Chapter 155: The Arrival of the Fleet (Five Watches Asking for Tickets)
Zhang Ming's fleet had already set off and was expected to arrive in the next few days.
There is no wharf here, so Zhang Ming Xizhi went to arrange it, first get a simple wharf, which can be temporarily loaded and unloaded.
At this time, Tao Qian was in a hurry.
A county order was killed, if they Xuzhou didn't say anything, how could this stop Zhang Ming from selling salted fish.
Immediately, the policy could not be implemented, and no one dared to really check Zhang Ming's salted fish at this time, it would kill people.
The Seven Great Salt Merchants found Tao Qian again.
"Lord Assassin Shi, this Zhang Ming is contempting the imperial court and openly rebelling."
"Master Thorn Shi, quickly arrest Zhang Ming."
"Lord Thorn, this matter can't be left like this."
Tao Qian has two big heads, and this time Zhang Ming openly killed people, which was a provocation to his authority.
If it can't be solved, there is no way to stop Zhang Ming.
"Zhang Ming was made a township, there is no holy decree, and the old man can't do anything about him."
Zhang Ming dared to kill the county commander, but Tao Qian did not dare to kill Zhang Ming.
Of course, if he was in the city, Tao Qian would still dare to order him to be arrested.
But outside the city, things were uncontrollable, causing both sides to start killing, and Tao Qian couldn't control the situation at that time.
The seven major salt merchants, gritting their teeth, were very reluctant to kill Zhang Ming.
But at this time, they have no choice.
For the time being, the two sides are at a stalemate.
Around Xiapi City, salted fish gradually can't be sold, and it can't be sold in the city, and there are still many people outside the city who sell it.
Zhang Ming sent people to sell outside the city and in the countryside, this Tao Qian and their management is backward, and they really can't react so quickly.
The salted fish in the city is enough to eat for a while.
In this way, the salt of the Maison is still unsold, and their salted fish cannot be sold.
However, the energy of this Tao Qian and the seven major merchants is still very large, and under the pressure of their joint efforts, coupled with the cooperation of the Taishou of each county, they are united in their hearts.
A few days later, all the salted fish in the city were blocked, and although they were not confiscated, Zhang Ming's salted fish could not be transported in.
In this way, they can be regarded as a staged victory.
Tao Qian, they finally stabilized their position temporarily.
They began to take out some salted fish to test the waters, and after increasing the price by 20%, they could still sell it.
However, many people knew that there was salted fish outside the city, so they ran outside the city to buy it.
After temporarily stabilizing the position, wait for the ruling of the imperial court.
From Xuzhou to Luoyang, if you go all the way fast, you can get there in seven or eight days.
Zhang Ming's recital arrived first, and after arriving, the emperor was obsessed with the model album, and the matter was not a particularly urgent matter, so he did not deal with it immediately.
However, soon, Tao Qian's recital also arrived.
Now the whole court is boiling.
"The sale of salted fish should be banned."
"Ridiculous, this prohibition on selling salted fish, ridiculous."
"Salted fish has endangered the survival of the imperial court."
"I have never heard of restricting the trade of salted fish in ancient and modern times, isn't it to make future generations laugh."
"You can buy and sell, but you have to pay heavy taxes."
When the song arrived in Luoyang, it immediately became a quarrel.
As for whether Wintu rebelled, few people paid attention.
These high-ranking officials in Luoyang began to quarrel, and even the emperor was alarmed.
alarmed the emperor, Liu Hong had to go to the court, but he went to the court twice, and the two sides did not quarrel with a result.
The court quarreled for several days, but there was no result.
The emperor didn't care, he supported Zhang Ming in his heart, because Zhang Ming was doing things for him.
And these county guards, the taxes collected by the local government rarely go into the emperor's pocket, and they are basically used, and the taxes paid to the imperial court are very small.
Although Zhang Ming's money could not reach the emperor's pocket, Zhang Ming often brought immortal things to the emperor.
In the absence of the emperor's decision, the court was already quarrelling, and the matter dragged on.
The emperor ordered that the court would be held after five days, and in this way, the matter dragged on.
The imperial court can drag it down, but the dispute between Zhang Ming and Xuzhou can't be stopped.
After a few days, the salted fish in the city was basically unsold, and only the family was selling.
The Maison can sell it if it raises the price by 20%, but if you want to raise it again, you can't sell it at all.
The reason is simple, the people still have a lot of salted fish in their hands, and they can also be smuggled outside the city.
In this way, the price is too high, and you can continue to sell it if you add two percent.
The seven major salt merchants have not been able to recover their costs for more than a month, and these salt merchants have to raise a lot of people, and they still have a large number of goods in their hands.
At this time, they can only increase the price by 20% and sell it first.
In this way, it is very strange that these salt merchants have become middlemen, the big head Zhang Ming earns away, and the small head they also earn, compared with the previous windfall profits of one or two times that cannot be compared.
On the seaside, the simple wharf has been built, and Zhang Ming is waiting here with Xi Zhicai and fifty members of the special combat team.
At the same time, Xi Zhicai also recruited more than 2,000 people.
These people were ready to come and unload.
Soon, a large ship approached in the distance.
There were seven ships that came this time, and most of them were carrying salted fish, of course, liquor, paper and other things, but salted fish accounted for most of them.
The dock can only dock one ship at a time, and the rest of the ships will have to wait for the ship to unload before they can move on to the others.
This one can transport more than 1,000 tons of salted fish, and it consumes very little on the road, unlike on land, which requires a large number of people to accept it, and there is more food on the road.
Seven ships, nearly 10,000 tons of salted fish, can transport so many salted fish at one time.
"Lord, your boatload of salted fish has been transported, and the family in Xuzhou is probably going to vomit blood."
Xi Zhicai looked at the sea, and his heart couldn't help but fluctuate, because Zhang Ming made such a big move, the entire Liaodong would develop rapidly.
Xi Zhicai couldn't help but think that Zhang Ming was reluctant to recruit him before.
"Don't worry, when these families can't bear it and want to go crazy, I will still let them go."
"The lord is going to draw blood from them?"
"That's right, through the window of Xuzhou, using these families, we can set up fewer enemies, make more money, and tie some families to our chariots."
Xi Zhicai probably guessed Zhang Ming's intentions.
However, there is a premise for this, these families must be desperate, and Tao Qian has no way to implement the plan when the time comes.
Xuzhou is very important to Zhang Ming, Zhang Ming has come here thousands of miles away, money has to be earned, and other plans have to be made.
"Pillar, release the news, I have a lot of salted fish here, and I will ship it directly from Liaodong by big ship."
Zhang Ming knew that after the news was released, the major salt merchants would definitely go crazy.
If these salted fish are sold, they don't know how much they will lose.
Sure enough, not long after the news was released, I don't know how many people came to find out the news.
And Zhang Ming began to unload the goods, from here, I don't know how many places can be transported to all parts of Xuzhou, half of the checkpoints they set up have lost their effect, and when the time comes, they will sell them in the countryside, or sell them directly in the city, they can't stop them.