Commander Wan did not expect that he would have to participate in labor in order to reap the fruits.
If someone else had said nonsense like "Help me deal with the Salt Patrol Censor", Commander Wan would have said "poof".
But the person who said this was Lin Daguan, which means that it is really possible.
Do you want to gamble again for the possibility? Commander Wan felt that he was in a dilemma.
After thinking for a moment, Commander Wan asked again: "Do you have any specific measures?"
Lin Daguan said confidently: "Don't worry, I have already made a detailed plan! The first step is to challenge the Salt Affairs Yamen!
The second step is to make them unable to endure it, and then they will definitely fight back against me!
The third step is that you, the Yangzhou Guards, are responsible for causing trouble!"
Commander Wan: "."
Is this a detailed plan? So detailed that it only has three sentences and dozens of words?
Lin Daguan said again: "The first two steps have nothing to do with you, just wait for the third step!"
Commander Wan couldn't help but ask: "I don't doubt your ability to stir up trouble, but I still want to ask, how do you plan to stir up trouble?"
Official Lin was still confident: "Isn't the Salt Transportation Department going to issue 5,000 new seals? I'll come and ask for it!"
Commander Wan has nothing to say. Although he is not involved in the salt industry, he still knows that the output value of five thousand nests is equivalent to ten thousand acres of fertile land.
You, Senior Official Lin, just opened your mouth and asked for five thousand Yinwo. This is not provoking trouble. This is simply flipping the table.
It is equivalent to Lu Tiha going to Zhen Guanxi to stir up trouble, asking for a thousand catties of meat if he opens his mouth.
Then he asked: "Assuming that the provocation is successful, do you know how they will fight back?"
Official Lin replied: "They are the Salt Affairs Office. If they want to retaliate against me, what other way can they do?
They can definitely only check me for smuggling. Is it possible that they can send a hundred and eighty saltmen to arrest me?
After they finish their revenge, it will be your turn to cause trouble."
Commander Wan did not ask how to cause trouble in the third step, and just sighed: "Then I will wait and see."
This means, take it one step at a time.
In fact, Commander Wan was very doubtful about whether Lin Daguan was sincere in helping the Yangzhou Guards replace Yan Ding.
Now it is obvious that Lin Daguan's thoughts are mostly focused on the five thousand guide nests.
Could it be that Official Lin just wanted to use the Yangzhou Guard as a tool to get those five thousand Yinwo?
Before leaving, Commander Wan added: "By the way, the Huanghuai River in the north has been flooded by spring floods recently. The flooding has been serious and the canal has been blocked.
Does the imperial court dispatch Yangzhou guards and troops to the north to support you? Will it have any impact on your plan to cause trouble?"
Lin Daguan thought for a while and said: "A few hundred people will be enough."
After seeing off Commander Wan, it was getting late, so Officer Lin stopped working and went back to his room to work as a secretary.
The next day, when Mr. Lin had just finished his morning exercise, Mr. Lu Junbi, the chief shopkeeper of Lin's Salt Industry, came over again.
And reported: "The Yanyun Department Yamen posted an announcement this morning, preparing to issue 5,000 new nests! Those who are interested in claiming nests can go to the Yamen to sign up starting today!"
Lin Tailai said a little unhappy: "Second brother is taking too much time. Registration has started, but he hasn't arrived in Yangzhou yet!"
Originally, according to the plan, the second brother Lin Yunlai was to come forward to obtain the ownership of the nest.
Lu Junbi suggested: "As for the current plan, I can only ask you to go to the Salt Transportation Department to sign up for the second master."
Others who are not related to Brother Lin cannot sign up on his behalf, so they can only work for Lin to sit in the hall.
Official Lin slapped the case and said, "Very good!"
Lu Junbi was baffled, why did it get better?
As a result, I heard Mr. Lin say again: "I originally planned to find a reason to go to the Salt Transportation Department to stir up trouble, but this opportunity has come!"
Lu Junbi: "."
Sitting here, did you say this seriously when you were awake?
Without further ado, Official Lin said to Zuo Protector Zhang Wen: "Let the guys assemble! Leave twenty people to look after the house, and the other eighty people will follow me to the Salt Transportation Department!"
Lu Junbi watched Lin sitting in the hall with eighty guys holding sticks. He was in a trance for a moment. Was this a sign-up or a fight?
The Lianghuai Salt Transportation Bureau is located in the north of Yangzhou New City, next to Dong Zhongshu's temple.
When they arrived at the gate of the Salt Transportation Department, official Lin handed over his name card and asked to see Fei Yi, the salt transportation envoy.
Eighty guys were standing at the gate of Yunsi, and Yanding, the gatekeeper, wanted to come out and evict them.
Lin Daguan squinted his eyes and said provocatively like a villain: "What's the problem with me guys standing here to rest?"
As long as Yun Si Yan Ding takes action to expel him, he will start a fight! He is very familiar with beating the strong men and jailers of the Yamen!
After the beating was over, he stood on the moral high ground and said, "Is this the palace or the palace? Are the people of the Ming Dynasty not allowed to stand outside?"
But the saltmen of the Yunsi Department looked at Lin Daguan and were afraid to go back.
But Menzi only felt a toothache when holding the name card. It was just a small name card for thousands of households. How could he have such a big face to ask for an audience with the Salt Transport Envoy?
According to normal rules, sending this kind of name card inside is a waste of time.
Official Lin stared at the door and yelled eagerly: "What? You look down on me?"
As long as the doorman looks down on someone, he will just smash the door. This kind of thing is also familiar!
But Menzi finally replied: "Lin Qianhu, wait a moment, I will send him in right away!"
Lin Daguanren muttered: "I'm really disappointed."
While waiting, Lin Daguan saw more than ten people standing together in the front yard of the Salt Transportation Department gate, talking together.
They were probably all salt merchants, and there were several people they knew among them, such as the ones he had arrested, and even Yuan Yuanwai was also there.
You don't need to think about it to know that these people are probably here to sign up.
The reason why only these dozen people appeared is not because there are only a dozen salt merchants in Yangzhou, but because most small and medium-sized salt merchants lack capital and are not qualified to participate in this nest recognition.
Wuqianyinwo is a five-thousand-yin license. The base price alone is 10,000 taels, and it also requires cash. Ordinary businessmen cannot afford it at all, so the salt industry is also a capital-intensive industry.
Official Lin walked to the courtyard and greeted the big salt merchants: "We, Lin's Salt Industry, have secured these five thousand nests. Don't waste your efforts. Go back!"
Then he said to Wang Yuanwai: "When our Lin's Salt Industry gets these 5,000 yuan, I will come to welcome you.
If you use the five thousand nests you rented to me as your dowry, our Lin's Salt Industry will be able to establish its brand name."
All the salt merchants glared at Mr. Lin, but they dared not say anything in anger.
What they relied on were, firstly, having more money, and secondly, having more people and being able to fight, but it didn't work for Lin Daguan and others.
In the end, Wang Yuanwai, who is known for his "righteousness and courage to speak out", sneered: "What do you know about the salt industry? Don't think that with a little power, you can do whatever you want in salt industry affairs.
If you want to eat these 5,000 yuan, do you have the money? Do you know how to sell salt in the salt field, do you know how to transport salt to the salt field? Do you know how to sell salt in the salt field and collect money?"
Official Lin glanced at Wang Yuanwai suspiciously. They were so involved in the drama. Do they really think that he was the leader of the anti-Lin alliance in the Yangzhou business community?
At this time, word suddenly came from inside the yamen that it was Fei Yunshi who invited Lin Qianhu to come in and talk.
Official Lin sighed. It seemed that we couldn't make any more trouble at the gate. Let's go in and take a look.
After arriving at the lobby at the back, the guests and hosts took their seats in the side hall. Lin Tailai took the initiative to get straight to the point and said, "I came here today just for the sake of those five thousand guides. I hope it will be convenient for you."
It can be said that what Mr. Lin said was extremely rude.
It's like if you see a strange beauty on the street and force her to date her, and if the other party doesn't want to, block her and won't let her go. Generally, only the brainless villains in novels would talk like this, and then they would be dealt with by the protagonist.
Fei Yunshi was not angry, but replied: "Not only Lin Qianhu, but also those people in the front yard want to lure you in."
"Sign up first today." Lin Daguan said again.
Fei Yunshi looked at Lin Tailai and said in surprise: "Lin Qianhu, your status is inappropriate, right?"
Lin Daguanren explained: "I signed up for my second brother!"
Fei Yunshi carefully inquired about Brother Lin's situation, shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it won't work, so I can't sign up."
Lin Daguan said dissatisfiedly: "Why not?"
Fei Yunshi replied: "The salt industry has a threshold, so there are also rigid conditions for signing up to accept a nest.
To be continued...