Unconsciously, Sun Haocai found that he liked standing on the high platform and overlooking the construction work of Guangming City. Feeling the booming hope and overflowing laughter, Sun Haocai gradually had a deeper understanding of what Li Xian did, and he was also fulfilling the same responsibility.
"Hello, City Lord." Different people passed by Sun Haocai, and some of them would stop and greet him; Sun Haocai smiled and nodded.
Unconsciously, more than half an hour had passed. When Sun Haocai was about to leave the office, he saw a large caravan approaching. The first person ran up to Sun Haocai and greeted him. This person was none other than Guo Xiang, one of the merchant representatives who stayed in Guangming City.
Sun Hao looked at Guo Xiang, then at the huge team behind him, and nodded to Guo Xiang: "Thank you for your hard work."
"Of course, of course!" Guo Xiang smiled so hard that his eyes could not be seen. They transported food from Guangping, including grain, seasonings, vegetables, meat, etc. Although the food transported from Shangguo could fill their stomachs, local food was more palatable.
The most important thing is that Shangguo's strategy is to attach importance to business, which makes local businessmen such as Guo Xiang very surprised - they were always oppressed in the past, but now they have become popular.
The chefs in charge of cooking rushed forward and brought down all the supplies. Shang State had its own logistics officials in charge of the settlement, and there was no deduction at all.
But today, Guo Xiang did not leave after greeting them. Instead, he rubbed his hands as if he had something to say but was unable to speak.
Sun Haocai frowned slightly: "Just tell me what's going on. I don't want to hear any beating around the bush."
"Yes, yes, it's like this. There is a shortage of supplies in Guangping Realm, and the most scarce one is salt. I see that there is salt all over the ground in Shangguo. Can... hey... sell us some?"
"This matter..." Sun Haocai thought about it and immediately came up with an idea: "I can sell salt to you, but Shangguo has a rule that without the approval of the state, civilian supplies cannot be sold at a high price, even if they are sold to hostile countries. The general selling price is the recommended selling price plus transportation and management costs."
"Ah..." Guo Xiang was a little stunned, even a little disappointed. The salt here in Guangping is not only very coarse, but also ridiculously expensive. He originally wanted to make a fortune from this, but he didn't expect that Shangguo had such a rule. After hesitating for a while, he asked unwillingly, "Why?"
"Some money cannot be earned! Daily necessities are related to people's lives. People's lives are already hard enough. Do you still have the heart to earn that hard-earned money?"
"This..." Guo Xiang was scratching his head. Merchants in Guangping have never had such awareness.
Sun Haocai looked into the distance, his eyes were somewhat profound: "Perhaps you still can't understand it now, but whether you understand it or not, this is the rule of Shang State. As a big country, as citizens of a big country, we have the responsibility to take care of our compatriots. Go ahead, buy and transport salt as you like; but one thing is, if I find out that you are raising the price, I will revoke your citizenship of Shang State."
Sun Haocai left, but Guo Xiang was in deep thought. For the time being, Guo Xiang still didn't quite understand the underlying problem, but he felt that what Sun Haocai said made sense. After thinking for a while, although he felt a little sorry for losing an opportunity to make a fortune, Guo Xiang seemed to have found the "justice" of a businessman.