"Countless refined salts? There's an approximate number of these countless whiskers, right?! ”

"Yes. The villain said the same, he only said that even if it is calculated according to 400 catties, I am afraid that there will be tens of thousands of citations! ”

Tens of thousands of citations? It is only calculated according to 20,000 catties, 400 catties and one citation, which is 8 million catties, and the salt gang only earns 70 wen per catty, deducting various losses and expenses, it will also be as much as 30 wen, and 8 million catties is 24 million wen! Wrong! It's 240 million texts! Nowadays, the price of silver is getting cheaper and cheaper, and one tael of silver is exchanged for a thousand copper coins, so that it is 240,000 silver.

If it was just the figure of 240,000 silver, the salt merchants would not be so nervous, you must know that people's mouths are getting more and more tricky the more they eat, those small people in Shengdou are used to eating cheap and good salt, and will they still eat their own expensive official salt mixed with mud, sand and stone? !

This wind will not last!

Soon, the salt merchants reached an agreement, and the general meeting of salt merchants came forward to give a public gift to the two Huai salt transport envoys, the governor of Huaiyang, the governor of Caoyun, and the yamen of the household department, stating that this year's salt tax could not be paid, and the reason was that the illegal salt was overflowing, and the official salt sales were not smooth. If the salt tax was to be paid, the imperial court had to intensify its efforts to investigate smuggled salt.

In addition, according to the amount of each family's nest and the amount of the bank, the public expenses were apportioned, and in an instant, 450,000 taels of silver were collected, ready to open up the joints, and reward the anti-smuggling officers and soldiers of the river defense battalion.

While drinking tea and talking, talking and laughing, the housekeeper of He Mansion and the big shopkeeper of the salt number hurriedly broke in.

"Sir! Something big has happened! ”

Last night, overnight, the salt works in Rugao, Dafeng, Yancheng, Haimen and other places were bombarded and looted by pirates from nowhere, and the salt that had been piled up in the warehouses to be sold was dumped into the sea.

"This amount of salt can't be produced even in half a year!"

A salt merchant wept and wailed loudly.

At this point, the natural assembly could no longer be carried out, so everyone took their leave and went to check their losses.

Fang Xinzhong was in the sedan chair calculating how much he would lose in this turmoil, "It's okay! Lao Tzu's money is not all put on salt, raw silk, silk, and tea can let Lao Tzu pass this pass, but you surnamed He are not as lucky as me! ”

Suddenly, he had a new idea, "If I can get that much refined salt like the Salt Gang, then will the He family be finished soon?" This Jiangnan and Jiangbei salt industry is headed by me?! ”

The port of Hongji in Ha Tinh has recently opened five new berths. Native laborers and prisoners of war slaves relied on gunpowder to mine stones from Hengshan, combined with primitive soil and cement, to increase the speed of berth construction by an unknown number of times.

Outside the port of Hongji, a huge fleet of ships is slowly sailing into the harbor along the waterway. The masts of this fleet were all planted with a large square military flag, on which the iron-blooded eighteen stars swayed in the sea breeze. The lead ship of the fleet is just a scissor boat. In a fleet of two-masted vessels, the scissors are particularly conspicuous.

"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven......" The officers and men of the artillery team on duty on the harbor battery pointed to the number of the fleet with their hands, "Forty-two!" In addition to the five ships taken away by Commander Zuo, a total of thirty-seven ships were brought back! ”

"Boom! Boom! "In accordance with the regulations on combat duty at the battery, the artillerymen began to fire their guns to signal that all the ships were anchored outside the harbor. Soon, one of the scissor warships in the flotilla came out of the crowd, and the sailors on the mast hurriedly raised a large flag with the character of Li while waving the flag to the battery. This is the banner of Li Shouhan's sailors. The remaining four warships remained on alert in the fleet.

"My lord, Xiaopeng is back!" Zuo Tianpeng reported to Li Shouhan with a little pride.

"This time you went north, you and your subordinates have worked hard!"

"It's a bit hard, but it's also quite rewarding!" Zuo Tianpeng's face was slightly tired, but he couldn't hide the excitement and joy in his heart.

In Li Shouhan's view, the military significance of training the sailors in this refined salt smuggling is far greater than the economic significance of obtaining hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. After all, after walking one or two thousand nautical miles, the sailors' knowledge and mastery of the sea and ships are far from comparable to training in the harbor.

"What's the catch, tell me about it?"

"My lord, 4,000 tons of refined salt, sold to the salt gang, the wholesale price of 80 wen a catty, 160,000 wen per ton, 4,000 tons is, that is, 640 million wen! The market price is 640,000 taels of silver. However, we didn't get that much money back. ”

"But why?" Shouhan knew that there must be some reason for this, but looking at the dozens of two-masted sea ships outside the port, Shouhan was quite relieved in his heart, even if he didn't get a penny back, the experience of these sailors and gunners alone was enough to be worth the price of salt!

"My lord! Xiaopeng is stupid, and it is difficult to explain for a while, so he can speak slowly. ”

A fortune ship of the Guangdong Inspection Division is wandering on the sea, this is a No. 2 fortune ship, this fortune ship is already very dilapidated, the color of the ship board is different, there are traces of repair everywhere, seven or eight meters high, there is a Hongyi cannon in the bow, there are 3 heavy Franc machine guns on both sides, and 20 small cannons, the inspection department Qianhu Gao Zhenggang is lazily enjoying the cool in the cabin, there are 2 maids fanning him on one side, and there is a cup of fragrant tea on the coffee table on the side, "Lord Qianhu, there is a boat?" "Is it a fat sheep?" Gao Zhenggang said lazily, "Lord Qianhu, a ship that I have never seen before" The soldier exclaimed, "What" Gao Zhenggang was shocked, he has been serving as the Qianhu of the Inspection Department for many years, and his subordinates are all old oilers, and they have never seen any ships. Even the warship of the red-haired ghost is familiar to me. Gao Zheng just walked out, and when he looked, he saw six big boats rushing in the distance.

"Lord Qianhu, are we going to intercept" Li Baihu said, "Slap" He was slapped heavily by Gao Zhenggang, "You are impatient, don't you see their cannons" "Release, release" He shouted, "Lord Qianhu, we are on their channel," As soon as the words fell, the roaring cannon sounded, and the high waves stirred up not far from the lucky boat, "They opened fire" "Quickly hang the white flag, drop the sail, drop the sail!" ”

The fortune boat hoisted the white flag, dropped the sails, and the opposite side really stopped firing, and drove by at high speed, "There is something to do, hurry up!" I hope you will forgive me! "Someone on the boat opposite shouted, and then he threw several wooden basins on the surface of the sea, and placed a few hundred taels of silver in the basins." They are not pirates, but maritime merchants, whose business name is it, with such a powerful force and sea vessels? Gao Zhenggang said in his heart.

The inspection department was just an episode of a long journey, and that day when he arrived in the ocean off Shanghai County, Songjiang Prefecture, Li Peiting abandoned his boat and landed on shore to find his old friend of the Salt Gang, and six cargo ships anchored in the ocean.

Sima Feng, the leader of the Salt Gang, is looking at the account book in the account room with a sad face, this year, the life of the Salt Gang is not very good, Shaanxi has made a civil change, and the source of green salt has been cut off, which has directly caused the work of the Salt Gang to decline sharply, and the Salt Gang has millions of people, all of whom depend on salt for their livelihood, although there are sea salt in Jianghuai, Shandong and other places can be maintained, but the sea salt is bitter and astringent, far less pure than the taste of green salt and white salt, and the amount of green salt used in washing is very large.

"Master, someone is asking to see him with a name", the housekeeper said, Sima Feng's apparent identity is a wealthy businessman in Songjiang Mansion, and everyone in the gang is called the master, "Who is asking to see", Guan Lao Butler's face was very strange and said: "It's Li Peiting of the Li family." "What, it's him!" , Sima Feng was surprised, "Wasn't he sent to the Smoke Miasma Wild Land?" ”

"Master, do you see it?"

"There is no reason, back then, the second young master of the Li family also helped me with the salt help."

"I came here this time to discuss a big deal with the Sima Gang Master, I wonder if the Sima Gang Master is interested?"

"Big business" Sima Feng looked up and down, Li Peiting was smiling, but extremely confident, compared to a few years ago, he was more sophisticated and mature, no longer the gentleman, it seems that the family has changed greatly, which has a great impact on him.

"I don't know what kind of business the virtuous brother has to take care of the old man?" , Li Peiting looked around, smiled silently, Sima Feng waved his hand, and the waiting servant immediately withdrew, "Helper, please see" Li Peiting waved his hand, and an entourage immediately stepped forward with a cloth bag, walked in front of Sima Feng, opened the cloth bag, and revealed the snow-white refined salt "This is the white salt of Shaanxi and Gansu, hey, no, it is not the white salt of Shaanxi and Gansu" Sima Feng has dealt with salt all his life, and he can see at a glance that this bag of snow-white salt is not the white salt of Shaanxi and Gansu.

"Is this the big business that Brother Xian is talking about?" Sima Feng tasted the refined salt, his face twitched slightly, the taste of this salt was so pure, even the green salt was slightly inferior.

Li Peiting took the changes in Sima Feng's face into his eyes, took a sip of tea, and said methodically: "Sima Gang Master, this is just a sample, please identify it from the old gang leader, the goods are still at sea." ”

After the inspection, the salt gang was ecstatic. With such refined salt, the price of 80 wen a pound is enough for the salt gang to eat for several years.

"But I have the conditions." Li Peiting's words calmed down several stewards of the Salt Gang.

"Li Gongzi, please speak."

"First, I want you to pay the price all at once, one hand of money, one hand of goods."

"This is natural, do business! Naturally, it is the brother who settles the account. Several bosses nodded yes busily.

"Second, arrange manpower to ship goods at the same time in the south of the Yangtze River, north and along the canal. In this way, your profits can be maximized! ”

"This is natural! This is the bowl of rice that the Salt Gang eats! ”

However, when they learned that the salt brought by Li Peiting was such an astronomical amount, several bosses were immediately dumbfounded.

"Eight million catties? Eight million catties?! Eight million catties!! ”

Such a huge quantity, but also a hand of money and a hand of goods, this is indeed a bit embarrassing. Although the assets of the Salt Gang are more than one million, it is indeed a bit embarrassing to come up with such a large amount of cash at once.

What's more, it must be shipped at the same time in Nanzhili, Shandong, Henan, Zhejiang and other places.

Seeing a huge piece of fragrant fat in front of you, the whole gang of people are waiting in front of you, but you can't eat it in your mouth, how can this make people willing?

It is necessary to discuss with the eldest son of Li with good words.

However, Mr. Li's words are even more itchy.

"This order is done, and in the future, I can supply you with 30,000 stone refined salt every month. By the way, I'm talking about one stone that's one hundred and fifty pounds! ”

30,000 stone ?! One hundred and fifty pounds a stone? That's 4.5 million catties! According to the salt introduction system of the imperial court, it is also 15,000 citations! And it's every month! Converted into an annual year, it is 180,000 citations!

The bosses of the Salt Gang seemed to see mountains of gold fall towards them.

"Also, I went north this time, and I brought with me a thousand desperate knives, five hundred funeral guns, and gun heads. It was sent to the brothers of the Salt Gang. ”

Desperate Knife?! Funeral guns?! The bosses of the Salt Gang have all seen the weapons in the hands of the sailors, the four-foot-long Miao knife known as the Jedi Knife, which can cut through the ground and the pure steel spear head more than a foot long, which can break heavy armor. The sharpness of the knives and guns made of fine steel is far from being comparable to the tattered in the hands of the officers and soldiers. The brothers have such a guy in their hands, what are you afraid of?

"But, second son, I can't hide the matter of the Salt Gang from you, and these brothers can't get so much silver even if they have searched up and down! Also, the goods you said were released at the same time in the south and north of the Yangtze River, although it was for the good of the brothers of the Salt Gang, and I wanted the Kuhaha to earn more copper, but the salt depends on the transportation of the brothers one by one, so where do the brothers go to find so much capacity? And warehouses where salt goods are stored? ”

"You don't have it, but someone does!" Li Ergongzi smiled evilly.

"Who is it? It's not those salt merchants, are they?! ”

"Cao Gang!"

Li Ergongzi woke up the dreamer with a word. Wow! The main business of the Salt Gang is to sell smuggled salt, but the Cao Gang also took advantage of the opportunity of the passage of Cao boats to the north and south to carry smuggled goods on a large scale.

Therefore, based on the common plan of making a fortune, the three parties sat together and held cordial, friendly, and open talks.

The result of the talks was naturally a great joy, the Yan Gang and the Cao Gang joined forces to eat the refined salt brought by Li Peiting, and Li Peiting guaranteed to supply 30,000 stone of refined salt to the Yan Cao and Cao Gangs every month in the future. The Cao Gang used the boats and warehouses in their hands to transport and store the refined salt, and the Salt Gang used the sales network in their hands to sell the refined salt, and the two gangs shared the profits.

As a result, there was a situation of refined salt sales in Nanzhili, Shandong, Zhejiang and other provinces mentioned above almost at the same time.

The two gang leaders of the two gangs of Yancao also gritted their teeth and accepted Li Peiting's big axe, but since the two of them can lead countless heroes in the rivers and lakes, they are naturally not easy to get along, and the two muttered in the corner and put forward corresponding requirements.

"In order to ensure the sale of our salt, we also ask the gunboats of the eldest prince to work hard to attack the salt fields of Yancheng, Rugao, Dafeng and other places by the sea, disrupt the supply of salt merchants, and let us have enough time to occupy the market!"

Get!

Under the guidance of the two gangs of Yancao, Zuo Tianpeng's sailor made a cameo appearance as a pirate, and the cannon bombarded the salt embankment by the sea overnight, and the soldiers who acted with the sailor rushed into the salt field, smashed the warehouse, and poured the coarse salt accumulated in the warehouse back into the sea.

Then, loaded with raw silk, silk, porcelain, and, of course, more than 100,000 taels of silver, the mighty fleet headed south.

"What about the thirty-seven seagoing ships?"

"The fleet went south, to the sea of Guangdong, and was intercepted by pirates."

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