Chapter Fifty-Eight: Salt Hunting
Since there were already a lot of people in the team who understood, Wang Zheng called these salt dices together, and after some side knocks, he finally understood some things on the salt road such as salt revenue and Chishan Town.
It turns out that the illicit salt to be seized by the Ninghai Inspection Department generally comes from two directions, one of which is naturally the salt field and salt field of Chishan Town, and the second is the salt from Penglai, Huangxian, and Zhaoyuan.
Private salt is actually also particular about the region, Dengzhou uses more Chishan salt, to the south of Laizhou Mansion is basically not visible the shadow of Chishan salt, there is also a large salt field, Laizhou Mansion uses more Lingshan salt.
Wang Zheng didn't rush to Chishan Town, anyway, the salt field couldn't run there, and he couldn't easily reveal his hole cards before considering a complete strategy.
In the next few days, Wang Zheng first asked someone to buy a larger piece of land, collected some homeless displaced people, and built a manor outside Chishan Town.
Although this land is large, it is not expensive at all, or even very cheap, in order not to be troubled by people in the future, the relevant procedures can not be saved at all.
Wang Zheng had no choice but to go to the Baihu Office, and the person in charge of the Baihu Office was a clerk surnamed Li.
When this Li Shuban was still unreasonable at first, but when he knew Wang Zheng's identity, he immediately became respectful.
Although he is still a figure in this small hundred households, Wang Zheng is the real power faction in Jiaodong, with soldiers and power, so he naturally has to deal with it well.
Li Shuban didn't dare to slack off at all, and he went through the procedures quickly and completely.
In the afternoon of the same day, Wang Zheng returned to the manor, saying that it was the manor, and now it is only a circle of walls and a few earthen houses, the project is not big, Wang Zheng is not short of manpower, and it is not slow to build, one change a day.
When he walked into the manor, Wang Zheng seemed to be in a good mood, and when he saw that the people who were busy with their work greeted him cordially, everyone was very happy, and finally met a good official.
But at this moment, a whistling wind came from overhead.
"It's not good, my lord, get out of the way!"
Huang Yang took advantage of the break between work and looked back, and happened to see that the plaque he had just hung was loose a few times, and his heart was tight.
Sure enough, this plaque is so immortal, Wang Zheng fell down as soon as he walked below.
Since arriving at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Zheng understood the importance of physical strength, and after recuperating for a while, he began to develop exercise methods for himself, and now he has not relaxed for a day, and he has nothing to do to practice riding, although until now he can only keep not falling off the horse.
The first thing Wang Zheng heard was not Huang Yang's voice, but a 'creaking' sound above his head, followed by a gust of wind, and with a reflexive force, he quickly dodged to his side.
"Bang!"
The plaque fell vertically, just past Wang Zheng, Huang Yang rushed over in a few steps, and knelt on the ground at once, his face full of anxiety and remorse.
"Your Excellency, are you okay, why did the wooden plaque fall at that time."
From the time when Wang Zheng got the inspection, everyone became more and more respectful to Wang Zheng, even Huang Yang, who was outside the crowd, and the adults kept shouting.
Of course, private friendships will not change.
When Wang Zheng heard the self-blame in his words, he immediately bent down to help Huang Yang up, patted the dirt on his body due to his work, and said with a smile:
"It's nothing, the past is over, there are more important things, you go and call Youyin, Heizi, and Gaoliang over, and say that there is something to talk about."
Raising his head and glancing at Wang Zheng, Huang Yang nodded heavily, turned around and went to call someone.
Not long after, several of Wang Zheng's closest subordinates gathered in the room, and when they saw Wang Zheng turn around, several people looked over and knew that they were going to get down to business.
Sure enough, as soon as Wang Zheng opened his mouth, he went straight to the point.
"I know a lot about the salt road these days, so I'll say it bluntly, since we came to this Chishan Town this time, the Chishan Salt Farm must be held firmly in your hands, do you have anything to say."
All of you here are old brothers, and without the rules outside, they can be more open, and now they are gossiping, Huang Yang may want to make up for it, and the first one stood up and said.
"Well, I have heard some understanding of the things on the salt road in the past few days, almost all of the salt goods of King Zhang Yan were sold from here, if the method remains the same, how can there be more than a thousand taels in a month."
Gao Liang still has some peasant temperament, and when he heard that he could earn more than 1,000 taels in a month, he was excited, and he said:
"More than a thousand taels, this is too much, how can you spend it?"
If it was King Zhang Yan in the past, in addition to the restaurant or the green building, he would go to the gambling house to play cards, and the monthly income of more than 1,000 taels would indeed be enough to spend.
But Wang is not thinking about how to play, many places such as military salaries, ordnance, drill training, etc. need silver, and this more than 1,000 taels is still far from enough, so how can we maximize the income of inspection?
Thinking of this, Wang Zheng said: "Zhang Dacheng not only can't control the salt farms in various places, but even the salt officials in his hands can blind them, so that there can only be a net income of 1,000 taels, and we don't need anything else at the moment, as long as we control the Chishan Salt Farm, how much salt is produced and how much is sold, it can be multiplied several times." ”
Dong Youyin looked a little excited, rubbed his hands and said: "Brother Zheng, you say, how to control the source, I can marry a daughter-in-law after earning money." ”
"You can't think about anything else." Huang Yang had to scold Dong Youyin.
"What else is it, I don't have a mother, marrying a daughter-in-law and having a baby is a big deal."
After hearing this, Heizi couldn't help but be excited, according to what Wang Zheng said, just controlling Chishan Town can multiply a thousand taels of silver several times.
"We don't need to go into the salt field at all, take people to set up checkpoints in and out of various places, within a few days, the salt trade in Chishan Town must be under control, this is only the first step, and we will set up passes in the river in the future, and all places must be checked at the entrance, and the illegal salt of Dengzhou Mansion will be firmly grasped in our hands."
"Great idea!"
Huang Yang shouted excitedly, thinking that Wang Zheng was different from ordinary people, but he had come up with such a perfect solution in the past few days.
After hearing this plan, Heizi suddenly felt that the future was great, it was not enough to grasp the salt goods in Chishan Town, and the salt goods in the entire Dengzhou Mansion, what a prospect this would be, and he also became excited at that time, and said:
"Brother Zheng, I heard that there are four roads out of salt in Chishan Town, and there just happen to be Yin, Brother Huang, Liangzi and one of me!"
Speaking of this, Huang Yang's expression became solemn, and he pondered for a long time, and said:
"No, we can't go, we are not as good as those salts to investigate, it's better to leave this kind of thing to them."
After speaking, he looked at Wang Zheng with inquiring eyes.
Wang Zheng nodded with satisfaction and said, "What Huang Yang said is right, it is exactly what I want, I will do it if I tell it." ”