"Oh? Let's hear it. Liu Hong suddenly became interested, and said that these small shareholders would not have developed new products.

Among all the industries of the Xishan Commercial Cooperation, in addition to the real estate service industries such as liquor stores and various shops, there are various workshops in Xishan and Zhendingfu.

Among them, glass is the most profitable, and of course, the glass workshop is not only selling crude products as it did at the beginning, but also doing fine processing.

Today's glass workshops are not only producing glasses, magnifying glasses, binoculars, glassware, tea sets, and even stationery utensils such as glass paperweights, glass pen holders, etc.

All the daily utensils that can be replaced by glass, the craftsmen of Xishan Workshop have tried it, and they have taken the initiative, because whoever develops a new marketable invention can not only get a huge bonus, but also improve the level and treatment of craftsmen.

And Zhang Weixian, Mu Tianbo, Liu Kongzhao and others are responsible for flickering, oh no, it's sales, or marketing.

This goods are also open, first of all, they replaced all the utensils in their mansion with glass products, windows, tea sets, tables and chairs, and they wear glass glasses every day to swagger around the market.

And then every once in a while, I will invite relatives and friends in the Shuntian Mansion to come to the house as guests, and who can be the friends of the prince of the dynasty?

It must be either a knighthood, or a relative of the emperor, or a wealthy businessman, a tycoon, or an official of the court, who popularized how elegant and tasteful glass products were while drinking and chatting.

In addition, the glass is indeed beautiful, and the things made are crystal clear like crystals, how expensive the crystals are, if you put such a set of glass tea sets and other utensils at home, it will indeed look a lot taller.

The marketing methods of the three were very effective, and in only half a year, the entire gentry class was proud of the glass products, so much so that if the house was still pasted with window paper, it would be ridiculed by colleagues.

This is only a kind of glass workshop of Xishan Shanghe, and there are other in-demand goods such as cement and steel, which are unique to Xishan Shanghe and monopolize the entire Ming Dynasty.

"Salt leads, Lord Wang! As long as the prince can say that the Holy Lord will hand over the salt produced by the two Huai salt mills to our Xishan merchants to sell, then a big event can be expected! Mu Tianbo said excitedly.

The monopoly of salt and iron implemented by the Ming Dynasty was actually just a monopoly that changed its taste, but the government sold salt to salt merchants, and the salt merchants raised the price and then sold it to the people.

How high the profits during this period are, just look at how rich the salt merchants in the Lianghuai area are.

Salt is a necessity for the body, although the people of the Ming Dynasty do not know why people want to eat salt, but they only know that if they do not eat salt pimples, they will be bored to work, and if they are not energetic to work, they will not be able to grow food, and they will die if they do not have food.

Even if the salt merchants set the price very high, the people still had to tighten their belts to buy it.

Speaking of this, it is inevitable that some people will have questions, Daming has such a long coastline, sea salt and inland well salt, Huai salt, pool salt, rock salt, etc., the way to obtain salt is not complicated, the worst to take seawater to dry, to boil can not also make up for use?

The answer is no, the Ming Dynasty has strict orders, and those who make their own salt and sell smuggled salt will be beheaded at the worst.

Although the two Huai salt merchants were heavily punished by the imperial court, the salt mills opened by the government were still producing salt.

The king of Anguo County wants prestige and prestige in the court, Xishan Shanghe wants to be strong and powerful, and the relationship between the prince and the saint is irreversible, and this Xishan Shanghe still accounts for half of the Shengshang, what reason is there not to sell this Huai salt to Xishan Shanghe?

Mu Tianbo and the others actually wanted to talk to Liu Hongjian about this matter for a long time, but since the death of the emperor, Liu Hongjian has hardly seen many visitors to the outside world.

Although they are also the top nobles of the dynasty, their relationship with the Emperor Taishang is not very good, so how can they be cheeky to find the saint?

When the time comes, they will inevitably be impeached by the courtiers again, saying something nonsense such as competing with the people (them) for profit, they are not as great as Liu Hong's saintly favor and prestige.

"Well, this matter really has to be discussed with the emperor and the cabinet." Liu Hong gradually frowned slightly.

"yes, yes, it's long overdue, huh? Looking for a cabinet? Zhang Weixian's face was full of joy and thought that Liu Hong had gradually agreed, but he felt that it was wrong.

Why do you consult with the Cabinet? How could a cabinet official agree to give such a large benefit to Nishiyama Shanghe? They have long been interested in the business of Xishan Merchants!

According to Zhang Weixian's idea, this matter is a private matter, even if it is not a private matter, it should be handled as a private matter, and it should be handled directly to the saint.

"You may have misunderstood, salt can indeed make huge profits, but this kind of unfortunate silver that oppresses the people is not wanted, and the court should not want it, this king will go to the palace to discuss with the ministers in the past few days.

Don't worry about it. Liu Honggradually seemed to stay out of the matter, turning away the money that could have been trusted.

It's still the same old saying, money is more or less enough, but you can't earn it at all, and when you get to his position, there is nothing to spend money at all.

Of course, he doesn't hate money, a gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way, and Xishan Shanghe was not entirely for his own selfish interests at the beginning of its establishment.

In Liu Hongji's original idea, Xishan Shanghe also shouldered the correct orientation of the commodity economy of the Ming Dynasty, or a benchmark.

What business can be done and what business can not be done, take the lead in paying business tax when it is time to pay business tax, and prove for the world's businessmen that under standardization and institutionalization, the income of paying business tax will not only not decrease, but will be fairer and higher.

From the Warring States period to the present, the salt policy has been implemented for 2,000 years, and the descendants of China have to be careful when they eat a piece of salt, and the people can hardly afford to buy salt in the year of the catastrophe, which makes Liu Hong feel sad.

Salt is a must, salt policy was originally to increase the imperial court taxes, but now Liu Hongchuan has found a new tax direction for the Ming Dynasty, with the support of commercial taxes, customs duties, and a small part of the field tax, the Ming Dynasty's taxes will only rise.

Therefore, this salt policy must be changed, completely changed.

The Duke of Britain and the Duke of Qianguo finally left Liu Hongji's villa with mixed feelings.

I didn't get the dividends, and I probably won't be able to get them in the next year or two.

As the prince of the dynasty, their consciousness is already high, and they know that when the country is in trouble, they should donate silver to support the old Zhu family.

But they really can't understand why Liu Hong is doing this thankless thing that is not human inside and outside now that everything in the court is running normally!

Their consideration was not unreasonable, because Liu Hong, who had not been in the court for a long time, gradually put forward his proposal, and the ministers all jumped to their feet at once.

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