Chapter 44 Huai Zuo Mingdu

Isn't it a joke that a poor man is thinking about eating a big meal?

It costs money to equip these weapons. Moreover, if you want a large amount of equipment, you need a lot of silver. If you don't have money, you can't do anything.

There are already workers in the base. The daily expenses are a large amount of money. Although there is no need to worry about food, if you don't give them money at the end of this month, it will greatly affect your reputation. It is also very stressful to be a contractor, and you have to be responsible for a group of people under your opponents.

"So, the most important thing for us now is to pave the way for our refined salt business to quickly become bigger, stronger, occupy the market, and earn a lot of money." Zhang Yang said.

One of the very important purposes of coming to Yangzhou this time is to find a large number of buyers of refined salt in Yangzhou City. With the scale of their own refined salt purification, the area near Gaoyou will soon be saturated. After all, there are so many large households who can afford refined salt. If you have one more way to sell your refined salt, you will have one more way to make money. The channel.

Zhang Yang raised his head and looked at the distant sky.

This time I went to Yangzhou. Since Zhang Yang became Zhang Jiusi, this is the first time to transport salt to such a far place.

Yangzhou, the famous capital of Huaizuo, is a metropolis in the south of the Yangtze River. Naturally, it is not Xinghua, Gaoyou, Taizhou and other small places that can be compared. Throughout the country, I'm afraid it is more prosperous than most cities. Just because this is a hub of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and the crisscrossing waterways make it a transportation hub. Since the establishment of the Lianghuai Salt Transport Division in Yangzhou, Yangzhou has become more lively. Salt merchants from south to north have gathered here. The salt production here accounts for one-third of the whole Yuan Dynasty, and the salt revenue accounts for more than 20% of the annual revenue of the whole Yuan Dynasty, which is one of the main fiscal revenue of the Yuan Dynasty.

Moreover, there have been many beautiful women in the south of the Yangtze River since ancient times, and Yangzhou is a fireworks woman, the favorite place for romantic people. There is a saying that life only loves to live in Yangzhou, and the shore is full of spring. I picked the flowers in the garden and dressed up, and the green water and red skirt by the pool.

It is getting closer and closer to Yangzhou, and there are more and more boats on the river. Most of them are salt boats. Occasionally, there are patrol boats from the Lianghuai Salt Transport Department to shuttle back and forth on the river. Their main responsibility is to randomly check these salt boats to see if there are any illegal carry private salt. As long as it is found, it is not on the right place, it must also be He has been in prison for several years.

Since ancient times, salt has been an official monopoly, which began in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Salt is a necessity in life. You can skip meat and drink alcohol, but you must not skip salt. In order to maintain your own interests, every dynasty strictly deals with the sale of private salt.

But there are still people doing it, and the profit is too rich. The sea water is there. If you don't boil it, you can't be starved to death by secretly boiling some sea salt.

It is said that fireworks will go down to Yangzhou in March. At that time, the scenery of Yangzhou must be beautiful. Although it is now midsummer, the peach blossoms have faded to spring red, and it is too hurried, but it is still green mountains and green water, blue waves ripples, the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, the unique hometown of gentleness.

Both sides are full of lush willow trees, with thousands of green silk hanging down, a vivid scene. A tall pagoda stands in the distance, and the pointed spire pierces the sky.

Close to Yangzhou City, there are countless pavilions and painting buildings on both sides, and occasionally accompanied by the elegant singing of guzheng.

The green mountains are hidden from the water, and the grass in the south of the Yangtze River has not withered at the end of autumn. On the bright moon night of the twenty-four bridges, where does the jade man teach to play the flute?

This is the perfect place for brothel since ancient times. There are countless courtyards, large and small. How many talented and nobles are swaying in the gentle countryside and singing at night. Although there is turmoil everywhere, it does not disturb the wind and snow of celebrities.

This is the gold-selling cave of the rich young master. You don't see the painting drum Qing Xiao's estimating the guest boat, Zhu Gan Cui Man Restaurant Building. The high houses in the west of the city are like scales, and it is still the first state of Huainan.

Zhang Yang was watching, and suddenly his eyes lit up: a gorgeously carved pavilion boat came slowly.

The bow of the boat is tall, the building is luxurious, and the red paint is covered with pink flower curtains.

Although I can't see inside, I can hear a melodious song:

"Huai Zuo's famous capital, Zhuxi is a good place, and the saddle is not stationed in the first journey. After ten miles of spring breeze, all the wheat is green. Since Hu Ma peeped at the river, the abandoned pond trees are still tired of talking about soldiers. At dusk, the corners are blowing cold, and they are all in the empty city.

Du Langjun's reward, now, is so serious that he is shocked. In the word work of cardamom, the brothel dream is good, and it is difficult to be affectionate. The twenty-four bridges are still there, and the cold moon is silent. Read the red medicine by the bridge, and you will know who to be born every year.

The voice is as melodious as a hole, with the unique weakness of the female surname in the south of the Yangtze River, euphemistic and uplifting, like a Taoist cloud; the sound quality is clear, empty and beautiful, which makes Zhang Yang's infinite reverie.

Rich people can really enjoy it. It's just like modern rich people, driving a yacht and taking a group of beautiful women in bikinis to the sea to enjoy.

The two boats passed by, and Zhang Yang looked hard. He saw a group of girls dancing in it, dancing like clouds and water. The song just now should not be an oratorio, but a song and dance life.

The painting building flies south and strokes the clouds, and the pearl curtain rolls the west mountain rain at dusk. Life must be full of joy, don't make the golden bottle empty to the moon!

For a moment, Zhang Yang seemed to have an illusion that he was not a low-level salt transporter, but the man sitting on the ship who was drinking, tasting wine while admiring the singing and dancing of the beautiful woman. At this point in life, there is no need for it!

The depressed Jianghu carries wine, and the waist is slender and light in the palms. Ten years of Yangzhou dream, win the name of the brothel!

"Brother, we are about to dock." A voice pulled Zhang Yang back to reality.

Zhang Yang turned his head and took a look. It was Shixin, the fourth brother. His clever eyes have scanned the river bank many times.

The dock not far ahead is full of dense boats, and the sails have already been lowered, but on most of the boats, there is still a small flag at the top of the mast. Although the words on the flag can't be seen clearly, it goes without saying, it must be the word "salt". The sign of the salt boat is too obvious.

"Well, I see. Tell everyone to prepare for landing." Zhang Yang said.

It is relatively simple to transport salt this time. You only need to transport it to the salt warehouse of the salt merchant and deliver the salt. Even if it is completed, as for where the salt merchant will transport it, it will have its own salt ship.

For the convenience of salt transportation, salt merchants have salt warehouses on the banks of the river outside Dongguan City, Yangzhou, which is convenient for salt transportation.

In Yangzhou City, salt merchants are a special group, because the government has set up a salt transport envoy for the two Huai salt transportation department. This is the concentration of official salt sales in the whole Jiangnan coastal salt site. The salt in Anhui, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi and other places is transferred through here. The salt merchants buy Selling salt has become a special group in the whole society.

The big salt merchants are all in collusion with the government. It can even be said that they are the representatives of noble officials. They can buy a large amount of salt and traffic a large amount of official salt. Each salt can be consumed more. 400 catties of official salt can be turned into 700 catties.

Yangzhou salt merchant, elegant and vulgar. Confucianism is also a businessman.