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Chapter 100 4.7 The Xue Family Arranges to Cannibalize the World
Chapter 4

4.7 Arrangement by the Xue family, cannibalism

Throughout the feudal history of China, the "salt and iron franchise" has always been throughout, and none of the past dynasties can solve the salt problem of the people all over the world. When it is really solved, it is already the red era.

This is mainly because there has been no substantial improvement in the methods of obtaining salt goods in successive dynasties. Although there are many sources, such as sea salt, pool salt, lake salt, well salt and even mine salt, etc., they still cannot meet the needs.

More importantly, the largest method of obtaining sea salt in the entire feudal era was the most backward "salt cooking" technology from beginning to end, which required high consumption and labor intensity, and the output was still poor.

It is not that China did not develop the technology of "sun-drying salt" in history, but because the method was backward, although the consumption was reduced, the output was not as good as "cooking salt", so it never became the mainstream, and it remained so until the end of Qing Dynasty.

The salt drying technology that Wei Xu obtained from the world of "Biochemical" is not substantially different from that used by other countries in reality, but there is a problem, that is, the modern salt drying technology must be mechanized, which was impossible in the Dashun Dynasty.

Then we can only test step by step, verify again and again, and finally change the advanced mechanized salt drying to human and animal power assistance, and we have to endure the reduction in efficiency. The most important thing is to increase the output and reduce the cost.

But these are still at the pure theoretical stage. Wei Xu has never experimented, and he can't find a place to experiment, but now he can only treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor.

"What you said is true?" Niu Jixun's face changed instantly, but he knew very well that even if he just won the current Xuejiayan Road, he would be able to guarantee the four kings, eight gongs and twelve families a yearly dividend of no less than ten thousand taels .

As far as the current situation is concerned, such income is enough to ensure that Wei Xu will continue to maintain his current position and the possibility of further growth in the future, not to mention the so-called "cost reduction of [-]%" just now.

On the contrary, Niu Jixun never considered failure on how to get Xue's family to hand over the salt road. As long as the Xungui Group is willing to provide shelter for Xue's family, it's fine for Mrs. Xue to pay for it herself.

"I have two Western bachelors in my hand. Uncle Niu must have known about this. The two of them brought a lot of Western technology. For example, my nephew made a lot of gadgets when he was in the capital.

There is only information about the sun-drying salt technology, and it has not undergone any experiments. The specific results are unknown, but based on my understanding of these two people, it should be no problem.

Another point is that these two Westerners originally came to the Dashun Dynasty to preach, but they fell down because the boat capsized. I saved their lives and let them live until now.

When they took refuge in me, the two of them said a few things in order to show their value, and several of them have been verified, and the sun-salt technique must be true. Wei Xu kicked the question to "import".

"That's good. I'll help you get in touch with the Xue family, but you have to solve the specific matters by yourself. It's not difficult to think about it." Niu Jixun readily agreed.

"Uncle Niu, in this case, I need some manpower support, because Xue's branches in various places are out of control, and we need to send people to take them down again.

Besides, there are quite a few people in Jinling City who want to take advantage of the Xue family. This needs to be arranged by Uncle Niu, especially as I heard that there are also many people in the Xue family who are dishonest.

Since these people have the guts to mess around, they must be prepared to die. My nephew will take care of this, but the problems behind them also need to be arranged by Uncle Niu. "Wei Xu made the request directly.

"No problem, just do as you said!" Niu Jizong nodded, "After the discussion with you is over, I will notify each family to arrange people to sort it out."

This sentence can also be interpreted as "Which family is sorted out, that is the territory of that family." It does not mean that they directly occupy the branch of Xue's family, but that they will also gain benefits through this branch in the future.

For example, the Xue family's branch in Jiujiang is mainly engaged in the grain business. If the Niu family sorts out here, they will also send people to station there.

In the future, when it comes to the season of grain purchases, the Niu family will also use part of the funds to operate through the Xue family's business network, purchase part by themselves, and then complete the transportation and sales in the same way.

These nominally do not affect the Xue family's business, how could they have no effect in reality?This is still good, because the Xue family must make appropriate offerings to each family every year, and according to the rules, it is generally four or six.

That is to say, the Xue family takes out [-]% of the profits every year and hands them over to the Xungui Group unconditionally. As for how they distribute it internally, the Xue family has no right to ask.

Do you think it's too much, like the famous "Then I won't be a beggar on my knees"?
Unfortunately, according to the standards of this era, this is already 12 points of conscience, because after Xue Xun's death, Mrs. Xue and Xue Tu visited the big families in Jinling countless times, hoping that they would accept them.

It's a pity that these big families who eat people and don't spit out their bones have no idea of ​​"legal money". Their plan is to gradually oppress, eventually completely crush the Xue family, and then swallow them all.

In the original book, Aunt Xue later abandoned her ancestral property and foundation, and took her children to live in Jia’s mansion.

Under the cruel rules of "upper and lower rank" in the feudal society, merchants were just the last class. Even the so-called "imperial merchants" were nothing more than white gloves in the eyes of big families and nobles.

In a similar situation, the so-called "Eight Great Salt Merchants" in Yangzhou have changed several times when the Dashun Dynasty was only a hundred years old. Only one of the first batch of the founding of the country is still there today.

The so-called "Guangdong Thirteen Trades", which are so famous all over the world, are actually the white gloves of each family. No one knows which family belongs to whom, but they have always kept a low profile, which has survived until now.

The Xue family was originally the family in charge of finance among the so-called "Four Families of Jinling". The second house of the Xue family actually took over the maritime trade business of the Wang family.

"Uncle Niu, if this happens, my nephew will have to visit various houses a few years ago. I'm afraid I won't have time to deal with the situation of the Xue family. How about doing it next year?" Wei Xu also wanted to think about the specific plan.

"No problem, we have plenty of time." Niu Jizong smiled slightly. He actually didn't care whether the Xue family's affairs could be successful, because he was also a member of the big family who planned to swallow the Xue family.

The rest of the time was of course the normal procedure of "visiting relatives". Wei Xu had a cordial and friendly chat with the Niu family's children, and Qin Keqing, who came together, chatted sweetly with the Niu family members in the backyard.

Then there was a rich but unsatisfactory lunch, and continued to chat in the afternoon. In the end, the two parties separated in a very friendly atmosphere, and agreed that the two families would often move around in the future.

What's interesting is that Niu Jixun did not introduce the family members of the Niu family to Wei Xu, which means that his positioning of Wei Xu is "friendship", not a further "good family relationship".

By the way, when Wei Xu was in the capital, although all the families sounded very friendly, only Jia Amnesty ordered Jia Lian to introduce the family members of Jia's family, that is to say, the "good family" treatment was confirmed.

This is also the reason why Wei Xu was closest to Jia She and Jia Lian. Even though Wei Xu almost saved the Liu family and the Niu family at the beginning, these two families only allowed their children to befriend Wei Xu.

As a soul who came here from the modern society for unknown reasons, Wei Xu feels extremely disgusted by these things-disgusting!
"This kind of world is really damned!" Wei Xu finally said with a wry smile after returning home and describing the experience of the day with Qin Keqing and Shi Xiangyun.

"Brother Xu, we don't have the ability to do anything right now. We can only go with the flow and endure whatever we think." Shi Xiangyun, who has been with Wei Xu for many years, has been instilled with a lot of knowledge by Yu Pei, and his ideas tend to be modern, said softly.

"But, husband, hasn't the way of the world always been like this?" Qin Keqing showed a completely incomprehensible blank look, "As the so-called 'scholar, farmer, businessman', high and low, it has always been the same since ancient times?"

Wei Xu and Shi Xiangyun glanced at each other and didn't intend to continue. This is probably the so-called "three views disagreement". No matter what you say, it's useless, and you can only change it slowly in the future.

It doesn't matter, next time there is a story that can be traversed, if the conditions are right, bring her along, and help her wash away the feudal dross in her mind.

"Brother Xu, I had to continue walking with various families a year ago, and now I have some sympathy for you." Shi Xiangyun showed a distressed look, "It's a pity that we can only continue like this."

"Forget it, let's talk about the future. We must settle down now to ensure that these sufferings will not fall on us." Wei Xu shook his head and gave up those temporary unrealistic thoughts.

"I'll go and arrange tomorrow's ceremony first. We should go to Nanzong Liu's house in Li Guogong's mansion, right?" There is also a fixed number of which family will give what level of ceremony, and this is also Qin Keqing's responsibility.

"Well, thank you for your hard work, Ke'er." Wei Xu smiled, embraced his lover and kissed him lightly, "I will continue to socialize with them tomorrow."

"Husband, I don't mind!" Qin Keqing smiled charmingly, turned around and left the room.

(End of this chapter)