The third volume sailed in the Ming Dynasty

"My lord, please let the servant come and dress up. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

After Qin Haoming finished washing, Cai'er, the maid sent by Wan Tingju to serve, was wearing a long dress with embroidered patterns in the clouds, her eyebrows were picturesque, her face was red, her two big eyes were watery, and her long and dense eyelashes blinked and said.

"It's good!"

Qin Haoming glanced at the beautiful woman with eyebrows and a shawl hanging down in front of him, and sat on the brocade pier generously, thinking alone.

This woman is by no means a maid or the like, it is estimated that she is a kabuki raised by the rich gentry here.

Nowadays, it is just a tool used by the rich gentry to tie up officials. The day before yesterday, she recommended herself for a pillow seat, and she was rejected by herself.

It's not that he's not close to beauty, but he's extremely repulsive in his heart.

are all hard-working women, who can't help themselves, and are trained to be used as tools to entertain people.

According to his own character, his woman will never allow others to touch it, so he must be contained in the house, but the problem is that there will be few such things in the future?

If you want to be like this, won't you become a stallion?

It's better not to provoke it.

However, his mind now is not on such trivial matters, but on how to deal with Zhou Kui, the lord of the country?

Unlike taking the initiative to deal with Gao Qiqian, he didn't want to get involved in any court battles at all, and he didn't have that much spare time.

But in officialdom, some things are not subject to people's willpower. It is estimated that these things will be inevitable in the future.

With Chongzhen here, it is absolutely impossible to get rid of Zhou Kui, so he can only hold his handle and make him die down.

Under the repeated sunshine, Qin Haoming fell into deep thought.

In the bronze mirror, Qin Haoming's soft hair refracted the black luster. The brow was slightly frowned by the dazzling light, but it did not hinder the deep-contoured face, exuding a compelling heroic spirit.

Cai'er's movements are getting slower and slower, more and more gentle, there is a trace of confusion in her eyes, and she is a little helpless.

Perhaps, to this young governor, he is just a broken flower and a willow, and he can't even get a night's joy, and he is a person from two worlds at all!

How much do you want time to stay in this moment forever, even if it's delusional?

"Governor Qin, I received a report, Governor Lu is waiting for us in Texas."

At the door, Dong Changqing was like a benchmark, and said with a private message in his hand.

"Tomorrow we will leave by water."

Qin Haoming stood up and smiled at Cai'er to express his gratitude, but said to Dong Changqing in his mouth.

"Please ask Governor Qin to save me, the slave knows why the Jiading Bofu is resisting the officers? The slave is the daughter of Li Guowei, who experienced the Weihai Salt Transportation Division, and my father was wronged. ”

Hearing that Qin Haoming was leaving tomorrow, Cai'er bit her lip and suddenly knelt on the ground, her forehead slammed to the ground, and her blood condensed in an instant.

"Stand up and say."

Qin Haoming sighed, pulled Cai'er's arm with his right hand, and said in a low voice.

"Master Xie, my father ......"

As Cai'er sobbed and cried, Qin Haoming and Dong Changqing understood what was going on.

Cai'er's surname is Li, her big name is Li Xia, and her father is the experience of Weihai Qipin Salt Transportation Division, and he is an upright person, which means that he is a little unsociable.

Shandong has always been a major salt-producing province, especially in Weihai, Dengzhou, Penglai and other places along the coast.

Starting from the eighth year of Chongzhen, Zhou Kui, together with Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong, Li Guofu, the commander of Weihai County, and Zhang Lianmi, a wealthy merchant in Dengzhou, together with the help of the channels of salt merchants in Shandong and Shanxi, sold illicit salt on a large scale.

In three years, the profit exceeded several million taels.

With the protection of Zhou Kui and Liu Zeqing, the wealthy businessmen of Shanxi and Shandong are unimpeded throughout the Central Plains and Saibei, not only selling illicit salt in several northern provinces, but even extending their arms to the south of the Yangtze River!

The trade is getting bigger and bigger, but the official salt of the imperial court is becoming more and more difficult to do, and the private salt is cheap, so naturally it is impossible to run the official salt.

His father Li Guowei secretly investigated the matter clearly, but he didn't know how to find out to Liu Zeqing.

A small Yanyunsi experience is Liu Zeqing's opponent, and then Li Guowei was unjustly imprisoned, was stigmatized, and was beheaded last summer.

Li Xia, as the daughter of a convict, was charged to the Ministry of Education as a kabuki.

Wan Guoqun, a wealthy merchant in Dengzhou, that is, the owner of Wantingju, had a personal relationship with his father, took pity on his miserable experience, ransomed her from the sect and accepted her as a righteous daughter.

coincided with Qin Haoming's visit to Dengzhouwei and settled in Wantingju, in order to take revenge, Li Xia pretended to be a maid, so there was such a play.

Speaking of the back, Li Xia's voice was full of shame. But she still said everything she thought and thought, she knew that this was the only chance for revenge, and she didn't dare to hide it in the slightest.

After listening to this, Qin Haoming pondered carefully and was suddenly silent.

For Li Xia's words, he believes that it should be true.

For the past few dynasties, the salt industry has been in the hands of the government as one of the largest taxes in the treasury.

The stricter the monopoly of the salt industry, the easier it is to sell the private salt, and the higher the profit, which is an objective law.

According to the estimation of private salt research experts, the retail price of salt is more than ten times or even dozens of times higher than the price of the place of origin.

With such huge profits, how can the number of people selling illicit salt be reduced?

Not to mention now, it is the early Ming Dynasty, from Jiangsu to Nanjing, up and down the river, from Wuhu to Huguang, Jiangxi and other places, salt gangsters are rampant.

This situation became even more serious by the end of the Ming Dynasty, and it had developed to the point where salt disciples were overflowing and everywhere was heard.

According to the banknotes of the imperial court, the fugitives from prison everywhere privately built large ships to cover the ocean, sold illegal salt, gathered more than 100 people in each boat, held weapons with banners, and sold them from Suyang to Jiujiang and Hu.

Along the way, they encountered ships such as officials, civilians, merchants, and merchants, and looted wantonly, although there were patrols and arrests, and the officers and soldiers were outnumbered, and they were weak and invincible.

I originally thought that it only happened in the Yangtze River area, but it turned out that Shandong and Shanxi were quietly controlled.

Looking at Li Xia, who was crying with pear blossoms and rain, Qin Haoming shook his head and smiled bitterly, the net behind me is probably extremely huge, and it is definitely not only Liu Zeqing and Zhou Kui.

is not like the eight major Jin merchants in Shanxi, there is no official position, just a businessman, although there is a relationship, but there is sufficient evidence of fornication and slavery, and it is not strange that he was forcibly removed by himself by thunderbolt means.

To tell the truth, there is no way to solve this matter by asking Chongzhen to solve it. Otherwise, the Ming Dynasty would not have smuggled salt dealers.

"This matter is very difficult, and the governor may not be able to help, I hope Miss Li understands."

After a moment of silence, Qin Haoming told the truth. This matter is really beyond the scope of power, unless there is a rebellion, regardless of the killing.

Obviously, this can't.

In fact, Qin Haoming knew that the main reasons for the serious flood of illicit salt were that the salt tax of the imperial court was too heavy, which made the livelihood of salt farmers difficult, so he had to take risks and smuggle smuggled under the legal system.

Second, the serious disconnect between salt supply and demand caused by the salt monopoly policy has provided an effective demand market for smuggling activities, thus stimulating some people's pursuit of salt profits.

The third is the progress of salt production, which greatly reduces the production cost of private salt.

It's one thing to understand, but it's another thing to do.

Li Xia's bright eyes suddenly dimmed, and sure enough, this matter is just as the righteous father said: It is difficult to go to the sky!