The salt division of Hedong Province has just fallen asleep at this time.

Suddenly, I heard a report from the next person, saying that the captain of the soldiers in the salt village opposite asked to see him, and he immediately perked up and fell asleep.

The salt division has been sitting in this position for a long time, and of course he knows that the salt lords will secretly go to the south bank of the Jiechi to get salt in the middle of the night.

Usually they would stuff a small amount of money for the guards to open the door, and then buy a few hundred pounds of salt and run away.

But if the salt owl wants to play bigger, the guards on the opposite side will not dare to mess around, and will come to see him, at this time it is no longer a matter of a few small money, but a large amount of money, and he has to do a big job.

So when someone wakes himself up in the middle of the night, he wants to get rich, and it's hard to be unhappy.

The Salt Division got up with a robe and went to the outer room, where the captain of the guard stepped forward and handed him a bag.

As soon as he carried it with his hand, he knew that it was almost two hundred taels of silver.

I was overjoyed!

"The big salt owl is here?" The salt division smiled: "How many goods does he want?" ”

The captain of the guards said in a low voice: "He wants salt from the whole village of Fengjia Village."

"Yo!" The salt division smiled: "It's a big game, this salt lord is very powerful." ”

The captain of the guards nodded: "It's our old friend, you have also seen it, named Tie Bird Fei." ”

Salt Division: "Iron Bird Flying?" I can't remember. ”

The captain of the guard said in a strange tone, "Make a price." ”

Shioji: "Ah, I remember, it turned out to be that guy." I remember that guy's business wasn't very big, and now he can swallow the whole village's goods? ”

Captain of the guard: "I don't know if I can swallow it or not, but he did give two hundred taels of silver." ”

The salt division nodded: "Okay, for the sake of these two hundred taels of silver, I don't care how he tosses, sell all the salt in Fengjia Village to him, I will report to the above that Fengjia Village has suffered a fire and is being rebuilt, and it will be done without salt handing over." ”

Captain of the Guard: "Okay. ”

He said yes, but he didn't quit, and looked at the salt division with a blank eye.

The salt division reached out to the silver bag, grabbed a few ingots of silver, about fifty taels, and threw it into the hands of the captain of the guards: "Give this silver to the brothers in Fengjia Village, don't leak this matter." ”

The captain of the guards was overjoyed, and hurriedly withdrew with the silver, rowed a small boat, and returned to Fengjia Village.

He went back and forth, paddling eight miles of waterway on the water, and it was really a lot of delay, and when he saw the iron bird flying again, the time was in the middle of the night: "Tie Da master, the matter is finished, and the salt division nodded." The salt in the Feng family village is sold to you, but ...... You know, those two hundred taels are just qualified to buy salt, and if you want to take these salts, you have to pay another money. ”

Iron Bird Fei smiled: "Let's make a price." ”

The captain of the guard stretched out two fingers: "Twenty cents a catty." ”

Iron Bird Fly: "Done!" You should also call the saltsmiths in the village to bring out all the salt. I'll pay another freight fee and let them help me ship it to Puzhou. ”

Salt, in ordinary years, can be sold for as little as four catties in the salt-producing area of Jiechi, while in non-producing areas, it is almost seven or eight yuan a catty.

But during the drought year, coupled with the war, it is different, the origin area has to be sold for twenty or thirty yuan a catty, and if it is not a production area, it can even reach seventy or eighty yuan a catty, and the price has risen very outrageously.

But Tie Bird Fei didn't care, he talked to the captain of the guard, immediately returned to the woods, and greeted Xing Hongwolf, so Xing Hongwolf's forty-two people, plus Tie Niaofei's eighteen people, came out of the woods together and guarded at the entrance of the village.

Soon, the guards organized the saltsmiths to transport the private salt from Fengjia Village one by one, and the two sides negotiated the price of transporting the salt all the way to the Gudu Wharf in Puzhou, and the saltsmiths happily pushed the cart and set off.

Xing Hongwolf and Iron Bird Fei's subordinates were guarding the convoy.

Up until now, it looked like a normal trade in illegal salt.

The guards didn't think much of it, smiled and waved, and sent them away.

Wait until the salt transport team comes out of the sight of the officers and soldiers....

Suddenly the sound of horses' hooves sounded in the woods, and the soap warbler rushed out with fifty cavalry, plus dozens of empty horses.

This can startle the saltsmiths who carry salt.

However, the cavalry didn't do anything to them, but just handed over the horses to Xing Hongwolf and Tie Niaofei, and the two groups turned over their horses together and became "extraordinary smugglers".

The saltsmiths looked at these smugglers who looked like they were riding horses, and thought to themselves: What is wrong with this iron lord today? I didn't have such a strong formation before, why is it like this now?

At this time, Xing Hongwolf opened his mouth to them: "Brothers saltsmiths, how much money can end up in your pockets for the salt I bought in your hands today?" ”

The saltsmiths glanced at each other and whispered, "Two pennies and a catty." ”

Xing Hongwolf sneered: "What I actually paid is twenty wen a catty." ”

Saltsmiths: "......"

Xing Hongwolf smiled: "The government has cheated you too hard, are you interested in bypassing the government, I will pay you directly to buy it, and I can pay you for ten yuan a catty." ”

Isn't this nonsense? Who wouldn't want to quintuple their income?

The saltsmiths replied in unison, "Of course." ”

Xing Hongwolf: "It's easy to think about, do you have the courage to escape from Fengjia Village, dig a salt pond out of the sight of the government, and sell all the private salt to me?" ”

When the saltsmiths heard this, they were confused: "This ...... How dare this? Being discovered by the government is a dead end. ”

Xing Hongwolf: "Don't be afraid! The solution pond is so big, more than 40 miles long, 4 miles wide, find a rugged place, the government can not see the edge of the pool, secretly dig a salt pond, as long as there is a high thatch on the edge of the pool, you can't see it if you don't get close. Then bring water into the pool, and dry the salt as much as you want, and every copper plate you earn will be yours, and it will not be better than it is now? ”

Saltsmith: "If we do this, we'll all be black." ’

Xing Hongwolf: "Don't you know what's going on outside now?" What about the troublemakers in Shanxi, five or six out of ten good people have become thieves, and they have all become black households, who is afraid? ”

When the saltsmiths heard this, it was the same.

A saltsmith said: "It is difficult not to be discovered by the government if you want to secretly build a salt pond by the Jiechi, but to the west of the Jiechi, there is a pool called the nitrate pond, and the salt produced tastes slightly bitter, and the salt of the Jiechi is not delicious, so the government never asks.

He gritted his teeth and said, "If it's the Iron Master and this ...... The woman is in charge of the house, and she is willing to save my dog's life, so I dare to escape from Fengjia Village to be a homeless person, run to the side of the nitrate pond to build a grass hut to live, and dig a private pond to make salt for you, I am afraid that the salt tastes bitter, and you can't look down on it. ”

Xing Hongwolf grinned, Gaojia Village wants salt, mainly to make alkali, what are you afraid of? Anyway, it's not a human eat, hehe smiled: "Okay!" Then dry by the nitrate. ”

When they said this, they gave courage to the other salters, and several more saltmakers said, "We are willing to come."

/。 Zero Point Chinese Network]/