Water Margin people

Chapter 90 Money

"Brother is interested in salt?"

Zhu Gui asked suspiciously.

"No, I'm interested in money. I always want to find a way to get money in such a big cottage. Otherwise, what would I eat with nearly a thousand mouths?"

Sun Lei shook his head. He wasn’t interested in salt or anything else. He wanted to build a society. The most important thing in a gang was money. It is money, and the third is money.

"Brother, it's not easy to ask for money. Tomorrow I will take people down the mountain to find a few villages to borrow food, and grab a few big families by the way!"

When Ruan Xiaoqi heard that Sun Lei was worried about money, he immediately patted his chest and said.

"Looking for the village to receive food? Robbing big households? Will this last long?"

Sun Lei took a sip of his wine and shook his head.

"long?"

Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi glanced at each other, as if they didn't understand the meaning of these two words, since their eyes were lost, they would drink heavily, eat meat in large quantities, divide gold and silver according to the theory, and wear silk and satin strangely. If you are drunk today with wine, just enjoy yourself in front of you.

"long!"

Surprise flashed in Zhu Gui's eyes. He had been in the arena for several years and met many people, but none of them had Sun Lei's vision.

"This Sun Lei looks young and frivolous, but his vision is different from that of ordinary people, not like the general gangster."

Zhu Gui thought in his heart.

"You go to a village today to borrow food, and the village is probably destroyed. If you go to another village next month, you will destroy another one. Although Liangshan Po is big, how many villages can you destroy? And if you do too much, it will naturally make those People are afraid, and they will run away when they are afraid, where do you go to borrow food at that time?"

"Then there is the matter of robbery. It's the same as borrowing food. If you do too much, no one will drive away the road near Liangshanbo. They would rather take a long detour. Who will you rob? At that time, you can't go to hundreds of people if you rob. Shall we go inside and out?"

Sun Lei looked at Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi and said, these two were fishermen in the past and never were robbers, their thinking is too simple.

"Eh...brother, if you don't borrow money, you won't be robbed, so why are we still turning grass into bandits!"

Ruan Xiaoqi muttered.

"Whoever told you that you have to do that if you turn grass into a bandit? Those are all stupid ways. Let's find a smart way. Otherwise, you will go to Shijie Village to borrow food today, and then go and rob Shijie Town."

Sun Lei looked at Ruan Xiaoqi.

"Brother, I didn't mean that."

Ruan Xiaoqi quickly explained that he couldn't do anything in Shijie Village and Shijie Town, it was because of his acquaintances in the village.

"Go ahead and talk about salt."

Sun Lei looked at Zhu Gui and asked.

"Brother, the salt in the north is generally divided into salt and sea salt. Jieyan refers to the salt produced in Henan, Hebei, west of Caopu, and east of Qinfeng from salt ponds and salt wells. Sea salt, as the name suggests, is obtained by boiling seawater in coastal areas. Salt. Although they are all salt, the prices vary greatly.”

"Salt extraction is simple, and the quality is good. It is divided into three grades according to quality, and the price per catty is between 34 Wen and 44 Wen. The extraction of sea salt is more troublesome, and its quality is also uneven. It is divided into 31 grades, and the price per catty is between 47 and [-] Wen. Between [-] Wen and [-] Wen."

Zhu Gui introduced the salt business to Sun Lei in detail.

"I don't see that you have a lot of insight into salt."

Sun Lei asked with a smile.

"To tell you the truth, brother, the ancestor of the villain was a businessman, and he also had a salt trade and sold salt."

Zhu Gui replied.

"Haha, so that's the case. This salt seems to be a huge profit indeed. Selling smuggled salt is indeed a good business."

Sun Lei nodded and said.

"You said there was a change in it, what kind of change?"

Sun Lei asked again.

"I just guessed this incident based on some things. I don't know if it's true or not. When Wang Lun first came to Liangshan, there was no manpower, and it was all funded by Chai Jin. Later, this private businessman also contacted Chai Jin to start the business. After Chai Jin broke the relationship, Wang Lun set up his own business and started a private salt business. According to what I know, the purchase price of Chai Jin should be too high, so he looked for other sources."

Zhu Gui returned and said that in the past, Wang Lun, Du Qian and Song Wan had the final say on Liangshan. Although he was in the top position, he was actually just the leader of the shop.

"It turned out that there was a falling out. This guy is still using Chai Jin's brand to talk about things. He is really cunning. He used the tiger skin as a banner, but he has already fallen out."

Sun Lei threw the bronze medal on the table and said with a smile, he wants to understand one thing now, why was Lin Chong the one who annoyed Wang Lun? It was very abrupt and unreasonable for Lin Chong, who came from an official background and was so tolerant of being a wimp, to do things. Although Wang Lun belittled Lin Chong, Lin Chong came here to take refuge. Isn't it normal to live under the fence?Lin Chong just left if he had the courage to kill Wang Lun?Killing the boss is disgraceful no matter how you say it, whether it is in the arena or in the army, this principle is universal.

It is estimated that Lin Chong’s action was instructed by Chai Jin. Wang Lun turned his face when he got funding to go out and gain a foothold. Chai Jin took the opportunity to recommend Lin Chong to take a look at the situation. soft.

"Who did Wang Lun sell his salt to? I've never heard of anyone smuggling salt around here."

Sun Lei asked curiously again.

"This villain knows a little bit. Wang Lun is very witty. He doesn't dare to sell private salt blatantly. He just sells the salt at a discount to the Jeju government, so every time he comes to sell the salt, he can sell it quickly. There is no backlog of goods. Salt is only 34 Wen a catty, and when it is sold to the government, it immediately becomes official salt, which can be sold for [-] ten Wen per catty. Therefore, in the two years since Wang Lun came to Liangshanbo, the government has never really come to suppress it. look."

Zhu Gui said.

"It's a good game! This move is really powerful, and it's really beyond the imagination of ordinary people in the world!"

Sun Lei clapped his hands and said, Wang Lun, a gentleman in white clothes, is really not simple. This hand is really beautiful, and it is beyond the imagination of ordinary rough men. No wonder Wang Lun was safe and sound when he occupied Liangshan. Chao Gai sent troops as soon as he came to Jeju Going to suppress, in addition to the birth date, this is also a matter of interest.

"Zhu Gui, since I've become the head of the village, are you willing to join?"

Sun Lei officially invited Zhu Gui. There are few talents on the mountain. Although Zhu Gui is not good at force, he still has a way of doing things and opening a shop.

"Brother Meng thinks highly of it, younger brother is willing to follow elder brother!"

Zhu Gui quickly accepted his head and bowed.

"Then you should be a steward first, and then you will take the top spot when you have credit!"

Sun Lei nodded in satisfaction and said, he doesn't plan to let everyone take the top spot, that would look too immodest.

"I'm willing to be an idiot in front of my brother."

Zhu Gui had no opinion at all.

"By the way, I heard that you run a hotel and often harass merchants, slice lean meat into dumplings, fry fatty meat and light lamps, and do some black shop business?"

Sun Lei looked at Zhu Gui and asked.

"Brother misunderstood, these are all rumors that are deliberately let out for fear of trouble. There are no bluffing rumors in the Jianghu. There is a cottage behind me. The hotel is opened to listen to the news. What I want is to come and go. , the more lively the news is, the better the news will be. No one will dare to come if you open a black shop to make money and kill yourself. Isn't this a broken news? Black shops are usually opened by lonely ghosts, and they do business with no family, and they don't want to last long , only for the money in front of me.”

Zhu Gui shook his head and explained.

(End of this chapter)