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After all, the salt farms under the jurisdiction of the Guangdong Salt Section Promotion Division are not all in Guangzhou Mansion, for example, the salt water field is in Huizhou Mansion, and the Longjingchang Salt Farm in Huilai County is in Chaozhou Mansion.

Of course, not all the salt was sold, the chamber of commerce opened by Hui Niang and Li Jin kept a batch, and then sent someone to smoothly mention the salt from the salt field and obtain the exploration certificate issued by the salt field, Shen Xi did not make much effort to create a batch of identical exploration certificates, so that the batch of salt confiscated before was turned into official salt, and the private salt obtained from other channels in the future can also be concocted in the same way.

The salt of the Chamber of Commerce was transported by water and land to Guangdong, Guangxi, Xiangnan and other traditional sales places of the Guangdong Salt Division, and in addition, in disputed areas such as western Fujian and southern Jiangxi, due to the escort of the governor and the yamen, and the full cooperation of the local health office, the sales were also extremely smooth.

The political envoy did not make much "envy money" from this salt sale, because there were too many small and medium-sized businessmen who bought and sold salt this time, and the big businessmen also deliberately hid it, and the governor and the yamen did not report the amount of salt bought by each family, and the political envoy was at a loss for anything.

According to the assumption of the political envoy, he could get 160,000 taels of silver from this salt sale, but in the end he only received less than 20,000 taels of silver.

More than half a month after negotiating business with Shen Xi, the Franc machine transported a large amount of salt by sea ship to Fuzhou Port, and then got tea from the local chamber of commerce and returned with a full load.

When the news reached Guangzhou, Zhang Yuanying and Lin Tingxuan believed that Shen Xi was not bluffing, and that the Franc machine really had salt to trade with the Ming Dynasty to make tea and salt.

Needless to say, the batch of sea salt transported by the Francois was once again "whitewashed" by the Governor Yamen as the official salt of the Guangdong Salt Division, bringing large profits to the chamber of commerce controlled by Shenxi, and at the same time contributing to the stabilization of salt prices in Fujian and Guangdong.

After Tang Yin got his first two months of Yulu, he sang songs almost every night, and within a few days of arriving in Guangzhou Mansion, he had made friends with many "celebrities", held literary meetings when he had nothing to do, chanted poems, tasted wine and discussed paintings, and during the day, he usually slept until three poles in the day before getting up, and he had to go back to make up for a nap at noon, and he was late and left early in the afternoon.

When Shen Xi explained Tang Yin's slacking work in person, Tang Yin said: "...... Shen Zhongcheng, this money is collected, and the military expenses are available, so can't you save it for a while? Need help below? ”

Shen Xi glared at him: "The silver is there, but if it can't be turned into food, is it possible to let the officers and soldiers of the Ping Bandits go to the battlefield with the silver in their arms, and open the stove to cook the silver to satisfy their hunger when they are hungry?" If it didn't become a weapon, could it be that silver was directly smashed on the heads of pirates and pirates on the battlefield? When it's cold, use silver as a quilt, and when it's hot, use silver to fan the wind? ”

Tang Yin opened his mouth and couldn't answer.

Shen Xi said again: "Even if the silver can be exchanged for military rations and materials, the whole military strategy also needs to be arranged...... Someone needs to be responsible for the soldiers and horses recruited by the envoys and the guards and thousands of households, Brother Bohu doesn't want to say that this is done by the official alone, right? ”

Tang Yin shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Shen Zhongcheng, you are a capable person who works hard, is a martial artist and strategic...... In the next one, Shen Zhongcheng can't solve the things that a genius like you can't solve, even if you add it to the next, it will be useless! ”

What Shen Xi said hurt Tang Yin's self-esteem.

Tang Dacai has nothing else, his self-esteem is first-class, and he feels that he has been hurt, even if the conditions are good, he will not do it.

Shen Xi said: "There is one thing that this official can't reach, so I have to ask Brother Bohu to come forward." ”

Tang Yin said angrily: "Shen Zhongcheng Mo Yan smiled, what kind of thing can't you finish, you have to serve below?" Don't hold yourself up to this little bit. ”

Shen Xi knew that if he didn't give Tang Yin a little confidence, the talented man would pack up his bed and roll back to Suzhou City, and the plan to pull people to Guangzhou City to prepare to take Tang Dacai to do a career was about to come to naught, Shen Xi said: "Now there is a taxi in Guangzhou City, Mr. Tsing Yi, has Brother Tang heard of it?" ”

Tang Yin's face was not very good-looking: "I've heard that I used to work in the Yamen of the Domain, and I heard that I was very appreciated by the Zhang Domain, but then I don't know why I resigned from the Yamen of the Domain, I heard that he is currently living outside the city, and I don't know when he will return to his hometown in Xinning County, Shen Zhongcheng doesn't want to recruit him to work under his command, right?" ”

Peer like an enemy country, Tang Yin's profession is a scholar, after failing in the imperial examination, his profession became a half-hung poet and painter, but it is just an idle person in society, Shen Xi gave him a second spring and hired him as a staff member, this Mr. Xia Kuan in green shirts is also a staff member, Tang Yin certainly has no good temper.

What is he capable of Xia Kuan? Not even a showman! Although I won't have the opportunity to take the Jinshi exam in the future, I am a Xie Yuan and a lifter. I said two angry words and was about to leave, and you found a successor for me, meaning that I was invited to invite me, wouldn't it be disgusting to me?

Shen Xi sighed: "This official deliberately invited Mr. Tsing Yi to come out to do things, and let him give Brother Tang a start......

Tang Yin bowed his hand: "Shen Zhongcheng doesn't have to be too exalted, he was personally ordered by His Majesty to not participate in the examination again, and he can only be used as a small official in the future, how can he be compared with the promising celebrities in the local area?" I'll go back and pack my bags next, Shen Zhongcheng will ask Gao Ming! ”

"Wait!" Shen Xi Road.

Tang Yin said angrily: "Shen Zhongcheng won't mention the debt of one hundred taels of silver again, right?" That debt was already in vain...... Besides, what if there is, I have already returned twenty taels to Lord Shen before I go down, and the remaining eighty taels will be returned when I return to Suzhou! ”

Shen Xi thought to himself, do you have a lot of pots in your house? Or is the pot in your Tang Da Xie Yuan's house more valuable? You can sell 80 taels of silver if you smash the pot and sell iron, and you can't return the dozens of dollars you owe to people in the small wine shop?

I want to talk about the scene!

Shen Xi said: "This account is naturally easy to say, but the official has a difficulty, but he said that this Mr. Tsing Yi has the best wine in his life, and there are more than a dozen jars of centuries-old wine hidden at home. ”

Tang Yin's attitude was extremely tough before, but he was already a little drooling when he heard this, a century-old wine? More than a dozen jars?

The wine is more and more mellow, the wine he drinks on weekdays, brewed is estimated to be less than a month, not mixed with water has been the conscience of the store has been discovered, I heard people say that the seventy-year-old daughter red, champion red is hungry panic, now there is a hundred years of wine, how can he not be moved?

But Tang Dacai will not bend his waist for a few jars of wine, and losing face in front of Shen Xi makes him feel more expensive than losing good wine.

Tang Yin said: "Shen Zhongcheng is good at poetry and painting, it is just right to ask for it yourself, and use it below?" ”

Shen Xi sighed: "The official originally thought the same, but unfortunately this Mr. Qingyi still has a good one, that is, he likes to fight with others, I heard that he has the ability to drink with a thousand cups, and the official is very shallow, I am afraid that I will be drunk after a few glasses of wine, so I have to ask Brother Bohu to come forward." ”

Tang Yin loves to drink very much, but his alcohol consumption is not high, but a person like Tang Yin, who likes to drink and has a good face, will never admit that he is shallow in drinking, saying that he can't drink, which is more unacceptable to him than killing him.

Now that the century-old wine is there, there are still people fighting poetry and painting with him, comparing who is more clever in wisdom, and finally having a hearty drink and wine......

Tang Yin thought to himself: "This is simply tailor-made for me, no wonder he doesn't want to go and wants me to go." ”

With this thought, Tang Yin's face was a little bit back, but his face did not show much yearning, and he said with a straight face at the moment:

"Since Shen Zhongcheng doesn't want to go, he will treat it as a favor and help Shen Zhongcheng invite this person before leaving. Shen Zhongcheng, and tell him his address, and go down here. ”

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In Shen Xi's opinion, Tang Yin belongs to a donkey, and he is a stubborn donkey, the kind of person who goes backwards if he doesn't go, if he wants to instruct Tang Yin to do things, he must hang a radish on the rope and coax him well, and then the donkey will barely take two steps.

This fucking isn't here to be a staff member, but an ancestor!

But Shen Xi just can't be angry with Tang Yin, the key is that this person really makes him feel both love and hate, a famous talent in history, poetry and painting, what's wrong with people's temper, there are more ordinary people in the golden mean of the Ming Dynasty, how many people can be like Tang Yin, who have never met a talent, and have a chic life?

But thinking that Tang Yin in history and Tang Yin he met were actually two people who had different experiences, Shen Xi felt a little ironic, his arrival changed Tang Yin, and perhaps he was grinding away the most precious thing in Tang Yin, that is, integrity and character...... Shen Xi can always find a way to make Tang Yin's arrogance lose his temper, and others will never be able to prescribe the right medicine so accurately.

After being busy for a while, in the blink of an eye, at the beginning of September, the marriage of Ma Jiu and Xiaoyu was about to be held, and the backyard of the post house began to officially prepare for the wedding.

Shen Xi has money in hand, and he doesn't need to live in the post house all the time, he plans to find a relatively spacious courtyard near the official post and rent it as a residence, so that the place where the family's ladies can move is more spacious.

The matter of the pirates and the pirates was officially put on the agenda, but before that, he still had two tricky things to solve, one was to turn the silver on hand into food and supplies, and the other was to recruit 1,000 to 2,000 soldiers from the guards in Guangdong, Guangxi, and Fujian, and then lease civilian ships as "war ships".

This battle doesn't seem big, but compared to the bandits in the local area, with an average of thirty or fifty people per group, and at most only a few hundred people, Shen Xi has already put up a big battle.

To put an end to pirates and pirates, it is not a trouble to fight, but a matter of intelligence gathering.

The three caves of cunning rabbits, these pirates and pirates are not many in number, but they are elusive, their stronghold may be in a certain coastal mountain, or it may be on a small island, and it is possible that in a certain mountain village, the farmers are idle for the people, and the farmers are busy for the thieves......

As for why it is not busy farming for the people, it is because when the farming is busy, the officers and men of the coastal guard station need to hoard the fields and seize the time to sow or harvest, and they have no time to pacify the bandits.

Therefore, it is more dangerous to be a pirate when the farm is not working.

It is unrealistic for Shen Xi to dig out the strongholds of these pirates and pirates, so he can only find those relatively murderous and well-known gangs, and after leveling a few hills, the small ones will flee and disband and return to the fields by themselves, then his work of leveling the pirates will be regarded as initially achieving the goal.

Let the coastal residents be rich, and every household has surplus food, that is his ultimate goal. When the people have money in their pockets, who wants to be a bandit with their head pinned to their belt?

In the end, only a group of pirates remained, and the goal will be clearer, just catch them all!

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ps: There are some things at home, this chapter was written in a hurry, if there are any mistakes, please forgive me! The next chapter is estimated to be updated later, apologies to everyone! (To be continued.) )