Fengmou Jiangshan

Chapter 69

Sure enough, Su Jun and Liu Jia did not disappoint Gu Qinghua. At the end of the month, the news that a large amount of salt from the Kingdom of Shu was about to enter the Xiguo market on credit spread rapidly in the major cities and towns of Xiguo. With the bottom line, I no longer worry and worry as before.

At the beginning of November, the first batch of salt was transported to Anhuang, Yongzhou, and Jianzhou, three important towns on the southwestern border of Xiguo via Yandu. sell salt.At the same time, the second and third batches of salt set off one after another, and they were transported to the rest of Xiguo via Kuaima, an important town in the southwest, and Fanguo also showed their gestures. The first batch of salt is already on the way and will soon arrive in Xiguo , Enter the interest country market.

The nationwide panic caused by the shortage of salt has officially come to an end.

Seeing this situation, all the salt merchants in Xiguo couldn't help but feel angry, and suddenly became anxious...

Although the salt merchants were manipulated by the "Yuchang" representing the Zheng family, they only followed suit.However, there is no guarantee that everyone will be united in this matter, especially those small salt merchants and big merchants who were awarded by Gu Qinghua.

The small salt merchants have a poor foundation, which is not as rich as the big ones. They have not opened for more than a month, and their income is zero, but their daily expenses have not been reduced by a penny.At the beginning, firstly, they were threatened by the shopkeeper of Yuchang and did not dare to refuse; secondly, Yuchang gave obvious hints and promises that after the event was completed, they would get more lucrative profits; Merchants have agreed to respond to the actions of the Yuchang, and have persisted until now.

What about the big merchants who have been favored by Gu Qinghua?He didn't really respond to the Yuchang, but he knew the forces behind the Yuchang, and he didn't dare to act rashly.

One and a half months passed by, and the expected situation of the Yuchang did not appear. With the support of Shu and Fan, the chaotic market and the panic-stricken people's lives quickly returned to the right track.The small vendors were eager to see through, but they waited for such an ending.Seeing that there is no income, and the profits flow into the pockets of outsiders, who will feel better?
So there were complaints everywhere, and I don't know who took the lead, and with the Yuchang name on their backs, they quietly started the production and sales of salt, and the big businessmen who supported Gu Qinghua saw Gu Qinghua's actions and immediately understood her. Uncompromising determination, also secretly provoking and supporting the small salt merchants, so Yuchang couldn't control the situation even more!
However, this is just the beginning.

The salt official who claimed to be temporarily set up for emergency has changed into a permanent national civil servant who is full-time in charge of the production and sales of one side of the salt. Once the big-character poster is posted, it is like a blockbuster bomb that blows up the entire salt market and even the entire shopping mall. The earth shakes and the mountains shake!
The salt merchants are boiling!Not only the low-level small salt merchants, but also those middle and large salt merchants with considerable strength could not help but panic, and the overwhelming abuse, complaints and curses swept across, almost annihilating Yuchang.

Many Yuchang shops caught fire or were beaten up in the middle of the night, or opened the door early in the morning to find two dead rats hanging from the door.Resentful merchants use this to express their dissatisfaction.If the imperial court takes back the power of salt production and sales, it will be a fatal blow to them.

However, they couldn't blame the imperial court for this matter. If it wasn't for the trouble caused by the Yuchang, the imperial court would not want to live in peace with each other. How could they think of setting up salt officials and taking back the salt rights?
Cutting off people's wealth is like killing one's parents.

The anger towards the Yuchang reached its peak all of a sudden!As a result, the shopkeepers of the Yuchang had to look left and right and dodge vigilantly when they were walking on the road, for fear that if they were not careful, someone would use a sack as the first trick, and then they would be beaten in the dark.Many timid people would rather not get paid than resign and run away!

Naturally, the crisis in the salt market has been completely eliminated. How can the angry salt merchants care about the friendship of their peers and follow the lead?For a time, a large amount of table salt was on the market, and the supply was sufficient, and there was no need for foreign support at all.

Moreover, the price is also extremely low.The salt merchants were expressing their remorse to the imperial court, and they were willing to sell the salt at a loss. They only asked the imperial court to forgive their original impulse and not to take back the right to sell salt.

The Zheng family behind the salt merchant group, on the surface, is calm, but in fact, it is already dark and turbulent.

The main leaders of the Zheng family and several influential shopkeepers of the Yuchang ship gathered together, and the first dull and depressing meeting in history began.The arrogant, high-spirited, confident, and ambitious atmosphere of a month and a half ago was gone. Everyone's complexion was solemn, their brows were tightly frowned, and their energy was withered like an eggplant beaten by frost.

Everyone was in a state of confusion and out of their minds, but they all realized one thing cruelly and soberly: against the imperial court, there will be no good end!
Before the Zheng family could come up with a best-of-both-worlds solution, Gu Tsinghua began to suppress the Yuchang with lightning speed, announcing to the public the proof that the Yuchang did not follow the imperial government’s distribution of salt to induce abuse and sell salt. For the crime of tax evasion and contempt for the imperial court, at the same time, all Yuchang salt shops and salt production workshops were shut down and sealed up, and ordinary employees were dismissed on the spot!However, the shopkeepers of the semicolon were escorted by the government for questioning. At this point in the matter, there is no need for punishment.
As soon as the news came out, everyone was in an uproar.The common people all scolded Yuchang for being uneasy, kind and harmful.Gu Qinghua was furious, complied with public opinion, and completely copied Yuchang, and the core figures who planned this accident were all convicted, either imprisoned, exiled, beaten, or fined. He was merciless.

The Yuchang, which has been proclaimed for nearly a hundred years, has fallen like a landslide. Since then, it has withdrawn from the stage of Xiguo forever.

At the same time, Gu Qinghua announced very considerately that the accident was caused by Yuchang's ulterior motives. She believed that most of the other businesses were coerced and coerced by the wealthy and powerful Yuchang to participate. As long as they abide by the law in the future, If you are honest and do your duty, you will not be held accountable. If you commit another crime in the future, you will have to settle the old and new scores together!

As soon as this announcement came out, countless people secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and all of them praised His Majesty's wisdom.

At this time, Gu Qinghua sent imperial envoys to the three major salt producing areas in the country to discuss with representatives of salt merchants that the right to produce and sell salt should be returned to the imperial court.All the salt merchants just let her go, how dare they say nothing to her request?My heart hurts as if the flesh has been cut, but my mouth agrees to everything.

What's more, Gu Qinghua did not cut off their way of life.In addition to the integration and optimization of the old salt law, taxation, and management systems, the new salt law has three main aspects: one is to sell table salt based on the distribution of salt by the government, and the salt law is re-set according to the level. It has basically no impact on the bottom and the largest number of small salt merchants. What she wants to control is to make one big and dominate the market; second, to set aside eleven saltworks with the largest output and the best salt quality across the country. , under the direct jurisdiction of salt officials dispatched by the government, and salt production and sales are carried out according to the annual distribution of salt; third, the turnover of private salt workshops is divided according to the prefecture, state, and county, and the maximum annual output of each private salt workshop shall not exceed the output stipulated by each locality The upper limit, the private salt workshops that have exceeded the output have reduced their output year by year, and within three years they need to reduce their output to within the range allowed by the state regulations.

In this way, the entire salt market has a new look and is well-regulated.Many big salt merchants need to reduce production every year. Although they are depressed, they feel more balanced when they think of the fate of Yuchang.

Gu Qinghua took the opportunity to support the big merchants who had been favored by him and were close to him, suggesting and encouraging them to develop vigorously based on the salt market, gradually penetrate into other industries, and completely break the monopoly of the four major families.

After this turmoil, Gu Qinghua has a deep understanding of how harmful it is for a big chaebol to control one's economy, and it is not impossible to turn one's hands into clouds and rain.This time, Mrs. Zheng underestimated her, and she was lucky enough to have the help of the Kingdom of Shu, so she was able to get through it without any danger. If next time, Mrs. So-and-so caused a disturbance in the grain market or oil market, what would she do? ?
The best way is to prevent problems before they happen, and completely break any possible monopoly and a big family!She wants to firmly control the country's economic lifeline in her own hands.

Zheng's vitality was seriously injured.Cui Shi and Wang Shi learned how to be good, and quietly restored the original price of the goods that had been raised to the normal price.This matter, even the king who discussed politics was depressed.But he can't do anything about it. Gu Qinghua takes every step of the way as a countermeasure. The fault of the Yuchang Company comes first, and then she has her countermeasures. No matter from the law or public opinion, what she has done can be called justice. party.

However, this is not the only thing that makes King Yizheng depressed and worried. What makes him even more disturbed is that the attitude of the three major families towards him has undergone a subtle change.

Originally, he was omnipotent and unambiguous, but in this open and secret battle, he lost, completely and completely.The three major families had to re-examine his abilities.Although it is not clear, the core figures of each family inevitably weigh in their hearts, should they choose to stand in line again...

Standing on the wrong team is no fun.

In the matter of re-queuing, Mrs. Zheng was the most anxious, and the reasons for this need not be explained too much.They are the first ones who need to make a statement, but they can't make it too obvious and straightforward. After all, the Yuchang was the one that fell in the Yan City turmoil, and the Zheng family was not involved.But Zheng believes that it is actually impossible for their majesty not to know the relationship between Yuchang and Zheng!

Knowing it clearly but not revealing it, what is she planning?
The people of the Zheng family are still making analysis and guesses. One evening at the end of November, Zheng's Qinghe old house ushered in a group of envoys and guards from Zhai Fengcheng. Respectfully and reverently holding in front of the chest is the bright golden dragon flat box containing the imperial decree...

The people of the Zheng family turned pale with fright, hurriedly opened the middle door, set up a confession, set up the incense burner, lit the imperial incense, and about two hundred people knelt in the courtyard, led by the head of the family, resisting the sudden violent heartbeat, respectfully Listen to the holy will.

At this time, the sun was setting, and the sky was covered with golden light, and the afterglow of the golden light was brilliant, covering the dark and dense body, dragging the figure into a long, long, long...

(End of this chapter)