Chapter 333

Today's Liu Jiajun has developed into a very powerful force and has become an important force in the region.

In dongsanfu, where Denglai area is located in Shandong Province, he is the pillar force of the local area. Some Liu Jiajun can ensure local peace and stability.

After they went south on a large scale and entered Fengyang mansion, they also became the pillar force of this place. After they defeated Zhang Xianzhong's army and captured Zhang Xianzhong alive, they became a world-famous strong army.

Liu Bu is also a person who has seen the world. He is a top-level rich family, but they are still shocked to see the grand scene presented by Gao Wang. These Yangzhou officials and rich people are really too rich and rich.

No wonder some people say that being an official here is the best place to go. Being a county magistrate here makes more money than being a magistrate in other places. If they are an official in these places, they have only one requirement, that is, just stay where they are. They don't want to be promoted to other places at all.

In addition to local officials, a large number of squires and a group of salt merchants who are the richest in the world are here to attend the banquet today.

If there is a group of people who most want Yangzhou to be peaceful, maintain the status quo and remain unchanged, it should not be the civilians, but this group of officials and salt merchants, who are the vested interests of Yangzhou's wealth and wealth.

If Yangzhou is mentioned, the first reaction and thought of is this group of extremely rich salt merchants.

Liu Bu came from modern times. He can't imagine how some salt sellers made so much money? It is equivalent to making money as a monopoly tobacco and alcohol trade giant or selling white powder.

As the saying goes, three hundred and sixty lines produce the best, so what was the most profitable industry in ancient times? Many people believe that the feudal rulers have always implemented the policy of emphasizing agriculture and restraining commerce, and agriculture is naturally the most profitable industry. However, if this is not the case, many famous business gangs will not emerge, such as Shanxi Merchants in Shanxi and Anhui merchants in Anhui. They are rich and fart with oil one by one.

But compared with the salt merchants, they are really small, because it is an essential item for people to eat three meals a day. Therefore, for more than 2000 years, the central governments of all dynasties have firmly controlled the sale of salt and become an important source of national financial taxes.

In this dynasty, in order to reduce the burden of national defense, the imperial court sold the management right of salt industry to civilian salt merchants. Because it is a monopoly operation, as long as the operation right is obtained, the return will be very rich. It is a profiteering industry, and many businessmen compete to enter the field of getting rich.

Since the implementation of the Kaizhong law, it has indeed received the expected results. Therefore, the local health institutes require the implementation of the Zhongyan law, which not only saves freight, but also avoids labor. This is the rise of Shanxi commercial gang.

However, after the Jiajing period, "salt introduction" was difficult to sell, and the salt industry policy gradually changed from the open China law to the color folding system.

Color folding system, that is, salt merchants do not have to transport food and other materials to the designated border areas to receive salt diversion, but directly exchange silver for salt diversion.

In order to solve the problem of digesting the backlog of old salt citations, Yuan Shizhen, Minister of salt administration, created the outline method in the 44th year of 10000 years, which divided the old citations in the hands of businessmen into ten outlines and compiled them into a small volume.

Every year, one old guide and nine new guides are issued. These merchants are called Gang merchants. Of course, in order to avoid excessive competition and facilitate management, the number of salt merchants will be strictly controlled. When issuing new citations every year, the original businessmen and citations in the outline book are used as vouchers, and those without names in the book can not join. In this way, the famous businessmen in the book can obtain the monopoly right chartered by the government, and this privilege can be inherited. They often use it to grab high profits, and the color folding system promotes the rise of Huizhou business gang.

In order to buy and sell salt, salt merchants in this period must first pay salt lessons to the salt transportation department and receive salt introduction, and then wholesale salt to kitchen households in the designated salt production area, and then transport it to the designated salt transportation area for sale.

However, merchants can not always get salt introduction. They must rely on the introduction nest to prove that they have the privilege of operating salt. Therefore, in order to get the leading nest, businessmen must recognize the nest - pay a huge fee to obtain the monopoly right granted by the government.

In fact, as a result, the national salt sales are basically in the hands of a few salt merchants. They can lower the purchase price, raise the selling price and absorb huge profits at will.

Some people will ask, does the government ignore their illegal behavior?

Don't be naive. The government not only gives them the right to monopolize, but also gives them many other preferential conditions: allowing them to increase prices, consumption and borrow money. It is difficult for salt merchants not to make huge profits.

The government does not give the monopoly right to obtain high profits to salt merchants in vain, but mainly increases taxes. Therefore, the burden of salt merchants is not light.

Salt merchants applying for salt introduction and submitting the list must go through the approval of the revenue and expenditure, Guangying, Jiage and Chengfa four rooms of the salt transportation department. They have to go through five or six procedures. They also have to visit officials at the four levels of economy, treasury, knowledge and patrol. Their fate is in the hands of these officials. Then, the salt can be sold only after passing the review of the branch, field personnel, dam personnel, supervision, batch inspection and sub salt departments.

After each Yamen and department, fees must be paid. There are many taxes and fees, and various approval procedures are cumbersome and tortuous. " It can be seen that the internal institutions of the salt government yamen not only overlap, but also officials often have to bite.

They have entered the hall of Lichun courtyard, where hundreds of dancers performed grand songs and dances. Hundreds of beautiful women are performing large-scale songs and dances here, which gives Liu bu an eye opening feeling.

After singing and dancing, they sat down with guests and hosts. Gao Wang was the host and the governor of Yangzhou, so he took the chair without doubt.

Liu Bu sat on the vice seat, and then all kinds of rare delicacies were transmitted one by one by beautiful women.

The luxury of these meals is that Liu Bu is used to seeing the world. He feels very surprised and has a feeling of seeing the world.

Liu Jiadu used to be a rich family, but their knowledge was not bad, and the scenes were well arranged. You had songs and dances and servants to serve, but their scenes were really not as big as those in the beginning of spring. He 41 estimated that it would cost thousands of liang of silver for a meal

You should know that the salary of these soldiers under Liu Bu is only two and a half a month. The good thing about Liu's army is welfare. Their salary is not high compared with others. It can be said that Liu Bu is rich and he doesn't dare to eat alone.

Gao Wang saw Liu Bu's shocked appearance and looked very proud. He just wanted to make the guests feel amazing.

Only in this way can we give the guests enough face and raise the identity of the host.

These delicacies are the same, and there are many beautiful women dressed like the daughter of a rich family waiting on them to eat and drink.

Liu Bu and his subordinates are formal soldiers and orthodox soldiers. They usually abide by military discipline and will never enter these romantic places. Entering such places is a bit like entering a fairyland on earth.

Lichun courtyard is one of the four famous courtyards in Yangzhou. It is also a gold selling cave that spends a lot of money. For the rich, it is no different from heaven and earth and heaven.

But for several generals of the Liu family army, they really didn't come here. Not to mention that they couldn't afford to come, even their boss Liu Bu couldn't afford to come. Liu Bu was very famous in the past, but now, his reputation is quite good. He has been staying in the barracks since now, eating and living with the soldiers, which is an example, It's very good. Every soldier is convinced. Even the commander-in-chief doesn't spend too much time and drink. He doesn't enter these romantic places, and his men don't dare to go.

Now that they are here, they all have the feeling that grandma Liu has entered the Grand View Garden. They are such rural steamed stuffed buns, but they are looked down upon by these salt merchants. They feel that they are just a group of steamed stuffed buns.

However, what surprised these people was that Liu Bu and other officers did not hesitate to eat and drink when they saw the table full of good wine and dishes. Seriously, they had never eaten such delicious food. There was no shortage of fish and meat in their barracks, but these rare delicacies were really rare. They were mainly full in large quantities, They seldom make such excellent products. For food, they are like the wind sweeping away the leaves. They are empty. However, for the beauties they provide who are not served, they always focus on eating and drinking, ignore them, and feel a little at ease. Liu Xiahui is a little disappointed. Unexpectedly, these smelly soldiers are really interesting, It was beyond his expectation.

In fact, this is also related to Liu Bu's aesthetics. He doesn't like the so-called Yangzhou thin horse, which is greatly sought after by scholars, bureaucrats and dignitaries.

Yangzhou thin horse is another name for women's pet in Yangzhou

, Yangzhou is the inhabited area of salt merchants in Huainan and Huaibei. Salt merchants are the richest, and their living luxury is comparable to that of the royal family. Their wealth has also fed a large number of industries near them. Raising thin horses is one of them. Yangzhou thin horses are produced to meet the abnormal psychological needs of salt merchants.

The management organizations of salt monopoly are all located in Yangzhou, and many businessmen also live here. Rich salt merchants fatten the local flower and willow industry, and raising thin horses is one of the most typical ways.

Since the Tang Dynasty, Yangzhou has developed its commercial economy and lived with a group of salt merchants. These local tyrants monopolized the salt industry all over the country, which can be said to be super rich.

When they are rich, they think about pleasure all day. It is the so-called full of warmth and thought * *. These local tyrants began to have evil ideas.

They are tired of eating big fish and meat, and they are also tired of watching fat breasts and buttocks. If they want to change light taste, demand means business opportunities. In order to meet the abnormal ideas of Hefu merchants, the industry of raising thin horses has emerged in Yangzhou.

Thin horses refer to those thin women, and raising thin horses refers to training them.

In short, similar to the nurturing game, yapo (human trafficker) buys girls, cultivates them into a look liked by rich businessmen, and finally sells them at a high price (thin horse is an insulting word for women, which means that they can arbitrarily destroy and ravage women, just like servitude and abuse weak horses).

What is a thin horse? The skin is like cream, the fiber is full, the line is like a pianhong, and the bed is like a charming warbler.

Yangzhou thin horse, Datong aunt and West Lake boat mother are also called three wonders.

Yangzhou's thin horses are beautiful because they are thin. Some are naturally thin, while others are forced to be hungry and thin, in order to set off the masculinity and vitality of men. However, the style of Datong's mother-in-law and aunt is quite different. They are famous for their breast, fat buttocks, firmness and smoothness, beautiful bed and superior work.

It is written in wuzazu that "the nine sides are like Datong, which is not less prosperous than the south of the Yangtze River, and the beauty of women... Is nowhere in the frontier fortress." in the north, "Datong mother-in-law" and "Jizhen city wall" and "Xuanfu teaching ground" are listed as "three wonders".