Shen Tang, Liu Xiangling, the iron-blooded traitor in the Southern Song Dynasty Chapter 916: The Salt Supervision Center, Meeting with the Superintendent
Chapter 916: The Salt Supervision Center, Meeting with the Superintendent
Chapter 916: In the important place of salt supervision, the magistrate meets
To the north of Kuizhou is Daningjian, an important place for salt production! Daningjian oversees Dachang County. However, the most prosperous place in Daningjian is not in Dachang County, but dozens of miles north of Dachang County.
Daningjian! In the beginning, it was only rich in salt and had many salt wells.
Later, the Daning Supervisor was stationed here and a large number of salt workers were here, gradually forming a prosperous city.
In fact, Dachang County is far from comparable to the Shuikou Prison next door, not to mention the Daning Prison. Otherwise, salt represents money in this era.
To the west of Kuizhou is the garrison of the Yun'an Army, and in addition to the Yun'an Army, there is also the Yun'an Prison.
This also makes the land of Yunan extremely wealthy, and the Yunan army is much richer than other local armies.
In other places, the military commanders wanted to be greedy. In addition to receiving military pay, most of them privately occupied fields in the garrison, etc.
However, the commander-in-chief of the Yun'an Army not only refused to take advantage of his salary, but instead built the Yun'an Army to be far more powerful than the ordinary local army.
Just relying on the Salt Supervisor is enough to make the Yun'an Army eat a lot! And the leader of the Yun'an Army naturally does not have to resort to other small means to make money.
On this day, a group of fast horses came from north to south. When they arrived at the small town of Yun'anjian, the soldiers stationed at the city gate immediately led people forward! These soldiers were well-equipped with armor and swords, and each of them was extremely strong!
However, after seeing the face of the visitor clearly, the leader of the capital waved his hands and asked the brothers to open the city gate, and took the initiative to greet him. He raised his hands with a bit of flattery and said, "It turns out that Master Wan is in front of you.
Please quickly!"
The leader, a man wearing a purple official robe, nodded proudly and threw a heavy money bag to the crowd!
"I'm here to see Gu Chengyuan, please give way quickly!"
They all nodded and bowed to lead the way, and this group of people entered the city directly until they reached a luxurious mansion!
The porch is high, the door is painted red, and a pair of sapphire lions open their teeth and claws at the door!
"Bang, bang, bang..."
A follower came forward and knocked on the door, "Boss Xu, open the door quickly. My eunuch is here to pay a visit to your master!"
The side door opened a crack, a pair of shrewd eyes looked out, and then it was replaced by a face full of flattery!
"Sir, wait a moment!"
Then, I heard a few shouts coming from inside the door, and the front door creaked open!
Wan Zhiyi still held the riding whip in his entourage's hand, and walked towards the inside of the house! Bypassing the screen wall, the courtyard was covered with bamboo trees, connected by pavilions and corridors, and a regular stone road in the middle led directly to the courtyard.
, surrounded by jade belts on both sides and rockery towering!
The other troops went to their own places, and only two personal followers and Wan Zhiyi walked towards the depths of the courtyard under the leadership of a disciple.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, I passed through a moon gate, and then my vision suddenly opened up!
A butler in black came forward and said, "Sir Wan, I am changing clothes in the back room. Please follow me!"
Moving forward again, passing through the hanging flower gate and passing another house, the group finally came to a three-story bamboo attic!
"Sir, the master is upstairs!"
Wan Zhiyi nodded, two followers guarded the door, and Wan Zhiyi stepped into the attic! Entering the attic, a maid wearing a pink skirt was slightly blessed!
Wan Zhiyi grinned, pinched the maid's slightly green face, "Master, let me lead the way!"
The maid was a little scared but did not dare to avoid it. Then she twisted her waist and led Wan Zhiyi towards the attic.
When they reached the third floor, a rough voice came out, "Lao Wan?
If you don't stay in your Fengming Tower, why do you have time to come to my barren mountains and mountains!"
The two of them have a common hobby, which is to be extremely fond of beautiful women. Especially Wan Zhiyi built a separate building in his back house and named it Fengming Tower! There are eighteen pavilions in Fengming Tower.
, there is a beautiful woman in each one.
Moreover, once a woman catches his eye again, he will snatch her back and directly replace one of them!
It is no exaggeration to say that in Daning Prison, Wan Zhiyi lived a more luxurious life than the emperor.
Wan Zhiyi did not shy away and directly opened the bead curtain and entered the inner room! Only to see a rough-looking man putting on his robes while being served by two beautiful concubines!
This rough and arrogant man is Yun'an Supervisor Gu Chengyuan!
Wan Zhiyi's eyes wandered around the figures of the two beautiful concubines. Gu Chengyuan laughed loudly and pushed one of them into Wan Zhiyi's arms, "If you like her, she is yours."
!Why are we so polite among brothers!"
After twisting the concubine twice, thinking of what was on his mind, Wan Zhiyi pushed her aside and said, "Lao Gu, let them all go out. I have something important to tell you!"
Gu Chengyuan frowned, but still said as he was told, "You all go down, no one is allowed to come up without my order!"
After the two concubines left and the maid who had brought Wan Zhiyi here also came downstairs, Gu Chengyuan asked, "Lao Wan, why are you so nervous?
There must be something wrong with one of the lines!"
They control the salt wells. In addition to completing the court's quota on time, the remaining salt can be sold as private salt, which is a huge profit! As for how many civilians and salt workers will die in order to get more of this salt, it does not concern them at all.
under consideration.
This is why they are so rich! Generally speaking, the private salt they leave behind will be sold by fixed caravans, and besides state capitals, it is not uncommon for them to be sold to other countries, even in large quantities.
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After all, in this era, salt is as hard currency as gold and silver no matter where it is.
If there really is a problem with any caravan, they don't care about the slight loss, but it is not easy to reorganize the caravan.
After all, this kind of thing definitely needs someone you can trust to handle it.
Wan Zhiyi shook his head, closed the door with his backhand, and then sat down, "Lao Gu, what news didn't you hear?"
"information?
what news?"
Gu Chengyuan asked in confusion.
"Shen Tang was ordered by the emperor to inspect the Fifth Northwest Road. You should know about this!"
Gu Chengyuan sat down, picked up the flask, poured a glass of wine and drank it in one gulp, "Of course I know about this, but as an imperial envoy, he is only inspecting the five floods, what does it have to do with our Salt Supervisor?
No matter whether it is your Daning Supervisor or my Yun'an Supervisor, there are not many people in the jurisdiction, let alone the disaster, so he will not come to our territory leisurely!"
There is only one water vein in Daning prison, Wuxi. Although the Minjiang River passes through Yun'an prison, there are also several water veins such as Tangxi and Diejiang. However, these two areas are vast and sparsely populated, and most of the people live around the salt wells.
We do not rely on growing food for food, so the impact of disasters is naturally minimal.