The salary of the "Daming Salt Industry Company" is 2 taels of silver per month, and the salary is sufficient. There are also medical and housing benefits, which are completely operated according to the model of later companies. During the peak period of salt drying in summer, a large number of temporary workers are hired to produce.&1t;/p>

Xu Guangqi is mainly responsible for the reform of salt farm production technology, directing the stove to reclaim salt fields, and changing the boiling salt to seawater and drying salt.&1t;/p>

But at this time, private salt cannot be eliminated from the source. Although the efficiency of boiling salt is not high, it is not as low as imagined. Moreover, boiling salt is relatively hidden, and as long as the residents on the beach can engage in it.&1t;/p>

If you make up your mind, it is easy to crack down on private salt. After all, salt is a commodity and is not a drug from later generations. As long as the army is driven out to crack down on private salt, private salt can still be eliminated from the source.&1t;/p>

However, Zhu Youxiao’s current salt sales channels and production have not yet completed the layout, so if you take too much steps, it is easy to get rid of the eggs.&1t;/p>

Moreover, if it continues to be severely attacked, it will easily lead to the group resistance of vested interest groups.&1t;/p>

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao decided to use the method of boiling frogs in warm water to control the market sales channels one by one. After the scale of salt drying is expanded, and the transportation and sales channels are laid, then comprehensively crack down on private salt from the source.&1t;/p>

Zhu Youxiao first sets the spotlight on the sales of salt in Beijing. The population of Beijing is more than 20,000 yuan, and the salt consumed every year is at least 20 million kilograms. In addition to daily intake, salt is also used for pickling food, etc.&1t;/p>

Zhenkuai Zhu Youxiao merged all the official salt sales sites in Beijing into Daming Salt Industry Company, and transferred salt from Changlu Salt Field.&1t;/p>

This batch of salt is still produced by boiling salt. The cost per catty reaches about 3 meter, but there is no ginseng in sand and soil, and the quality is very qualified.&1t;/p>

Priced at 25 ounces per kilogram of salt, and after deducting costs, there is also a profit of 20 ounces.&1t;/p>

However, there are still many salt merchants in Beijing. If Zhu Youxiao wants to monopolize the market, he must first squeeze out these salt merchants.&1t;/p>

Early in the morning, Jinyiwei and the Dongchang spies began to run around the capital. Their targets were the salt merchants in the capital.&1t;/p>

After a thorough investigation, a large amount of private salt was seized, and the shops were sealed. As for those official salt shops with salt indicative, the Jinyiwei also sealed the outside of the salt shop, and all these salts were not allowed to be sold. However, the salt was not returned to the public and could still be transported out of the capital for treatment. Anyway, the court did not care about how to deal with it, as long as it was no longer handled in the capital, it would be all right.&1t;/p>

All the gates of the capital are spies from Jinyiwei and the East Factory. Passing goods are strictly investigated and private salt is prohibited from entering the city.&1t;/p>

After a scattered scattering, a group of salt merchants complained, and soon the officials of the Donglin Party also jumped up and down, protesting that the emperor would reform the salt administration if he did not discuss with them.&1t;/p>

Zhu Youxiao ignored this at all. The civil servant group opposed the collection of commercial taxes. The emperor had no choice. After all, taxation was subject to civil servants.&1t;/p>

However, once the emperor bypasses civil servants and relies on other groups to do things, these civil servants will have no choice. After all, the Donglin Party has no military power, so they can only kill the emperor secretly before the people can be destroyed. Unfortunately, Zhu Youxiao is always on guard.&1t;/p>

As for those salt merchants, they could not twist their arms and had no choice after cursing. Although Zhu Youxiao learned about the salt merchants in Beijing, the power of the salt merchants in the north was actually relatively scattered. The salt merchants in other towns were basically unrelated to their own affairs.&1t;/p>

Furthermore, although Zhu Youxiao's actions monopolized the sales of salt in the capital, the outside of the city was not within this monopoly.&1t;/p>

For Daming Salt Industry Company, Xu Guangqi was responsible for the salt drying technology and the reclaiming of salt fields. However, in terms of market operations, experienced shopkeepers were specially hired. In the late Ming Dynasty, commodity economy was flooded, and there were still many talents in this area. Under Zhu Youxiao's high salary, many talents were still found.&1t;/p>

The shopkeeper in charge of operation and management was named Lin Jusheng. He was famous for his scholars. Later, he failed to pass the imperial examination and became a shopkeeper. Lin Jusheng, who was in his forties, used to be a shopkeeper in a salt shop and was very experienced.&1t;/p>

"Your Majesty, based on the profit of 20 ounces of salt per kilogram, you can earn 600,000 taels of silver in the capital every year, and it may be more." Lin Jusheng settled the accounts and came up with very good news.&1t;/p>

Zhu Youxiao's actions to accumulate wealth have already shown initial results.&1t;/p>

Passing commercial tax is imposed on commercial travelers at each city gate, and a year is expected to be earned in 500,000 taels of silver. There is also a salt shop, which can earn more than 600,000 taels of income per year.&1t;/p>

In Beijing alone, there are millions of taels of silver every year.&1t;/p>

However, compared to national expenses, this is still a drop in the bucket. The military expenditure in Liaodong each year costs at least three million taels, or even five million taels. Denglai also needs one million taels of silver to achieve a certain amount of hindrance at sea.&1t;/p>

The salt sales model in Beijing is obviously successful.&1t;/p>

As long as official salt can cover a market of tens of millions of people in the north, income in this area alone will be enough to support military expenditures.&1t;/p>

"Continue to expand the market to the northern towns, I will ask the Dongchang and Jinyiwei to cooperate with you." Zhu Youchao said to Lin Jusheng. Lin Jusheng was happy. With the cooperation of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, it would be easy to win the northern salt market? As the big shopkeeper of Daming Salt Company, Lin Jusheng has a commission. Zhu Youchao gave him one percent of his shares to dividends. If he makes a profit of tens of millions of taels, it means he can get a commission of tens of thousands of taels.&1t;/p>

Then Zhu Youxiao called Tian Ergeng and Li Jinzhong over and made some arrangements again.&1t;/p>

"You and Tian Ergeng immediately investigate northern salt merchants secretly and find out the ones selling private salt, but don't alert the enemy. In addition, go to Zhangjiakou and investigate the Shanxi merchants who traded with the Later Jin Dynasty for me." Zhu Youchao ordered Li Jinzhong, "In addition, draw personnel from the East Factory and the Jinyiwei to establish a 'tax bureau', which is specifically responsible for collecting commercial taxes. As long as the salt is spread, commercial taxes will be received to cooperate with commercial expansion."&1t;/p>

Tian Ergeng and Li Jinzhong agreed, and immediately established a tax bureau jointly managed and supervised by Jinyiwei and Dongchang according to Zhu Youxiao's instructions.&1t;/p>

At the same time, the Dongchang and Jinyiwei took action soon, and began to build a complete intelligence network in northern provinces, and began to investigate northern Shanxi merchants and private salt merchants.&1t;/p>

The salt merchants in the north are mainly Shanxi merchants, but not all Shanxi merchants.&1t;/p>

The salt monopoly in the capital was still very smooth. Under the strict investigation of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, only official salt shops were left in the city. Whether it was nobles or ordinary people, they could only buy salt from the official salt shop.&1t;/p>

However, what surprised the people was that the quality of salt in the official salt shop was not only very good, but the price was also much lower than before. It only costs 25 cents per kilogram of salt, which is nearly half cheaper than before.&1t;/p>

It is naturally impossible for ordinary people to make trouble.&1t;/p>

The official salt quickly began to open salt shops outside the city, and there were many residents outside the city wall in the Ming Dynasty. These residents built their houses very close to the city wall, which caused considerable military risks. When the peasant army attacked the city in the late Ming Dynasty, they often used private houses outside the city to cover it.&1t;/p>

Jinyiwei and Dongchang are also strictly investigating private salt outside the city. Those salt merchants with salt inducement can take out salt in the city, but they have no competitive advantage compared with the salt shops of Daming Salt Company in terms of price. Daming Salt Company's salt shops are still welcomed by the people outside the city.&1t;/p>&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!