The world's first county magistrate

Chapter 26 Cooperation
The corners of Song Wei's lips curled up. He felt that these salt merchants still knew the current affairs.

However, these were not enough for him to relax.

"Very good, as long as you make sure you don't associate with Wu Zhenkun any more, and only sell my salt, I can let you sell the salt for ten cents a tael, but you can rest assured that I only charge you five cents a tael. That is to say, we split it [-]-[-]. This official has relaxed a lot and treated you very well. I don’t know how much you can earn before, but this official can ensure that you only earn and don’t lose money.”

Song Wei looked at the crowd and continued.

"This"

"Sir, isn't ten coins and one tael too little?"

Li Bei was silent for a moment and then spoke.

Hearing Song Wei's words, Li Bei's previous happiness disappeared in an instant.

Ten cents and one tael is indeed a bit small for them, so Li Bei wants to try to see if he can make money online.

Song Wei shook his head: "I sell salt to make the people of Zhen'an County able to eat salt, not to make money."

"If I also raise the price of salt to [-] or [-] renminbi, wouldn't I become another Wu Zhenkun? Then what's the point of me selling salt?"

"And this official has already allowed you to earn one tael or five yuan. As long as you agree, this official will cancel the restriction, and all the people in Zhen'an County can buy unlimited."

Song Wei has now set his conditions to the widest extent. If these requirements cannot be met, Song Wei will not be interested in continuing to talk down.

Indeed, if Wu Zhenkun hadn't raised the price of salt, Song Wei wouldn't have sold salt. It was Song Wei's idea to make salt affordable for the people in Zhen'an County, not to make money by selling salt.

If Song Wei really wants to make money, Song Wei still has many ways.

"My lord, can you give us some time to discuss?"

Li Bei still couldn't make up his mind, so he decided to discuss it with other salt merchants.

Song Wei didn't speak, just nodded.

This requirement can still be met.

Song Wei could also see that Li Bei was only talking to Song Wei as a representative, and he had to discuss with other salt merchants before making a decision.

I didn't listen carefully to their discussion. I picked up the teacup and took a sip slowly.

Time passed bit by bit, and Li Bei and the others finished their discussions.

"My lord, the little ones have finished discussing, and the little one can accept the big one's request."

Li Bei walked forward and said.

Song Wei nodded, he could predict the result.

Because it wasn't Song Wei who asked them to cooperate with him, it was them who asked for others, so Song Wei was not surprised at all.

"Okay, the matter is settled like this. When you leave, I will let people follow you to leave, collect all your salt, and bring our own salt."

"And I will send someone to supervise you. If you make a mistake, I'm sorry, and our cooperation will also be terminated."

Li Bei pondered for a moment, and finally nodded.

He knew that Song Wei didn't trust them enough now, so he could only send someone to supervise them.

"Okay, since you have nothing else to do, you can leave, and I will send someone to follow you back."

Song Wei stood up and said, then turned and left.

The lead of the matter became very simple. After Song Wei left the room, he found a few yamen servants.

Let them take a few catchers and follow the salt merchants away.

And asked them to collect all the salt from the salt merchants, and bring the salt made by the county government.

And let them watch every move of the salt merchants to ensure that they don't have any contact with Wu Zhenkun.

The servants all nodded, Song Wei's order was their own business.

Song Wei also believed that they would not join forces with the salt merchants. Could the benefits that the salt merchants give be comparable to the welfare of the county government?
So Song Wei let the yamen servants leave with the salt merchants at ease.

Later, Song Wei wrote a new notice.

From now on, the price of salt has risen to ten yuan a tael, and there is no longer any restriction, you can buy as much as you want.

In the future, there is no need to queue up at the entrance of the county yamen, as long as you go to the various salt merchants in Zhen'an County to buy it. If someone sells it for less than ten yuan a tael, the yamen will strictly deal with it.

When this announcement came out, it exploded among the people in an instant.

The common people were not angry because the price of salt rose to ten yuan a tael, because even ten yuan a tael was much lower than other places.

The key is that there will be no limit in the future, that is, they can buy as much as they want.

The common people are praising Song Wei, saying that Song Wei cooperates with salt merchants so that they can buy salt better, and the price is extremely low.

It's not like Wu Zhenkun at all, he only knows how to squeeze the people.

Therefore, Wu Zhenkun's impression in the hearts of the people is even worse.

But now Song Wei didn't think much of the praise from the people outside, but thought that Song Wei got [-] points for this matter.

This made Song Wei look happy, the points came really in time.

And when Song Wei was still happy, Huang Baifu and Yuanwai Huang also asked to see Song Wei.

Song Wei nodded, he knew Huang Yuanwai would definitely come.

When he came to the room where Huang Yuanwai was received, Song Wei said: "Huang Yuanwai, I know why you came here, don't worry, I have been watching your performance these past few days, and you are doing very well. After the salt is over, I can release your people."

Song Wei said straight to the point.

Yuanwai Huang breathed a sigh of relief. He had been worrying about this for the past few days, and he had seen the notice just posted.

In the future, the Yamen will not sell salt, so he doesn't know where to go, so he wants to discuss with Song Wei what he will do in the future.

Now that Song Wei said he could release him, his worries disappeared.

"My lord, the villain has also seen the notice. In the future, the yamen will not sell salt at the door. What can the little one do for the adults in the future?"

Huang Baifu said without changing his face.

"Well, does Huang Yuanwai have a shop?"

Song Wei asked after pondering.

Song Wei knew that Yuanwai Huang was showing his loyalty at this moment. Before that, he could sell salt for the yamen, but now that Song Wei had handed over the sale of salt to the salt merchant, he had nothing else to do for Song Wei.

Yuanwai Huang is also worried that Song Wei doesn't need him anymore, and Wu Zhenkun can't bear to mess with him casually.

So Huang Yuanwai went to Song Wei because of this matter.

"Back to my lord, the villain does have some cloth business."

Huang Baifu said realistically.

Song Wei nodded, he doesn't need the cloth yet.

Song Wei thought for a while and continued: "Yuanwai Huang can set up a shop and start selling salt. Yuanwai Huang can also rest assured that I can guarantee that Yuanwai Huang can also make money."

"Yes!"

Huang Baifu breathed a sigh of relief.

Now as long as Song Wei asks him to do what he does, he will not say anything even if he is asked to make money. After helping sell salt for the past few days, he knows in his heart how much he can earn by selling salt.

So agree immediately.

Song Wei nodded: "As long as you behave well, I will not treat you badly."

(End of this chapter)