The meaning of the famous post is that when he encounters trouble in the capital, he can take Liu Haojia's famous post to ask for help or ask for help! The two land deeds are for two shops in Tianjin. Just renting them out can cost 10,000 yuan per year.
More income! If you know how to run a business, you will naturally earn more!
But this was already a great help to Zhang Jingping! And he also understood Liu Haojia's intentions, and at the dinner at the end of the handover, he said many things that neither Liu Haojia nor Qi Jiguang knew! Many of them were not allowed to outsiders.
Knowing! This made Liu Haojia sigh with emotion about the importance of being kind to others!
If he had put up a fight with Zhang Jingping back then, how could he have such a smooth handover today and learn many confidential things! It seems that the ancestors were right, take a step back and the world will be brighter!
But one thing Liu Haojia also noticed was that during the handover process, no one from the civil service system in Datong City showed up! Liu Haojia knew that this represented disapproval and confrontation! It seems that Qi Jiguang will have a lot more opponents in the future.
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The first thing Qi Jiguang did when he took office was to purchase military rations to stabilize the morale of the army! He bought all the grain stored in Liansheng Grain Store, but he did not pay a tael of silver, but issued a sufficient receipt to prove that he had indeed received the grain.
His second order was still to buy grain, but this time he had to spend real money to buy grain from Qian Shounian's grain bank. But Qi Jiguang had no money, so he used money that Liu Haojia had copied from Qian Shounian's house.
The money comes out!
And the story is also interesting. When Liu Haojia was arresting people all over the city, the shopkeepers in the grain store were so scared that they could only gather in the grain store and wait for the government's verdict! But they didn't expect the government to just treat them as an example.
I asked them questions and it was not difficult for them at all!
And when they interrogated them, they only said that Qian Shounian was the only owner of the entire grain store, and no one else participated in the shares. As a result, after Liu Haojia announced that Qian Shounian was the leader of the White Lotus Sect and did not kill anyone, a miracle suddenly happened
A man appeared out of nowhere with a document announcing that he was also one of the shareholders of the grain bank and now wanted to take over the entire grain bank!
Liu Haojia sent someone to inquire and found out that this man was also a native of Shanxi, a small grain merchant from other places, and had some business dealings with Qian Shounian. Now it seems that he is a puppet introduced by those behind the scenes!
However, I don’t know if this man was smart or had instructions from the people behind him. In the name of thanking the government and the labor force, he sent the grain directly to the military camp and confiscated every penny!
Seeing his behavior, Liu Haojia knew that Qi Jiguang's place should be fine. But he himself was about to be unlucky! He could be sure that the people behind the grain merchants would not let their business suffer losses, but would only
Fight back with a more violent attitude!
Since ancient times, all dynasties have been agricultural societies, and food is a vital material! Therefore, anyone who dares to intervene in the food market is a powerful and wealthy person, even a high-ranking official or even a member of the royal family.
Family!
They also know the truth that a thousand-mile embankment collapses in an ant nest, so they will never let Liu Haojia, a little ant, live happily in case he tears a bigger hole in the embankment!
Then news came from various places, which made Liu Haojia and Qi Jiguang completely relieved! Because Jinyiwei had just sent news from other border towns, the generals from all over the place had already begun to purchase grain after receiving the news from Datong!
Moreover, the acquisition model is the same as that of Datong. They buy a batch from Liansheng Grain Store, and then buy a batch from the grain store that they often cooperate with in the past! In short, the grain shortage in Bian Town was solved in one fell swoop!
At the same time, due to the intervention of Liansheng Grain Bank, the price of grain in all border towns dropped sharply, more than 25% lower than this time in previous years! This price difference naturally does not matter to those powerful people, since they do not eat grain anyway
There is also meat, but for ordinary people, this means that they can buy 25% more food with the same money as in previous years! This is a great good thing for them!
So all the people are happily buying grain! Maybe the price difference of 25% is not much, but if you bite the bullet, it is enough to get through the period of drought! At least they will not sell their sons and daughters!
As soon as the matter in Datong Town was settled, Liu Haojia and his people rushed to Tianjin at full speed. As for whether Qi Jiguang could secure Datong Town,
That's his ability! But I guess it shouldn't be a big problem with Zhang Juzheng taking care of him!
Liu Haojia rushed to Tianjin without even returning home, and went directly to the salt factory. Zhang Zhi heard that Liu Haojia had arrived and rushed out to greet him, but by the time he came out to greet him, Liu Haojia had already arrived at the salt field.
After seeing him, Liu Haojia looked Zhang Zhi up and down and saw that he was wearing all short clothes, except for official boots on his feet. This made Liu Haojia very satisfied! This outfit at least showed that he did not sit in the room every day.
Instead of drinking tea, go out for a walk every day.
As for wearing official boots, it doesn't matter! People in the palace don't often walk long distances, and their feet are naturally very tender! If Zhang Zhi imitates other people wearing straw sandals, his feet will be worn out by now!
After Zhang Zhi gave the gift, Liu Haojia said directly: "I have just inquired about the amount of salt stored. Be prepared. Someone will come to collect salt tomorrow. The target is Jiubian, Shanxi and Hebei. I want to
Bring the price of salt to the lowest level in these three places!"
Zhang Zhi's heart trembled when he heard this! He naturally knew that Liu Haojia's words were equivalent to a direct declaration of war on the salt merchants! And behind them stood officials from aristocratic families and even the imperial court. This was equivalent to a declaration of war on half of the imperial court! How could he feel that he
I have always been brave, but for a while, sweat still broke out on my forehead!
But he also knew one thing clearly. Now that he had boarded Liu Haojia's ship, he couldn't retreat! So he calmed down and said, "It's hard to say this! If it goes according to what the Marquis said, I'm afraid this
The price of salt will be very low! Once people rush to buy it, the salt reserves currently reserved may not be enough! And transportation is also a big problem!"
Hearing this, Liu Haojia knew that he was a little impatient, and couldn't help but patted his head and sighed! In fact, in the Ming and Qing dynasties, there had been relatively developed salt production technology, and the process was relatively mature. However, the biggest factor affecting the price of salt was transportation.
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In coastal areas, especially places with salt fields, the average price of salt is about four to five cents per kilogram of salt, or even lower! Because it is always easy to get salt at the seaside. Local fishermen
If there is no salt at home, just scoop out a pot of seawater and boil it to produce salt. Naturally, the price will not be much higher!