Chapter 18: The Battle of Salt (3)

The Black Shark Gang leader of the Sea Shark Gang is very smart because he is very smart, but sometimes the smarter people are, the easier it is to fall into their own inherent thinking. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThey tend to think that their past "experience" is right, and sometimes that's the case, and the smarter people are, of course, they may be experts in one aspect and more confident. However, it is often easy to fall into their own inherent thinking, and it is not easy to break through the past ideas.

Black Shark firmly believes that this opponent, who is still a dragon for the time being, must be deliberately throwing money. deliberately threw money hard, so that the people could get benefits, and finally leveraged their own market through economic means. He firmly believes that the opponent must want to throw money at the game and scare him off by losing a lot of money.

"Buy it for me, buy it all back, I don't believe it, how much money they can have! I don't believe it, they are so rich that they can afford to lose so much!" Black Shark said angrily.

Bags of delicate snow-white salt were purchased from the major salt merchants and loaded into the Sea Shark Gang's warehouse. As the warehouses of the Sea Shark Gang were filled, the wealth accumulated by the Sea Shark Gang over the years also began to drain out rapidly.

"Big brother, we're almost going to lose our money!" said White Shark heartbrokenly.

As for the other end, Jiang Bo was preparing to settle accounts.

"Jiang Bo, we have earned a total of 600,000 taels of silver this time! A full 600,000 taels of silver, these are all the accumulations of the Sea Shark Gang for many years, and we were just got our hands on it?" Qiu Hua also said excitedly.

600,000 taels of silver, this ordinary person may not know what this means. However, at present, the annual financial revenue of the central government of the Chinese Empire is only eight million taels, which is only ten times that of this. Of course, some people may think that ten times is a lot. However, in fact, anyone who is familiar with the finances of each country will easily understand that this does not look at the financial revenue of a country, but in fact, about 90 percent of it has already been booked by various departments. The space that can really be arranged for financial personnel may be about five percent, which is still quite a lot.

Therefore, this 600,000 taels of silver is almost equivalent to the budget power that the Chinese Empire can really exert itself in a year, and the funds that can be used flexibly. So 600,000 taels of silver made this Qiuhua excited. With 600,000 taels of silver, it is completely possible to form a very elite army, so that the strength will definitely increase by leaps and bounds in the future.

"Let people pass on the order, and change the method in the future, from the past when no one was limited to buying one catty at a time, to only being able to buy half a catty of salt every time they queue. Jiang Bo said.

Qiuhua hurriedly asked: "Jiang Bo, why? Not to mention their current purchase volume, even if it is several times more, the salt we produce every day can be afforded? We can dig a few more salt ponds at any time, anyway, we have manpower, don't worry." ”

Jiang Bo said very calmly: "Hua'er, have you ever fished? People who are really familiar with fishing know that once a fish bites, don't pull the rod with all your strength at once." If you pull the rod with all your might, the fish will most likely come off the hook. ”

"If you want to really fish, you have to know how to relax and loosen at the right time, so that you can really catch fish. Now, we have to relax a little bit! Otherwise, the sharks will unhook this shark!"

The Sea Shark Gang, the Black Shark and the White Shark looked at the warehouse that was already full of thousands of tons of salt, and their hearts were also trembling. This is tens of thousands of tons of refined salt, you must know that if it is sold at the past price, this salt is enough to rival the country. Of course, this one is also sold at the price in the past, and now the black shark is also starting to be very vigilant.

"No, no, absolutely not! They must have a new way of making salt, otherwise there wouldn't be so many. They must have a way, they must have a way to get a lot of salt out and then purify it. Their preparation and purification must have cost a lot less. Black Shark thought to himself.

"How much money do we have?" asked Black Shark.

Soon the Sea Shark Gang's bookkeeper replied: "Gang leader, we have thrown all the savings of the past eight years into it. “

Hei Sa suddenly felt a pain in his flesh, even if the price of this salt is only thirty yuan a catty, but this is also thousands of tons, and the number is not a small number. Black Shark also felt a burst of fear in his heart, how strong the other party's financial resources were, and he didn't have enough money to fill this bottomless pit.

However, Black Shark didn't know that the output of the salt farms controlled by Jiang Bo and them was increasing almost every day. Basically, a new salt pond can be dug every day, and the daily output is about 10 tons more than in the past. Jiang Bo's salt production is calculated in terms of 100 tons, which is enough to squeeze out the wealth accumulated by this sea shark gang over the years.

"Big brother, we can't go on like this. I'm afraid that the other party is not simple behind the scenes, and we must be careful. Otherwise, we're going to lose all our money!" said White Shark.

Soon Black Shark was just about to order a halt to the acquisition, but at this time news came from outside.

"The gang leader, the deputy gang leader, the salt merchants outside have re-issued, they say that from now on, because the supply is temporarily insufficient, the daily round of limited purchases has been reduced from one catty to half a catty!

The black shark suddenly laughed and said, "Hahahaha, they really can't hold it, they really can't hold it." Sure enough, they couldn't hold it anymore, and I was already about to bottom out at this time. I'll just say, even if they have new means, even if they have such strong financial resources, the money in this world is not blown by the wind. ”

White Shark then asked, "Big brother, what are we going to do next?"

White Shark is accustomed to obeying his eldest brother, who has similar martial arts skills to himself, but his mind is very flexible. For so many years, there is nothing wrong with following the eldest brother, which is very clear to the white shark. Although the white shark is impulsive, as long as the black shark speaks in time to stop it, he will definitely listen, this is a tacit understanding formed over the years. Everything is Black Shark's idea, he just has to carry out the big brother's idea.

The black shark said with a sinister face: "They must not be able to hold on, otherwise they ordered it to be lowered to half a catty, and it may even be lowered at any time." This shows that they can't hold on, so not only do we not stop the acquisition, but we must continue to increase our efforts and make every effort to acquire!"

At the command of the Black Shark, those people who spread the sea or gang not only showed no sign of stopping the acquisition, but on the contrary, the queue became more dense. even did not hesitate to spend some money, went to the people to encourage and queue up, and the whole team was completely like a long line. In many cities in Jiangsu, almost all of them are patting long queues, making many people unable to work normally.

A large amount of salt was sold from all kinds of salt merchants, and those salt merchants were really completely crooked. Because the salt they obtained from Jiang Bo was 20 wen per catty, and the price they sold was generally 30 wen, and perhaps some distant places had a higher premium, but the money earned per catty of salt was more than five copper plates.

Selling such a large amount of salt, they all took advantage of this time to make a lot of money.

"Jiang Bo, the Sea Shark Gang really fell into the scheme again, not only did they not stop the acquisition, but on the contrary, they continued to increase the acquisition efforts. Our salt quotation is calculated according to 20 wen per catty, and the cost of our salt is about 5 wen, and the net profit is 15 wen!" Qiu Hua said excitedly.

Jiang Bo is very clear about what a wealth this salt monopoly was in ancient times, whether it is the world before the salt is traversed by himself, or this world is a monopoly profiteering industry. Once the salt monopoly is implemented, it will become a tool for the imperial court or some organizations to exploit the people. However, the people are not very aware of the huge profits involved, because salt is an absolute necessity, just like human beings who want to eat and drink water, they cannot do without it.

So in other words, no matter whether this salt is expensive or low, it is also necessary for the people to buy. Once this salt is monopolized by some organizations, it will inevitably be a source of money, and the people will be exploited. Of course, it is different from the world before he crossed over, the level of force in the world before crossing was very low, and the imperial government could monopolize it. However, the level of force in this world is very high, and the gangs in the rivers and lakes do not pay attention to the imperial court at all, and the sale of illicit salt is called arrogance.

But now after Jiang Bo crosses, naturally the first thought is to take back the monopoly power of salt, as long as he takes back the monopoly power of salt, he will have a huge capital. At that time, whether it is to train martial arts masters belonging to the imperial court by yourself, or to form special troops dedicated to restraining the masters of the rivers and lakes, it will also be very valuable. In fact, this problem is, in the final analysis, an economic problem.

The existence of this Jianghu sect is nothing more than a certain means of distributing economic resources, in fact, it is essentially no different from the means of dividing economic interests that were studied before crossing over. However, this is to rely on force as the criterion for division, so Jiang Bo will also find another way, opening up economic division means from other places to deprive them of economic strength.

"Okay, this time the Sea Shark Gang is already about to take the bait, so we must prepare well. This time we're slowly pumping blood from the Sea Sharks, trying to get something more. Strive to get more blood out before the 'shark' reacts. Jiang Bo showed a bloodthirsty sneer, this time he didn't drain the economic blood of the Sea Shark Gang, and he wouldn't be surnamed Jiang!

"From now on, you can only buy two taels of salt in each queue!"

Jiang Bo lowered the salt purchase limit again, which made the Sea Shark Gang even more proud.

"Hahahaha, I can't hold it, they can't hold it. Finally, they couldn't hold it anymore, and they lowered it again, but it was just that the donkey skills were poor. This time they're already exhausted!" Black Shark laughed.

Black Shark felt that he was about to win, and this time his "hunch" was really not wrong, the opponent who saw the head and tail of the dragon was about to collapse. In this economic war, he is about to win. Black Shark knew that these opponents would soon be overwhelmed.

"Haha, then, you wait for death! When the time comes, if you dare to be rude, do you really think that our Sea Shark Gang is vegetarian?" Black Shark said fiercely in his heart.

Black Shark knows that once the other party's economy is squeezed dry, then the next step is the time to really try to see the dagger. Black Shark thinks that since the other party can come up with so much economic capital, the other party is definitely not a very small person. What's more, the other party has such a large economic capital, so the other party's helmsman is definitely not a weak person.

It is impossible for a weak person, a fool, to be able to control so much economic power. Therefore, Black Shark knows that once the other party's economic strength cannot support it, it will become inevitable to solve it by force. At that time, it will be the time when the two sides are trying to meet each other, and when the time comes, it will really become a decisive battle, and it will still have to be resolved by force.

"This kind of business war is just a sentinel war. In the end, I still have to rely on my fists to solve it, I believe that the other party will not be so stupid, thinking that the problem can be solved by relying on these business battles! The other party must be ready to solve it by force, so I must also prepare!" Black Shark thought.

Black Shark knew very well that since the other party dared to come to snatch business, he must be fully prepared. A fool who cares about his head cannot become the helm of one party's forces, and the other party must have arranged a lot of preparations. And this snatching of the salt market, the economy is just a sentinel war, after all, this world is still a high-martial world. Once the economy cannot solve the problem, it is inevitable to use force.

What's more, the other side has such "economic strength", and the force will definitely not be weak. Jianghu martial arts, in the end, should be reflected in the distribution of economic interests, even if those so-called Jianghu sects, in the final analysis, are just an economy, although there may be different sources of income, martial arts strength is different, but in the final analysis, it is still an economy, and it is inseparable.

The "economic strength" of the other side is so strong that force must not be underestimated, and those who have money, which one of them is not enshrined in some masters? Those who have money and force will inevitably collude, and since the other side has money, there will inevitably be a powerful force behind it.

Black Shark showed a bloodthirsty smile and said, "This time, I'm afraid that I'm the most formidable opponent I've ever encountered in the forty years since Black Shark was born. However, I'm a shark, I'm a black shark, and I'm not afraid of any opponent. Whoever you are, come on!"

Black shark grew up on the seashore since childhood, and used to hunt sharks for a living since childhood, and later got the opportunity to practice martial arts due to fate, which is why it is today. However, because of the growth environment, he naturally has the bloodthirstiness of a shark! Now he has met a powerful opponent, which has aroused his bloodthirsty personality even more!