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Even the carriages and horses were prepared by the salt merchants, that is, the salt extractors only needed to bring the salt to the salt works, and let the salt be loaded and transported out to sell the salt.

A matter that changes hands can make a few percent of the profit.

There was not even a price to negotiate, which meant that Shen Xi could set as much as he wanted, anyway, the price of salt would be apportioned to the final salt price, and ordinary people would pay for it.

"Good!"

Shen Xi nodded with satisfaction, "The official was already preparing to leave for the north, so let's go back and pack my luggage again...... As for the matter of summoning soldiers and horses, it started from Guangzhou Mansion. Colleagues, please come back. ”

There is no need for Shen Xi to issue an eviction order, Zhang Yuanying and the others don't want to stay longer for a moment, but at this time, Shen Xi only verbally agreed, and they still need to be polite so as not to make Shen Xi regret it.

When the people left, the hall of the official post was quiet again, and Tang Yin came into the house to complain: "Shen Zhongcheng, since we already have a large amount of sea salt provided by the Francophone people, why do we still have to go along with this group of filthy officials?" Isn't it much better to go to Fuzhou than to stay here? ”

Shen Xi glanced at Tang Yin and asked, "Is Fuzhou really safer than Guangzhou?" ”

Tang Yin was asked.

Fuzhou City seems to be under control, but it used to be the land of Shang Yingkui and Zi Qian, and there must still be their remnants, and Chang Lan, the commander of Fujian, is not as obedient to Shen Xiyan as Li Che, the commander of Guangdong.

Staying in Guangzhou Mansion, just fighting with the civil officials, no matter how many conspiracies these civilian officials have, but they have no military power in their hands and will not be rude, but when they arrive in Fuzhou City, they have to be careful of being attacked even when they go out.

Tang Yin said stiffly: "Then go to Quanzhou, or elsewhere, you can do it!" ”

"Perhaps."

Shen Xi glanced in the direction of the corner and said, "Go back and put down your luggage first, and set up the carriage and horses." ”

Tang Yin asked, "Shen Zhongcheng, the salt leads ......?"

Shen Xi said: "What salt lead, the salt lead has been sold out in the first two days, don't you know?" When doing a small batch of salt sales with the people, there were big businessmen who bought the salt from the back door, and now the backyard boxes are all empty, if you don't believe it, you can check it yourself! ”

Tang Yin was full of shock, and went to the backyard to check the box containing salt, only to know that what Shen Xi said was true.

Shen Xi not only deceived the people of the political envoy and the envoy of the inspection department, but even he, a staff member, was kept in the dark.

In the first two days, the salt was sold to those people, and the front yard of the post house was extremely messy, and everyone's attention was on that side, who would pay attention to the movement in the backyard?

Tang Yin secretly thought: "Gao Ming, it doesn't count the sound of the east and the west, but it is still a chain plan, one ring after another." Even I didn't know that Shioyin was no longer in the inn. ”

Coming out of the warehouse, Tang Yin asked, "Shen Zhongcheng, what should I do now?" ”

Shen Xi said: "You personally take two hundred soldiers to the Yangcheng Merchant House in the west of the city, where salt will soon be sold...... You are responsible for protecting, but all the money that buys salt enters the merchant house must be taken care of, and there must be no mistake! ”

Now that the political envoy has compromised, the next step is to let the salt merchant buy salt, which is actually to buy and sell salt, because in this transaction, the two are the same thing.

Tang Yin asked puzzledly: "Aren't you afraid that those salt merchants will go to the salt field to seize the salt halfway, and then go to the salt field to extract salt, and then sue us for the crime of selling salt privately?" ”

Shen Xi said: "You have to eat the board to buy and sell salt, let alone openly rob it?" The salt merchant won't bother with his ass! The money for the sale of salt has arrived, so what do you care? Even if someone messes around, it is just a few clowns who jump off the beam, and naturally there are officers and soldiers to deal with them...... All you need to do is take care of the mall! ”

Tang Yin had already received thirty taels of silver at this time, and he felt that his life had a head.

When I didn't have money, I wanted to go back to Suzhou every day, but now I don't rush to leave after I have money, I eat and drink well by Shen Xi's side, and helping Shen Xi do things is simply a test of my mind, rich knowledge, and it's really fun to fight with the three divisions of the yamen! Because of this, Tang Yin is more motivated.

Back in the back hall, Zhu Qi asked with a smile: "Master, you didn't plan to leave from the beginning, did you?" ”

Shen Xi was writing a notebook, and said with a smile when he heard this: "How much salt can the Franc machine man have, do you really let me take the salt to the salt farms in Fujian and Zhejiang to extract salt?" Let's not talk about whether there is any surplus salt, and even if there is, how much silver is needed to take care of each link? Maybe those old foxes are even more cunning than the people of the Guangdong Domain and the Yamen. ”

Zhu Qi said embarrassedly: "Then if the Guangdong political envoy is unmoved, then we will be in trouble." ”

Shen Xi moistened the pen, continued to bury his head in writing the notebook at hand, and replied: "It's not a trouble, the political envoy is just trying to fight for profit, and at this point, the salt is out of our hands, and they can still get filial piety from the salt merchants, they just don't dare to risk letting me leave Guangzhou Mansion." ”

Zhu nodded his head and sighed lightly: "But the people of these two Guang and southern Hunan ...... It's miserable, the price of salt this year may be sky-high. ”

Shen Xi's plan was to ask Hui Niang and Li Jin to sell the original price of 226 yuan of small salt and add 8 yuan of silver, plus the tax of 2 yuan of silver, the price of 1 small 200 catties of salt became 326 yuan, and the cost price of 1 catty of salt was 18 yuan.

If we add in the filial piety given by salt merchants to the yamen at all levels, as well as the cost of transportation to the place of sale, the price of a pound of salt will be 244 or 5 yuan, or even higher, then the price of salt in that year may be a few points higher than in previous years.

Shen Xi said: "Some things are not as simple as you think, I said that let the people eat cheap salt, they will definitely do it, let's see!" ”

Zhu Qi was very surprised.

Shen Xi has raised the cost of a pound of salt so high that it is almost impossible for the people to eat less than 30 pounds of salt.

In the later period of the Hongzhi Dynasty, because the discipline of the imperial court gradually deteriorated, there were many local taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and there were a lot of taxes and fees in the monopoly goods such as salt, tea, iron, etc., and the cost price of salt was not low. ”

Shen Xi suddenly remembered something, raised his hand and said, "Those salt merchants who are under house arrest in the wing room will be sent away together." We don't want the ransom. ”

Zhu Qi was stunned, nodded and said, "Yes, master." ”

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Zhang Yuanying, Lin Tingxuan and others returned to the Yamen of the Political Envoy from the post house, all with black faces...... They have been led by Shen Xi by the nose, how can they feel good? Especially old guys like Zhang Yuanying and Lin Tingxuan, who thought they were quite deep in the city, couldn't swallow this breath.

Lin Tingxuan said: "We are in such a hurry to settle things, are we in a hurry?" If the Francophile can't bring the salt, haven't we fallen into this boy's trap? ”

It was only afterwards that I suddenly woke up to the fact that the Franc machine man had salt was hearsay rather than seeing it with his own eyes, and now the Franc machine man just left Huangpu Port and didn't even know where to go.

Zhang Yuan responded: "If it's true, what should it be?" ”

Lin Tingxuan thought about it, he was afraid of this matter. If Shen Xi wants to invite him back if he leaves, then he can only wait for the day when Shen Xi leads the army of bandits back.

Zhang Yuan said: "Immediately send someone to communicate with the gentry in the city, every time you buy a piece of salt, you need to pay a tael of miscellaneous donations, and you must go through the account of the political envoy, if there is a situation of private deduction, you are not allowed to pick up salt from the salt field in the future!" Don't think that the Governor Yamen can support them! ”

The cost price of a small introduction of salt is given to 14 Wen, which is already very expensive, Shen Xi's Governor Yamen added 4 Wen, and the political envoy directly added 5 Wen, and the original price was 23 Wen. The cost of transporting a pound of salt to the local area for sale will cost 30 yuan, and the people will not be able to afford to eat salt.

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The news from the political envoy here was that the salt merchants who had received a notice from the governor's yamen and were going to go to the merchant house to discuss the matter of buying and selling salt were all resentful. If the price of salt is set so high, the purchasing power of the people will definitely drop significantly.

However, fortunately, the salt has been stored for a long time, and the salt merchants used to make a lot of money, even if they were skinned by the political envoys and the governor's yamen, they could completely apportioned the cost to the people, even if they were sold for a long time, they would not lose money.

Earn less this season, and you can make up for it later, after all, the new official of the Guangdong Salt Department Promotion Division is about to arrive, and the Governor Yamen will no longer be responsible for buying and selling salt.

The salt merchants were worried, and when they arrived at the merchant hall, they realized that the situation was not quite right, the merchant hall was surrounded by soldiers inside and outside, and in addition to a few old shopkeepers who sold salt in the merchant hall, there was only a scribe sent by the governor Yamen, who claimed to be surnamed Tang Mingyin, the word Bohu, and the eyeliner of the political envoy did not see any of them.

"Whether you are here to ask for the price or to buy salt, please do it! But you have to come one by one. ”

Tang Yin smiled and pointed to the back hall of the merchant hall, "Regardless of whether the business is completed or not, the Governor Yamen will send officers and soldiers to the place where you stay, and make sure that those who buy salt only need to pack the silver money into boxes, and the matter of transporting the silver will be completed by the Governor Yamen!" If you don't buy salt, we'll pull empty boxes back...... Absolutely guarantee that your privacy will not be leaked! ”

The salt merchants looked at each other.

Regardless of whether the business is completed or not, the governor yamen will send a carriage to send the money box to the salt merchant's mansion, and only need to pack the silver money at the price of salt into a box, and hand over the money to the governor yamen to do.

Doesn't that mean that whether the salt merchants bought back the salt and how much was sold, the political envoy will not know anything about it?

Tang Yin saw that everyone was silent, and added Shen Xi's explanation: "Lord Governor also explained, this year there is no limit to gentry and merchants, as long as you want to sell official salt, you can buy it, and the salt is sold for 200 hours, and we will issue a survey certificate issued by the salt farm." If there is a partner, the two can buy a total of 200 leads. Do you understand? ”

The salt merchant understood it thoroughly.

In order to dispel the concerns of the salt merchants, the Governor Yamen is preparing to break it into pieces, and even sell it for 200 citations.

Who told the sale of salt this time that it was the Governor Yamen instead of the Salt Division?

Who told the political envoy to give the governor a problem?

Now the governor and the yamen have the initiative to sell salt, and the quantity sold, there is no need to declare it to the political envoy and the yamen, as long as the salt merchants cover the amount of salt they buy, then they can pay less money, buy 10,000 small taels of salt back, and pay 1,000 yuan of surplus, the most important thing is to go in and out quickly, buy and transport in batches, so that the people of the political envoy can not check it.

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