The meeting lasted until very late, during which they discussed some details of military and political matters. It was not until night fell and bonfires rose up in Dengyun Village that the meeting came to an end.
After thousands of calls came out, amidst the cheers and cheers of thousands of minions, the eleven village leaders headed by Zou Run stepped out of the tall Juyi Hall one after another.
Many major events happened in the village today. With Zou Run's acquiescence, relevant news has spread throughout Dengyun Mountain. Everyone knows that Dengyun Mountain will become stronger and stronger, so everyone in the mountain feels sincerely happy.
A strong atmosphere of celebration enveloped the huge military training ground. The ground had already been arranged neatly, and nearly a hundred tables of banquets were scattered throughout. The aroma of wine and meat was mixed together and dispersed in the wind. Zou Run went up to the high platform alone, took a wine bowl from the minions, raised it high, and shouted to everyone who looked at him: "Brothers! Have you got all the rewards?"
"Go back to the village master, we've got them all!"
"Never lost a penny!"
Early this morning, Zou Run ordered Chen Xuan to make a list of the rewards from yesterday's battle. After reviewing them at noon, he asked that they must be distributed today, just for this moment.
It’s time to boost morale!
The response was enthusiastic, and Zou Run laughed in response.
"Haha! Okay! Just get the reward! Come on, let's finish this bowl together, brothers!"
"Do it! Do it!"
A stream of slightly sweet, low-alcohol rice wine entered his throat. Zou Run drank every last drop, and with a cheerful swipe of his mouth, he exposed the bottom of the bowl to everyone.
"The village leader is so heroic!"
"I am willing to die for the leader of the village!"
"I want to serve the village master another bowl!"
Everyone in the audience was full of passion. Everyone was holding a wine bowl and crowded forward, hoping to offer a bowl of wine to Zou Run. The leaders beside the wooden stage watched all this happily. It was not until this moment that they truly understood that Zou Run The prestige in Dengyun Mountain has reached such a height.
Facing the wine bowls held high above the ceiling, Zou Run refused to refuse anyone who came, showing his domineering attitude as a green forest hero. He would have a bowl with his old brothers who had been on the mountain since the village was established, and he would fill the wine bowl with the new warriors who had made military exploits. Bu Cai, while the wine was in full swing, Zou Run dropped another explosive piece of good news.
The cottage is about to expand, and it’s time to discuss merits and promotions! The right to make recommendations based on merit lies in the hands of the leaders!
Good guy, half of the people surrounding Zou Run immediately dispersed, and they all ran to the old and new leaders they followed or were friends with, and shouted loudly.
Zou Run laughed out loud when he saw the leaders struggling to cope.
It was a joyous night in the village, and apart from the people on guard duty up and down the mountain, many heroes were drunk.
When Zou Run continued to convene a meeting the next day, Deng Fei and Sun Xin were still drunk. Who knew that they were both captains in charge of the first battalion and had the power to recommend for promotion? If the minions below who want to advance to a higher position don't come to them to drink and have relationships with them, who will they go to?
Zou Yuan, who is also the captain of the first battalion, is too old and has too much prestige. Naturally, no one dares to drink with him. Er Ruan is also a popular figure. Unfortunately, most of the navy leaders stayed on Tuoji Island. , there were mostly infantry and cavalry on the mountain, but these two people escaped.
Needless to say, Yang Linlehe's intelligence camp was not very interested in it because the minions who were full of fighting and killing were not interested in it. Naturally, not many people rushed to go there. As deputy ministers, Xie Zhen and Jie Bao were not the main target of the fire. Although Sister-in-law Gu was a woman, she had a bad reputation and few people dared to propose a toast.
Therefore, there are only eight leaders present at the meeting today, except for Deng Fei and Sun Xin.
Looking at the two chairs that suddenly became vacant in the middle, Zou Run smiled helplessly. However, today's meeting was mainly about economic construction and had little to do with these two people, so he didn't ask anyone to force them to come and teach them. Just take a half-day rest.
"Today I'm mainly going to talk about the financial resources of the Shanzhai. Before, half of my Shanzhai's financial resources depended on borrowing grain and half on selling private salt. But now we are going to expand in a big way. The money and food consumption is huge, and we will soon be unable to make ends meet. Do you guys have any good ideas? "
Faced with Zou Run's inquiry, everyone looked at each other.
By the way, is there any other way for bandits and robbers to go besides robbing? However, the owner of his own village emphasized in every possible way that he could not plunder or alarm the government. Since this road was blocked, the only way to go was through private salt.
Everyone knows the road, but how to sell private salt is another problem. Today, the imperial court implements a monopoly system for selling salt, wine, tea and other materials. Without official documents, it is difficult to transport this private salt out of the country and sell it on a large scale.
For a moment, no one in the hall answered, and everyone frowned. Zou Yuan and Yang Lin, who were in charge of the matter, looked at each other and smiled bitterly, not knowing how to speak.
Of course Zou Run knew that he couldn't count on anyone here, but since he said it, he had his own intention.
The purpose is to let them know that this family is not easy to manage, and the position of village leader is not easy to occupy. Otherwise, these guys will spend endless amounts of money lavishly in the future, and he will be the one to clean up the mess in the end.
After waiting for a long time, Zou Run saw that the atmosphere in the hall was becoming more and more dull. Zou Run knew that the effect of the warning had been achieved, and it would be counterproductive if it continued to be dull. Then he coughed a few times and revealed the strategy that had been brewing for a long time.
The outline of this conversation can be summarized into the following points.
First, it is clear that the dominant position of private salt sales remains unchanged. Private salt is a necessity for people all over the world. The salt from the Tuoji Island Salt Farm has the four characteristics of low cost, large output, good quality and good sales. It has been popular from the preliminary market sales in two counties near Dengzhou. The degree can be seen.
In addition to Huang County, where Dengyun Mountain is located, Dengyun Mountain's sea salt has been sold to Penglai and Mouping counties through Sun Xin's sister-in-law. It is not only loved by ordinary people, but also admired by many young private salt dealers. Come and stock up.
It can be said that the Dengyun Haiyan brand has been completely established, so the next thing Zou Run needs to do is to sell it in large quantities.
There are two ways to sell. One is the road of green forest. This is the direction that Yang Lin has been working hard in the past. It is nothing more than making friends with green forest heroes from all walks of life, especially those who do private business. First, drink and eat meat with them to make friends. , then promote the product, and then wait for repeat customers to pick up the goods.
This is a typical credit sales system of later generations. Generally speaking, this system has an obvious disadvantage, that is, it is easy to deliver the goods but difficult to collect the payment. But behind Yang Lin, there are thousands of men with guns and knives in Dengyun Mountain, so he is not afraid of not being able to collect the goods. Return the account.
The other road was a new road discovered by Zou Run when he took a boat from Tokyo to Liangshan and then took a boat to Laizhou. The word "canal" contains endless business opportunities.
By the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, there were four water canals, namely: Bian River, Cai (Huimin) River, Jinshui River, and Guangji (Wuzhang) River. These four canals connect the city of Tokyo to connect the north and south. They are the economic lifeline of the Northern Song Dynasty. They have been operating well under the framework of the segmented organization method and general transfer method formulated by Liu Yan, Zeng Xiaoguang and other famous officials in the Northern Song Dynasty.
In particular, the Zhuan Pan method was praised by Lu Zuqian, who was entitled to enjoy the Confucius Temple in later generations, as "this is a good method for this dynasty" - "The army has more than enough food and food, and the country's capital and beams have enough food and soldiers, so there is no way to add this."
However, during the Zhenghe period of Huizong, Zhuan Ban Fa suffered major damage. Under Cai Jing's instructions, a large number of treacherous ministers took out all the money and grain from the treasury and granary along the canal to provide for Song Huizong's extravagant consumption. This not only caused a burden on the people's shoulders What's more, there were so many complaints that even the boatman in charge of driving the boat and the boatmen who escorted the boat fled in large numbers.
The good and strict water transportation system formed over decades has a huge loophole.
In the seventh year of Yuanfeng in the Northern Song Dynasty, the Caosi Yamen, which was in charge of the world's water transportation, stipulated that each water tanker could carry one cent of private goods, and taxation agencies along the river were prohibited from stopping, inspecting and questioning. But now, due to arrears, arrears and misappropriation of a large amount of special money and food, the one cent of private goods that was originally allowed to be carried has become more than three cents. This matter has become a norm on the canal. The relevant departments are accustomed to this and maintain a tacit attitude. Otherwise, the phenomenon of boatmen and boatmen fleeing will become more serious, and the water transportation system that maintains the country's lifeline will completely collapse.
What Zou Run was looking for was the rule that allowed private goods to be brought in!
