Abnormal Three Kingdoms

Chapter 64
Xiapi, Yanzhuang.

"My lord, it's been a few days. The salt here seems to be inexhaustible, and it's shipped every day." In the restaurant facing the street, Chen Ying frowned and looked at the salt shop opposite, which was full of guests, and listened to the servant's report.

It has been nearly a month since Lu Bu opened the salt farm. At the beginning, everyone didn't care. Without salt, it is useless even if you open a hundred salt farms. But since the salt farm officially sold salt yesterday, Chen Ying noticed something was wrong. The salt and iron business in Xuzhou is basically controlled by them, and the salt is inseparable from them from production to sales, but this time the salt village sells salt, but he has not received any news from here, which makes Chen Ying feel a little bit wrong. OK.

"Have you ever found out where the salt in this salt village comes from?" Chen Ying raised his wine glass, sipped his wine, and asked with a frown.

He naturally knew that Lu Bu wanted to collect salt and iron taxes. Lu Bu mentioned this to Chen Gui more than once, hoping that the Chen family could help.

However, the salt and iron trade in Xuzhou was basically divided up during Liu Bei's time. When Liu Bei was there, the Chen family was still willing to let some, but now that Lu Bu is in charge, if he wants to keep his foothold in Xuzhou, he can only rely on scholars His face turned pale.

Don't talk about force deterrence, if you come and grab a wave and leave, then I have nothing to say, I can only admit that I am unlucky, but if you want to take root in this Xuzhou territory, you can't get around the gentry in every way, and the gentry is not without it. With the power to fight back, you can't fight back, but you can still dodge if you want to hide.

Therefore, the Xuzhou scholars were not afraid of Lu Bu's threat of force. To Chen Ying, Lu Bu was called the Lord of Xuzhou, but he was actually a hungry dog!
You can't really starve him to death. If such a warrior goes crazy, Xuzhou will have to go through another catastrophe, but you can't let him eat too much, or he will gradually lose control.

But now, the hungry dog ​​seems to be finding food on its own, which is not a good thing.

"Although there is no specific information, since the new Jin Cao took his troops to Ganyu a month ago, Ganyu has been blocked, and not long after that, a large amount of salt has been sent from Ganyu." The servant said solemnly .

In order to prevent the premature leakage of the salt-making process, Chu Nan did a good job of blocking it.

"Ganyu..." Chen Ying squeezed his beard, looked at his servants and said, "Send more people to the direction of Ganyu, Ganyu alone cannot produce so much salt, and in addition, ask people to investigate Are there any other locations in this salt village?"

If there are salt farms everywhere, then we have to pay attention to it. It can be seen as Lu Bu's counterattack against the Xuzhou gentry, and he is unwilling to be a hungry dog ​​anymore.

"Here!" The servant bowed in agreement, took his leave and left.

Holding the glass of wine, Chen Ying looked at the Yanzhuang opposite, frowning and speechless.

The biggest question now is, where did the other party's salt come from, just suddenly found a batch?Or maybe Ganyu found a salt mine. If it's the former, it's okay to say, just sit and watch the other party finish the deal, and then go back to the past track, but if it's the latter, it's not a good thing for the Chen family!

A few more days passed like this, Chen Mansion.

"My lord, now there are salt farms in Peixian, Siwu, Xiaxiang and Xiapi counties, and it seems that the government office is going to expand to other counties recently." The servant who was in charge of inquiring about the news bowed to Chen Ying.

"The people who run Yanzhuang are all friends of Chu Nan?" Chen Ying played with a jade pendant. His elder brother Chen Deng likes to play with a jade pendant when thinking about problems. Sometimes Chen Ying would unconsciously To imitate my brother.

"Well, Xue Nian, Ren Zhao, and Tian Yang were all well-known in ancient times. Xue Nian wanted to open a cloth village before, but due to some reasons, he failed to open it and lost his family fortune. If he hadn't opened a salt village this time , I'm afraid I'll be depressed for a few years." The servant smiled.

Chen Ying nodded silently. He naturally understood why this was the case. Xuzhou's food, clothing, housing and transportation were basically controlled by the aristocratic family. These small merchants and hawkers did some tiring work that they didn't want to do, such as silkworm rearing and delivery. If you really want to insert your hand into the rice bowl of the aristocratic family, then wait to be cleaned up.

Chen Ying would not care about the life and death of these small traders, but now that these people are on the table and have become a sharp weapon in Lu Bu's hands to grab money, Chen Ying has to care.

The most important thing is that Chen Ying failed to find out where Lu Bu's salt came from, and how long would it last?But in the past few days, Yanzhuang has been selling coarse salt at a price that is [-]% lower than theirs, which has not only affected the Chen family, but has had an impact on the entire salt market, so he wants to do something to alleviate the current situation. pressure.

"Young Master." A steward came in and saluted Chen Ying.

"What's the matter?" Chen Ying anxiously put the jade pendant on the table.

"The master invites you to go over."

"Yeah." Chen Ying nodded, and asked as he walked, "But what about the Yanzhuang?"

"The old servant doesn't know, but a few celebrities have come to visit today."

Chen Ying understood that the Chen family naturally had no shortage of people to visit on a daily basis, but the number of people visiting in a day was a bit too much. Now Xuzhou was generally considered stable, so many people came together, and he knew why without asking.

Following the steward to the main courtyard, he saw Yi Yan coming out and Chen Ying, and hurriedly greeted him.

"I already know the matter, don't worry." Chen Ying comforted him before entering the main hall.

Chen Gui had just entertained several celebrities and was hammering his legs. When he saw his second son coming in, Chen Gui did not maintain his demeanor: "I have generally heard about the matter, what do you think?"

"Salt is not only a big tax in Xuzhou, it is also the lifeblood of most wealthy families. It took me ten years to get the salt from the government office. Now Chu Nan must use this to recover the salt tax, and even borrow the power of the government office. Take back the salt and iron, this matter cannot be let!" Chen Ying said in a deep voice.

In addition to being a big grain-producing state, Xuzhou is also a big salt-producing state. Salt occupies a very high proportion in Xuzhou's economic system, and this cannot be allowed.

"So?" Chen Gui looked at Chen Ying.

"At present, the child is still unable to determine the source of the other party's salt."

"What if you are sure?" Chen Gui asked back.

"If that Chu Nan is just bluffing, then we can delay with him for a few days. When he runs out of salt, we can take the opportunity to raise the price of salt to make up for the loss of time."

"If there is such a source as the salt mine, we will... try to capture or destroy the salt mine..."

Before he finished speaking, Chen Gui waved his hand and said, "This is a matter of giving others a hand. If you really do this, if Lu Bu wants to take action against my Chen family, it will be logical. Even if you don't really take action, you will help him back out." I took off the scabbard and let him have an excuse to attack me at any time, this is not what a wise man does."

"Dare he?" Chen Ying frowned.

"You broke the rules, why didn't he dare?" Chen Gui asked back, stood up and looked at his second son, and said, "In everything, you have to count your defeat before you win, and then you can be invincible. Putting oneself to death at the beginning is afraid that it will be difficult to find a way out, and these methods are not useful to everyone."

"Father please advise!" Chen Ying bowed.

"When you don't know how to move, don't move around, just wait and see."

(End of this chapter)