Under the old chun tree in the middle of Xiahetun Village, everyone gathered together, but it was very quiet. Tang Laohu had been accumulating power for a long time, and his arrival changed the flavor of the originally festive day.
"Gang Leader Zhang, let's get started."
Tang Laohu chatted with Liu Jin for a few words, then turned to a person headed by a private salt dealer and said with a smile.
Zhang Gang leader, Zhang Tianhao, is a well-known private salt dealer in Changli County, Yongping Prefecture, North Zhili Province. He started by selling private salt. Scholars established a salt gang and occupied some of the private salt dealers in the coastal areas of Changli County, Yongping Prefecture.
Business.
This man was dressed like other private salt dealers, but he did not carry a carrying pole. He was tall, with a muscular body and a Chinese character face, with protruding flesh across his face. There was a long scar on the left side of his face, like a centipede lying on his face.
Generally, people will know at a glance that he is a ruthless person who is definitely not easy to mess with.
In fact, anyone who dares to do this kind of business without a few brushes will definitely not be able to do it. A fierceness is not enough. Although he looks like a brave and fierce person, in fact he is the least capable person.
He likes to use force to solve problems because he knows clearly that if you want to do private salt business, your brain is more important than your knife.
For example, Tang Laohu is a local snake in front of him. Regarding such local snakes, he has always followed the principle of strong dragons not suppressing local snakes, and tries his best to establish good relations with these local snakes.
When he comes here to do business, he must give gifts to Tang Laohu every year. Otherwise, he would not be able to come to this area to collect salt. Without Tang Laohu's help, he would not be able to lower the price of salt to only 5 cents per pound.
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"Thank you, Mr. Tang. How about we drink tea together and let the people below take care of these things."
Zhang Tianhao was very polite to Tang Laohu. As he finished speaking, people from the Salt Gang nearby moved out chairs and tables, set up a charcoal stove, boiled water, and started making tea on the spot.
"When I go out, I actually bring all kinds of things with me. This seat is a bit like the prototype of the folding chair of later generations."
Liu Jin had been quietly observing these people from the Salt Gang, and when he saw this scene, he couldn't help but be slightly surprised.
After taking a closer look, I found that these salt gang members brought quite a lot of things, not only tools for transporting salt, but also plenty of daily necessities.
But when I think about it, I feel relieved. This is ancient times, transportation is inconvenient, and it is not easy to travel far away. Moreover, because of selling private salt, I don’t dare to enter the city at all, and sometimes I even dare not take the official road.
Naturally, you have to bring all kinds of things, among which the dishes eaten by Yanbang later evolved into a very famous Yanbang dish.
Here, Tang Laohu and Zhang Tianhao were drinking tea and chatting and laughing. On the other side, the people from the Salt Gang also started to collect salt.
"It's time to collect salt, it's time to collect salt, line up, one hand with salt and one hand with money."
A salt seller started shouting loudly, and at the same time, more than ten salt sellers took out large scales and began to collect salt.
With these shouts, the tense atmosphere caused by Tang Laohu also eased, and the villagers selling salt began to get busy. They all lined up very consciously, waiting for the salt seller to collect the salt.
"120 pounds, 600 Wen~"
"200 pounds, 1000 Wen~"
Soon, loud sounds kept ringing, and the salt seller happily picked up the salt to a corner, and then went to the money collection area next to him to collect the money.
"It's actually still a flow-through work model, and it's really fast."
Liu Jin carefully watched the lively scene in front of him. The people in the salt gang had a clear division of labor. Some were responsible for weighing, some were responsible for packing and keeping the collected salt, and some were responsible for paying. The money was also passed through strings.
One string is 100 Wen, and when paying, the money can be paid quickly.
The villagers here who had just received the money immediately came to Tang Huren and began to pay the money.
The man who came with Tang Laohu and dressed like a butler and accountant held an abacus and account book in his hand. He collected the 'money' and recorded it in detail at the same time.
"Zhang Ermazi sells salt for 600 Wen and needs to pay 200 Wen."
"Li Dalang, if you sell salt for 300 Wen, you need to pay 100 Wen."
He was writing down and reading while the two servants who followed Tang Laohu were busy collecting money. After a while, a basket full of copper coins was piled up.
Liu Jin looked at the scene in front of him and couldn't help but shake his head. The villagers in Xiahetun were very afraid of Tang Laohu. No one dared to hide a penny of the remuneration. They all lined up honestly.
I had already calculated how much profit I should pay, took out this part, and when it was my turn, I paid it immediately.
After paying the extra money, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, they counted the remaining copper coins in their hands with a slight smile on their faces.
Although there is not much money left after deducting the firewood, the feeling of having money in my hands is different.
"Go and do some work quickly."
Seeing that the salt collection was almost finished, the salt dealers were already sorting out the salt they had collected, and Liu Jin also bumped into Zhao Erhu, who was in a daze.
"Oh, I'll go right away."
Zhao Erhu nodded, then touched the things in his arms and walked towards the salt dealer.
Liu Jin watched carefully, feeling very nervous in his heart. He saw that the leader of the salt dealer and Tang Laohu were drinking tea and chatting. They seemed to have a good relationship.
If the salt dealer exposed the snow salt on the spot, he would be in big trouble. But Liu Jin was betting that these salt dealers were very strict in their work and would never do anything in front of so many people.
Made from noodles.
Liu Jin looked at Zhao Erhu and saw that Zhao Erhu had bypassed the place where the crowd was most concerned about collecting salt and paying. At this time, all the eyes of Xiahetun were staring at this place. How many kilograms of salt did someone sell and how much did they sell it for?
, everyone looked at it carefully.
No one cares about the salt that has been sold, and no one is looking at it. Only the salt dealers in the salt gang are busy organizing the salt and making it waterproof and leak-proof.
Zhao Erhu also took advantage of everyone being busy and not paying attention, stood in front of a basket of salt, then slowly squatted down, quickly stuffed the things in his hands into the salt, and then left slowly and leisurely, if he didn't put the salt down
If you open it, you won't find what he hides inside at all.
"She's quite smart in what she does."
Seeing this scene, Liu Jin nodded. Unexpectedly, this naive Zhao Erhu also had a cleverness in doing things, which made Liu Jin feel relieved a lot.
Then Liu Jin stared at the basket of salt carefully. These salts were all placed together once and for all. The salt dealers were also very relieved. The honest farmers in Xiahetun did not dare to deal with them.
What kind of tricks are dealers playing? Unlike those salt merchants in salt shops, it is very common to add sediment to the salt.
Because these baskets belong to the villagers of Xiahetun, they have to pour all the salt into the baskets they brought for transportation. In the process, they can also check the collected salt.
Each basket has the mark of each family on it. If anyone wants to play tricks with these salt sellers, these salt sellers will also let the other party know how powerful they are.
Soon, the two salt gang members came to the basket of salt. When they poured the salt into their own baskets, they immediately discovered what was inside.
But fortunately, it was something wrapped in paper, not something like stones or bricks, otherwise the Salt Gang would have had a fit on the spot. The two of them kept calm, stuffed the things into their arms, and waited for the gang to wake up afterwards.
Hao will handle it.
"Huh~"
"Fortunately, it's just as I expected."
Liu Jin, who had been staring here, breathed a heavy sigh of relief, and then said to Zhao Erhu on the side: "Let's go, Huzi, to do business."
