction of salt fields in Linhai Town.
This time Hong Fuzhong stayed in Linhai Town, and he led a team to deliver the first batch of salt to Fucheng as agreed.
This time, due to time constraints, six cartloads of salt were produced. Each shop in the alley could receive one cartload of sea salt, and the other two shops on the main street could each receive two cartloads of salt.
The quantity is not large, but it should be enough to sell in the shop for the time being. If it is not enough, they accept an advance payment.
"Captain Fang, you're finally here. It's been a hard journey. Let's go to the backyard with our brothers to rest for a while. I'll unload the truck here."
When Ding Daqiang saw the carriage parked in front of the store, he patted his thigh with excitement and trotted out.
Let him wait!
Fang Ji asked his brother who came with him to rest in the backyard.
He politely refused and said: "Shopkeeper Ding, you are busy. The brothers are going to the backyard to rest. Please take care of me. I will go to the princess to say hello first, and I will also report to her what happened in the salt field."
Ding Daqiang smiled: "Okay, you can go ahead and say hello to the master when you meet him."
Xia Jing was calculating the budget for next month. When she heard that Fang Ji was back, she said, "Oh, please invite him in quickly."
Fang Ji followed Hongmei into the small courtyard and saw how simple the small courtyard was. He felt sad for his master. A noble princess of the first rank actually lived in such a simple place.
Xia Jing arranged her study in a side room, and the tall Fang Ji had to lower her head when she stepped into the threshold.
"I've finally brought you back after I've been waiting for you for so long. Come and sit down and have some tea with white plums."
"I have met the princess. Fortunately, my subordinates have fulfilled their mission and brought back six carts of sea salt and a lot of seafood this time."
Xia Jing put down her pen, "Seafood? This kind of thing is not fresh at all. You must have put a lot of effort into bringing it here. In the evening, you informed the brothers to come to the house for dinner."
Fang Ji was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Xia Jing to be so enthusiastic. He hurriedly refused on behalf of the brothers, "I only brought some easy-to-feed seafood, which should be enough for the masters to have a meal. I also brought two carriages of dried kelp."
"My subordinates and brothers eat seafood every day at the beach. When we come back this time, our brothers have been thinking about the delicious food in the city. Why do they want to eat seafood? Princess, please let them go."
"Haha. You're right, I overlooked this point." Xia Jing turned back to Hongmei and said, "Go to the kitchen and give instructions for them to roast some roast chickens for Captain Fang to take back and share among the brothers.
"
Hongmei took the order and left.
"I would like to thank the princess for the reward on behalf of my brothers." Fang Ji stood up, thanked him, and sat back down.
Xia Jing asked: "Is the salt field construction going smoothly?"
"Everything went smoothly, except that the bandits tried to escape twice, but we caught them again and gave them a severe lesson. Now things are going smoothly in Yantian."
Xia Jing nodded: "That's good. You should pay more attention to security. If you feel there is a shortage of personnel, just tell Da Zhuang, or write to me and tell me. If it doesn't work, just send more people there. In short, there is no room for failure in the salt field."
May 28th, everything will be fine.
On the main street and the north and south alleys of Fucheng, four shops opened at the same time, and firecrackers went off, making it very lively.
What attracts the most people is the product in the store - salt!
The refined salt as white as snow is cleaner than the refined salt sold by the government.
Simply the best of refined salts!
For such high-quality fine salt, you may think that the price is out of reach, right?
But the prices in these four stores are very affordable. Official salt costs fifty cents per catty, but the refined salt sold in this store only costs ten cents per catty.
With such an affordable price, as soon as it started to be sold, people flocked to buy it. They were afraid that if it was too late, such affordable salt would be gone.
Especially the two stores opened in the alleys. The people living in the alleys in the north and south cities are the lower class people.
Some ladies even lost one of their shoes in order to grab a pound of salt.
At the teahouse opposite the salt shop on the main street, Xia Jing looked at her shop from the second-floor window and sighed: "It seems that our salt fields are still too few. We need to go back and speed up the expansion."
Fang Ji was also startled by the enthusiastic people, "Yes, my subordinates will take the brothers back today and let the prisoners build a large salt field."
Xia Jing gave him an idea, "If you are really short of people, go to Xiao Wu. He has five thousand recruits, which can be brought to Linhai Town for training for a period of time."
Fang Ji took a sip of tea to calm down his shock and said, "Yes, subordinate, I will go to the Fifth Master to discuss this later."
In the same teahouse, Xia Jing and her group were not the only ones paying attention to the salt shop.
Another tea room.
"Young Master Tong, is this shop really owned by the princess?"
The young master of the Lou family has doubts in his heart. He has never cared much about the family business. Today, he accidentally met the eldest son of the Tong family in the teahouse.
He felt that Princess Yipin could not compete with the people for profit.
The Tong family opened the fan and shook it slowly, "Do you think I'm lying to you?"
The young master of the Chen family raised his eyebrows and looked away from the window, "Young Master Lou, don't forget that Prince Qian's Mansion has only collected 110,000 taels of silver from each of our families this month."
"Does the 110,000 taels of silver have something to do with this?" No matter how careless the young master of the Lou family is, he still knows that there was a lot of blood in the family some time ago.
The young master of the Chen family shook his head: "When they first arrived in Lingnan, they couldn't wait to find trouble and exploit our three families. It can be seen that they are so poor that they are in urgent need of money."
The young master of the Lou family punched the wall, "I don't know when the court will call them back. Having them in Lingnan is like wearing a tight spell on their heads. They don't dare to do anything too arrogant."
Looking at such an innocent man, Tong Song shook his head and reminded them, "Aren't you curious about where the salt across the street comes from?"
Master Lou scratched his head: "Yes, their salt is really as white as snow. It's so beautiful. I wonder where it comes from?"
Tong Song and the young master of the Chen family looked at each other, with deep reluctance and worry in their eyes.
Tong, Lou and Chen, as the three major aristocratic families in Lingnan, all three had grocery stores and were involved in the sale of official salt.
Nowadays, the refined salt across the street only sells for ten cents per catty. Who can sell their black and yellow 'inferior' salt to for fifty cents per catty?
Mr. Zhang has been paying attention to several of Xia Jing's shops. He has always been curious about how good the business will be if he only sells one product.
After he finished his business in the morning, he ran to the shop to take a look.
"Huh! Such a good business, is this a robbery for free?"
Mr. Zhang squeezed in and took a look and realized that the so-called commodity was salt!
Or refined salt as white as snow!
He originally wanted to ask the shopkeeper Ding Daqiang what happened to the salt?
It's just that Ding Daqiang is so busy today that he has no time to pay attention to him.
Mr. Zhang exited the shop, took out half a tael of silver, took out half a catty of salt from a woman's hand, and hurried back to the Yamen.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
Before King Qian could speak, Mr. Yan was afraid of offending King Qian, so he scolded him before he could speak: "How unbecoming is it to shout!"
King Qian leaned on the soft couch and waved his hand, "Don't talk about him. He usually looks serious. It's rare to see him lose his composure. Tell me, what makes you so anxious?"
Mr. Zhang took the handkerchief Anu handed over and wiped his sweat, then sat down and drank two cups of cold tea.
After taking a deep breath, he handed the half bag of salt in his pocket to Anu: "Your Majesty, please take a look at this first."
Anu took it and opened the oil paper.
"What is it?" King Qian stretched his neck and took a look: "As white as snow, what is this?"
At this time, no one in the room thought about salt, they just thought it was something rare.
"Salt!" Mr. Zhang grinned, not showing off.
"What?!"
King Qian thought he had heard wrongly.
Mr. Zhang repeated, "This is salt!"
"How is that possible?" King Qian was shocked. He was born in the royal family and was born noble. He has eaten refined salt since he was a child.
But I have never seen such snow-white salt.
Mr. Yan stood up in surprise, came forward, pinched a little, put it into his mouth and tasted it.
King Qian saw the stunned Mr. Yan and asked urgently: "How?"
"It's so salty!" Mr. Yan picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea to dilute the salty taste in his mouth.
Anu tasted a little and nodded to King Qian.
Seeing Anu's confirmation, King Qian pointed to the salt on the table and asked, "Where does this come from? How can such pure salt be sold?"
Mr. Zhang smiled calmly: "You would never have imagined that this salt was bought from the princess's shop. Not only is the salt good, but the price is also good, it only costs ten cents a pound."
"hiss!"
King Qian took a breath, and after a while, he slapped the table and cursed: "Prodigal bitches!"
Mr. Zhang: "."
King Qian pointed at Mr. Zhang and said angrily: "Is this the way you boast about how to run a business? I think she is a prodigal, and she makes money at a loss!"
Buying a hand of salt for fifty cents, purifying it and then selling it for ten cents per catty, what else is it but making a profit at a loss?
Mr. Zhang: "."
Mr. Yan hesitated for a while and persuaded: "Your Majesty, I think there must be a misunderstanding here. Why don't you send the princess over to ask?"
How shrewd the princess is, she will lose money and make money?
Anyway, the prince believed it, but he didn’t believe a word of it.
King Qian waved his hand, "Don't disturb her yet. I want to see how long she can repay the little money she has. She has short hair and a swollen face and pretends to be fat. She has no knowledge and still wants to imitate others to make a fortune!"
Mr. Zhang pursed his lips and tried not to laugh. He wanted to say that if the princess marries you, she will not have to worry about food and drink.
Just.
Let’s talk about it later when we come to Lingnan!
The first batch of salt brought back from the salt field was sold out on the first day.
When the salt field was first built, it could not keep up with sales. Xia Jing found an excuse to sell the 10,000 kilograms of salt stored in the space during the last days in the store to make up for the store's shortage in the past few days.
When she came to ancient times, she always relied on space as little as possible, but looking at some machines in space, she was still a little hesitant.
When searching for supplies, she collected a lot of supplies into the space, and the entire space was almost full.
A lot of space has been unlocked these days, including some machinery and storage-resistant salt.
At this time, Hongmei walked in and said, "Princess, Captain Ding is here and is waiting for you in the flower hall."
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