Chapter 197: Smuggling Business
"Xiao has a young and unruly trip, has no reputation for a hometown song, and is a lonely and unheard person. The pro-Bei Pavilion is now slanderous, the wise man is nameless, although the material is easy-going, if the line is by the Yi, it will not be able to reach the ninefold. Xiao saw a number of aspiring heroes, regardless of life and death, who went to the public house, if there was something wrong, those who protected their wives with all their bodies would be in the hands of others. Like Xiao, the idle clouds and wild cranes, why can't the sky fly? ”
Xiao Jiasui stared at Sun Lei and said, these words have already explained his thoughts, if Sun Lei has the idea of Zhao'an, he and Sun Lei are not all the way.
"Mr. Xiao is similar to me, I don't like to put my life in the hands of others, I have a loose personality and don't choose to say anything, but fortunately, I still have a little self-knowledge, the ups and downs of the sea of Huan, if I go to the officialdom, I am afraid that I will be a sheep into the mouth of a tiger!"
Sun Lei laughed at himself and showed that he was not suitable for officialdom, which made it impossible for him to be Zhao'an.
Xiao Jiasui just looked at Sun Lei, and after a short time of getting along, he did see Sun Lei's problems, and the seemingly small problems were fatal in the officialdom.
"Another point, like Mr. Xiao, I want to build my ideal world! Mr. Xiao is willing to go with me! ”
Sun Lei pointed to Liangshan Town Road outside the water.
"Xiao is willing, meet my brother!"
Xiao Jiasui hugged his fist at Sun Lei and bowed, Sun Lei's last sentence said to his heart, he also has the same ambition, and he only has so much hope in Liangshanbo when he travels all over the world, although it is slim, but he has to seize it.
"Brother, but I'm going to town!"
Sanruan was training his minions on the beach, Ruan Xiaoqi's eyes were sharp, and he hurriedly stepped forward when he saw Sun Lei coming.
"Go to town with Mr. Xiao!"
Sun Lei nodded with a smile.
"Brother, wait, I'll go rowing!"
Ruan Xiaoqi immediately ran to the dock to prepare the boat.
"Mr. Xiao, how is this water army?"
Sun Lei pointed to the sailors that Ruan Xiaoer and Ruan Xiaowu were training and asked with a smile.
"Brother, I have this water army to block tens of thousands of enemies!"
Xiao Jiasui said with a smile, the navy is different from other types of troops, water is the hard requirement, and a good water is enough to deal with dozens of times the enemy on the water.
"It's just that there are fewer boats!"
Sun Lei said that this time the Jeju soldiers sent dozens of decent big boats, and the rest of the small boats were not enough to see at all, and they were similar to fishing boats.
got on the boat, and Ruan Xiaoqi quickly rowed out of the water.
"Xiao Qi, why don't you follow to train the navy?"
Sun Lei looked at Ruan Xiaoqi who was following and asked.
"Brother, it's enough to have the second brother and the fifth brother here, I don't know how to train soldiers."
Ruan Xiaoqi smiled, Sun Lei just shook his head and didn't say anything when he saw it, people are different, Ruan Xiaoqi is the best among the three brothers, but he is also the most jumpy.
The morning market in Liangshan Town has not yet dispersed, and there is an endless stream of villagers selling goods and buying goods.
"Brother, why is this market town so lively, are the villagers by Shuibo so rich?"
Xiao Jiasui looked at the rubbing streets in confusion and was very puzzled, last night I thought it was a celebration, but today's meeting is even more extraordinary, I am afraid that the villagers within a radius of dozens of miles have come to the market.
"Rich? Xiao Qi is a native of the country, you talk about it. ”
Sun Lei smiled and pointed at Ruan Xiaoqidao.
"Brother Xiao, how can you have any money, this water is flooded all year round, the good land will be flooded as soon as it is flooded, you can't grow food, and the dry land in the high places has low yields, so you can only guard the water and fish, and it's just the mouth of the lake."
Ruan Xiaoqi opened his mouth and said, in addition to watching the sky to eat, Shui Bobian also has to look at the face of the water, he has never been rich, let alone rich.
"I see!"
Xiao Jiasui suddenly looked at the shop that was queuing up to buy salt, and immediately understood everything.
"My brother is really discerning!"
Xiao Jiasui sighed a little, as smart as he didn't expect the commercial tax, the reason why the Great Song Dynasty was so prosperous was because of the taxes from commerce and monopoly sales such as salt, iron, wine, and tea, since the imperial court could rely on these to live a nourishing and abnormal life, why couldn't Liang Shanbo?
"Haha, it's just a gourd to draw a scoop, but if you don't do it, you don't know how to do it, and I'm startled, this salt alone, the profit is terrible, and selling salt on Jingdong and West Road is far more efficient than robbing everywhere."
Sun Lei nodded, although the robbery came quickly, it was not sustainable, and it would backfire over time. Smuggling is different, it is equivalent to printing unlimited money, and it can also get a good reputation.
"My brother is right, the Great Song Dynasty earns 60 million yuan a year, nearly half of which is salt tax, and the bitter salt in the world has been precious for a long time!"
Xiao Jiasui lamented that salt is the biggest expense of civilian families, and this thing is a monopoly of the imperial court, and there is no way to obtain it except to buy it. The current prosperity of Liangshan Town must be caused by the low prices of these monopoly goods.
"It's a pity that the salt factories along the coast are still under the control of the government, and the salt that can be smuggled out is limited, and the villagers are getting more and more every day, and the salt is always not enough to sell."
Sun Lei sighed again, waiting for silver money like running water, but he had no goods to sell, which was really a headache.
"Brother, if this kind of business becomes bigger, the court will not sit idly by, and the large-scale sale of smuggled salt is far greater than the crime of rebellion."
Xiao Jiasui said, although this kind of business is easy to do, but the risk is extremely great, the imperial court may not care about ordinary peasant rebellions, but it must care about taxes, the Great Song Dynasty redundant officials and soldiers are redundant, although the imperial court has a lot of taxes, but the cost is greater, and the biggest power in various places is all kinds of transfer envoys.
"I also know this, but the villagers come from afar, just to save a few dollars, if I can't be satisfied, this can't save face."
Sun Lei shook his head, the villagers' idea is very simple, Liangshan Town is prosperous and lively, and if you sell the grain and vegetables produced at home or the harvest of fishing and hunting, you can exchange it for some cheap salt and cloth to go home, which is a good thing, but if you can't be satisfied, it will become a bad thing.
"Does my brother want to lay down the salt works? This...... Liangshanbo is thousands of miles away from the coast, which is afraid of ......"
Xiao Jiasui frowned and said, the salt field is guarded by soldiers and horses, and it is not far from the state capital, and the labor expedition is extremely risky.
"No, what I want is to grab it on the spot!"
Sun Lei shook his head slightly.
"Rob on the spot? Brother, how to rob it? ”
Ruan Xiaoqi is interested, and he can't interfere with the things that move his head, but he can do this thing.
"I really have to be out of the horse!"
Sun Lei looked at Ruan Xiaoqi with a smile.
"Brother, just give orders!"
Ruan Xiaoqi said excitedly.
"Let's go, let's go to the hotel and talk while drinking."
Sun Lei pointed to the backbone hotel and said with a smile, this thing has to be planned carefully.
"Brother!"
Zhu Gui saw Sun Lei coming, and hurriedly came out to greet him.
"It's lively on the street today!"
Sun Lei said.
"The deeds of my brother's victory over the Jeju army have spread all over these eight hundred miles, and the more famous our Liangshan is, the more trusted the villagers are."
Zhu Gui said with a smile, Liangshan Bo can defeat the Jeju official army, which gives the surrounding villagers a reassurance, this Liangshan Town will still exist for a while, and everyone can still trade here and buy cheap goods.
The hotel business is also good, the two floors are full, and Sun Lei is still taking people to drink in the backyard water pavilion.
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