Before he was promoted to the chief soldier of Datong Mansion, Luo Yangxing was in the court, and he would help him again and again as his boss. However, after he was promoted to the chief soldier of Datong Mansion and became a powerful general with heavy troops in the imperial court, the relationship between himself and Luo Yangxing became a bit of a nominal existence.

As a close minister of the Son of Heaven, the reason why Luo Yangxing will help himself at these court meetings is for his own interests on the one hand, and on the other hand, he is thinking about his old feelings and hoping to make friends with him.

However, this kind of nostalgia can be maintained a few times, but it must not last long.

If you want to be clear about the situation in the court for the first time in the future development and strive for as many interests as possible for yourself, you really must have a close minister who can help you all the time.

And Luo Yangxing, who has cooperated with him many times in front of him, is undoubtedly his best choice.

So, after a short period of weighing, Wei Zheng immediately made a decision and agreed to cooperate with Luo Yangxing to form an alliance in the court to advance and retreat together.

As a veteran of the dynasty, being able to take the initiative to put forward this idea can definitely be called giving himself enough face. In this case, if Wei Zheng is still hypocritical, it is to look down on Luo's cultivation.

Therefore, Wei Zheng didn't think about it and said affirmatively.

"Since Brother Luo wants me to be honest, then I will say it bluntly: I agree to form an alliance with Brother Luo and advance and retreat together, you are in the court, and I am outside the court, cooperate with each other and continue to develop myself."

"As for my purpose of asking the imperial court for Huairen County: Brother Luo should know that I was carrying out large-scale tuntian in Datong Mansion, and I can't hide it, after the imperial court gave Huairen County to me. I will also carry out large-scale tuntian in Huairen County. Because. Now Shanxi has gone through a series of bandits. There is no shortage of anything, that is, there is no shortage of displaced people..."

"As long as there are people, I can turn 30,000 mu in Huairen County into 300,000 mu in two days in a short period of time. With the income of 300,000 mu of fertile land, it should be a very easy thing to hand over 10,000 quintals of grain to the imperial court every year. ”

"Tuntian, grow grain..."Luo Yangxing said to himself thoughtfully.

Then, a glimmer of light appeared on Luo Yangxing's face. shouted loudly: "Gao....really smart....Brother Wei, what I think of you, but it matters to me... If Brother Wei can really reclaim 300,000 mu of fertile land in Huairen, even if only two loads of grain are harvested per mu of fertile land, 300,000 mu is still 600,000 loads of grain..."

"600,000 quintals of grain, if converted into silver, at least a few million taels. And Brother Wei, what you need to pay every year is only 10,000 quintals of grain handed over to the imperial court...... It's definitely a lucrative ......"

Subsequently, a trace of excitement appeared directly on Luo Yangxing's face. Facing Wei Zheng, he continued: "Brother Wei, as far as I know. The Tuntian in Huairen County is also part of your overall Tuntian plan. Although I don't know the specific number of your tuntian, there are definitely millions of acres of fertile land. ”

"Even if Brother Wei only has millions of acres of fertile land, you can harvest at least two million loads of grain in a year..."

"In this dry era, two million quintals of grain in the Central Plains can definitely cause a sensation. My thought is, since Brother Wei has been honest with me, can you give me a branch of these two million quintals of grain, so that I can also get some benefits from it..."

Two million quintals of grain, even if Wei Zheng only allocates one million quintals to himself, with the current fluctuating grain prices, he can still make a profit of at least one million taels of silver.

However, to Luo Yangxing's surprise, Wei Zheng actually refused to build a yì for himself...

In an instant, the smile on Luo Yangxing's face was covered with coldness, and he said coldly to Wei Zheng: "Brother Wei, is this your hospitality....I have done so much for the Haw Par Army in the court, are you reluctant to even give me some food, and I didn't ask for this food for nothing from you, I will not lose a silver or two of the silver that should be given." ”

Seeing this, Wei Zheng hurriedly explained: "Brother Luo's anger....I, Wei Zheng, am not reluctant to give up these grains..."

"It's just that I have a more lucrative business here than selling grain to cooperate with Brother Luo, I don't know if Brother Luo is interested."

It turned out that when Wei Zheng heard that Luo Yangxing wanted to cooperate with him in business, Wei Zheng's first thought was not food, but refined salt.

You must know that no matter what era in China, salt and iron were monopolized by the imperial court. If you don't have enough strength, there is absolutely no way to meddle in the two deals of salt and iron.

And if Wei Zheng wants to sell the refined salt that is continuously produced in his hands, he must intervene.

However, with his current power, he can have influence in Shanxi at most, and sell refined salt to the whole of Shanxi, and after leaving Shanxi, he has no choice.

In this case, is it so that the business of laying golden eggs is so wasted....

This is definitely not what Wei Zheng wants to see.

And at this moment, the mention of Luo Yangxing in front of him directly made Wei Zheng come up with a specific solution.

Luo Yangxing is not only a member of the imperial court, but also the commander of the Jinyi Guard. At present, although the strength of Jinyiwei in the country is far less than before, the strength of Jinyiwei in the local area is still very strong.

At least one thing, what Jinyiwei wants to do, local officials will never dare to embarrass it.

If you hand over the continuous production of refined salt to Jinyiwei and let Jinyiwei sell it to you, then your refined salt business will not be able to spread all over the country in a short period of time, and it will not be noticed by the local government and the imperial court...

So, the idea of selling refined salt in the Ming Dynasty with Luo Yangxing came to Wei Zheng's mind in the blink of an eye.

Under Luo Yangxing's suspicious gaze, Wei Zheng directly whispered a word to the guard.

Soon, the guard walked into the lobby carrying a cloth bag full of things and placed it in the middle of the lobby.

Wei Zheng was not pretentious, walked directly to the sack and opened the sack. Then, pointing to the contents of the sack, he said to Luo Yangxing: "Brother Luo, the more profitable business I said is in this bag..."

Luo Yangxing's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly walked over.

When Luo Yangxing finished reading the contents of the bag and touched it with his hand. A pair of eyes shot out two fine rays of light directly, and then, he asked Wei Zheng rhetorically: "This is refined salt, and it is also very pure refined salt, if you get it to Beijing City, you can definitely sell it for ten taels of silver a load, or even more.......

Then, as if he had thought of something, he asked Wei Zheng expectantly, "Brother Wei, you mean that you have a way to get this refined salt... The quantity is not much, if the quantity is large, I will give Brother Wei the price of ten taels of silver per load, and sell it all to me, and I will sell it all over the country......"

Wei Zheng wanted this sentence, under the gaze of Luo Yangxing's pair of expectant and hot eyes, Wei Zheng asked rhetorically: "Brother Luo, you are very familiar with our Ming Dynasty. Do you think that with the current situation of my Ming Dynasty, how many quintals of refined salt can be consumed in a year......"

After some contemplation, Luo Yangxing replied: "I don't know about other places, just take Beijing City as an example, because there are a large number of imperial relatives and dignitaries, and the annual need for refined salt is definitely more than 50,000 quintals. You know, for those rich people, refined salt is not only to eat, but also to rinse their mouths or something, and they can't do without it. ”

"In addition to the capital, the demand in the south is also very huge, after all, the people in the south are very rich....so, I estimate that our entire Ming Dynasty needs at least seven or eight hundred thousand quintals of refined salt in a year."

Wei Zheng nodded, and said thoughtfully: "Brother Luo, as far as I know, our refined salt before the Ming Dynasty basically came from Shaanxi, although some salt wells can also produce refined salt, but the quantity is very limited after all. ”

"However, since the Shaanxi Rebellion, no load of refined salt from Shaanxi can enter the Central Plains and Jiangnan. In this way, the annual shortage of refined salt in the entire Ming Dynasty is at least about 600,000 quintals. ”

"If I provide Brother Luo with 600,000 quintals of refined salt every year, and let Brother Luo monopolize the entire Ming refined salt market, I don't know what kind of price you can offer me, Brother Luo..."

"600,000 quintals..."Hearing this number, even after knowing a little about Wei Zheng's series of big moves, Luo Yangxing was still taken a big jump.

At the same time, he had fallen into a boiling heart, and had silently begun to calculate how much he would gain every year if he really had 600,000 quintals of refined salt.

I didn't think about it at all, as the guard of Datong Mansion, why he was able to get so much refined salt.

There is a saying that is well-said, it is not that you don't know, but you are shocked......

Compared with selling grain, the benefits brought by selling refined salt are definitely beyond my imagination.

Luo Yang is confident that if he monopolizes the entire refined salt market in Daming, and the refined salt is bought by rich people, then the price of refined salt can be raised to fifteen taels of silver per load by himself, and even more, twenty taels of silver is possible.

Because, for those rich people, as long as they can use refined salt, a few taels of silver per load of refined salt will definitely not affect their pursuit of refined salt.

Once the price of refined salt is raised to twenty taels of silver per load, even if one can get a profit of five taels of silver per load of silver, six hundred thousand taels of silver can be obtained a full three million taels of silver.

So, in the face of the temptation of huge benefits, Luo Yangxing, who was excited, replied directly: "If Brother Luo can really provide me with 600,000 quintals of experience every year, then the purchase price I give Brother Luo can be increased to fifteen taels of silver..."

Wei Zheng replied with a satisfied face: "It is refreshing to cooperate with Brother Luo, since this is the case, then we have decided so....600,000 quintals of refined salt a year, and the transaction will be carried out on a monthly basis, 50,000 quintals of refined salt per month, and 750,000 taels of silver." As for what price Brother Luo intends to sell in the market, that is Brother Luo's own business, and I will never interfere..."

"In addition to this, I assure Brother Luo... The refined salt I produce here is only sold to Brother Luo, to ensure Brother Luo's monopoly on the entire Daming refined salt market........."