Go back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to be a soldier

Chapter 101 Garbage sold for a sky-high price

The eyes of Xiaoying, Erhu, He Tao, Wang Qi, Dongsheng and other people at the table all focused on Lin Yi's face.Xiaoying secretly pulled Ji Dong's skirt to remind him.

But Lin Yi acted as if nothing had happened, still talking and laughing happily, he was indifferent to the reminders from Xiaoying and others, and he promised to let them see the goods later.

Of course Ji Dong knew it well, secretly asked what do you know?They look at our goods first, and we have to find a way to look at their goods in a while, so that they can't refuse.So many carts are pulling what, we have to figure out, what we want this time is mainly money and food, in order to meet the urgent needs, the problem of feeding more than 1000 brothers, after all, is the top priority.

After eating and drinking, the food and drink were removed, and the waiter in the shop brought fruit and tea. After drinking and eating, Lin Yi took Xiaoying, Fan Yongzhong and others out of the private room, went downstairs, and left The dining room came to Lin Yi's dozen or so carts in the yard on the first floor of the inn facing the street.

Uncle and nephew Fan Yongzhong saw that if the dozen or so cars were filled with salt, their business would not be a small business.We only pulled four loads of salt with so many cars, which is far from enough for the Tatars' appetite, but the competition in Jindi is fierce, and it is impossible to get this stuff if there is too much.If the Tartars are dissatisfied, our Fan family's business may be taken over by others after a long time.

In addition, the salt in Shandong is likely to be sea salt. If it is really high-quality and cheap sea salt, not to mention the few companies in Jindi, this Liu alone has robbed our salt business.

Therefore, the two looked at each other, tacitly knowing each other, and a shadow was cast in their hearts.

"Just this car, the top bag, open it." Lin Yi ordered, and removed the grass that covered it, revealing a large sack.

Lin Yi pulled out the steel knife, and poked a hole in it with a pounce, and everyone's eyes focused on it.

"You two, please keep your eyes open." Lin Yi returned the steel knife to the box.

Because it was dark, there was no electric light at that time, and the light was not too strong because it was illuminated by oil lamps made into lanterns or torches.

Uncle and nephew Fan Yongzhong saw that the salt was white and yellowish. He squeezed a little bit with his hands and put it in his mouth. It felt a little salty, but it was crunchy like eating sand.

In fact, what he ate was soil, to be precise, a mixture of gravel and rock salt. Ji Dong scraped these things from the saline-alkali ground and rocks.

"Spit! Spit!" Fan Yongzhong spat out what was in his mouth, but he spit it out after a few mouthfuls.

The hearts of Xiaoying and the others are all in their throats. Let these two big businessmen eat dirt, isn't that revealing?

What if the play is going to fail?If we want to do something here, we don't have many people, and this is a county town, so it's hard to get away when the government officials and soldiers come.

But looking at Ji Dong again, the wind is still calm, Ji Yi is amused, the taste of this salt is not very good, it is still good, and further inside is a mixture of pure soil and sand, which has nothing to do with salt related.

"How are you two?" Lin Yi asked knowingly.

After the two people spit out the things in their mouths, their hearts were relieved.In my heart, this kind of coarse salt has no salty taste at all, and there are too many impurities in it, which is simply incomparable with our salt.After all, the salt merchants in Henan are small businesses. As long as the Tartars are not idiots, they will definitely not take their goods. Now we don't have to worry about them stealing our business.

The hearts of the two of them opened up a lot. Seeing Lin Yi's question, Fan Yongzhong was old and prudent after all, so he didn't want to say much, but this Mr. Fan San was different. He also drank two cups of wine and wanted to show off in front of the beauty.

So Fan Jimo shook his head and said: "Brother Liu, what should I say about your product, I'm being straightforward, so I can tell the truth. Please bear with me if what I said is wrong. This salt is a little mixed, and the texture is not too pure."

Ji Dong's heart was funny, it wasn't that it wasn't too pure, but it was very impure and mixed.

So Ji Dong was not angry at all when he heard this, and ordered someone to fetch a bowl of water, and then grabbed a handful from the opening of the sack and put it in the bowl. After stirring, the water immediately became cloudy, and then slowly He poured out the muddy water, leaving only a layer of white matter at the bottom of the bowl.

Everyone looked at Ji Dong in bewilderment, including Xiaoying and others, who also cast surprised glances. They didn't know what Lin Yi was doing?
"You two, please taste it again." Lin Yi said.

The two looked at each other in puzzlement. They had also heard about how salt was made. They got it out of the salt well, boiled it, and steamed it again. How many processes did they go through to make salt?
Fan Yongzhong and Fan Jimo really squeezed a little bit and put it in their mouths. Now it really feels much saltier than before.Looking at the white layer at the bottom of the bowl, it looks much smoother than the one just now.

The two felt amazing, nodded and praised the taste.

Ji Dong was amused, these two stupid pigs were from Shanxi, if they were born by the sea, I wouldn't be able to scare them with this trick.

"May I ask what price you plan to sell this batch of goods?"

Ji Dong knew what they were going to do as soon as he heard it. Just now they dismissed their own goods, but now they are being fooled by him and feel pressured. This is the idea of ​​finding a way to sell their own goods.

Lin Yi rolled his eyes, and said frankly: "This bucket is 40 catties, at least you have to pay two taels of silver. This sack is basically around eight buckets, at least 300 catties. A sack costs 16 taels of silver. A car is a total of eight sacks. A total of 16 carts is 128 sacks. In this way, at least 2000 taels of silver will be given. Give 3000 taels of silver."

Xiaoying, Zhang Hua, He Tao, Erhu, Wang Qi and the others didn't dare to be happy, thinking that our adults are really good at fooling people, how dare he ask others for 3000 taels of silver for this rubbish?It's worse than murder and robbery, can you make a deal?Then they all looked at the two big Shanxi merchants.

Fan Yongzhong and Fan Jimo discussed and discussed at the side, and then said: "How about this, I will offer 3500 taels of silver, and I will ask for all of this batch. Let's make friends, and the 500 taels of silver can be regarded as a treat for the young master and brothers." Drink a glass of wine, I don't know what the young master wants?"

When Lin Yi heard this, he could sell 3500 taels of silver for these rubbish-like saline-alkali gravel sandy soil, which is a sky-high price. He was extremely happy, but he couldn't show it on his face. He hesitated for a moment, and then made a decision. Looked determined.

"Since the two of you said so, this friend, Liu has made a deal. But..." Lin Yi deliberately paused, trying to appease the two of them.

Fan Yongzhong and Fan Jimo saw that Lin Yi finally agreed, and they were very happy. He knew that the price Lin Yi mentioned was the price of big salt in the mainland. Three taels of silver, not two taels, including the labor tolls, these big salts sold to Tatars, at least 5000 taels, and they are about to join hands with Tatars, 1500 taels of silver, so earned, and Ji Dong didn't have anything to do this trip. They traded with the Tartars, so there was no need to worry that Ji Dong would snatch their business.
But when he heard Lin Yi say this, his heart hung up again, fearing that Lin Yi would repent, he hurriedly said: "Brother Liu, if you have something to say, please speak face to face."

Lin Yi smiled indifferently, "I'm not afraid of the jokes of the two of you. It is said that Liu should return, but this is the first time for Liu to do business outside the customs. Liu has a feeling of unsympathy. He has already come here. He wants to talk to you. Going together, without him, I just want to meet the Tazi who is in charge, meet up, and go back so that I can have an explanation with my father, and it is not in vain for Mr. Han to personally intervene in this matter."

"Hahaha," the uncle and nephew looked at each other and laughed, they just went with us to meet the Tartars, as long as they don't steal our business, everything is easy to discuss, so the two agreed generously: "What is it? It's a trivial matter. We haven't had enough time for a straightforward person like your son. It happens that we don't have enough horses and chariots. We have to trouble Brother Liu's horses and chariots to take the goods to the outside of the customs. It's a two-day journey. It happens to be traveling together, brother Liu is a trip this time, the Tartars are very enthusiastic, we have to introduce a hero like Brother Liu to the Tartars."

"Then there are two Laos." Lin Yi was overjoyed.

After the two parties agreed in this way, Fan Yongzhong immediately took out a 3500 tael banknote from his body and handed it to Lin Yi.

Lin Yi pretended to refuse, and the uncle and nephew insisted on letting Lin Yi take it. Lin Yi knew that they were afraid that he would change his mind midway, so he reluctantly accepted it.

Take a look at this bank note, it has the seal of Emperor Chongzhen on it, and it is circulated throughout the country. As long as it is under the rule of Ming Dynasty, bank accounts in various places can be exchanged for silver.

Ji Dong picked up the banknotes and couldn't help being elated. The 3500 taels of silver was just like this. It was safer than robbery, and it was coming soon, but the goal was only half achieved.

The purpose of Lin Yi's trip is to rob Shanxi merchants. 3500 taels of silver is a lot, but they can't immediately exchange it for food and grass, and it still can't solve the problem of feeding more than 1000 people. The money can be temporarily saved as food and wages. Military spending, that is to say, they have to be robbed!
But next, we must find out what these dozens of carts are pulling.

At this moment, I heard people shouting horses from outside, and it seemed that many people came.

Lin Yi and the others quickly became vigilant, because they were no longer officers and soldiers of Daming for the time being, but "thieves".

Then came the extremely obsequious voice of the waiter from the shop: "Oh, gentlemen, what brought you here, whether you are eating or staying in the shop, please just give me your orders."

A general reprimanded in a rough voice: "Blind your dog eyes, this is the newly appointed Shanhaiguan Right Battalion Forward Deputy General Wu Sangui, Mr. Wu, this area is haunted by thieves, they claim to be old people who have returned to the sky. Bright people, two months ago, they were so bold that they robbed both Eunuch Gao of the Imperial Horse Supervisor and Lord Yang, the minister of the cabinet. The imperial court committed Lu Xiangsheng and Lin Yi's whereabouts are also unknown. The imperial court has issued a strict order to appoint Yang Sichang as the Minister of the Ministry of War, leader Shang Fangjian, governor of the five provinces, and all-out efforts to suppress thieves, Yongping, Zunhua, Qianxi, Shanhaiguan, this area is the focus, the military and civilians must cooperate to suppress thieves, those who know but do not report, and the thieves The same crime. Mr. Wu is stationed in Yingzhou, and today is the third day of taking office, and he will patrol the whole city. Have you ever seen these two people..."

(End of this chapter)