Chapter 94 Private Salt (Part 2)

Kill the pig, and the five post soldiers also came to eat some meat

After the shopkeeper Liu had eaten, he took his people to the inn, laying a straw mat in the hall, and slept.

The court rules, those who are not officials and non-presidency dare to use the money and rice of the post station, those who are less punished ten, those who are severe will be imprisoned, and those who are severe will be violated and those who are detained will be beheaded. No matter how good the relationship is, they do not have to harm others in this regard. It is fine if there is nothing to do, but if there is something wrong, it will be life.

In fact, having a straw mat in the inn hall is already a kind of edge ball.

When the shop arrived, the post leader came over to talk.

"It's a salt horse (private salt dealer)!" said the postmaster: "Do you want it..."

"We are really unable to take them down. Don't look at them only six, and they are really impatient. Just these few can cut us over. Do you believe it or not?" Liu Caidong gave him a blank look and said, "I just asked you to come here, one is to eat some meat, and the other is to guard against them. Don't let them be vilified about the property in the car. After all, as long as you don't force them to rebel, they won't dare to do so!"

The postmaster was born in the yamen runners of his cousin. He was familiar with him and said frankly. As Liu Caidong said, he covered a piece of linen on his body and said, "Today, you can also take five kilograms of meat and ask your sister-in-law and children to eat some meat. The past life was not easy!"

After saying that, he turned around and fell asleep.

There was a movement in the dark outside. After listening for a moment, a man left by himself when he saw that there was no movement inside.

The next day, almost noon, Fang Xin was in the signing room in Guming County and the escort room, listening to Liu Caidong's report.

There were three more people around him listening, which was Liu Jueming, the head of the troupe, Song Wenchen, the clerk of the house, and Wu Jie.

Wu Jie had recovered his vitality at this time, with his back and waist, his eyes flashed with light, his inner breath also recovered, and he had progressed. There were two young people below him, both prodigal sons from the county, and now he has become Fang Xin's personal guard with Wu Jie.

After a while, after listening to Liu Caidong's report, Liu Jueming stepped forward and said, "Sir, you can take down these six people by taking over by taking over the entire class!"

"Take it? Humph, it's up to you to do this? Sir, let me leave it to me. Just give it to me a few brothers and you can take them down!" Wu Jie said quickly. His ancestors were from an eighth-rank military household and worked in the yamen for generations. Originally, this group leader should have been his, but last time he offended the magistrate and was demoted and imprisoned, and now he has been re-entered, so he naturally hopes to re-enter the yamen runners, so he is very different from Liu Jueming.

Fang Xin waved his hand, stopped their quarrel, and asked them to retreat first, and then asked the clerk of the entrustment room, Song Wenchen: "What do you think?"

"Sir, the salt blocks in the county have indeed been exhausted, and even our county governments must save it. This salt is indeed what we want. The question is how to do it!" Song Wenchen thought for a moment and said: "In the past, the county's expenses were tight, and it was even more difficult for the county to buy salt. I had no money to buy it, so I had to boil it. Now I have a little more abundant, so I still need to use this salt!"

Fang Xin nodded and said, "Yes, this province is located in the southwest. The court thinks it is a remote place. The county has found out about this matter. There are millions of people in this province. However, salt has almost become a place that the court does not care about and is sold in the county. The people under the county cannot get it. There are those who have never eaten salt in their lives. It is really a pity!"

Salt was a necessity for maintaining human life. In ancient times, when the self-sufficiency economic system, salt was almost the only most important long-distance trade commodity, and therefore was controlled by the court in all dynasties.

The imperial court had full-time "stove households" to produce salt for the country, and there was a production quota paid to the government every year, called "salt", which replaced the taxes and service undertaken by ordinary households.

The court also set up a special "Salt Transport Envoy" in the yamen to manage the production and sales of official salt. The Ministry of Revenue issued a "Salt Invoice" every year, which is a franchise for the operation of transportation and sales of official salt. It is a bill of lading for official salt to be collected from the official salt field and a pass for the transportation and sales of official salt.

For all salt entries, each province must go to the Ministry of Households to open the number of salt entries, each county will go to the provincial center to open the salt entries, and each county will go to the county to open the salt entries. The routes for transporting official salt are designated and inspections must be received by the inspection department along the way.

After a pause, Fang Xin said again: "The amount of salt approved in the county is only half of which is used, and there are losses and subsidies, so it is fallen into the county, but only one-third. The county is still inexperienced and cannot write a letter to add salt. For some things, I can only open my eyes and close my eyes. However, there is no need to be too relaxed. I still have to take what I should take!"

Song Wenchen immediately said, "Sir, I am really kind. The villain understands, so I will make a charter."

That is, let’s just leave these private salt dealers alone, not pursuing them, but not arresting them at all, so as not to end up in the officialdom.

Although he can be honest with Song Wenchen, he is the only one who hears it now, but he cannot accept it. To some extent, Fang Xin is still quite cautious, saying that he will not leave words or hears everyone.

Fang Xin waved his hand, not having to be too polite, and then asked: "How is the inventory situation of the county government?"

"Reporting to the adults, I have made a total of 2800 trump cards this year, and I have paid 350 trump cards according to the system. Others have already been distributed to all the masters. Now the goods in the county are basically full, so I guess there is no use for more. For example, if you trade across counties, there are so many joints on the road, it is still not cost-effective."

"Well, and, next year, some people will imitate their works, so their business will be much less. However, with so many, everyone should be satisfied."

"Yes, I also feel that I have cooperated a lot." Song Wenchen said respectfully with his head down.

Fang Xin asked lightly again: "This matter is only for one or two years. How is the sales of anti-plague pills?"

"It has been sent to pharmacies in the county, and the sales are not very large at the moment. Depending on the situation, it will still be a profit of 500 pounds in a year!"

"This is normal!" Fang Xin nodded. Although this prescription is not a new drug, it has been stored for a hundred years. Maybe it is still a prescription made by someone in the previous dynasty. Although it has some effects, everyone finally doesn't know it, so there is a process for promotion.

"Do this matter slowly, don't let the government come forward, don't let the county bear the reputation of a businessman and a county magistrate!" Fang Xin was quite alert to this aspect. Everyone else came forward to everything, and the adults who paid dividends also knew the joints, so of course they would not say it.

"Don't worry, sir, I will do this well," Song Wenchen said.

"How is the construction of the county school building? How much money do you expect to cost?"

"The county school house costs about 1,000 guan in total. The county has approved 200 guan. There are gentry in the county, and a total of 100 guan donations are still less than 700. The county government has now paid 300 guan. The adults have also used labor labor in the form of corvee labor, which can save 300 guan and 200 guan. "

"Well, let's spend money from the county warehousing, keep an eye on the process."

"Yes, sir, I will definitely take a good job and there will be no waste."

"The county has no money. If you want to repair water conservancy, although this county can submit a letter to the county and provincial government, I am afraid that the amount of money will not be much. After all, the county and provincial government are not rich. Although migrant workers still don't have money, they still have to pay for wood, stone and materials!" Fang Xin said with some distress.

Song Wenchen was silent. As Fang Xin's confidant, he naturally knew that the 19-year-old young magistrate in front of him really wanted to do something for the people and did it too.

There are not many such officials now.

"How is the planting of kudzu vines?" Fang Xin asked again.

"I didn't plant much at the beginning, but it was really good to make wine from the root of the kudzu. It was also a business. Unfortunately, it could not be done by the government. I heard that the officials who worked below really made a small profit. And now, kudzu grows quickly and the food is very good. Following the instructions of the adults, those who raise pigs and sheep should indeed have meat to eat and sell meat at the end of the year. If you get profits, there will be many people who will be moved by the news and plant them everywhere, and they will also raise a few pigs and lambs!"

"Yes, there are many hills and mountains in this county. Even if water conservancy is built, it will only be reclaimed for more than 10,000 acres. This kudzu is a really good business and grows fast. The leaves can be used as food for pigs and sheep, and the rhizomes can be used as puerarine root powder, which is also a good raw material for brewing." Fang Xin breathed a sigh of relief and said, "As soon as he sprinkled the hills and mountains, it will grow all over the ground and the mountains, and there is no need to sow seeds. If there is a root, it will be produced every year. I dare not say how much benefit the people will benefit. It is always a way to improve people's livelihood."

"My lord is really worried about the people, and I really admire my humble position. As long as I give instructions, it is not too late to go through fire and water." Song Wenchen said respectfully. This sentence is half true and half false, but it is indeed a bit true.

"I am an official of my parents, so I have to be the word "parent". If there is no wrong parent, I always have to let my children have enough food. The county only has this original intention. Oh, has the materials you bought for you ever bought?" Fang Xin said in this way.

"All of them have been purchased!" Song Wenchen presided over the matter. There were many messy things in it, all of which were bought by Fang Xin himself, and he was secretly surprised.

Of course, these are the materials of the magic summoning array, but Fang Xin believes that no one can understand the purpose in this world, and deliberately adds many useless things, which makes people confused.
Chapter completed!