"This …"
"Isn't it just salt production? Why would it be like what you said? "
Li Shimin pretended to be confused.
Zhang Feng wanted to bite him.
He pointed again, "What do you know!"
"Do you know that salt is only used by rich merchants and government officials now? How can ordinary people afford it? But if this thing is sold to the common people, what will happen? "
Although Zhang Feng knew that this was not possible, at least for now, he had to popularize this way of making money.
"But in the past, ordinary people couldn't afford salt, let alone this fine salt now. I've observed that your salt can only be refined into about half a catty at most. The cost of the salt … "
Zhang Feng was crying at Li Shimin's stupidity.
"Lao Li, let me ask you, is salt very scarce?"
"No!"
Wei Zheng continued, "Whether it's the thousands of miles of saline-alkali land in Longyou Road or the south, there is as much as you want! But it's poisonous, and very few people are willing to mine it. "
"Then that's it!"
Zhang Feng spread his hands.
"If I tell you that I have a way to solve the problem of salt mining, what will happen?"
！！！
"You know how to mine salt?!!?!"
Li Shimin and Wei Zheng jumped up in excitement.
Their words in unison scared Zhang Feng so much that he shivered and spilled all the salt on the plate of cured meat.
"Do you two have to make such a fuss? I'm working so hard, and I'm still planning for you two. "
Zhang Feng rolled his eyes.
He knocked on the table and said, "Actually, this thing is very easy to mine. Everyone only needs to mine for four hours and take turns to mine it. Then, we'll use a special mask. Err … I mean, a protective equipment. That's all!"
"Then …"
Zhang Feng's mouth was dry and his tongue was dry. He once again talked about the matter of collecting salt at length.
In the end, Li Shimin slapped his thigh and said, "I understand now! Do you mean to leave the task of collecting salt to us? "
"Ouch!"
"Lao Li is not bad! Has your brain finally come back? "
Li Shimin knew that Zhang Feng was mocking him, but he didn't care.
Why were there so many people eyeing Longyou Dao?
On one hand, it really was a strategic military location. More importantly, its salt mines controlled most of the countries in the Western Regions! This was also the reason why the Tang Dynasty stationed Cheng Yaojin's army in Longyou.
On one hand, it was to guard against others, but more importantly, it was to collect salt!
Every year, the Tang Dynasty would take out a thousand taels of silver to pay for the cost of mining and refining salt, but few people dared to mine it. In the end, the Tang Dynasty had to use criminals, slaves, and prisoners to mine it.
However, the effect was minimal.
Now, Zhang Feng actually said that he would give this to him?
What was the meaning of this?
Li Shimin was dumbfounded.
"Brother Zhang Feng, the mining rights of this salt mine are concentrated in the hands of His Majesty, and His Majesty is personally in charge of it. You know about this, right? You're asking me to do it? Forgive me for being slow-witted and not understanding what you mean! "
Zhang Feng knew that Li Shimin didn't understand.
He said again, "To put it bluntly, it's a contracting system!"
"Isn't the Tang Dynasty abandoned now? And all industries basically use the slavery system, but even so, the efficiency is still low. Do you know why? "
"Why?"
"Efficiency!"
"Everything is relative!"
"Even slaves know that if they do it today, they have to do it tomorrow! So why do they work so hard? It's the same for everything! They can't see hope, so they only have hope. Without hope, they only know how to eat and wait for death. How can they maximize efficiency like this? "
Without hope?
Efficiency?
Li Shimin and Wei Zheng had long been used to this new term.
But after Zhang Feng said this, Li Shimin and Li Shimin asked, "You mean to use the technology of making salt in exchange for the right to mine table salt? But efficiency, is it like a general who always misses his wife and children at home when he goes out to war? "
Although their understanding was very one-sided, it was good enough that they understood!
Zhang Feng didn't expect the two businessmen of the Tang Dynasty to understand what the later generations knew.
He nodded and said, "That's right! It's similar to that! "
"Since we've already said this, I happen to have a bold plan, but I don't know if you dare to do it!"
Zhang Feng was a little regretful. He felt good for a moment of posturing, but he had to use countless posturing to perfect this posturing!
However, Zhang Feng didn't regret it.
Who told him to have so much free time now?
Moreover, he also had to plan for the future. When Li Shimin took out more than four thousand taels of gold, he already had a plan!
He couldn't help but say in a low voice, "I have a business deal that can guarantee that at least a hundred generations of you will be in trouble! It can even surpass the five surnames and seven wangs! But it depends on whether the few of you have the guts to do it! "
"Do you know why I'm talking about efficiency?"
Li Shimin was already shocked. Hearing this, he could only shake his head.
Zhang Feng said word by word, "I want to start a cooperative!"
"…"
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