Chapter Thirty-Nine: Conspiracy in the Night

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Unlike Wang Chenglin, who was panicked, Wang Shoucheng, as Lao Tzu, was much calmer than his son, and he looked at the refined salt on the table with a hint of confusion in his eyes: "These salts are the top refined salt, where did Yue Yang get them, and they sell them so cheaply?" Isn't this a clear attempt to lose money? ”

Wang Chenglin also said angrily: "Yes, the child doesn't understand what kind of madness this Yueyang is?" The cost of a pound of refined salt like this will never be less than eight hundred yuan, is Yue Yang crazy? Or did he have all this salt blown by the wind? ”

The two fathers and sons thought hard for a long time in the study and couldn't figure out why Yue Yang had the courage to sell salt so cheaply, and at this time, Yue Yang stood at the door of a salt shop in Yingzhou City, looking at the surging flow of people in front of the door with a smile on his face. These salts are iodized salt that he bought from a modern salt company the day before yesterday, for the modern society with abnormal industry, salt is too cheap, because it is a batch price, the cost per catty is only one dollar, even if Yue Yang bought a hundred tons in one go, it only cost 200,000 yuan.

It's just that there was a little problem when he passed the portal later, and if Yue Yang wanted to throw this hundred tons of goods through the portal by himself, he would have to die of exhaustion, but after all, people are very flexible animals, Yue Yang had an idea, packaged these salts into tons of big bags, and bought a small forklift, so he drove the forklift to throw the salt through the portal.

Yue Yang was happy, but Yue Laifu, who was standing next to him, looked at the crowds of people lining up outside and said distressedly: "Young master, these salts are all fine salt, only three hundred wen yuan a catty, this is too cheap, we can sell it for seven or eight hundred wen yuan a catty!" ”

Yue Yang waved his hand disappreciably: "Eh...... We have already earned a lot of three hundred Wen, no matter how expensive it is, we are not suitable, besides, Yingzhou City is so big, even if it is sold for a few dollars, we can make a few dollars, Uncle Laifu, you have to look farther! In the future, we will buy this salt to Datong Mansion, Taiyuan Mansion and even Beijing City, so that we can make a lot of money! ”

Yes, at this time, Yue Yang's vision was not only limited to Yingzhou City and Shanxi, he had already thought of expanding the salt business to several provinces around Hebei and Henan, which was the main source of money.

To be honest, Yue Yang was very dissatisfied with the salt and iron monopoly policy of the Ming Dynasty. For example, in Shanxi today, the price of coarse salt per catty is 300 yuan, which is equivalent to 20 yuan per catty, so that each catty of salt is sold for 60 yuan, which is unimaginable in modern times.

But is salt really that expensive? According to Yueyang's understanding during this time, in fact, the price of salt in the Ming Dynasty was actually very cheap, and the price of coarse salt requisitioned by the government from the "stove households" (farmers who were specifically responsible for salt production) was five yuan per catty, that is to say, it was only one yuan of yuan, but how could the price of salt on the market rise to three hundred yuan, an increase of nearly sixty times?

In fact, the problem lies in the circulation link. In the case of the Wang family, if they want to get some salt to sell, then he must apply to the Salt Transportation Department for a salt introduction, that is, a license to distribute salt; After the salt is drawn to the salt, it must also be inspected at the examination center; Then he had to go to the designated place to sell salt; When the salt is sold, it has to be handed over to the local government. The whole process is not only troublesome, but also costs a lot of money - the welfare of civil servants in the Ming Dynasty is generally not high, just waiting to find subsidies from elsewhere, your Wang family takes the initiative to send it to the door, and the officials will naturally remind you in a way that you don't do it, until you take the initiative to send the white money into their pockets. It can be seen that although the production cost of salt is very low, the additional costs in transportation and sales are very amazing, since the Wang family who sells salt has spent so much silver to bribe the government, how can he not double the price of salt by dozens of heels?

But someone asked, since the Ming Dynasty implemented a monopoly on salt and iron, why did Yueyang sell salt in the city so openly? Isn't he afraid that the Salt Transportation Division of Yingzhou City will come to him for trouble? This problem Yue Yang has naturally taken into account, it is difficult to get the salt to get it, and it is easy to say that it is easy to say, although there is a fixed number of salt introductions in various states and prefectures, and these salt introductions have indeed been controlled by the Wang family and some other small salt merchants for a long time, but there is a saying, money can make the ghost grind, and after sprinkling a lot of silver, Yue Yang got the salt introduction.

After the salt was in his hands, the first thing Yue Yang, who had his back on the modern society, had to do was to squeeze the Wang family out of this market. Yue Yang thought so, and did so, he opened the salt shop in Yingzhou City for three days, and then the Wang family's salt shop was almost untenable, Wang Shoucheng had no choice but to find the prefect Zheng Kui and wanted to ask Zheng Kui to make the decision for him, but Zheng Kui kicked the ball to the salt transportation department on the grounds that the salt monopoly was not under the management of the prefect's yamen.

Wang Shoucheng had no choice but to go to the Yamen of the Salt Transportation Division to find the salt transport envoy, but the Yingzhou salt transport envoy, who had already received the benefits of Yueyang, had an official relationship with Wang Shoucheng, saying that Yueyang's salt was bought by him from others, and the procedures were complete, and he was not good at interfering with the normal operation of others.

Until it was dusk, Wang Shoucheng dragged his tired body back to his mansion. As soon as he entered the house, Wang Chenglin greeted him and diligently helped Wang Shoucheng take off his coat.

"Dad, what did Master Qiu say, did he promise to help us talk!"

Wang Shoucheng didn't answer, but said with a gloomy face: "Let's talk about it in my study!" After speaking, Wang Shoucheng took the lead and walked towards the study.

After entering the study, Wang Shoucheng sat down, leaned his head back on the chair and didn't say a word, just quietly closed his eyes and recuperated. Wang Chenglin didn't dare to say much, so he just stood behind Wang Shoucheng with his hands down and was silent.

I don't know how long it took, but the light in the study slowly dimmed, hiding Wang Shoucheng in a dark place. After a long time, Wang Shoucheng sighed lightly and said: "It seems that the old man underestimated the little guy of the Yue family, originally thought that he could train hundreds of elite soldiers because of luck, even if he had hundreds of elite soldiers in hand, he was just a martial artist, even if he got a batch of refined salt from nowhere, it was just a loss of money, and this kind of business would not last long." But now it seems that this kid is really here, it seems that he must have a stable supply channel to help, but the old man can't figure out where he got all this salt! ”

Wang Chenglin's face was also angry, "Father, this kid Yueyang doesn't want to give us a way to live, in this case, let's be polite to him, the child will take someone to burn down his three stores tonight!" The child doesn't believe it, does he really have three heads and six arms? ”

"You fool!"

As soon as Wang Chenglin's words fell, Wang Shoucheng's eyes glared and scolded: "You know how to fight and kill, can you use your brain, those three stores are so important, can the Yue family not send someone to guard them?" I sue you, from today onwards, you are not allowed to do anything to the Yue family without the order of the old man, understand? ”

"Yes!" Although Wang Chenglin respectfully agreed, a trace of disbelief still flashed in his eyes, his eyes kept rolling, and he didn't know what he was thinking!

After a while, Wang Shoucheng said weakly: "Okay, tonight I will write a letter to your eldest brother, and let your eldest brother say hello to Governor Zheng, presumably Lord Zheng will give your eldest brother a face, so that no matter how reluctant Yue Yang Xiao'er is, he will not do too much." ”

Wang Chenglin said in a low voice: "Yes, the child understands, if the father has no other instructions, the child will retire first!" ”

"Well, let's go down!" Wang Shoucheng waved his hand, leaned his head on the back of the chair and closed his eyes quietly, and then stopped talking, and Wang Chenglin walked out quietly.

Wang Chenglin walked out of the study, he couldn't figure it out. In the past, this Yue Yang was just a sour Xiucai who commanded to read the book of the dead, just four or five months ago, he was a wreck that he could handle at will, and he could play with him between applause with a few family members at will, but how long has it been, and this shackle has become a hot figure in the entire Yingzhou City in the blink of an eye, not only practicing a group practice, but also defeating the Liukou and saving Yingzhou City, this contrast is too great, so big that he can't believe it. That's it, now he has to break the foundation of the Wang family, how can Wang Chenglin, who has always regarded himself very highly, bear it.

The more Wang Chenglin thought about it, the more angry he became, and after a while, he found a burly man with a strong face and said: "Master Huang, you have been in our Wang family for four or five years, and you know how my Wang family has treated you in the past four or five years, and now that my Wang family is in danger, are you willing to contribute to my Wang family?" ”

The man clenched his fists and said loudly: "Second son, I, Huang Tiangui, have been taken care of by the Wang family for so many years, and I have been unable to repay it, and I feel deeply uneasy in my heart. ”

"Good!"

Huang Chenglin was overjoyed, he said in a low voice: "Here's the thing, you led dozens of brothers to the three newly opened salt shops late this night, and then ...... like this."

ps: Brothers, there are still wooden recommended tickets!