Qiang Junjian soon came back and said that Qiang and Fuqu had reached an agreement to cooperate with the Turpan Commercial Bank and the three of them to jointly mine, but Yang Chong immediately rejected this plan and agreed to the joint mining of the Qiang family and the Fuqu family. Qiang Junjian had no choice, remembered the advice of the head of the family, Qiang Chengzhu, and said: "The Qiang family is willing to give a thousand times and listen to the orders of the adults." ”

Yang Chong shook his head and said, "I don't need money. In this way, it's rare for the two heads of the family to come over, you go and call the two of them, and I'll let people book a table and a banquet at Fengle Restaurant, and we will talk while eating."

Qiang Chengzhu is a head shorter than Qiang Junjian, he can't see a trace of the Di clan, he is gentle and elegant, and walking on the street will only make people think that he is a teacher; Fuqu Tianhai was the same age as Yang Chong, and he looked ten years older than Yang Chong, and there was always a spark of uneasiness in his eyes. Fuqu Yunzhao followed behind, and saw Yang Chong only smiling bitterly, everyone sat down, and the banquet of Fengle Wine Shop was just delivered, four cold, four hot, six kinds of meat, with two jars of wine.

Qiang Chengzhu asked Yang Chong respectfully: "My lord, what are your plans for the salt farm?" ”

Yang Chong had already made up his mind and said: "I just supported you when you couldn't mine, and I didn't think about it myself, as for how to make the salt farm profitable, I can tell you." I only hope that the salt supplied to the army and the government must be the best in the salt works, and the price of salt in Gaochang County must be stable, all of which will be stated in the contract. ”

Qiang Chengzhu understood that Yang Chong set the bottom line while selling face to himself, so he asked, "What is the best?" ”

Yang Chong said with a smile: "The Fuqu family is a salt merchant, and they must know that there is stone salt in the salt field, which is a large and transparent kind, you can find this kind of salt in the entire salt area to procure, and the army and the government will distribute stone salt, and the price of official procurement can be two percent higher than the price of salt in the market." ”

Yang Chong said very sincerely, the premium of two percent is to take into account the difficulty of mining, Qiang Chengzhu has the feeling that it is difficult to ride a tiger, and Fuqu Tianhai suddenly said: "Forty percent, Lord County Shou, the proportion of this salt is too low, and we can't meet two catties in ten catties of salt, and if we don't meet two catties of salt, if we are twenty percent, we will lose too much." ”

Du Yan was a little angry, your Fuqu family is just a business partner of the Qiang family, what do you say; Who knew that Yang Chong thought for a while and said, "What the head of the Frustrated Qu family said has a little truth, I agree." ”

Qiang Junjian looked embarrassed, Yang Chong didn't ask for a thousand, it was equivalent to directly exempting the salt tax, even if he suffered a little loss, sometimes suffering a loss was a trick, Frustrated Qu Tianhai's hand looked smart and strong, but he actually put himself in a very disadvantageous position. Once there is any problem with salt in the future, Yang Chong may stand by and watch; Yang Chong signaled to open the banquet, and when Kou Jiuheng poured wine, Yang Chong asked casually: "Now that Gaochang, Shanshan, and Dunhuang all belong to the Great Sui, do you think it is necessary to control the exchange of salt?" ”

Frustrated Qu Tianhai smiled and said, "My lord, businessmen are profit-seeking, and it is better to get through than to block them." ”

Only then did everyone think that Yang Chong added forty percent of the price, and it was enough for Fuqu Tianhai to buy salt from Shanshan and Yiwu; But how to sell salt in Yancheng? If it is not controlled, Gaochang will be occupied by Yiwu's salt, Qiang Chengzhu and Qiang Junjian immediately understood that there are a few months of tax exemption this year, and they will not lose money if they do anything, and they will force Yang Chong to make concessions when they negotiate next year. The truth is this truth, but Qiang Junjian is the lord of Yancheng, won't he be an official next year?

Yang revered a circle of wine and asked Fuqu Yunzhao: "In Chang'an, I want you to pass on a message to the head of the family, and the official needs a salt industry plan, have you ever told the head of the Fuqu family?" ”

"No, I forgot." Fuqu Yunzhao said very slippery, but everyone present was a human spirit, and they all saw that Fuqu Yunzhao was insincere, and Fuqu Tianhai pretended to say in a low voice: "Thanks to the love of my lord, the Fuqu family is now a businessman, and I dare not participate in the county's plan." ”

Yang Chong put the wine glass on the table and said, "Gaochang Junxiao, I am going to take charge of the salt industry in the military of Cangcao, since the head of the family is not interested, forget it, I will look for another candidate." ”

Fuqu Tianhai and Fuqu Yunzhao suddenly turned into bitter gourd faces, Fuqu Yunzhao went to visit Yang Chong in Chang'an, didn't he just want to find a position, Yang Chong did make arrangements, and wanted to try the sincerity and ability of the Fuqu family, but the Fuqu family did not dare to participate in the county's plan and refused. Du Yan was indescribably happy in his heart, Qiang Chengzhu's evaluation of Yang Chong was one point higher, and he let his opponent know that he was powerful and not an ordinary person.

Yang Chong then took the initiative to change the topic, and said with a smile: "I invited the head of the Qiang family to meet, mainly to talk about the problem of iron ore, the mines you sold to the county have been investigated, almost no output, the original iron factory mainly used the ore of Fenghuanggou in Shanshan Country, and now the Fenghuanggou mine is returned to Shanshan County, after the transformation of the blast furnace, I hope that the owner of the family will contact there and continue to provide ore." ”

Qiang Chengzhu has always wondered about this, Yang Chong was full of willingness to buy the iron factory mine at that time, and the ore of Fenghuanggou was naturally valued, but how could it be easily taken away by Shanshan County, and the relationship between Yang Chong and Yang Yichen, the protector of the Western Regions, was not bad. Qiang Chengzhu looked at Yang Chong's smile, and suddenly thought that Yang Chong had just taken the contract of his three families at that time, and it was unknown whether he went to Shanshan to go through the formalities. Qiang Chengzhu asked tentatively, "Your Excellency didn't go to Mud City to go through the formalities?" ”

"Of course not, at that time, the iron mine belonged to Gaochang Kingdom, and all the formalities and contracts were in Gaochang County, so I thought that it could be done at any time, but it was delayed." Yang Chong's smile was even stronger, and he said: "I just sent a letter to Shanshan County, saying that the mine is under the management of Gaochang County, and I hope they will give assistance. What's more, the people in the mine have not adjusted so far, and they have always been your people. ”

Qiang Chengzhu was a little overwhelmed, and whispered: "My lord, but after the implementation of the agreement, we have withdrawn the manpower. ”

Yang Chong's eyes were as clear as water, and he said with a smile: "After the county received the contract, it did not arrange for someone to take over, and the two sides did not hand it over, in the past two months, the mine has produced a total of 21 truckloads of ore, who approved it and sold it to whom?" The official document from Shangshu Province only arrived the day before yesterday, and it is still invalid until Gaochang County agrees, you go and tell them that the iron factory has paid a deposit, and the blast furnace will be ignited next month, not only to ensure the supply of ore, but also to bring the money from the sale of ore, and I will not pursue it. ”

Qiang Chengzhu's first reaction was the Hongmen Banquet, glanced at the outside of the house and said, "My lord, I can't believe the thing of chasing the wind and shadows." ”

Yang Chong's expression remained unchanged, and he picked up his wine glass and said, "Didn't you find that the last five cars of people didn't come back?" That's right, you are selling to the Turks this time, and according to the fastest distance, there will be five or six days to get to Gaochang. ”

Trading with the Turks, that is, communicating with foreign countries, is a capital crime in the Great Sui, Qiang Chengzhu stared at the wine glass in Yang Chong's hand, lest he fall to pieces, and rushed in a group of pre-ambushed knife and axe hands; Qiang Junjian didn't know these things at all, but looking at Qiang Chengzhu's expression, Qiang Junjian knew that Yang Chong was not wrong, so he hurriedly got up and said, "My lord, give Qiang a chance." ”

(End of chapter)