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Chapter 48 Illicit Salt Trader

Since parting with everyone, Daniel Duoxin has a gloomy face along the way and doesn't say a word. The old leader knew that he wanted Jia Han to come back to make him feel unhappy, so he could only sigh. Jia Han created such a great momentum in Qinzhou. For the future of his tribe, it would be best to welcome him back. The court really wanted to annex the surrounding tribes, so who could stop him?

Qinzhou was able to maintain the current pattern of numerous foreign lands because it did not open up the outside world since the founding of the Song Dynasty. This was a policy that was set since the time of Taizu. The court was only interested in the traditional land of the Han people, and the other foreign regions were too lazy to deal with it. Before taking back Yanyun, it would not attack other places. Taizong once wanted to suppress Jiaozhi County and the rebellion against Dangxiang, but it was not successful in the end. This policy of guarding the local area and not exploring was continued.

With the Khitan in the north being suppressed, the financial pressure of the Song Dynasty has always been great. It costs money to develop land, and it is difficult to gain the approval of the government and the public. This is the basis for the existence of the Hehuang tribes.

Now because of the rebellion of Dangxiang, the court wants to explore the Hehuang area and is determined to set up the foreign tribes and are unwilling to do so? The old leader has lived for decades and can still see these things clearly. After the merger of the tents around Qinzhou is completed as a village, the surrounding foreign tribes will be difficult to escape. So what if they oppose it? Do you still want to start a war to resist? From Song Liguo, in Qinzhou, there has never been any trouble in the foreign tribes that have caused threats to the court. Tian Renlang was appointed as the inspector of Qinzhou, and he often destroyed hundreds of foreign tribes. Who can do what he does? He is not just a good star to provide for him. The biggest trouble was that Brother Zong Li Li, in the name of Li Siluo, called for nearly 100,000 people to cause trouble. As a result, Cao Wei was chased by Sandu Valley for dozens of miles. From then on, no one in Hehuang dared to go against the court again.

The general trend is coming, and anyone's resistance is a mantissue. The current policy of the general after arriving in Qinzhou is very clear. He has changed the policy of using barbarians to control barbarians. He has to sort out the surrounding foreign lands and do his best to deal with Dangxiang. Fortunately, the general did not use force to sweep the enemy troops by force, but showed his kindness. At least until now, he has given concessions to the foreign lands. The best response for the tribe is to seize this opportunity and win the greatest benefits for themselves. I want to resist delusion is to seek death. At this time, Jiahan is a great opportunity to make a tribe. Even if the tribe merges into a village in the future, he will not suffer much loss.

Unfortunately, the interests in this are not easy to tell my son, otherwise it may be hated by the general's mansion if it is spread, and it will be jealous of the general's mansion, which will lead to revenge. Anyway, I have grasped the general direction of the clan. Even if my son is wronged now, he will understand his hard work one day. As for the fact that the foreign tribes can only grazle cattle and sheep, it is nonsense. Many foreign tribes around Qinzhou were originally Han people, but they were occupied by Tubo in the late Tang Dynasty. As long as the farming fields are better than before, I don't know how many foreign people are willing to join the stakes as villages, how could a few leaders stop them for their own interests?

When he returned to the clan, the blind Si Duoxin didn't say a word, but went back to his residence and closed the door and saw no one.

In the old leader's tent, several people in Han costumes had been waiting there for a long time. When they saw the old leader coming in, they quickly got up to salute.

After the two sides met, the old leader said, "There are too many things to do in Qinzhou City today, so I have been waiting for you for a long time."

One of the people who seemed to be the leader said, "You are polite, why are we going to fight first? By the way, is there any important news about the clan leader going to Qinzhou this time? I heard that your son in the Naming Institute is very good, congratulations to the clan leader!"

The old leader bowed repeatedly: "The son was sent to Qinzhou when he was a child. Unexpectedly, he would have this luck when he was old. Now he has given him a name by the court, whose surname is Guo's surname, Jiahan."

Several people congratulated each other, and the leader said, "I heard that there is a Sansi shop in Qinzhou City now. The ones sold fine salt in it are very cheap. If so, the salt sellers will lose their livelihoods, and the salt ponds in the tribe are as difficult as possible. With that cheap fine salt, who do you sell salt to?"

The old leader smiled and said, "I saw fine salt there. I heard that they only sold ten cents per pound, so I was also worried. Later, I found the Fanluo envoy from the General's Mansion. He went to the Grand Marshal to tell the Grand Marshal that the Grand Marshal asked the Sansi Shop to buy our salt and then make it into fine salt for sale, so that the court's own fine salt was no longer needed. This Grand Marshal was very kind and did not make things difficult for us Fan people."

Hearing that this was the result, several private salt dealers felt cold, but the leader did not show it on his face, and he still smiled and said, "Congratulations to the clan leader! The government bought salt for a long time and had to buy *** a lot. I wonder how much they charged per pound? The fine salt is only sold for ten cents, so the price for you is not high, right?"

"Fortunately, the Grand Marshal ordered Sansi Shop not to make money from us, and he would be able to make it a good deal if he gave him a pound of six cents."

Several private salt dealers looked at each other, and the leader tried to ask: "It's good to have a Sansi Shop selling fine salt out of it. It's a good idea to sell it for 6 cents per pound. The clan leader, we have been intimate for many years, can we bring us a favor?"

The old lord felt vigilant in his heart and asked with a smile: "With our friendship, I will naturally help you. I just don't know what you are talking about, can I help you."

"We can't do business with a pound of salt with six cents of money. However, the connections we have formed over the years, some other tribes with salt ponds, do not have the luck of the clan leader, and they can't sell salt when they guard the salt pond. But we are just in love, and I don't know if we can sell salt to Sansipu in the name of the clan leader. They can also make a profit of one or two cents."

The old leader hurriedly said, "This is not something to do! Today I have made a reservation. The salt we sell to Sansipu every month has a fixed quota, which is less than the salt fried in the previous tribe. There is no end to the salt in this tribe, so how can we sell other salts!"

There are Fan tribes nearby, except for the Shang Ding tribe, there are Diezhou and Dangzhou. However, the salt in those two states has always been sold only to the hinterland of Fan Qiang and Lizhou Road, and not to Qinzhou. These guests said they wanted to sell salt from other places. The first thing the old leaders thought of was the green and white salt from Dangxiang. Because they rebelled against the Song Dynasty, they had cut off their salt sales and had always relied on these private salt sellers to sell salt. If this is true, the Qing and white salt from Dangxiang himself would be known by the court that it would be a disaster for the extermination of the clan.

Qinzhou implemented a policy of low-priced fine salt. Those who were normal-minded knew that it was to block the green and white salt of Dangxiang and cut off their wealth. Taking advantage of loopholes in this, I was afraid that the charge of colluding with the enemy and treason would not be eliminated. How many courage did the old leader dare to do it?

After hearing the old leader's answer, several private salt dealers were very disappointed. They were not short of etiquette and said to the old leader: "I didn't expect that the court still had many restrictions. It seems that collecting your salt is extremely graceful, and it is pitiful to other tribes."

The old leader said: "We can get this benefit by relying on me to find the Supervisor's Mansion. You might as well tell those tribes with salt ponds that you can also find the Supervisor's Mansion. Maybe the Sansi Shop will also collect their salt."

"What the clan leader said is that when I see them, I will talk to them."

The leader of the salt vendor agreed, but there was no ease on his face. What does other tribes have to do with him? Most of the people who sell private salt in this area are related to Dangxiang. Because the Song Dynasty prohibits private salt, they naturally stand on the other side. Now the Sansi Shop sells fine salt to remove firewood from the bottom of a pot. These private salt vendors are concerned about what to do if the green and white salt from Dangxiang comes.

As long as you rely on Dangxiang, you can always find a bite of rice to eat. If Dangxiang’s salt cannot be sold, they will lose their value to Dangxiang. Where can they survive in the future? Trafficking in private salt is a death sentence in the Song Dynasty. If you lose Dangxiang’s backer, your life will be difficult in the future, and you must think of a way out.
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