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The best way to solve social conflicts is to let those people live a better life.

Improving living conditions has always been what Wu Changqing has been doing.

Not long after the reclamation order was issued, Wu Changqing threw another chicken leg to the merchants, bidding for the secret recipe of MSG.

Monosodium glutamate can greatly enhance the taste of dishes and various soups. For the rich, being able to eat better meals is one of their major pursuits.

It is the greatest happiness for the common people to increase their income, but for these rich people, a few hundred taels more and a few hundred taels less have little impact on their lives.

But with MSG, it can greatly improve their quality of life.

The technology of MSG extraction has high and low-end, and the low-end is directly extracted from kelp and made. The disadvantage is that the picking of kelp is not easy, it is only available at the seaside, and the cost is high.

The high-end technology can use gluten or soybeans as raw materials to make monosodium glutamate by acid hydrolysis.

This technology can produce monosodium glutamate in large quantities, but requires acid-resistant equipment, wastes raw materials, and costs relatively high.

In contrast, Wu Changqing temporarily came up with low-end production technology.

After all, the current positioning of monosodium glutamate is a luxury used by the wealthy.

When conditions are available in the future, high-end technology will be used to produce it on a large scale, so that people can use it.

At the tender meeting, many businessmen showed up early.

In the past, several large-scale projects were tendered, and the businessmen who won the bid made a lot of money.

The remaining businessmen who were on the sidelines figured out one thing. It turned out that this kind of bidding project was really a benefit given by the Dahua court.

So, when there is a project to be tendered again, they all come over and don't want to miss it again.

Unfortunately, there is only one project that needs to be tendered today, and there are at least 40 or 50 merchants who come here.

This winning rate is really too low.

Many people are missing the previous tender, and the winning rate was very high.

Although the hope is slim, it does not hinder their enthusiasm at all.

"Everyone, let's try some food first."

The waiter of the Ministry of Commerce, who was in charge of the bidding meeting, ordered people to serve some dishes for everyone to taste first.

These businessmen are not surprised, after all, they knew before coming here that what they are bidding for today is a condiment that can make the dish more delicious.

"Yes, it has indeed changed a lot."

"Is it fragrant? I don't think so, but after eating it, I feel an inexplicable addiction to want to take another bite."

"It does make a clear difference and it's worth investing in."

Everyone tasted it for themselves and found that the taste was really different.

Although it didn't turn these ordinary dishes into something amazingly delicious, it did have a significant improvement in taste. And this is enough to be worth investing in.

This kind of stuff is needed in wealthy families.

"This is the monosodium glutamate extracted from kelp, and every time you add a small amount, the taste of the dish will become more delicious."

The clerk of the Ministry of Commerce said.

At the same time, he also distributed a detailed introduction to MSG to everyone.

For example, how much monosodium glutamate can be extracted from a piece of kelp, and how much it will cost. These data can facilitate businessmen to calculate the profit.

Next, let them consider and develop a bidding plan for themselves.

This time, the Ministry of Commerce is more interested in the bidders' financial resources. The stronger the financial resources, the more MSG that can be extracted, the better.

After all, in addition to eating it yourself, it can also be sold overseas.

The Ministry of Commerce will not say this bidding requirement, and let those businessmen figure it out.

People who guess wrong will naturally have no chance of winning the bid.

For example, some people wisely said in the bidding plan that they want to sell MSG cheaper, so that people can afford MSG. This kind of bidding plan will be thrown aside directly.

This shows that the bidder has no brain or ability.

As far as the production of MSG is concerned, is it something that the common people can eat at this stage?

This priceless price, purely depends on the output.

This kind of thing, only the more expensive it is, the better it is, the more expensive it is, the more money it makes, and the more taxes the court collects.

In short, bidding is a technical job, unless there is a back door.

For example, a businessman learned about the bidding standards of the Ministry of Commerce by giving gifts and bribes.

The problem of corruption in officialdom, no matter which court has it.

Wu Changqing has no time to rectify the officialdom for the time being, and it is not suitable for rectification at this stage.

Just after the founding of the People's Republic of China, rectifying the officialdom would easily give people the feeling of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge. Wu Changqing did not want to cause panic among the officials.

Let the bullets fly for a while, and let those corrupt officials take a while.

He always asked the Intelligence Department to collect evidence silently first, and then find a suitable time to clean it up later.

Those who know the bidding standards will naturally make their plans very beautiful and very targeted.

However, it was not the bribery businessman who won the bid in the end, but another one.

Zhou Yuncheng, the Zhou family in northern Jiangsu, used to be in the salt business.

Nowadays, the salt industry is basically monopolized by Nanjing, and his business has been greatly impacted and suffered heavy losses.

He used to be able to fight against the government of Daming, but now he dare not fight against Dahua. Dahua has control over the people and is much stronger than Daming.

In desperation, he can only find other

to make a living to change the dilemma.

In the monosodium glutamate industry, Zhou Yuncheng is very optimistic.

At the same time, he is extremely shrewd and can see at a glance that this monosodium glutamate is a luxury, just like perfume, only a few people can afford it.

He has found the right position, and his financial resources are even stronger.

So, he won the bid.

In his bidding plan, he promised to refine 100 tons of monosodium glutamate a year and pay more than 1 million taels of tax for the imperial court.

And the guy who paid the bribe only dared to promise in the bidding document that he would refine 20 tons a year and pay about 400,000 taels of tax for the imperial court.

In contrast, Zhou Yuncheng's advantage is too great.

The guy from the Ministry of Commerce who took the bribe did not dare to blatantly give this item to the other party.

After all, this kind of bidding meeting needs to be recorded, and finally submitted to Hong Chengchou for review.

If he didn't give this project to Zhou Yuncheng, Hong Chengchou could see the problem at a glance, and he would be in trouble if he checked it out.

Moreover, the little money he received was only responsible for leaking the bid-winning criteria, and did not guarantee that the other party would win the bid.

"Congratulations to Boss Zhou, I'm going to make a fortune this time."

"Congratulations to Boss Zhou, you can contact me if you need cooperation. I have a group of fishermen who are good at salvaging kelp."

Among the many congratulations, there is no lack of seekers for cooperation.

If you can't make a lot of money, it's good to make some hard money.

"Thank you for your love, this is not necessary. Zhou also has a group of coolies who specialize in making a living at sea."

Zhou Yuncheng laughed.