"Put some news to those landlords near Xiangshan County." He Zhen thought for a while, and then instructed, "If you praise the pirates, maybe the ordinary people of Xiangshan County will be afraid, so that the hearts of the people who have been gathered together will be scattered again." In short, the battle of people's hearts cannot be given up in vain. ”

"Yes, I don't believe it, no one will be afraid of pirates coming ashore." When He Gui heard this, he also nodded and said, "As long as the trouble is distracted, then naturally don't think about success!" ”

When He Rong heard this, he was also happy, and then added: "Okay, let them fight, let's wait and see what happens!" ”

After finishing speaking, the people in this room surnamed He all laughed.

There are people charging ahead, even if they provoke the colt, or the emperor behind the colt, it has nothing to do with their surname He.

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In fact, there are some things that do not need to be secretly instigated by the He family, as long as those landlords are strong and powerful, as long as they are unwilling to popularize the law of returning grain land to the public in Xiangshan County, they will try their best to obstruct it.

It's just that five or six days later, Qi Xiang found Zhang Yifan here and told him: "Don't worry, the Guangdong Metropolitan Division said that there is no more ordnance left in stock, and there is no way to allocate ordnance to us in Xiangshan County for the time being." In addition, the grain and grass, said to support the war in the southwest, will also be halved. ”

When Zhang Yifan heard this, he immediately sneered, pointed to Zhang San, who was present, and said: "There is also news here, saying that someone is spreading the news, saying how murderous the pirates are, which has caused some panic. What is this, this is continuing to put pressure on us in Xiangshan County, trying to force us to give up the law of returning grain land to the public! ”

I don't dare to come with a knife or a gun, and I hide in the dark and make small movements!

Zhang San was obviously so angry that he blushed a little and said, "Donkey, what should we do?" ”

It was Qi Xiang, after hearing this, he said to Zhang Yifan: "If you can't get the ordnance, then the people are not easy to arm, so we can only find another way by ourselves, and we can make more simple blades such as spears." If the grain and grass are halved, the training intensity of each 100 households will be reduced. However, in general, it does not affect the war with pirates! ”

Speaking of this, he paused, thought about it a little hesitantly, and finally reminded: "However, our passive defense method will not have a problem in a short period of time, but if it takes a long time, the defense will inevitably be relaxed." If possible, it's better to take the initiative and take the pirates to the end. ”

What he said was based on military reasons. However, he also knew that Xiangshan County had no boats and could not take the initiative to attack, so he needed a horse to find a way.

Zhang Yifan listened, thought for a while, and said: "The matter of pirates will not be stalemate for too long. It is a good opportunity to use this opportunity to expose those who oppose my implementation of the New Deal, and to turn around and clean them up. ...... like this"

Hearing his words, he felt his confidence, whether it was Zhang San or Qi Xiang, he suddenly had more confidence.

The colt had already given them a lot of surprises, and they had reason to believe that the colt would not say this for no reason.

Therefore, they all pricked up their ears to listen to what the colt had to say.

I only heard Zhang Yifan say to Qi Xiang: "On your side, there is no need to reduce the training intensity, I will send someone to buy the grain and grass and send it to you." As for weapons, according to what you said, make more simple and practical weapons, and I will also send someone to Foshan to buy more of that gun head. In addition, in terms of firearms, I have sent a few things to King Yan, and I will explain them to you when I go back, and you will personally supervise them, and you cannot reveal them without the permission of His Majesty. ”

He pointed to gunpowder granularization, 10,000 enemies and tiger squat artillery, which Zhu Yuanzhang has not yet promoted throughout the country, at least not in Guangdong.

However, Xiangshan County is a special zone, and now that there is a shortage of ordnance, Zhang Yifan has a reason to come up with these things. However, he still paid attention to proportion, and only let Qi Xiang be responsible.

When Qi Xiang heard that his affairs had been solved by the colt, and he had also accidentally obtained a firearm, he couldn't help but be very happy, and his confidence was even stronger.

Then, Zhang Yifan turned his head again and instructed Zhang San: "You check the source of the panic news for me, and pay special attention to those who are not registered in Xiangshan County." It is better to mobilize the people and let the people watch. As soon as it is discovered who has spread the news, they are arrested as pirate accomplices. If the person with the household registration of Xiangshan County is spreading these news, the household registration of Xiangshan County will be abolished and expelled from the boundary of Xiangshan County. Don't dare to advance and retreat with the people of Xiangshan, but want to drag your feet, you are not worthy of being a Xiangshan person! ”

"Yes, this kind of person is not worthy of being a Xiangshan person!" When Zhang San heard this, he immediately echoed angrily.

After a little hesitation, Zhang Yifan said to Zhang San again: "At present, I am really short of people at hand, you ask your brother to see if you can play for Xiangshan County, I want to use him!" ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhang San didn't say a word, and immediately patted his chest and said: "The horse wants to use him, that's his blessing, I'll call him immediately!" ”

"If I use him, then his inn will not be easy to open, and it will have to be handed over to someone else to be responsible!" Zhang Yifan listened and immediately reminded.

Zhang San listened, but still did not hesitate and said: "Don't worry, it's just an inn, if it weren't for the horse master in Xiangshan County, we would be nothing." I'll call him at once! ”

Hearing this, to be honest, Zhang Yifan was a little relieved, at least this is a recognition.

So, he nodded and said, "Okay, then you can go." ”

Zhang San and Qi Xiang both left one after another.

Zhang Yifan's side wrote something with a quill, and before he could finish writing, Zhang San brought his brother Zhang Liu over.

"Master Horse, if there is anything to tell the grass people to do, the grass people will never give up!" Zhang Liu had to explain to Zhang San, so as soon as they met, he said directly after the ceremony.

Zhang Yifan listened, raised his head and looked at him.

This Zhang Liu is indeed business-minded, and the inn is run by him, and he is a businessman.

Thinking so in his heart, he said to Zhang Liu: "I am going to set up a new official position in Xiangshan County, specializing in selling salt, and Yulu will be on par with your brother, so I will be called a salt official." ”

Speaking of this, he reached out and picked up the thing in front of him and wanted to hand it to Zhang Liu, but soon remembered something, so he put it back down, and said with a smile: "I forgot that you are illiterate!" ”

As soon as he finished saying this, Zhang Liu's face immediately turned red, and then he hurriedly replied to Zhang Yifan: "Master Horse, the grass people can already know three hundred and fifty-six words!" Guaranteed to know five words a day! ”

"Oh?" When Zhang Yifan heard this, he couldn't help but praise, "It seems that maybe you can recognize the whole "Thousand Character Text" a year ago, not bad!" ”

Zhang Liu listened, stretched out his head to look at the thing in front of the horse, and said a little eagerly: "Master horse, do you want to show the grass people?" ”

When Zhang Yifan heard this, he immediately laughed and handed it to him.

After Zhang Liu respectfully took it, he immediately looked at it. Zhang San also stretched out his head and followed. But, obviously, he was a little blind.

It's just that after a while, Zhang Liu asked a little puzzled: "Master Horse, the grass people don't know if they learned it by mistake or something, this salt price is too low, right?" ”

He didn't dare to say that it was a mistake in the writing of the horse master, and suspected that he didn't recognize the whole word, so he didn't understand all the meanings.

When Zhang Yifan heard this, he immediately laughed and said, "You read that right, it's this price!" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Liu couldn't figure it out, and replied to Zhang Yifan and said: "Master Horse, this price is more than half cheaper than the private salt sold by someone before, not to mention the official salt." This...... This...... It's about the same as giving it away for free, at this price? ”

Seriously, he couldn't believe it.

When Zhang Yifan heard this, he immediately said with a smile: "This is coarse salt, which is naturally about the same price as giving it away for free, so that ordinary people can afford it, right?" ”

"......" The two brothers, Zhang Liu and Zhang San, were speechless when they heard it.

The reason is that the price is so cheap, so ordinary people can indeed buy more and use it, and they don't have to worry about the lack of salt in the future.

However, in this way, isn't the government bound to lose money?

Zhang Liu thought so in his heart, so he said it.

When Zhang Yifan heard this, he smiled again and said, "Don't worry, you won't lose money." I've improved the new way of producing salt, and even if I sell it at this price, I can make a profit. When you look back, after the refined salt comes out, you can sell the refined salt, and the price will be more expensive than this, which is the price of coarse salt before. ”

"......" Zhang Liu and Zhang San listened and continued to be dumbfounded.

How can this be?

When he came back to his senses, Zhang Liu was suddenly excited, and hurriedly reminded Zhang Yifan: "Master Horse, such a good method, you can't let others learn it!" This...... This is an opportunity to make a fortune! ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" When Zhang San heard this, he nodded again and again, but soon came back to his senses, slapped his brother on the back of the head, and said, "What do you think, Master Ma is not to make a fortune, this is to raise money for the people of Xiangshan!" ”

When Zhang Liuyi heard this, he touched the back of his head, and hurriedly nodded: "Yes, yes, yes, Lord Ma has really tried his best for the sake of our people in Xiangshan!" ”

"There is a hundred households that are protected, and outsiders can't enter." Zhang Yifan saw it, smiled faintly, explained, and then said: "This is one of the important financial sources of our Xiangshan County in the future, you must run it well, sell as much as possible, the emperor will definitely promote this method in the future, and there will be no price advantage at that time, understand?" ”

In fact, it is impossible to keep it secret for too long, and it must be explained by the old man when he goes back, and then the whole country is expected to follow up.

"Understood, understood!" When Zhang Liu heard this, he nodded again and again, "Don't worry, don't worry, for such a simple matter, the grass people must be selling hard!" ”

All in all, hurry up and sell salt!

Seeing that he understood what he meant, Zhang Yifan explained some details of selling salt to him.

Zhang Liu went back to hand over his inn, recruited some villagers, and after a few days of preparation, the "Xiangshan County Government-run Salt Shop" was officially opened.

Just as soon as it appeared, it immediately caused a sensation in the city.

The price of salt is about the same as that of giving it for free. At least compared to the previous price of salt, it is indeed about the same as giving it for free!

As a result, many people were afraid that the price would change, so they took out their savings and hurriedly queued up to grab salt.

Zhang Yifan and Zhu Jingjing stood in the room opposite the salt shop, looking at the crowds of salt grabbers, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

Some of them will probably regret it, and they will have to eat salt for at least three or five years.

"Brother Fan, is it really enough to sell?" Zhu Jingjing looked at the queue far away, and even the common people who carried bags of salt back with bags of rice in cloth bags, she couldn't help but ask.

When Zhang Yifan heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "Haven't you seen how salt is produced?" I have been hoarding the amount for half a month before, and the warehouse is full, even if it is sold out, it will be available soon. ”

After Zhu Jingjing listened, he looked at it for a while, and couldn't help but sigh: "I really didn't expect that the salt of our Ming Dynasty would be so cheap!" ”

In the past, she definitely wouldn't care about firewood, rice, oil and salt. However, after coming to Xiangshan County, the expenses and income began to be detailed, and because Zhang Yifan mentioned the price of salt when she was in Tangjia Village, she paid attention to it.

As a result, I didn't expect that how long it had been, and my husband had come up with a new way to make the price of salt so cheaper, it was unbelievable!

After thinking for a while, she said to Zhang Yifan again: "Father's side, it is estimated that someone will be sent to ask about the situation soon!" ”

"Hehe, it's okay!" When Zhang Yifan heard this, he said with a smile, "By the time the whole country starts to use my method, we have already made a lot of money!" ”

This is also the reason why he asked Zhang Liu to sell as soon as possible and sell more.

Because it is foreseeable that once the salt in Xiangshan County is sold, it will inevitably impact the price of salt in the surrounding areas. And this impact is the kind of flash flood and tsunami impact.

Sure enough, just the next day, businessmen from Panyu County came.

The salt system of the Ming Dynasty was that the merchant went to the government to buy salt, which was a kind of salt certificate, and then went to the salt field to get the corresponding salt, and then he could sell it, which was official salt.

Illegal salt is not to buy salt, boil the salt yourself, and then take it out and sell it, which is illegal.

Later, the Ming Dynasty came out with the opening of the Chinese law, that is, to let merchants transport grain to the border pass, which can be exchanged for salt, and then go to the salt field to exchange for salt to sell, which is also official salt.

Generally speaking, selling official salt does not make much money, and it is even possible to lose money.

How to lose money?

After buying the salt lead, I went to the salt farm to change the salt, but the salt farm said that there was no salt, so let you wait, if it doesn't matter, you can be used as an heirloom and can't exchange for salt, which is a loss.

Of course, there is also a lot of money to be made selling salt.

How to earn it?

It is a salt merchant with a background, and when they sell official salt, they will fill it with private salt. For example, originally the salt attracted 100 catties, but it was gone after it was sold, but as a result, it was sold for 100 catties and 100 catties, which made a lot of money.

The proportion of selfish salt depends on how hard you are in the background. As long as the official salt is sold, it will be more or less filled with private salt, and it is all money!

Now, here's the problem.

The official salt in Xiangshan County is lower than the price of private salt, so how can it compete?

The salt merchants in the counties were generally local landlords. They are certainly not happy that Xiangshan County can be good.

However, when they heard that the price of salt in Xiangshan County was so cheap, they couldn't sit still.

Want to protest? People sell it in Xiangshan County, you can't control it.

If you want to compete, the price is so cheap, you can't compete at all.

It is best to buy out the salt in Xiangshan County, so as to avoid the impact.

As a result, some salt merchants organized groups to Xiangshan County to try to buy out the salt. At this time, they didn't care whether they sent money to Xiangshan County or not.

As a result, when I saw that amount, I was dumbfounded.

The amount in Xiangshan County is too large, and it is impossible to buy it out. Watching the steady flow of salt in and out, the idea of buying out was completely eliminated.

Every day, people from the next county come to Xiangshan County to buy salt, and they must be unwilling to see that the money that was supposed to go to their pockets is gone!

In the beginning, they also took action and caught some people who bought salt from Xiangshan County and then sold it at a higher price in this county. However, more people buy salt from Xiangshan County for their own use, can you bite him? People are official salt, not breaking the law!

Later, there was a rule in the Ming Dynasty that salt could only be bought and sold in the specified place.

But now not only is it not, but people in Xiangshan County have not gone to sell it elsewhere, they are just selling it in their own Xiangshan County. Can you bite someone?

In short, since the salt in Xiangshan County was sold, the flow of people to Xiangshan County was originally reduced because of the fear that Xiangshan County would cause pirates, but once again there were more people, all of whom sent money to Xiangshan County.

The salt merchants around Xiangshan County couldn't survive anymore, and they went to the Salt Department in Guangzhou to raise the division. Ask the salt department to find a way, otherwise, the salt merchant will go bankrupt, and no one will buy salt in the future.

But the problem is that Xiangshan County is a special zone, and it is not under the jurisdiction of the Salt Section Promotion Division at all.

No matter how fast you are, it takes time.

Anyway, here in Xiangshan County, taking advantage of this time difference, like a siphon effect, the money from the surrounding counties is continuously sucked in, and the salt is also flowing out continuously.

The grain is there, the iron is also bought, anyway, there is money!

Dongguan is not far from Xiangshan County, in fact, during the Southern Song Dynasty, Xiangshan was only a subordinate jurisdiction of Dongguan County, and later became independent from Dongguan County.

Needless to say, Dongguan's salt industry has also suffered a huge impact, and the He family, as the largest local snake, of course, cannot give up such a good deal as salt. Therefore, in this salt shock, the losses were also heavy.

As the son of the He family and the future heir of He Rong, he was furious again: "It's just too much of a deception, it is so cheap to sell salt and make so much money, damn it, damn it, damn it!" ”

He Gui was also a little depressed, and when he heard that the eldest brother was furious, he reminded him: "If the horse dies, our He family can only flee overseas!" ”

He Zhen's face was gloomy, he never expected that the horse would come with such a hand, and he would solve the problem of Xiangshan County at once, not to mention, by the way, he also hit the He family who was hiding behind him and did not show up.

It really had to be this trick, whether it was hiding behind or not, it was all fired back by the horse.