Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 84
Liangshan Boli is not without Wu Yong's acquaintance, such as the three heroes of the Ruan family, Keke all call Wu Yong Mr. Wu Yong.

But unfortunately, none of the three Ruan heroes are here today.One of them went to the west, and the other two went to the east.

When the officers and soldiers conquered Liangshan, they captured many local ships and turned them into ashes in the sea of ​​fire.Now that the population of Liangshanbo has suddenly increased several times, this ship seems inappropriate.

Yes, Liangshan can also make some small boats, but the cottage is only a few years old. Although there are many timbers on Liangshan, they must not be dried in the shade, nor can they be used for shipbuilding.If it is made of wet wood, not only the hull will be heavy, but the buoyancy will drop sharply, and the life span will also be greatly reduced.Lu Qian sent the Ruan brothers to other counties to buy some existing ships for use.

"The student has no plans. How dare I ask Marquis Yu how to deal with it?" Wu Yong still had two wits. He knew that now was not the time to get to the bottom of things, so he just expressed the doubts in his heart.

Lu Qian laughed, and invited everyone to sit down in the gathering hall, and then said: "Let these people be of the same heart as my brother. In my opinion, we need to start from both the soft and the hard. The hard part is to stab the face. Let’s write down the words, and there is no room for them to disobey.” According to the values ​​of later generations, this is an act of humiliation, but in the current time and space, it is still 'used to'.

"The weak points are not to bully others and to ease each other's emotions; to provide good meals and treat them as much as possible, so that they can satisfy their appetites and attract the covetousness of this generation; and then promise to pay five dollars into the group and send someone to send them home. You get a lot of points, and if you gain the trust of their family, you will be able to convince others." This kind of thing does not need to be done all in a short time, it has to be done one by one, as long as the actions of the copycat are seen by everyone, Let them believe that the cottage did not break its promise, that's fine.

"The officers and soldiers were so defeated. What we were looking at were the lieutenant generals and the officers and soldiers. What do the soldiers below have to do?" If an officer surrenders to a thief, he can still pursue his family members and implicate the family.What about the soldiers?Do you know that the law does not punish the public?
"There are 700 people in the Jeju Forbidden Army, and no less than [-] people have surrendered. Nearly half of them have their families in Tokyo, and some are in Yingtianfu..." The government could not pursue them at all.As long as Lu Qian can guarantee the money and food for the village and the monthly payment is adequate, even if these people are unwilling in their hearts, they will give up as time goes by.

"That's right, the Heavenly King gave a great gift today, so Lu can only accept it brazenly."

Lu Qian smiled and explained to Chao Gai that Liangshan Village was very short of money at the moment, and then told Wu Yong to stop worrying.

"However, although this kind of action can bring people back, it is too long and wasteful. We still need to use the method of complaining to point the finger at the corrupt officials, local tyrants and evil gentry. Only in this way can the brothers be connected. It will only take more than a month. I believe that people's hearts will naturally An." Lu Qian introduced the so-called Dafa of complaining to Chao Gai and Wu Yong, and then said the words that united the people of the village that day, which made Chao Gai burst into applause.

"Listening to the words of Marquis Yu, Chao Gai's heart felt happy. There are all true heroes on Liangshan Mountain, and they really deserve to 'do justice for heaven, eliminate violence and bring peace to the good'!"

Lu Qian waved his hand, "Today the world is dull, the court is dark, and the world is dark. Lu Qian has no aspirations and no talents. I can only write these eight characters to express my heart and wake up." These words are very interesting. It suits Chao Gai's appetite.In the original book, Chao Gai would not let innocent people be killed indiscriminately. The three heroes of the Ruan family went down the mountain to rob the road. Hearing that they had never killed anyone, the merchant gang was frightened by San Ruan's momentum, and they all left their cars and luggage and fled for their lives. They were overjoyed and said: "We are being sent to the stronghold, so we must not harm others."

Although it is quite ridiculous to look at the value of future generations, does the merchant gang's property deserve to be robbed?But in the green forest of the Water Margin world, such an act already stands out from the crowd, like a white crow emerging from the darkness of the world.

At noon, Lu Qian hosted a banquet in Duanjin Pavilion to entertain Chao Gai and his party.There are no chefs on the mountain. Just like a banquet, you just serve some cooked meat, stewed fish, stewed chicken, etc., plus some fruits and vegetables, wine, and that's it.

But as soon as Chao Gai entered the table, his eyes were fixed on the table, and he was reluctant to leave.Wu Yong on the side also gasped!
But there was a big bucket on the table in the Duanjin Pavilion, which was filled with snow-white refined salt.

There is also a small plate on each seat, which is half full of refined salt, another small bowl, which is filled with onion, ginger, garlic paste, and the last dish of soy sauce and vinegar.But there were large pieces of cooked beef, mutton, and pork on the table. If someone found it tasteless, they could just cut the meat and eat it with condiments.Lu Qian said with a smile before that this was an anecdote he heard from an old soldier in Bianjing. The barbarians on the northern grasslands ate like this, which was very similar to eating large pieces of meat.

But Chao Gai has already realized something, maybe there are mysteries in this banquet.

"Haha, the king of heaven is really happy. I don't pretend to be so. The king of heaven, how about Duxue salt? Comparable to the high-quality refined salt that rich people eat?" In fact, in Lu Qian's eyes, the current snowflake salt far inferior to future generations.

Chao Gai had calmed down at this moment, "Marquis Yu, please tell me frankly."

"This matter is simple to say. Lu has learned a wonderful method in his early years. He can make five taels of snow salt from a catty of coarse salt. Although it is expensive, it is acceptable. Today I am willing to cooperate with the king of heaven and sell it at five times the price of ordinary salt. Heavenly King, how the Heavenly King will deal with it from now on is not up to me in Liangshan."

In order to win people's hearts, Lu Qian also needs to recruit refugees and poor families from outside, and then train them rigorously. He even needs to build weapons, armor, warships, bows and crossbows. This is a huge expense in terms of money and food.

He must have had a hand in this private business.

But he did not compete with Chao Gai for business. Chao Gai's original business was only low-grade coarse salt, although the quantity was large.However, Lu Qian set his sights on high-grade refined salt, which would benefit him even more, but it would not have any conflict of interest with Chao Gai.

Nowadays, there is no less than 25 Wen per catty of official salt in various places, but private salt only costs ten Wen per catty, and the quality is much better than that of official salt.Even if there are sand and stones in it, it is far from the madness of the official salt.

But the best refined salt, such as the top-grade pool salt, or the green salt from Xiqiang, costs more than [-] yuan per catty.

Lu Qian bought rough salt from Chao Gai at a price of five or six yuan per catty. This is wholesale, and naturally it is not compared to the retail price of ordinary people.And the cost is far from what he said, excluding labor and firewood, ten catties of coarse salt can produce seven or eight catties of snowflake salt.Then sell it to Chao Gai at a price of fifty renminbi a catty. Chao Gai may not be able to sell this snowflake salt for more than a hundred renminbi a catty, but a hundred ten renminbi a catty, or a small hundred renminbi a catty, is not difficult.

Because there were many wealthy families in the Song Dynasty. They were not short of money, but they were short of interesting goods.

Whether it's the finest pool salt or green salt from Xiqiang, it's all valuable.This snowflake salt is salty but not bitter in the mouth. It tastes very good and looks great. This is the first-class refined salt.

Chao Gai agreed without thinking.This kind of high-grade salt with white color and good taste, not to mention being transported east to Bianjing, even if it is sent south to Suzhou, Hangzhou, Yangzhou, Jiankang and other places, the supply is in short supply.

"Such goodness. Heavenly King, please fill this cup."

"Please."

During the whole process, Chao Gai didn't mention Wang Lun, and Lu Qian didn't mention Wang Lun, just like neither of them mentioned Song Jiang, they knew each other well.Song Jiang's tricks in the previous matter could not be hidden from Lu Qian and others, and he would not hide it from Chao Gai.Otherwise, today's five big boats and heavy gifts cannot be prepared by Chao Gai in just a few days.

Lu Qian also didn't tell Chao Gai about the sugar, maybe Chao Gai would think of something when he saw the white sugar suddenly appearing on the market.But eggs can't be put in one basket. Lu Qian's impression of Chao Gai is very high, but it's not enough for him to entrust everything.

These two lines are the main sources of money Lu Qian needs for early training and farming. When he is unable to formally challenge the Zhao Song family, or goes to the Japanese country to mine gold and silver mountains, Lu Qian must firmly grasp the financial path. .

Well, that's what he thinks right now.

(End of this chapter)