Chapter 1840

Xue Cheng's Lu mansion was still in the last study. When Lu Zhennan was quietly enjoying a painting and calligraphy, Lu Guoxing quickly came in and said with a trace of impatience, "father, should we do something?"

After a pause, he said again, "we can't wait any longer. Xu's house and Li's house fought on the price of the salt farm. As a result, we LU's house lost the most. It's too deep. They fought for two or three days. Although all aspects are blooming everywhere, the most dynamic thing is the salt price!"

In the feudal era, the characteristics of Chinese historical inheritance, a dynasty likes the monopoly of salt and iron. Only after the monopoly of salt and iron can it continuously deliver benefits to the imperial dynasty.

If it is monopolized, there will naturally be the imperial court department in charge of the salt farm. Salt merchants take goods from the imperial salt farm and then transport them out for sale. In this link, the imperial court earns only a small amount, which is far less than that of salt merchants of all sizes and officials.

But the state of Lu is not a monopoly of salt and iron... Because the state of Lu is too weak, the weak royal family even lost the papered face project of franchise.

The gentry and rich families in the salt farms along the coast directly control the salt farms. You are responsible for one, I am responsible for one, and then the merchants who take goods from the salt farms and sell them do not earn much.

Let's say that the salt farm controlled by Li, Xu and Lu family, the location of Xuecheng Prefecture, radiates the market scope of one Prefecture and three counties of Xuecheng, and invades more into two counties of another Prefecture nearby.

Farther afield, salt farms controlled by gentry in other areas were operating.

Then, even if the salt merchants get the salt, they only earn a low price difference, such as more than ten Wen copper plates per kilogram of salt. When the salt merchants take the goods and leave the site, the salt price has been more than ten Wen. The salt merchants sell to one government and many counties, and earn up to two Wen and three Wen copper plates per kilogram of salt.

Don't think the price is not expensive. As a person or ordinary people in the age of no spirit, who can live without salt?

It was consumed by every family, almost every day. Xuecheng has one government and three counties, plus the other two adjacent counties, with a population of 300000 or 400000, plus the caravans and all kinds of ship personnel to and from the port every day, which is an iron rice bowl inherited from generation to generation.

Now, when the Xu family and the Li family rob the market, they all drop a Wen or two a day. So much a day? In the coastal areas, the normal salt price around Xuecheng is only more than ten Wen per kilogram. In this case, the business there is really hot and the Lu family is out of stock.

Therefore, Lu Guoxing can't sit still. He really wants his father to express his attitude immediately. Whether he chooses to support the Li family or choose to be an intermediary and mediate in the salt price industry, he can't just sit and wait.

But in Lu Guoxing's anxious inquiry, Lu Zhennan still focused on looking at calligraphy and painting, as if he didn't hear it. When Lu Guoxing shouted again, Lu Zhennan said calmly, "your breathing skills are too far away."

"Compared with your good friend, No. we don't need to do anything in this matter. Their price war will soon end. Even when the price war doesn't last, our Lu family is the one who reaps profits."

Lu Guoxing was stunned and said, "my father means that the Li family and the Xu family will not fall to ten Wen a time. They are almost at the bottom?"

In fact, he is not stupid, otherwise he will not become the next generation of successors in training.

But suddenly the two sides fought, which made Lu's house stupid and made him a little messy.

"You're not too stupid." Lu Zhennan stared at his son in silence. He was 29 years old and so short-sighted. I don't know where he came from the big talk about revitalizing the state of Lu every day these years.

"Ten Wen is the bottom line. Once the price of salt is lower than ten Wen, it is the next state capital. Salt merchants who take goods from other salt farms controlled by gentry like us will also flock to it, because the price difference is already greater than the transportation cost. At that time, the Li Xu family will not only be resisted and excluded by the gentry of other states, but also empty their salt farm inventory if there are too many merchants."

"Once they have no inventory, they can't afford to fight a price war. The whole Xuecheng salt market is my Lu family who decides everything. It's easy to carry a few words without worrying about selling the original price."

Lu Zhennan calmly analyzed that what he said was also true.

Xuecheng is a port city with developed sea transportation, both ocean and offshore.

Sea transportation is no more convenient than land transportation.

Even if you run hundreds or thousands of miles, as soon as the big ship sets sail, it is much easier than land transportation. If Li Xu and his government dare to drop to ten Wen, there will definitely be salt merchants from other prefectures to pick up the goods, and it will definitely cause more hostility from gentry and rich families.

In addition to hostility is profit!

What if you have a salt farm? Can't you have unlimited inventory and unlimited output? There are quantities of salt in the salt farm. If you sell out and want to make salt again, it also takes time. Where can the salt making methods in the feudal era be advanced? Otherwise, there will be no salt panic in the historical dynasties.

According to the differences in geographical location, salt in coastal areas such as Xuecheng is more than ten Wen per kilogram, but it is not rare in inland states such as Dashang, Datang and Rome.

When Xu and Li are out of stock for the time being, the inventory is full, that is, those that cannot be sold in Lu's house. In the markets around Xuecheng, it is a temporary monopoly price.

Loss? The Xu family fought with the Li family, and the Lu family was killed? Don't be funny. The Lu family will only sit on the profits and laugh until the end.

He believed that Lu Guoxing should be given more time to slowly sort out all links. The son should be able to figure it out, but he was too impatient. Watching the salt merchants who originally bought salt from the Lu family running on both sides, he was in a hurry. When people were in a hurry, they were easy to make mistakes and lose ground.

After a few words, Lu Guoxing was really steady, and the expression on his face was also incomparable.

"Have you visited that noble man these three days?"

After Lu Zhennan spoke again, Lu Guoxing said, "visit once a day, don't say much, and don't have deep friendship."

"It was mainly Yuan Shu who reported various recent situations to him. On the first day, the one who said that Yuan Shu was OK. The next day, the one who said that Yuan Shu was OK. Today... The one who smiled and said that Yuan Shu had barely passed."

Speaking of this, Lu Guoxing could not help but Tucao, "I really can not think of what identity pattern, so that I can speak and speak, and Li has already paid a lot of interest to comfort the governor, and make complaints about how many resources he has spent."

"Since the war, how much money and goods have been lost in all aspects, and the reputation began to collapse, but barely passed?"

"I don't know how noble he is, but his attitude has exceeded our class!"

Li Yuanshu's original intention is only to protect dozens of hundreds of neighbors near Wang Han's house, the direct murderer of Xu's seventh family, from going bankrupt or selling children and women by extortion and exploitation. Up to now, what he has paid has far exceeded the total value of dozens of hundreds of civilian families!

In Lu Guoxing's opinion, even if he is kind-hearted, it's not as good as letting the Yamen constables sent by the Xu family and Yu Tongzhi blackmail at will. The big deal is that Li Yuanshu took some money from his family and helped them pay the blackmail money. It's much easier than now.

Lu Zhennan was also stunned. He was OK. He barely passed?