Ma Tianhao said: "Wang Xuanfu's intention is to open Ma's Jiakupu in the temple."

"That's right, just like the Xiangguo Temple in the capital."

Wang Shao said: "Neither the Qiang people nor the Tubo people here are Han. If we openly make money, once they pay back, some people with evil intentions may take the opportunity to cause trouble and use the temple to make money. As long as we do enough."

Smart, they will definitely not blame the temple."

Of course Ma Tianhao was reluctant. He originally wanted to leave Xiangguo Temple, but..., but he had no choice. After all, it was still quite chaotic here, and he had to put safety first. He could only nod, "Wang Xuanfu

That makes sense, and I have no problem with that.”

Lu Bin sighed: "I thought that when I came here, I could drink, eat and drink freely...ahem...!"

...

However, this wave of private gossip was more terrifying than they imagined. The sheer number and speed made everyone dumbfounded.

You must know that Zhang Fei has been operating Xixia Green Salt for three years.

In the blink of an eye, a large number of private individuals emerged in Jingzhao Prefecture, not to mention Yanzhou and Fuzhou.

The landowners and salt merchants were all stunned.

The dignitaries of the Jingzhao Mansion had previously thought of using salt debt to attack the Public Security Bureau, but now that it was about to expire, this wave of private salt directly threw them into chaos.

Of course, they couldn't just give up. They teamed up with the salt merchants to bring all those selling salt to the imperial court.

Jingzhao Mansion, Imperial Court.

Cai Bian said: "After investigation by the procuratorate, our imperial court will decide to dismiss your lawsuit."

"Why?"

Chen Tianfu, the largest salt merchant in the area, said excitedly: "These illegal salts are clearly green salt from Xixia. It is prohibited by the government. Selling illegal salt from Xixia is punishable by death, and those who protect it are also punished by death."

Su Zhe said: "These are indeed green salt from Xixia, and yesterday we also received a message from Xizhou. According to their investigation, it is all due to the opening of the Xihe River, which has created another river between our country and Xixia."

Border defense, that’s where these private salts are smuggled from.”

Chen Tianfu said: "We dare not blame those border defense generals, but this is illegal salt after all. How can the government turn a blind eye? Their illegal salt should be seized immediately."

Su Zhe said: "Now they are trying their best to track down the smugglers. Once they are caught, they will be punished severely. However, as for the private salt that has been sold to the people, after the review of the Xizhou Imperial Court and the Procuratorate, it is believed that the people in Bianzhou lack salt.

, has panicked, affecting the logistics of Xihe and the stability of the border, so the local royal court issued an order to pardon this batch of illegal salt."

Chen Tianfu hummed: "That is the Xihe Imperial Court, what does it have to do with our Jingzhao Mansion?"

Cai Bian explained: "The main reason is that the Xihe Imperial Court quoted the capital's previous case of smuggling salt. This salt is needed for people's lives. If you don't eat salt for a long time, your body will suffer from illness and even death. If it is

In this case, the salt is medicine and should not be treated as private salt. Now that there is a salt shortage in Jingzhao Prefecture, we have also decided to refer to this case."

"Where did this precedent come from? How come I haven't heard of it?" a salt merchant said very dissatisfied.

Cai Jing, who was standing by, suddenly said: "This precedent was written by the Chief Justice. Its purpose is to prevent some salt merchants with evil intentions or officials who bend the law for their own interests from speculating on salt prices and exploiting the people."

Su Che and Cai Bian both nodded.

When Chen Tianfu heard the name of Chief Justice, the corner of his mouth twitched slightly. It was this brat who made life miserable for rich people like us. He said: "The lack of salt in Jingzhao Mansion is not caused by us salt merchants."

Su Zhe originally planned to hold them accountable, so he said: "No matter who caused it, as far as our public prosecutors are concerned, the people will always have the right to buy salt to save lives. This is the legitimate rights and interests of the people."

Chen Tianfu added: "I really don't know who is so capable and can smuggle so much salt from Xixia. If this continues, how will we sell the salt?"

In fact, it is alluding to the military. In the past, the military often smuggled private salt.

Su Zhe said: "This matter will be strictly investigated by the Xihe side, and the prosecutor general of Xizhou has also written to the court to explain the matter, but after the results have not been released, we can't do much for the time being."

Chen Tianfu could only return in despair.

For salt merchants like them, it’s actually not too painful. After all, it’s not difficult to sell the salt, but the price may not be high and the profit won’t be much. What hurts the most is the group of people who are still staying in Hezhong Mansion.

Banknote dealer.

It’s really costing my life!

According to this salt bond contract, when it expires, you can actually ask for money, or you can choose to ask for salt. It is precisely because of this temptation that people will actively buy it, but they must raise the Changping position three months in advance.

Be prepared, because this is a salt debt of one million yuan. Whether it is salt or money, the government has to prepare for a long time and must make a decision in advance. This is reasonable and is also written into the contract.

Now there is less than a month left, and the banknote dealers have already completed the application, and all of them have filled in the request for salt, with the purpose of locking in the salt to be sold this year.

This directly leads to the fact that the salt debt in their hands is salt, and it is no longer possible to turn it into money. But with the situation outside now, if they get salt in their hands, isn't it a hot potato?

Because no salt merchants dare to buy salt now, the salt debt has suddenly fallen below its original price.

The banknote dealers, who were already used to litigating, quickly asked Li Min, a lawyer from Dalian, to go to the procuratorate to initiate a lawsuit.

but.....!

"I can't complain!"

Li Min shook his head regretfully and said to Duan Chaobei and other banknote dealers.

Duan Chaobei said in surprise: "Why can't you sue?"

Li Min said: "Because... because the illicit salt has not entered Hezhong Prefecture. According to the current investigation by the police station, there is only a very small amount of illicit salt in Hezhong Prefecture, and some wealthy families have entrusted people to go to Jingzhao Prefecture.

bought."

Zheng Aoping wondered: "Why doesn't this private salt enter Hezhong Mansion?"

Li Min said: "I heard that the reason why the Xihe Imperial Court pardoned this batch of illegal salt was because it had just been recovered and the border defense had been neglected, which is reasonable. Secondly, it cited the illegal salt lawsuit in the capital.

In this case, when people cannot buy salt, private salt will be regarded as medicine.

But the people of Hezhong Prefecture have always been able to buy a small amount of salt. This precedent does not apply to Hezhong Prefecture, so those salt sellers dare not enter Hezhong Prefecture."

Duan Chaobei almost vomited blood after hearing this, and couldn't help but wonder: "When did these private salt dealers become so powerful?"

Li Min said: "It is said that they also invited Erbi to study this matter specifically."

Duan Chaobei looked at Li Min helplessly, "Then... what should we do?"

Li Min said: "We still don't know how much green salt has flowed in, and all the salt merchants are rushing to buy this kind of green salt. If you exchange the salt debt for salt, you will definitely not be able to sell it for a while. I suggest you go and raise it."

Let Changping Division renew its salt debt for another three years."

Duan Chaobei and the others looked at each other, feeling unwilling to do so!

Damn it...!

But they had no doubt that there was something fishy going on here, because the opening of the Xihe River was just an accident and could indeed lead to an influx of illegal salt.

And when these big money dealers were nervous, Yuan Jiang and Cai Yanqing naturally breathed a sigh of relief. This empty city plan could really cost their lives!

I scolded Zhang Fei half to death in my heart. You only took action when he was about to die. Our psychological quality is not as strong as you think!

"It seems that what we thought before was not wrong. We still smuggled cheap private salt from Xixia to fill this hole."

Yuan Jiang said with lingering fear.

Cai Yanqing said: "But now is not the time to relax. Now we should assume that those salt merchants will not come to exchange the salt. That means we will have a lot of salt in our hands. Now is the time for us to be nervous."

Yuan Jiang nodded and said: "That makes sense, how do you think we should respond?"

Cai Yanqing thought for a while and said: "We should immediately order the police station to conduct a comprehensive inventory of the illegal salt in the territory, and at the same time ask the imperial court to order those who are caught selling illegal salt to be severely punished. We should also negotiate with the Jingzhao Prefecture and ask for

They also check for illegal salt. Otherwise, how can we sell our salt? Oh, we also need to write a letter to the court. In short, we can’t let them see that we don’t have salt in our hands.”

Yuan Jiang nodded and said: "Then we have to discuss with the imperial court to see if withdrawing the decree to replace the new salt debt is considered a breach of contract."

For a salt debt of one million pounds, even though they expected that the money dealer would not dare to exchange for salt now, they were still very nervous because they had no salt in their hands.

This play must be done in full.

The government has directly ordered the police station to mobilize. If illegal salt comes in again, our salt will not be sold, and all your year-end bonuses will be lost.

When the police station received such an order, it was as if it was a chicken-blooded one. Thousands of police officers were dispatched.

At the same time, the imperial court also quickly issued an order, saying that Hezhong Prefecture will never accept private salt. Don't think that if Jingzhao Prefecture doesn't care, we won't care. We, the imperial court of Hezhong Prefecture, are the boss. You must distinguish between the big and small kings.

On the one hand, they sent people to negotiate with the Jingzhao Prefecture and asked them to investigate strictly. On the other hand, they sent a letter to the court stating that illegal salt was rampant and must be strictly investigated.

And there is news that the government plans to withdraw the decree to replace the salt debt.

After this set of operations, the banknote merchants suddenly realized that if they did not redeem the salt debt, it would mean that the government was hoarding a large amount of salt.

The officials are old gangsters, and they might be forced to take the salt home.

This banknote merchant will definitely not be able to bear it. They don't sell salt in the first place. They just want to speculate on the salt debt and then sell it to those salt merchants. But now there is no sign of the salt merchant anywhere.

The entire salt market has been flooded by Xixia salt and has become a mess. The key is, you don't know, how much salt do they have?

So these banknote dealers rushed to promote Chang Pingsi and immediately replaced the salt debts in their hands with new salt debts, as if they were afraid that the government would regret it. After all, the salt debts still received 6% interest, and they would not lose money.

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This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! This directly leads to the sale of new salt bonds, because what happened this time is enough to prove that the government is still very trustworthy and would rather not sell salt than sell it.

The salt debt was paid, and the banknote dealers also received full interest. The annual interest was 6%, which is a lot!

Many salt dealers have not purchased any salt, and they predict that the salt market may not be so good from this year to next year. After all, the salt output has not changed. With such a large wave of Xixia high-quality salt coming, the future salt solution can still be

Is it easy to sell? It's better to buy some salt bonds and earn interest.
To be continued...