It should be said that as a businessman, Guo Kedao, the military attaché, is still very good. Flash Dance gave Qin Bai a recommendation, a semi-encircling valley facing the sea. It is not completely enclosed, but extends to a wide area of tidal flats through the gentle low hills to the south. But there was nothing but weeds in the tidal flats. Therefore, it can also be said that it is completely closed.

"Brother Bai, this place is not far from the Fushan Market, and it is convenient to buy some things. However, it is basically isolated from the locals, and it will be able to save a lot of trouble in the future. And the inside is spacious enough, there are dozens of flat land, and it must be nothing to live for hundreds of people. In the future, it is also convenient to go to sea for fishing, the summer monsoon is also small, and there are several islands outside to shelter. Even...... Those masters of the Salt Gang will definitely give you face. Getting some salt can subsidize it, and the dead grass that boils salt is everywhere, and outsiders don't know what's going on inside. ”

Guo Kedao thought he was smart, thinking that he understood Qin Bai's intentions. If it weren't for the sake of private salt, who would have taken a fancy to such a place? In this era, fishermen are poorer than tenant farmers, and it is indeed easy to catch seafood, but there is nowhere to sell it. If you don't have a refrigerator, how can you transport it? Moreover, there is no big city near Fushansuo, except for salted fish, it is still salted fish. However, salted fish is abundant all over the coast, and the price of the fish is much lower than that of fresh fish.

However, when Qin Bai heard this, he was very satisfied with this place. If the valley is really closed in this way, then it is completely possible to slowly relocate the match workshop to Fushansu. What he needed was industrial land, not agricultural land. If everything goes well, he will leave this Jingjiazhuang in the future, and there will be no more messy disputes in the rivers and lakes.

"Brother Guo, how should I sell it?" Qin Bai asked with a smile.

Secretly glancing at Qin Bai, Guo Kedao boldly stretched out three fingers: "Brother Bai, how about three thousand taels?" ”

"......" Qin Bai couldn't help but glance at Guo Kedao a few times, admiring it in his heart. What a great businessman! Can you be a typical example of asking for money and not dying? The watered land in Denglai and the two prefectures is only five to ten taels, and the thin land in Fushan is at most three taels per mu, and this kind of wasteland that dogs will not go to actually dare to pay more than one or two?

Seeing that Qin Bai's face was gloomy, Guo Kedao hurriedly said, "Brother Bai, it's really not a sky-high asking price. You should also know that according to the imperial decree, the land of the guard must not be sold, and our Fushan Institute also has a lot to do with it. Not to mention that there are so many people in the Thousand Households who share this silver, and we have to pay some points up and down, just for outsiders to come and settle down, we must also suppress the criticism below. And in addition to us who are willing to sell here, how many outsiders are willing to sell? So be it! The surrounding mountains are also yours, and you can have as many tidal flats as you want, as long as you have the ability to open up the wasteland. Brother Flash, I can take one step here, and only charge two thousand taels. But there are two requirements: one is the newly opened land, you need to pay another one or two per mu, and the other is that if you boil salt and dry salt, you will count our share of Fushan in the future? ”

Hearing this, Qin Bai was a little moved again. It's not that you can't find a better one if you look for it slowly, but Guo Kedao happened to appear at the right time and in the right place. Thinking of this, Qin Bai no longer hesitated: "I promise you two thousand taels, and I promise you one tael per mu of wasteland." I can't do boiling salt and drying salt, and I can't afford to offend the Junye of the Salt Gang. Well, I can give you some of the business. Not to mention, there are three or four hundred taels a month. Is it also considered to give you some compensation for Fushan? ”

Anyway, Qin Bai wouldn't have eaten enough to open up the wasteland. Even if the land is cleared, it will not be able to grow crops. It is better to share some matchsticks and matchboxes with the business of Fushan, so that it will be convenient to deal with those locals in the future.

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However, when the decision was announced in the evening, Li Kang suddenly asked the same thing: "Second brother? Are we really going to sell smuggled salt? ”

"! You don't know why you bought land? Qin Bai scolded. If you really want to make money, just make more matches. Not to mention that the relationship with the salt gang is okay, if you are crazy, you will want to sell smuggled salt, is it necessary to set up your own door? As long as he bows his head to Huang Jun, he is likely to be the big boss of the Salt Gang in the future.

"Yes...... But can't you spend all your money? Why would you want to buy these broken ground by the sea? Li Kang was a little unconvinced. Because Qin Bai's actions are really incomprehensible. Just like in modern times, someone suddenly spent tens of millions of dollars to buy a piece of desert, it is hard not to think that there is a large oil field under the desert.

For a moment, Qin Bai found that it was really difficult to explain. Now Yongsheng is from top to bottom, except for their big bosses, others are either obsessed with the rivers and lakes, or go with the flow in the rivers and lakes, or enter the rivers and lakes inexplicably, anyway, they all think that they are already Jianghu people. Only Qin Bai, the big boss, became a "traitor", and he wanted to lead everyone out of the rivers and lakes to live and build with peace of mind.

Just when Qin Bai was pondering how to explain, Cao Dacai on the side suddenly said: "Big boss, the rafters rot first!" If you want to make money with smuggled salt, it's not that you don't agree. But you always have to come secretly, and when the Salt Gang really collapses, it's not too late to make a move. ”

Everyone around nodded and agreed with Cao Dacai's statement. It seems that the salt merchants are rich and wealthy, and these brothers do not know that the profits of matches are much higher than that of private salt. They even fantasize that Yongsheng can sell smuggled salt.

"Lie down!" Qin Bai was really anxious. Did these bastards eat too much soy sauce? Would you really believe that you can brain-pump and sell illicit salt? But just as he wanted to explain, he suddenly felt that something seemed wrong with Cao Dacai's words, "Wait, big jackal, the salt gang has collapsed?" What do you mean by that? ”

"Oh, the news just came that the Jun Ye of the Salt Gang suffered a big loss in Juzhou and lost a lot of manpower. Now there are a lot of rumors outside, and some say that even Junye has folded in. I heard that they were ambushed by the Yangzhou people, and they took a fancy to the territory of the two prefectures of Denglai. ”

Qin Bai suddenly realized, it turned out that Li Dang and the others thought that they had also gotten the news, so they couldn't wait to make a move first: "! I really didn't want to eat salt. No guaranteed! ”

Is it possible for you to be involved in the melee between the river dragon and the local snake in the private salt market? Even if they lose both, it will definitely lead to chaos in the rivers and lakes, isn't there enough dislike of the current enemy? To be honest, even if someone gives them private salt, they will throw it as far away as possible.

"Really?" Everyone will be skeptical, "Second Brother Bai, then why do you want to buy it?" ”

After going around in a circle, the problem turned out to be back to square one. Qin Bai felt tired and sighed, "Hey! Isn't it just to find a way out for us? ”