Yan Chujie nodded, in fact, even if Luo Shengdong didn't complain, the executive committee had already set him as a "key target". The executive committee believes that Luo Shengdong has seen the power of the crosser, and he is also a smart person who knows and is interested, and he also has a certain degree of self-motivation in his personal career, and he is a suitable candidate as a nail buried in Yazhou in the future.

Yan Chujie gave Schneider a look, and Schneider opened his mouth with understanding: "Mr. Luo Bai, we have the way to get rich, it depends on whether you dare to do it." ”

Luo Shengdong was already a little drunk, but when he heard this, he immediately came to his senses, and ordered a few of his subordinates: "You go out first, guard the door and don't let people in!"

After a few of his subordinates went out and closed the door, Luo Shengdong hurriedly asked, "I don't know why Chief Shi taught me?"

Schneider stretched out two fingers and said, "There are two options, I'll talk about the first one first." You are now an officer of the Imperial Navy, and you may be promoted in the future, and when you become the commander, will you be able to mobilize most of the ships in the water village?"

Luo Shengdong pondered for a moment and said: "If you want to mobilize most of the ships, you must have a warrant from the generals, but it should be okay to send a few ships in normal times." ”

"How about using the ship you can mobilize to help us transport the goods?" Schneider said: "Just go to Shengli Port, Yazhou, and Qiongzhou Fucheng, and the freight can be converted into silver for you at the market price." I've heard that there are more than 20 boats in the water village, wouldn't it be nice to make full use of these boats to make some extra money?"

"How can this be made!" Luo Shengdong was shocked and said: "If this is discovered, the public weapon is used for private purposes, and the crime is not small!"

"Whoever can check you, you will drag whoever into the water, and the money is not something you can earn alone, and sharing some benefits to your colleagues, bosses, and subordinates will not hinder your plan to make a fortune. Schneider was like a devil, constantly persuading Luo Shengdong.

"I don't want to dominate this business, but ......" Luo Shengdong seemed to have some scruples, and he stopped talking.

Yan Chujie couldn't stand it anymore, and decisively released a big move: "I said Mr. Luo Bai, you lied about the military situation before it was already a dead end, what else is there to be afraid of?"

Luo Shengdong suddenly "chuckled" in his heart, his own foot had already stepped into the mud, could he still expect to be able to go ashore cleanly? What loyalty to the imperial court, what loyalty to the emperor, from the day he was captured alive, all became a joke! These Haihan people tried every means to trade with our Ming Dynasty, so they must have no intention of becoming enemies of our dynasty, in that case, why don't I take some benefits for myself?

After figuring out this joint, Luo Shengdong's originally anxious mood immediately relaxed a lot, and nodded in response: "Then I will deal with this matter first, and the details can be discussed slowly." Chief Shi might as well talk about the second method. ”

"This second way is private salt. Schneider ignored the surprised expression on Luo Shengdong's face and continued: "To tell you the truth, soon our salt works in Shengli Port will be put into production, and the output will definitely be better than other salt works on the entire Qiongzhou Island. You are an officer of the sailor, and the ship of the sailor can transport goods everywhere unimpeded, and doing this is simply like a fish in water. As for the profit of private salt, I don't need to go into details, right?"

When it comes to the salt works on Qiongzhou Island, the largest one today is the Yangpu Salt Works in Danzhou, which became an official salt field since the Tang Dynasty and was one of the first few salt farms to adopt the salt method by drying the salt method. Rake mud for watering, filtering salt mud, and sun-drying brine, and salt workers there have used this method to make sea salt for thousands of years. But even the largest salt factory in the region does not produce more than 300 tons a year, according to historical records, which is not enough for the people who have a huge demand for the chemical industry, and even enough to meet the needs of the entire population of Qiongzhou Island.

According to the plan of the Executive Committee, the area of the salt field off the coast of Shengli Port has doubled the area of the Yangpu salt field, and after adopting more advanced salt production technology, the output should also increase significantly, even in the first year of operation, the output should not be less than 1,000 tons. In this way, the cost of salt production will be much lower than that of the official salt farm, not to mention that the salt factory will not pay taxes to the imperial court at all, and the competitive advantage in price is very obvious.

The World Health Organization has issued a salt intake standard, which states that the daily salt intake of adults over the age of 18 is not less than five grams, while China's standard is six grams per day, so the annual per capita salt consumption is about four to five catties. According to Luo Shengdong's knowledge, the current price of salt on the market varies according to quality, which is about three cents to four cents of silver, that is, three or four hundred wen a catty. At present, the population of the entire Qiongzhou Island has exceeded 200,000, and the annual consumption of salt can reach as much as one million catties, even if the sale price of private salt is only half of the official salt, it is still a business of more than 100,000 taels of silver per year!

With such a large amount of money, even if he can only draw one out of a hundred, Luo Shengdong will not hesitate to think that this is definitely a huge amount of money. However, at this time, he suddenly thought of another thing, Schneider just said that transporting smuggled goods from the warships of the water village must be paving the way for this second method, right?

Luo Shengdong suddenly felt a deep sense of powerlessness in his heart, in the face of the calculations of the Haihan people, his original insistence would not play any role at all. If he really wiped his face and rejected the Haihan people's proposal, then these people would presumably contact their colleagues and even superiors tomorrow and completely buy them off with this irresistible money offensive. Luo Shengdong has no doubt at all that his boss, who is about to get mixed up with the Zhishi line, will never refuse to use the little power he has to make a fortune before he retires. And if he wants to play the role of this stumbling block, it is very likely that before the promotion order of the Qiongzhou Mansion comes down, he will be given "military law" by General He first.

"That's it! Since that's the case, Lao Tzu is also out of the way!" Luo Shengdong exhaled with relief, and responded to Schneider's suggestion.

The task of the task force has been completed more than half of this morning, and the afternoon time has become easier. Luo Shengdong took a group of people from the action team to walk around the city, and after satisfying these people's strong intention of "visiting here", the team went out of the city from the south gate and went to visit the famous "Big and Small Caves" scenic spot near Nanshan Town.

The seascape, mountain scenery and stone scenery of this place are known as the first scenic spot of Qiongya, climb Ao Mountain, you can see the blue waves of Yazhou Bay, the nearby mountains and mountains are deep and the forests are green, the rocks are strange and the caves are secluded, and there are all kinds of large and small stone groups. Among them, the huge "Shou" word on the immortal Weng Shou Stone is rumored to be written by Chen Tuan Ancestor, this one "Shou" word is composed of people, Shou, Nian, Feng four words, see through the crowd have been amazed, the end of nature is a group photo of nostalgia. And such cultural landscapes are very many in the large and small cave sky scenic spots, such as the Yanzhan Pavilion, the wonders of the sea and mountains, the landing place of the monk Jianzhen, etc., which makes these people who have not been here before the crossing very excited.

Luo Shengdong didn't quite understand why these Haihan people had to line up in front of those stone inscriptions to pose strangely, but later found that the person standing opposite was fiddling with a strange little black box aimed at them. He curiously leaned over to take a look, and almost didn't get scared out of his pee, only to see that all the people in the small black box had turned into inches tall and were reflected on the box, and he didn't know what kind of profound spell it was.

"Mr. Luo Bai, let's take a group photo too!" Seeing Luo Shengdong looking there curiously, Tom Wang enthusiastically patted him on the shoulder, and as he spoke, he was about to pull him to the opposite side of the photographer.

Luo Shengdong's feet seemed to have taken root: "No, you can't afford this kind of spell!"

When Wang Tom still wanted to pull him, Luo Shengdong had already broken free from him, and stepped out six or seven feet in one arrow step, looking at Wang Tom with a wary expression, as if the other party was going to pull him to the execution ground, and the onlookers laughed one after another.

After the tour, everyone went down the mountain and returned to the seaside camp. At this time, the two commercial houses in Yazhou City sent the traded goods to the beach as promised, and were counting and handing over the personnel left on the ship. And the shopkeepers of the two families actually came with them, and it seems that they also want to witness the strength of this overseas merchant. Of course, the first thing that caught their eye was the white, strange-looking dhow docked at the beach.

The two self-confessed well-informed shopkeepers stood on the shore and watched for a long time, but they did not understand what kind of material the ship was made of, and why it had such a strange shape. However, this ship has a very wide hull and a low hull, and it is indeed not a ship type built by the Western Franco-Rang or Dutch, and it seems that the Haihan people claim to be from the East and thousands of miles from overseas.

Before leaving, Yan Chujie called Luo Shengdong to the boat, and Schneider ordered five hundred taels of silver to him, and then told him again: "This is your activity fund, you find a yard for us in Yazhou City, it is best to have a shop facing the street, or rent or buy, and we will send someone to settle in when we go back." You can keep the rest of the money first, and if you need to take care of your boss, you can use it yourself. But all the expenses have to be recorded, and we can't say when we're going to check them, you know?"

"Understood, understood. Luo Shengdong responded busily, knowing that this was the Haihan people preparing to do a big job in Yazhou, but fortunately, what they were only seeking was to settle in trade, not to attack the city and seize the land, so this little thing could naturally be agreed.

"In addition, you can contact us with a few tooth shops that can hire people on our behalf, and we may hire a group of craftsmen to bring them back to Victory Harbor when we come back next time. Yan Chujie did not hide the next step of the executive committee.

"Yes, yes. ”

"Do it well, your end will not just be the total!" Yan Chujie gently patted Luo Shengdong's shoulder, looking like a revolutionary mentor.