Chapter 107: Diversion
The twentieth day of the first month of the tenth year of orthodoxy.
Liu Juntao used a Lantern Festival banquet to pass the news of Yushanji's abandonment of the private salt business to many Haoqiang, this news was like a hurricane, and it instantly blew in all directions, and it didn't take long for it to cause a sensation in almost the entire Shandong, and even Kong Sancai, the head of the Kong family, was shocked!
After many Haoqiang and gentry learned the news, they all laughed at Liu Juntao for being blinded by lard, Yushanji finally defeated the Wang family, the Liu family and the Chen family, and got the illegal salt sales network in the whole Shandong and even the surrounding provinces, and now it hasn't been long yet, Liu Juntao actually said that he won't do it, what does he think?
For the liquor and glass business promised by Liu Juntao at the banquet, most of the heroes who participated in the Lantern Festival banquet scoffed, and no one believed that these two businesses could be comparable to the private salt business.
The glaze business is okay, after all, at this time, the glaze of the Ming Dynasty is a luxury product, and the selling price is extremely high.
However, once a large amount of glaze flows into the market, it will definitely attract the attention of court officials, and at that time, some court officials may directly take away the glaze business and pick peaches, which will be too much to lose.
As for the liquor business, Zhonghaoqiang is even more disdainful, there are more merchants and Haoqiang selling liquor in Daming, and I haven't heard of anyone who can make a fortune by selling liquor!
For a while, almost all the Haoqiang and gentry who used to sell illicit salt with Yushanji were discussing, and they didn't understand why Liu Juntao wanted to put a cornucopia and start a new one.
However, although everyone has many ideas in their hearts, no one dares to openly refuse Liu Juntao, and no one dares to speak directly, saying that he will not have dealings with Yushanji in the future and will go it alone.
Because everyone knows that although Liu Juntao looks very kind and harmless to humans and animals, once he gets angry, he will never give anyone a chance to survive!
As a result, all the heroes and gentry who participated in the Lantern Festival banquet began to wait and see, wanting to see what Yushanji would do next.
Regarding everyone's thoughts, Liu Juntao understands very well in his heart that those heroes and gentry seem to be submissive to themselves, but behind their backs they are waiting to see the jokes between themselves and Yushanji!
Liu Juntao was not annoyed, understanding that this is also human nature, and the only thing he needs to do is to prepare a large amount of glass and liquor, and rush into Shandong and even the surrounding provinces in one fell swoop, so that those short-sighted people can understand what is Jinshan Yinhai!
In February of the tenth year of orthodoxy, the Fish Hill Workshop.
Ma Ye, who was stationed here, received Tang Yu's notice and began to step up the reserve of raw materials for making glaze and brewing liquor.
At the same time, Chang Hongdao also led his young men to guard the various roads in and out of the workshop, and no one could enter or leave without the warrants of Liu Juntao and Tang Yu, not even Guo Yongzhong and Zhang Baigui!
Liu Juntao saw that the affairs of the Yushan Workshop were about to begin, so he stepped up the personnel diversion affairs of the Yushan Salt Pond, so as to free up his energy to deal with the affairs of the Yushan Workshop as soon as possible.
According to Liu Juntao's plan, the thousands of stove households in Yushan Yanchi have three ways to choose: Tuntian, join the escort team, and do business.
At the same time, in order to make the greatest use of the trade route network established by selling illicit salt, Liu Juntao transferred all the personnel of Yushan Salt Pond, who was originally responsible for the distribution of illicit salt, to the Ministry of Commerce, and ordered Tang Yu to establish the sales network of the Ministry of Commerce as soon as possible, especially the trade route network from Shandong to Shanxi!
After all, there are strategic materials such as war horses, leather goods, and coal that Liu Juntao urgently needs in Shanxi, which need to be purchased through the Ministry of Commerce.
In this regard, Tang Yu formulated a huge plan, preparing to establish a different number of warehouses and shops along the line from Shandong to Shanxi, as a transit station for more than a dozen caravans under the Ministry of Commerce.
This requires a large number of manpower, and the stove households diverted from the Yushan Salt Pond are the best source of manpower!
In addition, Guo Yongzhong also submitted a development plan of the Ministry of Civil Affairs to Liu Juntao, preparing to use a few months to establish at least ten farms around Yushanji, and relocate the stove households of Yushan Yanchi to these farms, so as to maximize the use of farmland that could not be cultivated in time by Yushanji.
"In this way, not only will the harvest of the Ministry of Civil Affairs increase significantly, but those households who have been diverted will also have a guarantee, and there will also be grain storage at home!"
Liu Juntao was very happy to hear Guo Yongzhong's plan, and specially instructed Tang Yu to give full support in terms of money and food, and asked Gao Ran to mobilize some guards to help the stove households move to the newly built farm.
According to Liu Juntao's estimates, it will take about three to five months for the diversion plan of the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Civil Affairs to achieve initial results, and the households in Yushan Yanchi can move out one after another in about two months.
The only thing Liu Juntao is worried about now is whether there will be any fluctuations in the thousands of stove households in Yushan Salt Pond, and it will not be good if there is any infighting.
In this regard, Liu Juntao specially sent someone to tell Yan Hu, who was stationed in Yushan Yanchi, and ordered him to pay attention to the emotions of the stove households to prevent any sudden incidents.
It didn't take long for Yan Hu to send a letter to Liu Juntao, in which he clearly told Liu Juntao that although the households in Yushan Salt Pond were reluctant, they were generally stable.
"Mr. Lian, at this time, all the stove households have roughly planned their own way out, and all the stove households have received the diversion silver issued by the Ministry of Commerce, and the private salt left in the Yushan Salt Pond has also been distributed to the all the stove households in accordance with the meaning of Mr. Lian, and the Yushan Salt Pond is safe and sound!"
After receiving this letter, Liu Juntao's heart that had always been hanging was finally put down.
At this time, Liu Juntao began to think about the reorganization of the 2,000 newly recruited young and strong and nearly 1,000 Chen family prisoners in the escort camp, as well as the reorganization and training of Zhang Xiaojun, Yan Hu, Gao Ran, Chen Ziping, and Zhou Zongsheng.
"That's right! There is also the issue of rewards for Chen Ziping, and the promotion of personnel at all levels of the escort team, and a plan must be given as soon as possible! ”
Thinking of this, Liu Juntao suddenly felt a lot of pressure, and the things that he needed to solve as soon as possible were myriad, and he couldn't be idle for a moment.
"Now I finally understand why those emperors in history don't live long, they are all overworked!"
But whining is complaining, things still have to be done.
In order to standardize the daily drills of the escort force and institutionalize various drill items, Liu Juntao locked himself at home and began to retreat, preparing to sort out a set of escort drill manuals and a set of combat manuals.
In particular, the Yushan Guards are about to change their outfits, and the Guards will transform from a cold weapon to a hot ~ Weapon Centaur, and the training items and combat forms will undergo earth-shaking changes!
Liu Juntao had to sort out the drill manual and combat manual before changing his outfit and even before the whole training began.
Although Liu Juntao is not a professional military talent, he is accustomed to seeing the hot~ weapon war scene in later generations, and is familiar with the fighting methods of Western countries in the late Ming Dynasty and modern times, Liu Juntao is confident that he will write the drill manual and combat manual well.
At the beginning of March of the tenth year of orthodoxy, Yushan set.
Liu Juntao has been in retreat for a month, and when he came out of his home, his face was full of stubble, which made people think he was a middle-aged man.
At this time, Liu Juntao had two thick manuals in his hand, which were the drill manuals and combat manuals compiled by Liu Juntao.
Liu Juntao let out a sigh of relief, and was about to go to the escort camp to hand over the two manuals to Gao Ran, and asked Gao Ran to find someone to print them immediately.
Suddenly, I saw Liu Zi'an rushing into the village on horseback, obviously something happened.
When he came to him, Liu Zi'an said with a serious face: "Mr. Lian, Kong Sancai's housekeeper went to Dong'e County, and he had a hot fight with Zhi County!" ”