Since ancient times, the Yuncheng area of ​​Shanxi Province has been the oldest salt production center in China, and the Hedong Salt Lake is the most famous and oldest salt lake in China. For thousands of years, the Hedong Salt Lake has played an important role in China's salt production.

status, supplying salt consumption in the entire Central Plains region.

Salt plays an irreplaceable and important role in the process of human survival and evolution. Salt not only meets people's daily dietary needs, it is an indispensable nutrient and condiment, and is also a necessary substance for the human body. Salt can assist the human body in digestion.

Food. The salty taste of salt can stimulate people's sense of taste and increase oral saliva secretion, thereby increasing appetite and improving food digestibility. Salt can also participate in body fluid metabolism and is an important component of body fluids: people who work at high temperatures sweat excessively,

Drinks containing salt need to be supplemented; people with excessive vomiting and diarrhea need to inject normal saline to maintain physical strength; people with severe blood loss also need to drink warm salt water to save their lives. This is because salt can maintain the body's osmotic pressure and acid-base balance.

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In short, if a person does not eat salt for a long time, he will become weak and sick, have no strength, and have no energy. Because eating salt mainly supplements sodium, if the body lacks sodium, it will cause many adverse phenomena: such as weakness in the limbs and loss of appetite.

, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms. Severe patients may also experience very dangerous phenomena such as shock, which may also lead to disorders of the ion balance in the body, resulting in low blood pressure, causing paleness, fainting and other conditions.

Therefore, salt, a necessity, contains huge commercial interests. All dynasties have highly controlled the production and sales of salt, and established special salt affairs offices for management and control. For example, in the Ming Dynasty, the Hedong Yanchi specially set up the "Hedong Patrol Salt Emperor"

"History" is a specialized official management. Even in order to control the salt pond, the rulers of the past dynasties did not hesitate to spend huge manpower and material resources to build the "Salt Pond Great Wall" along the salt pond, surrounding the pond with a forbidden wall, and treating the hundreds of miles of salt flats within the forbidden wall as

It is royal private property and no one else is allowed to get involved.

On March 5, 1938, the Japanese army captured Yuncheng. The greedy Japanese invaders naturally would not let go of such a huge profit target, and quickly established the "Hedong Salt Management Branch" and supported the traitor former saltworks ambassador to serve as director, but the real power was in his hands.

Under the control of the deputy director, Japanese Kamei, who was armed with a knife.

The Japanese army occupied Yanchi, declared the confiscation of enemy property, and completely controlled the production, transportation, sales and taxation of Yanchi. The Japanese army had mastered this powerful material that could control the Chinese, so they naturally had to strengthen their control.

The first thing the Japanese army carried out was bandit-style robbery. In order to ensure the smooth resumption of production in the salt field and suppress the resistance of the majority of salt workers, the Japanese army made full use of traitors and the puppet regime to achieve the purpose of "using China to control China". Through the "Hedong Salt Affairs"

Management Branch", the Japanese army quickly robbed 100,000 tons of salt in stock and transported it back to Japan to be used as chemical raw materials. What's even more outrageous is that the little devils also robbed tens of thousands of tons of rations for salt workers stored in the salt field, and other by-products of the salt pond

The chemical raw material "nitrate plate", as well as the production tools and equipment of the salt pond were also looted. As a result, nine out of ten rooms in the salt field were empty, supplies were exhausted, and production came to a halt. The majority of salt workers had no livelihood and had no choice but to flee and rebel!

In this way, the Japanese army arbitrarily forced the salt farm owners to start production. The salt industry capitalists were unable to resist and either went bankrupt or fled. Only less than half of the bosses were left to force the dying salt farms to start production. The salt produced was huge.

The decrease in salt prices has led to an artificial "salt panic" in the market, and salt prices have also been rising sharply.

The Japanese military controlled the salt industry more strictly than the rulers of any dynasty in Chinese history. It implemented a system of unified purchase and rationed supply. The trading price of raw salt per ton at that time was more than 50 yuan, but the Japanese regulatory agencies

The low-price purchase of 24 yuan was tantamount to plundering various salt farms in disguise. This unified purchase price was maintained until Japan surrendered. In addition to suppressing the purchase of salt, it sold salt at a high price: 24 yuan per ton of raw salt, and the finished salt was actually sold for

More than 9,000 yuan, and later it even reached 30,000 yuan per ton. They wantonly plundered the hard-earned money of the Chinese people.

It was under this situation that the Chinese military and civilians had to fight back. The National Army, Shanxi-Sui Army, Shanxi Sacrifice League New Army, local self-defense armed forces and other units successively launched attacks on the salt ponds and competed with the Japanese army for salt resources.

Fortunately, the salt flats stretch for hundreds of miles, and it is difficult for the Japanese army to completely blockade them. Faced with the attack of the Chinese army, they were exhausted and worried about one thing and the other.

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"Hula -" Dong Huai opened the door of a large ancestral hall at the entrance of Lishan Town, revealing the stacks of salt inside: the stacks were two or three people high from the ground, and they almost reached the roof of the ancestral hall.

.Arranged neatly along the two wide gables, there are at least a thousand bags.

"There are more on both sides. Each room costs about 500 yuan." Old Dong pointed to the side rooms on both sides, and then pointed to the open-air stacks in the courtyard and said: "Get the ones in this courtyard away first, don't let it be ruined if it rains!"

"Brother, this quantity is a bit large. Our twenty trucks can only transport 400 packages at a time, which will probably take seven or eight trips." Chen Long never expected such a large quantity of goods.

When I saw it, I realized that my horizons were too small, and I couldn’t help scratching my head.

"This amount is nothing. There are at least several hundred tons over there in Yuncheng. Just have fun with it!" Old Dong patted Chen Long on the shoulder. Tens of thousands of troops were dispatched, and ordinary people were mobilized to help carry it.

, several times, at least several thousand tons were produced. However, everyone knew that what should be handed over had to be handed over as spoils of war, and the remaining amount was estimated to be less than half.

"That's it. I estimate that this amount will keep us busy this summer!" Chen Long nodded and waved for people to load the car quickly.

"Don't worry, we have tasted the sweetness, can our fellow villagers rest? They will definitely find trouble with the Japanese again!" Old Dong waved his hand, "As long as there are no big changes, our business can be done.

How many years does he have?"

"Haha, after a few years, we have all made money!" Chen Long grinned: "Brother, look, a pack of 100 kilograms, our purchase price is 10 oceans, and the selling price is 60 oceans, excluding shipping costs

, loss, at least 40 oceans can be earned, 400 packages at a time, we will earn..."

"Sixteen thousand! Add two to one to make five, and one trip is divided into eight thousand!" Dong Huaida rubbed his hands excitedly and reported the accurate number with bright eyes.

"Enemies, based on the amount here, we can divide between fifty and sixty thousand." Chen Long was also very excited. With money, the military factory would not have to worry about it; the army could at least be doubled; and the survival of the base area would be much more secure.

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"Hurry up and try to get each family to get more than 100,000 yuan in the year, so that everyone can have a prosperous year!" Dong Huaida went to Yuncheng to see: the military camp was piled up like a mountain. It is said that there were several people in the mountain.

There is also a large amount buried in this cave. Therefore, as long as Chen Long can handle the sales and get over 100,000 by the end of the year, he is still conservative.

"Okay, then I'll hold on tighter!" Chen Long said with enthusiasm and enthusiasm.

"Our brother-in-law said that in order to ensure the safety of your trade route, he will put Tian Dekuan's group over at Wangwu Mountain, which is only twenty miles away from you. If anything happens, you can contact him directly!" Dong Huaida

After checking that nothing was wrong, he took Chen Long out of the ancestral hall.

"That's great. I was still thinking that the Japanese were going to come over. What should I do?!" Chen Long sighed inwardly: There are major interests at stake. It seems that this brigade commander also wants to scare himself! However, there is one

The regiment's regular troops were guarding them, which greatly increased the safety factor.

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There was silence all the way, with heavily armed team members from the 60th and 70th guarding the two sides, and the twenty carts returned to Chenjiagang smoothly.

"Hurry up and make arrangements for dinner. Let's set off after eating." Chen Long directly asked Zhou Yunxin to make arrangements. He called Chen Xiaofu, "I will ride to Mengjinguan immediately and let the Mi family arrange to pick up the car."

Just kidding, a trip of 20 tons of salt is worth more than 20,000 yuan, so there can be no mistake! So Chen Long couldn't take the time for dinner and asked Chen Xiaofu to take someone to notify the other party immediately.

"Brother, what kind of treasure is it this time? It looks strangely heavy." On the bank of the Yellow River, Xu Youjin and Chen Long were smoking cigarettes and watching their men loading ships.

"It's better if you don't know enough about military supplies!" Chen Long patted him, "It's your turn to earn the freight. Even a big man will not miss you."

"Understood! I'm just curious!" Xu Youjin laughed sarcastically. He could get a thousand oceans for each trip across the river, which was indeed a lot of money. Ever since he got to know this God of Wealth, he has made a fortune every time.

Ten thousand yuan, even his own father asked him to make friends with him more.

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The Mi family is worthy of being a big businessman in Luoyang. As soon as the convoy arrived at Mengjin Gate, Qin Delu was already waiting with a dozen of his clerks. Everyone had a short fight, and they all had short guns in their waists, and they looked well-trained.

appearance.

"Come in, come in, don't stop the big car! Hey, you guys, please stay back and wait, don't block the road!" The platoon leader guarding the gate personally led people to clear away pedestrians and directed the convoy to pass quickly.

"Hahaha, Brother Chen, the goods have arrived so soon? Hard work, hard work!" Mi Tong saw Chen Long, laughed loudly and came up to him, pulling him into the back room of the warehouse.

"Hey, Boss Mi has a guest?" Chen Long was stunned for a moment when he saw a guy in a long gown sitting inside drinking tea.

"It's okay, you're not an outsider. My primary school classmate is Zhang Quangui, the captain of the Luoyang Detective Team." Mi Tong introduced enthusiastically.

"Hello, Captain Zhang, I'm Chen Long, it's a pleasure to meet you, it's a pleasure to meet you!" Chen Longgong raised his hand and greeted him in a neither humble nor overbearing manner, and then another one to shock him?

"Major...Chen, it's our first time meeting you. What an honor!" Zhang Quangui's mouth twitched, and he stood up and cupped his hands in return.

"Lao Zhang, the things are ready, please take a hard trip." Mi Tong was not polite, pointing to the large carts lined up at the door and said.

"Twenty large carts, that's a lot of stuff!" He walked to the door and stretched. Zhang Quangui deliberately exposed the box of cannons in his waist and patted it twice before putting on his hat and going out: "Let's go.

See you later!”

"Who is this person? Isn't a broken box cannon worthy of being beaten?" Chen Long curled his lips and deliberately pretended not to hear.
Chapter completed!