Xianxia version of Water Margin

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Faced with Jiang Hongfei's unabashed insistence on Hu Sanniang, Hu Chengdu was sweating!

In the past few years, Hu Cheng has been taking care of his family's business and managed it in an orderly manner. How could he be an incompetent fool?

After thinking about it for a moment, Hu Cheng understood that Jiang Hongfei was not allowing the Hu family to bet on both sides, but was forcing them to choose one of two options: either throw themselves into the water in Liangshan, or continue to be tied to Zhujiazhuang and stay in the water. Liangshan is the enemy.

By the way, the Zhu family had the same idea when they forced the Hu family to get married not long ago. They also wanted to tie Zhujiazhuang and Hujiazhuang together to prevent the Hu family from being half-hearted.

After returning from the engagement, Hu Cheng heard from his father Hu Rong that Zhujiazhuang was ready to find an opportunity to teach Li Jiazhuang a lesson.

Even the powerful locals like Zhujiazhuang would not allow Lijiazhuang and Hujiazhuang to be at the forefront, let alone Shuibo Liangshan, which is now in full swing.

"It's ridiculous that our Hu family still wants to put their eggs in one basket and bet on both ends!" Hu Cheng thought bitterly.

"This old fox Li Ying is so awesome!" Hu Cheng couldn't help but sigh.

really!

Compared with Zhujiazhuang, who was blinded by utilitarianism and bent on being an enemy of Shuibo Liangshan, Hujiazhuang wanted to avoid offending both sides while marrying the Zhu family and doing business with Shuibo Liangshan. Lijiazhuang and Zhujiazhuang under the leadership of Li Ying The family village maintains a certain safe distance, and reluctantly eliminates the conflict with Shuibo Liangshan and buys insurance on Shuibo Liangshan, which is the most foolproof.

——Even if Zhujiazhuang wins in the future, Lijiazhuang, which is not completely at odds with Zhujiazhuang, will never be completely defeated.

Looking at Hujiazhuang, it is obvious that Zhu Bajie is not a human being when he looks in the mirror.

Hu Cheng pondered for a long time and then said: "This is a serious matter. I will go back and discuss it with my father before giving an answer to the village leader, okay?"

"You can do anything you want." Jiang Hongfei said with a smile.

After speaking, Jiang Hongfei waved, and Ling Zhen came over to greet Du Xing and Hu Cheng.

Then, Jiang Hongfei looked at Li Jun, who had a tall figure, thick eyebrows, big eyes, red face, a wire-like mustache, and a voice like a bell.

"Who would have thought that this man is the final winner of the Water Margin world, and the one with the best ending among the Liangshan heroes!"

Jiang Hongfei looked at Li Jun and thought.

In fact, aside from the fact that Li Jun can eventually become the King of Siam.

Li Jun is also the leading figure among Liangshan heroes.

He has extraordinary vision and rescued Song Jiang twice. He held an important position in Liangshan but kept a low profile. Later he no longer recognized Song Jiang very much, but he was still able to make repeated military exploits under Song Jiang and maintain his status. At the same time, he "hide his strength and bide his time" and make other plans. Finally, he met Fei Bao and others finally found the opportunity to create another career, just like a "real dragon" entering the sea.

It can be said that Li Jun is a truly hidden Liangshan hero and a person who can really do great things.

It’s no wonder that Li Jun became the fourth generation leader of Shuibo Liangshan and the only leader who found a truly acceptable ending for the heroes of Liangshan.

Just when Jiang Hongfei was looking at Li Jun and thinking about Li Jun, Li Jun had already pushed the golden mountain, poured down the jade pillar, and bowed down:

"My surname is Li Mingjun, and my ancestral home is from Luzhou. I make a living by boating in the Yangtze River, and I know the nature of water. People call me Li Jun, the Hunjianglong. Now I am mainly engaged in this private salt business. We have friends in the Jianghuai area."

From Li Jun's answer, Jiang Hongfei had confirmed that Li Jun was indeed smart.

Moreover, Jiang Hongfei dared to conclude that Li Jun must have taken the initiative and was the last one to disembark.

——In this way, Li Jun can expose his family through these heroes and heroes, and know where there are blind spots in power, allowing him to exploit loopholes.

The main reason why Li Jun did not choose Jiangxi where he was to attack mainly was that among the heroes who came this time, there were two forces that could cover Jiangxi - one of them was Fang La's Manichaeism.

To be honest, Li Jun's power is not enough compared to Manichaeism and another Jiangxi hero.

In this case, if Li Jun chooses the Jiangxi market, he may not even be able to drink soup.

So, Li Jun plucked up the courage to apply for the Jianghuai area, which was not very competitive, hoping to bite off a big piece of fat from the Jianghuai area.

Jiang Hongfei helped Li Jun up and said, "I'll take you there."

When Li Jun heard this, he quickly followed.

Jiang Hongfei said to Li Jun as if he was chatting with an old friend for many years: "Our business is huge and involves the interests of too many people. If you are not careful, you may get involved..."

Li Jun is so smart, how can he not tell that Jiang Hongfei has already figured out his background?

Therefore, it was impossible for him, Li Jun, to sell refined salt in the Jianghuai area that he could not control - it was not that Jiang Hongfei would not give it to him, but that if he gave it to him, he might be harmed.

Li Jun didn't know what Jiang Hongfei said.

However, among the heroes and heroes who came this time, the worst ones were local bosses at the level of Song Jiang and Chao Gai. Their influence, not to mention covering one or two roads, must be at least in several states and counties. If you can cover it up, Li Jun, one-sixth of the tyrants in Jieyang Town, is really not enough.

But Li Jun was really unwilling to let Li Jun only get the small market in Jieyang Town, and finally caught an opportunity to make a fortune!

After asking Li Jun a few words, Jiang Hongfei stopped the topic, and then explained a little bit about what he had just insisted on killing Sanniang:

"How can a woman be worthy of me asking for it in person? What I want is actually the attitude of his family..."

In a few words, Jiang Hongfei explained clearly the grievances between Shuibo Liangshan and Zhujiazhuang, the alliance between the three villages, and the current attitudes of Lijiazhuang and Hujiazhuang.

After Jiang Hongfei's explanation, Li Jun understood that Jiang Hongfei had used the simplest method to force Hujiazhuang and Zhujiazhuang to separate, so that Shuibo Liangshan could eliminate the last threat within his sphere of influence.

Li Jun fully understands this.

How can you allow others to snore on the side of the couch?

The group of people in Zhujiazhuang were full of thoughts of helping the Zhao and Song Dynasties eliminate Shuibo Liangshan, and they wanted to exchange the heroes of Liangshan for fame and fortune. Of course Jiang Hongfei wanted to eliminate them.

And dividing the three villages is definitely the first step to eliminate Zhujiazhuang.

Now that Lijiazhuang has made a wise choice, he can ignore this threat for now.

Hujiazhuang is still wavering, and the people of Hujiazhuang have to be forced. Otherwise, it is difficult to formulate a battle plan to attack Zhujiazhuang in Liangshan, where it is impossible to determine whether Hujiazhuang is an enemy or a friend.

When he was less than a hundred meters away from the warehouse, Jiang Hongfei stopped and said to Li Jun: "Come with me. I can teach you to do something great, instead of being a selfish salt dealer all your life."

Li Jun never expected that Jiang Hongfei would extend an olive branch to him!

Therefore, for a moment, Li Jun, who had never thought about such a thing, really didn't know whether he should accept Jiang Hongfei's solicitation.

Jiang Hongfei did not rush Li Jun, but said to him: "You don't have to answer me in a hurry. Let's sell the refined salt first."

After that, Jiang Hongfei took Li Jun to the warehouse and said loudly:

"Xiao Ke knows that many of you are worried about the quality and quantity of refined salt. Is it enough for so many of us to make a fortune? Xiao Ke won't explain too much here. Please take a moment. Please close your eyes later."

As soon as Jiang Hongfei finished speaking, Liangshan soldiers opened the door of the warehouse, and then more than a hundred Liangshan soldiers entered the warehouse with torches, lighting up the warehouse brightly.

Next, Jiang Hongfei personally took the lead and entered the warehouse.

After entering, a group of heroes and heroes confirmed that this warehouse, which covered an area of ​​more than ten acres and was at least five feet high, was really neatly filled with dense sacks.

Those with a sharp eye noticed that these sacks were slightly different from those used to hold grain.

"These are all refined salts!?" someone asked in disbelief.

Jiang Hongfei didn't talk nonsense, but directly asked people to bring hundreds of daggers and asked a group of heroes and heroes to see for themselves.

A private salt dealer named Ma Shan picked up a short knife without hesitation, took out a bag of salt at random, threw it on the ground, and then cut it open with a knife.

But the sack burst open, and fine salt as white as snow poured out from the breach, making a sweet "swishing" sound.

Ma Shan suppressed his excitement and reached out to explore the salt bag. He did not encounter any slightly larger salt balls. They were all filled with such fine salt particles.

Seeing this, Ma Shan's face was filled with ecstasy.

But Ma Shan still twisted out a small pinch of refined salt, put it into his mouth to taste, and then said with enjoyment: "I have been selling salt for 20 years, and I have never seen such good salt. Everyone, come and take a look!"

Everyone came forward to check it out, and then they all praised the quality of the salt.

Next, everyone randomly picked out dozens of bags of refined salt. When they opened them, they found that they were all of the same quality.

At this point, all the heroes and heroes completely believed that this huge warehouse was full of refined salt, and further believed that Jiang Hongfei could indeed make everyone present make a fortune.

Who would have thought that at this time Jiang Hongfei said: "This is just a drop in the ocean. I can have as much refined salt as you want in Liangshan. As long as you want it, at any time and in any quantity, I can guarantee that it will be in Liangshan!"

Most people were overjoyed after hearing Jiang Hongfei's words, thinking that they had found a stable way to make money.

But there are still people who are interested.

These people are Fang Wei's group, Tian Bao's group, and Wang Qing's group.

Why?

In fact, with their size and ambition, they simply don't care about this small profit.

Jiang Hongfei saw it and asked with a smile: "Why, your family is not interested?"

Tian Bao said: "Brother Jiang, with the relationship between your family and my family, I can only say what I want."

Jiang Hongfei said: "My dear brother, please speak frankly."

Tian Bao was not polite and said bluntly: "Such a high-quality salt, the cost charged by Guizhai should not be low? Add this to the profits of you and me, and the selling price is probably still in the official price range." Above salt, how big a market can there be?”

When Tian Bao said this, he was really not trying to lower the price with Jiang Hongfei, but just discussing the matter.

Although salt is expensive in this world, one pound only costs tens of dollars. If you can't make enough, how much can you make?

In the eyes of outsiders, the refined salt from Shuibo Liangshan is of such high quality that it must go the high-end route.

The high-end route means that this amount cannot be reached.

Besides, if this refined salt is transported to the Hedong area, it will have to pass through many state capitals on the way.

Don't look at it, thousands of heavily armed troops are dispatched, and local governments pretend to be deaf and dumb.

But when it comes to caravans selling smuggled salt, the government has always been extremely competent. After all, this is how they make money.

If you want to pass these levels one after another, you must go up and down.

In this way, the work will definitely not be in vain, otherwise there would not be so many people traveling thousands of miles to do this business.

But for big forces like Fang La, Tian Hu, and Wang Qing, making this little money is just useless, tasteless, and it would be a pity to abandon it. In short, it has limited appeal.

In fact, before coming here, Fang La, Tian Hu, and Wang Qing had no intention of doing the refined salt business. They came here just to save Jiang Hongfei's face, and to talk to Jiang Hongfei about other things, such as how to unite to fight against Zhao. Song Dynasty.

At this time, Tian Bao just told Fang La, Tian Hu, and Wang Qing the true thoughts of the three families.

Jiang Hongfei listened patiently, and then asked a group of heroes and heroes: "Who among you is familiar with the price of salt? Can you tell Xiao Ke about it?"

Ma Shan threw his hands at everyone and said, "I'm going to make a fool of myself."

"Let's talk about the price of salt in the north first. When it comes to the price of salt in the north, we have to mention jie salt. Henan, Hebei, west of Cao Pu, and east of Qinfeng all eat jie salt. The price of jie salt distributed to officials and merchants during the Yuanyou period A table of salt costs 8 cents and 200 cents. Today, although the price has changed, it is still relatively stable, hovering between 50 and 70 cents per catty. There is also salt produced by Bingzhou and Fenzhou Water Conservancy Supervision Bureau in Hedong. The quality of the salt is very poor, so the price is much lower than that of salt salt, and the price distributed to merchants is only thirty-six cents per catty."

"There is another exception in the north. There is the Capital Salt Institute in Bianliang City. By controlling the amount of salt in the market, it suppresses the salt price when it is high and raises it when it is low. It has been maintained at forty-five cents per catty. level.”

"In addition to the north, there are Southeast Sixth Road and Jingdong. Originally, the price of sea salt distributed to merchants by Southeast Sixth Road was a minimum of 20 cents and a maximum of forty-five cents. However, Cai Jing proposed a price increase in front of the officials. The price of salt on the Sixth Route was set, and the old price Prices above twenty cents will be increased by ten cents, and those above forty-five will remain the same. That is to say, except for the highest and lowest grade salt prices, which remain at the original price, the prices of the other middle grades will increase by ten cents."

"Finally, there is Chuanshu 4th Road. Chuanshu 4th Road mainly sells locally produced well salt. The price is very low. If a fool sells sea salt or salt salt, he will lose everything. But if someone wants to transport it on a large scale, It is not easy to get salt from his well. Firstly, the output is limited, secondly, the salt here has to be sold to Dali, and thirdly, the road to Shu is difficult to travel and the transportation is really inconvenient, so this place is mostly self-sufficient, needless to say."

Ma Shan looked like an old private salt dealer at first glance. He spoke eloquently and thoroughly explained the salt prices in most areas within the Zhao and Song Dynasties. The places he did not mention were either too remote or had a small population base. In his eyes, it has no commercial value.

Speaking of this, Ma Shan said again:

"Master of the village, I dare to say that the quality of refined salt is far superior to that of salt salt. The price of 40 wen given by Xie before is indeed a very fair price."

"However, we are engaged in this private salt business. There are many checkpoints and obstacles along the way. Taking into account the freight, management and losses, if we transport 40 cents back, I am afraid there will be only a few cents left in profit. If we are in danger and the boat capsizes in a storm, we will It’s a waste of money.”

"Look, can you give us another three or two pennies here?"

This is what really drives down the price.

What Ma Shan said is that you can't make a few cents by transporting it back, which is nonsense.

You know, even if these refined salts are wholesaled to Jingdong merchants at a price of forty-five cents, many people will still flock to them.

After all, the Zhao and Song dynasties were only two hundred years old and produced a large number of wealthy people, so the high-end market should not be underestimated.

And based on the price of forty cents, these people can transport it back to their sphere of influence and sell it. Even if it is just wholesale, they can make at least ten cents.

Otherwise, how could these people gather here in Shuibo Liangshan at this time? Isn't it because there is a huge profit margin?

But then again, who would think that the money is too much? If Jiang Hongfei can really give them some profit, even if it is just a penny, if the amount goes up, it will be a big income.

Jiang Hongfei didn't care about Ma Shan.

It is natural for businessmen to pursue profits.

Of course, the main reason is that Jiang Hongfei was prepared to cut prices for these people.

——Jiang Hongfei is not prepared to only focus on the high-end market, otherwise the sales volume will not increase, and the profit he can make will definitely be limited, and this will not achieve his purpose of bleeding the Zhao and Song dynasties.

Jiang Hongfei said with a smile: "How can we fulfill Xiao Ke's promise to help you make money with only three or two coins?"

As soon as Jiang Hongfei said this, many people began to feel their hearts beat faster. Even Fang La, Tian Hu, and Wang Qing, who were not interested before, looked at Jiang Hongfei nervously!

One person was really impatient and urged: "Grandpa, how much money are you talking about giving us? Don't whet our appetite anymore!"

Seeing that this man was so anxious that he even called Jiang Hongfei daddy, no one laughed at him. Instead, they were afraid that they would talk nonsense and interrupt Jiang Hongfei's reveal of the price that made them extremely nervous and looking forward to it!

Jiang Hongfei looked around, and after filling the atmosphere, he said: "Forty coins is the price that I, Shuibo Liangshan, give to those who are not qualified to come here. The price that I, Shuibo Liangshan, give to you is... thirty coins. "

"Thirty cents?!!!"

Many people almost died of excitement when they heard this price that everyone had never expected!

These people are all human beings. When they hear that Shuibo Liangshan's refined salt, which is of much higher quality than any salt on the market, is only sold at the price of ordinary salt, how can one not imagine the huge prospects behind this? !

This is almost equivalent to the audience group that can purchase refined salt suddenly expanded countless times! ! !

It can even be said that if the price is like this, then refined salt can drive all the salts in the world out of the market, or force them to drastically reduce their prices.

No matter what the situation is, those of them who can get refined salt for thirty cents will definitely make a lot of money, at least in a short period of time!

Someone asked worriedly: "Are they all refined salt of this quality?"

Jiang Hongfei nodded: "Both."

Someone else couldn't help but confirm: "How many do you want?"

Jiang Hongfei nodded: "As much as you want is available, please don't worry about the supply."

Who is Jiang Hongfei? That's a gangster who keeps his word, but everything he spits is a nail!

Therefore, after receiving Jiang Hongfei's confirmed reply, everyone present, including the three families of Fang La, Tian Hu, and Wang Qing who had not been interested before, were all excited, their faces glowing red, and they were so excited that they wanted to shout!

“Big profit!!!”

“We’re all going to make a killing!!!”

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