At this time, Wang Chengyi, who was sitting in front of him, was completely attracted by the picture and future depicted by Zhou Shuyuan.

Faced with this result, Zhou Shuyuan smiled, and a heartfelt smile appeared on his calm and strict face.

Facing Wang Chengyi's eager gaze, he replied slowly: "Lord Wang, this method of this official is very simple, for Lord Wang, you only need one sentence, and it can be easily completed, and it will not hurt the root of Shandong." ”

Wang Chengyi, who couldn't hold back the excitement and expectation in his heart, asked directly......

"Lord Zhou...... What the hell is the solution, you say......"

Zhou Shuyuan nodded and replied: "Lord Wang may not know yet: my Tiger and Leopard Army has recaptured the entire Shaanxi from the rebels half a month ago, and wiped out all the rebels in Shaanxi. ”

However, because of the long-term turmoil in Shaanxi, the population in Shaanxi has plummeted from millions to less than 300,000 today. The huge Shaanxi can basically be called deserted......"

"Under such circumstances, the Governor General Wei directly made the decision to emigrate to Shaanxi."

"However, at present, there is no surplus population in Shanxi to immigrate to Shaanxi...... Under such circumstances, we, Lord Wei, thought of the large number of displaced people in Shandong, who had already begun to cause trouble......"

"As long as your lordship, you can send someone to drive these displaced people to the border between the two provinces...... No matter how many people there are, our two provinces in Shanxi and Shaanxi will accept them unconditionally and send them to Shaanxi, which is vast and sparsely populated......"

Seeing the contemplative expression on Wang Chengyi's face, Zhou Shuyuan hurriedly added: "Of course, for these displaced people who have entered the two provinces of Shanxi and Shaanxi. Our Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces will not be ...... in vain."

"The officer's initial thoughts are. Lord Wang sent ten displaced people to each of the two provinces of Shanxi and Shanxi. We left the king a reward of one or two pieces of silver...... If Lord Wang can send a million displaced people to the two provinces of Shanxi and Shaanxi, then we will give Lord Wang 100,000 taels of silver......"

Whether it is the world hundreds of years later, or today, Shandong is the most populous province in the country.

Therefore, at this moment, there are not many other provinces under the jurisdiction of Wang Chengyi, or even none. However, the population is very large. There are only no registered black army households and civilians. There are millions of them......

Once he sent all these black military households and homeless people to the two provinces of Shanxi and Shanxi, he could get 150,000 taels of silver out of thin air...... In any way, this is a way to benefit yourself without the slightest damage.

When the time comes, with these 150,000 taels of silver, he will be able to train an army that is completely obedient to him. Although the size of this army is limited due to military spending, it is only 2,000 people at most. However, after all, this is a private army that completely belongs to oneself and is a manifestation of one's own strength......

So, after Zhou Shuyuan's words were finished. The excited Wang Chengyi subconsciously agreed.

At the last moment, Wang Chengyi hid the last trace of reason in his heart. Let him calm down quickly.

After taking a deep breath and suppressing the excitement in your heart.

With a consultative tone, he said: "Lord Zhou, ten homeless people are only one tael of silver...... Isn't it too low. You must know that the price of grain has risen to five or six taels of silver a load. One tael of silver, just enough for a soldier's ration for a month. No matter how large the population of Shandong is, I can't get much silver back from Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces......"

"Lord Wang, what do you mean......" Zhou Shuyuan didn't answer immediately, but asked thoughtfully with a thoughtful face.

Hearing this, Wang Chengyi, who is an official veteran, immediately understood: There is still room for negotiation for this price.

Since you can discuss, you can open your mouth. Then, bargain with Zhou Shuyuan in front of him little by little to get the greatest benefit to himself.

So, Wang Chengyi didn't think about it and said: "Two homeless people have a tael of silver...... If Mr. Zhou thinks it's too expensive, we can discuss it again until we're both satisfied......"

After some fierce bargaining, a plan that satisfied both of them appeared.

Shandong patrolled the yamen, and for every five displaced people sent to Shanxi, Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces were given a reward of one or two silvers.

Of course, these transactions are all secret transactions hidden from the imperial court.

As the governor of Shandong, Wang Chengyi, who was appointed by the imperial court, did not want the imperial court to know: he planned to use the silver to train a private army that was completely obedient to his orders, and increase the strength of his entire imperial court in Shandong......

Leaving the governor's yamen, Zhou Shuyuan did not leave Jinan immediately. Instead, escorted by a team of Haw Par Army soldiers, they secretly came to the border guard near the sea.

Because of the drought and the exploitation of the guards officers, these guards have long since lost their former prosperity.

In order to make a living, the military families had to set up a cauldron and boil salt with seawater on the beach......

At a glance, the beach, which stretches for several miles, is almost full of cauldrons used by military households to boil salt......

Poorly dressed and visibly malnourished military households were constantly shuttling back and forth between the stoves...... Add seawater to the cooktop, add seawater, add materials...... It's a lively scene......

"It turns out that coarse salt is boiled little by little like this, no wonder Dashuai keeps saying that the price of coarse salt is too expensive. If he uses his own method to produce coarse salt, there is almost no cost......" Looking at the scene in front of him, Zhou Shuyuan, who was standing on the shore, couldn't help but sigh to himself.

At this time, one of the people around him fled from the local desert to Shanxi, and finally joined the Tiger and Leopard Army, and became a middle-aged man who was guarded by Zhou Shuyuan. Suddenly, he stepped forward and said, "My lord, the small one turned out to be a military household boiling salt by the sea...... As far as I know, since ancient times, coarse salt has been boiled little by little in a large pot......"

"As for the price of coarse salt, when the military households sell it, it is not only not high, but also very cheap......

"A pound of coarse salt can only be sold for two cents...... When the little one was here, the whole family could only boil a dozen catties of coarse salt after a hard day, and if they sold it to a salt merchant, they couldn't even earn 30 yuan......"

At this time, Zhou Shuyuan directly showed an interested expression on his face.

Because, according to what this guard said, the cost of a load of coarse salt is at most two or three hundred yuan.

However, the purchase price of the refined salt processing workshop from the salt merchants reached an astonishing one or two hundred cents of silver per quintal, and the price increased by as much as five times.

What's more, with such a high purchase price, these salt merchants cannot guarantee a sufficient supply of coarse salt......

And according to the gossip he got from secretly, in order to earn more silver from the Haw Par Army, to make up for the loss caused by the large amount of refined salt entering the market. These salt merchants are conspiring to raise the price of coarse salt in their hands, further increasing the cost of producing refined salt themselves......

In this way, the huge benefits brought by the refined salt workshop to the Haw Par Army will be greatly affected in a certain way.

Not only that, but their own source of coarse salt is in the hands of salt merchants. Once the Haw Par Army turned against the imperial court in the future, these salt merchants no longer imported coarse salt to Shanxi. The refined salt processing workshop, a hen that can lay golden eggs, will be starved to death because the raw materials are out of stock.

As the direct manager of the refined salt processing workshop, Zhou Shuyuan knows very well that in order to ensure the supply of the refined salt processing workshop, it is necessary to have a supply channel that completely belongs to him. You must not put all the lifeblood of the refined salt processing workshop in the hands of others.

Therefore, Zhou Shuyuan, who came to Jinan this time, deliberately came to the beach to see if he could gain anything after the business was completed.

Just when Zhou Shuyuan looked at the beach in front of him with no end in sight, it was still the words that the handsome Wei Zheng had said in front of him at the beginning, which resurfaced in Zhou Shuyuan's mind.

"If Ben Shuai is asked to produce these coarse salts, the cost of a load of coarse salt will definitely not even be 100 yuan."

Although Wei Zheng did not elaborate on the specific method of producing coarse salt. However, Zhou Shuyuan kept a few key words in mind. That is: the beach, the salt......

At that time, I was thinking that if everything the marshal said was true, the cost of coarse salt would be almost negligible. According to the current output of the refined salt processing workshop, the Haw Par Army can earn at least three million taels of silver a year......

Three million taels of silver, if used to feed the army, can at least provide all the food and salary needs of the 20,000 tiger and leopard army for a year.

For such a result, Zhou Shuyuan was very moved.

However, because Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces are both inland provinces, there is no way to build salt farms......

Zhou Shuyuan, who looked helpless, had to press this idea into his heart. However, as the chief steward of the Haw Par Army, in order to let the Haw Par Army have more financial resources, he has never given up this idea.

Therefore, when Zhou Shuyuan saw patches of beach here, the idea that had been pressed in his heart once again came into Zhou Shuyuan's mind, making Zhou Shuyuan feel a very strong heartbeat.

At this time, Zhou Shuyuan only had one sentence in his mind: that is, to take advantage of the opportunity of the private transaction between Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces and Shandong Province to find a way to win a salt farm, so that the refined salt processing workshop in Datong, Shanxi Province can have its own refined salt supply channels and will no longer be controlled by others. Of course, it can also reduce the production cost of refined salt in a certain way.

Standing on the beach on the coast, Zhou Shuyuan, who was surrounded by a group of guards, although he did not move, was in a state of contemplation. However, his facial expressions have changed little by little over time.

When a scorching light shot out from a pair of eyes, Zhou Shuyuan, who was standing in the middle of everyone, finally moved.

With a wave of his hand, he ordered everyone: "Go back to Jinan immediately...... This official also wants to meet the king of Shandong Governor ......" (to be continued......