"Captain Lan, please sit down. There is no need to pay attention to those false rituals here. Our guards are all brothers and sisters. You are so apart."

"First of the People, it's better to stand, it's okay." Lan Tianye grabbed the back of his bare head and said embarrassedly.

I just cut my braids, and Lan Tianye was still a little uncomfortable.

He was in his forties, and he was one of the older generation than Dong Liang. But for some reason, when Lan Tianye stood in front of Dong Liang, he felt that Dong Liang's temperament was like his peers.

Dong Liang's maturity and stability are different from the maturity of a young man, and are more like a maturity naturally accumulated by time.

"Captain Lan, you'd better sit down. Standing like this, I'd still have to raise my head and talk to you." Dong Liang said with a smile.

Since cooperating with the guards to defeat Lu Shouweng's official army, Lan Tianye and the entire Yantian Fort had no choice but to surrender to the guards and follow the Chinese people to the end.

They organized a total of 300 people, but Dong Liang gave them a brigade of staff and selected two hundred She people from the people they surrendered to fill them up.

This brigade is captained by Lan Tianye, and the leaders below are all Lan Tianye's sons and apprentices.

This is a bit like a small warlord, but their number is small and will not have much impact on the unified command of the guards.

On the contrary, watching and helping each other during battle can also improve the overall combat effectiveness.

Seeing Dong Liang say this, Lan Tianye sat down.

Dong Liang nodded and asked with a smile: "Captain Lan practices Nanquan?"

"If you go back to the head of state, you are practicing Shaolin Bridge Master in Southern Fist." Lan Tianye replied.

Dong Liang knew that southern fist was divided into many factions, such as Shaolin Bridge Hands in Fujian, Wuzu Fist, Crane Fist, Arhat Fist, Guangxi Fist, Zhoujia Fist, Dragon Slaying Fist, Xiaoce Knife in Zhejiang, Hongjia Fist, Black Tiger Fist, Vajra Fist, Hubei Fist, Yumen Fist, Kongmen Fist, Hunan Fist, Wujia Fist, Hongjia Fist, Hongjia Fist, Xue Jia Fist, etc.

This Nanquan is said to have originally been from the Shaolin Bridge Master of Nan Shaolin and Lantianye, and is also considered to be the authentic among many factions.

"Our chief instructor Kang Baye, who is the chief instructor of our guard, practices the Northern School of Kung Fu. You can have some discussions when you have time." Dong Liang said with a smile.

He always smiles when talking to people and looks very friendly.

"How dare you? Instructor Kang's reputation has also been heard of."

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If you want to get closer to someone, it is best to talk to the other person about something that others are good at. This is a tip in chatting.

Since becoming the head of the Chinese nation, Dong Liang has been deliberately practicing his communication skills.

"Captain Lan, are you interested in staying in the army in the future? Our Chinese Army School still lacks a martial arts instructor." Dong Liang continued the topic just now.

Lan Tianye and the others are just temporary establishments. He will definitely go back to take care of the industry as big as the Lan family. He wants his two sons who are only good at fighting and killing to stay in the army, and perhaps they can still get a job in the future.

"First of the People, this... Lan is old. After defeating the Tartars this time, Lan must be unable to do it."

Seeing Lan Tianye politely rejecting, there was no strange expression on Dong Liang's face, as if he had been expected.

"Captain Lan doesn't need to refuse in a hurry. I know that your family has a great business. However, under the rule of our Chinese, Mr. Lan will not have to worry about his own business. Our Chinese encourages industry and commerce. Your Lan family's industry will only grow bigger and bigger. I see that your girl is smart and smart. She is a good seedling for business. My Chinese women can come out to do things. Captain Lan can hand over the industry to Ling Yuan to manage. In the future, Ling Yuan can also go to my Zhenhua University to study, where someone specializes in teaching business skills."

"Besides, Captain Lan works in the military academy, and he can go home every day, so he can take care of his family affairs. The two young men of the Lan family are also good seedlings for officers. Let them first experience the actual combat and study in the Army School for a while."

"Thank you for your kindness..." Lan Tianye could only respect her orders rather than obey her. Dong Liang had already said this to such a thing. If he continued to refuse, he would not be able to do anything.

After the end of the Fujian War, Dong Liang was preparing to formally establish a Chinese Army School. The Navy had already established a professional nautical school in Naha, but the Army still relied on the teaching team to train officers.

This speed is really slow.

Dong Liang knew very well that the war with the Qing Dynasty would not be able to really stop once it began.

Boat against the current, if you don’t advance, you will retreat.

The scale of wars in the future will only increase and the number of Chinese troops will also increase. Without a powerful military training machine, the Chinese troops will be like a giant with chondropathy.

Because an officer is the skeleton and soul of an army.

"Captain Blue, our Chinese will abolish the official system of the salt industry in the future. Firewood, rice, oil and salt are essential goods for people's lives. Even if the country lacks money, it cannot set up a card on it. This is robbing money from the mouths of the people. The price of salt was originally very high, and most of it was taken away by the court and officials. If there was no such part, Captain Blue thought the price could be reduced?"

The Qing Dynasty now implemented a system of official salt and iron operation. This system made people's lives worse. The official operation of the salt industry actually added an additional tax, a tax that you have to pay as long as you eat.

The official office of the iron industry has also limited the progress of iron smelting technology.

As early as the Ming Dynasty, the government had abandoned its own method of operating salt and iron, and instead changed to a method similar to contract management. However, in essence, it was still the official.

The salt merchants are known as the Red Top Merchant, and they have half an official identity.

The salt merchants in the Qing Dynasty could be divided into two categories: one was transportation merchants and the other was business merchants.

Transporters are the main group of salt merchants. As the name suggests, this type of salt merchants is mainly responsible for the transportation and sales of salt. They received salt intake, monopolized the salt quota this year, and became the leader in a region.

As salt prices fluctuated according to market supply at that time, many salt merchants seized the opportunity and spread rumors, which made the supply of salt in short supply, thereby increasing salt trafficking income.

In addition, there are a group of "general merchants" among the carriers. These general merchants are the leaders of salt merchants. They often try their best to exploit subordinate vendors and thus increase their own income.

Another type of business dealer is mainly responsible for the production and acquisition of salt, which directly interferes with workers' salt production. In order to obtain huge profits, many business dealers often exploit ordinary salt dip.

As a minister during the Qianlong period said, "(Salt merchants) only know how to benefit themselves and not care about the difficulty of stoves... They charge the amount of barrels... each barrel is actually more than 10 or 20 kilograms."

Using a number may better illustrate the huge profits obtained by salt merchants. In the early Qing Dynasty, the price of Huai salt in the place of production was 2-3 cigarettes per catty. At the place of sales, the price of Huai salt could soar to 60-70 cigarettes, with a profit as much as 30 times.

According to Lao Ma's theory, this 30 times profit is enough to make people become a devil.

In simple transactions, the profits of salt merchants are extremely amazing, so that the Qing Dynasty literati said, "(Salt merchants) can make profits, and they all get rich."

The Lantianye family is actually a businessman. Yantian Town mainly uses the method of drying salt. The salt they produce is fishery salt, mainly coarse salt. It sells it to fishermen to pickle salted fish. The profit is not high, but the amount is very large.

The salted fish on the coast are very popular among the people in the mountains because this thing can replace salt.

"Head of the People's Republic of China, if you do this, you can reduce the price by at least 90%. " Lan Tianye looked at Dong Liang in shock. No ruler of any dynasty has ever dared to give up this profit.

That's because their means of making money are too simple. If Dong Liang wants to get money, there are some hidden means than this.

The method of official salt management is too rough and it is like an open snatch.

In the past few days, Dong Liang has been talking to these local forces leaders who defected to the Chinese people almost every day. They include merchants, gentry, ordinary scholars, and ordinary civilians.

From these people's mouths, Dong Liang learned a lot about local information in Fujian.

When the final decisive battle came, Dong Liang was still in the mood to do these things. It was obvious that he was not worried about the victory of the war.

Seeing his boss like this, his subordinates also increased their confidence in victory.
Chapter completed!