Yan Liqiang lived in modern society in his previous life. In modern society, if he wanted to choose the most important material, oil was the blood of the modern economy, the source of wealth, and the basis of industry. Without oil, the entire society would have to stop. On Yan Liqiang's previous life, the fate of the most powerful families and secret groups, the most powerful countries and economies were closely related to oil. Oil derived huge wealth and also led to countless wars and joys and sorrows. Oil was the battlefield for the struggle between great powers. Kissinger, the "old friend" of the Chinese people, also had a famous saying that whoever controlled oil would control all countries.

In the world where Yan Liqiang lives now, in the Silver Continent, if there is anything that can be comparable to the oil in his previous life, there is no doubt that that thing is salt. Therefore, the expression of the importance of oil can be placed on salt. To some extent, the importance of salt is even more than oil, because a person can survive without oil, but a person without salt will definitely not survive. Salt is the absolute protagonist of this world trade and the largest trading commodity. The stories surrounding the occurrence of salt and the stories surrounding the occurrence of oil are almost the same. Countless rise and fall of wealthy families, and the wars between countless countries and tribes are almost related to salt.

In this world, where you can produce salt is equivalent to where you can produce oil in your previous life. As long as there is salt, countless wealth will flock to it. In this world, in the Han Empire, the richest and most powerful families and families are closely related to salt, and salt tax is the pillar of the Han Empire's fiscal revenue.

In a world where force is supreme, the Han Empire did not control the policy of the salt industry monopoly by the government. The salt trade was open to everyone. In order to control the salt trade and obtain the huge financial funds needed by the empire from the salt trade, the Han Empire invented a very clever management method, that is, issuing salt tickets.

Salt tickets have three functions: one is market access, the second is tax receipt, and the third is invoice nature.

If all those who produce salt have a capacity of 10,000 jin of salt a year, they have to buy 10,000 jin of salt tickets from the official so that your salt can legally enter the market. From the production process of salt, salt tickets begin to enter it, and assume the role of tax collection and market access certificates. When people buy salt, for example, if they buy a jin of salt, they can ask the salt merchant for a jin of salt ticket, and then the people can take the salt tickets to buy salt and go to the relevant local salt administration offices to "refund taxes". In the end, the salt tickets return to the court.

According to the quality of salt, salt tickets are divided into four types: high-level, medium-level, low-level, and inferior. Different grades and quality salts need to be purchased. Under normal circumstances, the value of a pound of salt tickets almost accounts for about 50% of the market price of a pound of salt. But even so, the salt industry is still a profitable industry, because the price and cost of salt are conservatively estimated to be 20 to 30 times the profit margin. Even if the official takes half of the profit and leaves it to the seller, there is still a profit margin of at least ten times.

If the salt merchants cannot give salt tickets when buying salt, the salt they bought is private salt. The Han Empire's crackdown on private salt was very resolute and severe. If an ordinary citizen buys a pound of private salt without salt tickets, he just takes the salt to report and accuse him. Once it is verified, he will immediately "reward a thousand taels of gold" and become rich in an instant. The person who sells private salt will be punished with a serious crime of scouting his home and beheading him.

Under such a complete control system, although there are private salts, they are only a few and have not spread.

Yan Liqiang had not focused his attention on salt before, because money was not his pursuit. However, on the way back to Ganzhou this time, Yan Liqiang repeatedly asked himself how to gather a huge force around him in the shortest time. When he saw the caravan of salt merchants who were rich and wealthy on the road, he suddenly remembered the history of private salt dealers Zhang Shicheng and others fighting with Zhu Yuanzhang in his previous life. Salt, something he ate without realizing, suddenly came into his mind and completely activated his thinking.

Yan Liqiang was curious about how many people who sold private salt could also influence history and competed with heroes like Zhu Yuanzhang to dominate the world. So he bought a few related books to read. After reading those books, Yan Liqiang suddenly realized that salt had such a great effect in ancient times. According to legend, the war between Huangdi and Yandi broke out because of the two sides' competition for Jiechi. Jiechi was a place for salt production. Because Huangdi finally controlled the salt of Jiechi, he became the overlord of various tribes at that time. Before Zhang Shicheng, Huang Chao and Wang Xianzhi, who almost destroyed the Tang Dynasty, were also private salt dealers. The demon kings like Cheng Yaojin were also private salt dealers. It was this group of private salt dealers who deeply participated and influenced the historical trends of several important dynasties in ancient China.

Ganzhou also produces salt. Earth salt is a type of halide ore salt. Due to the fact that the processing technology of halide ore salt in this era is generally not high, the quality of the earth salt produced in Ganzhou is generally not high and cannot be sold at a price. Compared with other high-quality green salt and pond salt, it is several levels worse.

Fortunately, among the books Yan Liqiang read in his previous life, there was an introduction to the salt processing technology. With the knowledge in his mind, Yan Liqiang only spent one night in the manufacturing bureau’s own room, preparing some simple tools, materials and utensils, which easily turned the low-quality earth salt produced in Ganzhou into snow-white fine salt.

The business of the salt industry is too profitable and involves too wide. With this business, the four-wheeled carriage is just a small business that can make money. You have to get involved in the salt industry. Yan Liqiang still lacks some strength and local influence. If time allows, he may be able to intervene completely with his own ability in a few years, without fear of anyone, but time does not wait for anyone. What Yan Liqiang needs most now is time. Therefore, finding a strong partner and backer in Ganzhou is a shortcut, and naturally no one in Ganzhou is more suitable than Riestong.

Riestong was not only the governor of Ganzhou, but also Sun Bingchen had a very high evaluation of him at the time. Whether it was ability or character, he was the most suitable person that Yan Liqiang could find now. Yan Liqiang naturally had to pull Riestong onto his own chariot.

When it comes to making big money, both sides hit it off.

The production of soil and salt in Ganzhou is very loose and has not been increased. The forces that control the salt fields include local tyrants and forces outside Ganzhou. The situation is a bit complicated. In Yuntao County, Pingxi County, there are several small-scale halide salt mines, but those halide salt mines are all under their control. Yan Liqiang and Ries had a preliminary discussion on their cooperation intentions.

The first step in this cooperation is that Ries is responsible for handling the salt mines in Yuntao County, whether they are existing or newly discovered. Then Yan Liqiang took over the production with manpower, funds and equipment. Ries is responsible for the safety of the salt farm and provides some convenience and assistance for the sales of the salt farm. Yan Liqiang is responsible for the sales, and the final profits are divided equally...

The matter of dealing with the salt mine in Yuntao County cannot be achieved in three or two days. There are many joints behind this. Even Riestong cannot really take troops like bandits and snatch the salt farms in Yuntao County and hand them over to Yan Liqiang. As the governor of a state, there are rules for doing things. You can't do anything randomly. Yan Liqiang is not in a hurry. He wants to get involved in such a big deal that is comparable to oil trade. It is normal for the preliminary preparations to take the first half of the year. After the two sides agreed on the preliminary cooperation intention, Yan Liqiang said goodbye when he saw it late at night. Riestong enthusiastically sent Yan Liqiang to the entrance of the Guanyuan under the attention of a group of officials and gentry in Pingxi County...

"Uncle Lei please stay, no need to send it..." After some negotiation, Yan Liqiang, the title of Uncle Lei, was even more comfortable.

"Li Qiang needs to have something to do in the future, and it is the same for him to directly find Jianbei and Yucheng. Whoever dares to cause trouble for you is to cause trouble for me Riestong. Whoever wants to make you unhappy, that is, let me Riestong be unhappy, the guillotine in my Riestong is prepared for these people..." Riestong smiled and pointed to the new county magistrate and governor of Pingxi County, saying extremely domineering words in a common tone, and the content of the words made countless people around him beat faster when they heard it.
Chapter completed!