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"Two sect brothers, just now you said that you have an old grudge with the two Huai salt merchants?" Li Shouhan began to have bad intentions.

"Not bad! The two Huai salt merchants, as well as the Donglin traitor party who colluded with their wolf bèi, and my family can be said to be incompatible! ”

The children of salt merchants entered Donglin Academy to study, Donglin Academy pointed out the country, Zang Wei figures, Gu Xiancheng manipulated the government in Wuxi, and naturally wanted to seek benefits for himself and the class he represented. This is the same as the presidential election in the United States, and the people elected by various consortia naturally have to work for their own proprietors.

Therefore, the Donglin Party and the salt merchants, tea merchants, porcelain merchants and other big businessmen were originally two sides of the same coin.

However, what he didn't expect was that this group of salt rats was even more vicious than he imagined.

The Ming Dynasty should collect more than 10 million taels of salt taxes every year, and the actual income from the treasury is only more than 2 million taels.

"I'd like to punish these salt rats a little. also vented evil anger for the two brothers! ”

"General, how can you punish the two Huai salt merchants?! As far as I know, the salt merchants are rich and powerful, and there are Donglin traitors who have introduced each other as Austrian aids. Not to mention, thousands of miles away. ”

"Brother Zong, let me ask you, what do the two Huai salt merchants rely on?"

"It's the salt in their hands, the nest! A piece of salt leads to 300 catties, and they can add to the loss to thousands of catties, and there are so many smuggling and leaks, which is appalling! ”

"Yes! Several stewards of the Salt Gang said that in fact, the biggest smuggling of salt is the salt merchant! The official salt costs forty wen a catty, but what about them? If it is transported to Shandong and Henan, it is 60 Wen, and it is 75 Wen when it is transported to Nanzhili, and 80 Wen is sold in other places, and it is sold to more than 100 Wen, and even more, 300 Wen a catty! ”

"Brother Peiting, do you have a relationship with the Salt Gang?" Li Shouhan knew what the Salt Gang did, and if the young master Li in front of him really had a relationship with the Salt Gang, or was familiar with it, then his plan would be more than half successful.

Hearing this, Li Peiting's old face turned red, "Big brother always says that I befriend the rangers, but in fact, every righteous slaughter dog ,......."

"Most of the negative people are readers! That's a good point! Li Shouhan was amazed, "Especially Donglin and his gang!" ”

"Two sect brothers, do you want to avenge the salt merchant's frame-up?"

Li Shouhan had a vicious smile on his face. Seeing this, the Li brothers couldn't help but shudder. The one in front of him, but a ruthless character who can kill thousands of people and build a human bone tower, does he want to?!

The fifth day of the third month. Fine.

A group of native laborers struggled to walk onto the gangplank with heavy loads on their backs, sweat running down their skin and then rapidly evaporating, increasing the amount of water vapor in the air.

"Smack!" A leather whip exploded in the air, and an overseer in a crooked straw hat waved the leather whip in his hand, and the natives squirmed forward with great difficulty, their eyes erupting with hatred.

(Stop, stop!) The script is wrong! That one just now was an epic of Dongfanghong music and dance! It's not our work! Do it all over again! ）

The natives took a black and red bamboo chip from the hand of the overseer standing there at the mouth of the warehouse, laboriously put the bag on the shelf made of cast iron, turned around and hurried out of the warehouse, they had to carry the goods as many times as possible, take more bamboo chips, so that when they got off work, they could receive more wages in the hands of the foreman.

Nowadays, everyone knows that working here can earn money, and with the help of the part-time job waist card, you can buy all kinds of good things according to the price of the Han people, cloth, refined salt, beautifully made clothes, all kinds of ironware: iron pots, kitchen knives, and even knives and axes.

Even if you don't work with the Han people, if you get what the Han people want, you can exchange it for the good things of the Han people. A month ago, the Han traders who went to the villages everywhere conveyed the will of the Han general, "Where there is suitable timber for building a big ship, the Han master is willing to buy every tree at the price of 20 catties of refined salt." If it is transported to the wood mill, add another ten catties! ”

As a result, the natives set off an upsurge of going up the mountain to find suitable trees.

Soon, trees suitable for shipbuilding were piling up. The natives grinned, hugged heavy bags of salt, and happily continued to search for them up the mountain.

The large amount of timber piled up in his own shipyard can already be used to make ships after three years of wood drying, although the skilled sailors of the sailors are not so sufficient at the moment, but Li Shouhan can't care about it.

Four dockyards have been expanded in one go, and the production capacity can start four sailing boats or long-sail trawlers at the same time, or refurbish and renovate eight fortune boats.

"My lord, five new boats, all full."

Li Shouhan let out an oh in his mouth, and casually walked onto a newly launched warship along the gangplank, but now the appropriate role of this ship should be a smuggling ship, a refined salt smuggling ship!

Scissor sailing, finally found its own suitable historical role!

As far as the eye could see, in addition to the gun emplacements, gunpowder, and all kinds of daily necessities, the warehouse was full of muslin bags of uniform specifications, "My lord, except for the small cannon of the Franc machine, there are ten guns on each ship, loaded with 800 tons of salt. I tested it yesterday, and a fully loaded ship can reach a speed of eleven knots! It's slower, but the average ship can't catch up. Zuo Tianpeng showed off proudly.

"What would you do if I were your adversary and intercepted you on the sea?" Li Shouhan gave his admiral a question.

"All the guns were loaded, rushing over at full speed. If the enemy has the intention of firing, I will open fire with the fire of nearly 100 guns of the whole fleet, and if the enemy ships are few, I will either sink them or capture them. If there are too many boats, I will sail away, and he will not be able to catch up with me anyway! ”

"What about the sailor's boat?"

"Humph! Those Cangshan ships, blessing ships, centipede ships, sea boats, and three-masted gunboats, they had better pray to God and Buddha for protection, don't meet me! Otherwise, with the firepower, gun emplacement, and speed of their ships, which one is my opponent?! ”

Since that day, Shouhan said that he wanted to teach some lessons to the salt merchants in Yangzhou, and the frightened Li family brothers were scattered. Shouhan told the two of them his plan in detail.

This astonishing plan was for Shouhan to use his refined salt production and processing capacity, as well as the jaw-dropping speed of scissor sailing ships, to traffic illicit salt to the hinterland of Yangzhou salt merchants, Shandong, Nanzhili and other places. The price is similar to that of private salt in the mainland today, which is about forty or fifty wen per catty. However, the difference in quality is heaven and earth.

When Li Peilin and Li Peiting saw the refined salt piled up in the warehouse, their tongues were about to fall out.

"This is, this is sea salt?" They had the impression that the salt from the sea was bitter and tasted far less than that of decoction. Not only is the taste inferior, but the salt from the sea is also impurities. However, the salt in front of me, from the point of view of appearance, is as crystal as a snowflake, and in terms of taste, it is almost the same as the green salt produced in Shanxi's Jiechi Salt and Northwest Huamachi.

When Shouhan proudly told the two that they could dump at least 30,000 stone of refined salt into the mainland every month, the Li brothers immediately fell into a moment of contemplation. Immediately, Li Peilin said a word, which made Li Shouhan look at him with admiration.

"This kind of salt, which sells for forty or fifty yuan, is a bit too cheap. On the contrary, it is not good to sell. If, eighty wen per catty, in all parts of Jiangnan and Jiangbei, it is easier to shoot. The price of green salt in the market is about 160 or more, and now, the road is not quiet, and the road of green salt is unstable, which is the opportunity for refined salt to show its skills. ”

"Each ship is loaded with 800 tons of refined salt, a total of 4,000 tons, that is, 8 million catties, and each catty of salt is sold at 80 wen a catty, 8864, and now the market price of silver and copper coins is one or two silver for a thousand wen, my good man! This trip is 640,000 silver! Li Peiting reported a figure that surprised him and Li Peilin. Even if there is some loss on the road, Li Peilin, who is familiar with the economy and people's livelihood, knows that the cost and consumption of sea transportation are insignificant compared with land transportation and river transportation. After deducting costs and losses, he estimated that Li Shouhan had at least 300,000 silver in his account this trip. As it turned out later, he had miscalculated.

"Brother Cui, in this way, can you give a small punishment to the salt merchant?" Li Shouhan smiled.

"Each ship is fully loaded with a speed of 11 knots, here to the sea surface of Guangxi and Northwest, but more than 140 nautical miles, the fleet can reach in a day and night, from Beihai to Shanghai County, Songjiang Prefecture, more than 4,000 miles, converted into sea miles, but more than 1,100 nautical miles. In total, within ten days at the latest, the Yangtze River will be reached. Start our refined salt sales plan. ”

"My lord, you seem to have forgotten about this night flight?" Li Peilin cautiously reminded Shouhan.

"Brother Zong, it's okay!"

Shouhan didn't care, "You forgot jì, our calcium carbide lamp?" ”

On that day, after Shouhan calcined coke and limestone, he demonstrated it to the Li brothers and the water masters, workshops, and craftsmen's associations, "Add water and light it." ”

Even in the daytime, people still feel the dazzling and dazzling light.

"Think about it, if this light is hung on the night sailing boat, the mast and the side of the ship, etc., will it be difficult to sail at night?!"

Li Peilin gently tapped his forehead with the folding fan in his hand, "Damn it, damn it!" How can you forget such a sharp weapon?! In this way, more than ten days later, our goods will suddenly appear in the hinterland of the south of the Yangtze River in a flood of mountains. ”

Li Peilin can think of the bad impact that eight million catties of fine refined salt suddenly rushed into the market at an extremely low price at an extremely low price on the salt sales of salt merchants; Moreover, people who are accustomed to eating refined salt will suddenly lose their appetite when they look at the salt sold by those salt merchants. This will also have a huge impact on the future business of salt merchants.

What's more, Shouhan said that in the future, at least 30,000 stone of refined salt will be sold to the mainland every month. Well, according to the Li family's weights and measures, each stone is one hundred and fifty catties, and thirty thousand stones is four and a half million catties. According to the calculation of 300 catties of a nest, it is equivalent to another salt merchant with a sales volume of 15,000 nests.

Salt rats of dog day! You made a fortune by relying on salt, made a windfall by smuggling and tax evasion, and then relied on money to kill my Li family, and now, let you be unlucky in this salt!

"Brother Peiting, the ship has passed through Ningbo and arrived at Jinshanwei Ocean, it will be hard for you!"

Shouhan took Li Peiting's hand, his face full of concern.

According to the results of the discussion between the three of them on that day, Li Peiting and Zuo Tianpeng led the fleet north to traffic illicit salt, and Zuo Tianpeng was responsible for the command of the ship and the possible military operations at sea; Li Peiting wanted to contact his old friends, the stewards of the Salt Gang, and use the Salt Gang's private salt transportation and sales network to quickly sell salt in Jiangnan and Jiangbei.

"What's the hard work?! Isn't this all our own business? ”

According to the meaning of Shouhan, every catty of refined salt dividends, there is one percent of the Li brothers, but Li Peilin resolutely refused, and in the end, the two sides made a deal at a price of two cents per catty. However, even so, the Li family also had an income of more than 10,000 taels of silver on this trip.

"Xiaopeng, remember, if there is really a time when you can't get out, leave the goods behind, as long as you are here and the ships are there, we will have as many of these goods as we want!"

Li Shouhan was a little worried about his naval fleet commander, let's call it that! This guy dares to fight, and he will not be timid when he encounters enemies, and his only drawback is that he takes money more seriously. He was worried that such a guy, once the opponent had many people and ships, and the artillery fire was fierce, he would not be able to make a decision immediately, but would sacrifice his life and money.

"My lord, please relax, we will not meet an adversary, even if we encounter an adversary, our ship has so many artillery, and the sons and daughters are going to actually practice at sea! Besides, there are still my old troops on the ship, the boys of the Qilin Left Battalion, these guys, who have just gotten the fire gun, are also eager to fight. ”

"That being said, there are also red-haired people on the sea, so be more careful!"

"Subordinates understood!"

While agreeing, Zuo Tianpeng turned around and shouted at the boats, "Raise the sails!" Weigh! Raise a flag! ”

An iron-blooded eighteen-star military flag designed by Li Shouhan rose on the main mast, and in the soft sails like white clouds, the fiery red military flag was particularly dazzling.

"Boom! Boom! "Five boats fired their cannons one after another, and the fish went out of the harbor,

The smuggling of refined salt, which was hated by the salt merchants in Yangzhou, began.

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