Chapter 130: Monopoly Position

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A reed crossing the river is an allusion to the first time the Bodhidharma patriarch came to China, could it be that the current martial arts of the sixth sister can be compared with this mythical figure in the history of martial arts?

During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Bodhidharma came to Middle-earth by sea from Tianzhu...... He met Emperor Wu of Liang first, but the interview was not in agreement, so he left Jiankang, the capital of the Southern Dynasty, and traveled north. Emperor Wu of Liang regretted it and sent people to chase after him, Bodhidharma walked to the bank of the Yangtze River, and when he saw someone chasing after him, he broke a reed and threw it into the water and crossed the river. So far, there are still the remains of the legend that Bodhidharma crossed the river with a reed on the shore of Nanjing.

Ji Aojian thought about it for a while, no matter how powerful Patriarch Bodhidharma is, he is not a great grandmaster on the first day he is born. The progress of his martial arts also has a process, and when he wants to cross the river with a reed, it is not the peak of his martial arts in the future.

Ji Yuxue had a small boat under her feet, and she took him to float away on the water. Ji Aojian praised, "Sixth sister, you are really like a Lingbo fairy now. โ€

Ji Yuxue snorted, but there was no reaction.

Ji Aojian saw that her face was joyless and angry, and knew that any flattery and praise was nonsense to her, so he asked, "Sixth sister, why are you not on the boat and come to the river?"

Ji Yuxue said, "Take a walk." โ€

Ji Aojian was speechless, your way of walking is simply shocking, and I am really not a person of the same world. ,

The two of them made another trip on the river, and the sail ship with three gun decks appeared in front of them.

Ji Yuxue said, "The Blue Bird has arrived. โ€

Ji Aojian said strangely, "Blue Bird?"

Suddenly I realized that the original "Lionheart King" of this battleship was named by foreigners, and it would naturally be named another name when it fell into the hands of the Dragon Soul Gang.

However, this is actually called the Blue Bird! Ji Aojian felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart, Sixth Sister, you have an Eighth Sister in your heart, there really is an Eighth Sister!

He shouted loudly, "Sixth sister, this is great!"

Seeing his excited expression, Ji Yuxue said lightly, "It's just an ordinary name, it doesn't mean anything else." โ€

Ji Aojian snickered in his heart, Sixth Sister, you are arrogant. If it really doesn't mean anything else, do you need to explain it?

When we approached the ship, we suddenly heard a gunshot on the ship, and then someone shouted, "Who dares to come up to our Blue Bird?"

Ji Yuxue said, "It's me." โ€

The people on the boat were surprised, "Helper, when did you get off the boat?"

Ji Aojian was stunned, Sixth Sister, you went out for a walk, and it turned out that you didn't tell your subordinates.

Thinking that the sixth sister is so lazy, she goes out casually when she wants to take a walk, and then comes back unconsciously after she is gone, so she doesn't have to alarm her subordinates. ,

But this time I picked up a younger brother from a walk, and the helper couldn't sneak back with someone, so he had to get on the boat openly.

Ji Yuxue said indifferently, "I'm checking the vigilance of your patrols. Well, you're doing a good job. โ€

Ji Aojian was impressed, Sixth Sister, you speak this reason fluently, naturally, and fairly, and it is indeed worthy of the grandmaster's state of mind.

The patrolman smiled, "Helper, even if your old man makes an unannounced visit, we must be responsible for guarding the shift." โ€

As he spoke, he saw the helper coming up, and was stunned for a moment, "Helper, are you still bringing someone back?" โ€

Ji Aojian recognized him as the Iron Nail Ship Ding Gong, and said with a smile, "Lord Ding Helm, hello." โ€

Ding Gong said angrily, "Little boy, I am no longer the helmsman, but the captain of the musket team. โ€

Ji Aojian saw that he was carrying a long-barreled tunnel pistol on his shoulder, and several gangsters following behind him were also carrying guns, and asked, "This is the guy from the original musket team on this ship?"

Ding Gong said, "Our Dragon Soul Gang originally had some long and short firearms, but they were not as good as the British's muskets. This time, dozens of guys were captured, so I built a musket team, helped her old man to recognize heroes, and made me the captain. โ€

Ji Aojian thought to himself, the fire guns issued by the imperial court to the local government have not come down yet, the Dragon Soul Gang has already built a musket team, and this river and lake has grabbed the front of the temple again. ,

He congratulated him and followed the helper to her cabin.

Ji Yuxue asked, "Xiaojian, what do you have to say to me?"

Before Ji Aojian could say a few words, suddenly the hatch was pushed open.

The two turned their heads to look, only to see Mr. Su, who was dressed in a dark crane, running in in a hurry, and shouted, "Sister Yu, they said that you secretly got off the boat alone and went to meet your lover before, and later brought him to your room." โ€

After she finished speaking in one breath, she saw Ji Aojian clearly, and said in a daze, "After two hundred years, it turned out to be you." โ€

Ji Aojian sighed helplessly, why did I get on this ship twice, and it caused a lot of rumors? This boat is really a ship of gossip.

Ji Yuxue listened to Su Jinnian's words, and turned her head to Ji Ao without any reaction, "You go on." โ€

Ji Aojian and Su Jinnian immediately admired the diameter of her lines.

After Ji Aojian finished speaking, Ji Yuxue said, "I didn't expect you guys to think about it so much." โ€

Ji Aojian asked, "Sixth sister, is our idea okay?"

Ji Yuxue nodded, "I'll come all the way to clean up the coastal towns." I was going to go to Jinling to end up after meeting the Cao Gang Salt Gang here in Yangzhou, but now I will go directly and come to them again after the New Year. โ€,

Ji Ao said, "Sixth sister, you came to Yangzhou, not only to beat the Cao Gang, but also to the Yan Gang?"

Ji Yuxue said, "Xiaojian, do you know what are the most profitable ways to buy and sell in the world?"

Ji Aojian thought that the three most profitable merchant gangs in the Qing Dynasty counted from north to south, one was the Shanxi ticket number, the second was the Yangzhou salt merchants, and the third was the importers and exporters in Guangzhou.

Shanxi ticket number is the business of the silver number money bank, the bill is popular throughout the country, equivalent to the bank of later generations, and it is naturally very profitable. However, in this time and space, the eighth sister's Shuijingzhuang has occupied the Jiangnan region, and the money tickets can also be circulated throughout the country, stealing at least half of the business.

The reason why the importers and exporters in Guangzhou were able to make big deals was because the Qing court only opened one treaty port in Guangzhou, and the "Thirteen Lines of Guangzhou" naturally made money. At present, the Ming Dynasty does not have a policy of locking up the country, and all parts along the coast can trade with foreign countries, so there is no monopoly import and export market.

Yangzhou salt merchants are mainly overseas Chinese salt merchants in Yangzhou, who can buy salt exclusively in the Lianghuai Salt Zone, and can sell salt exclusively to the six provinces of Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, Jiangxi, Hunan and Hubei. Almost all of these provinces were the most economically developed and densely populated areas in China at that time, thus achieving the prosperity of Yangzhou's salt merchants. In the 37th year of Qianlong, Yangzhou salt merchants earned more than 15 million taels of silver a year and paid more than 6 million taels of salt taxes, accounting for about 60% of the national salt tax. ,

However, the prosperity of salt merchants in history is nothing more than because they have the exclusive right to operate zhรจngfu, and they can buy and sell monopolies. Does the current Salt Gang continue to have the franchise policy of the imperial court?

Su Jinnian said, "Little boy, as the saying goes, 'two Huai salt, the world is salty'." Today's Lianghuai Salt District is in the hands of the salt gang, they occupy the land of salt production, and they are extremely rich, not much worse than the Yangzhou salt merchants of the previous generation. โ€

Ji Aojian nodded, it turned out that there was a big gang that took the salt-producing area as its sphere of influence, and it was still the most prosperous Lianghuai Salt Area in the world, which had a monopoly position in the production area. Although they did not have the six provinces where they had exclusive sales like the previous Yangzhou salt merchants, they were still extremely wealthy.

Su Jinnian said, "The roots of the Yan Gang and the Cao Gang are in Yangzhou, they cooperate and support each other, and they are very powerful, and they refuse to pay attention to us. โ€

The Grand Canal is the lifeline of the Beijing Division, which specializes in transporting Jiangnan money and grain supply didu. The Cao Gang is the organization responsible for transportation, also known as the Grain Boat Gang, which claims to have a total of 128 gangs. The Cao Gang did not move, and the Jingshi was cut off, so the Cao Gang was extremely powerful, and they could negotiate with the imperial court.

Although shipping is prosperous now, after reading the swollen half wb next time, half of the money and grain in Jiangnan can sometimes be transported by sea. But there are a lot of pirates at sea, after all, it is not as safe as taking the canal. The Cao Gang still has a great influence on the situation in the world.:

These two gangs have great wealth and strong foundations, and they are regarded as gold-level gangs in the world, and there are also grandmasters in charge.

Ji Yuxue said lightly, "These people don't cry when they don't see the coffin, and now it's the end of the year, and there is no ship, so they don't answer me." After the spring of next year, the Cao Gang will be transported north, and the Salt Gang will be sold in the south, and at that time I will seal the Yangtze River to see how they pretend to be deaf and dumb. โ€

Su Jinnian said, "Yes, it's not interesting for us to waste time here now." โ€

Ji Yuxue said, "Mr. Su, we won't delay here." Go back to Jinling tomorrow, open a village for Xiaojian, and you come to my house for the New Year. โ€

She looked at Ji Ao Jian Dao, "Little sword, do you agree?"

Ji Aojian said strangely, "Sixth sister, do you still want to ask me about this?"

Ji Yuxue said, "You are the owner of the village at home, so I naturally want you to agree." โ€

Ji Aojian was stunned for a moment, except for the ninth sister, after he saw any of the sisters, he felt that they should be in charge, and he just had to obey, without realizing that he was still a "village owner".

"Of course I welcome it, but won't Mr. Su go home for the New Year?"

Su Jinnian stuck out his tongue, "If I go home, maybe I will be forced to marry by my father and never get out again." Now I have to follow Sister Yu to make a big move, how can I go home and be locked in a small cage. โ€ใ€‚

Ji Aojian praised, "Mr. Su, if you have such an ambition, then the swordsmanship of the Yellow Crane Tower will definitely be able to be practiced." โ€

Su Jinnian said proudly, "Of course, I have long felt that I have the ambition of Yellow Crane Lingyun in my heart. โ€

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