The next day, on the official road of Shihe Salt Farm, Zhang Yiheng said goodbye to Liu Fan, "Jimin has been bothered a lot in the past few days, and now that the matter has been resolved, we should also go!" ”

"Uncle is serious, it is already a great honor for Liu Fan to come to me. Liu Fan has no relatives in this life, thanks to my uncle's refusal to give up, I am very grateful to treat me as a relative, and I hope that my uncle and Yao'er Lu'er sister will come to play more in the future, Liu Fan will wait for him. Liu Fan said enthusiastically

"Hmmm! Brother Liu! We'll be coming back more often in the future! When the time comes, you have to prepare more delicious and fun food! Lu'er said happily

"Yes, Jimin! In the future, we will be a family, and Jimin can also come to Jimo to see us when he is free! The old man has been away from home for a long time, and Jimo still has a lot of things to deal with, so he really can't stay long, so don't leave it today! See you again in the future! Zhang Yiheng said goodbye

"See you tomorrow! Brother Liu! Zhang Yao also said softly

"Goodbye!" Liu Fan arched his hand

Bidding farewell to the Zhang family's father and daughter, Liu Fan returned to his residence, found Wang Yong and said, "How did you do what you were told yesterday?" ”

"I have sent someone to notify the major salt merchants in Jiaozhou, telling them that in three days, the adults will hold a banquet in the Yamen of the Salt Transportation Division to discuss the quota of salt goods in Jiaozhou in the future, and the major salt merchants and some families have responded, and they will all go to the banquet in three days!" Wang Yong bowed and replied

"Hmmm! How's the salt merchant surnamed Wang doing? Did you find someone? Liu Fan continued to ask

"We found out that this person has left Jiaozhou, and it is not clear where he is going, but the instigator behind him has found out that it is the Du family, one of the leaders of Yanshan in Jiaozhou, and it is really the Du family who supports that person who dares to make a move against our salt transportation team, and we also found out that Du Yan, the head of the Du family, has contacted a group of people and is contacting the big people in the capital to plot against the adults. My lord, should we find a way to warn them? Wang Yong said with some concern

Liu Fan sighed and said, "Don't worry about him for now, the most important thing now is to open up sales channels and sell the inventory in your hands, so that we can hand over to Your Majesty, and when the time comes, you won't have to worry about your Majesty's support for these clowns!" You go and collect which salt merchants are close to the Du family, and make a list and give it to me!" ”

Wang Yong replied, "My lord! I have already done this, and I have collected the list of people, please take a look! As he spoke, he took out a list from his arms and handed it to Liu Fan.

Liu Fan was a little surprised, but he didn't expect Wang Yong to do things well, and praised him, "Hmm! This time it was done well, and it lived up to my trust. You can go to the Salt Transportation Division for me and prepare for the banquet in three days' time. ”

Wang Yong finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Liu Fan's praise, the last time the incident in Baijia Village made him lose face, he was very afraid of losing Liu Fan's trust from now on, this time he worked hard to mobilize all relations and collect intelligence as much as possible, and finally saved a lot of points in Liu Fan's heart. Seeing that Liu Fan had entrusted him with a heavy responsibility, he said excitedly, "Don't worry, my subordinates will definitely live up to the trust of my lord!" ”

"Hmmm! If you're fine, get out as soon as possible! I won't keep you! Liu Fan looked through the list and said without raising his head.

After Wang Yong left, Liu Fan asked Li Xiaohu to find Ding Lu to inquire about the inventory of the salt farm. According to Ding Lu's answer, after more than two months of expansion, the Shihe salt field now has nearly 2,000 mu of salt fields, a daily output of nearly 1,000 stone of salt, and now the inventory of the warehouse has 50,000 stone of refined salt and nearly 10,000 stone of coarse salt purchased. Such a huge inventory is already equivalent to the salt production of the entire Shandong in half a year. In the face of so many salt goods, Liu Fan was a little worried, and even doubted whether the salt merchants in Jiaozhou could eat this batch of goods.

On the other side, when Liu Fan summoned salt merchants to discuss the redistribution of the share of salt goods in Jiaozhou Salt Farm, these salt merchants were a little panicked. For some large families, they have their own fixed channels, and even without Liu Fan's salt, they can pick up goods from other parts of Shandong, and all they pay is some time and transportation costs. But for those small and medium-sized salt merchants, this distribution is a matter of life and death for them in the future.

These small and medium-sized salt merchants have found their backers to inquire about the situation and discuss countermeasures. At this time, as one of the two representatives of the salt merchants in Jiaozhou, the Li family's family was already full of guests, and almost all the salt merchants who depended on the Li family for survival came to the Li family, and more than a dozen people crowded into the living room, discussing the news at this time, hoping to find a way out.

Li Si also had a headache when he came to the living room and saw the noisy crowd, but as the leader, he had to take on his responsibilities and said to everyone, "I know everyone's intentions, and please don't be impatient, you can't quarrel like this, you can't quarrel like this, the way can only be by thinking, not such an aimless quarrel!" ”

Seeing Li Si coming, everyone seemed to have a backbone, and they all quieted down. At this time, a salt mountain, who was usually close to the Li family, opened his mouth and asked, "Li Gong! We received news that Liu Fan, the deputy envoy of the Salt Transportation Division, sent someone to inform the big guy, saying that the share of the Jiaozhou salt field would be re-demarcated. This move is really shocking, I don't know if Li Gong can have a countermeasure, this is really a matter of life and death for everyone! ”

Li Si smiled bitterly, "The old man also just received the news, and he hasn't thought of a countermeasure yet." However, according to reliable sources, Lord Liu did not have much malice this time, he just wanted to sell a large amount of inventory in his hands, which is also good news for us, at least everyone does not have to worry about the lack of goods in their hands! ”

Someone at the bottom said, "The news is good news, but the key is how this Lord Liu sets the price!" Now that he holds all the salt-producing areas in Jiaozhou, how should we deal with him if he wantonly raises the price of salt? To put it mildly, even if he raises three taels per pound of salt, everyone will also suffer huge losses! ”

Li Si sighed, "At this time, people are swords, I am fish and meat, people hold salt in their hands, and there is righteousness and knife handles, unless we want to fight against the government, otherwise we can only bear it!" But don't worry too much, even if he Liu Fan has the advantage, he doesn't dare to act recklessly. After all, the entire Ming Dynasty not only has salt merchants in Jiaozhou, but also countless salt merchants in other places, such a huge force is not something that he Liu Fan, a small deputy envoy of the salt transportation department, can shake, and he can't afford the consequences of rashly breaking the rules of the salt industry. According to what I have heard, this person is just trying to sell illicit salt for personal gain! As long as everyone waits and sees, there will be a clear understanding in three days. ”

Hearing Li Si's explanation, everyone nodded yes, feeling a little relieved. Seeing that everyone was not noisy, Li Si was also relieved. Finally, he exhorted, "Everyone! As far as Li knows, there is a large amount of inventory in the hands of Mr. Liu this time, and now what you have to do is not to speculate, but to think about how to raise money to win more shares, after all, the salt production in Jiaozhou is limited, and it will not be beautiful to be preempted by others at that time! ”