Chapter 74 Bribery

Luo Shengdong opened his mouth, but didn't even say a word, because he really didn't know how to refute Tao Donglai's statement. In terms of talking skills, ten Luo Shengdong may not be able to match one Tao Donglai.

Come to think of it, no matter in terms of vision, knowledge or mature worldview, the two people's levels are too far apart. But even if they can't argue with each other, Luo Shengdong is still unwilling to give up his position.

Tao Donglai had no intention of pursuing the victory in a hurry, but looked at Luo Shengdong with interest, waiting to see how he could refute.

"But you are outsiders after all, and I, the Ming Dynasty, am the ruler of this land of thousands of miles!" Luo Shengdong's every counterattack took a long time to think about, and the content became increasingly pale and feeble.

"You are right, so we have no intention of overthrowing the current court by force." Tao Donglai thought for a while and added: "At least we won't do that until the current court takes a hostile attitude towards us."

"You... that's all. If you only want trade and don't offend our great power, no one will take the initiative to cause trouble for you." After Luo Shengdong saw the scene of the artillery test firing on the ship, he basically had it.

Having given up the idea of ​​armed confrontation, all we can do now is to do the next best thing and hope that the Haihan people can take the initiative to maintain peace out of interests. Otherwise, if the two sides start a war, I, the naval commander, will probably die the fastest.

Tao Donglai just smiled and did not continue with this question. Instead, he asked about another thing: "I remember before you went back, you said that you would send ten times the population to help you and your subordinates escape."

For the exchange, I was thinking that there should be three to five hundred people, right? But I asked just now, it seems that only five families of shipwrights came this time, what is going on? "

When Luo Shengdong heard this, he stood up, clasped his fists in a rather solemn voice and said, "Sir Tao, speaking of this matter, I also have something to ask of you."

"Did you encounter any trouble in Yazhou and need our help?" Tao Donglai saw that he was cautious, so he also put away his smile and asked.

"I still have forty-two subordinates serving in your labor camp. I wonder when they can be released?" Luo Shengdong asked, paying attention to Tao Donglai's face.

Tao Donglai nodded knowingly and said: "I see, you want us to release the people first, and then you will send us the prisoners' hard labor you mentioned before. Do I understand it correctly?"

Luo Shengdong kept saying "I don't dare", but he did not deny Tao Donglai's speculation.

Tao Donglai pondered for a while before responding: "It's not difficult to release them, but after these people go back, can you guarantee that no one will betray you by talking nonsense?"

When Luo Shengdong heard this, he knew there was something going on, and said quickly: "What I want is for the brothers to regain their freedom. There is no need to let them all return to Yazhou. If there are some who are not strict with their words, let them stay here."

After settling here, their families can move here later. I have made my own decision before and have written to the General and the Governor, proposing to build a fort and garrison troops here to ward off pirates in the South China Sea. In this way, this place can be left here reasonably and legally.

After batching the sergeants, we can still use the excuse of building forts to continue to transfer the labor force population from Yazhou."

Tao Donglai nodded noncommittally and said: "This method is good, but if some of these soldiers still don't listen to your orders and want to go back to Yazhou, what are you going to do?"

Luo Shengdong's face immediately darkened: "If someone disobeys military orders and ruins our important task of border garrison, then of course military law enforcement will be involved!"

Hearing this, Tao Donglai's impression of Luo Shengdong increased. This time when Luo Shengdong returned to Victory Port, he took the initiative to intercede for his subordinates who were still doing hard labor, which shows that he is quite courageous and loyal.

, and he knows how to adapt and understand the importance of things. He is indeed someone who can be supported with care.

Luo Shengdong got off the slope and asked if he could bring the bones of his colleagues and subordinates who died that day back to Yazhou. Tao Donglai also agreed and said that he could have some thin-skinned coffins prepared in the carpentry workshop.

.These unlucky ghosts who were shot to death by the Time Travelers are buried somewhere outside the Yulin Fishing Village. They are the victims of Luo Shengdong’s wrong decision. Now that he is determined to help these unjust dead people transport their bones back to their hometown for burial, the Time Travelers will naturally not

stop.

In the afternoon of that day, Tao Donglai took Luo Shengdong to visit the salt field commune and the farm commune. This was actually the first time that Tao Donglai himself went to see the production organization of the commune. At present, the manpower of the commune has been replenished to the level before the conscription.

, and because a lot of newly recruited young laborers were injected into the two communes after the conscription, the proportion has even increased compared with before the conscription. Looking at the orderly labor scene, Luo Shengdong also had to

Once again, I admit that no matter what these Haihan people do, they appear to be very methodical and extremely efficient. Even for seemingly simple tasks such as growing grain and vegetables, the level of sophistication is by no means comparable to the current level of this dynasty.

The Saltworks Commune has already collected two thousand kilograms of salt in accordance with the arrangements of the executive committee, and is preparing to hand it over to Luo Shengdong to sell and test the water. Schneider completely treats Luo Shengdong as an agent distributor, and treats Luo Shengdong as an agent.

He sold this batch of salt to Luo Shengdong on credit at a packing price of one hundred taels of silver, and then asked him to sell it on the market at a price of one hundred and fifty to two hundred cents per catty, which is exactly about half of the official salt price.

.When you come back next time after selling this batch of goods, you will make the first payment settlement.

Luo Shengdong calculated that one kilogram of salt could earn at least one hundred taels of silver. After selling the two thousand kilograms of salt, he would get at least two hundred taels of silver. This is equivalent to four years of salary for this position! Even if the journey is excluded

The transportation and channel management expenses are very generous. Luo Shengdong once again calculated his salary, plus his usual gray income. Whether he can earn a hundred taels of silver a year now, he still has to draw money.

A big question mark, it seems that the Haihan people are really making good money!

Luo Shengdong is not worried about how the salt will be shipped back. After the last operation team left Yazhou, Luo Shengdong had already started arranging this matter. There are currently two salt merchants in Yazhou, both of which sell salt from Danzhou.

The cost of the official salt shipped was much higher than the private salt Luo Shengdong got from the Haihan people. If they dared to lower the price to the same level, they would hardly make any money.

If you start a price war with private salt, you will definitely lose. And Luo Shengdong is not too worried that his competitors will report to the government because of this, because the Ming army has always sold salt privately.

According to the regulations of the Ministry of War of the Ming Dynasty, all those who serve as soldiers in the army have a certain quota of salt every month. This quota can be purchased from salt merchants at one-third of the market price or less.

It can be regarded as one of the benefits of being a soldier. But in this way, military leaders who are on empty pay can reasonably and legally use this regulation to earn market price differences. They buy low-priced salt based on the number of people on the roster.

Increase the price of the short portion and then sell it. Although this method is not public, the military, salt merchants and local governments all agree on the rationality of its existence.

The army chiefs can make some gray income through this, and the salt merchants, with the mentality of taking advantage of each other, use this opportunity to build relationships with local military chiefs. As for the local government, as long as no one makes trouble, the world will be peaceful.

Anyway, the one who collects the salt tax is the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the one who manages the salt administration is the Salt Class Tiju Division, which has nothing to do with the local government. The Salt Class Titus Division is basically the same group as the salt merchants. The salt merchants don't say anything, and the Salt Class Titus Division

He also enjoys his time at ease.

Although this method is good, Luo Shengdong has not been able to use this method to earn extra money in the past. One of the reasons is that he did not have enough military rank in the past and could not afford it on many occasions, and salt merchants may not sell him this face. Secondly, because

The situation in Shuizhai is quite special. It is almost fully staffed and there are very few vacancies. Even if you can buy and sell smoothly every month, the little money you make by reselling salt will not be enough.

But the situation is different now. Behind Luo Shengdong is Haihanren, a big salt merchant. Although it is a little early to say "big" now, Luo Shengdong has no doubt that Tao Donglai will give him the "lower price" promised.

The daily output of the salt farm will reach more than 2,000 kilograms in half a year." This is a bold statement.

Luo Shengdong is now very grateful that his father sent him to private school for several years and learned how to read numbers and calculate accounts. Otherwise, he might not be able to calculate how much he can earn in a year. Residents of Yazhou have

There are more than 20,000 people. According to the Haihan people, the average annual salt consumption per person is five kilograms, which is about one hundred thousand kilograms. One kilogram of private salt only earns one penny of silver. This is also a business that brings in ten thousand taels of silver every year!

This is not a business that was talked about in Yazhou City at the beginning, but the money has actually been delivered to the lips, making it impossible for people to refuse. Luo Shengdong said silently in his heart, "No one is a saint, and no one can make mistakes."

", while signing and stamping on the manifest that Schneider took out, he signed for the two thousand kilograms of salt.

Seeing that Luo Shengdong was finally dragged into the water, and the plan to bribe and corrupt senior Ming army cadres had achieved initial results, Tao Donglai could not hide his excitement and called Ren Liang in front of Luo Shengdong.

He called and asked him to arrange for the Ming army prisoners in the labor camp to end their current life of hard labor as soon as possible and provide them with a certain degree of relaxation in treatment. In addition, several people named by Luo Shengdong will also be released when he returns and return to Yazhou.

At this time, the more than 40 Ming army prisoners who were still in the labor camp were lucky. If Luo Shengdong had arrived a few days later, some of them might have been drilled to death by the evil foreman Gao Qiaonan.

After finishing the business affairs, Tao Donglai simply took Luo Shengdong by boat to the recruit training camp. Firstly, he also wanted to see the training progress of these recruits with his own eyes, and secondly, he could use this opportunity to give Luo Shengdong another beating.

Dong, let him know how much power the Executive Committee has in its hands.
Chapter completed!