Hearing Wu Shigong's stern question, Guo Zeng'an did not panic. He smiled and said to Wu Shigong, "I am honored to meet the general this time, and I brought something of interest to the general."

After finishing speaking, Guo Zeng'an signaled to a salt merchant representative who came with him, and the representative took out a wooden box. The guard next to Wu Shigong immediately stepped forward, opened the wooden box, inspected it, and handed the wooden box to him.

To Wu Shigong.

Wu Shigong took the wooden box and looked inside it curiously. He only saw Wang Mi's head. For antiseptic purposes, a lot of lime was placed in the wooden box, so Wang Mi's head had shrunk.

The smell of lime was also very pungent, so Wu Shigong felt a little nauseous when he saw it.

However, Wu Shigong remained calm. After he handed the wooden box to the guard to take it away, he rapped the table next to him with his knuckles, pondered for a while and said, "This is not enough."

Guo Zeng'an understood what Wu Shigong meant. He didn't expect Wu Shigong to be so evil-minded. However, Guo Zeng'an thought of Wu Shigong's past work style and felt relieved. Guo Zeng'an then smiled and said to Wu Shigong: "Shopkeeper Wang and his family are seven

Mouth, they also died of a sudden illness a few days ago. Do their heads also need to be sent to the general?"

Wu Shigong nodded. It is better to be careful when it comes to eradicating the weeds. However, in this case, Wu Shigong could not put too much pressure on the Yangzhou salt merchants through Wang Mi's topic. Those Yangzhou salt merchants were indeed good people.

What a means!

Now that the opening remarks were over, Wu Shigong began to get down to the topic: "I understand that Mr. Guo came to Runing Prefecture this time for the sale of salt products. But why does Mr. Guo think that I will sell the salt from these two prefectures?

Will the sales of the goods be returned to you, the Yangzhou salt merchants?"

Wu Shigong's words stunned Guo Zeng'an. He didn't expect Wu Shigong to be so straight to the point. In the Ming Dynasty, business discussions were all about heat. Only when the two parties had reached a certain level of emotional connection could they talk about specific business issues naturally.

, it is rare to discuss business directly like this.

The main purpose of Guo Zeng'an's meeting with Wu Shigong today was to get to know Wu Shigong. In Guo Zeng'an's mind, he would have three or two banquets with Wu Shigong before discussing specific matters with Wu Shigong.

However, Guo Zeng'an responded quickly. Anyway, it is better to talk early than late. So he still smiled and said: "General, see you clearly. The sales of salt in Runing Prefecture and Guide Prefecture have always been the territory of our Yangzhou salt merchants. And

Now the Changlu salt merchants have crossed the line. But here, I have no intention of dwelling on the past. I am very sincere and just want to discuss a solution with the general."

"That should be the matter of your Yangzhou salt merchants and Changlu salt merchants, right? What's the use of telling this to me?"

As if he did not hear Wu Shigong's sarcastic tone, Guo Zeng'an still maintained a good attitude and said: "As for the salt industry matters and official matters, we Yangzhou salt merchants will handle them ourselves. I don't dare to bother you, General.

However, gangsters are rampant in various places now, and the general is working hard to maintain security in the area. Our colleagues in the Yangzhou Salt Industry have also discussed that we will collect 10,000 taels of labor expenses for the general. This is a mere thought, and it is really disrespectful."

Wu Shigong repeatedly stimulated Guo Zeng'an, in fact, he wanted Guo Zeng'an to offer conditions first. Although the conditions Guo Zeng'an said now did not meet Wu Shigong's psychological price, it was finally a good start. Then Wu Shigong's face

He also calmed down and said to Guo Zeng'an: "But I still have a salt farm in Yangzhou. However, the salt from that salt farm cannot be transported to Henan. This really worries me."

Before coming, Guo Zeng'an had long known about the salt field that Wu Shigong obtained from the Lu family, and those Yangzhou salt merchants had already discussed the countermeasures for this matter. So after hearing Wu Shigong's words, Guo Zeng'an immediately said: "General, you don't have to worry about it.

.Before coming down, our colleagues in Yangzhou have discussed and agreed to provide three thousand rock salt to the general for free every year."

"Only three thousand shi? My salt farm produces tens of thousands of shi every year!"

"That is easy to discuss. If the general is willing to buy it at the market price, then our Yangzhou colleagues will never stop it. However, the general's salt products cannot be transported to the area where our Yangzhou colleagues sell salt products. I really need to ask the general to bear with me.

Because after all, the salt industry has its own rules, and I am not unreasonable."

Wu Shigong nodded, and the first problem was basically solved satisfactorily. However, the sales model of salt products in these two prefectures conceived by Wu Shigong was not like this.

"Give me fifteen thousand taels, and I will return all the salt markets in these two prefectures to you. But I still have a few conditions: You must give me the ten thousand taels of salt from my salt field every year.

I don’t want to see the Qi family again in these two prefectures. Also, I don’t want to abandon those old friends. In these two prefectures, I want to keep the salt markets of two counties.

Give one to the Lu family and the other to my friend Na Changlu. If you agree, this matter will be over."

This condition is simply too loose. Before setting off this time, they Yangzhou salt merchants had discussed that the bottom line for labor expenses was 20,000 taels of silver. And those Yangzhou salt merchants also knew that all the salt markets in the two prefectures would be covered.

It was unrealistic to swallow it, so Wu Shigong had originally agreed to reserve a salt sales area in three counties. So at this time, a salt merchant representative sitting under Guo Zeng'an wanted to agree immediately.

But the salt merchant representative saw that Guo Zeng'an was still sitting as steady as a rock, so he tried his best to swallow the words that were on his lips.

When Guo Zeng'an heard Wu Shigong's words, he was also happy. But he immediately figured out that after Wu Shigong's such loose conditions, there must be something more. So Guo Zeng'an still smiled and asked: "General, do you have any other conditions?"

After listening to Guo Zeng'an's words, Wu Shigong immediately burst out laughing. It's so comfortable to talk to smart people. So Wu Shigong immediately put forward his ultimate condition: "In these two prefectures, any salt merchants who sell salt will have to pay one stone per stone.

The money is given to me as my military expenses. And in the future, if the area under my control expands, the sales of salt products in those areas will also be collected according to this example."

Wu Shigong's words immediately made several representatives of the salt merchants stand up from their chairs in shock. They did not expect that Wu Shoubei had such a dark heart and wanted to peel off such a thick layer of skin in the sale of salt products.

Guo Zeng'an immediately said: "This is absolutely not possible. General, you should change the conditions."

Wu Shigong made a gesture to ask these salt merchant representatives to sit down, and then said: "Don't be impatient, you haven't listened to everything I said. This money can be increased in the price of salt. I am also here

There is a promise here. As long as you agree, no other salt products will appear in these two houses, and the price of your salt sales will also be guaranteed."

When Guo Zeng'an heard what Wu Shigong said, he thought about it and found that the increase in the price of salt was just going to the people who bought the salt. It was the wool that came from the sheep. For them, Yangzhou salt merchants and local salt merchants,

The seller of the goods has no influence.

Whether Wu Shigong is evil or not is none of the business of Yangzhou salt merchants like him. So Guo Zeng'an immediately nodded and said: "Since the general said so, I am no longer ignorant of good and evil. However, for such a big matter, I don't care about it."

I’m not qualified to make the decision here, so I have to go back to Yangzhou to discuss it with my colleagues. But I’ll just say it here, it shouldn’t be a big problem.”
Chapter completed!