Chapter 44: Huai Zuo Mingdu

Isn’t this a joke about a pauper who is thinking about having a big meal?

Equipping these weapons costs money, and if you want a lot of equipment, you need a lot of money. Without money, you can't do anything.

There are already workers in the base, and the daily expenses are a lot of money. Although there is no need to worry about food, if they are not given wages at the end of this month, it will greatly affect their reputation. Being a contractor is also very stressful and they have to be responsible for the group of people under their charge.

"So, the most important thing for us now is to pave a way to quickly grow, become stronger, occupy the market, and earn a lot of money." Zhang Yang said.

This time, one of the important purpose of coming to Yangzhou is to find a large number of buyers of fine salt in Yangzhou City. As the scale of refined salt purification is expanded, the areas near Gaoyou will soon be saturated. After all, there are only so many big investors who can afford fine salt. If you give your fine salt one more sales channel, you will have an extra channel to make money.

Zhang Yang raised his head and looked at the distant sky.

This time I went to Yangzhou. This is the first time I have transported salt to such a faraway place since Zhang Yang became Zhang Jiusi.

Yangzhou, a famous capital in Huaizuo, is a metropolis in the south of the Yangtze River, and naturally it is not comparable to small places such as Xinghua, Gaoyou, and Taizhou. Looking across the country, it is probably more prosperous than the mainland. It is nothing more, just because it is a hub of the Grand Canal of Beijing and Hangzhou, and the crisscrossing waterways have made it a transportation hub. Since the establishment of the salt transport envoy of the Lianghuai Salt Transportation Bureau in Yangzhou, Yangzhou has become more lively. Salt merchants from south to north gather here. The salt production here accounts for one-third of the entire Yuan Dynasty, and the salt course income accounts for more than 20% of the annual income of the entire Yuan Dynasty, which is one of the main fiscal revenues of the Yuan Dynasty.

Moreover, there have been many beautiful women in Jiangnan since ancient times, and Yangzhou is the favorite place for fireworks women and elegant men. It is said that in life, only Yangzhou lives, the sunset willows are infused with spring air. I pick the flowers in the garden and dress up leisurely, and the green skirts by the pool reflect the water.

As Yangzhou is getting closer and closer, there are more and more ships on the river. Most of them are salt ships. Occasionally, there are patrol ships from Lianghuai Salt Transportation Bureau, who shuttle back and forth on the river. Their main responsibility is to randomly check these salt ships to see if there are any illegal carrying private salt. As long as you find out, if you don’t rectify the Dharma on the spot, you will have to be imprisoned in prison for a few years.

Since ancient times, salt has been an official monopoly, which has started since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Salt is a must-have for daily life. You can avoid eating meat or drinking alcohol, but you must never eat salt. In order to maintain your own interests, every dynasty deals with private salt strictly.

But there are still people working on it. The profits are too high. The sea water is there, and it is not boiled or boiled. The poor people can avoid starving to death by secretly boiling some sea salt.

It is said that fireworks are in Yangzhou in March. At that time, the scenery of Yangzhou must be beautiful. Although it is already midsummer and the peach blossoms are fading in spring, it is too hurrying, but it is still green mountains and clear waters, rippling blue waves, and the Jiangnan water town, that unique gentle hometown.

There are lush willow trees on both sides, with thousands of green silk ribbons hanging down, giving a vibrant scene. A tall pagoda stands in the distance, and the pointed spires pierce the sky.

Near Yangzhou City, there are countless pavilions and painting buildings on both sides, and occasionally they will float with the elegant singing of the guzheng.

The green mountains are faintly drifting, and the grass in the south of the Yangtze River has not withered. On the moonlit night of the twenty-four bridges, where can the jade man teaches to play the flute?

This place has been an excellent place for brothels since ancient times. There are countless yards of all sizes, and many talented nobles linger in the gentle village and sing every night. Although there are chaos everywhere, it does not disturb the romantic love of famous scholars and beautiful women.

This is the gold-selling cave of the rich young master. Don’t you see the painting of drums, clear flutes, and the restaurant building of red poles and green curtains. The tall houses in the west of the city are like scales, and they are still the first state in Huainan.

Zhang Yang was watching, and suddenly his eyes lit up: a magnificently carved pavilion boat was slowly sailing.

I saw the bow of the boat, the building was luxurious, the red vermilion painted, and pink flower curtains were hung.

Although I can't see it inside, I heard a melodious and melodious song.

"The famous capital of Huai Zuo is a place with a good place in the west of bamboo. It is the first journey of the saddle. After the spring breeze is ten miles away, the shepherd's wheat is green. Since Hu horses peek at the river, the abandoned ponds and trees are still tired of talking about soldiers. At dusk, the clear horns blow cold, and they are all in the empty city.

Du Lang's praises, now, it is a great thing to be surprised. Even though the cardamom poem is good, the dream of a brothel is hard to express deep affection. The twenty-four bridges are still there, the waves are shaking, the cold moon is silent. I think of the red medicine beside the bridge, and I know who will be born every year."

The sound is as melodious as a flute, carrying the unique weakness of Jiangnan women, and is gentle and upright, like the Tao moving clouds; the sound quality is clear and clear, and it makes Zhang Yang imagine infinitely.

Rich people really know how to enjoy it. It's like a modern rich man, driving a yacht and taking a group of beauties wearing only bikini to the sea to enjoy it.

The two boats passed by, and Zhang Yang looked hard and saw a group of girls vaguely dancing inside, dancing gracefully, like clouds and water. The song just now should not be a cappella, but singing and dancing life.

The painted roof flies to the south and caresses the clouds, and the pearl curtains roll the rain in the west. Life is full of joy, so don’t let the golden cup face the moon empty!

In an instant, Zhang Yang seemed to have an illusion that he was not a humble salt transporter, but the man sitting on the boat drinking, while tasting the wine while admiring the songs and dances of the beauty. At this point in life, what else can you ask for?

The world of desolate wine is carried by the rivers and lakes, and the waist is slender and the palm is light. After ten years of dreams of Yangzhou, I have won the reputation of being a poor brothel!

"Brother, we are about to go to the dock." A voice brought Zhang Yang back to reality.

Zhang Yang turned his head and looked at it. It was Shixin, the fourth brother. His clever eyes had already scanned the river bank many times.

There were dense ships on the pier not far ahead, and the sails had already been put down, but on most of the ships, there were still small flags floating at the top of the masts. Although the words on the flag could not be seen clearly, it was needless to say that they must have the word "salt". The sign of the salt ship was too obvious.

"Well, I understand, I'll tell you to prepare before you get ashore." Zhang Yang said.

This time, the salt transport is relatively simple. You only need to transport it to the salt merchant’s salt warehouse and deliver the salt guide. Even if it is completed, as for where the salt merchant will transport it, it will have its own salt ship.

In order to facilitate salt transport, salt merchants set up salt warehouses on the banks of the river outside Dongguan City, Yangzhou to facilitate salt transport.

In Yangzhou city, salt merchants are a special group. Because the government set up the Lianghuai Salt Transportation Office's Salt Transportation Office, this is the concentration of official salt sales in the entire Linhai Salt Site in Jiangnan. The salt in Anhui, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi and other places is transported here. Salt merchants have become a special group in the entire society by buying and selling salt.

The large salt merchants colluded with the government. It can even be said that they were representatives of noble officials. They could buy a large number of salt and traffic in large quantities of official salt. Each salt could be consumed more. Four hundred kilograms of official salt could be turned into seven hundred kilograms.
Chapter completed!