"Xiao has been unruly in his youth and has never had the reputation of being a native speaker. He is an ignorant and ignorant person. Nowadays, Qinbei Pavilion is full of slander and sages, and the wise men are unknown. Although they are easy-going and easy-going, they will never reach the ninth level. Xiao saw a number of aspiring heroes who, regardless of life or death, went to the public house to face difficulties. If they acted inappropriately, those who spared no effort to protect their wives would then take advantage of them, leaving their wealth and life in the hands of others. Like Xiao is like that wild crane in the clouds, how can it not fly in the sky?"
Xiao Jiasui stared at Sun Lei and said, these words had already explained his thoughts. If Sun Lei had the idea of Zhao'an, he and Sun Lei were not from the same group.
"Mr. Xiao is very similar to me. I don't like to put my life in the hands of others. I am a casual and unscrupulous person and I am not very good at observing people's words. But fortunately, I still have some self-awareness. The officialdom is ups and downs. If I go to officialdom, I will be afraid. It’s a sheep entering a tiger’s mouth!”
Sun Lei laughed at himself to express his attitude. He was not suitable for officialdom. This determined that he would not be able to give an imperial edict.
Xiao Jiasui just looked at Sun Lei. After getting along with him for a short time, he really saw these problems in Sun Lei. Although they seemed like minor problems, they were fatal in the officialdom.
"One more thing, I am the same as Mr. Xiao. I want to build my ideal world! Mr. Xiao is willing to come with me to see it!"
Sun Lei pointed to Liangshan Town Road outside the water pool.
"Xiao is willing to meet my brother!"
Xiao Jiasui cupped his fists and bowed in salute to Sun Lei. Sun Lei's last words spoke to his heart. He also had the same ambition. He only had a little hope in Liangshanbo all over the world. Although it was slim, he had to seize it.
"Brother, we have to go to town!"
San Ruan was training on the water side of the beach. Ruan Xiaoqi had sharp eyes and hurriedly stepped forward when he saw Sun Lei coming.
"Go and see the town with Mr. Xiao!"
Sun Lei smiled and nodded.
"Brother, wait a minute, I'm going to go rowing right now!"
Ruan Xiaoqi immediately ran to the dock to prepare the boat.
"Mr. Xiao, how is this navy?"
Sun Lei asked with a smile, pointing at the naval forces that Ruan Xiaoer and Ruan Xiaowu were training.
"Brother, with this naval force, we can stop tens of thousands of enemies!"
Xiao Jiasui smiled and said that the navy army is different from other arms. Water resistance is a hard requirement. Good water resistance can handle dozens of times the number of enemies on the water.
"It's just that the boat is missing!"
Sun Lei said, this time Jeju Xiang soldiers sent dozens of decent large boats, and the rest of the small boats were not good enough at all, they were almost the same as fishing boats.
After getting on the boat, Ruan Xiaoqi quickly rowed out of the water.
"Xiao Qi, aren't you going to train the navy?"
Sun Lei looked at Ruan Xiaoqi who was following him and asked.
"Brother, it's enough to have the second brother and the fifth brother here. I'm not very good at training."
Ruan Xiaoqi chuckled. Sun Lei just shook his head and said nothing. People are different. Ruan Xiaoqi is the best among the three brothers, but he is also the most out-of-the-box.
The morning market in Liangshan Town has not yet ended, and there is an endless stream of villagers selling and buying goods.
"Brother, why is this market town so lively? Are the villagers by the lake so rich?"
Xiao Jiasui looked at the crowded streets with confusion. Last night, he thought it was a celebration, and today's sight was even more extraordinary. Villagers from dozens of miles around were probably coming to the market.
"Are you rich? Xiaoqi is a local, tell me."
Sun Lei pointed at Ruan Xiaoqi with a smile.
"Brother Xiao, how can you have any money? This lake is flooded all the year round. Good land is flooded when floods occur, so we can't grow food. The yield of high dry land is low, so we can only fish in the lake, which is only at the mouth of the lake. .”
Ruan Xiaoqi said, besides looking at the sky and eating at the waterside, one also has to look at the water's face. He has never been rich, let alone rich.
"I see!"
Xiao Jiasui suddenly looked at the shop where people were queuing up to buy salt and understood everything immediately.
"Brother is indeed very discerning!"
Xiao Jiasui sighed. He was so smart that he didn't even think about commercial taxes. The reason why the Song Dynasty was so prosperous was the taxes from commerce and salt, iron, wine, tea and other monopoly sales. If the court could rely on these to make a very prosperous life, why not Liangshanbo?
"Haha, I'm just copying the gourd, but if you don't do it, you won't be surprised if you do it. For this salt alone, the profit is terrible. Selling salt on the east and west roads of Beijing is far more efficient than going around robbing."
Sun Lei nodded. Although robbery can make money quickly, it is not sustainable and will backfire over time. Smuggling is different. This is equivalent to unlimited printing of money, and you can also get a good reputation.
"My brother is right. The Song Dynasty earned 60 million yuan a year, nearly half of which was salt tax. Bitter salt has been expensive in the world for a long time!"
Xiao Jiasui lamented that salt was the biggest expense for civilian families. This item was exclusively sold by the imperial court and there was no other way to obtain it other than buying it. The current prosperity of Liangshan Town must be due to the low prices of these specialty items.
"It's a pity that the salt factories along the coast are still under the control of the government, and the amount of salt that can be smuggled out is limited. This brings more and more villagers every day, and there is never enough salt to sell."
Sun Lei sighed again. Money was flowing like water, but he had nothing to sell. It was really a headache.
"Brother, if this kind of business becomes big, the court will not sit idly by and ignore it. Large-scale smuggling of salt is far more serious than rebellion."
Xiao Jiasui said, although this kind of business is easy to do, it is extremely risky. The imperial court may not care about the rebellion of ordinary peasants, but it certainly cares about tax revenue. The Song Dynasty had redundant officials and soldiers and heavy expenses. Although the court had a lot of tax revenue, But the cost is even greater, and those with the greatest power in various places are the various transshipment envoys.
"I know this, but the villagers come all the way just to save a few bucks. If I can't be satisfied, it won't save my face."
Sun Lei shook his head. The idea of the villagers is very simple. Liangshan Town is prosperous and lively. If you sell the food and vegetables produced at home or the harvest from fishing and hunting, you can exchange for some cheap salt and cloth to go home. How great is this? thing, but if it cannot be satisfied, it will be a bad thing.
"Brother, do you want to conquer the salt field? This... Liangshanbo is thousands of miles away from the coast. I'm afraid..."
Xiao Jiasui frowned and said, the salt field is guarded by soldiers and horses, and it is not far from the state capital. Expeditions with troops are extremely risky.
"No, I want to grab it right there!"
Sun Lei shook his head slightly.
"Grab it on the spot? Brother, how to rob it?"
Ruan Xiaoqi became interested. He couldn't get involved in things that use his brain, but he was good at doing things that involved his own efforts.
"Xiao Qi really needs to take action!"
Sun Lei looked at Ruan Xiaoqi with a smile.
"Brother, just ask!"
Ruan Xiaoqi said excitedly.
"Let's go to the hotel and talk while we drink."
Sun Lei pointed at the Spine Hotel and said with a smile, this matter needs to be carefully planned.
"elder brother!"
When Zhu Gui saw Sun Lei coming, he quickly came out to greet him.
"The streets are busy today!"
Sun Lei said.
"My brother's victory over the Jeju Army has been spread throughout these eight hundred miles of water. The greater our reputation in Liangshan, the more the villagers will trust us."
Zhu Gui smiled and said that Liangshanbo could defeat the Jeju army, which gave the surrounding villagers reassurance that Liangshan Town would still exist for a period of time, and everyone could still trade and buy cheap goods here.
The business of the hotel was also good, the two floors were full, and Sun Lei still took people to drink at the waterside pavilion in the backyard.
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