"The net profit of 200,000 taels is at least seventy percent, that is, 140,000 taels of silver, then what I get in my hand is thirty percent of the net profit, that is, more than 40,000 taels of silver, and it is also a month's income!"

Thinking of this, the smile on Wang Weizhen's face became even bigger, and he immediately agreed, saying, "Okay! In front of Xiahe Village, even Lingshanwei, you don't have to worry about Liu Zongqi, I will deal with you, you just have to run this place well. ”

Liu Yan nodded with a smile and said, "The initial income will definitely not be so much, the subordinates need time to gradually expand production, and the adults must be mentally prepared." ”

Wang Weizhen said with a smile: "Hehe, this is nature, I understand it." ”

On the same day, Wang Weizhen and Jia Hongyu inspected the salt drying field, and then happily returned to Wangjiazhuang.

Liu Yan returned to Dapanbao, and then found Wang Yue and said, "I heard that you have resold private goods before?" ”

Wang Yue was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Captain A, I'm just helping others, but I'm just buying and selling some miscellaneous things......

Liu Yan looked at Wang Yue with a frightened look, and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, I didn't call you here today to settle old accounts." ”

Wang Yue was a little more down-to-earth, and then asked cautiously, "What do you command?" ”

"The salt drying plant will start production this month, you can find some connections and find me some illegal salt dealers, understand?"

Wang Yue was ecstatic in his heart, since Liu Yan handed over such a secret matter to himself, it means that he has already regarded himself as a confidant, and immediately patted his chest and said: "Don't worry, Chief A, his subordinates really know two smuggler salt dealers, but they are both petty characters, so I don't know if I can get into the eyes of Chief A." ”

Liu Yan said indifferently: "No problem, anyway, the output of the salt drying field will not be too high now, first find some small salt dealers to sell out, and when the output comes up, those big salt barons will naturally smell the news." ”

And after listening to Wang Yue's words, Liu Yan also felt a lot more at ease, now there are many illicit salt dealers in Shandong, and there are many people who resell illicit salt, which is the side evidence of the official salt Tenggui.

However, at this time, there are not many places that can make salt on a large scale, especially like Liu Yan, who not only has the ability to make salt on a large scale, but also has the background of the guards as a guarantee, and there is no second one in Shandong.

Therefore, Liu Yan is very optimistic about the prospects of the private salt business, and even in the near future, it will surpass the soap workshop and become the largest industry in Dapanbao.

On that day, Wang Yue took a few dun soldiers and hurriedly left Dapanbao to contact the smuggler of salt.

In the following days, in addition to his routine patrols in the military camp and the soap workshop, Liu Yan's main thing was to stay in the firearms workshop.

At this time, Tan Xiaoda's subordinates already had more than 30 people, and the firearms workshop also moved out of the original two rooms, and built a courtyard in a homestead north of Dapanbao, which was specially used as a firearms workshop. This courtyard was named by Liu Yan as the Firearms Supervision Office, and Tan Xiaoda was also appointed by Liu Yan as the head of the Firearms Supervision Office.

"How's the production now?"

Tan Xiaoda stood beside Liu Yan sweating profusely and said, "Lord Qiyu, now we can build ten bird guns, five pairs of armor here, and hundreds of other spears, goose feather knives, and shields every month. ”

Liu Yan nodded, the output of the Firearms Supervision Office can meet the needs of Dapanbao for the time being, and the firearms and weapons created now are all in stock.

However, Liu Yan still wanted to continue to increase production, because the expansion of troops was very fast, and the construction of military equipment could not be achieved overnight.

According to the scale of Tan Xiaoda's more than 30 people, it is said that the output should be higher than now, but now Liu Yan can't equip everyone with suitable tools and instruments.

"Looks like there's time to climb the tech tree."

Liu Yan inspected the firearms supervision office for a while, then returned to the general flag official hall while thinking, called Wang Bo together, and the two rode horses to the salt drying field.

At this time, Liu Yan had the silver in his hand, so he sent someone to buy more than a dozen war horses from the Qianqian Household in Xiahe Village, except for Liu Yan and Chen Xun, Wang Bo, Zhang Yi, and Wang Yue, the remaining more than ten war horses were all allocated to the Yebu team.

Miao Shao, Xu Ming and the ten people who did not accept a war horse per person at night also made everyone in Dapanbao red.

Soon Liu Yan and Wang Bo rushed to the salt drying field.

Since Wang Weizhen came to inspect, Liu Yan spent more money to hire hundreds of people and began to clean up the surrounding salt ponds, preparing to expand production capacity while producing.

Zhang Yi's dun army was on guard around the perimeter, dozens of women in the fort were busy, and the houses in the north where the brine was boiling were also steaming, and puffs of white smoke were rising, a busy scene.

Zhang Yi hurried over when he heard the news and accompanied Liu Yan to look around.

"Jiachang, the first batch of sea salt has been made, there are about 700 catties, and now it has all been stored in storage."

Zhang Yi introduced as he walked, and at the same time pointed to two houses not far away, which were the warehouses of the salt drying field, surrounded by a courtyard wall more than one person high, and two dun soldiers stood guard at the gate of the courtyard.

Liu Yan said: "The sea salt made should pay attention to moisture-proof, this is the seaside, sea salt cannot be stored here for a long time, once it is wet, it cannot be sold." ”

"What does Captain A mean, all of them will be transported back to Dapan Fort?"

"Yes, all of them back!"

Liu Yan thought for a moment, and then said, "When I go back today, I will order someone to set aside a special warehouse in the fort for storing sea salt." Every batch of sea salt made here is stored in the warehouse here for two days at most, and it must be transported back to Dapanbao within two days. ”

"Yes."

Then everyone entered the warehouse, and Liu Yan personally looked at the prepared sea salt.

I saw that the sea salt in the salt jar was very white, although it was not as delicate as the salt of later generations, but it was much finer than the official salt and most of the private salt at this time.

"Well, that's good."

Liu Yan also praised Zhang Yi from the bottom of his heart, although Zhang Yi has not been appointed to preside over the salt drying field now, but the things here are basically Zhang Yi cooking, and the quality of sea salt is so good, Zhang Yi is also indispensable.

Zhang Yi humbled for a moment, and then said: "There is something that my subordinates have to ask for instructions from Captain A. ”

"Well, let's talk about it."

"Now there are 160 or 70 people working in the salt drying field, and the more than 120 people who have been hired are paid six cents a month, not to mention the more than 120 people who have been hired. But there are also thirty-seven women in our fort, and how are their wages calculated? ”

During this period of time, all the women in the fort were paid five pieces of silver, but Liu Yan said that it was only temporary, and the amount of wages was not finalized.

At this time, Zhang Yi brought up this matter again, obviously fighting for the "welfare" of his subordinates.

Liu Yan said with a smile: "In this way, the wages of all the women in the fort will be calculated according to seven coins of silver, and each of your troops will be given a subsidy of two coins of silver per month." ”

Now the dun army in Dapan Fort has a fixed military salary, and now these two coins of silver are additional income. Zhang Yi was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately hugged his fists and thanked him.

On the same day, Zhang Yi informed Liu Yan of the amount of wages set, and the eighteen dun soldiers and the thirty-seven women in the fort immediately cheered and became more energetic.

In a blink of an eye, on the third day of the eighth month, a total of 4,100 catties of sea salt were made from the salt drying field, all of which were transported to Dapanbao for storage.

Wang Yue also lived up to expectations, and really found two small illegal salt dealers.

These two smugglers were both Lingshanwei people, and they were originally military households, but when they couldn't survive anymore, they fled one after another, and each pulled up a team of people and horses to do the work of trafficking illicit salt.

One of them is named Sun Qian, who is thin and small, with a pair of triangular eyes habitually squinted, revealing a shrewdness and insidiousness, and more than a dozen men under his command are Sun Qian's township party, and he is notoriously black among salt dealers.

Another person is named Chu Yunfei, this person is very good-looking, he doesn't look like a smuggler of salt, but like someone's son-in-law, he speaks very well and has a high emotional intelligence. Chu Yunfei's subordinates also have more than a dozen men, and they have a good reputation among salt dealers.

Wang Yue invited the two to Dapanbao, and Liu Yan personally entertained the two and took out some sea salt for the two to see.

Seeing such a good quality sea salt, both Sun Qian and Chu Yunfei were very interested, and both of them wanted to exclusively distribute the sea salt in Liu Yan's hands.

After talking, Liu Yan naturally leaned towards Chu Yunfei in his heart, after all, being able to win a good reputation in the circle of smugglers was enough to explain everything.

So Liu Yan asked Wang Yue to invite Chu Yunfei out, and then said to Sun Qian with a smile: "Leader Sun is older than me, so I will call him Brother Sun." ”

"Hehe, villains don't dare to be."

Sun Qian smiled and said a lot of compliments, and then asked: "I don't know if the adults have decided, it's not that the villain boasts, my strength is much stronger than that Chu Yunfei, no matter how many goods the adults have here, I can eat them in one bite!" ”

Liu Yan said with a smile: "Brother Sun misunderstood, now my sea salt production here is still very small, and it can't satisfy Brother Sun's appetite at all, so I don't dare to delay Brother Sun's business." ”

The smile on Sun Qian's face instantly dissipated, and then he said, "This means that the adults are rejecting me?" ”

Liu Yan also sneered when he saw this, a smuggler still dared to throw his face in front of him, it seems that the prestige of the Ming Dynasty has really collapsed at this time.

"Refused!"

Liu Yan said: "But after all, today let Leader Sun run away in vain, so I will give Leader Sun two taels of silver for his hard-earned money." Please! ”

Seeing that Liu Yan had given the order to evict the guest, Sun Qian slowly got up, clasped his fists and said, "Since this is the case, then let's see you again!" ”

After speaking, Sun Qian walked away.

Liu Yan raised his eyebrows, and he was more alert in his heart.

After a while, Wang Yue returned to the house with Chu Yunfei, and Liu Yan immediately said: "Leader Chu, from now on, the sea salt of my Dapanbao will be distributed by your family." ”

Chu Yunfei got up excitedly and hugged his fists, and said, "Don't worry, my lord, how much sea salt there is here, how much can I accept in the future!" ”

"Good! Then we have a happy cooperation! ”

After speaking, Liu Yan sent someone to call Zhang Yi and asked Zhang Yi to take Chu Yunfei to deliver Haiyan.

Wang Yue saw that the smuggling salt dealers he recruited were set by Liu Yan, and he couldn't help but rejoice in his heart, and was about to congratulate Liu Yan on winning another income, but he heard Liu Yan say: "The Sun Qian you recruited is not a good type, you can find a chance to knock it when you go back, don't cause any trouble for our Dapanbao." ”

The smile on Wang Yue's face suddenly froze, and then he hurriedly agreed, and after coming out of the house, his face was gloomy, and he thought in his heart that he must teach that Sun Qian a lesson when he turned back.

This time, Dapanbao sold more than 4,200 catties of sea salt, earning more than 6,400 taels of silver. According to the sharing agreement, Liu Yan sent Wang Bo to lead people to Wangjiazhuang and sent two thousand taels of silver to Wang Weizhen, the officer of the management team.