Although it was announced that the free trade of salt, but not everyone can afford to play, a deposit of 500,000 yuan, which is astronomical, and also have to pay for the purchase of salt, and then go to transportation and sales, the cost will go up, if you don't buy millions of catties at one time, or even tens of millions of catties, there is no profit.

But if a person eats ten catties of salt a year, 10 million catties is one million people, which is equivalent to the scale of about ten counties, which is not a small amount.

Therefore, the price of salt will be greatly reduced, that is, the profits originally monopolized by the monopoly salt merchants will be taken back and handed over to the common people. Of course, Zhang Tinglan only got half of the Changlu Salt Farm, and the so-called free trading area was limited to the sales area originally corresponding to this half of the salt farm, but the impact on the whole of China was still quite huge.

Many businessmen are eager to squeeze into this industry, it is not enough to raid the Fan family, other old salt merchants also have to deal with it, hundreds of years of monopoly have made them too many enemies, and now someone finally dares to declare war on them, which immediately attracted countless voices of support.

The old salt merchants, the old aristocracy has fallen, it is the time for the rise of the new aristocracy, no one wants to miss this good opportunity, and the merchants who are gearing up are looking forward to intervening in the salt industry faster.

Zhang Tinglan also quickened the progress, from Shanhaiguan to Tanggu generation of salt farms all straightened out, the entire Changlu salt field area is very broad, in the later generations there are more than 2 million acres of salt fields, can supply the needs of 300 million people, half of the salt field is also very broad.

In order to protect the salt works, Fengjun specially transferred a reinforced regiment from outside the customs to be responsible for patrol and protection, and Fan Xudong was also invited. Let him help design and promote Yantian.

After everything stabilized, Zhang Tinglan and Fan Xudong walked together on the newly built salt pan, and they could already see piles of snow-white salt grains in the distance, dense and endless.

"Yantian salt drying is the use of sunlight for evaporation, very cost-saving, and the quality of the salt produced is also good, from a very early on, the Chinese have used this way to produce salt, but not on a large scale."

Zhang Tinglan nodded: "In the final analysis, it is still a matter of monopoly by salt merchants. Drying salt on a large scale in a salt pan is far less controllable than boiling salt in a pot stove, so these old-school salt merchants are reluctant to adopt the salt drying method, knowing that it is cheaper and more effective. ”

"General Zhang said in one word. These salt merchants made all the money they sucked into the marrow, and they all had their homes raided. It's so exciting! ”

Raiding salt merchants is not just a matter of making people happy. The harvest is also quite rich, and Zhang Tinglan of the Fan family alone has found 21 million assets, in fact, there is still a big gap from the heyday of the Fan family, but this is not a small amount. Moreover, after hundreds of years of accumulation, the Fan family has a large number of antique treasures, almost all of which are priceless. These things can't be valued yet, but they are definitely quite amazing, and Zhang Tinglan has already arranged for people to send them back to Fengtian one after another.

In addition, those businessmen paid more than 15 million deposits in order to operate salt. In total, more than 30 powerful businessmen became a new generation of salt merchant magnates, and they took over the market share of the provinces of North China and Central Plains from Fan Dongyang and others. In addition, the three eastern provinces have also opened their markets to them.

For the first time, people in Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Anhui and other provinces saw the hope of falling salt prices, and more and more people cheered.

Attacking Yanzheng can be said to make Zhang Tinglan gain both fame and fortune, and lay a nail in the Guannei, laying the foundation for the future layout.

"Mr. Fan, now that we control the salt farm, the cost of your chemical plant can also be reduced a lot!"

"That's right, thanks to the support of General Zhang, now the factory building has been almost built, some machinery and equipment have been installed, our Jishu personnel are also exploring the production process, in addition, I heard that Mr. Hou Debang has purchased some equipment and materials in the United States, and is also ready to bring them back to China, I believe that soon the chemical plant will be able to come up with products!"

Fan Xudong is full of confidence, Zhang Tinglan is also very happy, wrenching his fingers to calculate, steel, coal, chemical, shipbuilding, machine manufacturing, Fengtian's industrial foundation has taken shape, and the next step is how to develop and grow and form a system.

The old system of salt administration for hundreds of years was once smashed, and it will take a long time to readjust the interests, and there are still a lot of trivial things to deal with, but these no longer need to be dealt with by Zhang Tinglan, he specially set up a China Salt Industry Company, which is responsible for the full management of the salt farms and ensures the smooth progress of production, and the company also regularly puts forward the guide price of salt, and gradually reduces the inflated salt price, so that the people can really get benefits.

"Humble words, take down the salt administration, our trip to the Guannai has been completed, my father has sent several telegrams, telling us to hurry home!"

When it comes to the word home, the two young people have different feelings, Zhang Xueliang and Yu Fengzhi's first child is finally about to be born, and Lao Zhang has finally waited for the day of holding his grandson.

However, according to Zhang Tinglan's memory, like Lao Zhang, Zhang Xueliang's first child should be a daughter, who was born in 1916 in the original history, but because Zhang Xueliang got married a little late in this time and space, and he also entered the lecture hall in advance, there were many things, and the child was postponed by one year.

In any case, Zhang Shaoshuai can be regarded as a person who has achieved positive results and become a father, so he has been restless recently, and he is uncertain about what he does, obviously worrying about the little life that is about to be born.

As for Zhang Tinglan, he also knows very well that after returning to Fengtian this time, I am afraid that he will soon get married, a woman is still waiting for him, becoming a parent, and finally taking root in this era, no longer like duckweed, Zhang Tinglan's heart is also full of taste.

"Han Qing, before we go back, we have one more thing to do!"

"What's the matter?"

"Of course, the Fan family is disposed of, this scourge actually plans to help the Japanese and spy on the intelligence of the three eastern provinces, how can we let him go!"

"That's right." Zhang Xueliang also said indignantly: "If such a scum doesn't kill it, it's hard to solve the hatred in my heart, but I also want everyone to take a look, what will happen if you dare to fight Fengjun's idea!" ”

Fan Dongyang, including his son Fan Xiaohe, and several core members of the Fan family were all taken to the sea, and after being shot, the corpse was tied to a stone and thrown directly into the bottom of the sea, becoming food for fish and shrimp.

After solving them, Zhang Tinglan was about to leave, and just as they were about to board the train, Zhou Xuexi, Zhou Xueyuan, Zhou Shutao and others also rushed over.

"Duke Zhou, thank you for coming to see you off, after I return to Fengtian, I will immediately invite you to Fengtian to handle the marriage."

"Hmph, you think we're here to see you off?" Zhou Xuexi said with a little anger.

"Isn't it? What else is going on with you? ”

"Fourth uncle, fifth uncle is preparing to go to the three eastern provinces to hide from trouble!" Zhou Shutao said with a smile on the side: "Humble words, you have caused such a big trouble, the whole Beijing and Tianjin are full of chickens and dogs, you pat your ass and leave, do you want to leave our Zhou family's top tank?" ”

Zhang Tinglan entered the customs this time, pitted Lao Duan, turned around and dealt with most of the princes of the Eight Banners, and drove the little emperor out of the Forbidden City, and Zuihou dealt with those salt merchants again, which is a big deal and a big trouble.

The Zhou family was originally inextricably linked with these shili, and since this period of time, the threshold of the Zhou family has been broken, some people have come to ask the Zhou family to intercede, and some people have come to ask Zhou Xuexi if he is preparing to defect to Beiyang.

After the salt merchants were solved, more merchants poured into the door of the Zhou family, and almost the threshold was about to be broken, and their purpose was very simple, that is, to let the Zhou family help and get the qualification to sell salt.

These people are wave after wave, which makes the Zhou family very annoying, and they also know that there are still Feng troops stationed in Tianjin, and these people dare not be blatant, once Zhang Tinglan withdraws from the Guannei, there will be no shortage of people who ask them to do things.

Therefore, Zhou Xuexi discussed with the others, and quickly slipped away, and then under the pretext of helping his daughter handle the marriage, the main persons in charge of the Zhou family all went to Guanwai, and there was only an old and mediocre Zhou man Zhou Fu left in the family, and no one dared to harass him.

Of course, Zhou Xuexi went to Fengtian to hide from the affairs is a reason, he has a deeper purpose, now Zhou Xuexi has seen the strength of the Feng army, and also saw the potential of the Feng army, they have a clear vision of development, and they are not like Beiyang to accumulate heavy burdens and difficult to return, nor like the revolutionary party in the south, they only know empty slogans.

In Zhou Xuexi's view, Fengjun is a potential stock worth investing in, and the two sides must have a good relationship.

The train clicked, Zhang Tinglan finally returned to Fengtian, the train slowly entered Fengtian Station, the inside and outside of the railway station had already been noisy, the station was full of welcoming personnel, Zhang Zuolin, Wang Yongjiang and others were all present, in addition to all walks of life in Fengtian, the main officials, as long as one in Fengtian did not fall.

To be able to give Zhang Tinglan such a high welcome standard, in fact, Zhang Tinglan earned it, this time the Feng army entered the customs, the harvest was really too great, first took Rehe Province, and the territory controlled by the Feng army expanded to four provinces; Secondly, Zhang Tinglan got back a huge amount of money, Zhang Xun extorted 10 million from him, Baqi got 500 million, and after solving the salt merchant group headed by the Fan family, he got more than 50 million, in addition, Kang Youwei and Duan Qirui all sent money to Fengjun, and a large amount of funds and cultural relics were looted in the Forbidden City, as well as the deposit paid by the new salt merchants, adding up to nearly 600 million.

In the face of this money, Lao Zhang almost couldn't believe his eyes, for fear that he had written an extra zero, and finally confirmed, Lao Zhang was also ecstatic, so it was such a grand reception, the train just entered the station, and the sound of firecrackers rang out, just like the New Year! (To be continued......)