0873 set up camp to sell salt
As the caravan passed, it was followed by a large group of other caravans on their toes! Although they also covered their mouths and noses one by one, they were relaxed mentally! Because a large part of them witnessed that battle and knew that there was something they boasted about in Yangzhou City!
Especially when I saw some people coming one after another, they were ready to make trouble, but when they saw a few cars of people honestly tailing at any time, I felt even more superior! So they all made up their minds to go to Yangzhou City, and they wanted to brag about these people in front of them!
Under the watchful eyes of everyone on the scene, the caravan began to set up camp more than three hundred paces from the city gate. And grandly put a few cars of heads on the side of the road! However, these cars and heads were placed by them like city gates, leaving a large gap in the middle.
The reason why they did not camp near the city gate was because the imperial court had a rule that no one was allowed to build a residential camp outside the city walls, and the purpose of this was to prevent anyone from sneaking up on the city gates. The place of an arrow here refers to the distance at which an arrow is shot from the city wall.
After the caravan stopped, Huang Guojun began to direct the soldiers to set up camp, and when they were busy, someone appeared in the city, and he actually drove the cart! Huang Guojun went over to greet him, and it turned out to be someone from Liansheng Bank! The car they brought with them was loaded with nothing but lime!
It turned out that Huang Guojun had already arranged for someone to enter the city first, and notified the people of Liansheng Bank to prepare things. They brought not only lime, but also a lot of vegetables and food for them to replenish. There are even a dozen live pigs!
The settlement between the two sides is complete, and the camp is almost complete. At this time, Huang Guojun asked the three flags sent by the bank to be raised high, and everyone looked up, only to see a few big characters written on the three vertical flags: "Selling salt" and "Ten Wen per catty!" "Each person is limited to one pound!"
Not many of the people present were literate, but after all, there were still literate people, and when they subconsciously read these words, it immediately caused a great sensation!
This Yangzhou Cheng can be described as extremely prosperous, and close to the sea, the price of salt is naturally not high! But even so, it was sold for 30 wen per catty! So Huang Guojun caused a sensation when he showed the signboard of ten cents per catty!
The twenty cents saved by the price drop are of little use to those dignitaries, but to those small people, it is a windfall! At that time, a man trembled forward, and he was far away from the camp gate and waved to the soldiers guarding the gate and said, "This master, what is written on this is true?"
When the soldier heard this, he said loudly, "Everyone has heard the truth, and from tomorrow morning they will start selling salt here, ten wen per catty, and each person is limited to one catty!" Welcome to buy!"
As soon as the words fell, a violent commotion sounded! Everyone asked if it was true? And they didn't even care about those terrible heads, they all crowded to the camp gate to ask about the specific situation! Seeing this, the soldiers guarding the door took off their shoulders and struggled to block the crowd in their hands, and more than a dozen soldiers also joined in, barely blocking the crowd!
Seeing this, Huang Guojun was afraid of causing a riot, so he jumped directly into a vehicle full of heads, took out a short gun and released it into the sky to silence everyone! I only heard Huang Guojun shouting loudly: "Now when I speak, you all shut up and listen, no one is allowed to make noise!" If you make any more trouble, you won't sell salt!"
Everyone immediately closed their mouths tightly, but their eyes were staring at Huang Guojun, for fear that he would order not to sell salt! Although they knew it was impossible, they didn't want to upset each other because of this question! Especially when there are several cars of people who prove what they do when they are unhappy, everyone is more careful!
I only heard Huang Guojun say loudly, "I'll say it again! From tomorrow morning, salt will be sold here! Ten cents per catty, Tong Su is not bullied! But each person is limited to one pound, can you hear clearly?"
This is someone below shouting loudly, "This master, what if someone buys it repeatedly?"
Huang Guojun laughed and said, "If you buy repeatedly, you will buy repeatedly!" To tell you the truth, there are ten ships parked at the mouth of the canal, and they are full of salt! I'd like to see who is stupid enough to buy all this salt home!"
Someone else shouted, "But you don't have many cars with you, and no one buys them again, and your salt probably won't be enough to sell!"
Huang Guojun replied loudly: "We naturally know this! But let me tell you for sure, there are two caravans that take turns to bring salt here, and every four days a shipment of salt arrives, and they will surely be bought!"
Someone else asked, "Are you official or private?"
Huang Guojun said loudly: "We dare to sell it openly here, naturally it is official salt!"
Someone asked, "But what is your identity, and does it work to speak?"
Huang Guojun said loudly: "This official is the commander of the Wu'an Legion who belongs to the Jinyi Guard, which is equivalent to a thousand household officials!"
Someone else said, "How can that official salt be sold so cheaply, cheaper than those private salts!"
Huang Guojun was waiting for this sentence, and he immediately arched his hand in the direction of Jingjing Division and said, "This is all long live the emperor's grace! Under the order of the Long Live Lord, Wu Ninghou contributed money and effort to make cheap salt! From now on, the price of salt in Yangzhou will not be as expensive as before!"
His words immediately caused the people to cheer like a landslide and a tsunami! Everyone loudly praised Emperor Wanli as a good emperor who cared about the people! Praise Liu Haojia for being a good official who can do things!
Then Huang Guojun waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and said loudly: "Tomorrow we will sell salt here, and someone will definitely want to make trouble!" So everyone spread my words, and when everyone queues up to buy salt tomorrow, you must abide by the rules and not crowd randomly! And you have to watch the troublemakers! If anyone makes trouble, take it down and give it to me to cut off his head, and give you a reward."
He was responded to by the loud cries of the people, who said that if anyone made trouble, he would not have to do it, and they themselves could hammer them all to death!
Later, many people asked many strange questions, and Huang Guojun answered them one by one. Those present rejoiced! Especially those ordinary people couldn't wait to ask to start selling salt now, but Huang Guojun sternly refused! In the end, the people had to disperse in displeasure!
But this news spread like lightning throughout Yangzhou City! By nightfall, more than half of the villages in Yangzhou and the surrounding areas had heard that cheap salt was sold! Only today no one went to the village in the city did not receive the news!