As the old saying goes, when a show meets a soldier, it is unreasonable!

In this Chinese army's big tent, the county commander Bai Minghe wore the most popular sheepskin jacket in Guanguan, stepped on the thick-soled cloud climbing boots that were the favorite of the capital's magnates, hung a jade ring from the palace on his waist, and held a varnished bamboo flute in his hand. walked to the position of chief with a big grin.

"This seat, you have a kind of sit down and ask Lao Tzu's steel knife!" A long unsheathed knife stood in front of the white crane.

The bright blade of the knife shone with a piercing cold light.

"Good knives!" Shirana Crane tried the blade with his hand, and sat at the top of the middle with his buttocks.

There are eight people present in the fourth grade alone, and you Bai Minghe, a sesame petty official of the seventh grade, really have the courage to sit in the chief. At that moment, several young hundred households were about to rush up, but they were blocked by an old general.

The white crane struck the knife twice with a bamboo flute.

"Chaozhou Wei, there are 5,600 soldiers on the register, but there are 7,200 people. Among them, there are more than 2,700 soldiers who are over 40 years old, under 50 years old, and retired from their sons. There are 23,157 military households and 55,000 acres of land. The average income per person per month is 173 yuan! ”

Before Bai Minghe could finish speaking, the general slapped the table with a slap.

Most of his Chaozhou Wei's foundation was touched by the white crane.

"Don't make a noise!" Standing up was the commander of the avant-garde in Guangzhou, a general with the fame of Jinshi. The surname is Liu, Liu Mingxuan! is a real Confucian general, and he is also the person who Yang Neng asked to come out of the town this time.

"Chaozhou Weiqian Grain Affairs." After Liu Mingxuan snorted lightly, one person stood up: "Lord Hui, Lord Hepu Bai calculated accurately, the average amount of money and food earned last year was per month, and then divided by the number of people, it was one hundred and seventy-three wen per person per month." ”

"Touched the bottom of my Chaozhou Wei, do you have a ball?" The commander of Chaozhou Wei scolded.

Bai Minghe put the knife flat on the table: "Then I, Bai Minghe, will say one more thing, I, Bai Minghe, let you multiply the monthly income of these people in the Weisu by three or four." You point a knife at my white crane, you don't need me to hide, you ......" The white crane originally wanted to say, but it is estimated that your subordinates will put you down.

I don't dare to say this, this is definitely hateful.

Bai Minghe changed his words immediately: "You, I'm afraid you won't be willing to cut me with a knife." ”

"Ball, you have to be able to do it. Lao Tzu took the knife, and someone cut Lao Tzu behind his back. The Chaozhou commander was straight, and everyone in the tent laughed when he said a word.

Bai Minghe's expression was stern: "There are two reasons why salt is a huge profit. The first is that the production of salt is limited, which is not enough for the entire Ming people to eat. This is the short supply. The second reason is that salt is governmental, and if you want to sell salt, you need to have official documents, otherwise you will be killed. Playing with private salt is a heartbeat! ”

What is in short supply, what is a heartbeat. These generals don't understand, even Liu Mingxuan.

"I have a business, and I started it by myself, and I have a profit of two or three thousand taels in the first year. But soon, by the second year, the third year. I'm afraid I don't want to do it, because there is too little profit. ”

"Why?" Liu Mingxuan asked on behalf of the generals.

"Because there are too many people, and there are no secrets."

In some professions, the more people who do, the more profitable it will be.

"However, if you cooperate with me, we can achieve a hundredfold, a hundredfold benefit. The reason is simple, this business is our only one. The advantage of a single family is not the oppression of the miserable, but the market of the planned economy. We can have a monopoly on raw materials! ”

Bai Minghe said, pointing to the cup in front of him.

As soon as he saw Bai Minghe pointing to the cup, several officers of five or six grades immediately came over and poured tea for Bai Minghe.

Who the hell wants to gnaw on the nest every day, who doesn't like the delicacies of the mountains and seas. These brothers, who followed their birth to death, have meat to eat every day, which is also the duty of a general.

The military in the early Ming Dynasty was not as rotten as it was in the last years, and it was not as rotten as a piece of rotten wood.

At this time, the guard has already declined slightly, but this is it, it is not as good as the gorgeous mahogany, but it is not much worse than the pine wood, and the guard still has a strong combat effectiveness.

"I, the white crane, want to restrict the environment of the workshop, the rules of the craftsmen's work, the use of materials, and so on. Just for one reason, it is to make the things that I make in the white name crane, and they are all high-quality products. Take the knife...... "Shira-nathan picked up the knife again.

"The first batch is a good knife, and the military used it. But the later knives are getting worse and worse, I don't know what the generals think. ”

There was a slight smile on the face of the white crane.

"Cut him!" The attitude of many generals is unanimous.

Bai Minghe hugged his fists: "Seniors, I, Bai Minghe, am afraid that I am not the biggest among all my predecessors in terms of age." When it comes to official positions, I'm a little seven-rank official in the eyes of everyone. I used some means to stir up the seniors, but it was a real loyalty! ”

It was no surprise that Shirakawa mentioned anything.

But only this word of loyalty and righteousness made the generals a little incomprehensible.

The white crane stood up straight after bowing: "Before I left Beijing, I told the public. I, the white crane, want to give Yu Gong a million stone of rice every year. I think of the soldiers who guarded the north in the Ming Dynasty, they are miserable. Defend the country, defend the land and protect the home. Only then can I live and work in peace and contentment in Guanzhong Bai, and only then can the people of Daming live and work in peace and contentment. ”

"White Crane, do you know what a million stone of rice represents?" Liu Mingxuan's tone also changed.

It's not harsh, it's not kind, but it's a kind of stern coldness.

"Know, in Daming. It's worth 500,000 taels of silver, and I don't dare to say that I can be sure of this in any place in the Ming Dynasty. But in Guangdong, with your support. One million stone of rice, I use this as a guarantee! With that, he put the steel knife directly around his neck.

Liu Mingxuan pressed the handle of the knife: "Sit down and talk carefully!" ”

It was only at this time that the negotiations began in earnest, and an eighteen-year-old civil official dared to put a knife around his neck and use his head as a guarantee. This momentum has been recognized by all the generals, and with this kind of arrogance, it is also worth listening to Bai Minghe's specific thoughts and plans.

"Let's talk about the mensel towel used by this woman first...... "Shira-nathan took out his own sample.

All the men present, when they saw this thing, they couldn't help but blush, that is, the faces of the commanders of the two guards of Leizhou and Chaozhou with murderous faces were red, in ancient times, this kind of thing was more embarrassing than holding a woman's small clothes in your hand.

"Women's money is best earned. In other words, that old man doesn't care about his own woman. After introducing the menstrual towel, Bai Minghe made a summary.

"Let Lao Tzu do this business, don't do it, don't do it if you give 10,000 taels!" Thunder scolded.

"It's not for Lei to command you, Mrs. Lei can come forward. There are definitely not a few idle women in the various health centers. First pick literate people to come to Hepu for training, and at the same time choose a place to build a workshop in each bathroom. The job of the men of the guard is to collect three things from the fishing villages. ”

Hearing Bai Minghe say this, Liu Mingxuan personally picked up the pen: "You say, the official will write it down." ”

"The first one is a sponge. But this sponge has requirements, I have done some experiments, and not all sponges in the sea are suitable. For specific varieties, I will send the steward here to each village, and within a month, each village will be able to distinguish the difference between sponges. Bai Minghe said, Liu Mingxuan recorded.

The sponge that the white crane wants, the first principle is big.

The sponges are only a few centimeters, and the largest ones are almost two meters, almost more than 40 kilograms.

The second is that after drying, it is relatively softer. It's really hard to use, at least you can't put it in a menstrual towel.

"Monopoly ......, monopoly means forbidden. We have a monopoly on the raw materials of sponge, not that there is no way to make sponges along the coast, but the profits of Guangdong Province are enough to keep it in our hands. Then within three years, the business of Liangjing will definitely be the only one for us. ”

"Maritime trade is officially banned! You can go to Nanyang secretly, but if you want to go to Liangjing, I'm afraid it's troublesome! ”

"In the name of giving tribute, because my tribute must live in water. It is not as good as hanging the tribute in the water outside the ship with barreled seawater, so this excuse can be used. ”

Hearing Bai Minghe say this, several generals discussed it and thought it was feasible.

The sea ban is not the kind of procedure that cannot be launched with a single plank, otherwise there would be no such organization as a naval army. Transporting tributes, as long as the reason is right, there will be no problem with a little more dotting. In addition to the tribute, the military rations mentioned by the white crane can also be shipped by sea.

The ship was too small, and this reason was sufficient.

When transporting grain, it is also reasonable to take a third of the ship's cargo with it.

"Okay, Minghe, tell me again, what do you want for the second thing?" Liu Mingxuan continued to ask.

"The second is seaweed. As long as it is like a belt, the one that is long and thick enough. How many to have. I have two uses, one is to grind into flour and sell it inland, this kind of powder can be sold as a seasoning, the soup is very delicious, as long as the price is low enough, a penny to a pound of people can definitely afford to buy. ”

After Bai Minghe finished speaking, he immediately said that he would make soup for everyone to taste at noon.

"And then the second use is that if you eat this powder, you won't have big neck disease. Absolutely not, especially in the hinterland, this kind of big neck disease is a very troublesome disease. ”

"This business can be done, but it can only be regarded as selling grain. A large amount is advantageous. Liu Mingxuan said in his heart that this year, I am afraid that the profit will not be less than 100,000 taels, so that the people of the fishing village can also have more income, which is a good deed.

Bai Minghe let out a long breath: "The last two things are just as delicious as the table for a while." One of them is from our Guangdong, and there is one that there are very few in Guangdong, but it is Fujian that grows the most. It's called sea cucumber, it's easy to imagine when you hear this name, it's the first good product to tonify the kidney! ”