Lin Haoran did use the construction of Slender West Lake to lay the groundwork, although he actually did things to cultivate relatives and friends and eliminate dissidents, but his methods were much more clever than those in the world.

It was through virtue that the standard of the program was established, and many big salt merchants were directly excluded, and Cao Meng and others were promoted to the top of the position. After the completion of the selection of the Gang Merchants, the Gang Salt Law is also progressing in an orderly manner.

Nothing can be done overnight, and there are many details to be finalized, especially the issuance quota of salt is an issue that can easily cause disputes.

If you can get more salt quota, there is undoubtedly a chance to make more money, so this issue still needs to be discussed repeatedly to finally reach a result acceptable to all parties.

However, one thing is certain, although Chen Boren has been given the quota of the Gang Shang, the Jin Merchants who originally occupied half of the country have been hit hard, and their share is only one-tenth.

It's not that Lin Haoran doesn't want to kick Jin Shang out of the game directly, but he doesn't have such a big hatred with Jin Shang, and Jin Shang has already suffered heavy losses this time.

On the other hand, the local gentry Cao Meng, the Hui merchant Hu Dayong, the Zhejiang businessman Xu Yun'an, Weng Zirong, as well as Hua Zijing and the Jiaxing Lu family, have rightly become the central force of the Gangshang and the big winner of the Gangyan Law.

Compared with the Hui merchants, the Zhejiang merchants obviously occupy more quotas, but their quotas are all divided from the Jin merchants, and the cake has become bigger again, but there is not much controversy.

For the rest of August, Lin Haoran had been busy with these things in Yangzhou City, pushing the Gang Salt Law forward in an orderly manner.

September 1 is a day to remember.

Led by the joint business group, Cao Meng, Hu Dayong, Xu Yunan, Weng Zirong, Hua Zijing and other gangyan became shareholders, Yangzhou United Money Village was officially listed on Nanmen Street, and Hua Yingrong served as the chief treasurer of Qian Zhuang.

On the first day of its establishment, in addition to promising to issue interest-free loans to the stove households of the Lianghuai Salt Farm, United Money Village also posted an announcement on the purchase of old salt in Yangzhou City, making a strong appearance.

"Which one is this singing in United Money Bank?"

"In the past, my ancestors had a few old citations, but it's a pity!"

"Huh...... I have two of them, but they don't cost much!. ”

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As the announcement of the acquisition of old salt was posted on the streets and alleys of Yangzhou City, many people gathered in front of the announcement and learned the news of the acquisition, but they had different reactions.

The face price of a salt quote is six taels and six cents and four cents, and the price of the new quote of the Gang Salt Law will be nineteen taels and nine cents and two cents, and there is no doubt that there is a big difference here.

However, according to the current plan of the Gang Salt Law, it will take a long time for the old salt to be consumed, especially the salt in the hands of many ordinary people is like waste money.

Due to the lack of background and money, they no longer expect to be able to go to the salt field to extract salt with salt, and now they have the opportunity to go to the United Money Village to directly realize it, which makes many people have a strong willingness to sell.

The value of the old quote is simply immeasurable, in the hands of some people it is a golden ticket, but in the hands of others it is like a piece of waste paper, which largely depends on the status of the holder.

It is precisely in this way that after several trade-offs, United Money Bank gave a purchase price of ten taels.

If it had been placed in the past, this price would have been disdained by many large salt merchants, after all, the value of salt far exceeded the face value. However, as many big salt merchants were kicked out by Lin Haoran, and now the realization of the old introduction must go through the outline business, the old introduction is facing a market where the supply far exceeds demand.

This move of United Money Bank not only caused repercussions among the people of Yangzhou, but also attracted the widespread attention of many ticket holders, and even many people were ready to move.

The plan went very smoothly, and United Qianzhuang successively acquired a lot of old introductions, which can be regarded as ensuring the supply of old introductions for future merchants, and it is the first shot in Yangzhou City.

It's just that a lot of times, the plan can't keep up with the changes, and there are always all kinds of surprises.

Yangzhou New Town, which is already a paradise for salt merchants. Not only Chen Boren has taken root here, but also leaders like Fan Qianshan and Yang Dashi, who are leaders of the Jin Dynasty, have also purchased mansions here.

With Lin Haoran's implementation of the Gang Salt Law, the pattern of the two Huai salt merchants was reshuffled, and many Jin merchants appeared one after another, and some even planned to sell their houses and shops and leave Yangzhou.

"Ten taels? Throw it to him, and I'll see if he can handle it! ”

Yang Dashi is looking forward to good news from the capital, especially Fan Qianshan has already gone north, and has been staying at home to observe the situation these days. After learning that United Money Bank had acquired the old lead, even when he decided to throw out the salt lead in his hand for realization.

Due to the long-term accumulation of disadvantages in the Ming Dynasty, the "over-issuance" of salt has become a "fine tradition" of the previous dynasties, and the accumulation has actually reached an astonishing number.

Even a person with a deep background like Yang Dashi actually holds a lot of old quotes in his hands, which he bought from those who have no background at a low price.

It's not that he doesn't want to replace the old Yintong in his hand with salt, but that the two Huai are transferred to sell him face, and it is impossible to give him all the salt in Yangzhou throughout the year.

It is precisely because of this that Yang Dashi has a strong relationship with Yang Bo, and like many salt merchants with backgrounds, he will hoard a lot of old quotations in his hands, and plan to go to the salt field in batches year by year for exchange.

Now in the face of the acquisition of United Money, especially in the current uncertain situation, he also chose to throw a part of the salt to United Money, choosing cash as the king.

In just two days, nearly 10,000 salt tickets were sold.

United Money Zhuang didn't seem to expect the market to be so fierce, and when it opened on the third day, it lowered the purchase price of Yanyin from ten taels to eight taels, a full two percent.

"You still dare to buy? Keep selling! ”

Yang Dashi originally thought that United Money Bank was only buying a part of the salt introduction to meet the needs of the program next year, but seeing that United Money Bank was only buying at a reduced price, he gave an order.

Having been in the salt business for so long, he deeply knows that salt is not worth much at all, and what is really valuable is the invisible background and sales network.

It's just that no matter how great Lin Haoran's ability is, it is impossible to consume so many old sources at once, his move is simply to spend money to buy a pile of waste paper, and turn the silver that was finally raised from Cao Meng and others into waste paper.

With the amount of buybacks from the United Money Estate exceeding the amount required by the Gang Merchants for three years, he saw a great opportunity to bring about the collapse of the new salt merchant forces formed by Lin Haoran.

You must know that this joint money bank is all invested in real money, but it turns out that Lin Haoran's big-chested concubine bought a pile of waste paper, and he will definitely hold a grudge against Lin Haoran.

In just one and a half days, there have been nearly 10,000 salt quotation transactions.

In the face of the crazy market, United Money Bank was obviously tired, and once again lowered the purchase price of Yanyin to six taels, which directly fell below the face price of Yanyin.

"Huh...... It's really idiotic behavior, I'll teach you a good lesson! ”

Yang Dashi watched the United Money Village continue to acquire, but he endured the ecstasy in his heart, not only smashed the last piece of salt in his hand to the United Money Bank, but also called friends to drink all the old money in his hand to the United Money Bank.

Less than a week after the opening of the United Money Village, the result was that excluding the loans of the stove households, the purchase of salt alone had already consumed 300,000 taels.

Faced with this situation that exceeded expectations, Hua Yingrong also had to raise funds and transfer 200,000 taels from Hangzhou United Money Village.

Fortunately, the joint business group has a strong credit, and Xu Yun'an and Weng Zirong of Zhejiang merchants have accumulated a lot of silver in Yangzhou, and finally quickly completed the deployment of different places through the transfer between the two places.

However, this money transfer operation is not a secret at all in Yangzhou's salt business circle, and everyone knows that Yangzhou United Money Village has run out of funds and has to transfer 200,000 taels from Hangzhou for emergencies.

It's just puzzling that Yangzhou United Money Bank seems to be in touch with the business of acquiring old salt, but it continues to open its doors to acquire old salts in the market.

"Haha...... If you don't measure yourself, this is self-defeating! ”

Yang Dashi saw that Lin Haoran was so strong, but he united all the people who could be contacted, and together they continued to smash the old salt in their hands to the United Money Bank, trying to make the United Money Bank completely collapse through this move, and even let the Gangshang internal thunder.

"The price of six taels is too low, I won't throw it!"

Chen Boren hoarded a lot of old quotes in his hands, but he has now become a businessman, but he will inevitably use them in the future, but he directly rejected Yang Dashi's request.

Although he also did not understand the actions of United Bank, his old purchase price was not low, and he was never a businessman who was willful, so he was unwilling to make such a loss-making transaction.

"President Chen, it's okay if you don't sell it, so it's okay to lend me the salt first, right?" Yang Dashi looked at Chen Boren so stubbornly, but he endured his annoyance and offered a condition.

As long as he gets Chen Boren's old introduction and continues to smash it, the United Money Village will inevitably be unable to handle it, and all the real money and silver will be replaced by a pile of waste paper. At that time, Cao Meng and others will definitely no longer hold Lin Haoran's stinky feet, but will find Lin Haoran for liquidation, and even the Gang Salt Law will be terminated.

Although Chen Boren was very reluctant in his heart, he also had to take into account his friendship with Yang Dashi, and he had to sell Yang Bo some face, so he reluctantly nodded and agreed to this plan.

The two sides quickly made a note of borrowing salt, and handed over the salt to deliver it on the spot.

After Yang Dashi got Chen Boren's salt introduction, he hurriedly sent someone to sell the salt quotation to United Qian Zhuang in batches, waiting for the good news that United Qian Zhuang was unable to purchase salt introduction.

Things were as he expected, as Chen Boren's batch of old salt was smashed to the United Bank, the silver of the United Bank had been exhausted again, and the door was closed an hour earlier that day.

The 500,000 taels of silver raised by the United Money Bank were all replaced with old citations, but it made the outside world confused, and even Cao Meng and others couldn't sit still.

When night fell, in the main hall of the Lin Mansion, the lights were as bright as day.

The hustle and bustle of the outside world didn't seem to be able to reach here, and the two maids gently lowered the bead curtain, and then quietly retreated. It's just that they didn't leave directly, but waited outside the door.

Lin Haoran had already gone to bed, leaning on the head of the bed and looking at a strange book.

With the reduction of printing costs, more and more strange stories have appeared on the market, many of which are wonderful stories that will not be available in later generations. This is Lin Fu fell today, he took it to pass the time at the time, but he didn't want the story to be very exciting, and even he picked it up again now and continued to watch.

Hua Yingrong had just finished dealing with the accounts of the United Money Village, and at this moment she was sitting in front of the dresser and took off the beautiful beads on her head, and the whole person was a little less graceful and luxurious, but it added some charm.

The clothes on her body are already thin, but she shows her noble and good figure, and she looks dignified and virtuous sitting in front of the bronze mirror, which is already a beautiful landscape.

She carefully put the beads back into the jewelry box, and asked naturally: "Xianggong, do you think we want to transfer silver directly from Guangdong?" ”

With the current strength of the United Merchant Group, the mining of special gold mines has quietly begun, and the financial strength of the United Merchant Group has already reached an alarming level.

It's just that the capital of the joint business group is mainly concentrated in Guangdong, and the situation in Yangzhou has just opened, so the silver deposits in the hands appear to be scarce, and even give people the illusion that the joint business group is beyond its strength.

"How long does it take to transfer silver from Guangdong?" Lin Haoran's gaze was still on the book, and he asked plainly.

Hua Yingrong thought for a while, and then gave the answer: "If you take the sea route, it will be faster, but I'm afraid it will take two months!" ”

"Then there is no need to be so troublesome, just solve it directly here in Yangzhou!" Lin Haoran knew that it was troublesome and unsafe to transfer and escort silver in this era, especially the current sea route was not much safe, but he shook his head lightly.

Hua Yingrong turned her head happily, her eyes lit up and asked, "Xianggong, do you have a way to solve it?" ”

You must know that now Yang Dashi and other Jin merchants are already on the same page with them, and they don't know how many old quotes they have in their hands. And they want to continue to buy back Yanyin, but they are facing a financial dilemma.

Even if Cao Meng and the others were willing to believe them, it was impossible for Cao Meng to take out all the family resources, and even today he came over and persuaded her to stop buying Yanyin.

Now, if you want to borrow funds from Cao Meng and others, I am afraid it will be difficult to go to the sky.

"Since you want to make money, you can't just think about how much money you have, but you must find a way to borrow chickens and lay eggs!" Lin Haoran looked up and saw that Hua Yingrong's smile looked very good, and he responded in a good mood.

"Xianggong, how to borrow chickens to lay eggs?" Hua Yingrong thought about it seriously and asked with extreme seriousness.

Lin Haoran put down the book, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, stretched out his hand and patted the bed next to him and said, "Lady, come to bed first, Xianggong will tell you tonight!" ”

Hua Yingrong glared resentfully, but still bit her lower lip and walked over, already in the mouth of a sheep again.