Not long after Yuan Yi left the city the next day, there was an extra green silk scarf on the wall next to Mao Xin's courtyard.

The green silk scarf was put on for nearly half an hour, and Mao Xin came back to see it, and he hurriedly climbed along the wall to the opposite side.

As soon as he jumped off the wall, he saw the widow standing outside the door of the inner room.

The little blushing was like a monkey's fart, and when he saw Mao Xin, his eyes were already shining like a cat seeing a fish.

"Ni Niang, didn't you just come the day before yesterday?" Mao Xin scolded with a smile: "Are you in such a hurry and want to think about me again?" ”

"I miss you." The widow couldn't wait, and dragged Mao Xin into the house.

After some incident, Mao Xin staggered to his feet, when he first came to do this, he was still quite happy in his heart, because Widow Wang looked good and was quite expected, but after only half a month of acquaintance, he couldn't stand it.

Jing Sheng's eyes are really poisonous, at a glance, he knows that this woman is not easy to mess with, Lao Tzu will come for another month, it is estimated that it will be abolished, Mao Xin is already a little scared, after all, there is no ploughed field, only tired cattle.

"Your old man hasn't been here in a few days? Hungry you like this, if you continue like this, I can't stand it, I'm going to move. Mao Xin gasped.

"You dare." The widow smiled and said, "If you dare to move, I tell him that you climb over my wall and see if he will clean you up." ”

"Ah, my aunt, I'm a little businessman, you can spare me." Mao Xin looked horrified.

"Are you obedient?" The widow laughed.

"Obedient, I'll be obedient." Mao Xin could only admit it, because he heard that Yuan Yi still had an official body, and the Ming Dynasty was very terrible for their businessmen.

Mao Xin was born to do this business, he deeply substituted his identity and feelings into it, and his face showed the fear and horror of a market businessman to an official.

"Look at your cowardice, when you came to hook up with me that day, you weren't very bold." The widow covered her mouth and smiled.

"I don't know that your man is an official, otherwise I wouldn't dare to lend me ten guts." Mao Xin cried with a sad face.

"Good." Widow Wang, gently caressing Mao Xin's young face, felt much stronger than Yuan Yi: "As long as you are obedient, no one in Beiping City dares to touch you." ”

"Don't say it, I have to go, and if I get caught, I'll die." Mao Xin hurriedly got up.

"Panic what." Widow Wang pressed him: "He went to Yanshan County, he won't come back in a few days, you can sleep here tonight." ”

"I can't dare." Mao Xin was terrified.

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Yanshan County belongs to Cangzhou, the population is not large, it was originally a lower county, but because of its proximity to the sea, the Ming Dynasty set up a salt farm here, and it didn't take long for it to be promoted to Shangxian.

The salt field is close to Jinhai (Tianjin) in the north, Haifeng County in Shandong Province in the south, and Bohai Sea in the west.

The salt field belongs to Jinsha Town (now Huanghua Town), and there is a salt division in the local area, which is called the Jinjin Haichang Salt Division.

It means that from Jinhai to the south to Jinsha County and Haifeng County in Shandong, the salt works in this area are under their control.

There is an ambassador and a deputy envoy in the salt department, and there is an ambassador and a deputy envoy in each salt warehouse, and each batch and inspects all the ambassadors and deputy envoys, and one person, all of whom have not entered the stream.

But don't look at these ambassadors and deputy envoys, they don't have a lot of power in their hands.

Usually they still have Shangguan in charge, but now that there is a war, the world is in chaos, and no one can control them.

Since King Yan raised his army, six or seven percent of the officials in Hejian Prefecture and Cangzhou have fled to the south, causing a large number of civilian officials to be absent from their posts, and Zhu Zhongming, the ambassador of the Jinjin Haichang Salt Division, originally wanted to flee for his life.

But he was reluctant to hoard a large amount of salt in the salt warehouse here, and the court did not give an order, so he left his post without authorization.

So Zhu Zhongming stayed and continued to organize the operation of the salt works.

Not long after, the imperial court really came to reward him, and let him continue to manage the salt works and transport salt to Linqing.

Therefore, Geng Bingwen's later salt for soldiers and horses was provided from here.

But he was so happy that a merchant came to him privately to buy his salt.

The merchant claimed to be from the south, but as soon as Zhu Zhongming heard the accent, he knew that he was from the north.

He was shocked in his heart at that time, because he guessed that it might be the person of King Yan.

To sell or not to sell? Zhu Zhongming only struggled for a while, and then immediately decided to stand in line on both sides and bet on both sides.

Because a large number of officials fled, his deputy envoy also fled, and only one deputy envoy of the warehouse envoy was there.

After Zhu Zhongming colluded with the deputy envoy of the warehouse, only the two of them knew how much salt production and inventory there was.

The two took this opportunity to make a lot of money.

One day in mid-August, Yuan Yi and Yuan Zhongche came from the north in disguise and on horseback with a team of able-bodied horses.

Cangzhou was garrisoned by a large number of southern troops, who came here from the Dagu mouth of Jinhai along the seaside, while going south.

Zhu Zhongming warmly received them, Yuan Yi and Yuan Zhongche assumed the names Gao Yi, Gao Zhong, also known as the two brothers.

Gao Yi said that in the future, Gao Zhong will be connected, and the business will be handed over to Gao Zhong.

Of course, Zhu Zhongming has no opinion, as long as there is money to be made.

The two sides are still the same as before, negotiating the quantity and price.

Zhu Zhongming has heard that the price of salt in Beiping City has now risen to 30 wen a catty, which can be described as a sky-high price, and the refined salt used to brush his teeth has reached 50 wen a catty.

He originally wanted to increase the price, but if he thought about it carefully, he wanted to stand on both sides, in case the Yan army hit here one day, it would not be a good thing.

Zhu Zhongming guessed correctly, the Yan army really hit this side later, but it didn't take long and was beaten back by the southern army.

The trading point of the two sides is 20 miles south of Dagu.

It is relatively close to Zhu Zhongming and far away from Yan Jun.

But this side is close to the sea, and there are no people from the inspection department now, so it is relatively safe.

Yuan Yi quietly used a carriage to send the silver to the south of Dagu, which was nominally controlled by the Southern Army, but in fact there was no Southern Army in this area at all, and even the men and horses of the original Inspection Department had run out.

Zhu Zhongming only needs to send the salt over there, and then bring the silver back, and the two sides will pay the money with one hand and the salt with the other.

Yuan Yi and Zhu Zhongming said that this time it will cost 500 quintals.

Zhu Zhongming was slightly stunned, because Yuan Yi asked for more this time.

Considering that the two sides are fighting near Zhending, if the Yan army loses, the immediately controllable local territory will become smaller, and it is a question of whether they can come to Dagu in the future.

Zhu Zhongming pondered for a moment, five hundred quintals is a bit much, and after pulling it at one time, dozens of carriages will be used, and the goal is obvious.

Yuan Yidao, don't worry, I heard that the southern army was defeated in Xiongxian and Juzhou, and now the southern army near Cangzhou and Hejian are cowering in the city and dare not come out, and the common people dare not go out of the city.

There were a hundred carts running outside, and no one knew about it.

This is a bit obvious, Zhu Zhongming hurriedly nodded: "Yes, but there are so many, I have to prepare, and I have to arrange someone who can be trusted, give me a day or two, and trade in the old place two days at the latest." ”

Yuan Yi nodded, because it would indeed take a long time for so much salt to be transported over.

After Yuan Yi finished talking to him about the details of the transaction, time, and place, he turned around and left, and at the same time asked Yuan Zhongche on the side to learn hard, and he would take over later.