Chapter 417: Big Business

The majestic history of Ganzhou before, waved his hand to give the Ye family an iron-fisted strongman with broken roots, and made countless wealthy families in Ganzhou fearful of Lei Laohu, who trembled when he heard his name, at this moment, in front of Yan Liqiang, he directly became Yang Bailao.

Yan Liqiang finally knew what mistakes he had made, no matter in his previous life or in this life, he was not a very material person, even when he was the poorest, he didn't feel that money could dominate everything, especially in this life, it was easier for him to come to money, the last time he did a vote for the Shatu people, he had already realized the dream of getting rich and financial freedom, and had wealth that others couldn't think of, but he didn't feel that the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver had brought any essential changes to his life, so in Yan Liqiang's eyes, whether it was 10,000 taels of silver, 100,000 taels of silver, or a million taels of silver, he didn't feel any essential difference, but Yan Liqiang forgot one point, the same money, for different people, the meaning is different, not only the poor will fancy money, many times, the bigger the person, the more you can feel the power of money, these big people want to do big things, more need big money.

Looking at Lei Sitong's frowning brows, sad face, and listening to Yizhou Thorn Shi crying in front of him, Yan Liqiang pinched his thigh hard before he came to his senses.

"...... this Ganzhou has more than 100,000 troops, people eat horses and chew every year, as big as the military camp repair, the consumption of military baggage, as well as the salary of sergeants and captains at all levels, as small as the shoes and socks worn by a sergeant, needle and thread, Ganzhou Army's iron and nails, a needle and a thread, a firewood and a meter, all have to be filled with money, these money, I have to find a way, Ganzhou military needs to spend more than three million taels of silver a year, but it is not a small amount, others look at me and think that I am a state thorn history, the power is in hand, say one or the other, but do not sit in this position, who can know the difficulty of sitting in this position, I am not afraid to force you to laugh, in order to get money, your Uncle Lei, I almost can't help but learn from that black wind thief to be a bandit......"

I don't know when, Lei Sitong had already pulled Yan Liqiang's hand over, and patted Yan Liqiang's hand cordially while talking, which made Yan Liqiang's goosebumps all over his body rise all of a sudden, and his scalp was faintly numb.

Yan Liqiang swallowed a mouthful of saliva, smiled dryly, and took the opportunity to drink tea before quickly pulling his hand out of Lei Sitong's tiger claws, "This...... I didn't expect Ray ...... either Uncle Lei, you're so hard!"

"Who says it's not? If you change to another state, how can you raise so many troops, you would have cut most of them a long time ago, but outside Ganzhou, the Shatu people and the black people are eyeing you, if Ganzhou doesn't have so many troops, I don't feel at ease, I'm a state assassin, guarding Ganzhou, naturally I want to give the people of Ganzhou safety, so that those aliens don't dare to take a step beyond the thunder pool, in addition to this military supply, the walls of this Ganzhou city and several important fortress checkpoints on the border have not been repaired for many years, in the final analysis, there is no money...... Lei Sitong said while looking at Yan Liqiang with a blank eye.

"This ...... It's really hard to do without money!"

"Who says it's not, elsewhere there is money that can make ghosts push the mill, in our Ganzhou, that is the other way around, there is money to make the mill push the ghosts, I don't know if the business you just said is not good for the four-wheeled carriage, if not, it doesn't matter, I think your four-wheeled carriage business is good, your spring...... It's really wonderful, others can't make it, and our family won't talk to each other, your Uncle Lei and I are a rectum, if you give me half of this carriage business, you can make me earn three or five hundred thousand taels of silver every year, and I can give you an official position as a county guard, anyway, the court didn't say that you can't be a county guard as a guardian, you can tell me which county guard you want to be, this matter is on me, whoever wants to be unconvinced, I will kill him......" Lei Sitong patted his chest directly and said.

Hearing Lei Sitong say this, Yan Liqiang just drank the tea in his mouth, and he almost couldn't help but squirt out, but fortunately he hurriedly swallowed the tea, where is this a state assassin history, a feudal official, it is simply the boss of the underworld.

"This, please forgive Uncle Lei, I have promised most of the proceeds of the four-wheeled carriage and the future to a cadre of craftsmen and sergeants in the manufacturing bureau, it is really not good to go back on my word!"

"Ah, are you saying that you have made hundreds of thousands of millions of taels of silver in this year's business, and you have distributed most of the proceeds to the artisan sergeants in the former artisan battalion?" Lei Sitong was really surprised, his previous complaint may still be a bit exaggerated and performative, but when he heard Yan Liqiang's words, he was really surprised, because, Yan Liqiang's division is by no means a small number, but a large number that makes people blush, think about the hundreds of people in the craftsman camp, if Yan Liqiang really divides most of the money earned by the four-wheeled carriage, then, it is estimated that it will not take a year, and all the hard work in the craftsman camp before will become rich people.

"That's good!" Yan Liqiang nodded, "Since I asked Your Majesty to come here, naturally I don't want them to follow me to suffer hardships, but to let them follow me to live a good life and enjoy happiness, Uncle Lei's difficulties I also know very well, the business of this manufacturing bureau, it stands to reason that it is Qiyun to supervise the mansion, and it is different from ordinary business groups, Your Majesty also nodded, originally did not need to pay taxes, but in order to support Uncle Lei, in the future, the income of the manufacturing bureau, I will hand over 10% to Uncle Lei every year, which is considered to be my part!"

Once the business of the four-wheeled carriage is done, it is definitely a business that makes people blush, the so-called monopoly is difficult for a long time, the manufacturing bureau is in Pingxi County, and all kinds of local contacts in Pingxi County are absolutely indispensable, before Yan Liqiang has the intention of taking the initiative to pay taxes, hand over the money, and let the government share the benefits of the manufacturing bureau, so as to create a good development environment for the manufacturing bureau in Pingxi County and Ganzhou, and now that he has met Lei Sitong, with this opportunity, Yan Liqiang simply explained this matter to Lei Sitong.

"Okay, Uncle Lei really didn't misunderstand you!" Lei Sitong was also a little moved, Yan Liqiang opened his mouth, in the future, he will have almost 100,000 taels of silver in his hands every year, this money is not a small amount, even if it is used to bribe him, it is enough, "That Liqiang, you just said that the big business that is more profitable than the four-wheeled carriage is ......"

Yan Liqiang glanced at Lei Sitong, and then took out two porcelain bottles, one black and one white, from his arms, he first opened the wooden cork on the white porcelain bottle, and then poured the contents of the porcelain bottle a little on the table in front of Lei Sitong.

Looking at the small pile of crystal-white particles on the table, Lei Sitong's brows furrowed suddenly, "This is ............"

"Uncle Lei will know if you taste it!"

Lei Sitong glanced at Yan Liqiang, and did not hesitate, not afraid that those things were poison, he directly twisted a small pinch with his fingers and put it in his mouth, and then just in an instant, his eyes widened suddenly, "Salt ......"

"Yes, this is the salt!" Yan Liqiang smiled.

"Why is this salt so white, even if it is the green salt transported to Ganzhou, and the best pool salt produced in Lanzhou, the color is not so good, and there is no bitter taste, is this the new variety of tribute salt that Liqiang brought back from the imperial capital?"

Yan Liqiang smiled and shook his head, "This is not green salt, nor pool salt, nor is it the new tribute salt in the palace, but it is produced in our Ganzhou!"

"Impossible!" Lei Sitong was almost shocked to stand up, and shook his head directly, "We only have soil salt in Ganzhou, if our Ganzhou can produce such salt, Ganzhou would have been rich in the world, why am I still so poor as a thorn!"

Yan Liqiang smiled, he opened the cork of the black porcelain vase, and poured out the contents of the black porcelain vase.

The black porcelain bottle is filled with the soil salt produced in Ganzhou, the soil salt is yellow-brown, said to be salt, in fact, it is more like yellow-brown sand, slightly crystallized, this salt in addition to salty, there is also bitterness and astringency that is difficult to remove, it is the lowest kind of salt, and it is also the salt that the poor and ordinary people eat, but even if it is such salt, the price is very expensive, a pound of soil salt, more than 120 copper plates, and the best green salt, a pound of more than one or two silver, Lanzhou's pool salt, a pound also needs more than 600 copper plates, as for the legendary tribute salt, sorry, it is not for sale, ordinary people, even if they have money, they can't see it......

"If I can turn the soil salt in this black bottle into this salt in the white bottle, and reduce the production cost by half, Uncle Lei said that this business can be done?"