For the yamen of the governor and the envoy, this is completely an alliance under the city.

Even the carriages and horses were prepared by the salt merchants themselves. In other words, the salt-harvesting person only needed to bring the salt into the salt farm, so that the salt could be packed and shipped out and sold.

A transaction can make a profit of a few percent.

Even the price was not negotiated, which means that Chen Xi would do whatever it was. Anyway, the price of salt would be distributed to the final salt price and would be bought by ordinary people.

"good!"

Chen Xi nodded with satisfaction, "I am ready to set off to head north. Since that's the case, I'll go back and pack my luggage again... As for the matter of summoning troops to suppress the enemy, it starts from Guangzhou Prefecture. Dear colleagues, please go back."

There was no need to give Chen Xi an order to expel the guest. Zhang Yuanying and others did not want to stay for a moment, but Chen Xi just agreed verbally, and they still needed to be polite to prevent Chen Xi from remorse.

After the people left, the quietness in the lobby of the official post was restored. Tang Yin came into the house and complained: "Shen Zhongcheng, since we already have Folang Ji people providing a large amount of sea salt, why do we still have to join the dirty officials? It is not much better to go to Fuzhou City than stay here?"

Chen Xi looked at Tang Yin and asked, "Is Fuzhou really safer than Guangzhou?"

Tang Yin was stopped.

Fuzhou City seems to be under control, but the land that was once Shang Yingkui and Zi Qian must have had their remnants. The Fujian Commander Chang Lan did not obey Chen Xiyan like the Guangdong Commander Li Che.

Staying in Guangzhou Prefecture is just fighting with civil servants. No matter how many conspiracies are, these civil servants have no military power and will not move. However, when they arrive in Fuzhou City, they must be careful of being attacked even when they go out.

Tang Yin said stubbornly: "Then you can go to Quanzhou or elsewhere!"

"Maybe."

Chen Xi glanced at the corner and said, "Go back first and put down your luggage and place your car and horse."

Tang Yin asked, "Shen Zhongcheng, that salt ray..."

Chen Xidao: "What kind of salt induced? The salt induced has been sold out for two days. Could it be that you don't know? When doing a small batch of salt induced transactions with the people, a large merchant bought the salt induced from the back door. Now the backyard boxes are all empty. If you don't believe it, you can verify it yourself!"

Tang Yin, with shock, went to the backyard to check the box containing the salt quotation, and only then did he know what Chen Xi said was true.

Chen Xi not only deceived the people from the General Administration and the Censorate, but also his aide was kept in the dark.

The first two days of selling salt was attracted to the people. The front yard of the inn was extremely messy, and everyone was paying attention there. Who would pay attention to the movements in the back yard?

Tang Yin thought to himself: "Great, you can't count the sound of the east and the west, but you're still a series of tricks, one by one. Even I don't know that the salt ray is no longer in the inn."

After coming out of the warehouse, Tang Yin asked, "Shen Zhongcheng, what should I do now?"

Chen Xidao: "You personally bring 200 personal soldiers to the Yangcheng Commercial Hall in the west of the city, where salt will be sold soon... You are responsible for the protection. Any money you buy salt into the commercial hall must be taken care of and there must be no mistakes!"

The governor now compromises, and the next step is to let the salt merchants buy salt, which is actually to buy and sell salt, because in this transaction, the two are the same.

Tang Yin asked in confusion: "Are you afraid that those salt merchants will go to the salt field to capture the salt halfway, then go to the salt field to raise the salt, and then sue us for the crime of selling salt privately?"

Chen Xidao: "Everyone who buys and sells salt intakes has to eat the board, let alone openly rob them? The salt merchant will not be dissatisfied with his butt! The silver that simply sells salt has been obtained, so what are you doing? Even if someone is doing it randomly, there are only a few clowns, so there are naturally officers and soldiers to deal with them... You just need to keep the store in mind!"

Tang Yin has received a salary of thirty taels of silver now, and he feels that his life has a bright future.

When I had no money, I wanted to go back to Suzhou every day. Now I don’t have the money. I eat well by Shen Xi, and helping Chen Xi do things is a test of my mind, rich in knowledge, and fighting with the Sansi Yamen is really fun! Because of this, Tang Yin is more motivated.

When he returned to the back hall, Zhu Qi asked with a smile: "Master, you have not planned to leave since the beginning, are you?"

Chen Xi was writing a book and laughed at him, "How much salt can the Folang Ji people have? Do you really ask me to take the salt to the salt farms in Fujian and Zhejiang to bring salt? Not to mention whether there is any excess salt, even if there is, how much money is needed to handle all aspects? Maybe those old foxes are even more cunning than those in Guangdong's vassal and vassal yamen."

Zhu Qi said ashamed: "If the Guangdong Provincial Administration Commissioner is unmoved, then we will be in trouble."

Chen Xi moistened his pen and continued to write the memorial at hand, saying, "It's not a problem. The governor and the envoy are just trying to compete for profit. When we reach this point, the salt guide will come out of us. They can still get filial piety from the salt merchants. They just dare not take the risk to let me leave Guangzhou Prefecture."

Zhu Qi nodded and sighed softly: "But the people in Guangdong, Guangxi and southern Hunan... are miserable. The salt price this year may be expensive to the sky."

Chen Xi planned to ask Hui Niang and Li Jin to increase the original price of 2 taels and 6 qian of small salt to sell, plus the tax of 2 qian of silver, and the price of 200 qian of salt to 3 taels and 6 qian of salt, and the cost of 1 jin of salt was 18 cents.

If the salt merchants give filial piety to the government offices at all levels and the transportation cost to the sales place, the price of a pound of salt would be 245 cents or even higher, then the salt price in those days might be a little higher than usual.

Chen Xidao: "Some things are not as simple as you think. I said that if the people eat affordable salt, they will definitely do it. Let's see!"

Zhu Qi was very surprised.

Chen Xi has raised the cost of a pound of salt so high that it is almost impossible for people to eat less than 30 cents of salt.

In the late Hongzhi Dynasty, because the rules and regulations of the court gradually became corrupt, local governments had a lot of levies and miscellaneous taxes, and there were a lot of taxes and fees in the monopoly of salt, tea, iron, etc., and the cost of salt was not low. Zhu Qi thought to himself: "What will the master do to reduce the already expensive salt price?"

Chen Xi suddenly remembered something and raised his hand and said, "The salt merchants under house arrest in the wing room will be sent away together. We don't want the ransom."

Zhu Qi was stunned and nodded, "Yes, Master."

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Zhang Yuanying and Lin Tingxuan and others returned from the inn to the yamen of the governor's office, and they all looked dark... They were led by Chen Xi, how could they feel good? Especially for an old guy like Zhang Yuanying and Lin Tingxuan, who thought he was very cunning, he couldn't swallow his breath.

Lin Tingxuan said: "We are so anxious to settle the matter, are we too hasty? If the Folang Ji people cannot transport the salt, wouldn't we fall into this kid's trap?"

It was only afterward that I suddenly realized that the fact that the Folang Jiren had salt was heard and not seen with my own eyes. Now the Folang Jiren is just leaving Huangpu Port and doesn’t even know where to go.

Zhang Yuanying said: "If it is true, what should I do?"

Lin Ting thought about it, he was afraid that this matter would happen. If Chen Xi could buy salt from the Folang Ji people, he could also go to another salt farm to get the remaining salt. He had double insurance. If Chen Xi left and wanted to invite him back, he would have to wait for Chen Xi to lead the bandit army back.

Zhang Yuanying said: "Immediately send someone to communicate with the gentry in the city. Every time you buy salt, you need to pay one or two taels of money. You must pass the account of the governor's office. If there is a private deduction, you are not allowed to raise salt from the salt farm in the future! Don't think that the governor's office can support them!"

The cost price of a small amount of salt is set to 14 cents, which is already very expensive. Chenxi's governor's yamen added four cents, and the governor's office directly increased five cents, and the price was 23 cents. The cost of a pound of salt was transported to local sales was 30 cents, and the people could not afford salt.

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The governor and the governor's office had a message, and the salt merchants who were preparing to go to the store to discuss the sale of salt inducements were all resentful. If the price of salt is set so high, the purchasing power of the people will definitely drop significantly. If you buy so much salt, it will be another matter to say whether it will be thrown into your hands.

Fortunately, salt has been stored for a long time, and salt merchants used to make a lot of money. Even if they were peeled by the governor and the governor's office after two layers of skin, they could fully expose the cost to the people, and even if they sold for a long time, they would not lose money at all.

If you make less money this season, you can make up for it in the future. After all, the new official of the Guangdong Salt Class Procuratorate Department will take office, and the governor's yamen will no longer be responsible for buying and selling salt.

The salt merchants were worried. When they arrived at the mall, they realized that the situation was not right. They were surrounded by soldiers inside and outside the mall. In addition to the few old shopkeepers selling salt, there was only a clerk sent by the governor's yamen. He claimed that his surname was Yin and his courtesy name was Bohu, and he did not see any of the eyes.

"Whether you are here to ask for the price or buy salt, please come in there! But you must come one by one."

Tang Yin smiled and pointed to the back hall of the mall, "No matter whether the business is completed or not, the Governor's Office will send officers and soldiers to your place to stay. If you are sure to buy salt, you just need to pack the silver coins. The transportation of silver will be done by the Governor's Office! If you don't buy salt, we will empty the box and come back... We will definitely ensure that your privacy will not be leaked!"

The salt merchants looked at each other in surprise.

If you go inside to buy salt, or go in one by one. What you buy is not a tangible salt inlet, but a promise. Regardless of whether the business is completed or not, the governor's yamen will send a carriage to the salt merchant's mansion. You only need to pack the silver coins waiting for the salt price and hand over the money transport to the governor's yamen.

Wouldn't that mean that if the salt merchant bought back the salt and how much the transaction was made, the governor's office would have no idea?

Seeing that everyone was silent, Tang Yin added Chen Xi’s explanation: “The Governor and Governor also explained that this year there are no restrictions on gentry and merchants. Anyone who wants to sell official salt can buy it. The salt is 200 yuan, and we will issue a survey certificate issued by the salt farm. If there is a partner, the two companies can buy a total of 200 yuan. Do you understand?”

The salt merchant now fully understood.

In order to dispel the concerns of the salt merchants, the governor's office was preparing to break the whole into pieces, and even 200 indices were sold. At that time, the mall would inevitably be crowded. The governor's office wanted to count and verify all the quantities clearly. That was a dream.

Who said that the salt sales this time were the governor's yamen rather than the salt tutoring department?

Who asked the General Administration to have a problem with the governor's yamen?

Now the governor's office has the initiative to sell salt ingots. The quantity sold does not need to be declared to the ruling ingots. As long as each salt merchant covers the amount of salt they buy, he can pay less money for the ruling ingots. Buy 10,000 ruling salt back and pay 1,000 ruling ingots. The most important thing is to quickly go in and out, buy and transport it in batches, so that the people in the ruling ingots cannot be found.

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