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Han Yanchang and Han Xiucai got the authorization of Gao Yushi, and they couldn't help but feel happy in their hearts, and walked out of the courtyard with a smile, and hurriedly went to contact Zhu Shufang. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Looking at Han Xiucai's back, Fan Hongdao couldn't tell what it was like in his heart. When I first heard 20,000 quotes before, I had a premonition in my heart.

You must know that the annual planned output of the Hedong Chiyan Imperial Court is 600,000 citations, and 20,000 citations is almost equivalent to one-thirtieth of the total, and it is not just anyone who can hold 20,000 salt citations.

Hearing the end, it was really this Lord Zhu, and at this moment, Fan Hongdao felt as if he had been cut off. As early as when the capital had not yet set off, he met with Zhu Shufang and knew that Zhu Shufang had a background in the palace.

At that time, Fan Hongdao had an idea in his heart that after Zhu Shufang brought a huge amount of salt to Hedong, it would definitely have a big impact on the original order.

Then you can take advantage of the situation to support Zhu Shufang to challenge the vested interests of the Zhang family in Puzhou, and strive for a "win-win" result. With Zhu Shufang's background, he didn't have the strength to fight with the Zhang family, and if he was someone else, Fan Hongdao really wouldn't plan to do this.

But he never expected that after Zhu Shufang came to Hedong, he didn't come to seek cooperation with him, but instead found Han Xiucai.

What made Fan Hongdao even more puzzled was why Lord Zhu didn't come to him directly, but instead asked for another relationship to find Han Xiucai? The last time we met in the capital, there was no sign of a collapse of the talks.

Gao Yushi saw that Fan Hongdao was silent in thought, and thought that Fan Hongdao was unhappy because he was robbed of the limelight by Han Yanchang. He patted Fan Hongdao on the shoulder and encouraged:

"Your thinking, others may not understand, but the old man already understands. You want to do everything you can to force that Zhang family to the bright side and fight with a righteous and bright plan.

This idea is not bad, the Zhang family in Puzhou is a local wealthy family, and the power is deep-rooted, if it is purely a conspiracy, we are categorically not opponents, and the old man suffered a loss more than ten years ago.

Only by transforming the situation into a yang strategy can we offset the advantages of the Zhang family to the greatest extent and make the greatest use of our advantages. So you can go on, the old man believes in your vision and ability. ”

When a smart person speaks to a smart person, it is very worry-free. Fan Hongdao immediately understood what Gao Yushi meant, and immediately said: "Boss, but please rest assured, of course our generation must perform their own responsibilities and work together for the boss!"

Gao Yushi is not only an encouragement to Fan Hongdao, but also a reminder. pointed out that Fan Hongdao and Han Yanchang each have their own work directions, each to do their own things, and not to cause infighting.

As the manager of this team, you must not be ambiguous when you should not be ambiguous. At this time, it is still soft and ambiguous, which will only encourage everyone to infight and let the situation develop in a bad direction.

The next day, Fan Hongdao got up to wash, and after breakfast, he thought about what he should do. There is Han Yanchang in the Salt Transportation Division, and there are two household officials in the case file of previous years, so where should he go?

After thinking about it, Fan Hongdao decided to go to the Yanchi site to have a look, as the saying goes, without investigation, there is no right to speak. Fan Hongdao was very moved by his spirit of courage to practice and go deep into the grassroots for a moment.

Siyan City is located on the north bank of the salt pond, and the city gate is facing the forbidden gate in the salt pond. Some people may wonder, where does a salt lake come from?

In fact, this is not surprising, because the imperial court built a forbidden wall around the salt pond, enclosing the entire salt pond. This forbidden wall is 17,400 zhang long, totaling more than 110 li, and is built according to the height of the terrain.

Therefore, although the salt pond is not small, it is closed and cannot be easily entered, so as to avoid illegal mining of pond salt and ensure that the production of pond salt is completely controlled by the imperial court.

There are only three gates open to the forbidden wall of more than 100 miles, the west forbidden gate has a road leading to Jiezhou City, the east forbidden gate has a road leading to Anyi County, and the largest middle forbidden gate is directly facing Siyan City.

Fan Hongdao took two errand officers and went out of Siyan City, and then entered the forbidden door in the salt pond. There is a pool temple built inside the forbidden door, and Fan Hongdao follows the customs of the locals, so he puts a stick of incense on the pool temple.

There is a building not far from the Chi Temple, which is named Haiguang Tower. After Fan Hongdao burned incense, he picked up the steps and climbed the stairs, and then looked at the railing.

The lake in the distance is not spectacular, but it has a strange red color. The local officer next to him explained: "Therefore, according to legend, this salt pond is transformed by the blood of Chiyou. ”

Fan Hongdao didn't pay much attention to these myths, he didn't come to visit the mountains and rivers. Then he set his eyes on the salt flats, and at this time there were countless salt dices scattered on the salt flats for hundreds of miles.

Seeing that Fan Hongdao was concerned about Yanding, he immediately began to introduce the situation of Yanding: "There are more than 8,500 salt households in nearby Pu, Xie and other prefectures and counties, and more than 20,000 people are rated as Yanding. ”

Fan Hongdao raised his eyes and looked around, but when he saw that the salt was either fishing, sweeping, or picking, the hard work was beyond measure, and he couldn't help but sigh and said: "Mourn how difficult the people's livelihood is!"

The messenger observed the words and continued to introduce: "Now Yanding is indeed struggling to make a living, and one thousand can not lead to twenty taels of silver, which is far from making ends meet. ”

Originally, the production of Daming salt industry was an absolute state-controlled planned economic system, taking Hedongchi salt as an example, the annual production quota was 600,000 yuan.

The specific method is that the government pays the salt Ding Gong Principal Silver, and then the Yan Ding hands over the fixed amount of salt, which is called the salt tax.

Later, the merchant donated silver taels or corn, and then used the salt to attract the salt transportation department to withdraw the salt, and then transported the salt to the sales area for sale.

Hearing that 1,000 taels of salt were only given to 20 taels of silver, Fan Hongdao silently calculated, and each quotation was no more than two cents of silver, and then thought of the current price, and couldn't help but be shocked: "How is it so low, how can this survive?"

The errand man sighed and said: "Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it has been this number, and the government wants to stop the cost from rising, so it will suppress the capital and silver unchanged, and Yanding has suffered for a long time!"

Later, however, there was a law of accommodation, and the government allowed the salt to be produced in addition to the salt production, and the excess production was sold by itself, which was called surplus salt. In fact, now the salt is all living on the sale of surplus salt, and if it only relies on the principal of the salt work, it will have died long ago. ”

Regarding the issue of salt prices, Fan Hongdao has heard that the government is mainly worried about the lack of salt merchants to support the rise in costs.

Fan Hongdao asked again: "I heard yesterday that the actual number of salt is less than four or five out of ten, and it seems that although there is a surplus of salt, he still does not want to come to mine salt." ”

The officer replied, "Although there is a surplus of salt to make up for it, it is still limited, and life is still hard." The main reason is that the price of surplus salt cannot go up, and after selling the surplus salt and paying the salt tax, there is not much left. ”

Fan Hongdao frowned and said, "Who is Yu Yan sold to, sold to the government, or is it a businessman?"

"The salt merchant has its own to buy it, and the government issues a small receipt based on taxes to distinguish the private salt. The officer replied truthfully.