In the east and west cities of Chang'an, the snow salt shop appeared on the second day of opening. All of them came to buy salt in line, some bought one or two buckets at a time, some bought three or five buckets at a time, some bought three or five stones at a time, and some bought thirty or fifty stones at a time!

A discerning person can know at a glance that those who buy one, two, three or five buckets are ordinary people, and those who buy three or five stones may have small traders, but they can buy thirty or fifty stones...... That's intentional.

The shop didn't investigate who intended to buy so much salt, and didn't have the leisure to find out which one took off their pants and farted to try to buy all the salt, and then divided it into batches to buy thirty or fifty stone at a time!

The first batch of snow salt is the amount produced by the salt field in three days, which is only about 240,000 catties, and it is about 2,000 stones.

It was divided into 500 stones to Luoyang and 1,500 stones to Chang'an.

Under the buy-out strategy of Xingyang Zheng's family, only on the second day of the store's opening, the snow salt in the east and west cities of Chang'an was sold out. The salt shop is also single, and if there is no salt, it will be closed immediately, so as not to be fake.

When the second master of the Zheng family received the news, he was a little stunned, this ...... That's it?

In the spirit of prudence, Second Master Zheng instructed the people in the house to pay close attention to the situation in the salt shop.

As a result, on the third and fourth days, the salt shop was not open at all.

Many people went to the Snow Salt Shop with hope, and left disappointed!

"Second master! It seems that the snow salt shop in the east and west cities is really out of salt! ”

The Zheng family, who monitored the snow salt shop, reported their conclusions to Zheng Jifu.

Second Master Zheng is even more confused, what is the other party trying to do? Isn't it necessarily the only salt to send benefits to the Zheng family?

It doesn't look like ah, who would be so stupid, knowing that he doesn't have much salt, and still dealing with it at such a low price, this is not an obvious loss-making deal?

Besides, Zheng Erye has seen the salt he bought, and the condition is obviously much better than the salt produced by his own Yuncheng! If this is sold secretly, it will have to be multiplied by a ten on the basis of the official price!

With Second Master Zheng's understanding of the family, they will definitely buy this refined salt at a premium, without hesitation!

On the fifth day, news came from Luoyang that the snow salt shop there had also been bought out by the people sent by his family the day before, and the salt shop had sold out of its cards.

Isn't it...... The other party really only has such a little salt and wants to use it to distribute benefits to the people?

True Compassion?

Zheng Erye thought about it for a long time and felt that this conclusion might be the most appropriate...... Right?

With this kind of thought, Zheng Erye's hanging heart finally let go, and instructed the family not to pay too much attention to the snow salt shop, just pay attention to it from time to time.

Regarding what happened in the snow salt shop, the old eunuch was like an ant on a hot pot, and scolded the Zheng family in front of Tang Laosi several times, as if he would never give up if he didn't scold the back of the Zheng family.

Tang Laosi always grinned and was relieved: "Old man, peace of mind is, this first batch is small, and it will be fine after a while!" ”

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On the 26th day of the first lunar month, the eleventh day of naval training, the sixth day of the Snow Salt Shop's sold-out signs.

Feng Zhidai, the eldest son of Lingnan, was finally able to laze for a day after completing ten days of hard training in a row, because on this day, the second son of Lingnan, his younger brother Feng Zhizhang, led the Lingnan Feng family to give the second gift to Tang Heshang finally arrived!

No, to be precise, it was the second souvenir given to the Datang Navy!

No, early in the morning, Tang Laosi took Lai Heng and Feng Zhidai to wait on the edge of the official road. If it weren't for the fact that the training ground really needs people to watch, Tang Laosi would also be ready to bring Ji Ji with him!

After all, Feng Zhizhang took a large group of shipbuilding craftsmen to go far, how could he have all the generals to show respect, right?

At the beginning of the day, a large group of people and horses who were dressed in dust and dust, and whose clothes were slightly different from those of the Tang Dynasty, finally got off the road at the toll station called "Chang'an South" on the official road.

The sharp-eyed Feng Dagongzi immediately saw the young man in the opposite team who was walking in the front and wearing a Shu brocade mink fur.

Walking up quickly, Feng Zhidai looked at it excitedly and said, "Zhizhang, it's really you!" I haven't seen each other for five years, I've grown taller and stronger! ”

"Brother, it's me, I haven't grown taller, but I've really grown stronger!"

The young man of Shu Jin Mink Qiu was Feng Zhizhang, the second son of the Feng family, who was frightened by Tang Laosi in Lingnan and fled from Nanfuzhou overnight.

He looked at his brother with excitement on his face and said, "Brother, you seem to have turned black!" ”

"Hey! Training these days is dry! ”

Feng Zhidai grinned, pulled his younger brother and said while walking towards the Tang River: "Let's go, Brother will take you to General Tang first!" ”

The two brothers walked together to the side of the Tang River, and Feng Zhidai couldn't wait to introduce: "General Tang, General Lai, this is my second brother, Feng Zhizhang!" Second brother, this is General Tang on the Tang River, and this is General Lai Heng Zhonglang! ”

"Your second brother and I have met in Lingnan as early as possible!"

Tang He said with a heartfelt smile: "Brother Zhizhang, I haven't seen you for a long time, can you come in?" ”

Lai Heng didn't smile, but had a serious face, it was deliberately tightened, after all, this second brother of Captain Feng...... The name is really a bit laughable. However, he and Captain Feng are colleagues in the end, and it is not good to laugh in front of their brothers, right?

"Brother Zhizhang, it's been hard all the way!"

Lai Heng hugged his fist at Feng Zhizhang and saluted.

Feng Zhizhang immediately saluted solemnly to Tang Heshang and Lai Heng: "Zhizhang has seen General Tang, although I haven't seen him for half a year, the general's voice and appearance in Lingnan are often in the mind of the younger brother!"

I have seen the general, my brother is taken care of by the general, Zhizhang is really grateful!

Two generals, this time Zhizhang led a total of 80 shipbuilders and apprentices, please accept! ”

"Good work!"

I have been to the Tang River in Lingnan, of course, I know how difficult it is to travel from Lingnan to Chang'an, not to mention that Feng Zhizhang led people to cross the Daba Mountains and the Qinling Mountains in winter. Among them, I am afraid that it is several times more difficult than when he went to Lingnan by himself!

This sentence is hard, what Tang Heshang said is from the bottom of his heart. Feng Zhizhang hurriedly said "should".

Tang Heshang waved his hand, signaling that Feng Zhizhang did not have to be polite, and then walked directly to the craftsman.

"Everyone's hard work!"

On the Tang River, he solemnly saluted the craftsmen who were in the dust: "On the Tang River, I would like to express my deep gratitude to all of you for coming to Chang'an to build warships for the navy!"

Tang has prepared the best wine and food in the city for you to wash the dust, please follow you into the city! ”

"The general is benevolent, thank you for the small people!"

"Thank you, Xiaomin!"

The craftsmen were uneven and responded to Donald Si.

A group of troops slaughtered towards Chang'an City.

The reception banquet used the best wine brewed in Da'anfang, and the meals on the table were jointly made by the chef of the canteen of Chang'an College and the chef of the canteen of Da'anfang, which was deeply inherited on the Tang River.

Whether it is Feng Zhizhang or the craftsmen, they are very happy to eat and drink one by one.

Tang Heshang, who was not good at drinking, saluted Feng Zhizhang with a wine glass at the reception banquet, saluted the No. 80 shipbuilder, and also accepted the return of Feng Zhizhang and the No. 80 craftsman.

Four glasses of wine, close to half a tael, directly put General Tang down on the table.

It was Lai Heng who brought Tang Heshang back to the room, so Lai Heng heard it clearly, and the drunk Tang Laosi kept muttering: "It's finally here...... It's good to come......"

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The next day, Tang Laosi, who woke up with a hangover, did not go directly to Zuo Wuwei, but entered Feng Zhizhang's room under the guidance of Lai Heng.

Feng Zhizhang had already gotten up, sitting next to the stove table holding a cup of hot water, and there was not much color in his eyes. I don't know if I drank too much last night, or if I was thinking about things, I didn't even notice when Tang Heshang entered the house.

"Brother Zhizhang, what do you want?"

Tang Heshang sat opposite Feng Zhizhang and asked with a smile.

Feng Zhizhang shook his head and said with a wry smile: "The general's spirits seem to be much more powerful than what they drink in Lingnan on weekdays, and their heads are still a little drowsy!" ”

"Haha! As long as you don't think it's fake! ”

Tang Heshang laughed and said: "Those wines have been stored in the cellar for half a year, and the stamina must be greater than the spirits on the market!" I came to you today, and I discussed some things with you, do you think we should talk about it now or wait for you to slow down? ”

"Say it now!"

Feng Zhizhang took a sip of hot water and said: "It's just a little drowsy, it's not so much that the brain is not clear, if the general has any arrangements, he will order it directly." ”

"Okay!"

Tang Laosi nodded, saw that Feng Zhizhang was conscious, and said: "That's the case, I want to discuss with you about your position and work in the navy."

In principle, there are three kinds of positions in the navy, military attaché, military attaché, staff officer, and logistics post, and the military attache does not need to be explained. The staff officers of the army are considered civilian officials, but they are not all, and they need to use their brains to design and plan battle plans; As the name suggests, the logistics post is mainly responsible for the logistics work of the navy, eating, drinking, sleeping, building and maintaining ships, etc., mainly working in the base camp and not needing to go to sea.

What exactly do you want to do, Brother Zhizhang can think about it and give Ben Jiang an answer. No matter what you choose, after the Navy is established, you will be promised a position that is not lower than that of the fifth rank. Of course, if Brother Zhizhang is not in the navy, whether it is the road supervisor or the navy's commercial industry chain, Tang can arrange it.

The mentally handicapped brother thought about it first, this matter was not urgent, and he would have gone to the training ground first. ”

After Tang Heshang finished speaking, he got up, obviously to leave enough time for Feng Zhizhang to think.

But as soon as Tang Heshang got up, Feng Zhizhang stopped Tang Heshang: "General Tang, as the eldest brother, I told me about this matter, and when I got up early this morning, I was thinking about these issues.

I decided to opt for logistics. It's not that I'm too lazy to endure the hardships of training, leading troops to fight, with you, two generals and my brother, and Chief of Staff Liu on the operational staff side, I think I can do these jobs well at the moment. ”

"Good!"

Tang Heshang nodded, very satisfied with Feng Zhizhang's choice.

As Feng Zhizhang said, no one has started the logistics work of the entire navy at present, and it will definitely not be a matter of time if it goes on like this! Feng Zhizhang can choose logistics support work, which is the best arrangement at the moment.

However, this is a bit wronged Feng Zhizhang. As a man from a family of military generals, he can't lead troops into battle to kill the enemy, and he can only manage logistics, what is it if he is not wronged?

After saying that the Lingnan Feng family spent so much money, in the end they only got a school captain and a logistics supervisor .......

patted Feng Zhizhang on the shoulder, and Tang Heshang sincerely thanked him: "Thank you!" Come to me tomorrow and I'll arrange specific work for you! ”

"No!"

Feng Zhizhang replied solemnly.

Tang Laosi waved his hand and turned to leave.

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Just when Feng Zhizhang chose to become the logistics manager of the Navy, in the mansion with the gilded door plaque of "Zheng's" hanging diagonally opposite the Wang's gate valve on Zhuque Street in Chang'an City, Zheng Erye also spit out two words to make a choice, those two words were "Buy them all!" ”

It all started a quarter of an hour ago!

Zheng's subordinates ran back to the mansion in a hurry, and then entered Zheng Erye's study and saluted and reported: "Second master, the snow salt shops in the east and west cities have started selling refined salt again!" The price is the same as before, fifteen dollars a bucket! What shall we do? ”

"It's on sale again?"

Second Master Zheng's brows began to wrinkle again after a day or two of relief!

You can guess with your toes that the other party must have a fixed source, otherwise they would not have opened a store to sell snow salt again in a few days.

So, what exactly is the purpose of the other party?

Hit the Zheng family?

It's quite possible!

After all, if the snow salt shop continues to sell like this, only private salt will be affected, and those official salts that sell for twenty yuan a bucket will not be able to supply it to a large extent, so the official will definitely be happy to have this snow salt shop come out to reduce the supply pressure for them.

And private salt, although it is not only the Zheng family, but the entire Tang Dynasty, the salt of Zheng's Yuncheng occupies more than seventy percent of the country! If the other party really keeps selling salt at such low prices, then Zheng's salt industry will bear the brunt of the huge impact.

Is it the Zheng family who offended people?

Not!

Since Zheng Guanyin nominally became the emperor's concubine (of course, whether the name became a deed Zheng Jifu does not know), the Zheng family and the royal family have secretly become allies. In the past few years, the Zheng family in Xingyang has been extremely careful, and even when the Tang River went to Chang'an College, the Zheng family only waved their flags and shouted slightly.

Since he didn't offend anyone, why did the other party do it?

Seize the market, or is the other party's salt really cheap?

Zheng Jifu couldn't think about this question thoroughly, so he could only spit out two words after thinking about it for a long time: "Buy them all!" ”

However, this time, the salt mills in the eastern and western cities seemed to be prepared. After the Zheng family bought nearly 2,000 stone of snow salt, the salt mills in the eastern and western cities did not hang a sell-out sign on the second day, but continued to sell it at the price of 15 yuan per bucket.

There is cheap salt for sale, and those who have not bought snow salt before are more active this time.

Salt buyers lined up in two long lines early the next morning.

The people sent out by the Zheng clan could only follow and line up, and even so, the Zheng clan had bought nearly a thousand stone of snow salt on the second day.

On the third day, the snow salt shop that continued to operate put Zheng Jifu in a dilemma.

Continue to eat the snow salt sold by the other party?

Or do you want to give up on the purchase and investigate first?

How to choose......