Boss Qian took Su Xiaolou and his party into the warehouse, the rows of shelves were full of salt bags, and when he opened a bag casually, there were white flowers of salt inside, Su Xiaolou grabbed it and saw that the particles were delicate, white and crystalline, and they were all refined salt.

Boss Qian was a little arrogant: "Master Jia, how is it?" Any bag of salt I open is like this. ”

"How much salt do you have in your hand, my son wants it all."

"Jia Gongzi is so hearty, Qian is willing to sell it to Jia Gongzi as low as 10% of the market price, you also know that the salt business is not good now, and the salt on the market will only rise and not fall now, so you can buy it back and make a steady profit."

Su Xiaolou frowned, a wave of anger appeared on his face, and he said disdainfully: "Does Boss Qian look down on our Jia family?" Our Jia family is a little poor, and they have nothing, except for a lot of money! Buy up or down today! It's a penny cheaper, and the master is in a hurry with you, really! Bad luck! Affect the fortune of the master! Su Xiaolou was stunned by the operation of Boss Qian, what kind of stupid son of the landlord's family let himself touch, such a reasonable request to hesitate for a second is disrespectful to the silver.

Boss Qian immediately slapped himself hard: "Ouch! Sir! It's the villain who is not sensible, you see that the villain's stinky mouth really can't speak! What a beating! "Boss Qian's 'Smack!' I gave myself another mouthful.

"Master, you set the price, you have the final say, you see which number you like, you can set the price!"

Su Xiaolou felt that Lu Datong's eyes were about to roll out, but this did not affect his performance: "Let's talk about the price, it's just that you still have a little less salt, can you make up more?" ”

Boss Qian hurriedly leaned over and asked, "How much do you want?" ”

"Tsk!" Su Xiaolou was angry: "Boss Qian looks down on the master again, right?" ”

Boss Qian hurriedly made amends: "The little one understands!" The little one understands! Don't worry, sir, the small ones are in order! ”

Boss Qian was happy that the corners of his mouth were grinning to the back molars, and he finally found the unjust boss to take over this batch of salt, and by the way, he could make a good fortune from this rich boy, and his life reached a climax all of a sudden.

At noon, the happy Qian boss booked the most expensive private room in the most famous restaurant in Yangzhou City, on the banquet, good wine and good dishes were set up full of tables, lobsters, abalone, color, fragrance, taste, behind the screen, there are music girls playing Yale, next to a row of maids to help you pour food and wine at any time, this row of noodles is enough.

Su Xiaolou sat on the main seat, and immediately had a maid pour wine and vegetables, Su Xiaolou secretly glanced at it, this little touch is quite smart, at most fifteen years old, Qian Guiming always observed this lord's face to see if he served this lord well.

"Master Jia, in this private room today, this dish is still to your liking?"

Su Xiaolou hurriedly took back the heart that floated out, this young master's personality can't collapse, this young master is a person who has seen the world, after some self-hypnosis, Su Xiaolou looked indifferent: "It's okay!" ”

Qian Guiming breathed a sigh of relief, if this didn't work, then he was willing to go up and perform a striptease to help this master!

Su Xiaolou glanced at Xiucai and Lu Datong, one staring at the girl with a peach in his eyes, and the other facing the dishes on the table! These two things are not angry, but fortunately, Qian Guiming's attention is not on them.

During the banquet, Su Xiao raised his wine glass and said, "Boss Qian, if the cooperation is happy this time, our family's salt will come in from your Boss Qian in the future." ”

Qian Guiming immediately picked up his wine glass and happily accompanied: "Then thank you Master Jia for your appreciation!" ”

After a glass of wine, Su Xiaolou suddenly asked: "Boss Qian, you said that your salt can be supplied stably, then I must know where your salt comes from!" How can I explain this to my old man! ”

"This ......" this Jia Guiming is quite cautious.

Seeing that he was very embarrassed, Su Xiaolou sneered: "I understand! There is a place where the sun shines in the world, there must be a dark place, Boss Qian probably forgot what Master Ben said, my father is an official, so he can naturally wash this batch of salt, but where to wash the salt that comes from the wrong way? ”

Su Xiaolou gave Qian Guiming an indifferent look: "If Boss Qian is unwilling to reveal, then ......"

"I say!" The duck in hand can't just fly like this, Qian Guiming hurriedly redeemed it: "Actually, it was sold to me by a scholar, we have an agreement, we can't ask where this batch of salt comes from, we can't mention him to anyone, otherwise he will sell the salt to others, he supplies me with salt every month, and the quality of the salt is no different from the official salt, I agreed, as long as Master Jia doesn't talk nonsense everywhere, he won't run out of stock." ”

Where did the scholar get the salt? Su Xiaolou became more and more curious: "Then how did you meet this scholar?" ”

"It was this scholar who took the initiative to come to me, at that time I was still a small shopkeeper of a tooth shop, and I couldn't support salt from the big salt farm, and I was going to close the door, and this scholar came to me on the last day."

There is no salt introduction, private transactions are all illegal, and if they are found out, they will go to jail, no wonder Qian Guiming dare not say it.

"If that's the case, then it's easy to do, don't worry, if something really happens, my Jia family will naturally shelter you, I will come to get salt in three days, we will pay with one hand and deliver the goods with the other."

Qian Guiming happily toasted Su Xiaolou several glasses of wine, the whole person was a little stunned, and talked about salt affairs with Su Xiaolou during the banquet, Su Xiaolou knew that salt merchants have so many ways to do business, Qian Guiming has two big salt warehouses, and he can only be regarded as a small and medium-sized salt merchant with a lot of money.

Many powerful gentry in the court have set their sights on the fat meat of salt, and have extracted a large amount of refined salt by slandering, begging, entrainment, occupying nests, and not supporting salt one by one.

Listen to why bother, the salt business of Lianghuai is 705,180 lead every year, the big salt merchants have rich financial resources, through bribing salt officials, privately adding catties, and then bribing batch inspection personnel, they can also spend a lot of refined salt from the salt field, so that there is almost no salt left, and the small salt merchants will naturally not be able to support the salt, or that the salt field will not be able to support your salt after a year and a half of planting, and the market will naturally be in the hands of those big salt merchants and powerful gentry, and the small salt merchants are almost all surviving in the cracks, and the grain and grass are also bought according to the requirements of the imperial court. It was transported all the way to the border, but in the end, the bamboo basket was empty.

If these small salt merchants continue to stay in the salt field to support salt, they will increase additional expenses such as accommodation expenses, meal expenses, transportation expenses, etc., and can only sell the salt in their hands at a low price to the large salt merchants with strong capital, and some large salt merchants will collect the salt of the small salt merchants at a low price, hoard it, and wait until the date of the salt branch is approaching, and then sell it to the small salt merchants at a high price, so as to earn a huge difference in the middle.

As time went by, there was a shortage of salt in the market, and the price of salt soared.