Fengxian Jiangshan

Since the Fengjun regained the Middle East Road, the Japanese have felt the pressure. The increasingly powerful Fengjun has exceeded the control of the Japanese. The Japanese scrambled.

Not long ago, the Japanese learned of Fengjun’s plan to build an oil extraction plant, which immediately touched the sensitive nerves of the Japanese. Soybean is the most important agricultural product in the Northeast, and it is also one of the most profitable industries. The Japanese will never I would like to see Feng Jun take away the soybean industry.

After thinking about it, the Japanese planned to support another large-scale oil-extraction plant, completely divide up the soybean resources in the three eastern provinces, and at the same time control the domestic market in China. Get out of trouble.

Fan Dongyang and the Japanese hit it off immediately, and the cooperative relationship was quickly determined, and now it has been basically discussed. At this moment, Feng Jun suddenly killed Fan's house, which made Fan Dongyang a little panicked, but Li Takanosuke on the opposite side was A look of indifference.

"Fan Sang, don't be afraid, you are a friend of the empire, and the imperial government will firmly protect you, don't care about those troops."

"Thank you, Mr. Li Gao!" Fan Dongyang gave a deep salute, and then let the butler lead the way. He also summoned a large group of guards. Surrounded by everyone, he came outside the gate of the mansion.

At first glance, Fan Dongyang was also taken aback. He saw an astonishing number of troops outside, and they were all loaded with live ammunition. With the help of the light from the torches, some machine guns and artillery could be seen. It could be said that they were armed to the teeth and ready for battle. Prepared, and this troop has a well-organized military appearance. At first glance, it is not an ordinary mob. Fan Dongyang sees it in his eyes and is anxious in his heart.

His brain kept spinning, as if he had never offended such a strange army, he could only pretend to be calm, and said loudly: "The military lord on the opposite side came to my house late at night, what is the matter with you?" Is it?"

"There is indeed something wrong. We are here to arrest the restorationist Fan Dongyang. You open the door of the mansion immediately and arrest them all, or the army will rush in immediately!"

When Fan Dongyang heard that he was going to be arrested and that he was a restorationist, he felt a little guilty. When Zhang Xun was restored, Fan Dongyang did contact Zhang Xun and gave him 20 oceans to express his love for the Manchus. His loyalty, could it be that this matter was found out?

He hastily said: "Master Jun, you have mistaken that Fan is a legitimate businessman, and he will never participate in any restoration activities. You must not listen to slanderous rumors and false accusations."

"Stop talking nonsense, since we have found your head, we will cooperate honestly, do you still want us to use force?"

When Fan Dongyang saw the other party's tough attitude, he also darkened his face, and said loudly: "Fan is not an ordinary person, and he will let others bully me. If there is anything, we can sit down and slow down." Slow down!"

Fan Dongyang wanted to say something else, but Zhang Tinglan was getting impatient waiting behind him, he had to cut through the mess quickly, and couldn't give him a chance to escape, if he ran to the concession area, he might never be caught again.

Therefore, as soon as Zhang Tinglan waved his hand, a platoon of Fengjun soldiers rushed out quickly, and directly rushed towards Fan Dongyang and the others. The guard still wants to resist.

A few people wanted to raise their guns. The Fengjun soldiers had been on the battlefield for a long time. How could they be given a chance? Just a few clear gunshots were heard, and all the guards who wanted to resist were shot dead, and Fan Dongyang was suddenly frightened. A few Fengjun soldiers arrested him on the spot.

After controlling this guy, Fengjun rushed into the mansion and controlled all the personnel. Just when the Fengjun soldiers rushed to the central hall, Li Takanosuke also walked out, his brows were wrinkled, and he looked very Unhappy, he said loudly: "What are you doing, let Mr. Fan Dongyang go quickly, he is a friend of our Great Japanese Empire, it is unreasonable that you dare to arrest him!"

When Fan Dongyang saw Li Gao's help, it was as if he saw his own mother, and hurriedly shouted: "Mr. Li Gao, help me quickly, these people are simply robbers!"

Li Takanosuke quickly walked in front of Zhang Tinglan and Zhang Xueliang, and said loudly: "You must stop offending Mr. Fan, or we will sue you at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs."

Zhang Tinglan sneered: "Please! If you don't sue us, we still have to find the Japanese. Fan Dongyang colluded with Zhang Xun, intending to restore the imperial system and restore the Qing Dynasty. The evidence is very convincing. You Japanese cooperated with Fan Dongyang, yes Doesn't it mean that the Japanese are also involved in the conspiracy to restore?"

"You are talking nonsense, this is a slander to the Great Japanese Empire, I will not let you go!" Li Takanosuke continued to yell, and several Fengjun soldiers had pointed their bayonets at him.

Li Takanosuke saw that the opponent's attitude was tough, and there were soldiers with guns and live ammunition everywhere. He couldn't do anything by himself, so he could only leave angrily.Zhang Tinglan's main target this time was Fan Dongyang, and he didn't want to conflict with the Japanese, so he let Li Takanosuke go.

At this time, Feng Jun had already taken control of the entire mansion, a total of 200 people were gathered in the open space of the courtyard, and Fan Dongyang also stood obediently opposite Zhang Tinglan.

Zhang Tinglan looked at him and said with a sneer: "Let me introduce myself first. I am Zhang Tinglan who raided the princes of the Eight Banners of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties. During the inspection of them, I found that the Fan family and the Eight Banners had constant contacts, and you even sent Zhang Xun Qian, do you also want to be a hero of the restoration?"

"Sir, you misunderstood. The Fan family did have contacts with the princes of the Eight Banners, but you also know that we used to be imperial merchants, and we must have contact with each other. We also sent money to Zhang Xun, but I really didn't know at the time that he wanted to Please be careful about what restoration of the monarchy is going on."

At this time, several Fengjun soldiers had searched the secret room of Fan Dongyang's house, found some secret letters from it, and quickly sent them to Zhang Tinglan.

Zhang Tinglan took it, and looked at it one by one, with fierce eyes flashing from time to time. There were letters between Fan Dongyang and the Eight Banners, and there were a few letters between them and the Japanese. In a few of them, Fan Dongyang expressed his loyalty to the Japanese very obsequiously.

Moreover, he also said that he was willing to use his own property to listen to all kinds of information for the Japanese, especially to understand the various movements of the Fengjun, and he also had a special idea about controlling soybeans. Without other things, Zhang Tinglan was already Moved to kill.

"Hanqing, take a look too. The Japanese really think highly of us. It's not enough just to send Japanese spies, and they also bought some scum. Fan Dongyang, you really have the legacy of your ancestors. You eight imperial merchants pointed out that you betrayed Ming Dynasty and prospered. Are you going to sell the Republic of China to the Japanese now?"

Faced with Zhang Tinglan's questioning, Fan Dongyang's face changed color, and he hurriedly said: "Master Jun, I cooperate with the Japanese normally, but there are some conditions imposed on me by the Japanese, so I have to prevaricate. No other thoughts, the Fan family is just an ordinary businessman, in troubled times, it is not easy to survive. I am willing to donate 200 million to Ocean, just ask you to give me a way out, our Fan family is very grateful!"

Fan Dongyang has also fought many battles with the Beiyang Army, and knows that these people are extremely greedy for money. In his opinion, the same is true for Feng Jun. As long as he spends enough money, he can overcome difficulties.

But when he met Zhang Tinglan, he made a wrong calculation now. Zhang Tinglan waved his hand: "Fan Dongyang, you don't need to talk about it anymore. Let's calculate the old and new grudges together. Your Fan family is in a mess!"

Fan Dongyang saw Zhang Tinglan's tough attitude, and a chill came from the back of his head, and he immediately fell to his knees on the ground: "The villain made a mistake, please let me go, Fan's family!" All the assets belong to you, and we have been operating in the pass for many years and have a huge network of contacts. These are also yours, so you should treat it like a dog, and I am willing to be your eagle dog!"

"No one will keep a capricious vicious dog, so put away yours!"

Zhang Tinglan waved his hand and asked the soldiers to drag Fan Dongyang away. At this time, more things were found in the Fan mansion one after another. The things that the Fan family has accumulated for so many years are really amazing. , including business contacts, collusion between the powerful, and how they have cooperated with foreigners in recent decades.

With these things, as long as you find some casually, it is enough to put the Fan family to death.In addition, during the search, they also found the nest book that the Fan family had treasured for a long time, that is, the proof of their operation of the salt farm. With this thing, the salt farm controlled by the Fan family officially fell into Zhang Tinglan's hands.

"Hanqing, I think this thing is an important cultural relic, and I will keep it and put it in the museum!" Zhang Tinglan weighed the yellowed copybook and smiled happily.

The Feng army raided the Fan family. The news seemed to have grown wings, and quickly spread throughout Beijing and Tianjin, causing an earthquake. The Fan family was a representative of the old-school salt merchants. The other salt merchants were all sad. These people jumped out and looked for connections. At the same time, they scolded Fengjun for his barbarism and demanded his immediate release.

Just when this group of people was criticizing, Zhang Tinglan suddenly announced that the Fengjun would officially take over half of the Changlu Salt Field, and at the same time adopt a new salt policy, abolish the old salt introduction system, and change it to a free trade. Anyone in the world only needs to pay 50 With a deposit of [-] yuan, they can go to the saltworks operated by Fengjun to buy table salt, and then transport and sell it at will.

The people all over the world have been tortured to death by the salt government for a long time. Now when they hear the news, they immediately boil up. Everyone knows that the old salt government has many disadvantages, but the Beiyang government has never had the courage to reform, and the people can only bear a huge burden. Stress, eating dirty, overpriced salt.

Finally hearing the news of the reform, these ordinary people couldn’t help but be unhappy, and some powerful businessmen were also excited. Salt has always been a huge profit industry. Although it is free to buy and sell, the profit will definitely not be as high as before, but it is still a steady profit There is no compensation for the business, so a large number of businessmen have gone to Tianjin, and they don't care what happened to the Fan family.

50 is neither too much nor too little. Everyone has a lot of money in their pockets and waits anxiously.At this time, Zhang Tinglan had already taken over all the salt fields, and at the same time announced the official start of free sales, and the eager merchants were all excited.

Some merchants who had prepared earlier handed over 50 oceans to Feng Jun, and immediately began to order salt. The quantities ordered by powerful merchants were all over ten million catties. The scene was unprecedentedly hot, and Zhang Tinglan's pockets were also rapidly bulging up. RS! .

Chapter 373 I'm Not Here

Although the free sale of salt is announced, not everyone can afford it. A deposit of 50 is an astronomical figure, and you have to pay for the salt, and then transport and sell it. The cost will go up. If you don't buy a few million catties, or even tens of millions of catties, you won't make much money.

But assuming that one person eats ten catties of salt a year, 1000 million catties is 100 million people, which is equivalent to the size of about ten counties. The threshold has been lowered, as long as you have a certain strength, you can squeeze in.

Therefore, the price of table salt must be greatly reduced, that is, the profits originally monopolized by the monopoly salt merchants will be taken back, and the profits will be given to the common people.Of course, Zhang Tinglan only got half of the Changlu salt farm, and the so-called free trading area is limited to the original sales area corresponding to this half of the salt farm, but the impact on the whole of China is still quite huge.

Many businessmen are eager to squeeze into this industry. It is not enough to raid the Fan family. Other old-fashioned salt merchants have to deal with it. Hundreds of years of monopoly have made them too many enemies. Now someone finally dares to declare war on them. It attracted countless voices of support.

Old-school salt merchants, when the old aristocracy fell, it was an opportunity for the new aristocrats to rise. No one wanted to miss this good opportunity. The merchants who were eager to get involved in the salt industry were looking forward to getting involved in the salt industry sooner.

Zhang Tinglan also accelerated the progress, straightening out all the salt fields from Shanhaiguan to Tanggu. The area of ​​the entire Changlu salt field is very large. In later generations, there will be more than 200 million mu of salt fields, which can supply the needs of [-] million people. The salt pans are also very vast.

In order to protect the salt field, Feng Jun specially transferred a reinforced regiment from outside the customs to be responsible for patrol and protection. In addition, Fan Xudong was also invited to help design and promote the salt field.

After everything stabilized, Zhang Tinglan and Fan Xudong walked together on the newly built salt fields, and they could already see piles of snow-white salt grains from a distance, so dense that they couldn't be seen at a glance.

"Sun-dried salt in salt fields uses sunlight to evaporate, which is very cost-effective, and the quality of the salt produced is also good. The Chinese have used this method to produce table salt since a long time ago, but it has not been popularized on a large scale."

Zhang Tinglan nodded: "In the final analysis, it is still a matter of salt merchants' monopoly. It is far less easy to control the salt by using a large area of ​​salt fields to cook salt, so these old-fashioned salt merchants know that the cost of drying salt is lower and the effect is better. , but unwilling to adopt it.”

"General Zhang made it clear. These salt merchants are earning a lot of ignorant money. They ransacked their homes. It's so satisfying!"

Searching the salt merchants is not just as simple as pleasing people, but also rewarding. The Fan family Zhang Tinglan alone found 100 million assets. In fact, there is still a big gap from the Fan family's heyday, but this is not a small amount. up.Moreover, after hundreds of years of accumulation, the Fan family has a large number of antique treasures, almost all of which are priceless. These things cannot be estimated for the time being, but they are absolutely amazing. Zhang Tinglan has arranged for people to send them back to Fengtian one after another.

In addition, those merchants have successively paid more than 500 million deposits in order to manage the salt. A total of more than [-] powerful merchants have become the new generation of salt merchant giants. They have taken over from Fan Dongyang and others. province's market share.In addition, the three northeastern provinces also opened their markets to them.

For the first time, people in Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Anhui and other provinces saw the hope of a drop in salt prices, and more and more people cheered for joy.

It can be said that Zhang Tinglan gained both fame and fortune by attacking the Yanzheng, and he laid a nail in the pass, laying the foundation for the future layout.

"Mr. Fan, now that we control the salt field, the cost of your chemical plant can also be reduced a lot!"