June 15, has entered the midsummer season, Zhaojiatun field is full of crops, the growth of these crops is very gratifying, at this time the villagers have no farm work, are in full swing training.

A few days ago, many businessmen came to Zhaojiabao one after another, and all of them stayed in the guild hall. A total of dozens of merchants came, some of whom were really unable to separate, and they also sent their shopkeepers over.

In the past, the Zhao family invited them to meet, and they all gave them a way to make a fortune, and this time it must be the same. At this time, Zhao Yan was already an important member of the Shandong Business Gang.

At the same time, this time we also invited some Shandong businessmen who had not been invited before, and the capital of these businessmen was generally not large, and they were not qualified to intervene in the sale of glass mirrors before.

The next time the Zhao family invited them, they ran over one by one.

The merchants staying in the hall had been talking about it before, speculating about what way the Zhao family would send them to make a fortune this time, but it was really hard to guess this thing.

On the fifteenth day, Zhao Yan set up a few tables of banquets and invited those businessmen to the table.

Before entering the table, Zhao Yan and several close Shandong businessmen greeted each other, greeted each other for a while, and then all entered the table.

"This time, Zhao asked everyone to take time out of their busy schedules to come to the meeting, please forgive me for any inconvenience caused." Zhao Yan got up and said loudly to the merchants at several tables.

"It's okay, it's okay......"

"Lord Zhao is invited, we are overjoyed."

The big businessmen hurriedly said with a smile, Zhao Yan nodded with a smile, and continued: "I think everyone also knows that I, Zhao Yan, will not make such a big battle without any major incident, and I invite you to come this time to discuss a great plan to make a fortune with you." ”

Zhao Yan's words couldn't help but make everyone's eyes light up, and a businessman smiled and said, "Lord Zhao, what is the plan to make a fortune?" Let's talk about it. ”

In anticipation, Zhao Yan smiled and beckoned, and the servant of the Zhao family walked up with a large porcelain bowl, which was filled with sea salt with white flowers.

Zhao Yan pointed to the sea salt in the porcelain bowl and asked, "Dare to ask you, how is the salt in the world?" ”

"The benefits of salt in the world are immeasurable, everyone needs to use salt, and everyone can't do without this thing." Zheng Shilian saw this sea salt, his heart couldn't help but light up, he started this private salt business, after the Kong Youde Rebellion, Shandong's salt industry was sluggish, and the accounts in this area shrank a lot.

"Those two Huai salt merchants, all rich in flowing oil. There are no less than 10 million rich families, and there are millions of rich families, and hundreds of thousands of small rich families, and the richest people in the world are Lianghuai salt merchants. ”

Zhao Yan nodded and continued to ask, "Why does my Shandong merchant gang have no salt to make money?" ”

"There's no salt! There are only a few salt farms in Shandong, and most of them are not well managed, and the output of small households is low. Buying salt is a problem, how can there be any salt profit. A salt owl said loudly.

"Zhao opened a salt pan in Laizhou Bay, if it is fully developed, it will not be a problem to produce hundreds of millions of catties of salt a year. Zhao Mou has always been in line with the principle that everyone earns together with silver. Today, Zhao came to you just to talk to you about this salt sale. Zhao Yan's voice just fell.

Zheng Shilian couldn't wait to ask: "Is this true?" ”

"Naturally, the little nephew will not just knock on the bang and not sell the goods, I can make people produce as much as everyone can sell." Zhao Yan said angrily.

"Then how does Lord Zhao want to cooperate with everyone?" A businessman asked with concern.

"I produce salt, and everyone sells it. Each load of salt is sold for only two or five cents, and there is no sand involved. Zhao Yan said, and the businessmen below had already whispered and discussed.

"Let's take a look at the quality of this sea salt first." Zhao Yan asked people to hand over the porcelain bowls one by one, and those merchants stuffed a little with their fingers into their mouths and tasted them slowly.

Most of them nodded after tasting it, and the quality of this salt is indeed top-notch.

"If all sea salt can be like this, two or five dollars is reasonable." Zheng Shilian nodded and said happily: "The nephew has sent a fortune to everyone this time, haha!" ”

At this time, a businessman said hesitantly: "Lord Zhao, we are our own businessmen, you must know that this selling illicit salt is a felony, and there are salts everywhere, and if you meet your peers, it is difficult to guarantee that you will be blackened." I don't have enough people to sell this illicit salt! ”

"Besides, Huai salt is sold all over the world, if Lu Yan wants to get involved, I'm afraid it's not so easy."

"Yes! How can I wait for enough people to sell illicit salt! ”

Dozens of Shandong businessmen, most of them are complaining. You must know that selling illicit salt is a dangerous thing, and the most important thing is to have armed forces. Although these businessmen look hot, they don't have the strength to do this business.

And Zheng Shilian's businessmen with armed forces are all happy. Most of the merchants involved in selling salt are unable to grow because of the constraints of the source, and if there is enough private salt supply, it is possible to do as much as they want.

"As long as there is salt, someone will definitely buy it, and not everyone has to eat Huai salt." Zheng Shilian has the most experience in this area, saying: "The most important thing in the local area is the salt sellers, and there is more than one in some places. If you are trafficked to a certain place, you can't lose money if you want to, at most the price is lower. ”

"If there is a lot of salt, the price will be cheap. If Huaiyan and Lu Yan are strangled with each other, then there will be no money to be made. ”

For a while, there were different opinions.

But if there is a lot of trafficking, the price will definitely fall. In order to levy more salt taxes, the Manchus allowed merchants to sell salt, which led to lower the profits of salt. As a result, there are many fewer smugglers, because there is no profit to drive.

"Everyone, be quiet." Zhao Yan pressed his hand, and the merchants gradually quieted down.

Looking around, Zhao Yan said: "Looking for you today, naturally I won't let everyone run in vain." Zhao Yong, lead people to practice. ”

"Yes, sir." After Zhao Yong received the order, he directly brought a team of 100 people out.

I saw a squad of 100 people, forty of whom were armed with spears and wearing delicate plate armor. Sixty men were armed with muskets, dressed in leather armor, and had swords hanging from their waists.

The hundred men quickly lined up directly on the school field on the side, and the sixty musketeers divided into three columns, and shot forward with a bang.

After two rounds of continuous firing, the musketeers quickly retreated, and the forty pikemen suddenly burst out with a loud shout: "Kill! The spear in his hand stabbed out suddenly.

Suddenly, the musketeer, who was standing behind the pikeman, suddenly took out a short object, took a little fire fold, and threw it straight ahead.

Boom Boom Boom ......

There was a loud bang, and the ground in front of the pikemen was blasted into a dozen craters.

The merchant in the table couldn't help but be startled by the loud noise, and looked at the team with wide eyes.

"Wrap up." Zhao Yong shouted, and the team hurriedly put away their weapons and ran over in a neat formation. A pikeman in front of Zhao Yan beckoned, and the pikeman immediately ran over.

Zhao Yan stretched out his hand and tapped his fingers on the plate armor on the pikeman's chest, and suddenly there were a few crisp crashing sounds, and said to those merchants: "This kind of plate armor can't be cut into by ordinary weapons." ”

Then he took a musket and shook it in his hand, "This kind of musket will surely kill those who are within a hundred paces." ”

"Lord Zhao, what do you mean by this?" A businessman asked cautiously.

Zhao Yan smiled heartily and said, "Aren't you short of manpower?" Aren't you afraid of being hacked and eaten by others? If each of you had such a squad, would the officers and soldiers dare to move? If you run into two salt lords, are you afraid that they will eat black? When the time comes, the black will eat the black, but it will be everyone! ”

"Lord Zhao means ......"

"If you are short of manpower, you can send someone to me, and I will help him train men. I don't dare to say anything else about my officer's skills, but I am definitely good at training. If you lack weapons, you can also buy them from this officer, and the price is preferred. In order to expand sales, Zhao Yan proposed to help them form a private salt armed force.

The price is preferential just like the Hades king's notice, and there are many nonsense.

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