The masked man sighed softly, looked at Liu Han and said, "I have already thought of the flow standard of the spinning machine, but I really didn't expect the new salt making method to flow the standard." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"Oh, why?" asked Liu Han.

"I heard that Brother Liu has built a spinning mill outside the city, and the spinning machine can weave twelve yarns at a time, but our loom only has eight yarns, so naturally it can't enter the eyes of the people in the imperial capital," the masked man sighed: "Brother Liu, how did you make this loom?"

Liu Han shook his head lightly: "That's what I made, this is a few skilled craftsmen in the Western Regions, after two years of trial and error, the silver used alone is enough to make a silver spinning machine." ”

"Even if it's a gold loom, it's worth it. The masked man sighed.

Liu Han nodded approvingly: "Brother Zhang is right, there were many people who opposed it in the society at the beginning, and I almost gave up for a while, but fortunately I persevered, maybe this is because God saw that I had suffered too much, and finally favored me." ”

The masked man waved his hand slightly, the young man turned and retreated, Liu Han looked at his back and said, "Brother Zhang's subordinates are hiding dragons and crouching tigers." ”

"There are elite soldiers and strong generals under Brother Liu. The masked man did not deny it, and sighed: "Brother Liu, there are so many masters in the Western Regions, it can be seen that there are so many talented people in the world. ”

"I don't dare to go to the Western Regions Trade Road," Liu Han smiled disappre一门ly: "There is a ballad in the Western Regions Business Road, yes, the warriors are lucky to be on the side of the road where the warriors die, and the martial artists are more than half, and only the grandmaster is safe." What does this song mean, most of the martial apprentices who cultivate will die on the business road, and the warriors who cultivate will depend on luck, and the martial artists, two will die and one will die, only the grandmaster can guarantee it. In fact, the grandmaster can't guarantee that some horse thieves in the Western Regions are grassland tribe cavalry, and whenever the tribe is in difficulty, they come out to rob the caravan brigade, and most of the people who command these tribal cavalry are tribal warriors, and there are many grandmasters who have cultivated. ”

"The Western Regions Trade Road is so dangerous!" The masked man was surprised, and Liu Han nodded: "The caravans that take the Western Regions Trade Road, in addition to the merchants themselves, generally have to hire a large number of bodyguards, and even so, more than half of the caravans are folded on the trade routes. Most of those who escaped were left in the Western Regions, and they either became horse thieves or joined a caravan, and Liu just gathered these guys together. ”

Liu Han said this half-truth, his people, including the thirty-six iron guards, were indeed gathered in this way, but the cultivation of the thirty-six iron guards was not so high when they first arrived, they were all fed by his elixir, and after several years of cultivation, they had today's cultivation.

After a pause, Liu Han asked rhetorically: "But the Western Regions are small and remote, and they can't be compared with the Great Jin Dynasty, not to mention those thousand-year-old families, let's talk about Guifang, Guifang has an extraordinary reputation in the rivers and lakes, and its strength is unfathomable. ”

The masked man was also not otherwise, the gaze in his eyes turned indifferent, and he said lightly: "The shopping mall is like a battlefield, not to mention, the husband is not guilty, he is guilty, and he secretly peeps at me There are many people in the hundred workshops, so I have to guard against it." ”

"That's true," Liu Han nodded and said: "The most contradictory thing in Dajin is that our businessmen have a low status, but those high-ranking family of gate valves, who secretly do not do business, and who is not a copper-smelling person." ”

"That is, only the state officials are allowed to prevent fire, and the people are not allowed to light lamps. The masked man sneered, but there was a deep helplessness in his tone, Liu Han also smiled sharply, both of them were in business, they knew what it was like, and they were related to each other.

The two seemed to be casually spitting out groans and chatting, but they were still getting to the bottom of each other.

"The new salt making method," Liu Han pulled the topic back and said: "Yangzhou salt industry innovation, if you auction in Yangzhou, this method should be very popular, and it should be auctioned at a high price." ”

"Yangzhou's salt innovation is full of twists and turns, and it is not yet known whether it can succeed. The masked man said, Liu Han shook his head: "Brother Tai may have misjudged, as far as I know, the imperial court is very determined, and the salt reform should be successful." ”

"Not necessarily. The mask man said: "The salt fields in Yangzhou, the good ones are controlled by Lu Yuzhang and other gate valve families, and a small part of the rest is controlled by the imperial court, and most of the salt fields in the hands of salt farmers are in tatters, and the salt production is not enough to pay the salt tax, which causes many salt farmers to abandon their fields and become homeless." ”

"Oh!" Liu Han was a little surprised, this situation was not grasped by Liu Huo, he thought for a while and said: "If this is the case, the gate valve family in Yangzhou should support the salt innovation, why would they oppose it?"

"It's not that it's against it, they support it too," the masked man corrected, "but they want too much." ”

"It's too much, what's the point?" Liu Han was a little strange.

"People's hearts are insufficient," the mask man's tone was contemptuous: "Actually, Lu Yuzhang, they have losses in the salt reform, in the past, their salt was smuggled out without paying taxes, and although the salt innovation gave them a legal identity, in fact, counting taxes, the income has declined." ”

Liu Han shook his head: "You can't settle accounts like this, after all, smuggling requires bribes, even if the amount of bribes is less than taxes, and the amount is limited, I think they still have to get too much." ”

The masked man retorted: "But the problem is that the tax of the imperial court is very high, seven taxes and one, and they propose fifteen taxes and one, in fact, they may want ten taxes and one." ”

"Ten taxes and one, this, the court can talk about it, ten taxes and one is not good, just eight taxes and one nine, why do you make it like a war. Liu Han was very puzzled: "If they break up in one shot and two and provoke the imperial court, and the imperial court strengthens the anti-smuggling efforts, won't their losses be even greater? ”

"Actually, according to my observation, seven taxes and one is not unacceptable, but in other aspects, their requirements are relatively high," the mask man did not say anything specifically, but sighed: "Anyway, the two sides are deadlocked, and I see it difficult." ”

Liu Han smiled and poured water on the masked man: "Let's eat our own tea, don't go to this muddy water, let's watch the show." ”

The masked man shook his head: "Brother Liu is wrong, in my opinion, this is an opportunity." ”

"I want to hear about it. Liu Han said casually.

"The court and the gate valve are deadlocked, and the two of us will join forces to take Yangzhou Guantian, and make a lot of money by using the new salt method. The masked man said.

Liu Han held the teacup, thought about it, and shook his head: "Brother Zhang, there is a big hidden worry here, Brother Zhang, if we take Guantian, Lu Yu Zhang, what will they think? If they are angry, reconcile with the imperial court, turn their hands, and suppress us, Brother Zhang, they have been operating in Jiangnan for hundreds of years and have deep roots, once we clash with them, I am afraid they will not be opponents!"

"Brother Liu can compete with the Jizhou King Xu Tian Zhu family, how can he be so scruple about Jiangnan Lu Yu Zhang?" asked the masked man.

"I have scruples about all the gate valve families," Liu Han said very seriously: "Compared with them, I am just an upstart, Brother Zhang, the most terrifying thing about these gate valve families is that you don't know at all, how much power is available to him, if it is a last resort, I will not fight against them, although Cao Yun can make money, but without Cao Yun, I can still make money." ”

"Oh, as a last resort, Brother Liu?" asked the masked man curiously.

Liu Han smiled bitterly, did not answer, picked up the teacup and pretended to cover up, the masked man always looked at him, for a long time, and sighed softly: "It turns out that the palace is interfering." ”

Liu Han didn't answer, neither denying nor admitting it, and the mask man asked with concern: "In the past, I had some friendship with the Jizhou Wang family, do you want me to make peace for you?"

Liu Han was slightly surprised, and then thought about it and said: "It's for Brother Zhang to bother, but you can give them my conditions first, Cao Yun, I won't let go, and I don't dare to let go, but I can accept the agreement that Xiao Yu reached with them." ”

The Cao Gang withdrew from Pengcheng and gave up the Cao Yun north of Pengcheng, the most important of which was Pengcheng to the imperial capital, followed by Qingzhou to the imperial capital, and then north of the Yellow River to Youzhou. But the third section, north of the Yellow River to Youzhou, has always been controlled by the Jizhou region, even when the Cao Gang was at its most prosperous, it did not fully control this waterway, but shared this waterway with the Jizhou region.

In order to smoothly control the waterway south of the Yellow River to the imperial capital, Xiao Yu specially went north to negotiate with the Jizhou forces, and finally gave up this waterway and handed it over to the local gangs in Jizhou, which was actually handed over to the Xu family in Jizhou.

Liu Han's meaning is very clear, I don't want the waterways north of the Yellow River, but the waterways south of the Yellow River, I don't dare to give!

A hint of joy flashed in the masked man's eyes, and this hint of joy flashed, and in his opinion, Liu Han's attitude was somewhat relaxed.

"Brother Zhang, why don't you find a gate valve or merchant to cooperate with in Yangzhou, but you want to come to the imperial capital?" Liu Han asked again.

The masked man said: "It's very simple, they are all frightened by the family of Lu Yuzhang and other gate valves, and they will not come forward until Lu Yuzhang and other gate lords reach an agreement with the imperial court." ”

"That's exactly what I'm worried about. Liu Han said: "Now this negotiation, let's be regarded as a negotiation, it is more than patience, if we break in recklessly and break the deadlock, it will inevitably arouse the anger of Yangzhou, and we will bear all the pressure of Yangzhou, Brother Zhang, now is not the time." ”

The masked man shook his head slightly: "Brother Liu is too worried, in fact, Yangzhou merchants have also wanted to get involved in salt all these years, these years, they have been suppressed by the gate valve family, dare to be angry and dare not speak, hoping that there will be an outside force to break the blockade of the gate valve family." ”

"But this foreign force must be strong enough," Liu Han shook his head and said: "Brother Zhang, you overestimate my strength, and you may even overestimate the strength of your fang, besides, how much power can your fang send to Yangzhou?"

The masked man was silent, and Liu Han pointed out a crucial question, the two of them may not be the opponents of those local snakes in Yangzhou, and what Liu Han didn't say clearly is that the power of the Hanhai Trading Company will be mainly in the imperial capital, and it is impossible to send many people to Yangzhou.

The mask man knew in his heart that just as the main force of Hanhai Trading Company was in the north, the power of the Hundred Workshops was mainly in the south, but it was distributed in several states in the south, and with the principle of the Hundred Workshops, it was impossible for the Hundred Workshops to come forward by themselves, and it was for Liu Han to come forward.

Therefore, once the plan unfolds and causes the anger of Lu Yuzhang and other gate valve families, Liu Han will bear all their anger.

I'm afraid this is the real reason why Liu Han is unwilling.

The masked man complained bitterly, knowing that he had miscalculated a move.