Chapter 170: Eat the Lord every day

Hao Chujun handed over another mansion report, which was written by a local official.

The writing time was a little later, but because of the candy, Lu Liang and the others wrote it first, which was slower. The two memorials were almost the same, and they arrived in Luoyang.

As Lu Liang and the others said at the beginning, they really paid half of the tribute tax. This tax is not half of the profit, but half of the selling price. For example, if you sell a thousand candies, you will receive 500 candies. The quantity is not very huge, only 3,000 cans.

Not too few, some poor prefectures and counties pay taxes in a year are just like this. Of course, it will not be very big. As long as the imperial court opens its gold mouth, there are many merchants who are willing to donate 3,000 yuan in money, but who dares to open this mouth?

But Hao Chujun underestimated a little.

It was placed in Jiangnan, and it was a cross-river of Jiangnan. The wealthy merchants in Jiangnan would have conflicts, but the emperor personally praised it, but they could do nothing about it. Moreover, Liang Jinzhu was worshipped by the prince at a banquet... For ordinary commoners and merchants, they were undoubtedly wearing a tiger's skin. They may not be popular. They were soon to come out, and the output was not very large.

The early sales volume was still in the north.

But there will be more and more conflicts in the future. After all, this candy is paid half of the tax, and other candy merchants will be very embarrassed. Li Wei is not only this step. In fact, merchants wandering around the edge of society is also related to the immaturity of the tax system. If they bring 10 million yuan in income to the Tang Dynasty every year, what do the ministers think? But if everyone does not understand this, the real power is those powerful people, big businessmen like Zou Fengchi, who are in danger of being in full swing at any time.

After seeing Hao Chujun's expression, I could probably guess some.

Everyone will be happy when the candy is released. It is good candy, and the key is whether it can be handled. There are only three thousand shreds, so there is no need for the court to bear this controversy. Besides, for the titles of several short sellers, it has been disputed for so long.

Li Wei whispered: "It's the beginning. I heard a little bit, and it will be better in the future. In fact, Mr. Hao, think about the treasury. At least they are willing to do it themselves, and they invent it themselves. It doesn't involve much, but it will be better than the court's loan shark."

"Your Highness means?"

"Do it, make a try. If it's good, I'll inform the workshops in Xijing City, and it's possible that the milk candy will be paid taxes to the country. It won't be much, there are still 20,000 to 30,000 yuan a year."

"Your Highness..."

"Grandpa Hao, don't leak my words."

Hao Chujun is still good to him, but he kept hiding many things from him. Li Wei was embarrassed and pulled him aside and whispered: "In fact, Lu Liang and the other two went to Jiangnan to live with Gu Hui. The treasury was empty and there was no change. Therefore, Gu talked to them, no matter these two kinds of sugars or milk candy, they would be imitated by others sooner or later. Now that the tax is paid, it is used as a customization, but new things are not very involved. One thing is customization, and two things are customization. After accumulation, it can increase the income for the court. Gu knows that a gentleman does not talk about profit, but what about the country? It is better not to impose taxes on the people, but it is impossible? Also, these are luxury goods, and the people who buy rich people, and they are not short of money. The court is taxed, which is not considered disturbing the people. Both of them are good merchants, and after hearing Gu's words, they should be correct."

"So that's the case, no wonder I am so conscious."

"It's not easy. If it were other merchants, they would persuade them and take the initiative to pay taxes. No one in the world would be ashamed of merchants."

Let some wind first. Once customized, these slaughter still need to agree. If they disagree, even if their parents force the edict, it may not be possible. Li Wei continued to incite: "There are a little less now, but Mr. Hao, please wait and see. In a few years, this kind of sugar will bring tens of thousands of taxes to the country and tens of thousands of yuan. Not only that, if it is good, you can exchange gold, silver and copper from the big food. This alone will not require profits and loans to exploit the people."

“Will it be so huge?”

"Will it be so huge? It doesn't take long, or even a few months to see something."

Hao Chujun asked Li Wei to persuade him three times and four times, and he was very moved.

The warehouses in major countries are poor.

But this is a good governance and the country does not store any money. It is because of light taxes and taxes, and various pensions, such as disaster relief in the year of disasters, especially in recent years. However, the treasury is very empty, and as the prime minister, I am not satisfied.

The result of intention is to start to divide sugar...

However, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian were a little far away, and they were probably very happy, so they went to Ye County, Xuzhou to hunt again.

When Li Wei heard about this, he was speechless. He went to Guangchengze and was hunting places, but he never hunted once.

Before the words were finished, Tang arrived in Luoyang.

But Li Wei's surprise, Lu Ma and Liang Jinzhu named the sugar. Sucrose is not called sucrose, but "Shenghuang Candy", and rock sugar is not called rock sugar, but "Shenghou Candy".

After two days of snow, the snow settled. Luoyang was covered in white and the mountains were covered with snow. After the sugar arrived in Luoyang, the sales situation was very good. Not only did the exclusion, but only talked about the advertising effect of the two distributions. There was no sensation in Jiangnan, but Luoyang looked forward to it.

It is the end of the year again, and rich families are looking for novelty, luxury items and packaging, which is what Li Wei said at the time. Di Renjie frowned a lot, but Li Wei did not see it. But the candy in these small jars, from gimmicks to packaging, is curious and very expensive.

It is also sold by pound, but for a pound of sugar, nearly 50 cents were sold, rock sugar was sold by pounds, and the price was even higher.

When Li Wei heard the selling price in the East Palace, he was also amazed. The current pound may be just a little more than four taels in later generations. That is, a pound is more than one hundred ounces. In the year of a bumper harvest, you can buy high-quality rice from Jiangnan for more than one stone. But there is no sound. The current sucrose makes money from the rich. Once it becomes popular, the prices will drop.

It cleared up and Li Wei arrived at the imperial village.

The imperial village was still a pioneering one, but there was something new. It was not difficult to make a thermometer in the pit house, but the principle was very simple. Some glasses were called Yaoyu, or some other names. Mercury had long been available. It was probably not good to burn good glass in the Tang Dynasty, but it was OK to make it. The temperature was also easy to modulate. The temperature of ice was zero and the temperature of boiling water was one hundred degrees. But Li Wei didn't know what temperature was suitable for hatching.

There are also coal, and even people find open-pit coal mines from time to time. But Li Wei cannot mention that coal excavation will benefit the country and the people, but the ultimate benefit will undoubtedly fall into the hands of wealthy families. What about the actual situation? How many poor people make a living by burning charcoal? Don’t think that "The Charcoal Selling Man" written by Bai Juyi is very miserable and can be exchanged for some money to live. Once charcoal is gone, the Tang Dynasty did not know how many people lost their chances of making a living. It is impossible to decide which one is more important, and the key cannot be said.

He hesitated in his heart, so he took the kang room. Because there were a lot of poultry raised, he also mentioned the method of kang room, using firewood and charcoal. The temperature was not accurate. However, after a snow fell, some chickens, ducks and geese in the kang room came out. People from the imperial village came to report the good news.

It was boring to stay in the East Palace, so I took Di Renjie and others over to see it.

The success rate is not very satisfactory, but in some sense, this is the first manual incubation.

Without hens, ducks and gooses, the little chickens, ducks and gooses run happily, and they have fluffy fur on their bodies, and they cannot be divided into chickens, ducks and gooses.

I have seen a lot of chickens and ducks, but so many of them are very spectacular. Wei Yue and Shangguan Wan'er squatted down, looked at them with a smile, and stroked them with their little hands in love.

But Li Wei has always been very alert to the Wei family’s daughter, but because of his nature. If his nature does not change, it may not be a good thing when he grows up.

He pulled Di Renjie aside and whispered: "Di Qing, Gu got 10,000 yuan in new money here. New Year's Day is coming, you can take it and use it with Wei Qing and the others."

"Ten thousand pieces?"

"Um."

Di Renjie was a little amused and cried, and also whispered: "Your Highness, I always feel that something is inappropriate."

"What's wrong?" Li Wei asked back, but his eyes were staring at the distance. Some snow had accumulated on the hillside in the distance, and thick ice had accumulated on the swamp. Everything in the imperial village was gradually starting to be invented. The crops were unknown. Lotus roots and Ci Gu were waiting early, but the kang room was not counted. There was a row of sheds for livestock under the hillside. But it was still deserted, and there was only this kang room, which had some vitality. Li Wei said again: "Di Qing, we still have to make a living... Money may not be very good, and profit is not what a gentleman does. But with it, we can do something. These are not just rewards for you. If that happens, I will give you some women from the East Palace and send you some money and silk. You are all my confidants, and others can't say anything. If you have to make it, you have to make a fire and a soup. I have no choice but to do it..."

The first batch of sugar arrived in Luoyang and sold out. Lu Liang and the others sent the profits they made to the East Palace. Li Wei was useless, but he took it out and sent it to Di Renjie. After all, there were many people outside the East Palace, but few real confidants.

The palace needs to be managed slowly. Some people, such as the old eunuch Li Shoucheng next to their mother, may not be able to buy it. But with money, they can buy many people. This is not very urgent, you can take it slowly. It is best not to do it if you escape, but you want to be safe. It is not just now, but in the future, and some money will still be spent.

Di Renjie just smiled bitterly.

Overall it went smoothly.

But some things are always unexpected. The sugar in Luoyang is very expensive and the tax paid is sufficient. This is a righteous act, at least Li Wei would think so. However, he did not expect that someone would start to give advice, and the memorial was not presented to his father who was hunting in Ye County.

They all arrived at the palace, so Li Wei saw them all.
Chapter completed!