"My lord! The wealth of these salt merchants has been counted! 13 salt merchants seized a total of more than 1.2 million taels of silver, antique calligraphy and paintings and other things have been appraised, about 400,000 taels of silver, so that there are more than a dozen houses, more than 200,000 acres of cultivated land, including more than 100,000 acres of good land, most of which are on both sides of the Jiaolai River! In the backyard of the Jiaozhou Salt Transportation Division, Li Xiaohu reported with the account book.

Liu Fan sighed, sure enough, "people have no windfall and no wealth, horses have no night grass and no fertilizer" These salt merchants are really rich, and this trip not only makes up for the gap of the recent winter income drop, but also the plans for the coming year will not be stranded because of lack of money. Liu Fan thought about it for a while and said, "The money and goods are transported to the treasury of the Shihe military camp, and the house is left to sell the rest, as for the land, it is still of great use to keep it for the time being!" That's right! Did the salt merchants of the Li family notify? ”

Li Xiaohu smiled: "It's been notified!" Now these people are all honest! As soon as I sent someone to go, they immediately agreed to come down, and it is estimated that they will be back in the afternoon! ”

"Hmmm! You should transport your belongings to the Stone River first! So as not to have too many dreams at night! Liu Fan nodded and said

"Then why don't you have a share of it? After all, without the prefect's care, we would not have been able to take down these salt merchants so smoothly! Li Xiaohu hesitated and asked

"No, you don't! Senior brother is not a greedy person for money! I've already discussed this matter with my brother! You don't have to worry about that! Just do your own thing! ”

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In the back hall of the Salt Transportation Division, Liu Fan looked at more than a dozen large and small salt merchants with trembling faces and said, "What kind of person is this official, you have some understanding after so long, for this matter, this official has no responsibility to explain to you, but out of morality, I still want to explain it to you, so as not to complain about this official, "Punish without teaching!" "This official thinks that he is already very merciful to Du Yan and his group, last time they colluded with Xiangma to frame this official, and this official only warned him, even if he sold refined salt, he did not forget their share. Unexpectedly, they were unrepentant and leaked the whereabouts of the official escort tax silver to the bandits, almost causing millions of taels of silver to be robbed. His Majesty was furious that he ordered the official and the prefect to thoroughly investigate the matter so that no one could slip through the net. This matter is that the official has the heart to save him, but he also has the heart to be powerless! ”

"Your Excellency is merciful! This fact is Du Yan and others to blame! It's no wonder! Hearing Liu Fan's words, everyone was amazed, and they were also happy in their hearts, with so many competitors missing, wouldn't they want to make a fortune in the future?

Liu Fan pressed his hand and continued: "This time, the official called you here!" It doesn't mean anything else! is to tell you who has contact with Du Yan and others in private, and speak up quickly, and this official may be able to save your life! If you want to have a fluke mentality, you will be found out by Jinyi Wei when the time comes! Don't blame the official for being unsympathetic! ”

This time, these salt merchants were really panicked, they didn't expect to suddenly come to such a hand, this is to attack them! It is said that there is no connection between them, salt merchants, although they are not involved in Du Yan's affairs and methods, they all know, in case Liu Fan is investigated, the lightest is the crime of knowing and not reporting. With the means of these brocade guards, you can pick up a layer of skin without guilt, and it is light to confiscate family property, and if you don't do it, you will have to fall to the ground.

Under the fear in their hearts, these salt merchants fell to their knees and begged Liu Fan to save them. Li Si was still an old man, and he saw at a glance that Liu Fan didn't want to kill them, so he asked directly, "My lord!" Is there any way you can tell us directly! As long as we wait for what we can do, we will not refuse! As long as the adults save our lives, my Li family is willing to look forward to the future for the adults, for the adults to drive! After Li Si said this, everyone present came back to their senses, and hurriedly followed suit.

Liu Fan glanced at Li Si approvingly, and secretly praised in his heart that this person is really not simple, pursuing advantages and avoiding disadvantages, judging the situation, it is difficult to succeed or not! Although everyone already knows this matter, the play that should be played still has to continue to be played, "Okay!" Everyone's intentions are known! Now this official will show you a clear way! The prefect is a person! You've heard of it! He was the former governor of Denglai, but he was implicated in the Kong Youde case. Now that he has been demoted to Dengzhou, it is the time to make meritorious contributions, and he needs to make some achievements to regain His Majesty's trust. What about this matter! In fact, it's very simple, as long as everyone helps the prefect to get some political achievements, the prefect will naturally let everyone go when he is happy! ”

Everyone nodded when they heard this, anyway, they would do whatever Liu Fan said, so they asked and answered, "My lord!" I wonder what the little ones have to do to help the prefect achieve political success? ”

Liu Fan smiled and said, "Everyone is an understanding person, whether you are building bridges and paving roads, or providing relief to the victims, as long as it is something you think you can do, do it!" I'm not going to care about these little things anyway! ”

"Now we're done talking! It's time for us to talk about personal matters! Liu Fan ignored everyone's stunned eyes and continued, "This time, the Du family and others were wiped out, and there were a large number of vacancies in the share of Jiaozhou Salt Industry, so I thought about it and gave you two options." One is the agency system, which is the agency sales, which means that you are only responsible for selling refined salt, and the salt farm is responsible for transportation and costs, and the profits are shared proportionally. The other is the share system, I divide the amount of refined salt exported each year into 10 parts, and you can buy the share with your own strength! Then depending on the size of the share, there is no supply, no share, no goods. In order to ensure everyone's interests, Shihe Salt Works will not sell refined salt to retail investors in the future. In other words, if you want to survive in Jiaozhou, you can only take the above two methods! ”

After Liu Fan announced the new salt industry policy, the salt merchants present fell into deep thought and began to think about the gains and losses. The first method is obviously not advisable, and Liu Fan's purpose is to use everyone's sales channels to sell illicit salt. After a long time, once the channel is mastered by Liu Fan, then they will lose the jobs they rely on to survive. This kind of cooperation is only suitable for those who need to start a business. It seems that the second method is Liu Fan's real purpose, once he gets a share, even if he sells it to others, it is a big profit, which is somewhat similar to the popular "nest introduction" in the Ming Dynasty, but this method requires a lot of capital, and everyone is in a dilemma for a while.

Liu Fan saw that everyone was almost thinking, and continued to announce, "What about this official! It's not that I don't know everyone's difficulties! For everyone's understanding! The official can accept the replacement policy, and the share of refined salt can be exchanged for the same amount of land! The specific replacement situation will be discussed with you later. Think for yourselves, where to go! ”

The salt merchants present didn't expect Liu Fan to come to such a hand, that's land! What a root that can be passed on to future generations! However, they are all salt merchants, and even refined salt, and the profits in them are huge! It's even more difficult to choose for a while!

Liu Fan picked up the account book on the case, pretended to look through it, and muttered without losing the opportunity, "Alas? These houses and arable land are not easy to sell! I don't know what Du Yan and the others think, why do they keep so much land! The harmed official still has to worry about these things! ”

Naked threat! This is a **** threat! Although Liu Fan's voice was small, everyone present could hear it clearly, which was obviously intentional by Liu Fan. Thinking of the fate of Du Yan and others, everyone secretly sighed at this time, "People are swordsmen, I am fish and meat!" "If you want to live, you can only listen to others! That's it! That's it! Isn't it just land? If it's gone, you can buy it again, let it go!