Tie Niao Fei laughed and handed over a small plate of silver.
The Salt Section Secretary glanced with his eyes and knew that this was at least fifty taels of silver. He was secretly happy. The meeting gift was not small. It seemed that this time the plan was going to be big.
A smile appeared on his face: "Tell me, what do you want?"
Tie Niao Fei: "I came here this time because I want you to open up the salt of another village to me."
The Salt Class Secretary deliberately put on a dark face: "Last time I sold a whole village of salt to you, but you did well and fattened up the saltsmith. This group of people now have money in their hands and no longer obey my control. They will do everything in the middle of the night. He escaped and turned the village into an empty one, which caused a lot of production loss here."
Tie Niaofei secretly laughed in his heart: The saltsmiths were deceived by us and went to make private salt. You thought they just escaped, hahaha. This time I came to defraud you of a village of saltsmiths. You thought I just wanted to buy salt.
He was laughing in his heart, but he couldn't smile on his face. Tie Niao Fei said: "It's not easy for the saltsmiths to escape. The wages you gave them were too little. I asked and they only got two cents a pound. I gave them Yours is only twenty cents per catty, so if you give a few more cents to them, they won’t run away."
The Salt Class Secretary laughed and scolded: "You think I am a businessman, but I still have to spend money to support my subordinates? These craftsmen are not subordinates of the headquarters, they are just my dogs. It's good to have a bone to chew on. Do you still want to eat meat?"
Tie Niaofei cursed in his heart: Fuck!
But there was a smile on his face: "Okay, okay, these craftsmen's matters are not important. Sir, I really need salt here. Can you give it to the next village?"
The Salt Class Secretary shook his head: "Mr. Tie, I really want to give you another village of salt, but I can't do it this time. A big businessman is looking for me to pick up the goods. Too many saltsmiths have fled, and the goods here have also begun to fail." The supply is not enough, so we need to deal with this merchant’s goods first.”
Tie Niao Fei: "I can pay more, please give me a price."
Yan Keci shook his head: "It's not enough to pay more. This businessman is not an ordinary businessman... he is a supplier to the border army specially approved by the imperial court. They have salt in their hands, and their salt must be supplied first."
When he said this, Tie Niao Fei immediately understood.
Shanxi merchants!
Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, established nine border towns on the border. These border troops needed material supplies, but the court's supply capacity was limited, so the "Kaizhong Law" was created. The court asked some powerful businessmen to provide supplies to the border troops. After transporting supplies, the imperial court issued "salt citations" to these merchants. After the merchants received the "salt citations", they could go to Jiechi, Hedong Road, Shanxi, and come to the Salt Division to extract official salt and sell it for money.
Therefore, the "Shanxi Merchants" thing was born.
Compared with the strength of a salt owl like Tie Niao Fei, Shanxi merchants can be said to be in heaven and earth. Shanxi merchants can crush Tie Niao Fei's financial resources with one finger.
Tie Niaofei cursed in his heart: Damn it, why are Shanxi merchants coming to grab goods from me at this juncture? I can't fulfill the Heavenly Lord's decree, but have I offended the gods?
He wanted to argue a few more words when he saw a man wearing businessman's clothes walking in. The businessman's aura almost jumped out of him.
There is no introduction to Yan Ke Ci, because Tie Niofei is a shady person, so of course there is no need to introduce him.
But Tie Niaofei recognized it at a glance. The man who came in was Huang Yunfa, one of the eight famous Shanxi merchants in Shanxi.
This man's business was huge, selling salt, tea, ironware, all kinds of handicrafts, and all kinds of random things. But there were rumors in the world that this guy sold a lot of supplies outside the customs and gave them to the Jiannu...
However, this is just a rumor in the world, and no one has caught him.
Tie Niofei knew that he couldn't fight this man, so he had no choice but to hug his fists at Yan Kesi and retreat.
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A confidant came forward: "Boss, what should I do?"
Tie Niao Fei: "Langzao! Let's go back to Gudu Pier and ask Tianzun. Only by relying on Tianzun's magic can we be qualified to compete with Huang Yunfa for business."
After the two of them said this, they planned to leave, but unexpectedly, at this moment, an empty alarm sounded on the east city wall, and a fast horse rushed into the city gate of Hedong Road, shouting loudly: " The bandits are coming, the bandits are coming, the bandits are coming to steal salt.”
This time really startled Tie Niofei.
I kind of want to run away, but I also know that if I run away now, I won't be able to get any information. It's better to stay here to find out more things.
I saw the officers and soldiers of Hedong Road immediately taking action, grabbing the guys and getting their weapons.
Tie Niao Fei climbed up the city wall and looked eastward. To the east, he saw a dense mass of people approaching, and a big flag waved in the crowd: "Chuang".
He was shocked: "It's Wang Jiayin's general, King Chuang. This person ranks third among Wang Jiayin's subordinates. He is very powerful. Hedong Road is afraid of disaster."
In front of the intruders, I saw a large group of officers, soldiers and saltworkers running away desperately, rushing towards the Hedong Road city. It turned out that when the intruders arrived, the garrison troops and people in the salt villages around the pool quickly abandoned their homes and gathered towards Hedong Road. came, so the scene seemed very chaotic.
The Salt Class Secretary hurriedly ran out of the official residence, buckling his helmet as he ran: "The bandits are coming? Damn it, Hedong Road is not an ordinary county town, they actually dare to come?"
He also relied on the fact that he was a "military zone" and thought that the bandits would not dare to invade. When he went to the top of the city, he was shocked. There were so many heads outside that he could not even count them.
At this moment, Shio Keji was so frightened that he almost peed.
Shanxi merchant Huang Yunfa also followed out, but he didn't seem to panic at all. He glanced at the intruders outside and sneered: "It's just a bunch of rabble, sir. Don't panic. Wait for my men to go out and kill them first, and then you can use your troops to cover them up." , you can win in one battle.”
Salt Division: "???"
Huang Yunfa turned around and said to his confidants behind him: "Pull our escort out and play with the bandits."
With this order, a large group of guards took action.
Both Yankesi and Tie Niaofei couldn't help but look at his escort. They saw that the businessman's escort was actually a cavalry team with bright armor. There was a small group of people who looked tall and powerful, and their appearance did not seem to be the same. People from the Central Plains...
Tie Niaofei was shocked and whispered: "That small group of people are not Jiannu soldiers, are they? I heard that this guy has colluded with Jiannu."
The subordinate next to him whispered: "Just looking at the appearance, I guess he will deny it to death. He will only say that these are herdsmen from the northern border."
"Come on!"
Huang Yunfa's men shouted and rushed out of the city. The cavalry's hooves flew, and a group of people were moving like the wind. The small group at the head was even more brave. They swept their spears and sabers in their hands, making the oncoming bandits flee with their heads in their arms.
The Salt Class Secretary took a look: Oh my God, is this Huang Yunfa's men so fierce? What are you waiting for?
He quickly shouted: "Rush!"
The officers and soldiers in the city immediately rushed out and beat King Chuang's army back in disgrace.
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