Silver Overlord Chapter 418: comparable to oil

Yan Liqiang lived in modern society in his previous life. In modern society, if one of the most important materials is to be selected, it is none other than oil. Oil is the blood of the modern economy, the source of wealth, and the foundation of industry. Without oil, the entire society will be shut down. On the earth of Yan Liqiang ’s previous life, those most powerful giant families and secret groups, those most powerful countries The destiny of the economy is closely related to oil. Oil derives a lot of wealth, and it also generates countless wars and sorrows. Oil is the battlefield of great powers. The old friend of the Chinese people Kissinger also had a sentence. Famous quote-whoever controls oil, controls all countries.

And in the world where Yan Liqiang lives now, on the Silver Continent, if there is anything that is as important as the oil of his previous life, there is no doubt that that kind of thing is table salt. Therefore, the expression of the importance of oil can be placed on salt. It is no exaggeration. The importance of table salt is even more than that of oil to a certain extent, because a person can survive without oil, but one People ca n’t live without table salt. Table salt is the absolute protagonist of world trade and the largest trade commodity. The stories surrounding the occurrence of salt and the stories surrounding the occurrence of oil are almost exactly the same. The rise and fall of giants, and the wars between countless countries and tribes, are almost all related to table salt.

In this world, where you can produce salt is the same as where you can produce oil in the previous life. As long as there is salt, countless wealth will swarm. In this world, just in the Han empire, the most wealthy and powerful family tycoons have an inseparable relationship with table salt, and salt tax is the backbone of the Han empire’s financial income.

In a world of military supremacy, the Empire of the Han Dynasty did not have a monopoly policy on salt industry. The salt trade was open to everyone, and in order to control the salt trade, the huge amount of finance required by the empire was obtained from the salt trade Capital, the Han Empire invented a very smart management method, that is, the issuance of salt tickets.

Salt tickets have three functions, one is market access, the other is tax receipts, and the third is the nature of invoices.

Everyone who produces salt, if you have a production capacity of 10,000 kg of salt a year, you have to buy a 10,000 kg salt ticket from the official, your salt can enter the market legally, starting from the production of salt, salt Tickets began to enter into it, bearing the role of tax collection and market access vouchers, and when people buy salt, such as buying a pound of salt, they can ask a salt merchant for a pound of salt, and the people can get it again. In order to buy a salt ticket for salt, he went to the relevant local government administration for salt administration to “refund the tax”. Eventually, the salt ticket returned to the court.

Salt tickets are divided into four categories: first-class, middle-class, low-class, and second-class according to the quality of table salt. Salts of different grades and qualities need to be purchased with different grades and qualities of salt. Under normal circumstances, one The value of the pound salt ticket is almost 50% of the selling price of a pound of salt market, but even so, the salt industry is still a profiteering industry, because the conservative estimate is between the selling price and the cost of salt Thirty times the profit margin, even if the official took half of the profits and left it to the seller, there is still at least ten times more profit margin.

If the salt merchants ca n’t give salt tickets when they buy salt, then the salt they bought is private salt. The Han Empire’s crackdown on private salt is very firm and severe. If an ordinary person buys a pound of salt without a salt ticket Private salt, as long as the salt is used to report the accusation, once it is verified, it will immediately “reward a thousand thousand gold” and instantly become rich, and the person who sells private salt is a felony of stealing the house.

Under such a complete control system, although there are private salts, but they are only a few, and they have not spread.

Yan Liqiang did not focus his attention on such things as salt, because money is not his pursuit, but on the way back to Ganzhou this time, Yan Liqiang repeatedly asked himself how he could be by his side in the shortest time. When he gathered a huge force, when he saw the caravan of salt merchants on the road with rich and rich money, he suddenly remembered the history of the private salt dealer Zhang Shicheng and others who had seen his last life and Zhu Yuanzhang and hegemony. Things that he didn’t feel when he ate food came into his mind at once, which completely activated his thinking.

Yan Liqiang ’s previous life was curious that several people who sold private salt can also influence history, and hegemony with Zhu Yuanzhang like a chaotic world warlord, so I bought a few related books to read. After reading those books, Yan Liqiang took a look. Zi was surprised that the salt had such a great effect in ancient times. The legendary war between the Yellow Emperor and the Yan Emperor broke out because the two sides fought for the Jiechi. The Jiechi is the place where salt is produced, because the Huangdi finally controlled the salt in the Zhichi This became the overlord of various tribes at that time, and before Zhang Shicheng, Huang Chao and Wang Xianzhi, who almost destroyed Datang Jiangshan, were also illicit salt sellers. Mixed-world demon kings such as Cheng Biajin were also illicit salt sellers. , Deeply participated in and influenced the historical trends of several important dynasties in ancient China.

Ganzhou also produces salt. Earth salt is a type of brine salt. Due to the limited level of processing technology of brine salt in this era, the quality of soil salt produced in Ganzhou is generally not high, and it cannot be sold at a price. Compared with other high-quality green salt and pond salt, it is much worse.

Fortunately, in the books that Yan Liqiang has read in his life, there is an introduction to salt industry processing technology. With the knowledge in his head, Yan Liqiang only spent one night in the manufacturing bureau ’s own In the room, I prepared a little simple tool materials and utensils, and easily turned the low-quality soil salt produced in Ganzhou into a gorgeous white salt.

Salt industry’s trading interests are too large, and it involves too much. With this purchase, the four-wheeled carriage is just a small profitable business. To get involved in the salt industry, Yan Liqiang still lacks a little strength and local influence. If time Allowed, after a few years, he may be able to step into the period completely with his own ability, not afraid of anyone, but time is not waiting for people. Yan Liqiang needs time now, so find a strong partner and backer in Ganzhou , Is a shortcut, and in Ganzhou, no one is more suitable than Rieston.

Lei Sitong is not only the history of Ganzhou, but also Sun Bingchen’s evaluation of him was very high. Whether it is ability or character, Yan Liqiang is the most suitable person he can find now. Yan Liqiang naturally wants to pull Lei Sitong Get on your tank.

In the matter of making big money, the two sides hit it off.

The production of soil and salt in Ganzhou is very loose, and there is no scale. The power to control those salt farms includes local tyrants and local forces, as well as forces outside Ganzhou. The situation is a bit complicated. In Tao County, there are several small-scale brine mines, but only those several brine mines have ownership. Yan Liqiang and Lei Si initially discussed the intention of cooperation.

The first step in this cooperation is that Riesto is responsible for handling the salt mines in Yuntao County, whether existing or newly discovered, and then Yan Liqiang takes over the production with manpower funds and equipment. It is safe and provides some convenience and help for the sales of the saltworks. Yan Liqiang is responsible for the sales here. In the end, the profits of both parties are divided equally …

The salt mine in Yuntao County cannot be resolved in three days or two days ~ IndoMTL.com ~ There are a lot of joints behind it. Bingma snatched the salt farms in Yuntao County and handed them to Yan Liqiang. As a state history, there are rules for doing things. You ca n’t mess up. Yan Liqiang is not in a hurry. You have to get involved in this big trade comparable to the oil trade. The preparation work is normal even if it takes the first half of the year. After the two sides have negotiated the initial cooperation intention, seeing that it is late at night, Yan Liqiang said goodbye, while Rieston did it in Pingxi County. Under the attention of officials and squires, Yan Liqiang was enthusiastically sent to the entrance of Guanyuan…

“Uncle Lei, please stay away, don’t have to send …” Yan Liqiang’s title of Uncle Lei also became more comfortable.

“Li Qiang will have something to do in the future. It ’s the same with Jianbei and Yucheng. Whoever dares to trouble you is the trouble of my Ries, who wants to make you unhappy, that is, let me do the same. Happily, Lei Si and his guillotine were prepared for these people … “Lei Sitong smiled and pointed to the new county guards and warlords in Pingxi County, and said the domineering words in the same usual way, And the content in that remark made countless people around him listen to the rapid heartbeat.

“Okay, I know, I ’m afraid I will have to trouble Uncle Lei and the two adults …”