"The original purpose is here. Yao is going to attack us. Can we refuse the other party to send people over?" Su Ming asked.

"He can tell me these things today, how can he give us a reason to refuse. But if he dares to send people to our Second Weibao, we will kill all the people he sent halfway. As long as we refuse to admit it, he will

What can you do to us!" Su Ren said.

Attacking and killing new officials on the way is normal in this era. If you don't have the strength to take something you shouldn't take, you are courting death. Don't blame others if you die.

"Is it possible to bribe the people sent by Yao Qianhu?" Su Ming asked.

"I'm afraid it will be difficult. If we let them enter Erwei Fort, it will be impossible for us to get rid of them. Yao's appetite is much greater than we thought. He must know about our deal in Bihai Bay.

"Su Ren said.

"If we kill the people sent by Yao Qianhu, it will be tantamount to falling out with him. If we let his people come over and find a way to get them to join, we now have a way to make cement, and we can produce 20 shi per day.

At Xuehua Salt Salt Farm, any smart person will know that our potential is much greater than that of Yao Qianhu.

In addition, there is the training of our soldiers. Yao Qianhu definitely doesn't have as many elites as we do. Let's wait for the people to come and let them see all this. At least half of them can win them over.

If anyone is unwilling to surrender, then continue to entertain him with good wine and meat in the castle until he agrees," Su Ming said.

Su Ren glanced at Su Ming, but he didn't expect that his younger brother would be so bold. In this era, poor people all just want to eat. Apart from the official position, what he can give is definitely more than what Yao Qianhu can give, even if someone takes Er Weibao's

The secret is revealed, so what!

Will the Jinshan Guards send a large army to grab things? Or the imperial court will send troops directly? These possibilities are unlikely. If Yao Qianhu feels that he is not capable of taking the Second Wei Fort, he will definitely find partners to carve up the Second Wei Fort. His partners will never arrive.

A level 1 commander, so what do you have to fear?

"Then do as you say. The task of entertaining them will be handed over to you. I will give you one hundred taels of gold later. If we can really win them over, it will be of great significance to us.

"Su Ren thought for a while and said.

"After the new salt field No. 5 of the salt production plant is completed, the northern salt field will be transformed into the No. 6 salt field. In order to prevent our secrets from being known too much by Zhayanbao, the No. 6 salt field should be renovated later.

The salt farm has not been attacked by pirates recently. We have conducted attack drills twice this month. I will stay in the fort next month and let my thirteenth brother go to the salt fort to watch over it." Su Ming thought for a moment and said.

"Okay, you patrol the salt castle guards in different areas. It is impossible for the pirates to land quietly. Tomorrow I will go to the town to deliver this month's green salt, and take your fifth brother and Tiezhu to trade with Fenglingdu.

The base of the city wall is now half completed, and it will be fully completed by October at the latest. As long as it takes four months, even if Yao sues the commander, the commander will not dare to touch us easily." Exit Su Ren.

Determined.

"By the way, brother, is there any news about the Li family in this town? They can't hide it because they have suffered such huge losses." Su Ming deliberately let go of more than ten people, hoping that the Li family could do something, so that the second Weibao target could be

Smaller.

"The Li family didn't make much noise this time, but people in the town privately said that the Li family had offended a big shot, and that three young masters and a steward of the Li family's caravan were killed by Huo Tong.

The Li family's stronghold outside Jinshanwei Town has retreated. They may be secretly looking for the murderer who attacked the caravan. As long as we don't make any noise, no one will think of us." Su Ren said in a low voice.

On May 30, the weather was getting hotter and hotter. Su Ming wore a fine cloth and rode horseback to the salt field with his fifth brother and Tie Zhu. This dress was sewn for him by his sister-in-law. Su Ming originally hoped that her sister-in-law could make one for him.

He wanted to wear a short-sleeved shirt, but his sister-in-law told him that there was a short-sleeved shop in Jinbu, and it would be embarrassing to wear it.

The eldest sister-in-law and the fifth sister-in-law are now wearing fine cloth, which also shows that their family's living conditions are getting better and better. Su Ming originally planned to open a clothing store in Erweibao, and he changed a lot of cloth last time.

The eldest brother refused on the spot. No family in Erweibao could afford ready-made clothes. Nowadays, most people in the fort wear coarse cloth and linen. If a ready-made clothing store sells coarse cloth, it cannot make much money. In fact, everyone is still struggling with food and clothing.

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After spending noon at the salt factory, Su Ming weighed ten stones of the snowflake salt he cooked today and put it on the carriage. Together with his fifth brother, Tie Zhu led a group of guards, more than ten carriages, and more than thirty people.

Ming Qingzhuang left the salt castle and headed north.

When they arrived at the northern salt field, Su Ming had five soldiers from Zayan Fort wandering around their salt field area. A team of guards from the Salt Fort stared at them from a distance. The five men saw Su Qingping coming and left the Erwei Fort Salt Field to watch on the side road.

them.

"The people from Zayanbao are causing trouble again?" Su Qingping stared at the five people and asked the captain of the escort team.

"I come here often. Today they even came near our salt fort. I kept watching them, but they didn't dare to cause trouble." The captain of the second team who spoke was a former soldier of the salt fort. He gritted his teeth when he looked at the five soldiers of Zayan Fort.

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"The days when Erwei Fort was bullied are over. If they come back to our Erwei Fort territory, they will call me directly. If Wang Xianxiang dares to send people to support, Su will inform my elder brother. Try not to kill anyone," Su Ming said.

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"I got it, Master Eight!" When the second captain heard what Su Ming said, he rolled up his sleeves and led his team members to rush towards the five soldiers of Zayan Fort. Soon, the five soldiers of Zayan Fort were beaten until they let out a series of miserable screams.

cry.

When Su Qingping and the team members transporting snowflake salt saw this, they also wanted to rush up and beat the soldiers of Zhayanbao, but Su Ming stopped them.

Since Yao Qianhu has already planned to send people to Erwei Fort, what else can they have to endure? Erwei Fort is many times stronger than it was two months ago, so how can they still tolerate it now?

When we arrived at Bishui Bay, it was still more than an hour before dark trading time. Everyone waited quietly in the bamboo forest until a fleet of seven ships arrived from the north in Xushi.

Su Ming quietly stepped forward and waited until the fleet docked, then he went to greet it.

"Brother Su!" Zeng Guosun shouted when he saw Su Ming.

"Brother Zeng, why are you here in person?" Su Ming came to the boat where Zeng Guosun was riding and asked.

"This is Fenglingdu's first transaction with the Su brothers. I won't be relieved if I don't come in person." Zeng Guosun said as he let the boat dock and got off the boat.

Su Ming saw that Zeng Guosun's people had begun to move things from the boat. He shouted to the bamboo forest behind him, and the fifth brother and the others from Er Weibao also came out.

"Brother Su, there are more and more snowflake salts on the market recently, and the profits from this snowflake salt are getting less and less. Last time you talked about food and weapons, I bought 150 shi of food from Suzhou, and 32 weapons.

, what do you think?" Zeng Guosun pulled Su Ming to check the goods traded today.

"It's very good. In the future, we should send as much food and weapons as possible. We need as much as we need and how much these things cost. Today I brought 10 stones of snowflake salt. We will deduct it from the snowflake salt later." Su

Ming said.

"I will give these grains and weapons to Brother Su at the market price, a total of 82 taels of silver, and I won't take any change." Zeng Guosun said generously.

The 150 shi of grain cost no more than 10 taels of silver at most, and the weapons were very expensive, even though Zeng Guosun brought only ordinary broadswords and iron spearheads.

"Thank you very much, Brother Zeng. Recently, there are indeed more and more snowflake salts on the market. The 800 taels of silver per pound of snowflake salt last month was no longer appropriate. In the future, one stone of snowflake salt will cost 100 taels of silver. What do you think?

"Su Ming said.

A stone of snowflake salt costs 100 taels of silver, which is only over 600 taels per pound. This price is only a little higher than the price of green salt on the market. In any case, Zeng Guosun will make a profit.

"Brother Su is really a man who does big things. I am worried that this snowflake salt business will not be able to continue in the future. Don't worry, brother, I will send more than 200 shi of food every month from now on.

Brother, if you have anything that I, Zeng Guosun, can do to help, feel free to ask. Next month, I plan to buy 15 stones of snowflake salt. I wonder if Brother Su can do it here?" Zeng Guosun asked happily when he heard that the price of Su Ming's snowflake salt had dropped.

Su Ming sighed after listening to it for a while, I gave you this price, but you still can only ask for 15 shi. My family has already saved more than 200 shi, where do you want me to sell it?

Zeng Guosun was only a powerful water bandit leader on the Huangpu River. It seemed that Er Weibao could not put his hope in trading snowflake salt. He had to find a new buyer!

"Of course there is no problem. This is this month's ten-stone snowflake salt. Brother Zeng, please check it first. It won't hurt your kindness to order our goods in person." Su Ming said.

"Yes, it won't harm your friendship if you count the goods in person." Zeng Guosun nodded after hearing this.

There is no problem with the snowflake salt. The price is as Su Ming said. A total of 1,000 taels of silver is packed in a wooden box. Su Ming opens it and sees that there is some gold in it, about forty taels, and another 20 taels to one tael of silver ingots.

Yes, there are also some pieces of silver worth about dozens of taels, which shows that Zeng Guosun was very reluctant to come up with the one thousand taels of silver.

If Su Ming didn't lower the price of snowflake salt this time and kept it the same as last time, maybe Zeng Guosun would have to collect half a shipload of copper coins for him.

Zeng Guosun was a little embarrassed when he saw Su Ming counting the money in the box. He used to do some small transportation business, and the income of dozens of taels of silver a month was already good. The 1,200 taels of silver last time was Fenglingdu's entire family fortune.

, this time he did not sell all the snowflake salt, and it took a lot of effort to get enough 1,200 taels of silver to trade.

Su Ming's guess was correct. Zeng Guosun's last boat was full of copper coins, more than one hundred coins and more than five hundred kilograms. That was all the money Fenglingdu could collect.
Chapter completed!