All dynasties have imposed heavy penalties on the sale of illicit salt, and the crackdown has been very severe. How could he www.biquge.info also a thousand households of Jinyiwei doing this kind of thing, Guo Zhiyi was very angry at Zhang Chu for letting him transport private salt, stood up and glared at Zhang Chu and said: "I am a dignified court official, and I will not do this kind of thing that violates the law of the country." ”

"If you don't want to do it, forget it, I originally came to see that you live a hard life and want to find a chance for you to get rich, we are paid according to work here, and you can get paid for two or three years of your salary after a trip, and you can get rid of poverty and become rich after a few trips." After the matter is completed, I still want to ask you to use the money I earn to find Grandpa Cao to buy an official position, it seems that this can't be done, I'd better find someone else. Zhang Chu shook his head and looked very disappointed.

"You want to be promoted?" Guo Zhi was a little moved when he heard what Zhang Chu said about the amount of compensation, but it was not good to retract his words immediately, so he deliberately had nothing to say, and followed Zhang Chu's words.

"Promotion is not the most important thing, I want to occupy Weihaiwei's place to do some business." Zhang Chu beckoned to Guo Zhiyi, and Guo Zhiyi involuntarily leaned towards Zhang Chu. Zhang Chu lowered his voice and said: "I watched the sky at night, and after careful deduction, I came to the conclusion that the Ming Dynasty has run out, and the officials in the court will definitely not end well, so it is better to take advantage of these last few years to make more money, and then retire to the mountains and forests and live a free life." ”

"Is this true?" Guo Zhiyi asked in surprise. These days, Guo Zhiyi was limited in the scope of his activities, and he asked for a booklet from the soldiers that Zhu Jishi praised Zhang Chu, and he studied it many times when he was fine. The more I read, the more I feel that what is written in it makes sense, and I feel that Zhang Chu is not an ordinary person. So Zhang Chu said that Guo Zhiyi was not very surprised when he said anything about watching the sky at night, but Zhang Chu said that the Ming Dynasty was going to die, which was indeed a bit exaggerated. Although the Ming Dynasty is now encountering some difficulties, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, how can such a huge Ming Dynasty be said to be dead.

"It's still a little early to say these things, but making more money is a matter for the benefit of the country, the people, and everyone." Zhang Chu knew that there were not many people in the entire Ming Dynasty who could see through the situation, so he didn't want to explain more, he preferred the topic of making money.

"Selling illicit salt is also beneficial to the country, the people, and everyone?" It was the first time Guo Zhiyi had seen someone say something illegal so lofty.

"That's right, who do you want to get the most out of the salt trade right now? Most of these salt merchants started by selling illicit salt, and used the money they obtained to sell outlaws in society to form salt gangs and monopolize the salt trade in various places. If we traffic illicit salt to various places, we can crack down on salt merchants in various places, and the money we obtain will be used to organize a team to crack down on Houjin, and we will definitely cause the price of salt to fall when we transport salt to various places, which is not for the benefit of the people. Isn't it good for everyone who participates in the salt sale to get benefits? "Because the salt merchants controlled the sale of salt in various places, the price of salt remained high in various places, and the imperial court received very limited taxes from it.

"Everyone who participates gets a benefit?" Guo Zhiyi is not very concerned about benefiting the country and the people, but making a lot of money by himself is what he cares about the most.

"To tell you the truth, the salt output I organized and produced in Shandong this time is far more than the salt works in the Lianghuai region, and a large number of people are needed to transport it outward, and everyone involved will profit from it, and you are now under a great condition, the emperor ordered you to protect the materials transported to Shandong, as long as you do it secretly enough, no one dares to check you, and it is still very easy to make money." What Zhang Chu hopes most now is that the salt in his hand can be sold as soon as possible and turned into silver.

"There are so many, then I'll try it." As soon as Guo Zhi heard the amount of salt that Zhang Chu said, he thought to himself, with such a large amount, as long as he got a small part of it, he could make a fortune. So he made a very difficult appearance and agreed to give it a try.

"You find a few trustworthy subordinates, and I will mobilize some more people to cooperate with you, and the day when we will get rich will come soon." Zhang Chu sent his own people to contain Guo Zhiyi and prevent anything from happening.

Next, Zhang Chu explained some specific requirements for the operation to Guo Zhiyi, and Guo Zhiyi, the captain of the transportation brigade, officially took office.

The emperor's holy decree to rebuild Denglai was issued for some days, and the prefectures and counties gritted their teeth and collected some materials and handed them over to the Jinyiwei who came to receive them, and then the Jinyiwei walked on the official road without anyone asking for trouble to check them, and no one even dared to care where they were transported. During this period, although the soldiers in the checkpoint found that these masters seemed to be going in the wrong direction, no one dared to ask, whether it was okay to let these rabbit cubs take some wrong paths, who let them come so sideways.

The small salt merchants in Daming all over the country have an unexpected joy, there are mysterious people who contact them and say that there is low-priced salt to sell, the small salt merchants will be skeptical, they dare not believe that there is such a good thing, now the salt market is controlled by the salt gang composed of big salt merchants, they have the pricing power, most of the profits are taken away, one by one is so rich that it is difficult for others to transport batches of salt.

After carefully approaching the transaction of paying with one hand and delivering the goods with one hand, the small salt merchant got the low-priced salt, and was also told that if he wished, he could get the goods at such a price for a long time, and the small salt merchant happily sold it and made a large amount of silver, which naturally reduced the order from the big salt merchant, and because the supply was sufficient, even the price of salt in the market has decreased.

Over time, salt merchants discovered anomalies, and the amount of salt they held was greatly reduced. At first, they thought that due to the famine, the people were buying less salt, but the information came back that the salt in the market showed no sign of decreasing, and the price was reduced. This made them nervous.

The atmosphere in the main hall of the Qingjin Gang, the largest salt gang in Huainan, was tense, and the gang leader Hong Wang sat on the Taishi chair at the top and listened to the report of his subordinates.

Hong Wangming is the largest salt merchant in Huainan on the surface, but in private he is in charge of the powerful Salt Gang and the Green Turban Gang, which is named after the low-level salt workers and salt lads who all have green scarves wrapped on their heads.

Since Hong Wang became the leader of the Green Turban Gang, it is very different from the earlier small gangs that relied on selling illicit salt. By bribing officials in the government, Hongwang obtained a large number of qualifications for legal salt trafficking, and monopolized the salt trade in many regions. And colluded with the officials in the government to sell the private salt of the salt works he controlled, and obtained a lot of money in recent years, Hong Wang himself became rich, and the officials benefited, and Hong Wang also spent money to hire many outlaws as salt dings to defend his salt works and transport illegal salt. Due to the high bounty, the salters behaved very fiercely when fighting with others, and some Jianghu characters easily did not dare to provoke the Green Turban Gang.

What made Hong Wang angry today was that his subordinates reported to him that someone was trafficking illicit salt in his territory. This is really Tai Sui's head breaking ground, and this kind of black and black thing is really done by someone. (To be continued.) )