Daming talker

Chapter 321 Lin’s Salt Industry

On the third day after the Mid-Autumn Festival, all the court officials imprisoned in Shuicicang were released, including the five Western merchants.

Under the guidance of Lin Daguan, these Western businessmen all realized the "kindness" of Wang Yuanwai who sacrificed himself to save others, and then they could escape.

Looking at the empty gallery, Zhao Dawu, the Deputy Qianhu of Suzhou Guards, felt a little uncomfortable.

Then he asked Lin Tailai: "The officers and soldiers outside have withdrawn, and all the arrested people have been released. Are you going to go out for a walk, sir?"

Although Lin Daguan was bored, he had no idea of ​​going out. After all, safety came first when traveling in the world.

He only replied: "Before the imperial edict is issued, it is not safe outside. It is more safe to hide in Shuici Cang."

The imperial edict is equivalent to the final judgment. Before the final judgment is issued, there is the possibility of variables.

At least Lin Daguan is not absolutely "innocent" now, and the possibility of others taking special measures cannot be ruled out.

Official Lin can raid the governor to gain the initiative, and others can follow suit.

As a result, Zhao Dawu had a more three-dimensional understanding of Lin Daguan, who was suddenly overly steady.

But Lin Daguan's refusal to go out in Shuicicang does not mean that he knows nothing about the situation outside, nor does it mean that others will not come to him.

For example, Commander Wan of the Yangzhou Guard has been running very diligently to Shuicicang in the past few days, and often stays overnight without returning.

Official Lin said a little annoyed: "Don't you know how to avoid suspicion?"

Commander Wan shouted: "I mainly want to avoid danger, not to avoid suspicion!"

Official Lin asked again: "What danger are you in? Who can do anything to you?"

Commander Wan replied: "Governor Yang has left Yangzhou and returned to Huai'an, but Inspector Ma is still in Yangzhou City and refuses to leave!
Do you think I can feel safe in Yangzhou City?It would be troublesome if Ma Xun found a reason to punish him!

It would be better to stay in Shuicicang, at least Ma Xunjian would not dare to come here. "

Official Lin frowned and said, "Is this Ma Xun still determined to give up?"

Commander Wan analyzed: "In my opinion, Ma Xunjian does not think that he has made a big mistake, and the court generally does not place heavy responsibility on the censorship for the sake of military attachés.

Therefore, Ma Xunjian must be taking chances, and now he is holding back and waiting for the opportunity. "

The main reason is that Lin Tailai is too far away from the court and cannot directly perform micro-management operations.Therefore, he is not sure how the court will ultimately "deliver a verdict", so now he can only wait for the result.

In addition to Commander Wan, the Suzhou Guardsmen and troops who had previously been unable to cross the river also arrived at Shuicicang.

When Lin Daguan's people brought out 900 people from Suzhou, only 200 people crossed the river illegally, and the remaining 700 people continued to serve as cover on the south bank.

Now that the governor was defeated and retreated back to Huai'an, Guazhou Ferry would naturally no longer block Suzhou guards from crossing the river.

In addition to 900 "housekeepers" among the 300 people, 500 were from the Cang Army who were scheduled to garrison Shuicicang, and [-] were from the Cao Army who were transporting grain.

After these [-] Cao troops sent this batch of tens of thousands of grains of grain into the water warehouse, Suzhou Guard's water transportation mission this year will be completed.

Then these Cao troops stayed in Yangzhou temporarily, waiting for the white goods from Lin's Salt Industry to be loaded on the ship, and then transported back to Suzhou City.

It is estimated that the total of normal salt and "surplus salt" this time can transport almost 50 jins back to Suzhou, and the average of [-] Cao soldiers is [-] jins.

The salt payment certificate of Yangzhou Lin's Salt Industry mainly comes from the [-] salt coins "rented" from Zheng Zhiyan and Zheng Yuanwai, and several hundred salt coins from Wu Sangui's grandparents.

Based on the calculation of 150 kilograms of salt per year, 300 million kilograms of normal salt can be withdrawn every year.According to the official regulations that every kilogram of normal salt can be mixed with one kilogram of surplus salt, Yangzhou Lin's Salt Industry can theoretically withdraw a total of [-] million kilograms of legal salt every year.

As for the actual number, it is at least 500 million catties.This is the current business scale of Yangzhou Lin's Salt Industry, accounting for one percent of the Yangzhou Salt Industry market share.

Naturally, Lin Daguan did not have the time or energy to handle such a business directly, so he appointed local talents Lu Junbi and Wu Sangui's grandparents as shopkeepers and responsible for the operation of the salt industry.

It would be fine if Lin Daguan was not in Yangzhou. Shopkeepers such as Lu Xiucai and the Wu family could make their own decisions.

Nowadays, Lin Daguanren, a big boss, is in Yangzhou, and business happens to happen again. The shopkeepers should come over to report the situation.

So Lu Junbi and the Wu Tian family came to Shuicicang to meet Lin Daguan.

After listening to the report, Lin Daguan was quite satisfied and said with some encouragement: "Very good! You continue to work hard. In the foreseeable future, there will be more salt for you."

However, Lu Junbi was not happy when he heard "more salt imports", and said a little worriedly: "Currently, our salt products are enough to saturate the city of Suzhou.

If more salt comes, where else can it be shipped?

At present, the salt area has been divided long ago. If there is only salt and no place to sell it, it will not be of much use. "

Lin Daguan revealed a little bit about the situation: "I am discussing the business of trafficking [-] kilos of rice to Suzhou with the Yuan family, a Huguang grain merchant.

If the negotiation is successful, we can naturally cooperate with them in the salt industry.

For example, when their grain ships returned, they took our salt cargo with them and returned to Huguang for sale. "

Of course, the situation is more than that simple. The main reason is that Lin Daguan still thinks that if the salt can be directly exchanged for food, wouldn't it be equivalent to saving money?

After talking about business for a while, Lin Daguan resumed his duties as a leader of the community and asked suspiciously: "Why didn't Wu Deng come over?"

Wu Deng is Wu Tian's husband and Wu Sangui's grandfather.

Lu Junbi explained: "He is busy supplying salt in the salt field and can't spare time for a while. After all, there are [-] Cao troops still here waiting to transport goods."

Lin Daguan said very sensitively: "Is this Wu Deng unwilling to see me?"

How can there be a reason for the shopkeeper to hide from his boss when the big boss comes?
Lu Junbi was speechless. How should he answer this question?Lin Zuoguan, don’t you have something in mind?
Half a year ago, the Wu family was framed by Zheng Zhiyan. When Wu Tian took the risk and asked you, Lin Zuiguan, for help, you, Lin Zuiguan, did not avoid suspicion at all, and even went into the house to talk at night.

In the end, he helped the Wu family, so it was inevitable that some gossip would spread.

No matter which husband you choose, Lin Sitting in front of you will still be embarrassed, not to mention that Wu Deng is still very thoughtful.

Official Lin was not a fool. He naturally guessed what the problem was and asked, "Then why do you want to come here, Wu Tian?"

While the husband was feeling uneasy, his wife didn't know how to avoid suspicion, which made Lin Daguan find something suspicious.

Wu Tianshi knelt on the ground with a bang, and said to Lin Tai: "My husband has made a big mistake, please forgive me!"

Lin Tailai did not continue to question Wu Tianshi, but said to Lu Junbi: "Do you know what Wu Tianshi wants to say?"

Lu Junbi looked confused. He really didn't understand what happened.

　My brain is a mess. I will continue to supplement it when I wake up tomorrow. I don’t know when this depression will end.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)