Qiming 1158

Chapter 531 It's Not How Good I Am, It's You Are Too Bad
Is the private salt trade going to restart?

Not fake, right?
real? !
Jing Cheng was so excited that he almost burst into tears.

"Really? You didn't lie to me? Can you really start over?"

Ma San nodded again and again.

"That's still fake? I can't believe it if you lend me the guts for such a big thing! We have been friends for so many years, when have I lied to you? And I tell you, this time the person doing business with you is not an ordinary person. , the backing is not ordinary, you can be careful."

"Who does our business without a backer?"

Jing Cheng shook his head and said, "If no one was covering my head, my head would have been chopped off by the garrison to take credit, but then again, why didn't you do it during that time? I heard that many people changed careers during that time. There are still a lot of people who are deeply involved with them running away, and I don’t know if they have been caught.”

This kind of thing is not surprising to Ma San, because many smugglers are themselves agents released by officials at the border of the Southern Song Dynasty, high-level military officials, or even family slaves who specialize in helping others make money.

Dogs that can make money are good dogs. Dogs that can’t make money can only kill and eat meat. Now they can’t make money. The domestic private salt dealers have no value for use. A lot of road.

Over the past two months, the supply of gold salt has been cut off, and many veteran salt traders have either been killed or run away, which has had a great impact on the entire border trade of smuggled salt.

But it should not be said that the Song Kingdom is very miserable, but the Jin Kingdom has almost no one who survived to continue serving because the original superiors either escaped or were killed by the Restoration Army. Instead, they miraculously escaped.

Although it is really helpless to not be able to do business, at least it is safe, and the life is saved. The person who can relieve the grind and kill the donkey is gone. Many private salt dealers feel that they have caught up with the good time because of this, and were given by the Liberation Army. saved.

But Masan is still quite scary.

"What else! The Restoration Army drove the Jin Ren away and occupied the place, and my original path was cut off. As a result, at the beginning of the month, someone suddenly approached me and asked me about smuggling salt."

Masan made a very scary expression: "I was terrified at the time, I thought that I would be arrested and interrogated by the Liberation Army for the smuggling of salt before, and then I would be killed, but they didn't kill me, but asked me for help. , I want to continue selling smuggled salt."

"I see."

Jing Cheng nodded: "Then speaking of this, the Restoration Army has also taken a fancy to this piece of fat?"

"That's right, who can't be jealous of this piece of fat meat? And the world is so big, it's impossible to give all the benefits to the official master Zhao Guan's family. They eat meat, isn't it normal for us to drink some soup?"

Ma San smiled and said, "But the Restoration Army is a good talker. They asked me a few things, and then they put me in the team and said that if I did a good job, they would give me a formal position."

"Yo, this is a good thing, and your kid is at the end of it."

Jing Cheng looked at Masan with a little envy, and asked again, "If you say this, everything will be business as usual?"

"It's business as usual, old rules, old prices, old routes, old methods, old places, I'll lead the team then, we'll see you at the old time."

"A word is settled!"

The two clapped their hands three times, exactly the same as when they were doing business in the past, without any difference.

After returning to Caizhou, Ma San met Yan Xin, one of the thirteen men of the Salt Division, and told Yan Xin that he had completed his mission. Yan Xin nodded and patted Ma San on the shoulder.

"Do it well. When this route is settled and the shipment volume is stable, I will arrange a position for you, so you don't have to worry about your own future. The Restoration Army has people to do things, and it will definitely pay off."

Ma San nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, completely no longer as aggressive as when he was a private salt dealer.

He also knows that now times have changed, the Jin people are finished, the Guangfu Army can make the call, and it is also the Guangfu Army who has the final say to continue the private salt trade with the Song people. He is the little shrimp below.

He is directly cooperating with the department of the Restoration Army, rather than cooperating with a greedy official. It is true that the previous set will be completely forgotten.

But the Restoration Army is really interesting.

Putting aside the identity of private salt dealers, the Restoration Army has lowered the price of salt in the occupied areas to an unbelievable level, which is much more interesting than the Jin Kingdom in the past.

The official salt of very good quality is only one or two cents higher than the cost price, and it is sold in large quantities. It seems that there is no plan to make salt money from ordinary people.

But they also want to make salt money.

Earn from whom?
Earn from Song people.

The Guangfu Army traded private salt with the Song people at the original price. After selling a pound of salt, they could earn a profit of more than [-] copper coins. According to his immediate boss, this high profit was to be sent back to Grain and salaries are entered into the public account and used for official business.

Ma San had never seen a person who talked about smuggling salt so openly and acted so righteously, and he didn't quite believe that these officials of the Restoration Army were really so honest and honest, and they were not at all tempted to make so much money.

As far as he knew about the officials of the Jin State and Song State, all those who were in charge of salt were in short supply, and they all needed someone to cover them, and everyone made money together.

What is given to the court is given to the court, and there is no shortage of what is left for oneself, otherwise I will be sorry for myself.

But, no matter what they do inside, it is the first time for the Restoration Army to be able to sell salt so cheaply and let the common people eat such cheap salt.

Because of this incident, wherever the cheap salt led by the Restoration Army was sold, they rejoiced and praised Su Yonglin's benevolent government.

This allowed the Restoration Army to accumulate a lot of popularity in a short period of time, and some places that had just been captured also had a good impression of the Restoration Army and did not resist their rule, which greatly reduced the Restoration Army's administrative costs and stability maintenance costs.

This was a great help to the Restoration Army, which had just conquered the area and was scrambling to establish its rule.

So in a world of rottenness, you don't need to be so conscientious and considerate of the people, even if you just make a little bit of improvement, and let the people take a breather, it can have a great effect.

Not how good I am, but how bad you are.

After seeing through this, Su Yonglin felt that the common people living at this time were really suffering, and just a little bit of relief and improvement could make them breathe a sigh of relief, and even save their lives.

But even with such a small breath, the rulers did not want to let them slow down, for fear that they would think about how to rebel when they took a breath.

How hateful!

In the second half of July, Su Yonglin ordered the Liaodong Corps to march, while personally urging the Salt Secretary's smuggling salt operation, asking the Salt Secretary to hand over the roster of the smuggling salt list for him to see for himself, to show his importance to the smuggling of salt.

According to his understanding and professional knowledge, the demand for private salt in the Southern Song Dynasty is very large, and the private salt dealers in the military states along the border basically have unclear relationships with local officials, and many private salt dealers themselves are local officials. confidant.

Therefore, through the contacts between the smugglers, Su Yonglin was able to obtain a lot of information on the military officials of the states along the borders of the Southern Song Dynasty, which was an unexpected harvest.

But compared to the harvest of smuggling salt, this harvest is insignificant.

In the area along Nanjing Road and Song people in the private salt trade, an average of a pound of salt can earn more than [-] cents of profit.

Due to the restrictions of tightening policies in some areas, the price will be further increased, and a pound of salt can earn more than [-] cents of profit.

After Su Yonglin's side was strictly controlled by him, the cost of producing a pound of salt was only three or four cents. After paying a little transportation cost, it was shipped to the border and sold, which would be ten times the profit.

Make a lot of money.

For Su Yonglin, the best thing is that both parties use Southern Song copper coins for their transactions. The currency value is strong and maintains its value. It can be circulated in the entire East Asia region.

Jin Guo only had a small amount of coins minted by himself, and the circulation was not widespread. After being overthrown by Su Yonglin, the coins minted by himself stopped circulating directly. Song coins were also used in the entire area occupied by the Restoration Army.

Therefore, the copper coins of the Southern Song Dynasty accelerated the process of flowing into the north through the private salt trade in this period.

(End of this chapter)