After talking about Du Biao's entry into Liangshan, Chao Gai ordered the Ruan family brothers to take Du Biao to arrange a place for Du Biao, and then he and Gongsun Sheng led Zhu Biao into the Juyi Hall. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

When he arrived at the Juyi Hall, Chao Gai sat on the main seat, and Zhu Biao asked, "Brother Tianwang, why don't you see Brother Gongming?" ”

Chao Gai replied: "Murong Yanda, the prefect of Qingzhou, sheltered my enemy Hu Yanzhuo of Liangshan, and Song Gongming is leading his brothers to attack Qingzhou. ”

"Oh," Zhu Biao pretended to be thoughtful and said: "Brother Gongming is really powerful, he broke Gaotang Prefecture and killed the nephew of the old thief Gao Yu before, and now he goes to fight Qingzhou, once the city is broken, it will definitely be famous all over the world!" ”

Gongsun Sheng, who had been silent, was shocked when he heard this, and glanced at Chao Gai, but saw that Chao Gai had a displeased look on his face. He hurriedly changed the topic and said, "Brother Zhu Biao, you must not have simply gone up the mountain this time just to introduce Brother Du Yan to the mountain, right?" ”

"Exactly, exactly," Zhu Biao said as he took out a Jiaozi from his arms and handed it to Gongsun Shengdao: "Mr. Yiqing, this is a 5,000-thousand-guan Jiaozi, and I hope that Brother Tianwang will smile at it." ”

At this time, Chao Gai's face improved slightly, and said: "Brother Zhu Biao, my Liangshan army broke through Gaotang Prefecture before, and took a lot of gold and silver, what do you mean by sending this 5,000 yuan?" ”

Zhu Biao said: "Don't hide it from Brother Tianwang, Xiao Ke has built a new Wubao in the south of Lijiazhuang, near Liangshanbo, and the banner is to guard against your Liangshan, but Xiao Ke's real intention is to make salt and sell salt in this Wubao, just because this business has just opened, and I don't know if I can make money, so I first pay homage to 5,000 yuan in Liangshan, which is the dividend of the first year of Liangshan's shares." ”

"Oh," Chao Gai was a little surprised, "the Brotherhood makes salt?" “

"I understand a little bit."

This salt is also very important for Liangshan, because in order to besiege Liangshan, the imperial court often controls the circulation of salt to Liangshan. Now Zhu Biao is making salt around Liangshan, which is definitely a great convenience for Liangshan.

Zhu Biao said: "Qingzhou City with the mountains and seas, good at fishing salt, Bangu to Haidai as the metropolis, since Jiang Shang founded the country, often dominate the world, it is precisely because of the important channels in the hands of the salt industry, this time if Brother Gongming really laid Qingzhou City, but also asked Brother Tianwang to sweep away all the salt in Qingzhou, quietly sold to the younger brother, the younger brother will not let the king brother suffer, and then the younger brother will make these salt, sell them to various places, Liangshan will get dividends. Although Brother Gongming can fight habitually, but if it is not for the support of Brother Tiantian to give him military salaries, food, grass and salt, Brother Gongming is the resurrection of Sun Wu, and Wu Qi is reincarnated, what can he do? ”

"Good!" Chao Gai heard this and applauded again and again: "Brother Zhu Biao rest assured, Brother Yu will send someone to Song Gongming's military camp now, and let him collect all the local salt after he conquers Qingzhou, transport it all to Liangshan, and then quietly hand it over to his brother, how about it?" ”

"Little brother thanked Brother Tianwang first!" Zhu Biao arched his hand and said: "There is another matter, I want to ask Brother Tianwang for help." ”

"Brother Xian is really talented and resourceful, just talk about everything!" Chao Gai thought that he could solve the big problem of salt for Liang Shan from then on, and he could compete with Song Jiang a little, and he was very happy in his heart.

Zhu Biao said: "Although the little brother's business has just opened, the little brother seems to be an absolutely profitable business selling salt, so I also ask Brother Tianwang not to attack the villages around Dulonggang, once the court knows that we Zhujiazhuang has dealings with Liangshan, then this salt making and salt selling business will not be done." ”

Chao Gai heard this, glanced at Gongsun Sheng, and said to Zhu Biao: "Okay, everything will be done according to the will of the virtuous brother." ”

"There is another matter, I have to ask my brother for help."

"Although." Chao Gai is on the rise.

Zhu Biao said with a smile: "My younger brother has always liked to do exclusive business operations, and I also asked my brother to ......."

"Don't worry, brother Xian!" Zhu Biao's words were not finished, and Chao Gai intercepted: "From now on, if anyone dares to do business with the virtuous brother in the Shandong generation, the foolish brother will let him lose both his money and money, how about it?" ”

Zhu Biao smiled: "Then thank you brother." ”

Chao Gai smiled and said to Zhu Biao: "Isn't this also to make a fortune together." “

Zhu Biao also understood the politeness and said: "Yes, yes, yes, get rich together, get rich together." ”

That night, Zhu Biao showed Du Biao a leg injury, prescribed herbal medicine, and then Chao Gai prepared a banquet, named Du Biao to pick up the wind and wash the dust, in fact, he thanked Zhu Biao for finding a way to make money for Liangshan. That night, everyone was so drunk that they slept until noon the next day. Zhu Biao, who was going down the mountain this day, had no choice but to stay on the mountain for one more night.

The next day, Chao Gai Gongsun Sheng and Du Bai sent Zhu Biao to the Golden Beach, and then Ruan Xiaoqi personally drove the boat and sent Zhu Biao to the Zhugui Hotel.

At this time, everything was ready, and a small amount of salt production began in Wubao, just before the start of preparing for salt production, Zhu Biao had already sent several groups of people out (these people were all officers and soldiers who participated in the mutiny), and went to various parts of Shandong to contact the smuggler salt dealers, and asked them to wait in various places, and when the salt was ready, Zhu Long and Zhu Hu would transport the salt to them in the name of darts.

At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the people lived in poverty, the price of salt stipulated by the imperial court was originally high, and the underwriting merchants doubled the price of salt to sell. It was for this reason that the salt made by Zhu Biao was snapped up by the poor people as soon as it was shipped to those smuggler salt dealers. With this little try, all those involved in the salt production and salt sales saw a bright "money" path. Of course, the salt made by Zhujiazhuang was first supplied to Liangshan, and the brothers in Liangshan no longer had to eat lightly. Chao Gai then made a ruthless move, spent a lot of energy, and sent the Ruan Sanxiong and the red-haired ghost Liu Tang to lead the troops down the mountain, and almost all the goods in Shandong, as long as they were not purchased through Zhujiazhuang, whether they were illegal salt dealers or public salt merchants, they were all clean.

Song Jiang received another order from Chao Gai to transport all the salt in Qingzhou City back to Liangshan after conquering Qingzhou. Although Song Jiang didn't understand that Chao Gai was singing that, for Liang Shan, salt was of course important. Therefore, after Wu used the design to capture the double whip Hu Yanzhuo alive, captured Qingzhou City, killed the prefect Murong Yanda, and incorporated the heroes of Erlong Mountain, Baihu Mountain and Qingfeng Mountain, he was also happy to be a favor and packed all the salt in Qingzhou City back to the mountain.

At this time, on Liangshan, although Song Jiang controlled most of the force, Chao Gai also had some brothers under his command, and the most important thing is that Chao Gai can be said to control Liangshan's financial resources.

You have someone, I have money, although the advantage is still in Song Jiang's hands, but the balance of power has tilted slightly to Chao Gai's side. This gave Chao Gai and his brothers an opportunity to regain control of Liangshan.