Liu Quan's eyes immediately widened when he heard this,

The pair of willow eyebrows raised high,

looked at Lu Bu in surprise,

Pei Ji and Xue Gui glanced at each other,

couldn't help but look at Liu Quan with envy,

This is the biggest winner in the name!

Salt is a necessity in people's lives,

There is a saying of "the first of the five flavors",

This established its important position in the economy of ancient countries.

In "Historical Records: The Biography of Goods and Colonies",

Taishi Gong listed salt as an important resource with the same status as jade, gold, copper, and iron.

The book records that "Yidun started with a cup of salt",

It is an example of a wealthy merchant in the pre-Qin period who made a fortune by operating pond salt.

The salt monopoly system has a long history in China.

In order to increase fiscal revenue, the ancient dynasties,

suppressing private financial resources,

At the same time, it prevents people from maliciously raising the price of salt.

causing national unrest,

Therefore, the salt monopoly system was adopted.

The monopoly was known as "forbidden" in ancient times,

Ban means forbidden,

榷 means single-plank bridge,

The forbidden together is their own monopoly,

No one else is allowed to be involved in the business.

In the old days, all salt produced and distributed by the government or sold after paying taxes to the government was called official salt.

The "official mountains and seas" implemented by the Spring and Autumn Prime Minister Guan Zhong in the Qi State,

It is about the earliest salt and iron monopoly policy implemented in the history of our country.

It makes the country of Qi rich quickly,

Achievement as the first overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period.

However, although Guan Zhong is highly respected by later generations,

Hundreds of years after his death,

In addition to the Shang Marting, who is determined to change the law,

But few people have emulated his strategy of strengthening the country.

Until the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty,

The imperial court has been conquest of the Xiongnu for many years,

The central finances are becoming more and more empty,

And the rich businessmen of the people "smelt and boil salt, wealth or thousands of gold,

and not to support the urgency of the public family, and the people of Li are in great difficulty",

Only then did I discover the extreme importance of minting money and boiling salt to the state's taxes.

This gave birth to the "salt and iron official camp" policy, which has been implemented intermittently for more than 2,000 years in Chinese history.

The so-called "salt and iron official camp",

That is, all the management rights of iron smelting and boiling salt will be returned to the central government.

As far as the salt industry is concerned,

The salt merchants had to get permission from the government.

In order to obtain the right to operate on the condition of paying heavy taxes.

From the Han dynasty to the past dynasties,

The extreme importance of salt in the national economy is emphasized.

"Hanshu Food and Goods Journal" called salt "the general of the eater, everyone looks up to it";

"Wei Shu Food" said: "Salt, the great treasure of the country";

"New Tang Dynasty Book: Food and Goods" said: "The endowment of the world, salt and profit are half, the palace is served, the military salary, and the hundred officials are all relied upon";

"Yuan History: Food and Goods II" said: "The country's assets, its benefits are as extensive as salt." ”

Therefore, all dynasties have attached great importance to salt administration.

The highest yamen in history who implemented salt administration,

In the Han Dynasty, it was the Great Si Nong.

Local Salt Administration Officer,

are all set according to the production area,

He is called a salt officer.

Official salt due to ultra-high profits,

Historically, as with iron,

It is an important commodity controlled by the government.

Lu Bu now allows the Liu family to participate in the official salt operation,

is undoubtedly to let the Liu family go straight to the top,

Among the three major families in Hedong,

The reason why the Pei family was able to rank first among the three

By virtue of the iron business,

Now the Liu family has obtained the sales license of official salt,

In time, not to mention being able to surpass the Pei family,

At least it can greatly shorten the gap with the Pei family,

And at the same time,

The position of the Liu family in the entire Bingzhou group will also rise.

Several of you here are very aware of this,

So everybody was amazed,

Pei Ji had some jealousy in his heart,

For the jealousy of the Liu family,

For Lu Bu, he didn't dare to have any dissatisfaction,

And Lu Bu was already very fond of their Pei family before,

Pei Ji is very satisfied with this,

It's just that the Liu family is a carp jumping over the dragon gate,

Naturally, the Pei family will naturally have some psychological gaps.

But to say the most awkward and uncomfortable,

is tantamount to the Xue family,

Originally, among the three major families,

faintly able to catch up with the existence of the Pei family,

This time it was completely reduced to the bottom,

And all this comes from his previous arrogance,

In the same way, he didn't dare to be jealous of Lu Bu because of this,

Otherwise await him and his family,

That was a real storm.

Lu Bu took everyone's affection into his eyes one by one,

For their reactions,

He was very satisfied,

Commodities such as salt, iron, and grain,

It's all in this day and age,

The most critical and lifeblood material,

Especially in troubled times.

800 miles of Qinchuan in Guanzhong,

This is the richest place in the world,

These materials can easily make people rich and rival the country,

It's not that Lu Bu doesn't want to take these into his own hands,

But now he is,

But there is really no talent in the hands,

In addition, the Guanzhong region also needs a strong family to control and deter,

Therefore, Lu Bu chose the three major families in Hedong,

It's not for nothing that there are more powerful families in the Guanzhong region than them,

It's just that the three families are an allied organization,

It is more convenient for Lu Bu to control,

There will not be a situation where the tail will not fall in the future,

Therefore, before Lu Bu set off,

discussed with Jia Xu, Tian Feng and others for a long time,

Only then did it be decided to use the three major families in Hedong as the spokesperson to control Guanzhong.

At the same time, it also vigorously supported the Yingchuan Zhong clan who migrated over,

and the Jingzhao Dushi who was originally in the local area,

In addition, Lu Bu also plans to push out Fa Yan,

It's just that now the foundation of Fayan is unstable,

Fazheng hasn't grown up yet,

In front of such a behemoth as the three major families,

It's not enough to see,

Therefore, Lu Bu did not put Fa Yan and others on the table for the time being.

Just then,

will definitely lift them up,

After all, the one who pulled it up by himself,

It's enough to reassure yourself.

After such a long period of experience,

Lu Bu's grasp and control of people's hearts,

More and more sophisticated,

In the Hereafter,

Although it has a rich theoretical foundation,

Exposed to countless advanced experiences and theories,

But after all, he is just a professor and a scholar.

I have never really come into contact with the art of management and control,

But now, as a prince,

All he has to do is to lead and manage this foundation.

Although personal bravery is important,

But as far as the management of family and state affairs is concerned,

and not the deciding factor.

Therefore, those theories and experiences of the past,

It becomes a very precious thing,

So that he can grow up quickly.

Lu Bu no longer looked at the three of them,

Turning his head to look at Zhang Ji on the other side,

gestured to the other party's eyes,

After getting feedback from the other party,

Then he spoke:

"Mr. Zhang, as a county official, although his rank is not high, but the affairs of your family can be directly connected with Mr. Zhang, whether it is the trading and sales of various materials, or the financing and transportation of materials needed by the army, Mr. Zhang is responsible for the overall planning."

The three of them followed by another one,

Previously, when Lu Bu announced that Zhang was serving as the county governor,

The three of them only said that this person was an ordinary henchman of Lu Bu,

After some experience here, you will be transferred,

Therefore, although Zhang Ji is in awe,

But it didn't pay much attention to it,

But as soon as Lu Bu said this,

The three of them immediately thought of a lot,

At least, this one is by no means as simple as an ordinary henchman,

On the surface, it's just the identity of the county,

But his terms of reference,

but can control the business operations of the three major families,

What are the main spheres of influence of the three major families?

But the entire Guanzhong region,

Doesn't this mean that this little-known fellow,

What can be affected is that

The situation of the entire Guanzhong region,

Such a character,

How dare the three of them take it lightly,

Immediately in the heart of the assessment of this person,

All of a sudden, it's a big step up.

Facing the awe-inspiring gaze of the three,

Zhang accepted it calmly,

Standing up and saying freely:

"Three sons, please take care of them in the future, if there is anything inconsiderate, look at Haihan."

The three of them hurriedly got up and returned the salute.

Zhang Ji paced two steps forward,

There is always a harmless smile on his face,

Said lightly:

"Since the lord trusts the lower officials, then the lower officials must be conscientious and do their part, the three of them say yes or no?"

There was a faint bad feeling in the hearts of the three of them,

But still nodded stubbornly,

The smile on Zhang Ji's face was even brighter:

"At first glance, the three of them are people who understand the righteousness, the so-called knowing themselves and knowing the enemy, and they will not be defeated in a hundred battles. Therefore, after taking office, the first thing is to clarify some basic conditions in our Yulu County, and to trouble Pei County to cooperate more. ”

Although Pei Ji is Zhang Ji's chief official in terms of identity,

But at this time, how dare you put a little bit of Shangguan's shelf,

He nodded yes and said.

Zhang Ji then bowed his hand to the three of them:

"The lord has ordered him to manage this business, but the younger brother has only known six out of seven for this kind of business—he doesn't know any of them, as the saying goes: 'The stupid bird flies first.'" I have no choice but to temporarily hold on to you, and I also ask you to send me the transaction files and account books of the past two years, so that I can study it carefully, so that I can better cooperate with you in the future. You don't mind, do you? ”

After listening to Zhang Ji's words like a request,

The faces of the three of them were a little pale,

These dealings and books of accounts, etc.,

That's the foundation of the business's life in the world.

If you give them all away,

That's really handing over most of my life,

But they have already served Lu Bu at this moment,

And with Lu Bu's approval,

got so many benefits,

If you have something, you have to pay,

Lu Bu allowed the three of them to control the economic lifeline separately,

This is a necessity.

The three of them have already been mentally prepared,

But as previously expected,

The three of them were able to have plenty of time to prepare,

Just need to find some excuses,

Delay some days,

Make some beautiful books and hand them in,

It's still not that hard.

But Lu Bu found Zhang Ji to take charge of this matter,

And this one will stay here for a long time,

With him overseeing,

So the various families want to do something from this,

That's a tricky thing.

When the three of them were about to nod,

Zhang Ji's voice sounded again,

This time, there was a lot of witty intonation in the voice,

"Of course, there are some things that you can understand, and it is enough for you to give me some superficial things, after all, who can't have some little secrets, right?"

The hearts of the three of them tightened,

The smile on his face immediately became more bitter than bitter melon,

This sentence, under this time,

Say it in front of Lu Bu,

Who dares to think crookedly,

This thing is definitely deliberate,

Although the three of them didn't make eye contact,

But there is undoubtedly a consensus on this point,

The evaluation of this person has been improved a lot again,

This guy is a smiling tiger.

Zhang Ji saw the trace of jealousy in the depths of the eyes of the three people,

But he didn't care,

If the three of them are pandering to his behavior in every way,

That's really the problem.

After getting a satisfactory answer,

Zhang Ji clasped his fists and saluted Lu Bu,

Then he slowly sat back in his seat.

Lu Bu watched the interaction between several of them,

I felt a burst of amusement in my heart,

I can't see this one,

It's quite a set of catching narrow and pondering people,

Why didn't you see it before,

But let this kid's harmless appearance of humans and animals be deceived.

When Lu Bu turned his head to look at Zhang Yan,

Suddenly remembered something,

patted his head and said:

"By the way, I almost forgot one thing, the three hundred escorts before ......"

Xue Gui hurriedly leaned forward,

Answered:

"Lord, didn't you say before that you would let the lower officials deal with it themselves. However, Xia Guan thought that it would be more appropriate for the three hundred people to be handed over to the lord......"

Lu Bu shook his head and said:

"No. I just suddenly thought that Li Shan was dismissed, and now the post of county lieutenant in Yulu County is vacant, if not, among the three hundred people, I know one person, whose name is Feng Xi, who is quite brave, and in that team, many people are more respectful of this person, if he takes the post of county lieutenant, those three hundred people are still on errand in Yulu County, so is it good to deal with it? ”

When Lu Bu talked about this,

I can't help but think of the short and stocky body,

The personality seems to be strict,

In fact, the chief of Wu who cares about his colleagues the most,

The corners of his mouth and eyebrows couldn't help but show a gentle smile.

Pei Ji took Lu Bu's expression into his eyes,

I can't help but think of one thing,

When the escorts were hidden and transferred,

The next man once reciprocated a thing,

On the night of the day the weapon was taken,

And among the three hundred came a deserter,

This kind of thing is commonplace,

Because most of these 300 people are depressed people from various regions,

The team that was put together after being assembled,

There is no cohesion,

Plus there's no decent training at all or anything like that.

Hence the emergence of deserters in the ranks of other ranks,

It is absolutely prohibited,

After being caught, he was beheaded,

A felony that will suffer even with your family,

In their ranks,

It's just a conversation after dinner,

Everyone laughed and passed.

At that time, Pei Ji asked about this person's appearance on a whim,

I can't believe it,

Knowing what happened to the rice shop,

let Pei Ji know that the person was Lu Bu,

Only then did I secretly rejoice that I didn't kill people at the beginning,

It also prompted him to make up his mind.

hurriedly said that he would deal with it properly,

Lu Bu then discussed other matters with everyone.

At this time, a man came in a hurry,

Lu Bu looked up,

The person who came was Fang Lin,

The identity on the face of Yulu County is a rich son,

His real identity is a dark boss,

He is in charge of intelligence work here.