Today's Yue Kingdom is not the poetry Jiangnan that is full of beautiful girl paper, small bridges and flowing water everywhere, and talented people gather at every turn; Later generations of gentle southerners are still regarded as southern barbarians, from the east of Huiji City three hundred miles, in the future Hangzhou Bay there are new corpses every day, blood-red rivers and seawaters, not only the terrifying pig Po dragon (crocodile) dormant, but also man-eating sea fish, they often fight, in order to snatch a corpse of the Yue people.

Wu Yuan is happily a student in Fengming Academy, but the Yue people are aimlessly waging a series of battles, some are for the great cause of the country and the rise and fall of the nation, and there are also those like the temple family who rely on the strength of the army and will start a war without asking for a reason, and the doctors who are divided into military and political groups are staging a feast of human flesh, all of them are red-eyed, and they are fighting with interests and without interests, and the reason may be that they are not pleasing to the eye.

When he first arrived in Yueguo, Zhao Liang was very helpless, originally thinking that after Bai Dong valued him, Meng Xibai and other old clans were resolved, this Bai Zuo would let himself return to Lao Qin, and relax his mind in the great cause of changing the law and strengthening the country, and live up to what he had learned in his life, so he was a big husband in vain. I didn't want to be sent to Qi to assist Xu Gong first, and then I was sent by Xu Gong to Yue Guo to preside over the opening of a salt farm to sell sea salt, and now the salt farm has grown from one to three, and the scale is getting bigger and bigger, and more and more salt is being sold, and the money is losing more and more, he feels sorry for Bai Dong and Xu Gong. Doing business naturally has losses and gains, he understands this truth, but he has never seen it for the purpose of losing money, this is crazy?

The climate of Yue in spring is warm, but it is a little humid. In particular, this humid air also carries a salty and salty smell. It made Zhao Liang, who used to be a celebrity in Jingnan, very uncomfortable. Sitting in the 'fine house' on the edge of the salt farm. Poured himself a bowl of warm and pure Qi wine from Qi Di, took a sip into his stomach, and let out a long breath, barely diluting some of the salt smell in the air and making himself slightly more comfortable.

Zhao Liang is never afraid of hardship, otherwise he would not have traveled all over Jingshui to write his own water control strategy, he was so afraid that he didn't understand. Therefore, smart people are like him, and they can do things. But you must know what the purpose is, and in later generations, there was a whimsical and clever figure in the territory of the Yue Kingdom, leading his eighteen Arhats to build an online business empire and become the richest man in China. People's success is success in setting a clear goal from the beginning, so that those who follow him can see their dreams, even if they experience countless difficulties and setbacks, they will not waver in the slightest, Zhao Liang is depressed and depressed that he doesn't understand anything, and he feels that he is doing a very stupid thing every day.

Recalling that when he first arrived in the Qi Kingdom, Xu Gong used him very much, first letting him participate in the construction of various salt trade bases of the Xu family's trading company, and then letting him go to the Xujia salt factory to study. Zhao Liang was overjoyed by this. thought that Bai Zi saw that Lao Qin's salt industry was not prosperous, and intended to let him learn the salt control method of the Qi people. In the future, he will make contributions to Lao Qin, but Lao Qin is not close to the seaside, is Baizi going to unite Qi and Xu Gong to handle the salt trade? In this way, it can also solve the problem of Lao Qin's 'salt shortage', and the merit will be in the future!

Before the inland salt sea was popularized and developed, the Guanzhong area, which had the world's first-class yellow soil, was good at everything, but it was short of salt to eat, and this problem could not be fundamentally solved in the Tang and Song dynasties. Zhao Liang is a real talent who has traveled all over the two sides of Jingwei and has seen the sufferings of the people, and he is extremely supportive of the 'late childbearing' policy advocated by Bai Dong and the Qin Yue people, believing that this move can effectively increase the population of the Qin State within 20 years, and also believes that if the problem of eating salt is solved, the Qin people can definitely extend their life span by five to ten years!

Because in addition to the aristocratic class in the Qin State, ordinary Li people could not eat much salt in a year, which not only greatly affected labor efficiency, but also caused the Qin people to die prematurely. He once mentioned in the "Theory of Water Control" that the rampant water disaster is a harm to the old Qin, when it can be treated, the salt is not supplied but it is often harmful to the old Qin, even more severe than the flood, only rich business, so that the old Qin is rich and strong, the old Qin does not produce salt, so it is purchased in large quantities from the Yan State Qi State, if the people can make the people have enough salt, it does not take three years, then the Qin people are strong and the Qin army is invincible!

Xu Gong had two large salt farms in Qi State, and the number of salt trade bases that he had participated in the construction of had increased to dozens within half a year, half of which were still located in Zhaodi. Zhao is not a salt producing area, but it is located in the middle of the Shandong countries, and because of the strong national strength, it is more suitable to establish a salt trade base than Lu State, which has a better geographical location, but Zhao Liang feels that this salt trade base has been established a little too much, and it seems to be unnecessary.

The so-called salt trade strongholds are nothing more than merchants buying salt from Yanqi and other salt-producing countries, and then reselling it through these bases, which not only satisfies the use of the world, but also solves all kinds of contradictions between countries; For example, the salt farms under the official control of the Qi State will first be transferred to the private strongholds of the salt merchants before selling them, and even if the Qi State engages with the Chu State and the Wei State, it will not prevent these enemy countries from buying their own salt from the salt trade strongholds. This can be regarded as a thorough salt industry private sale system, which is more in line with the salt trade laws of Qiyan and other countries.

The reason why there is such a decree in Qi Yan is because these two countries are extremely dependent on the salt industry, Yan is still better, the wealth of Qi is fundamentally in the salt industry, this era is fighting tomorrow today, and you can't delay making money because you tear your face, so the result that the country is a businessman who hates businessmen but is still a good friend, and business giants like Xu Gong were also born because of luck.

Zhao Liang is an economic talent who applies what he has learned, and the reason is naturally understood, but he still can't understand why Xu Gong suddenly built so many salt trade bases. In his opinion, this is a great waste, because in the past few decades, the salt trade strongholds established by the merchants of Yan and Qi have been enough to turn around, and this move is really unnecessary, and Xu Gong burned his head purely with too much money, just like the white man who threw out millions of gold day and night just to exterminate Nanmo.

Soon Zhao Liang understood Xu Gong's purpose, and Wei began to buy Yan Qi's salt in large quantities!

The Wei people need a lot of basic salt to produce a higher quality salt, this kind of salt he was fortunate to eat once, not only does it not have a bitter taste, but it will not hurt his stomach after eating too much, as long as he puts a little bit in the stew, that kind of taste is naturally enjoyed by celebrities, and he feels that he can no longer do without this salt.

Qi was very happy at first, they hoarded too much sea salt, so as much as Wei wanted, there was as much sea salt as Guò Salt Trade Stronghold, but Qi Guo's sense of smell was not much worse than Zhao Liang, and soon discovered that Wei State's 'high-quality salt' was terrible! The sea salt hoarded by Yan and Qi was sold in large quantities by Wei without restraint, and at the same time, the salt of Wei was flowing into Qi against the current, and the price was only fifty percent higher than that of Qi sea salt, not only the nobles could afford it, but the rich Li people of Qi could also afford it, and Wei salt seemed to be more expensive, but it was more pure and delicious, and it was not much more expensive to really use than eating sea salt from Qi State!

Not only in the Qi country, but now in the Shandong countries, and in the Chu country, they have begun to eat Wei salt. The Wei people are too cunning, they just turn their left hand to their right hand, not only to profit from it, but also to control the salt profit of the world! The country of Qi was shocked, who in the world does not know that the wealth of Qi is half of Shandong? But what does this wealth rely on, that is, the salt profit of the world, but now it has become a supplier of Wei State in a humiliated manner. When everyone in the world is accustomed to eating Wei salt and dislikes Qi salt, how much Qi salt sells for is not a word from Wei people? That's it, you have to face the competitor of Yan Guo!

Finding that his economic lifeline was controlled by others, and it was the Wei State, which was already strong enough, Yan Qi could no longer sit still, first the salt farms controlled by the Qi State Government raised the price, and the Yan State followed, and the salt prices in the major salt trade bases rose one after another. Wei Ying was angry, Pang Juan had 100,000 soldiers on the border of Wei Qi, and the war was about to break out, but everyone in the world was laughing at Wei, this battle obviously could not be fought, Wei itself was not a big salt-producing country, self-sufficiency was almost the same, if you want to control the salt benefits of the world, in the final analysis, you have to rely on the support of a salt-producing country like Qi, this move is just to ask Qi to bow its head.

I don't want Qi Hou Tianwu to be sick and about to have braids, but he has shown an unprecedented tough attitude, even if Qi salt is rotten in the salt field, it will never be sold to the Wei State! Hearing the news, Zhao Liang couldn't help but shout hello, and was impressed by the sick Qi monarch; This person has been cowardly all his life, and he didn't think that when he was dying, even the contemporary Bian Que Qin Yue people gave up on him, but he suddenly became strong.

However, Zhao Liang soon found that he had applauded too early, and on the second day after Qi Hou Tianwu generously reprimanded the Wei people, a large amount of Qi salt poured into the major salt trade bases newly built by Xu Gong; Tian Wu played the role of iron in the front desk, and Xu Gong sold a large amount of Qi salt to Wei in the background, and the price was even lower than before! However, these were all secret sales, especially those salt trade strongholds established in the Zhao State were simply sold to the Wei State in the name of the Zhao people. Everyone in the world is laughing at this farce, but no one can accuse Qi State of being a soft bone, because Qi State is different from Qin State and Wei State, and has long opened the salt market.

Zhao Liang was extremely contemptuous of what Xu Gong did, and he couldn't understand the so-called big things of Bai Dong and Xu Gong, and at the moment Feixin Bai Dong asked to turn back to Lao Qin, but Bai Dong directly refused, and the reply only said that he wanted him to assist Xu Gong wholeheartedly, which is the greatest loyalty to Lao Qin

Anyone can sell it, Zhao Liang is no exception, he was overjoyed after seeing this letter, regardless of whether Xu Gong is Qi Zhong or Qi traitor, what is a big plan, with Bai Dong's words, his many years of water control wish will be realized.

Thinking of this, it seemed that the damp and salty air was not so annoying, and when he heard the familiar footsteps coming from outside the door, Zhao Liang smiled and said, "Is it Miss Luzhen?" Why did Miss Lao come in person, could it be that there was a letter from Qi Guo again? ”

"There is a letter, but I'm afraid that Mr. will be disliked again, this time it is Bai Zi himself, and Xu Gong seconded it, Bai Zi said that the price of salt sold to Wei needs to be lowered again"

"Return! They're really crazy! ”

PS: Thanks to the generous tip of the 'Virgo silly' brother :) Thanks to the 'ample0923' brother for their monthly pass support :) (To be continued ......)