Is the private salt trade going to be restarted?
It's not fake, right?
real? !
Jing Cheng was so excited that he almost burst into tears.
"Really? You didn't lie to me? Can you really start over?"
Ma San nodded repeatedly.
"Then there is still a lie? I don't dare to lend my courage to such a big thing! In our friendship for so many years, when have I lied to you? And let me tell you, the person doing business with you this time is not an ordinary person. , The backing behind you is not ordinary, you should be careful."
"Who in our business doesn't have a backer?"
Jing Cheng shook his head and said: "If there was no one to protect me, my head would have been chopped off by the garrison to claim credit. But then again, why didn't you do it during that time? I heard that many people changed careers during that time. There are also many people who are deeply involved with it and have run away, and I don’t know if they have been caught.”
Ma San didn't find this kind of thing strange, because many private salt dealers were agents released by the Southern Song Dynasty border officials and military leaders, and were even domestic slaves who specialized in helping others make money.
Dogs that can make money are good dogs. Dogs that can't make money can only be killed for meat. Now that they can't make money, domestic private salt dealers have no use value. They are afraid of being caught and used as scapegoats, so they run away. It’s been a long journey.
For more than two months, the supply of gold salt has been cut off, and many experienced smugglers of smuggled salt have either been killed or escaped, which has had a great impact on the entire border smuggled salt trade.
But it should be said that the Song State was very miserable, but the Jin State was because the original superiors either escaped or were killed by the Liberation Army, and almost no one survived to continue serving. Therefore, the private salt dealers of the Jin State On the contrary, they miraculously escaped intact.
Although it is really frustrating not being able to do business, at least it is safe, life is saved, and there are no more people who can kill people. Many private salt dealers feel that they have caught up with the good times and were killed by the Liberation Army. saved.
But Ma San is still quite scary.
"You're still talking about it! The Liberation Army drove away the Jin people and occupied the place. My original path was cut off. But at the beginning of the month, someone suddenly came to me and asked me about selling smuggled salt."
Ma San made a very scary expression: "I was scared at the time. I thought I would be arrested by the Liberation Army and interrogated about selling smuggled salt before, and then I would be killed. But instead of killing me, they asked me about my connections. , want to continue selling smuggled salt.”
"I see."
Jingcheng nodded: "So, the Liberation Army also likes this piece of fat?"
"No, who wouldn't be greedy for this piece of fat? And the world is so big, we can't give all the benefits to the official Zhao Guan's family. They eat meat, isn't it normal for us to drink some soup?"
Ma San smiled and said: "But the Liberation Army is relatively easy to talk to. They asked me some things and then received me into the team. They said that if I did well, they would give me a formal position."
"Hey, this is a good thing. You guys have finally come to the end."
Jing Cheng looked at Ma San with a little envy, and asked: "So, if you put it this way, everything will remain as usual?"
"Everything remains the same, the same rules, the same prices, the same routes, the same methods, the same places. I will lead the team when the time comes. See you at the same time."
"It's a deal!"
The two high-fived each other three times, exactly the same as when doing business in the past, without any difference.
After returning to Caizhou, Ma San met Yan Xin, one of the Thirteen Langs of the Salt Division, and told Yan Xin about completing his mission. Yan Xin nodded and patted Ma San on the shoulder.
"Do it well. Once this route is finalized and shipments stabilize, I will arrange a position for you. You won't have to worry about your future. The Liberation Army will definitely pay off if you let people do things."
Ma San nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, completely losing the fierceness he had when he was a private salt dealer.
He also knew that times had changed, the Jin people were finished, and it was the Liberation Army that had the final say. It was also the Liberation Army that had the final say whether to continue the private salt trade with the Song people, and he was the little shrimp below.
He was directly cooperating with the Liberation Army departments instead of cooperating with a greedy official. The previous routine must be completely forgotten.
But the Liberation Army is really interesting.
Putting aside their identity as private salt dealers, the Liberation Army reduced the price of salt in the occupied areas to an incredible level, which was much more interesting than the Jin Kingdom in the past.
The high-quality official salt is only one or two cents higher than the cost price, and is sold in large quantities. It seems that there is no intention to make money from the salt from the common people.
But they also want to make money from salt.
Earn it from whom?
Make money from the people of Song Dynasty.
The Guangfu Army conducted private salt trade with the Song people at the original price. After selling a pound of salt, they could earn a profit of more than 30 copper coins. According to his immediate boss, this high profit was to be transported back to the Song Dynasty. It is recorded in the public account of the Food and Rating Company and used for official business.
Ma San has never seen anyone who sells smuggled salt be so upright and act so justly. He also doesn't believe that these Liberation Army officials are really that honest and loyal, and they are not tempted at all after making so much money.
As far as he knew about the officials of the Jin and Song Dynasties, those who were in charge of salt were all fat and needed someone to cover them, so that everyone could make money together.
What you give to the court is for the court, and you cannot leave less for yourself, otherwise you will be sorry for yourself.
But, no matter what is done internally, this is the first time that the Liberation Army can sell salt so cheaply and let the common people eat salt so cheaply.
Because of this incident, wherever the affordable salt led by the Liberation Army was sold, they rejoiced and praised Su Yonglin's benevolent government.
This allowed the Liberation Army to accumulate a lot of popularity in a short period of time. Some newly captured places also had a good impression of the Liberation Army and did not resist their rule, which greatly reduced the administrative and stability maintenance costs of the Liberation Army.
This was a great help to the Liberation Army, which had just captured the place and was in a hurry to establish its rule.
Therefore, in a world that is worse than ever, you don’t need to be very conscientious or considerate of the people. Even if you just make a little improvement and let the people breathe a little, it can have the effect of making a huge difference.
It's not that I'm good, it's that you suck.
After seeing through this, Su Yonglin felt that the people living at this time were really suffering. Just a little bit of burden reduction and improvement could give them a big sigh of relief and even save their lives.
And even with such a small breath, the rulers were not willing to let them slow down, for fear that they would think about how to rebel after taking a breath.
How hateful!
In late July, Su Yonglin not only ordered the Liaodong Corps to march, but also personally supervised the salt smuggling operations of the Salt Division. He asked the Salt Division to hand over the list of smuggling salt smugglers to him to personally review, to show that he attached great importance to the smuggling of salt.
According to his understanding and professional knowledge, the demand for private salt in the Southern Song Dynasty was very large, and the private salt dealers in the border states basically had unclear relationships with local officials. Many private salt dealers were themselves local officials. confidant.
Therefore, through the contacts between private salt dealers, Su Yonglin was able to obtain a lot of information about military officials from the border states in the Southern Song Dynasty, which was an unexpected gain.
But compared with the harvest from smuggling salt, this harvest seems insignificant.
In the private salt trade with the Song Dynasty people in the Nanjing roadside area, one pound of salt can earn an average profit of more than 30 cents.
In some areas, due to tighter policy restrictions, prices will further increase. A pound of salt can earn a profit of more than 50 cents.
After Su Yonglin was strictly controlled by him, the cost of producing a pound of salt was only three or four cents. After paying a small amount of transportation costs, he transported it to the border and resold it, which was a tenfold profit.
Make as much money as possible.
For Su Yonglin, the best thing is that both parties used Southern Song Dynasty copper coins for transactions. The currency value is strong and can be circulated throughout East Asia. Even when traveling east to Japan and south to Southeast Asia, Southern Song Dynasty copper coins can be used to buy things and make transactions.
The Jin Kingdom only had a small amount of self-made coins, which were not widely circulated. After being overthrown by Su Yonglin, the self-made coins stopped circulating. The entire area occupied by the Liberation Army also used Song coins.
Therefore, the copper coins of the Southern Song Dynasty accelerated their flow into the north through the private salt trade during this period.
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