It was a cold day, and the diligent boat begged for support and warmed his heart......

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In a short time, more than 50 people were willing to move their families to follow Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong, and there were even two salt field guards. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong knew each other at a glance, and they didn't expect that there would be such a rich harvest.

This is mainly because the life of the salt coolies is too miserable, almost endless labor every day, boiling salt, drying salt, loading salt, unloading salt, but the salary is pitiful, and they don't earn a tael of silver a year.

In this winter, many people only wear thin single clothes, and they can't eat enough, but they still have to use their meager salaries to support their families.

Many of them are the breadwinners of the family, and a family, from the elderly to the children, has to rely on their salaries to live.

If it is put in normal times, a little bitter is a little bitter, and the common people of China can be said to have the highest degree of tolerance for suffering.

But I can't stand the three housekeepers Liu Baosan's clever robbery, not only wantonly deduct their salaries, let them eat food that pigs and dogs don't eat, the key is that this guy is also lustful, and always tricks the families of the salt coolies to the salt field through various reasons, and does whatever he wants.

People's hearts are long, the Liu family is powerful, and the Yanding coolies really dare not speak out.

But this does not mean that people do not have a scale in their hearts, and tonight, at the breakthrough of Li Yuanqing, all the contradictions, like a suppressed volcano, have all collapsed.

Upon learning of these circumstances, Li Yuanqing did not hesitate at all, and gave Huang Guoshan, more than 50 people, two taels of settling-in allowances each, and asked them to take their families to the salt field before dawn.

As for these coolies who were unwilling to leave, Li Yuanqing also gave them a settling-in fee of one tael each, but they could not leave now, but they had to move all the salt stored in the warehouse to Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong's ship, and they could not leave until the homes of more than 50 people arrived and Li Yuanqing and the others left.

At this time, the effect of speaking was far less than that of real silver, and as the silver was distributed, the entire salt farm quickly began to operate.

It's a pity that Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong brought fewer ships this time, otherwise, the two would have been eager to empty the entire salt farm.

Seeing that everything was on the track, Chen Zhong said carefully: "Yuanqing, if one of these people goes to tell the truth, what should we do?" ”

Li Yuanqing has thought about this problem for a long time, in this world, speculators are everywhere, and it is almost impossible to control everyone's heart.

After all, the Liu family is powerful, and if it is not guaranteed, some people will regret it halfway, but they will stand on the opposite side of Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong.

"Big brother, don't panic. It's okay. If they are willing to go to the snitch, then it is better to go. This is thirty miles away from Dengzhou, and I estimate that even if someone informs the Liu family and the government to send troops, it will have to be delayed until at least noon tomorrow, and we still have time. ”

In this era, unlike later generations, information is so convenient, and sending troops is a major event, and it is categorically impossible to make the trip without several discussions and reports.

Moreover, there is the sea next to it, if the Liu family and the officers and soldiers arrive, Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong only need to lead their troops to retreat into the sea.

They didn't touch the details of Li Yuanqing and the two, and they categorically didn't chase easily.

Chen Zhong also figured it out and nodded.

In fact, he is not afraid of the officers and soldiers and the Liu family, it's just that he and Li Yuanqing have special identities after all, if they really go to that point, they can't avoid it, and the two of them will definitely kill for their own safety, which will be the most tragic thing.

Fortunately, what Chen Zhong was worried about did not happen in the end, and before dawn, more than 50 people rushed back 49 people, dragging their families with them.

They are all villagers near the salt works, both military and civilian. I heard that this kind of thing happened in the salt field, and the babies and cubs took money from others again, and if they want the Liu family to know, can they still be spared?

In addition, these salt coolies depicted Li Yuanqing's image very tallly, and they heard that Li Yuanqing could manage to eat enough, how could they hesitate?

But there are also a very small number of people who took Li Yuanqing's silver, but they were afraid of the power of the Liu family, so they hid at home, closed the door, and waited for the progress of the matter.

For this kind of person, he has no responsibility, and Li Yuanqing naturally won't pay attention to it, more than ten or twenty taels of silver, for Li Yuanqing, is that still a thing?

Soon, as the population gathered more and more, Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong both discovered a huge problem, so much salt plus the population, their boats, some of them were not enough.

Fortunately, a salt guard who had just joined told the two that in the small bay behind, there were several large cargo ships in the salt field, and Li Yuanqing couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately rewarded the salt guard with two taels of silver, and asked him to take someone to drive the boat over.

The Liu family is worthy of being a wealthy family, and the large cargo ship in the salt field is larger than the sand boat that the water camp of Juehua Island gave to Mao Wenlong before, which is enough to fit 2 or 300 people.

With the help of these 5 big boats, Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong's team suddenly became more than comfortable.

Under the command of the soldiers, the coolies of Yanding acted as sailors, carrying their families and their hopes, and sailed all the way to the north on a snowy morning.

But Li Yuanqing did not return to Guanglu Island directly, these salt coolies plus their families, there are 3 or 400 people, most of them are old and weak, women, Li Yuanqing did not bring much food on this trip, and Guanglu Island did not have much grain in stock, even if there was so much salt, but salt could not be eaten as food, Li Yuanqing had to find a way to exchange these salts for silver and grain.

The fleet temporarily docked on an uninhabited island more than a dozen miles away, and Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong also gathered several representatives of the Yanding coolies to inquire about some local affairs in Dengzhou.

Although Huang Guoshan is brave and has a high prestige among the Yanding coolies, he does not have much wisdom, and he is the same type as Chen Zhong before.

The salt farm guard who told Li Yuanqing about the cargo ship of the salt farm, named Yang Xiaochuan, was quite clever, and he was considered the management class of the salt farm, and he was also familiar with the surrounding and things in the salt farm.

"Master, when the account was posted a few days ago, I heard Liu Baosan say this dog day, these salts in the warehouse, about 30,000 catties, are all good goods, Liu Baosan said, the owner seems to be selling to a big merchant in Huaibei, which can be worth tens of thousands of taels of silver."

The reason why Yang Xiaochuan betrayed the Liu family and betrayed the salt field was because Liu Baosan was too inauthentic, and even the salt guards under his command did not let go, Yang Xiaochuan's sister, before getting married, was deceived by Liu Baosan to the salt field to spoil it, and had to commit suicide by throwing himself into the sea.

Therefore, in the face of the choice, he almost did not hesitate and stepped on Li Yuanqing's big ship.

After listening to Yang Xiaochuan, Li Yuanqing nodded, these tens of thousands of taels of salt are indeed very valuable, but the key is that now Li Yuanqing has no way, and if he sells them, he will naturally not be able to exchange them for money and food.

Yang Xiaochuan was quite good at observing words and feelings, and said to Li Yuanqing busily: "Master, although the Liu family is covering the sky in Dengzhou Mansion, they are not without opponents. More than a hundred miles east from here, there is a town called Zhangjiaji, where there is a big businessman nicknamed 'Timely Rain', named Zhang Jinsong. According to people, this Zhang Jinsong has a big back ~ Jing, has a strong relationship in Beijing, is a hero, chivalrous and righteous, and is also in the salt field business, and is a sworn enemy with the Liu family. The Liu family found fault several times, and couldn't get along with this big official, but in the end, they couldn't do anything about him. Perhaps, we can sell him this salt. ”

After listening to Yang Xiaochuan, Li Yuanqing glanced at Chen Zhong, and Chen Zhong nodded hurriedly.

has reached this point, if there is a market, even if the risk is greater, Chen Zhong does not want to give up.

Li Yuanqing smiled, "Timely rain? That's a big name. The boat, this Jin Song, is there really a legend that he is so chivalrous? ”

Timely rain, as the name suggests, is like when the dry land needs rain, the rain can always appear in time.

Whether it is at this time or in the future generations, the person who can have this kind of nickname must be a person with hands and eyes.

Song Jiang's greatest merit was that he was a public official, and when he got the imperial court to take action against Chao Gai and his gang who robbed the birth gang, he ran to Chaojiazhuang in advance to report the news.

This kind of courage is not available to everyone, and they don't want to put an iron rice bowl, but they hook up with a group of outlaws.

Yang Xiaochuan hurriedly said: "Master, the villain doesn't know the details, but the people say so." Even on the side of Dengzhou Mansion, there are many people who sell salt to this Zhang Daguan, and they have never heard that he is short of catties and taels, and he owes people silver. ”

Li Yuanqing nodded, according to what Yang Xiaozhou said, this person can give it a try.

At that moment, Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong briefly discussed, and directly ordered the fleet to sail in the direction of the east.

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Zhangjiaji is not located by the sea, but more than ten miles inland.

In the evening, Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong took more than a dozen personal soldiers, led by Yang Xiaochuan and Huang Guoshan, and quietly came to the land and went straight to Zhangjiaji.

Along the way, Yang Xiaochuan also kept introducing the surrounding scenery to Li Yuanqing.

This Zhang Jinsong Zhang Daguan, although he collects salt, is a big salt dealer, but this person does not have a salt farm, and relies on collecting other people's salt, which also makes the vicinity of Zhangjiaji densely packed with salt farms, as large as hundreds, hundreds, as small as a few or two people, as long as it is the person who sells him salt, he will give protection, and will help in many things.

This also makes the vicinity of Zhangjiaji have a kind of deformed prosperity.

Even if it was evening, there was an endless stream of people rushing to Zhangjiaji on the road, and most of them were pushing small carts, all of whom were small salt sellers.

Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong were both a little staggered.

This big official can have such energy, which is really not to be underestimated.

As he entered Zhangjiaji, Li Yuanqing narrowed his eyes slightly.

Zhangjiaji is not big, there is only one main street, surrounded by simple stone walls, but on this main street, it is full of lights, flowers and branches, only brothels, I am afraid there are no less than ten, and inns and restaurants, there are more.

Yang Xiaochuan hurriedly explained to Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong: "Two masters, the merchants who come here to buy salt from the south and the north generally choose to rest here. So, at night, it's more lively than Dengju City. ”

Li Yuanqing couldn't help but nodded, and his evaluation of this big official was one point higher.

If Dengzhou Mansion is an official city, then it should be a private market.

This thing is somewhat similar to the small-scale free trade zone in later generations, with very low taxes and a developed service industry.

This seems to make less money than the benchmark official market, but in fact, it is much more greasy than the official market, if the operation is good, this is simply a profitable business than a cash cow.

And judging from the scene in front of him, this big official must be a master here.

Li Yuanqing is also a little curious, what is the foundation of this kind of master who can be said to cross the era? Could it be that there is really a genius in this world?

After all, Li Yuanqing knows this because Li Yuanqing came from later generations and is familiar with the laws of things, but at this time, he can definitely be called a genius in capital if he can have this kind of insight and this kind of means.

"Uncle, the girls from our Green Willow Pavilion are all the best goods in Jiangnan, uncle, come and take a look."

"Uncle, the wine in our Mingcui Building is like a palace jade brew, and the girl is a fairy daughter in the sky, come in and take a look?"

“……”

As soon as they entered the main street, a group of warblers and swallows surrounded them.

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