Chapter 135 New Inspector (2)

Luo Shengdong had close contacts with the Haihan people, and even had secret collusion with the Haihan people. Not only the people in Yazhou Shuizhai knew about this, but also many caring people in Yazhou City.

Recently, the price of salt on the Yazhou market has dropped from 400 cents per catty to 280 cents per catty, and it continues to fall. A large amount of low-priced refined salt has begun to pour into the market, and no one wants it anymore.

I no longer pay a high price to buy the coarse-grained and slightly bitter sea salt that I used to have. During this period, several inspection departments around Yazhou did not have any records of detecting the trafficking of illegal salt.

The inspectors who gritted their teeth in anger were almost certain that the salt dealer behind the scenes was Luo Shengdong, the commander-in-chief of Shuizhai, based on the gossip feedback from various vendors. He was the one who was continuously shipping this cheap refined salt to the

in the market.

As we all know, the local salt production areas in Yazhou are only a few salt fields such as Danzhou and Qiongzhou Fucheng in the back. Due to limited production capacity, hundreds of thousands of kilograms of salt need to be shipped from the mainland every year to supplement the needs of Hainan Island. Therefore, the price of local salt has always been

The price remains high. The cheap salt put into the market by Luo Shengdong quickly broke this price balance, and the quantity was very large. According to the estimation of several smart people in the Inspection Department, the amount of salt put into the market every time was at least

More than a thousand kilograms, otherwise it would not be enough to affect the changes in salt prices in Yazhou. Then the question becomes, where did Luo Shengdong get so much cheap refined salt?

This question does not require in-depth investigation, and the answer is already obvious. First of all, it is definitely impossible to hide a salt farm with an astonishingly high output in the Yazhou Water Village. In fact, in the past, all the salt that the officers and soldiers of the Shuizhai received every month had to come from the local market.

Although the purchase price of the army will be lower than the average market price, even if the quantity of about 100 kilograms per month is returned to the market, it will not be enough to affect the price of salt. Therefore, these cheap refined salts cannot come from the cliff.

Zhou Shuizhai. Secondly, since the commander of Shuizhai, Mr. Luo Ba, has been upgraded due to his military merits for exterminating pirates, he has to go to Victory Port where the Haihan people are at least two or three times a month. If there is no benefit, why would he run away?

So diligent?

Obviously, the Haihan people nestled in Victory Port provided Luo Shengdong with sufficient supply of goods, allowing him to easily suppress local salt prices. Although it is not known how much Luo Shengdong can earn from this business, Luo Shengdong

Recently, I purchased a high-class house in Yazhou, and I asked He Wenhui, the water village ginseng general, to come forward to propose marriage to the Zhangtong family of the state government. It seems that I have made a windfall.

The house Luo Shengdong bought was just a few houses away from Wei Ping's brother-in-law's house. Wei Ping estimated that the price should not be less than three hundred taels of silver. It's no wonder that he could muster up the courage to propose marriage in just one move.

The daughter of the Tongpan family. It is said that Luo Shengdong also made a promise that as long as Zhang Tongpan agrees to the marriage, he will buy another house and 100 acres of land for his father-in-law in his hometown in Guangzhou, so that his father-in-law can pay it back when he becomes an official in the future.

You can go back to your hometown and become a squire and landlord and enjoy the happiness. This naked nouveau riche behavior has undoubtedly told everyone that Luo Shengdong, who could barely survive by drinking the blood of soldiers in the past, has disappeared and been replaced by a rising star.

Although Luo Shengdong was just a military attache and was not very popular in the Ming Dynasty officialdom where civilians were the most important, no one would ignore the financial resources he had shown in a short period of time, including the governor of the state government.

Including Zhang Tongsuan, who usually looks very dignified - it is said that the two families have already reached an agreement on the marriage and are currently in the stage of discussing the wedding date.

Seeing Luo Shengdong getting rich, it is impossible to say that no one is jealous. Luo Shengdong can do this kind of private salt business, and the people in the inspection department think that they can do the same. Everyone is privileged in this society

Classes are just different divisions of labor. The only difference is that Luo Shengdong has convenient maritime transportation conditions, and due to his status as a border soldier, no one dares to inspect his ship, even a local snake like the Inspection Department

I can only watch it with itch.

For the Inspection Department, another obstacle to the private salt business is establishing relationships with the Haihan people. Luo Shengdong and the Haihan people once "fought side by side." Naturally, this kind of relationship cannot be easily established by the people in the Inspection Department.

Yes, but this was no problem, so Wei Ping and several other colleagues from the Inspection Department went directly to the Cliff Office.

The Haihan man surnamed He in the Cliff Office was very polite, but his conversation was impeccable. He just shied away from the inspection department's request to "share profits" from the private salt business, claiming that there is currently only one agent in Hainan Island, Luo Shengdong.

If the Inspection Department is interested in doing this business, he can discuss it directly with Luo Shengdong. This argument will never be accepted by the Inspection Department. As long as Luo Shengdong's brain is not broken, how can he make a lot of money from what he has in hand?

Share the business with others? Even if he is really willing to share it, he will share it directly with his boss or a big shot in the state government in exchange for greater benefits. How can he share it with a group of people who cannot give him any benefit?

Ninth grade inspection?

Despite the hard work of several people from the Inspection Department, no progress was made in the end. They only received two wine glasses as gifts when they went out. Wei Ping was so angry that he almost dropped the glass, but later he and his brother-in-law Tongzhi

After talking about it, I slowly changed my mind. Offending the Haihan people in the Cliff Office was a small matter, but it was a big deal if it delayed making money. Even if these Haihan people were arrested on any charges, in the end there would still be no salt.

Without salt, the jealousy will continue. The top priority is to achieve a higher level of contact with the Haihan people, and the newly established Yulin Inspection Department is obviously a good opportunity.

Wei Ping had no hope of selling private salt for the time being, so when he consulted Luo Shengdong on the ship, he naturally did not consider that there would be other projects to make quick money. After being ruthlessly despised by Luo Shengdong,

, Wei Ping became angry and couldn't help but retorted: "Mr. Luo Ba, of course you won't take one or two hundred taels of silver seriously. Now everyone knows that you have a way to traffic for the Haihan people.

Private salt, our inspection department doesn’t have this option, we can only find ways to make a little money."

Luo Shengdong didn't pay much attention to Wei Ping's resentment. During this period, there were a lot more people who disliked him than before. Of course, the number of people who changed their attitudes and hugged him angrily because of his sudden wealth also increased a lot.

He naturally knew that this was the result of the private salt business in cooperation with the Haihan people. Luo Shengdong originally did not want to be so high-profile, but the Cliff Office asked him to try his best to play the role of a nouveau riche in order to attract more locals

Willingly work for the Haihan people - of course, the Cliff Office hopes that the people he can attract are not ordinary people, but Ming officials "within the system". Although Luo Shengdong can't understand why the Haihan people have such a strange request

, but for the sake of Haihan's always being correct and money, he finally chose to do what Haihan wanted.

Luo Shengdong smiled and said: "Inspector Wei, do you think it's so easy to make money from private salt? When I went out on the sea, there were thirty or forty sailors and soldiers on the ship, and dozens of mouths were all in need of food.

.I want the official ship to be used for personal use. Should my superiors and colleagues take care of it? Do I want vendors everywhere to only sell the private salt I transport? Do I want to leave them with more generous profits? Do you think the money from selling salt is all

I took it all by myself? How can such a good thing happen! At least dozens of people in this business, both inside and outside, have interests in it."

Wei Ping argued strongly: "Since you can still spend so much money to open up various relationships, it shows that this business is very profitable and the money is easy to come by."

Luo Shengdong said: "If you are willing to make private salt, how about I give you some salt to try?"

Wei Ping did not expect Luo Shengdong to be so easy to talk to, and immediately asked in surprise: "Are you serious?"

"Of course it's true." Luo Shengdong nodded: "But I also have conditions."

"What are the conditions? Luo Ba might as well tell you first." Wei Ping was not stunned by the pie falling from the sky, and his eyes immediately became wary.

"The salt I gave you cannot be sold in Yazhou itself, nor in Lingshui, Wanzhou, or Wenchang. It can only be sold in Danzhou, Lingao, and Qiongzhou Fucheng. Of course, if you have the ability,

, you can also transport it to Leizhou and sell it." Luo Shengdong stated his conditions without hesitation.

Schneider had already given him preliminary training on how to build a private salt sales network. Naturally, Luo Shengdong would not give up the market he was already sure of, but if Wei Ping had the ability to open up the private salt channels in the north,

Luo Shengdong didn't mind sharing a portion of his profits - anyway, there was no way to sell the private salt to the north of Hainan Island. Every extra price he could sell would be a penny.

After hearing this, Wei Ping's enthusiasm immediately felt like a basin of cold water had been poured on him: "Mr. Luoba, if I had a ship, why would I need to find you here? Wouldn't it be faster to go straight to Victory Port to find the Haihan people?"

Luo Shengdong smiled and said: "Even if you find the Han people in Shanghai, their conditions will be the same as what I told you. There is a Mr. Shi among the Han people in Shanghai who is very smart in business. He said this is called... yes, it's called '

To avoid vicious competition, one salt merchant in an area is enough. If there are too many, it will become a price that kills oneself."

Wei Ping scratched his head and said, "Although I don't understand what you mean by this, I think it's quite powerful. But without the private salt business, wouldn't my inspection department have nothing to make money from?"

"Who told you that you didn't make a profit?" Luo Shengdong shook his head and said: "The Haihan people's money-making business is not just private salt. As long as you follow their arrangements, these people will never treat you badly!"

"What? I, the Ming Dynasty Inspection Department, and the ninth grade inspector Wei Ping, need to obey the arrangements of these Haihan barbarians?" Wei Ping stood up suddenly, as if he had been greatly insulted.
Chapter completed!