Luo Shengdong has close contacts with the Haihan people, and even has private collusion with the Haihan people, which is not only known to the people in Yazhou Water Village, but also to many well-intentioned people in Yazhou City. (Baidu search update is the fastest and most stable dìng) (.)

Recently, the price of salt in Yazhou has dropped from 400 wen a catty to 280 wen a catty, and there is a trend of continuing to fall, a large number of low-priced refined salt has begun to pour into the market, and no one is willing to spend a high price to buy the sea salt with thick particles and a slightly bitter taste before. During this period, several inspection divisions around Yazhou did not have any records of seizing and trafficking illicit salt.

According to the gossip feedback from various vendors, the inspectors who gritted their teeth in anger could almost determine that the salt dealer behind the scenes was Luo Shengdong, the general manager of Shuizhai, and that he was continuously putting this cheap refined salt into the market.

As we all know, Yazhou's local salt production area is only a few salt farms such as Danzhou and Qiongzhou Fucheng on the back, due to limited production capacity, hundreds of thousands of catties of salt need to be transported from the mainland every year to supplement the needs of Hainan Island, so the local salt price has been high. According to the estimation of a few people with better minds in the inspection department, the salt put into the market each time is at least more than 1,000 catties, otherwise it is not enough to affect the salt price changes in the entire Yazhou. Then the question is, where did Luo Shengdong get so much cheap refined salt?

The answer to this question does not require in-depth investigation. First of all, it is certainly impossible to hide a salt farm with an astonishingly high output in the Yazhou Water Village, in fact, in the past, all the salt that the officers and soldiers of the Water Village received every month had to be purchased from the local market, although the purchase price of the army would be lower than the average market price, but even if the monthly quantity of 100 catties or so was returned to the market, it would not be enough to affect the price of salt, so these cheap refined salt could never come from the Yazhou Water Village. Secondly, since the general Luo of Shuizhai has been upgraded for his military exploits in exterminating pirates, he has to go to Shengli Harbor at least two or three times a month where the Haihan people are located, if there is no benefit, why would he run so diligently?

Obviously, the Haihan people nestled in Shengli Harbor provided Luo Shengdong with an ample supply of goods, allowing him to easily suppress the local salt price. Although I don't know how much Luo Shengdong can make from this business, Luo Shengdong recently bought a set of high-class mansions in Yazhou, and asked He Wenhui, the general of the water village, to come forward and ask Zhang Tong's family of the state government to ask for marriage, which seems to have made a windfall. (Baidu search update is the fastest and most stable dìng) (.)

The house that Luo Shengdong bought was only a few households away from Wei Ping's brother-in-law's house, and Wei Ping estimated that the price should not be less than three hundred taels of silver, and it was no wonder that he was able to muster up the courage to ask for marriage and want to marry the daughter of the Tong Judging family. It is said that Luo Shengdong also made a promise that as long as Zhang Tong allowed this family business, he would buy another house and 100 acres of land for his father-in-law in his hometown in Guangzhou, so that his father-in-law could return to his hometown to be a squire and a landlord in the future. This kind of naked nouveau riche behavior has undoubtedly sued everyone, and Luo Shengdong, who used to barely survive by drinking the blood of soldiers, has disappeared, and has been replaced by a rising Yazhou upstart. Although Luo Shengdong is only a military attaché, and he is not so comfortable in the Ming officialdom of the civil officialdom, no one will ignore the financial resources he has shown in a short period of time, including the state government's Zhang Tongju, who usually looks very stylish, It is said that the two families have negotiated the marriage and are now entering the stage of discussing the marriage date.

Seeing Luo Shengdong getting rich, it was impossible to say that no one was blushing. Luo Shengdong can do this kind of business, and the people in the Inspection Department think that they can do the same, everyone belongs to the privileged class in this society, but the division of functions is different. The only difference is that Luo Shengdong has convenient sea transportation conditions, and because of his status as a border army, no one dares to check his ship at all, even a local snake like the Inspection Department can only watch it with itching.

Another obstacle for the inspection department is the relationship with the Haihan people. Luo Shengdong and the Haihan people once "fought side by side", and this kind of relationship with the people of the Inspection Department naturally could not be established lightly, but this was difficult to make people, Wei Ping and several other colleagues from the Inspection Department went directly to the Yaya Office.

The Haihan man surnamed He in the cliff office was very polite, but the conversation was not leaky, and he only shirked the statement that the inspection department asked for a "profit" to "share the profits" of the private salt business, claiming that there is only one agent for Luo Shengdong on Hainan Island, and if the inspection department intends to do this business, he can directly negotiate with Luo Shengdong. As long as Luo Shengdong's mind is not broken, how can he take out the business that makes a lot of money in his hands and give it to others to do? Even if he is really willing to share it, he will directly distribute it to his boss or the big man of the state government in exchange for greater benefits, how can he give it to a group of Jiupin inspections that can't give him any benefits?

Regardless of the hard work of several people in the inspection department, they still failed to make any progress in the end, but when they went out, they got two glass wine glasses. Wei Ping was so angry that he almost dropped the cup, but after talking to his brother-in-law, he slowly changed his mind. offended the few Haihan people in the Cliff Office, and the delay in making money was a big matter, even if these Haihan people were arrested on any charge, in the end there was no salt or no salt, and the red eyes had to continue. The top priority is to get in touch with the Haihan people at a higher level, and the newly established Yulin Inspection Department is obviously a good opportunity.

Wei Ping didn't count on the sale of private salt for the time being, so when he consulted Luo Shengdong on the ship, he naturally didn't consider that there would be other projects that made quick money. After being ruthlessly despised by Luo Shengdong, Wei Ping's anger also came up, and he couldn't help but retort: "Luo Jiang, you naturally won't take one or two hundred taels of silver in your eyes." Now everyone knows that you have a way to sell illicit salt for the Haihan people, and our inspection department has no way to do it, so we can only find a way to make a little money. ”

Luo Shengdong didn't care about Wei Ping's statement that he was full of resentment, there were a lot more people who looked at him unpleasantly during this period than in the past, of course, the number of people who turned to hug his thighs angrily because of his sudden wealth also increased a lot, and he naturally knew that this was the result of the private salt business in cooperation with the Haihan people. Luo Shengdong originally didn't want to be so high-profile, but the Cliff Office asked him to try his best to play the role of a nouveau riche in order to attract more locals to do things for the Haihan people willingly. Although Luo Shengdong couldn't understand why the Haihan people had such strange requirements, for the sake of the Haihan people's consistent correctness and the money, he finally chose to do what the Haihan people wanted.

Luo Shengdong said with a smile: "Inspector Wei, do you think that the silver of private salt is so easy to earn? On my trip to the sea, there are thirty or forty sailors and soldiers on the ship, and dozens of mouths are all for food. I want the official ship to be used for personal use, and should my superiors and colleagues take care of it? Let the vendors everywhere only sell the smuggled salt that I transported, and do I want to leave them a richer profit? Do you think that I am the only one who collects the money for selling salt? How can there be such a good thing! This business is up and down, inside and outside, at least dozens of people have interests. ”

Wei Pingqiang argued: "Since you still have so much money to get through all kinds of relationships, it shows that this transaction is very profitable and easy to come by." ”

Luo Shengdong said: "If you have the desire to make private salt, then how about I give you some salt to try?"

Wei Ping didn't expect Luo Shengdong to be so easy to speak, and immediately exclaimed: "Is this true?"

"Of course it's true. Luo Shengdong nodded and said, "But I also have conditions." ”

"What are the conditions? Wei Ping was not stunned by the pie falling from the sky, and his eyes immediately became vigilant.

"The salt I gave you can't be sold locally in Yazhou, nor can it be sold in Lingshui, Wanzhou, and Wenchang, but can only be sold in Danzhou, Lingao, and Qiongzhou. Of course, if you have the ability, you can also ship it to Leizhou to sell. Luo Shengdong did not hesitate to offer his own conditions.

Regarding how to build a sales network for private salt, Schneider has already given him preliminary training, Luo Shengdong will naturally not let go of the market that is already stable, but if Wei Ping has the ability to open up the private salt channel in the north, Luo Shengdong doesn't mind taking a part of his profits out anyway, there is no way to sell the private salt to the north of Hainan Island now, and it is a money to sell it for one more money.

After hearing this, Wei Ping's enthusiasm immediately seemed to be poured with cold water: "Mr. Luo, if I have a ship, why should I find you here, wouldn't it be faster to go straight to Shengli Harbor to find the Haihan people?"

Luo Shengdong said with a smile: "Even if you look for Shanghai Han people, their conditions will be the same as what I said." There is a gentleman surnamed Shi among the Haihan people, who is very shrewd in business, and he said that this is called ...... That's right, it's called 'avoiding vicious competition', and it's enough to have one salt merchant in an area, and too much will become the price of killing yourself." ”

Wei Ping scratched his head and said, "Although I don't understand what you mean by this, I think it seems to be quite powerful." It's just that without the private salt business, won't my inspection department have nothing to do?"

"Who told you that you didn't make a profit?" Luo Shengdong shook his head and said: "The Haihan people's money-making business is more than just private salt, as long as you follow their arrangement, these people will never treat you badly!"

"What? I am a dignified Ming inspection department, and Wei Ping needs to obey the arrangements of these sea and Han barbarians?" Wei Ping stood up suddenly, as if he had been greatly insulted.