Chapter XVII
"Haiyan is a county of ten thousand households, there are three townships and eleven pavilions, among which the Wolong Pavilion where the official pavilion and the uncle are located are the most important, and the other little nephews do not know, but this Wolong Pavilion produces more than 6,000 catties of salt every day. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
This is still far from the sea, those few township pavilions near the sea must not be a problem with 10,000 catties a day, and the entire Haiyan County will have at least 100,000 catties of salt, and if the days are not good, how can there be 50,000 or 60,000 catties, and 20 million catties a year, I don't know if the little nephew has miscalculated? ”
Wei Hong is just a rough writer, it is not easy to calculate his account of one-third of an acre, how can he know how much salt can be in the county, after listening to Yu Zhou's calculation, although he is still a little ignorant, but his intuition will not be bad.
After laughing dryly, Wei Hong opened his mouth to cover up: "The virtuous nephew is a skill, why don't you stay and be a pavilion father, in time, even the history of Haiyan County can be guaranteed." ”
Yu Zhou ignored it and continued: "Just now when it comes to the salt production of Haiyan County, the next thing is Wolong Pavilion, I wonder if Uncle Wei still wants to continue to listen?" ”
Wei Hong was silent.
"The little nephew went to Yanguan Pavilion a few days ago, and I heard the local salt Ding say that a pound of salt brine needs to produce at least half a catty of salt, but the salt production of Wolong Pavilion is half a percent less, which is more than 300 catties of salt a day......"
Wei Hong's pupils shrank to the size of a needle, and finally said with a sneer: "The terrain is different, maybe the salt brine in Wolong Pavilion is not so pure. ”
This reason is really lame enough, if it is well salt and mineral salt, it is just that, everyone takes seawater to dry salt, what difference can there be between the brine? But just mention it slightly, there is no need to study with him deeply, otherwise the next deal will not be easy to discuss.
"Uncle Wei, you are a great hero!"
Wei Hong didn't know why, why did he talk about salt in a good manner, and suddenly the words changed?
"Where does the work come from?"
"Great Qin dominates the world, and the heads of Qiantou all over the country have written books, and those who are not registered are only those old people of the Six Kingdoms who cherish their homeland, although Qin's laws are strict, but they also ensure that every household can buy salt to eat, think about it, who are the people who need to buy salt privately?"
After Wei Hong listened, the beads of sweat on his forehead suddenly crackled and fell, yes, although he used to sell illegal salt, but at that time, most of the people came to buy it, and the price was far from the current level, he didn't think that this day would change, and his customer identity would slowly change, and he only cared about the excitement of the skyrocketing price of private salt.
The crime of selling illicit salt should be punished with meat, and the dereliction of duty as the pavilion chief is just abandoning the city, with Wei Hong's connections, it is enough to get the news in advance and go out to hide, as for the family, at most he will suffer a little bit of sin, and with his family background, the two or three who are punished are not in his eyes at all.
But if all the people who come and go are the rebellion of the six countries...... That's the sin of slaughter, and the whole family doesn't leave chickens and dogs!
After thinking about the people who bought salt recently, Wei Hong was even more afraid, one or two of them he could still pretend not to know, but now almost all of them are ah, no one believes him if he doesn't want to rebel!
It is worthy of being a strong party, and there was a decision in an instant.
"Don't say it again, I haven't seen you, you haven't seen me, if you want to buy salt, you can find another family, uncle will flee with his family, this deal can't be done."
This was not Yu Zhou's original intention, he just wanted to scare him, suppress the power and negotiate well, who would have expected Wei Hong to make such a quick decision.
"Uncle Wei, don't worry, speaking of which, the little nephew is not an upright person, and he can't report it, I just ask you, do you want to do a bigger deal in this business?"
"I don't want to! If you have a life to earn or not to spend your life, this money is useless to earn. ”
"What if you can make a safe profit?"
After this confrontation, Wei Hong no longer dared to treat Yu Zhou as a child, he squinted his eyes and thought for a moment, and asked, "Do you have a way?" ”
"What does Uncle Wei think of Qin Lu's method of sitting together?"
"The villagers do not hide from each other, the neighbors do not shelter each other, and the law is practiced and the crime is difficult to hide, although it is harsh and harsh, but it is also effective."
"So why is your business slow to expand? What's at stake? ”
Wei Hong sighed: "To be honest, I've been doing this business for half my life, at first it was just to get enough to eat, so I took a risk, when Da Chu was still here, selling illicit salt was just a one-person crime, fighting for this life, can make the whole family live better, Wei Mou is not reluctant."
Who would have thought that this would not stop, it's not that I don't want to stop, the people under my hands have to eat, the relationships that have been opened up have long become hungry wolves who have tasted blood, and they don't allow me to stop there.
If you hadn't mentioned it today, Wei had almost lost the life of his family, alas, the laws of Great Qin are harsh, and today, this business is already difficult, it is better to run away with his family. ”
"What are Uncle Wei's personnel?"
After making up his mind about collecting the mountain, Wei Hong no longer concealed it, and said with a sad face: "The people who kill the head to make a living, those who are willing to do it are some outlaws, and now the method of continuous sitting is everywhere, and there are fewer and fewer people who can be trusted......"
Yu Zhou finally showed his white teeth: "Uncle Wei didn't think about using the method of joint sitting?" ”
"Reverse? How does this work? ”
"Five people in one army, two in one team, one person is guilty, and five people sit together, so everyone is innocent, supervises each other, and restricts each other, right?
What if five people commit a crime together? Do you need to supervise each other as well? Afraid that someone will go out and report it? Such a reversal, although it can't be trusted by people, at least these five people can be used with a lot of peace of mind.
According to Qin law, a group crime is much heavier than a crime committed by one person, just like a thief with less than five people, whose stolen goods are less than two hundred and twenty dollars, it is only the responsibility of exile, but if five people are thieves, their stolen money must also be cut off on their left toes, and then they will be distributed, right?
Do you think that the relationship between five people abiding by the law together is solid, or is the relationship between five people committing crimes together? One denounce is the life of five people, in order to survive, everyone has to desperately supervise the other four, right? ”
Wei Hong gasped after hearing this, and looked at Yu Zhou's eyes a little wrong, admiration, excitement, nervousness, remorse, and a little fear?
Being looked at like this, Yu Zhou's heart boss was unhappy, hey, what kind of eyes are you, don't look at people with the kind of eyes that look at natural criminals, Lao Tzu was forced by a mouthful of salt, forced to get on the thief ship of Xichu, don't treat me as the kind of person who is determined to rebel!
"The virtuous nephew is high-minded, and Wei is dying of old age......"
"Uncle Wei is humble, this is just the first step, do business, solve the problem of people, the rest is the channel, there are not a few people who lack salt, needless to say, the rest is how to drag the officials into the water......
Recruiting people can be coerced, and befriending officials must be lured to their advantage, because they have quite a family background, and they are the least threatened by joint sitting, according to Qin law, the dereliction of duty of officials is only the responsibility of the armor and shield, if they make more money than the fine, presumably no one is unwilling to do it. ”
"Officials who are the most serious in their responsibilities can also abandon the city! And when the time comes, Wei, as the initiator, will at least be punished! Cut your body and bones, and there is no place to bury your death! ”
"That's right, then you have to be arrested first, what if no one finds out? Even if you find out, it's not a big deal, at most you can hide out! ”
Wei Hong said in a trembling voice: "Who is your master?!" ”