Chapter 428: The Salt Society (Part II)

"Dangdangdang" There was a loud gong sound outside, and the sun was already rising at this time, shining into the room through the window, transparent and bright.

Lin Yutang and a few businessmen over there walked in with a civil official, and at this time, Steward Wang whispered to Jiang Feng:

"Jiang Yuan, stand up and greet him!"

All the merchants stood up and bowed in unison, saying:

"Greetings to Lord Zuo, the Salt Envoy!"

The voice was neat and loud, and suddenly nearly a hundred people in this room shouted out together, which also startled Jiang Feng, as if when the teacher was suddenly required to enter the classroom, he stood up and shouted that the teacher was good, but it scared the teacher, these businessmen seemed to have been until this rule, Jiang Feng was caught off guard.

The civil official looked at the robe and clothes on his body, and he was indeed a third-grade official, this person looked white and clean, in his forties, and did not have much beard. It's not the first time I've come to the Salt Society, and after saying hello to the people below, he hugged his fists on the small platform in the middle and said leisurely:

"Zuo came today, still in accordance with the rules of previous years, to give everyone a witness, and the past year has been harmonious."

Steward Wang explained in a low voice below:

"This is the salt transport envoy in Shandong, the left bar guards the left, and the amount of salt introduced every year is set by his old man, and according to the rules, he must be present."

Hearing Steward Wang's introduction, Jiang Feng nodded and signaled that he knew, but in his heart he remembered that Tang Xuan said in front of him how filthy and vicious this Lord Zuo was, he was an official in charge of the salt industry in a province, but he was a high-ranking official from Sanpin, the ancestor of a wealthy salt merchant.

There is no need to mention this kind of thing, what does he want, the salt merchants just try their best to get it for him, but the guys of Sanjiang Commercial Bank inquired yesterday and sent the news to Jiang Feng through some channels, saying that this salt luck makes Lord Zuo do have some evil habits, such as every year there are always salt merchants who send him those girls from Yangzhou and Datong, who always stay in the Zuo family's house for a long time or die of sudden illness.

The life and death of the people from this kind of buying and selling are not up to anyone, they are all the masters of the family, not to mention that there is a name for dying of sudden illness, from the family of the big man of Sanpin, the river governor of Jining will not cause this trouble, and the magistrate can't control it, and nothing is involved in Lord Zuo, but as the days go by, who doesn't know what's going on, as a result, in this Jining city, there is such a scene, and the people who sell their sons and daughters are determined not to send them to the salt transportation embassy.

After coming to the Ming Dynasty, there were many cruel and dark things in ancient times, and even disgusting things, Jiang Feng has always lived a life of licking blood from the knife edge, or governing civil affairs, although he has heard a little about this aspect, but there is no real in-depth contact.

However, after hearing this, I was still extremely disgusted with this Zuo Yanyun envoy, and I saw it today, this Zuo Lord was dressed in an official mansion, and he was dignified on the stage, but he was also a little bit grandiose.

At the beginning of the salt meeting, it was a small official who walked in with the salt transport envoy Zuo Daren with a document stamped by the yamen and read it aloud, reciting that in the nineteenth year of Jiajing, how much salt was introduced under the Yamen of Shandong Salt Transport, it was an express order of the government that salt should not be sold privately.

When he read it, the salt merchants below all stood and listened quietly, Jiang Feng had no choice but to stand up, and after reading, several salt merchants' entourage bowed down to take it, and then pasted it on a blank screen standing on the stage.

Everyone bowed down in unison, Jiang Feng was already scolding in his heart, but he was still full of face, and when the salt envoy left, the solemn atmosphere in the room suddenly became more lively.

At this time, the steward of the king came over again and explained:

"The meaning of this Lord Zuo is to let all of us know that these are the salt quotes that are sent down every year, and their yamen will be a witness, and the rest of the things will be distributed by ourselves!"

In addition to Lin Yutang, there were four businessmen on the stage, although the robes were all plain cloth clothes, they could still see that there were many differences compared to these styles sitting below, and they were obviously of a higher status.

The next thing was very different from what Jiang Feng imagined, he thought that there would be some auction or something, but obviously the share had already been allocated, and the businessmen present had discussed who should have how much, just listening to the people on the stage reading sentence by sentence.

However, the surrounding salt merchants were all engrossed, for fear of missing a word, but Steward Wang's face was calm and calm, obviously knowing some content in advance. It made Jiang Feng, who was about to watch some excitement over there, feel bored, and couldn't help but notice a few salt merchants on the side, those people were the businessmen who were talking about the so-called transfer of shares outside, and their expressions were a little anxious.

About half an hour later, on the small platform, the documents and the allocated shares had already been read, and the salt merchants below all knew it in their hearts, obviously these people were also bored, and one of the people in front of Jiang Feng was still there muttering and said:

"This salt club is in this posture every year, and it is getting more and more boring, so it would be better to send a letter!"

Seeing a few people on the stage stand up, Lin Yutang cleared his throat and said:

"Ladies and gentlemen, this salt meeting is ......"

, It should be the end of the speech, presumably to say something polite, but at this time, one of the businessmen stood up and shouted loudly:

"Uncle Lin, a few years ago, it was said that five out of ten people were released, but why didn't you mention this matter!"

This question seems to be what these salt merchants sitting below want to ask, and when someone raised his head, he suddenly became noisy, Lin Yutang, who was on the stage, frowned, waved his hand and said loudly:

"This is Lin's own industry, and the sale is up to his own will, so don't be entangled."

When he said this, his face remained unchanged, but his eyes still swept a glance at Jiang Feng, who was sitting below, Jiang Feng also understood at this time, and looked at the businessman standing up next to him with a smile, and the salt merchant looked at Lin Yutang and didn't want to continue the topic, but his voice became louder:

"Uncle Lin, you are the leader of this line, stomp your feet, the salt price of the seven northern provinces will also jump up and down, but you have to be reasonable, last year's component you quietly gave those old west, but it is still our Nanzhili business, this guy, our two Huai's salt but they want to buy and sell in Shanxi, okay, this matter, we admit it." Aren't you going to release 5 out of 10 this year? Why is there no sound ...... this? ”

Steward Wang's face there was not good-looking, and after the salt merchants sitting there were noisy, they all looked at Lin Yutang on the stage with gloating, Lin Yutang was equivalent to completely inheriting the private salt trading system operated by Jiang Feng and Huang Jin, accounting for almost seventy percent of the salt industry in the north.

The salt merchants of the two Huai Shandong provinces combined can't resist, the annual salt industry conference is almost Lin Yutang and the salt transport envoy two people singing, after setting the price code and share, others have no right to change, to say that such a situation is extremely unfavorable to everyone, but Lin Yutang's power is huge, no one dares to say anything.

Last year, Lin Yutang inexplicably sold one percent of the shares, and everyone felt that Lin Yutang might not be able to support it, especially this year, one out of five shares were released, and the two Huai salt merchants who suffered the most last year had already prepared the silver, but they didn't expect to mention this matter, and immediately thought that this was not a private transaction, and they suddenly tore their faces and made trouble.

Before he finished speaking, the Shanxi salt merchant over there stood up and scolded back:

"Willing to buy and willing to sell, we really gave Uncle Lin silver, the business of this share, but you have moved the salt shovel a few times, we haven't settled the account yet!"

The scene was already a mess, Lin Yutang over there persuaded a few words, no one paid attention to it at all, seeing Jiang Feng who was looking at the lively Jiang Feng with interest below, his face suddenly turned blue, and he snorted coldly and brushed away, a few salt merchants over there walked a few steps quickly, grabbed Lin Yutang's sleeve in front of him, and shouted in his mouth, he had to make it clear.

The steward over there didn't care about Jiang Feng anymore, and hurriedly went over to persuade him, Jiang Feng laughed, and he didn't want to continue to delay here, so he just walked out of the door.

When I went out in the early morning, although it was quiet on the street, it was already noisy at this time, and many salt merchants and salt sellers who were not qualified to enter the market were anxiously waiting for the results inside, but they did not expect that the sky was already turned upside down inside.

Although there were such and such rules when he went in, no one paid attention to them when he went out, but when those salt merchants saw Jiang Feng walking out of it, they immediately surrounded him with a bang, Jiang Feng was startled, and his reaction at this time was not slow, he dodged away in a few steps, and heard the gossip shouting there behind:

"This brother, please report the number of our Shanxi elements this year!"

"How much is the salt in Shandong this year!"

They were all shouting about this kind of question, Jiang Feng didn't pay attention to it, he just ran up, not a few steps, there were his guards waiting in front of him, and the horses had already been prepared, after Jiang Feng sat on the horse, the guards on the side immediately handed over a sealed paper, and said in a low voice:

"I found out some eyebrows, the shares sold by Lin Yutang last year were all bought by a salt stack in Shanxi, but this salt stack was Lin Yutang and Zuo Gangshou's ......"