Chapter 93

Liu Bu now knows the greatest role of money. When they have money, they can support the army. If they don't have money, the army like the Liu family can't develop so well.

Now he looked at the books of the Liu family and realized what business the Liu family did.

The majority of the Liu family's business is mainly concentrated in the front line of the canal. Their master Liu colludes up and down, evades taxes, and does business on the canal. They have four major commercial fleets of the canal. They don't know how much goods they transport from south to North every year, and the money they earn is rolling like water.

Another is the business of their Liu family in Fushan Area, mainly because they have their own wharf and do overseas trade with the Zheng family.

In addition, they have a secret salt farm. They boil the sea for salt and then transport it to the mainland for sale. That's why the Liu family raises armed servants. Generally, the rich and noble families raise some domestic slaves at most, but there are few people who directly militarize their servants like them. This is because the Liu family has a large salt field outside the Fushan sea.

You should know that the salt administration is the first profiteering industry today, but it is monopolized by the state. There are special military officials responsible for the management. If you cook salt privately, no matter how powerful you are and how powerful you are, if the government finds out the evidence, it will be a great crime of copying the family and destroying the family. However, with his huge business network, the Liu family just takes the salt produced in his salt field, Quietly, they split up and sold them, which created the wealth of their Liu family.

Liu Bu knows why the Liu family is so rich. They smuggle goods on the canal, evade taxes, and boil their own sea for salt. These are the best big businesses. It's strange that they are not rich.

This is also the reason why they have always had a lot of money and dare to raise so many servants and soldiers.

The wealth of the Liu family is not boastful, but real. In this case, Liu Bu decisively issued an order to the housekeeper: "Recruit as many people as possible, otherwise if our Yantian is found, it will be miserable. In the past, my father was protected by his official body, and we can cover up each other. But now it's different from the past. I'm worried that if our political enemies hear anything, the Liu family will be in great trouble."

The Ming Dynasty implemented an extremely strict monopoly policy on salt policy. All salt fields along the sea are directly managed by the government. If a private person dares to cook, it will be easy to kill his head or kill his family. Even a powerful family dares to do so. Once you poke it out, no one can protect you, because the oil and water in this piece is too adult and frightening 。

Liu Bu knew that the Liu family could be so rich that it could not be obtained by serious business. Now it is true.

Even Liu Bu frowned a little. He said, "uncle Liu, we have so much money. Will touching sea salt attract others' jealousy?"

Liu Fuqi said: "Don't worry, we have our own bulk cargo channels, and we have the care of relevant departments and relevant people, and we all take active care of them. This is a huge network. If we have an accident, many people will be unlucky. If the Liu family is copied, it is estimated that many people will be unlucky, which has formed a tendency of not blaming the public, and we just sell crude goods Salt doesn't compete with the people of the government for the high-end market. We are happy to sell crude salt through the sales channel. We just make a little hard money. "

Liu Bu said to him, "it's also the seaside. Why do others come out with refined salt and ours is coarse salt?"

Liu Fuqi said: "it may be that the sea environment is different. Anyway, the salt we produce is much worse than that of Changlu salt field and Huaiyang salt field. There are also some small salt fields directly operated by the government near here, but they are quite rough. There is no way to take them out to increase the end market with others. We can only sell them to some poor people and strive to be a low-end market."

Liu Fuqi said, "since Yantian is also the business of the family, you should go out and look after the business of the family."

Liu Bu said, "this can be. I can go and have a look after dinner."

After eating, Liu Buhe immediately led his guard and Liu Fuqi to inspect the salt field of their Liu family.

Liu Bu went to their salt field to know why their salt field was not found, because their salt field was built in a big harbor on Tianheng island. If it was by the sea, it would have been found by the patrolling salt men. They were built on the island. After cooking salt on the island, they secretly transported it to the Liu family's Wharf and sold it through the Liu family's network, So the other party doesn't know.

It's a bit like selling drugs in later generations.

Liu bu also knows why the salt of the Liu family is rough because they directly extract it from the sea without further filtration and distillation. It must be only rough.

Liu Bu asked them on the spot why they didn't use the filtration and boiling salt method for purification.

What Liu Bu said about purification is actually that Liu Bu learned a very simple experiment in junior high school. As long as they use the method of distillation and purification, they can turn crude salt into edible refined salt. He also did experiments for this purpose in middle school, which is not too difficult and high-end, but now these people just don't understand, They directly dry the salt on the beach, pick it up, and then pack it and sell it to others. In this case, they can't sell it at a good price.

Liu Fuqi said strangely, "childe, what is the filtration distillation purification method?"

Liu Bu immediately asked people to find some tools and a kilogram of crude salt for a demonstration on the spot. After his demonstration for half an hour, they successfully made half of the refined salt as white as snow from a kilogram of crude salt.

Liu Fuqi was very surprised by such means. He said: "Young master, where did you learn this skill? It seems very simple. Why didn't they think of it, but they really achieved the function of turning corruption into magic? As long as they have this process, they can produce first-class refined salt. The salt is as fine as sand and white as snow. It is completely a first-class salt in the market, that is, the mineral salt produced by Hedong Salt farm and Sichuan salt factory That's all. "

Liu Bu opened his fan and fanned the wind. He said, "there is a gold house in the book? Where did the method come from? It's inconvenient for me to disclose, but if you think this method is useful, you can use it for finishing and then sell it at a high price, and we can also go to the high-end market."

Liu Fuqi had some doubts. He said, "our people have always taken the low-end market. They have not competed with Changlu and Huaiyang for the market, nor attracted the attention of officials. If we also take the high-end market, it is estimated that we will grab food in a slot, which is easy to be jealous."

Liu Bu knows that salt is of great significance to people in this era. It can be said that it is impossible for people without salt to eat, especially for those places in Mongolia that do not produce salt. If you can transport salt there, it is equivalent to gold. Therefore, the Liu family guarding this salt farm is actually guarding a large gold mine. Although they did not take the high-end route before, they are still in good shape I made a lot of money. Now if I go to the high-end market, it will roll like water.

It can be said that many people will be jealous and jealous.

Liu Bu said, "what's the problem? There are as many as 2000 soldiers of the Liu family. It's no joke. Even the strong man of the giant peak thief has been exterminated by us. Whoever dares to harm our good deeds, let them tell our Liu family soldiers."

Liu Bu said that he was full of pride, and Liu Fuqi also felt that this was the case. He said: "since you provided such a good purification method, the old slave immediately arranged people to prepare guys and stoves. In the future, the salt of our Liu family will be digested and purified again to make high-end salt, and then sold in order to compete for a high-end market."

Liu Bu said, "we should do it like this. For this, uncle Liu, I trust you. You can do it at ease."

Other people's housekeepers are slaves and trusted people. The housekeeper of the Liu family has his way of employing people. To put it bluntly, he is a bit like the chief executive of later generations. This is not an ordinary servant, but a senior manager. The Liu family does not treat them as servants, but as important partners and assistants.

If the Liu family did not have the capable people like Liu Fuqi to help him, it is estimated that the rear area could not be managed so well.

It can be said that Liu Yuanqiao has great trust in Liu Fuqi. He can hand over his hometown to him and his salt fields like his lifeblood to him. It can be seen that Liu Fuqi's trust is no problem.

So now Liu Bu said this without hesitation and reservation. He also taught them the filtration, distillation and purification method, and handed it over to their salt factory.

He believes that if they come like this, their income will be greatly increased. The salt in this era is equivalent to silver and can be used as hard currency. To put it mildly, mastering the salt farm is equivalent to mastering the right to coin.

Liu Bu now knows that he can support the army only if he has money. If he doesn't have money, the Liu family can't support so many troops, and can't live so freely. Therefore, he has to think of more ways to open up money and earn more money, so that he can support an army and their family.