The two of them turned to look at each other almost at the same time, with the same incredulous look on their faces.
Has Lin Yuan been stupid again?
Damn it, I'm going to rebel, I'll go marry Lin Qing'er (Lin Yu's youngest daughter)! ! !
Damn it, with my current status and strength, Lin Yu will 100% agree to this marriage.
Not to mention that you are holding me back all day long, for something as important as official salt, you old bastard...
Wait, something's not right.
It didn’t take long for my new salt to be made...
Even if Lin Yuan was stupid enough to sell his salt-making skills to Zhou Zhushan, he and Zhou Zhushan would not have enough time to make new salt.
Moreover, Zhou Zhushan's expression was not proud, but as surprised as me!
Good guy, aren’t you also a time traveler and have a golden finger?
Liu Mo couldn't help but frown!
"The state has national laws, and families have family rules." Gong Changyi continued, "You must abide by the rules of our salt gang to join our salt gang. The first thing you need to do is to pay five hundred taels of silver."
Yes, why don't you grab it? The membership fee is so high?
People have to bow their heads when they are under the eaves. The things behind are very important and must be endured.
Liu Mo nodded in agreement.
So Gong Changyi continued, "Secondly, after joining the salt gang, you can do business with the salt merchants in the gang on your own. But if the new salt wants to be sold on the market, it must be discussed with the heads of the salt gang."
Damn, it’s too much to sell official salt and get the nod from you gangsters!
But there is no way. The salt channels of the Great Xia Dynasty were in bad condition, otherwise Huang Shouren would not have allowed himself to treat them!
If I want to destroy this "gangster" like you, I have to get into your circle in the early stage and wait until my new salt spreads throughout the Great Xia Dynasty.
After adjusting his breathing, what Liu Mo didn't expect was that Gong Changyi's next words shocked him even more.
"According to the rules of our Salt Gang, two new salts will not be launched within a year, so..."
Damn it!
This salt gang is a bit diao!
The Salt Road of Daxia Dynasty feels like you are managing it!
There won't be two new salts released in a year. Does this mean that Zhou Zhushan and I can only have one new salt released?
After hearing the news, I don't know if he was too shocked, which made Zhou Zhushan lose his mind for a moment, and he actually said something. "Lao Gang Leader Gong, I came first!"
Hearing this, Liu Mo almost couldn't help laughing.
Palace Chief Yi twirled his beard and said meaningfully, "There is no first-come, first-served basis for this matter."
"What's going to happen?" Zhou Zhushan said anxiously, "Old Gang Leader, I have in my hand a personal letter from Mr. Su, the Salt Patrol Censor."
Salt patrol censor?
Among the thirteen supervisory censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate of the Great Xia Dynasty, they were officials responsible for inspecting salt affairs. The seventh grade is the same as the magistrate.
No need to guess, it must have been specially arranged by the prince behind Zhou Zhushan.
I will arrange a He Ruda here, and you will immediately create a Salt Patrol Censor over there!
Game of Thrones really feels like walking on thin ice.
Gong Changyi obviously did not agree with him, "Master Zhou, if you are not willing to abide by the rules of our salt gang, then please come back."
These words left Zhou Zhushan speechless.
"You two young masters, please go back today," Gong Changyi issued the eviction order. "You can send someone to deliver new salt tomorrow. If there is any news, I will inform you separately."
It is understandable that new salt must be handed over to the Salt Gang for quality appraisal similar to that of the Earth.
Liu Mo knew that there was no need to rush the matter before the identification results came out, so he bowed, turned and left.
"Uncle, how are things going?" Zhao Da, who was waiting outside the door, asked after seeing Liu Mo.
"Two words, trouble!" Liu Mo frowned, "You should go to Rongcheng County Yamen now and find out from Mr. He about Mr. Su, the supervisory censor. Also, Zhou Zhushan actually came up with new salt. You Let’s go find out what’s going on!”
"What? Zhou Zhushan!" Zhao Da was shocked!
~~~
The next day, Liu Mo asked Li Xin to deliver new salt and paid the membership fee of 500 taels.
According to the rules of the Salt Gang, after paying the fee, Liu Mo and Zhou Zhushan went to the Salt Gang again and accepted the ritual of joining the gang: the Yanli.
The homophone of "Yan" is salt, and the Yan Gang lives on salt, which is quite appropriate.
The process is very simple, just pour salt water on top and take an oath in front of the head of the Salt Gang.
After the ceremony was completed, we returned to "Jingshui Pavilion" and Zhao Da also brought the news.
Su Zhongle, the supervisory censor, was a protégé of the eldest prince's tutor in the last Enke term.
For this reason, Liu Mo understood that Li Guangrun and Zhou Zhushan belonged to the eldest prince's faction.
At the same time, Zhao Da also found other information.
In addition to the gang leader Gong Changyi, the Salt Gang also has four leaders.
The person who presided over the gang joining ceremony for Liu Mo was the second leader. The other leaders were usually away from Rongcheng and would only come back when there were important decisions within the gang.
The information that Liu Mo wanted to know most, Zhou Zhushan's new salt, had several theories.
The first type: well salt from Huaichu, a neighboring province.
The second type: buy it at a high price from a certain salt merchant.
The third type: Like Liu Mo, it is sea salt, but it is "boiled salt" made by the old method.
The division of labor in well salt production from well digging, brine extraction, brine transportation to salt frying is very detailed, the process is complicated, and the engineering costs and equipment investment are quite high. It usually takes one to four to five years to open a well, and at most it takes more than ten years or even decades.
Although its quality is much higher than sea salt, the high cost is obviously not competitive.
Not to mention sea salt, the salt obtained by the "boiled salt method" is not as good as mine in any aspect.
Bought from other salt merchants, the amount of information gave Liu Mo a headache.
Pay big bucks for high-quality refined salt, keep the price down, and boycott your own new salt.
A series of problems stood in front of him, and Liu Mo was a little exhausted mentally and physically.
That night after joining the Yan Gang, after a busy day, I returned to Jingshui Pavilion and planned to have a good rest.
Unexpectedly, another troublesome thing came.
If this had happened before, it would have been a benefit, but at this moment, Liu Mo couldn't laugh or cry.
What's up?
That was Lin Shiqi's belly, which was still silent!
No, at this time, Lin Shiqi once again put on very "ornamental" clothes and came to Liu Mo.
Want to sow seeds again!
"Shiqi, I'm a little..."
He wanted to say that he was a little tired and couldn't keep up with his nutrition.
But Lin Shiqi didn't give him a chance to say anything. She sat directly on Liu Mo and sealed her pink lips.
Good guy, you are so proactive, it seems you were led astray by me!
After lingering for a long time, they separated.
Liu Mo looked up and saw a soft halo of light shining on Lin Shiqi's pretty side face, glowing with a faint milky white halo.
"Hehe, you asked for it!" Liu Mo smiled evilly, stretched out his hand and wrapped his arms around Lin Shiqi's slim waist.
"Husband, wait a minute, I have something to discuss with you!"
"What's the matter?" As he said this, his big hands were not idle, climbing up to the tall Jade Girl Peak along his slim figure.
"That's it..." Lin Shiqi hesitated, "Some time ago, I met a 'Yao Shenxian', and he told me..."
"You're not drinking talisman water again, are you?"
It turned out that in order to conceive a child, Lin Shiqi had already taken three sets of folk remedies.
She was so sick that she sought medical treatment. Last month, she even believed He Ruda's concubine's lies. Before sowing the seeds at night, she and Liu Mo were asked to drink a bowl of the spirit-packed "child-seeking talisman water"!
Liu Mo was very angry at that time, but the problem was that Lin Shiqi did this entirely for herself!
Even if you eat dirt, you can only bite it off!
"No, it's not!" Lin Shiqi blushed.
"What kind of trick is that..." Liu Mo couldn't help but take a breath.
"'Yao Shenxian' said that at the fourth quarter of Hai hour...that something..."
"Hmm? What?"
Lin Shiqi's face was already red to her ears, and she said with extreme shyness, "That's right, husband, you... when the time comes... you have to finish on time at the fourth quarter of the year..."
Good guy! Liu Mo almost fainted from the fright. "The battle is going to end at the fourth quarter of the hour???"
