Bai Baozheng not only introduced his old friend to Liang Chuan and pointed out the direction to Suining Mansion, but also told Liang Chuan that if he wanted to buy salt, he should go to Suining Mansion, where the best quality well salt from Guizhou and Sichuan could be found. Occasionally, there is also green salt shipped from Xixia.
Liang Chuan was in a bit of trouble.
The salt from Xixia is the best, but it is not what he needs. If there is no coarse salt, he will not have the raw materials to purify the salt in his hands.
Perhaps Lao Baozheng himself thought that those who smuggled fine salt would prefer the best salt because their profits would be greater.
But Liang Chuan is not such a person. He is a technical speculator who takes advantage of the market! What he needs is not fine salt, but coarse salt!
When he first arrived in Dali, the first thing he discovered was that the salt eaten by the local Bai people was not good. As soon as he saw this scene, he was relieved. Only if the salt was not good, his fine salt would have a market and sales.
However, he also discovered a problem, that is, there was no place to sell salt here.
After asking around, he found out that Dali was worried about salt! This is a salt dealer’s paradise!
Although salt does not fall into the category of national price limits, salt is still only controlled by a small number of people. Only salt from other places will be taken care of by the Dali court, and those who secretly sell it will be severely punished!
Liang Chuan was quite surprised by this.
The Salt Course is an important weapon of the country and an important means for the court to control the people. The court actually doesn't want to manage it and lets the people of Dali take care of themselves?
Then I thought about it, this guy named Duan from Dali State can ignore the emperor and become a monk in the temple. He doesn't want this colorful world anymore. How can he have the mind to care about salt? Thinking of this, Liang Chuan was not surprised at all what they would do.
However, the people in Dali still have some caution. They dare not allow salt from Xixia and Song Dynasty to enter the country in large quantities, just because their salt production is much better than that in China. Once smuggling becomes common, the domestic salt industry will be affected. If there is a destructive impact, once the salt industry is over, just like food, it means that the lifeblood is in the hands of others, and the country is not far from being destroyed.
What does it have to do with whether the country is destroyed or not? If we don’t do it again, the pot will not be opened. Now there are not two mouths for eating, but several more at once, and they are all edible. Liang Chuan laughed at himself With a cry, 4 looked into the distance. After walking for two days, they finally arrived at Suining Town.
Someone corrected me on the way.
There was also a small village in the middle that should belong to the Nu tribe. They pointed the direction for Liang Chuan.
Most Ning Liangchuan has always called it a mansion. According to the administration, it should be called a town. The area of this place is too small.
At the beginning of the founding of Dali, the land was divided into eight prefectures, four counties, four towns, and thirty-six barbarian tribes. The most peaceful town was in the southeast. From an administrative point of view, Zuining Town should belong to Xiushan County and Shanchan Prefecture.
After the Duan family came to power, in order to guard against pressure from all sides, they set up four military towns on all sides of their jurisdiction. The most peaceful town was to guard against the Song Dynasty in the east.
What else should the Song Dynasty be prepared for?
Back then, Taizu drew a Dadu River with an axe, which cut off the Han family's desire to go south. He took the initiative to abandon such a vast territory. He didn't want it when his military power was at its strongest. Now, would they want to take it back?
When the Tang Dynasty was at its peak, during the Tang Tianbao period before the An-Shi Rebellion, Xuanzong sent an army of 200,000 to attack Nanzhao. In the end, 200,000 bones were left behind. The Yunnanese erected a monument in Dali called "Tianbao Soldiers' Tomb of the Tang Dynasty". The shame that the Tang Dynasty could not erase for three hundred years.
This scene let the world know that it was not that the Tang army was incompetent, but that this land could eat people. .
It has the most dangerous terrain in the world and the fiercest folk customs.
Today, the military strength of the Song Dynasty is even worse than when Taizu founded the country. Conquering Dali is like a foolish dream!
It's like there is a tacit understanding between the two countries. If you don't attack me, I won't provoke you. They maintain peace with each other. Therefore, in Zuining Town, the military strength here is actually relatively average among the eight prefectures!
If you want to think about who the other opponents are, there are Xixia Dangxiang, Tiger and Wolf people in the north, and Tubo people in the west. These were ruthless characters who once ravaged the Tang Dynasty. In the south, the South Vietnamese who have been quite restless in recent years have all Not a fuel-efficient lamp.
Dali is sandwiched between the four directions, and the boss is quite Buddhist. It is a miracle that he can still survive!
There are some people stationed in Suining Town, and they are not the elite of Dali Kingdom.
Zuining did not become the front line of the war, but it became one of the best places in Dali economically. The troops stationed here gave the place the greatest peace. There were no bandits or bandits, and the people could enjoy the greatest degree of tranquility. The border with the Song Dynasty also gave this place the most convenient transportation, and it could carry out commercial trade with the Song Dynasty with the greatest efficiency!
As soon as I arrived in Zuining Liangchuan, I felt the harmony in this melting pot of nations!
Almost all styles of ethnic costumes can be found here, including the Nong and Dong people of Guangnan!
A city wall of neither high nor low was built in Suining Town. This was built as a defense against the Tang army and the Tubo people. However, it has not been used for more than a hundred years and is covered with thick moss.
When a group of people entered the city, they didn't attract any strange eyes at all. They walked in naturally. The Yunnan horses snorted, and the adult stallions even neighed excitedly when they saw the mares.
There are so many people who are most peaceful!
This was probably the first real town Liang Chuan saw when he came to this world!
People in the market are walking shoulder to shoulder, carrying various carts and carrying various loads. Although the street is narrow, every bit of space is used to the extreme! Pedestrians and horses can pass freely, and there is a lot of cow, sheep and horse manure on the ground, but people will not feel disgusted, because in just a blink of an eye, someone will pick up these precious fertilizers and clean them up! In this era, excrement is an extremely precious resource. It is the fuel for the growth of crops and even for many people to survive the winter!
When Liang Chuan was young, probably in the early 1990s, in the small rural place where he lived, many old people really made a living doing this. .
Suddenly, there was a feeling of déjà vu, as if it had melted into it all at once. The breath of life came to my face, and it was no longer the same mountains and wilderness. .
With such a scene in Dali, he could not imagine how majestic the Song Dynasty would be.
Legend has it that in the Song Dynasty during this period, there were already large cities with a population of one million. Bianjing and Hangzhou were the most prosperous places in the world. One million. Now this place may have a population of tens of thousands. What is the concept of a million! Oh my God, how can I squeeze the ball to death?
"I used to think that Dali was also a poor country, but I didn't expect that I learned a lot today!"
Liang Chuan sighed, the three brothers were also shocked! Needless to say, Nong Danong Er, they have been wandering around Xidong Cave all their lives. Even Guangyuan is a big place for them. Although Nong Yao has stayed in Qiyuan, it is not on the same level. In comparison, it is The difference between a county town and a prefecture-level city is that there are so many people here, all kinds of people, it’s hard to see them all!
"The Dali Kingdom has been able to survive for decades without seeing signs of collapse. There is a reason for it!"
Nong Da blinked his cross-eyed eyes, not sure whether he was looking at the sky or at the crowd, and sighed like this!
"so many people!"
"Damn it, if I had known, I would have come to Dali to make a living, instead of going to Qiyuan!" Nong Yao cursed fiercely, and everyone had their own feelings.
Several people walked around the city for no other reason than to find a place to get rid of Xiaoyan!
Not to mention, before a few people could find a new home, someone targeted them first!
The person who came was a lean little old man, wearing a black Yi costume. He looked at the bags that Liang Chuan and others were carrying and immediately asked: "Are you here to sell salt?"
This sentence almost made the four grown men cry out, and their thighs couldn't help but tremble.
If they were in Guangnan, this sentence could kill them!
Fortunately, in Dali, the control was relatively loose, but the four of them still didn't dare to be careless!
"What did Grandpa say? What we are packing is lime, for killing insects!"
The old man laughed with a few people and said: "You guys are from the south, do you think I'm blind? If you sell salt, just sell salt. What's there to hide? There are so many salt sellers here, but there are so many salt sellers here. It’s rare to see people from the south, sea salt from Yongzhou?”
This time Liang Chuan was curious, where did this old guy come from, with such good eyesight?
"Take a step to talk?"
The old man looked determined to win, waiting for Liang Chuan to ask him for advice, with his hands behind his back. The two of them walked to a small alley nearby.
Liang Chuan looked around and saw that no one was there. Nong Yao and his two brothers blocked the entrance of the alley in a tacit understanding. There was definitely no way to escape, and they would not let anyone in for a while.
Then it was the old Yi man's turn to be dumbfounded. Liang Chuan grabbed his neck with his big hand like a chicken, wishing he could throw the old man to the ground to death.
Liang Chuan's face was full of murderous intent, and the fierceness in his eyes made this Yi man extremely afraid of this person. . His face changed too quickly, he wouldn't have been so ruthless, it only took a blink of an eye!
"Tell me, how do you know we sell salt? If you don't tell me, I will strangle you to death, throw you into the ditch next to you, and let the cats and dogs eat your body tomorrow!"
The force coming from his neck proved that the man was telling the truth. The Yi people knew that they were facing an opponent this time, and they did not dare to show off in front of the opponent. They begged for mercy: "Let me go. I promise not to run away. I'm like this." There is no way I can outrun you guys!"
"I'm sorry you don't dare!"
Liang Chuan snorted and let go of his hand. There were already five fingerprints on the Yi man's neck, which were all red!
The old Yi originally thought that these people would be strangers. He had stayed in Suining Mansion for many years and usually made a little money by doing some errand work. Isn't that what he was thinking today?
