Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 365, visit Yanshi
Tianjin Changlu Salt Field.

As the weather gets hotter, the salt production at the Changlu Salt Field also begins to soar. The salt produced every day is piled up into hills, and carts and carts line up to form a long queue. The salt here is sent to the provinces.

The salt from Changlu Salt Farm is of high quality and very cheap, so it is very popular. Wherever it goes, all other salts are unsalable, but the salt from Changlu Salt Farm is extremely popular.

"The price of salt in various places has started to drop~"

Li Jiye, the general manager of Changlu Salt Field, is now focusing on market development. Because it adopts a dealer system, Changlu Salt Field has a strong control over dealers in various places, and also maintains extremely frequent connect.

He is extremely sensitive to market trends and changes, and any matter related to salt can quickly gather from all over the place to Li Jiye of Changlu Salt Field, so that Changlu Salt Field can respond and adjust in a timely manner.

This point is also related to the sales policy, because the distributor of Changlu Salt Farm sells salt from Changlu Salt Farm. He does not have any pricing power, and the price is decided by Changlu Salt Farm.

For example, here in Changli County and Changlu Salt Farm, according to the actual situation here, the price of salt is set at [-] yuan a catty, and the dealers here must sell at this price, and they must not be short of catty or two. , let alone seep sand, soil and the like.

From time to time, the Changlu Salt Farm will send people to various places to investigate. Once it is found that someone is short of weight or raising the price, the Changlu Salt Farm will immediately cancel the other party's dealer qualification and replace it with someone else. do it.

The price is decided by Changlu Saltworks. Changlu Saltworks has already calculated the profit points for all dealers. Nothing will change.

Therefore, in many cases, dealers prefer to sell at a lower price, because in this way, the sales volume will be greater, and their profits will naturally be greater.

Under such a system, if there is any disturbance in the market, distributors from all over the country will send people to contact Changlu Salt Farm as soon as possible to give feedback to Changlu Salt Farm.

Li Jiye looked at the galaxies fed back from various places. At present, the areas where the Changlu Salt Field has entered have basically begun to reduce prices, and the price reductions have been very large.

Salt that used to sell for thirty or forty yuan a catty now only sells for twenty yuan a catty. Distributors from all over the country are asking for instructions from the Changlu Salt Field. They also hope to follow suit to reduce the price to protect their own market.

"It seems very unusual that the price cuts are almost at the same time everywhere, which is extremely unreasonable."

Li Jiye analyzed it carefully, and soon, he keenly sensed something unusual in it.

"At this point, you must report to Mr. Liu immediately~"

Without hesitation, Li Jiye immediately realized the seriousness of the matter.

Liu Jin has made it clear a long time ago that once the market changes, he must report to Liu Jin in a timely manner, and he has been waiting for market changes.

The salt from the Changlu Salt Field will definitely seriously damage the interests of the original salt merchants, and the salt merchants will inevitably respond and use various means to protect their own interests.

After all, the battle over interests has been the cruelest since ancient times.

Soon, Li Jiye led his people to ride straight to the capital. There is a concrete road between Beijing and Tianjin, and it only takes less than two hours to ride a horse.

The mansion of Liu Jin in the capital.

"Is the price of salt dropping all over the place?"

After listening to Li Jiye's report, Liu Jin pondered for a while. The salt merchant's counterattack was much later than he expected, and from the current point of view, the other party is going to fight a price war by itself.

In the price war, Liu Jin is not afraid of them at all. They probably don't know how terrible the salt production of Changlu Salt Field is. In summer, the salt produced by Changlu Salt Field is enough for the entire Ming Dynasty. Liu Jin is not afraid of a few pennies per catty, the worst thing is not to make money.

What really worries Liu Jin is that the salt merchant will use some other means. Now that Liu Jin has a big business and an official status, it will be much easier for the other party to target him.

"It seems that we should try our best to live in secluded places in the future, and bring enough people every time we go out."

The first thing Liu Jin thought of was his personal safety. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, several emperors died without knowing why. Killed for nothing.

Although there is no basis for this kind of thing, Liu Jinning can believe it or not. His own life is the most important thing. If life is gone, everything is gone.

Even the emperor dared to kill you inexplicably, and it would be easier to kill yourself.

"Let's go to Yanshi, the capital city~"

After thinking about it, Liu Jin decided to go to Yanshi to take a look in person to understand the situation in the market, so that he can better deal with this battle.

Soon, Liu Jin brought Li Jiye to Yanshi in the capital.

It is said to be a salt market, but it is actually a street dedicated to selling salt. The shops on the entire street sell salt. There are well salt from Zigong, Sichuan, pond salt from Shanxi, and of course Hui salt from the Jianghuai area. Of course, the snow salt from Changlu Salt Field is also indispensable, and all kinds of salt produced in various parts of Daming are gathered here.

Well salt, pond salt, and blue salt are obviously high-end salt, and have always been the first choice of dignitaries in the capital. The price is high, the market sales are not large, and the profits are amazing.

The Anhui salt from the Jianghuai area is the salt with the largest sales in the market. Of course, the quality is also the worst salt. The grains are very large, there are many impurities, and the taste is bitter, but the price has always been the cheapest among all salts.

Liu Jin already knew these things very well, but Li Jiye next to him still explained it to Liu Jin in detail, for fear that Liu Jin would not be clear.

"Li's Hui Salt~"

When he came to Yanshi, Liu Jin looked around very casually, chose a salt shop and walked in.

This Li's Anhui salt shop mainly sells Hui salt, and the salt it sells comes from Hui merchants in the Jianghuai area. Of course, in addition to this Hui salt, other types of salt are also available, which can be regarded as taking into account all levels. market.

The store occupies a large area, and various types of salt are neatly arranged. The waiters in the store seem listless, because the business is very bad, even now their salt has dropped to twenty-five cents a piece. Jin, but there are still few customers who come to the door.

On the other hand, the Zhang’s Snow Salt Shop opposite is doing a very good business. The salt they sell is the snow salt from Changlu Salt Farm. It is of good quality and affordable. Now it has almost sold out the middle and low-end market.

"Sir, what do you need?"

Seeing Liu Jin, Li Jiye and others coming in, the waiter in the store suddenly became energetic, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet them enthusiastically.

"Our son has set up a factory, which employs a lot of workers, so he wants to come over to buy some salt."

Li Jiye quickly replied.

"Okay, okay, this way, please~"

Xiaoer immediately became energetic when he heard it, and quickly called Liu Jin to the reception room to rest. At the same time, he hurried to inform his boss to come over. The orders in this factory are all long-term big orders. In the future, I will deliver goods regularly and collect money.

"This young master, Li Cai, is the owner of this small shop. I don't know the young master's name?"

The boss Li Cai came from behind immediately after receiving the news, and greeted Liu Jin with a smile on his face.

"In Xiajinliu, I opened a small factory here in the capital, and I want to come and buy a batch of salt."

Liu Jin replied with a smile, he made up a random name and dealt with the other party.

"It turned out to be Mr. Jin, disrespect, disrespect~"

In Li Cai's mind, he carefully recalled the big man surnamed Jin in the capital. He couldn't remember it for a while, but his face was still full of smiles. He was dressed in extraordinary clothes and surrounded by a group of guards.

"I don't know what kind of salt the young master needs?"

After thinking about it, Li Cai also asked with a smile.

"The cheapest one is fine. Opening a factory is not a good deed. Why use such good salt?"

Liu Jin replied without thinking.

"Then you really came to the right place. The salt in my store is the cheapest salt in the entire capital. It only costs twenty-five Wen a catty. There is no cheaper salt in the entire capital."

Li Cai said quickly.

"Twenty-five Wen a catty?"

"What kind of salt is this? Can people eat it?"

When Liu Jin heard this, he pretended to be slightly surprised and asked.

"Yes, of course I can~"

"Quickly fetch some salt and show it to Mr. Jin."

Li Cai nodded again and again, and then gave instructions to his mistress.

Soon the waiter brought over a plate of salt. Liu Jin took a closer look at the salt and found that it was no different from other sea salt. They were all large in size, clumped together, and yellowish in color. Gently take off a little to taste After tasting it, Liu Jin also frowned slightly, the taste was very bitter.

"Why is this salt different from what I usually eat? Isn't this too unpalatable?"

Liu Jin asked quickly, of course he knew it well, but he just pretended not to understand it now.

"Mr. Jin, this is the cheapest salt. Of course it can't compare with the salt you usually eat. The salt you usually eat must be high-quality well salt, pond salt or green salt. These salts cost several hundred yuan a catty. , this kind of salt is produced in the Jianghuai area, and it only costs twenty-five yuan a catty, which is very cheap, so naturally it cannot be compared."

Li Cai said with a smile on his face, but he felt contempt in his heart. He is another son who doesn't understand anything. He also runs a factory, and he might have to go to his grandma's house for compensation.

"Well, then give me 100 catties first, and if it's used well later, I'll ask someone to buy it again."

Liu Jin looked suddenly enlightened, and said after thinking about it.

"Okay~ okay~"

As soon as Li Cai heard this, he immediately laughed happily. He really didn't understand anything, and he couldn't even bargain, but he only bought 100 catties, which was too little.

　How to deal with it?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)