Listening to your words is like seeing someone from heaven.
All the leaders in the hall were fascinated by Zou Run's analysis, which was organized and simple, citing ancient and modern times.
Everyone in the audience was amazed that the owner of their village was really a genius. However, after just two trips on the canal, he could see through so many truths and find such a secret for the private salt sales in the village. A thoroughfare.
Ruan Xiaowu, who grew up in Shijie Lake, never talked much, but he was always good at thinking. As soon as Zou Run finished speaking, he pointed out Liangshan's key role in this.
"The foresight of the village owner is really unparalleled. Liangshan Dazhai has been divided into villages for me to climb the clouds. It is located at the strategic point of the Wuzhang River Canal. With Liangshan as a transfer station, the sea salt from my Dengyun Mountain will definitely benefit the people along the way. There are many people in Hezhou and counties, and this is really the work of a great hero and a man!"
"The village master's knowledge is so profound that it reaches the present and the heavens and the earth. He is really a man of heaven!" Yang Lin sincerely admired him and then sighed, "If it is as the village master said, all he needs to do is bribe the officials, boatmen and boatmen along the coast, and I will ascend to the clouds." The sea salt from the mountains can be sold all the way to Tokyo without any problems!"
This beautiful vision aroused everyone's imagination, and they all had faces full of yearning and fascination.
If it is true that Dengyun brand sea salt is used on the royal table of the imperial family, then why should we worry about money and food? A salt drying field is a treasure trove of gold and silver!
By that time, will the day be far behind when Dengyun Mountain will expand its army to thousands of troops, take hundreds of large ships, occupy Tamna Kingdom, and overwhelm the small country of Goryeo?
So, the first step in the economic construction of Dengyun Mountain was to take the green forest road, engage in small-scale armed smuggling, make friends with heroes from various mountains and rivers and lakes, distribute salt to them, and let them act as distributors. The prudent strategy of gradually advancing to the inland areas with the coastal prefectures and counties as radiating points, and the large-depth strategy of relying on canals to sell salt through canals were thoroughly determined.
The Dengyun Mountain leader-level collective meeting unanimously approved this strategic resolution.
After Zou Run finalized the general direction, it fell to Yang Linlehe to implement the specific details.
The intelligence battalion does not simply sit there and wait for information to come to your door. Instead, under the cover of a number of specific industries, it infiltrates into all parts of the country without anyone noticing, and quietly collects information in the process. This is what Superior techniques and strategies for obtaining intelligence.
After talking about salt, Zou Run continued to talk about tea.
As the saying goes, the seven things to open the door are firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and tea. In the Northern Song Dynasty, salt, sauce, vinegar, and tea were mostly subject to a monopoly system. Among these four, tea was the most important tax category after salt.
Tea emerged in the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Song Dynasty. In the Northern Song Dynasty, tea-producing areas were distributed in 19 roads, 122 prefectures, and 306 counties. The main production area was Jiangnan Road, followed by Jinghu, Liangzhe and Fujian Road. Such a large-scale economic industry was naturally firmly in the hands of the rulers of the Northern Song Dynasty. They formulated a series of monopoly policies and ruthlessly grabbed huge benefits from tea farmers and small businessmen. The court and The officials ate together with their mouths full of oil.
The harsh tea monopoly system has given rise to harsh regulations and laws such as the Tea Horse Law, the Tea Introduction Law, and the Contract Law (Note 1). Tea farmers, gardeners, and small and medium-sized traders are increasingly exploited. Under the influence of multiple factors such as huge profits, the phenomenon of tea smuggling has become more and more intense, and its scale is no less than that of the smuggled salt business.
By the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, not only were the desperate people selling illicit tea crazily, but even the officials responsible for anti-smuggling were trying to make money.
According to historical records, when Wei Renshu of Linzhen County in Yanzhou in the Northern Song Dynasty was ordered to go on a business trip, he ordered his entourage to bring a large amount of tea and sell it for profit along the way. Su Shi's father, Su Xun, once wrote: "...he was carried by the county magistrate's disciples, and carried in the county magistrate's boat. He was not ridiculed by the guards, and he was not punished by the Jinliang." Su Shi's younger brother Su Che also said: "And the tea officials violated the law. Selling all kinds of things, but not doing business travel, will not only cause tax losses, but also harm the wine class."
The various monopoly systems in the Northern Song Dynasty developed to the end of the dynasty, and a strange phenomenon appeared. That is, the more the court banned something, the more officials at all levels with real power used their power for personal gain, illegally selling a large amount of salt, tea, wine and other goods to make huge profits.
Therefore, everyone can sell it, so Dengyun Mountain can naturally sell it. When this truth is said, the leaders nod again and again.
After nodding, he looked at Zou Run with big eyes, waiting for him to tell him the specific method.
The movements of these guys were surprisingly consistent, which gave Zou Run a headache. There's really no way around it. This is the disadvantage of having a bunch of warriors under your command. You can't count on them for anything that requires a little bit of brainpower.
Zou Run sighed slightly and secretly swore in his heart that he would quickly find a scholar-strategist who could share his worries and make plans. At the same time, he also expressed his thoughts.
"When we use the navy to expand our army, we will form a fleet and go south to the south of the Yangtze River to collect tea goods and then sell them north to the Liao Kingdom. There will definitely be huge profits!"
There are definitely huge profits, but this method has to have a prerequisite. That is, the strength of the navy must be excellent, and it must be able to handle both water and land battles. On the water, it must directly face the Pinghai navy and Chenghai navy in Dengzhou, as well as the water forces of the southern states. Once ashore, they had to negotiate prices and goods with a group of smugglers who were engaged in smuggling tea. During this period, they would not be able to gain a foothold without experiencing several bloody battles and winning a few big victories.
A mountain-like burden suddenly fell on Er Ruan. Ruan Xiaowu, who was not very talkative, turned into a saw-mouthed gourd, sitting on the stool with a sullen expression, looking very stressed.
Ruan Xiaoqi, who has a lively temperament, looked at the glances from everyone and smiled bitterly. It was rare that he did not slap his chest and say harsh words.
He stood up and said:
"Captain of the Village, the lives of our three brothers have been sold to Xun a long time ago. It doesn't matter if we control the wind and water. Xunai has no skills at all. If Xun doesn't add a few leaders to our navy, I'm afraid that Xiaoqi and Even if Fifth Brother is exhausted, he still can’t cope..."
But that's not the case. Nowadays, the Navy's huge business is supported by his two brothers. They hold the power and enjoy it, but their energy is limited and they really can't take care of the business of selling tea between the north and the south.
With no choice but to do so, Zou Run had no choice but to say on the spot that he would bring a few navy leaders back with him the next time he went back to the mountains.
Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi then reluctantly smiled and stood up to receive the order.
When Zou Yuan heard that his eldest nephew was planning to go on a long trip just a few days after his return, his face suddenly dropped, and he almost had the word "unhappy" carved on his forehead.
Fortunately, Zou Run was also very tired during this period, so he lightly touched on the topic without going into it in depth, so as not to provoke his uncle into nagging mode. Zou Run quickly changed the subject and said another good way to increase wealth.
"I got a secret method from an old boatman a few days ago, called canning. This method can make marine fish last for several months without rotting or deteriorating, and the taste is very good. Therefore, I decided to set up another canning factory on Tuoji Island. I'd like to trouble my uncle to select a leader who is careful and has business talent to be the director of this factory. He can make these cans, so that I can get another source of wealth from climbing Yunshan!"
Sure enough, Zou Yuan, who was in charge of money and food, was instantly dazzled when he heard that he could get another income, and he hurriedly agreed.
Seeing that his plan was successful, Zou Run immediately sent a table to express:
"Okay! In that case, let's pick out the candidates today, and they will go to Tuoji Island with me tomorrow. One will inspect the navy, the other will inspect the island's defense and salt production, and the third will prepare to build a cannery!"
