"Eagle of land, whale of sea"

This is the honorific title of Yexi Gang and Cuibaozhai in the world.

The Night Xi Gang is like an eagle spreading its wings and soaring in the sky,

Cuibaozhai is like a giant whale waving its fins and traveling thousands of miles.

Although Yexi Gang has many industries and extensive business, the most profitable one is selling private salt.

Salt is the benefit of the nature of heaven and earth and is a necessity for the lives of ordinary people. Like iron, salt belongs to the state's monopoly and is an important pillar of Nanyong's finances.

Salt affairs can be regarded as the foundation of the country.

Nanyong Salt Affairs is controlled by the state and implements a specialized and strict management system. Nanyong Salt Law stipulates:

"People are prohibited from privately regulating, smuggling, and selling salt privately"

In the second year of Jianlong, Yong Taizu's "Official Salt Lanting" was established. "Lanling Lanting" was illegally entered. This refers to the law of selling private salt without guidance, selling it in a boundary area that is not specified, or cooking salt without permission from the government. Anyone who sells private salt for up to ten kilograms or boils alkali salt for up to three kilograms will be sentenced to death.

The book "Salt Quo" records: "Official sales are direct monopoly sale of the government, and are transported by the government, or even allocated to the people; trade is indirect monopoly sale of the government, and merchants ask the government for money to transport salt, that is, the law of banknotes and salt belongs to the system of trading."

If you ask the court for money and salt, the quantity will be limited, and the profit will be divided by half.

Therefore, the Yexi Gang took risks and sold privately, and the business was of course prosperous, but it caused the accumulation of official salt to be unsalable.

This is all a business of licking blood from the edge of a knife. Although the court is stupid, such things are absolutely intolerable.

In the study room of "Lixuan Pavilion", a middle-aged man in gray robe walked back and forth in a square step. The sunlight shone through the window lattice and sprinkled on Li Yunjin's face, his eyebrows were furrowed, as if there was a hidden worry.

Liu Songquan, sitting on the pear blossom and wood chair opposite, was wearing a gray robe, with a thin face, and was tearing a sip of fragrant tea, with a leisurely and calm expression, enjoying the fragrance of Biluochun.

Li Yunzong said anxiously: "Do you think of a way to deal with this matter?"

It seemed as if the sky had fallen, and Liu Songquan could not panic. Liu Songquan said slowly:

"I have thought about it. Although the piece of private salt is profitable, it is not a long-term solution to touch the cheese of the court after all."

This time, the sale of private salt made mistakes. Not only did the heavy losses, but it also involved Sun Bihai, the magistrate of Xiangyang Prefecture, and Li Yunzong looked anxious.

Liu Songquan said calmly: "I will make arrangements for Sun Bihai. What we need to plan now is a long-term plan."

Seeing Liu Songquan's confident attitude, Li Yunzong also sat down and took a sip of Biluochun. His mood improved a lot, and said leisurely:

"Since it has happened, you can arrange a post-care. What are your opinions on the long-term plan?"

Li Yunzong attaches great importance to and admires the military advisor of Yexi Gang, Liu Songquan, known as the "Luling Zhiduoxing". Every time the gang encounters a major decision, Liu Songquan makes outstanding contributions, which can be said to have made great contributions.

"Brother, look, we have horse gangs and salt gangs on hand now. If we contact Guo Zihao of the Cao gang again, we can also engage in maritime trade."

Li Yunzong paused, suddenly slapped his thigh, stood up, and said calmly: "This is a wonderful thing!"

Sisy-wen's face suddenly felt heroic and had a heroic spirit.

Liu Songquan is very clear about his elder brother. He looks gentle and elegant, like a scholar. In fact, he is meticulous and has a needle hidden in the cotton. He is known as the "Scholar of the Green Forest".

In his early years, Li Yunzong was also a scholar who "established his mind for the heaven and earth, established his destiny for the people, inherited his unique knowledge for the past sages, and opened peace for all generations". He devoted himself to the imperial examination and entered the officialdom.

Later, unfortunately he was involved in a fraud case in the imperial examination and became a bandit in anger. At its peak, the number of people reached tens of thousands. He participated in Hebei and Shandong's "Loyal and Yi Army" to fight against Donghan, which shows his heroic nature.

Later, he led the No. 100 brothers to Lin'an and created the foundation of Yexi Gang, which shows his great talent and strategy.

The Nanyong court was quite tolerant and preferential to Li Yunzong, who had participated in the "Loyal Army", and "turned a blind eye" to some things.

As a result, the "Yexi Gang" became one of the two largest gangs in Nanyong, and thus became famous as the "Land Eagle".

Liu Songquan shouted: "To develop maritime trade, Cuibaozhai is definitely our biggest competitor, so it is our top priority to recruit talents."

Li Yunzong nodded slightly.

Liu Songquan continued: "Last time, my elder brother came back from the West Lake Sword Contest and asked me to arrange for someone to follow Long Qingyun. According to the reports from his subordinates over the past few days, several groups of people were following Long Qingyun openly and secretly."

"Who are there?" Li Yunzong said sternly.

Liu Songquan said leisurely: "The people who have been discovered are Donghan's killer organization 'Xuan Ye', Beiqi's secret organization 'Xingchen', as well as the subordinates of the eldest prince Yongtan and the second prince Yong Yun."

Liu Songquan continued: "This time Zhan Qianheng did not send anyone to follow him, which was quite surprising."

"However, after Long Qingyun arrived at Lingyin Temple, in the evening, Zhuo Xiwen came out of Lingyin Temple and returned to Lin'an City." Liu Songquan paused.

"It seems that they have calculated that Long Qingyun will come to this 'Cuibaozhai'." Liu Songquan pointed to the direction where Cuibaozhai was.

"At this moment, Long Qingyun should have entered Cuibaozhai. Please tell me what should we do?" Liu Songquan bowed.

"Let's go, let's go here, let's go here, this Long Qingyun will be here later." Li Yunzong raised his sword eyebrows, and his elegant expression suddenly showed majestic.

If Liu Songquan is famously "resourceful", then Li Yunzong is famously "realistic and good at making decisions". Every time he encounters a major decision, Liu Songquan will make his opinions and Li Yunzong will make a decision quickly.

The two of them cooperated perfectly, and the "land eagle" Ye Xi Gang's current majesty and grand atmosphere was now.

Li Yunzong was wearing a gray robe, with a gentle expression, and Liu Songquan had a clear face and a steady smile. The two of them strided up and walked towards Cuibaozhai.

I saw a middle-aged man in blue robe standing at the door, as if waiting for someone. When he saw the two of them coming, he immediately smiled and said:

"My Master Zhan, please ask me to wait here, please come from Master Li and Master Liu."

While speaking, he signaled the two to walk inside. This person was Li Hu, one of the "Four Tigers of Cuibao", who was strong and had bright eyes.

The roads connect, and the winding paths lead to secludedness.

In a moment, the two followed Li Hu to an open courtyard behind Cuibaozhai.

The pink walls and black tiles, green willows hang around, and under a tall and tall locust tree with green shade like a covered locust tree, a young man in blue robe and a woman in white were competing for a sword.

Suddenly, the young man in blue robe rose up from the ground, rising more than three feet high, and the sword momentum turned into several cold lights in the air.

Suddenly, his right foot was a little on the branches of the locust tree, and he turned over, and he fell from the sky and swooped down.

The sword is strong and powerful, the sword posture is elegant and smooth, and the movements are swift, and it is done in one go!

There was a clang.
Chapter completed!