Lin Chong and the others were caught off guard and were shocked. They rushed to ask what was going on.
The minions were kneeling in the hall and wanted to report them one by one. Zou Run opened his mouth to stop everyone and calmly dealt with them. First, he ordered someone to fetch warm wine so that this good man who had traveled thousands of miles from Mount Yunshan could drink it to warm himself up.
A person who is the master of others should not change his expression even when Mount Tai collapses in front of him. He should take it calmly even if the wind does not rise suddenly. Even if the incident occurs unexpectedly, he should not lose control of his position. In just one year, Zou Run has accomplished this. very good.
Everyone secretly nodded in admiration for this calm demeanor in handling things. He was worthy of being the co-leader of the two villages.
The man drank the wine to activate his qi and blood. He rubbed his purple-colored face several times, and his face gradually turned red. He hurriedly put down the wine bowl and explained the reason in detail.
It turned out that after Zou Run left Dengzhou, Zou Yuan and others reorganized the Dengyunshan village, recruited troops, and trained soldiers. Yi Yi and Yang Lin and Deng Fei made the Tuoji Island base more and more prosperous. The output of sun salt became increasingly stable, and salt goods gradually accumulated. At this time, Zou Yuan and others thought of what Zou Run had explained before setting off.
So I prepared a wine ceremony for cattle and sheep, and on a midwinter night, I quietly visited a lively market town not far from Dengzhou City.
This is where the hotel is run by Sun Erniang, the mother-in-law, and Sun Xin, the little Yuchi. They operate a hotel in this bustling place where business is booming, but secretly they are killing cattle and driving cattle. Casinos and bootleg liquor sales.
These three businesses, except for opening a casino, the other two are prohibited by imperial order. Sun Xin and his family were engaged in this business, so naturally they had to deal with people in the green forest, so when faced with Zou Yuan who came to visit late at night with gifts, the couple did not panic, but they had already heard about the name of the hero who climbed Yunshan Mountain.
It is important to wake up everyone, light candles, sift wine in a large bowl, cut large pieces of meat, and sit down to talk. After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Zou Yuan started talking about his intentions and expressed his wish to cooperate with the village owner Zou Run in selling private salt.
In the Song Dynasty, in addition to the fixed agricultural tax, the country's taxation area focused on salt, tea, wine and other taxes. Dengzhou is close to the sea, and the salt courses distributed by the court are very heavy, which has led to the proliferation of private salt. All civil and military officials, large and small, who have some power and connections want to share this road of wealth. Even over time, according to the strength of each person, these people will have a certain share after death, which can be regarded as an unwritten rule on the private salt road.
Sun Li, who was in charge of the military affairs of Dengzhou (Note 1), had a rank of Chengxinlang from the ninth rank, and was already a serious official of the eighth rank. In terms of status, he was as good as Wang Kongmuhe, who was a civil servant. The local rich man Mao Taigong was much stronger, and he led troops to repel several grass bandits in Dengzhou. He had made great achievements. It stands to reason that he should have a share of the profits from this gray industry.
Unfortunately, Sun Li was originally from Qiongzhou and had been in the army for generations. It was only in his generation that he came to Dengzhou to station. Although he had been promoted to an officer, to put it bluntly, he was still an outsider in the eyes of the local factions. His foundation was unstable. For Dengzhou officials, big and small Always ostracizing him intentionally or unintentionally, who would want to spit out the fat in his mouth?
As Sun Li's younger brother, Sun Xin, although he had not set foot in official circles, he was familiar with the inside story, so he did not say whether he would agree or not at that time. He only made an appointment to discuss it again in a few days, and drank the night away without mentioning it.
Zou Yuan returned to Dengyun Mountain, and Sun Xin arrived at his brother's residence. When talking about this, Sun Li realized that the opportunity had come.
The previous magistrate found a way to rise to the top, but the new magistrate has not yet taken office. Only Tongxuan is in charge of government affairs. But everyone, including this Tongsuan, knows that this opportunity cannot be missed, and officials all over the city are thinking of ways to take advantage of this gap. In order to expand the financial path in the early stage, the original order will be disrupted.
Youdao just gave him a pillow when he fell asleep. Sun Li had been coveting the private salt business for a long time. He had always been enthusiastic about his official career, otherwise he would not have left his hometown and dragged his family all the way from Hainan to Shandong in order to seek promotion.
As the saying goes: Being an official for thousands of miles is just for money. Now that he has successfully transformed from an ordinary soldier to an official with official status, and has made various achievements, Sun Li thinks it is time to enjoy the fruits of his labor. Not to mention that his eyes were always looking upward, and he wanted to go further in his lifetime. If he wanted to break the bottleneck of promotion in the officialdom, he would have to spend a lot of money, so Sun Li immediately agreed and signaled that Sun Xin could do this business. .
Sun Xin no longer had any scruples. He already disliked the business of killing farm cattle and selling private wine, which was not as dignified as selling private salt, let alone the wealth from selling private salt, so he took the initiative to prepare generous gifts and went up to the boarding with his wife. Explore Yunshan.
When they went up the mountain to take a look, the two men were shocked. They saw that there were thousands of strong men in Dengyun Mountain, who were training constantly every day, and the passes were well maintained and well-equipped with weapons. In the back mountain warehouse, grain and bags of coarse salt were piled up like mountains. The two of them stared at it with their eyes wide open. They didn't expect that Dengyun Mountain would grow so badly in Zou Run's hands. They were convinced on the spot. Reach cooperation.
At this point, Dengyunshan’s sea salt opened up a market.
The salt from the salt drying field is of better quality and lower cost. It is sold at a price of one or two cents lower than the market price at the beginning, and the business is booming. Bags of sea salt went out and bundles of copper coins came back, making Zou Run, Yang Lin, and Deng Fei smile from ear to ear. They all praised Zou Run behind his back that he had met the God of Wealth in his dream.
When Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi arrived in Dengzhou, Zou Run and his gang bought two more large boats early. The two men, who were addicted to boats, were so happy that they wanted to lie on the boats until they went to sleep.
But the good times didn't last long. With the huge sales of Dengyun Mountain's salt products, he was quickly targeted by interested people.
This person with ulterior motives is none other than Kongmu Wang Zheng of Dengzhou and Mao Taigong, who has been planning for a long time and harbors evil intentions.
The two of them were really patient. They made some inquiries in secret and found out that Sun Xin's sister-in-law Gu was supported by Sun Li. Sun Li had made a lot of achievements recently and was in the limelight, so they chose not to reveal anything. But when the new magistrate took office later in the year, Wang Zheng immediately took the large sum of money obtained from Mao Taigong on this line. After showing his loyalty, the new magistrate was not a good person and immediately decided to reorganize the order of Dengzhou City, especially the underground private salt market.
Struggles in the officialdom have never been fought overtly or secretly, with no hint of fireworks. Wang Zhizhou wanted to get money out of the big pot of illegal salt, so naturally it was not easy to do it in the name of arresting illegal salt.
So the task of how to defeat all kinds of monsters and monsters in the private salt market in Dengzhou was handed over to Wang Zheng, which was also regarded as a test of Wang Zheng by the governor.
Wang Zheng was a Kongmu in Yizhou, and he was very good at flattering his superiors. He was very good at doing this kind of thing, and he knew how to measure it very well, so he took action.
However, the target of the attack was not directly against Sun Li, who had an official status, nor was it Sun Li's younger brother Sun Xin and sister-in-law Gu Dasao, but the two-headed snake Xie Zhen, who was named but not actually related to Sun Li. And the two-tailed scorpion solves the treasure.
Sun Li and Sun Xin are biological brothers, and Sun Li and Sun Xin's aunts are Xie Zhen and Xie Bao's mothers, which means that Sun Li, Xie Zhen and Jie Bao are their aunts and cousins, real relatives. But Sun Li has always been enthusiastic about his official career and only thinks about how to rise. People who look upward will naturally not care about the scenery in front of them.
Sun Xin just couldn't stand his brother's lack of family ties, and he always criticized him for abandoning his old house in Hainan and his ancestral tombs in order to get promoted. What's more, Sun Li only cared about promotion and getting rich. Family and friendship have always been insincere, so I couldn't live in the existing house in the city and had to go to do business outside the city.
Even his own brother is like this, so Xie Zhen Jie Bao, who is his cousin, naturally does not want to pinch his nose and deal with this official cousin Sun Li.
Poor Jie Zhen Jie Bao has a simple nature and makes a living by hunting all day long. Although he has good skills, he is not good at sociability and has a simple mind. He has never had the idea of getting married and becoming a noble, but he has suffered bad luck.
On this day, Mao Taigong, who was well-known in the countryside, ordered his son Mao Zhongyi to find the two brothers. He said that there were tigers in the mountains and forests of their home. He heard that the two brothers were the top hunters in Dengzhou and came to invite them to be cut off. After the tiger is in trouble, reward each other with generous gifts.
They are good at interpreting treasures and treasures. They have hunted tigers many times and have rich experience, so they agreed immediately.
Ever since, the story in the original work happened again.
