The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 174 Saltworks Auction ([-])
"Brother Zun's body, will it still be okay?"

"Hey, it was according to His Majesty's will. My brother was supposed to come to Chengdu to visit Zifeng three months ago. But... Well, I have been lying in bed for more than two months. Several doctors have come to see me and said It’s because there’s not much hope. Uuuuuuuu~~~”

"Please mourn Zhongsi."

In a private room on the second floor of the auction house, Guan Yi just felt sick when he looked at the hypocritical Bu Chan.

In February of this year, Buxie, the governor of Xiling in Soochow, could not afford to fall ill.As a time traveler, Guan Yi knew that Buxie would not be able to get up this time.If it's this summer soon, if it's winter if it's slow, the Buxie will go to see his old man, Bu Zhi.As for Bu Chan who is crying in front of Guan Yi now, hehehe, all he can think about now is how to snatch his nephew's family property, and get the position of governor of Xiling.

Therefore, Guan Yi only lightly comforted Bu Chan and then talked about other things.

"There are actually 41 salt farms on my Dahan side. In addition to the Zigong Salt Farm controlled by my Fuxing Society, there are five salt farms that were not included in this auction."

Sure enough, once Guan Yi didn't mention Bu Xie, Bu Chan didn't want to pretend to be sad at all.

"What does Zifeng want to tell me?"

"Well, among the five saltworks, two belong to my Majesty's private house, and the other two belong to the prince of the country. The last one, I, is, reserved for Xi, Ling, Du, Du!"

It's clear and realistic.This saltworks is not reserved for you, nor does it belong to Buchan.Whoever is the governor of Xiling is the master of this saltworks!

Step by step, no matter how wasteful, this sentence is understandable.So after rolling his eyes, he said a few words: "Last month I went to Jianye in our country. I met Prime Minister Puyang and General Zhang Zuo. I gave 1000 yuan to each of them. Ten thousand!"——Brother, I had already planned to bribe the people in power in Soochow, so my hope of being the governor of Xiling is very high.

"My salt field is located in Badong County, only 20 miles away from the Yangtze River. Now there are more than [-] salt wells. The daily salt output is more than [-] shi." ——Brother, my this The salt field is very close to the Yangtze River, and it is also very close to your Xiling station.It's just for you.

"In the past six or seven years, Xiling and Fuling have benefited from cooperation, and lost from confrontation. There is no need to emphasize the covenant between the two parties." ——As long as I become the governor of Xiling, I don't need to say anything. The fleet is still unimpeded in Xiling.

"After this catastrophe, my manpower has been seriously depleted and manpower is seriously lacking. It is urgent to replenish." - I am not going to ask you to buy this saltworks in MB, but you just need to ensure that the commercial roads are smooth. what?It should be noted that the road money for smooth business roads is the exclusive right to sell toothpaste and toothbrushes, and I have already given you that.You want a new saltworks, and you have to bring things out again!

"Well... my Great Wu really needs a firm ally like a big man. My Bu family also needs an ally like Da Sima. So, after I took over the housekeeping of the Bu family, I kindly donated 300 million shi to Da Sima for food, which will be delivered in ten years. "—My Bu family has a lot of money, but I also know that you are not interested in money for the time being after selling the salt farm.I also know you're a grain stockpile maniac.I will give you food.30 shi per year for ten years.

Is Guan Yi short of food?To be honest, it's really lacking.A battle to save the nation's fortunes cost the Fuxingshe the grain that had been stored for many years.Although he confiscated several million shi from his home, but compared with what he was about to do, it was really not enough-then the problem came, he felt that even a few million shi of food was not enough, how could he Would it be rare for your Bu family to get 30 shi of grain every year?
Besides, it is now May of AD 264, and in two more months, your emperor of Soochow will die.After Sun Hao, the son of the abolished prince Sun He, came to power, the first thing he did was to cleanse you of the remnants of King Lu.ten years?You can give me food for five or six years at most, and then you will be exiled by the barbarians.Then who do I go to ask for the food in the back?

In short, Guan Yi only temporarily handed over the operation of the salt field to Bu Chan—using the Bu Chan family’s funds to improve the production technology of the salt field, expand its production scale, and let it introduce workers from Soochow—and then spend a while. After a few years, after the Bu family was destroyed, he took it back as a matter of course.

Although Guan Yi's move was already black and ruthless enough, how could it be enough to kill someone like Bu Chan?You must slaughter this guy until there is no hair left to be worthy of the audience.

"Zhongsi, at least I'm the chief minister who founded the mansion now, not the prefect of Fuling County in the past. This Chengdu Plain is known as the land of abundance." —— I don't lack food, I don't accept the condition you just said!
"Hey, Zifeng, let's open the skylight and tell the truth. The Anlu Salt Field in Jiangxia has been almost exhausted these years, and no new large salt mine has been discovered in Jingzhou...Anyway, I'm going to decide on that salt field! What do you want? ?” ——I will stop ventriloquizing with you, let’s just say it, what do you want?

It's really rude, it's not forceful at all, everyone is playing ventriloquist, don't they all look very coquettish?Forget it, there is really no need to beat around the bush when negotiating business with someone like you who has revealed all his cards before the matter has reached the substantive stage.

"Okay, two things. First, I want 2000 veterans of the All-Happy Army. When I send them here, I will also have their families."

It has to be said that Guan Yi has tasted the sweetness of using the Troubleshooting Army as an instructor. Next, he plans to expand the scale of the Fuxing School. After General Jiang Wei treats every officer of his mobile corps as a treasure, he is reluctant In the case of release, the veteran of no trouble is really a good choice.

"Hiss~~~ Zifeng, let me tell you the truth. My Bu family has a total of five or six hundred troops without difficulty, and the number of veterans is even less. The 2000 people really can't be taken out."

"If you don't have enough family, go and discuss it with other families! Teng family, Luo family, Kan family, Shi family, Lu family, Lu family... You can go to blend with any of the aristocratic families in your country of Wu whose foundation is the land of Jingzhou. ! I don't believe it's just you Bu family who swallowed the Invincible Army."

"...Okay. This one counts as my promise to you. What about the next one? You need to know, just this one, the price my Bu family has to pay is huge!"

"Hehehe, the next one is for you to reduce your losses. I'm not familiar with those aristocratic families just now. When you go back to negotiate with them, make it clear to them that I will get a lot of money after I sell the salt farm. Money comes to them to buy food! At that time, they are not allowed to raise prices collectively!"

Yes, according to the habit of spending money with the traveler's left hand and right hand out.When he has a lot of money in his hands, he will not let the money be held in his hands for a long time-if the money is not spent, it is not money!

The people in the current Shu Han folk book have really been pushed to the point of life and death.Whether it is to appease the people out of a public heart, it is also good to let the people recuperate.Or it is for him to gain personal fame from Guan Da Sima.In Guan Yi's plan, in the autumn of the second year of Yanxing, he will be exempted from tax throughout Shuhan!
In any case, at least one year of tax exemption is required.Let the already overwhelmed Shu Han people take a breather.Otherwise, as Guan Da Sima, he didn't need the Shu Han family to launch a rebellion against him, and the uprising of the people at the bottom would be enough to kill him and his family.

But here you want to be tax-free, and you have to continue to pay officials at all levels over there!And these days, the salaries of officials at all levels are not directly paid, but directly linked to the weight of grain.And in the actual operation, it is half and half, food and copper coins must be distributed.

How many officials are there in Shu Han now?A full 4 people!There are more officials than Cao Wei (more than 3) and Soochow (more than 2).Some of these 4 people have an annual salary higher than Wanshi—for example, he Guan Da Sima.Some only have a hundred stones—for example, a county magistrate from Xiaxian County.Although in any era, in the entire bureaucratic system, middle and low-level officials always account for the vast majority.But even if the average annual salary of each official is 1000 shi, plus the prince's salary and so on.The Shu Han government will send out [-] million shi of grain and one billion money a year!
(Guan Yi: How come there are so many officials in MB? No way, when Lao Tzu is free next year, he must lay off staff! Hmm? You said the layoffs will start this year? That’s right, the salt farms are all sold out. Department of Salt School More than 5000 people including officials at all levels in the Wei Mansion and a large number of mine soldiers can all be laid off!)
In addition to the salaries of officials, the Shu Han also had an army with a ridiculously high military-to-civilian ratio to support.Although after this Han-Wei war, the current army of the Shu Han has been reduced to about 300 ([-] from the Mobile Corps, [-] from the Hanzhong Corps, [-] from Chengdu Yulin, [-] private soldiers from Fuling in Zigong, and [-] from Yongan [-] legions, [-] Nanzhong legions).Moreover, the salary of soldiers is much lower than that of officials, with an average of about sixty shi a year.But roughly calculated, it needs almost [-] million shi grains and [-] million yuan!
Moreover, it is different from the fact that most of the salaries of officials can be distributed locally.The places where soldiers are stationed are generally remote national borders, far away from grain-producing areas.Therefore, you have to take into account the loss on the road-and due to the terrain of the Shu Han, the loss of food during transportation is the largest among the Three Kingdoms.

In addition, although the Chengdu Plain is a land of abundance from floods and droughts, large-scale agricultural disasters rarely occur.But in any case, there must be at least a certain amount of grain reserves in the country's treasury.

Ling Ling finally figured it out, if the treasury does not have 2000 million shi of grain and 20 billion yuan in reserve before the autumn harvest this year, tax exemption or something, it would be a joke.

If you are not in charge of your family, you don't know how expensive firewood is!Come on, Prime Minister Zhuge, Sima Jiang, General Fei, and Chen Fengzong, let me worship you again!
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