Ming Dynasty: At the beginning of the game, Lao Zhu resigned and retired.

Chapter 1050: Two Old Dengs Prepared for a Rainy Day
For Zhu Yuanzhang and Mr. Hu, Wu Liang's matter was actually just a trivial matter.

There are far more people who scheme against the Zhu family than those who scheme against the Hu family, and there are far more people who scheme against the Hu family than those who scheme against anyone else.

It’s not that the two families deserve to die, but money can make people’s hearts turn.

The Zhu family is a royal family. Their every move represents not only wealth, but also power.

The succession of imperial power involves as much blood and gore as there are interests involved.

Therefore, it is only natural to keep an eye on the Zhu family.

As for the Hu family, it’s purely because they are rich!

Very rich!
As the Hu family's business territory continues to expand, its production and sales capabilities are also constantly expanding.

Even in the letter just now, it seemed that Yue'er was planning to get the Hu family to join forces in the salt business.

If this could be accomplished, it would bring tremendous wealth.

Master Hu knew very well that when it came to things related to people's livelihood such as food, clothing, housing and transportation, if one could make a small profit but quick turnover, one would become very rich.

It can't even be called wealth, it has to be said to be enormous wealth and mountains of gold and silver.

Of course, the Hu family's cooperation this time is based on the strategy of small profits but quick turnover, in order to make salt affordable for everyone.

But the key point is that Master Hu knows how low the production cost of salt is.

What’s more important is that he has no worries about selling this thing at all.

It can be said that as long as the Ming Dynasty’s policy is decided, the Hu family’s wealth in this regard will be determined.

Thinking of this, Mr. Hu felt somewhat frightened.

"Old Zhu, did you see the incident mentioned at the end of the letter?"

"Yue'er is planning to get the Hu family to do the salt business together. But I feel like the Hu family is a bit overwhelmed by the wealth and prosperity."

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was reading a letter and happened to see this paragraph, raised the corner of his mouth and looked at Master Hu with a slightly joking look.

"Oh, is there a time when you, Master Hu, feel you can't bear it anymore?"

"Your Hu family's previous business, whether it was tea or wine, was first-rate in making money."

"And according to what the letter said, Yue'er actually controls the sales in the hands of the royal family. Even the local sales are in the hands of the eunuchs guarding the city. Are you still worried about this?"

Mr. Hu didn't care whether Zhu Yuanzhang was joking or not, he still spoke seriously.

"Of course I'm worried!"

"Because anything like this that involves people's livelihood cannot be privately interfered with."

"One is that the Hu family can't bear this overwhelming wealth. After all, for an industry like this that affects people's livelihood, as long as the products are produced, there is no worry about selling them. Even if the profit is small and the sales volume is quick, it is still a mountain of gold and silver."

"I know what you just said. The Hu family is indeed only responsible for production, and the sales are all done by the Royal Family."

"But have you ever thought about it, Chongba? Even if the Hu family only makes one penny per pound of salt, how much salt does the Ming Dynasty consume in a year?"

"Can the Hu family afford this wealth?"

Speaking of this, Mr. Hu was also filled with emotion.

"Another reason is that if the Hu family were to do this, it would set a very bad precedent."

"That's these properties. Since there are other people besides the royal family who can get involved, why can only the Hu family get involved?"

"Perhaps, for now, only the Hu family is the most suitable, but what about the future?"

"What happens after the Hu family leaves Ming Dynasty?"

"Then how will you let your descendants cope with the influx of others?"

"People die for money and birds die for food. Who wouldn't want this overwhelming wealth?"

"If there is no chance from the beginning, that would be fine, but if the Hu family has already set an example, do you think they would also want to taste this tremendous wealth?" Zhu Yuanzhang frowned immediately after hearing this.

If that's the case, it's really a bit troublesome.

He and Hu Weiyong can withstand these things.

To put it bluntly, according to what Hu Xinyue said in this rather thick letter, the only ones currently capable of mass-producing salt are the Hu family and the royal family.

But the royal family now does not have enough manpower, and what's more, what the royal family wants is an industry that can be completely controlled by the palace.

As for now, the royal family does not have the manpower to fully control this industry, so it will be handed over to the Hu family, and the royal industry will then take a share of it.

Then, due to the sensitivity of salt, the royal family had to take charge of all sales links to ensure that it could bring income to the royal family while also providing the people with affordable and reliable salt.

That way, it’s great!
At least Zhu Yuanzhang felt good before.

But after what Master Hu said, Zhu Yuanzhang also felt something was wrong.

right.

It is not uncommon for people to follow the rules of others in the court.

Since the Hu family can intervene now, no matter what the current situation or reason is, someone will definitely intervene in other industries in the future.

By then, if the imperial power is slightly weakened, wouldn't the money fall into the pockets of other people?
Of course, he and Master Hu can still take people's livelihood into consideration, they want to make money and ensure that people can afford to eat, but what about others?

He didn't think that the family that could compete with his descendants for profit would be willing to give profits to the people.

Just look at those grain merchants and you will know.

Obviously, this is the most fundamental industry for people's livelihood, but once natural disasters and man-made disasters occur, the situation of people refusing to release food or lowering prices even when people are starving to death is common everywhere.

How could these grain merchants care about the lives of those peasants?

Anyway, the price is this price. If you are not satisfied, don’t buy it.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang killed batch after batch of people, but he knew that there would always be such people in the future.

This cannot be changed by whether to kill or how many to kill.

This is the nature of businessmen seeking wealth.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help scratching his head.

Damn, I'm so annoyed.

He really thought it would be a good idea to get the Hu family to work together.

Because if nothing else, at least the Hu family's technology is better than the royal family's own.

More production too!
If he only gave the production link to the Hu family, Zhu Yuanzhang would be happy even if the Hu family made money.

But once this example begins...

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Master Hu irritably.

"How about we cooperate for a while?"

"Wait until Yue'er has more people under her command, or when the situation gets better in a few years, then the Hu family will withdraw?"

"When the time comes, let's make a rule that these industries will be the exclusive domain of the royal family and no one else can interfere?"

Mr. Hu thought about it and nodded silently.

"It seems that this is the only way to do it for now!"

"After that, it will depend on whether Yue'er can recruit enough people."

"But there's still a problem here."

"If this continues, Yue'er will recruit more than just eunuchs and palace maids. She is afraid (End of this chapter)