Chapter 62 Business Layout!
After returning to the East Palace, Xiao Yan thought about what happened today.
Although we went out with the mentality of putting on a show, the people still gave us a lot of suggestions.
These suggestions can all be rectified. If they are all done well, the new policy will be even more perfect.
The functions of the imperial court are to deter and regulate. If there are any problems, they must be regulated in a timely manner.
"Send someone to call Sun Ruicai to me!"
Sande knew that some things might have to be resolved immediately today.
"I'll send someone right away!"
Xiao Yan held out his hand to stop him: "Don't worry, call Liu Zhenghui over as well!"
Xiao Yan is really overwhelmed by the current situation!
It is indeed difficult to be fair and just. In the current situation, we can only make it appear to be relatively fair.
Xiao Yan naturally would not just sit there and wait, he had to write down some suggestions for the new policies first.
After a long time, Liu Zhenghui and Sun Ruicai hurried over.
"Your Highness, I, Liu Zhenghui, come to see you!"
"I, Sun Rui, kowtow to Your Highness!"
Xiao Yan nodded and said, "You two, get up. I'm calling you today because of something important!"
"Today I am going out on a private visit in disguise!"
They were both shocked when they heard this. If there were any problems, would they still get into trouble ?
"You don't have to be so nervous. I went down to take a look today and asked some questions. Overall, I am quite satisfied with your execution."
"The reason I called you here is because I still have some problems with this!"
"Sun Ruicai, talk about your side first!"
Sun Ruicai was already terrified, and being called out made him even more nervous.
"Please explain clearly, Your Highness!"
Xiao Yan handed a piece of paper he had written to Sun Ruicai.
"This is my latest plan. Let me first tell you about the source of food for your grain store!"
Sun Ruicai dared not hide the truth after hearing this: "Your Highness, the food in the shop was collected from the people below!"
"In addition, some wealthy families with large lands and industries will sell grain to us."
"They are all wealthy families, so they naturally don't do this kind of business, so they just sell it to us!"
Finally, Sun Ruicai explained that after all, wealthy families in this era would not do business because their status was too low.
Xiao Yan thought for a moment and said, "Are the purchase prices between the two of you the same?"
I thought Sun Rui would say that the prices of the two are the same, or that the price of the wealthy family is higher, but the result was completely beyond Xiao Yan's expectations.
"Your Highness, our purchase prices are different. The price we offer to the common people is higher than that offered by the wealthy families."
"It's not easy for common people to produce grain, and it's even harder than for the wealthy families, so our Sun family gets more grain from common people."
"As for what happened to the Li and Cui families before, I don't know. What they are selling now are their previous surplus grains."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yan nodded with satisfaction.
"Well done. It's not easy for the people to grow crops, but the current purchase price is still low!"
“Can the purchase price be increased when the selling price is inconvenient?”
Sun Ruicai began to think after hearing this.
"Your Highness, it is possible, but the profit is very small, so there will be no benefit at all!"
Xiao Yan shook his head and said, "You said before that you run these shops for the court. In fact, I didn't expect to make any profit at all."
"It's enough to maintain daily expenses. The people have surplus food that they can't sell, and the people in the city want to eat but have nowhere to buy it."
"What we actually lack is a middleman. This is the role that the imperial court is playing now!"
"Once the new policy is released, people's consumption will also increase. If we can't make money from grain, then we can make money from other places!"
Liu Zhenghui said at this time: "Your Highness, if this happens, the Ministry of Revenue will not be able to collect any taxes from grain merchants!"
Xiao Yan nodded and said, "I know this, have forgotten about your other business?"
"If the price of grain stabilizes, the people will have more money to spend elsewhere. As long as the flow of money increases, the court will definitely have taxes!"
"Master Liu, don't worry about that!"
Then he turned to look at Sun Rui and said, "Go back and take a good look at the plan I gave you just now. You are not in the same industry now."
"The whole thing needs to be planned out, and we need to think carefully about where the focus should be !"
"And then there's the salt business!"
After these words were spoken, Sun Rui became nervous because Liu Zhenghui was still beside him.
Sure enough, Liu Zhenghui looked at the two of them in disbelief.
"Master Liu, there's no need to be like this. The Sun family's salt business is not the same as the imperial court's, and the imperial court can't make the kind of salt the Sun family makes!"
"So it can be considered a cooperation between the court and the Sun family, each getting what they need."
Liu Zhenghui would know that this was Xiao Yan reminding him that he should think carefully about what to say and what not to say.
"Your Highness, may I ask what kind of business the Sun family is in with their salt business?"
Xiao Yan had no intention of hiding anything and said directly, "Refined salt!"
Liu Zhenghui took a deep breath when he heard these two words.
"This... Your Highness, the production of refined salt is so low, there is no business at all?"
Xiao Yan laughed and said, "You also know that the natural yield is low, so what about the artificial yield?"
Liu Zhenghui immediately understood what this meant.
"Your Highness, do you mean that this refined salt can be produced artificially?"
"This is impossible... absolutely impossible."
Seeing Liu Zhenghui's such a big reaction, Xiao Yan was quite helpless.
"Master Liu, there is no need to be so excited. This refined salt can be produced, and the Sun family now has a complete refined salt production process!"
"So there is no doubt about this. The court can sell them crude salt for processing. Of course, the price must be lower than the market price!"
"After producing refined salt, we will sell it. Of course, we can only sell it to rich people at present, but this is not my ultimate goal."
Liu Zhenghui made a bold guess at this time and couldn't help but start breathing rapidly.
"Your Highness... Could it be that you want to... sell refined salt nationwide?"
Seeing that Liu Zhenghui had guessed it, Xiao Yan no longer concealed it.
"That's right. My ultimate goal is to replace all the crude salt in the country with refined salt for sale. Naturally, the price will come down by then."
Liu Zhenghui asked in confusion: "Your Highness, this matter can be handled by the court alone, so why do we need to entrust it to others?"
Sun Ruicai couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard this.
"Okay, then I'll ask Sir Liu a question!"
"Where does the technology come from? The Sun family is here now. Ask him what the consequences will be if you push him too far."
