Chapter 1543 Look how hard your bones are

During Yang Yun's tenure in the Ministry of Commerce, he had dealt with as many as eighty officials at all levels in the Ming Dynasty. It can be said that he has met all kinds of people. Naturally, he has also encountered more stubborn officials like Wang Huan. For this kind of officials

Local officials who seemed to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty and unwilling to accept Haihan's benefits had always been a headache for Haihan. Ordinary coercion and inducement methods were not effective, and it was difficult to make him submit.

To this end, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Security, the Ministry of National Defense and other relevant departments have met countless times to discuss solutions. The final result is that they still have to fight hard against each other and overwhelm the other side in terms of momentum.

As for the serious consequences that may result from this, the relevant departments believe that at most it will be local targeting of Haihan, but it should not develop to the point of using force. After all, if there is an armed conflict with Haihan, it will lead to a war between the two countries.

No local official can bear this responsibility.

Of course, if this trick still doesn't work, then the field team of the Ministry of Security can only be dispatched. The year before last, Gong Shiqi led a team to perform a mission in Hangzhou City and made three officials disappear in one fell swoop, which was how to deal with this situation.

It's an extreme method. Although this method is effective, it will inevitably involve many hidden dangers and risks. Haihan will not use this method unless it is a last resort. And the current situation in Xiangshan County is far from reaching this level.

To this extent, Yang Yun's tough stance was just to stimulate the opponent and test Wang Huan's bottom line, so that he could choose the appropriate method according to the opponent's situation to deal with this seemingly tough-minded Xiangshan.

County magistrate.

After hearing Yang Yun's words, Wang Huan was speechless as if struck by lightning, and even the expression on his face froze. He had been an official in Xiangshan County for five years and experienced the changes brought about by the Haihan people before and after they came to Zhejiang.

Changes, it is indeed clear that the current situation is not the unilateral role of Haihan. The Ming court's compromise, slow response, and top-down corruption and incompetence allowed Haihan to operate in coastal areas of Zhejiang.

Such a huge situation.

But even the local guards have colluded with the Haihan people for a long time. Wang Huan is just a seventh-level county magistrate, so how can he win over the Haihan people who have strong ships and cannons? He can't just assemble the county government officials.

Come on, catch the Haihan people and fight for their lives? What's more, the people he can command may not be willing to die generously with him.

Fortunately, although the Haihan people acted arrogantly, they did not harm the local area. Instead, they integrated and eliminated pirates and armed merchants along the coast, which improved the social security situation in Ningbo Prefecture a lot. And the people also benefited from this.

After hearing the benefits, many fishermen and sailors came to work for the Haihan people when they heard that the remuneration packages offered by Haihan's hired crew were extremely generous.

Although the county government issued multiple notices to ask the people to stay away from the areas controlled by the Haihan people and their ships as much as possible, under the temptation of huge profits, the government's warnings had no effect at all and could not stop the people from working for the Haihan people. Wang

Huan was determined to kill the thieves, but was unable to save his life. He could only watch the population in the areas under his control continue to flow to the areas controlled by the Haihan people. Of the more than 3,000 permanent residents added to Shipu Port last year, more than half of them came from Xiangshan.

Many people in the county even participated in Haihan's immigration recruitment and were arranged to settle overseas, completely giving up their identity as Ming citizens.

Although Wang Huan hated the Haihan group of invaders for destroying the tranquility of the Ming Dynasty's maritime territory, he also understood that the incompetence of the imperial court and the corruption of the superior yamen were the real reasons why the Ming Dynasty could not drive away the Haihan people. Although Yang Yun's words were very harsh, but

But every word was so piercing that it was difficult for him to refute. Yang Yun said that he was not protecting Ming's face, but his own face. It was so true that the imperial court had lost face. He was still playing the role of a loyal minister here.

Is it just for your own face?

But Wang Huan didn't think there was anything wrong with what he did. After coming back to his senses, he finally snorted coldly and said: "The Master said, a gentleman has something to do and something not to do. What I do is loyal to the Ming Dynasty. This has

Why not?"

Yang Yun responded: "Since Mr. Wang keeps saying that he is loyal to the Ming Dynasty, then your country's court will announce to the world that it will establish transportation and trade with our country. By then, Xiangshan County will also be a place where our Haihan merchants can enter and exit freely. Wang

Will your Excellency still be stubborn and disobey the imperial court’s orders?”

Wang Huan responded: "The imperial court has not expressed its position at this time, how can I be the first to get ahead? This is really a big mistake!"

Wang Huan still refused to let go, but his tone was no longer as tough as before. After all, what Yang Yun said was all aimed at his weakness. At the moment, he could only parry, but he no longer had the power to fight back.

Yang Yun has rich experience in dealing with Ming officials. As soon as Wang Huan's momentum weakened, he naturally noticed it immediately and took advantage of the victory to pursue it: "Master Wang, the general trend of the world is the cooperation between the two countries. You can do it with one person's strength."

It would be unwise to go against the trend. Why not cooperate with our country to benefit the common people?"

Wang Huan couldn't help but rolled his eyes and said: "You plan to replace the official salt farm with a private salt farm. How will this benefit the people? You are obviously planning to use this to make money!"

Yang Yundao: "You can't say that. Mr. Wang, think about it, how many salt households worked in the official salt fields in the past, and how well do these salt households live now? If a salt farm operated by our country can be opened in Xiangshan, what will these salt households do?"

With just simple training, you can return to your old job and have an income to support your life. Is this a benefit to the people? Besides, not all the income from the salt farm goes to our country. I mentioned before that I can give Mr. Wang a monthly income.

A thousand taels of silver in benefits, but for this business to be done, Xiangshan County Yamen are not the only places where incense is needed. You said earlier that those Yamen that manage the salt industry need to be dealt with one by one. Having said that, to

At that time, we have opened up all the other joints, but Mr. Wang, you are stuck here, what do you think will happen then?"

Blocking someone's way of making money is like killing one's parents. Of course Wang Huan understands this. If the situation mentioned by Yang Yun really happened, then he wouldn't dare to get stuck on the salt farm. After all, going against foreigners is the same thing.

It was another thing to go against other officials in the officialdom, and he was really not sure that the yamen in charge of the salt industry could be as ruthless as himself to refuse the benefits offered by Haihan.

When Yang Yun saw Wang Huan lowered his head and said nothing, he knew that this man's guard was down, so he continued to persuade him: "Yang admires people who are strong-minded and tough, and Mr. Wang is definitely one of them. But there is really no need to express this.

Too tough. If this project can be implemented, it will at least bring employment opportunities to thousands of laborers in Xiangshan County. Once this industry is established, it will also drive the development of various local industries in the future. I believe Mr. Wang also understands this.

As for the salt tax paid to the Ming Dynasty treasury, theoretically it will still be a penny, and the total amount will even be more than in the past. There will be no loss to the Ming Dynasty, so why should Sir Wang care about it?"

Yang Yun's plan is to use the shell of the official salt farm to operate the salt farm operated by Haihan. The fees that need to be paid to the Ming Dynasty treasury naturally have to follow the rules. It's just that Haihan's salt production technology is more advanced and the production cost is lower.

, the output is higher, but when doing accounting, the production cost and output can be based on the standards of the Daming Salt Works in the past. The difference between the accounting and the actual situation is the profit that Haihan can obtain. According to the past

Haihan's experience in annexing the Ming Dynasty's official salt fields in the south showed that the benefits he could gain from such an operation were still very considerable, so Yang Yuncai dared to promise Wang Huan a high amount of benefits without even saying a word.

Of course Wang Huan is not a saint, nor does he care about money, but the spirit he pursues is that a gentleman loves money and gets it in the right way. Haihan's way of making money is obviously poaching the Ming Dynasty, and is inconsistent with the "way" he upholds.

, so he had no intention of agreeing to Yang Yun's request from the beginning. But Wang Huan didn't understand the way of doing business, so he couldn't find any arguments to refute Yang Yun's analysis, but he just felt that it was wrong to do so.

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The more Wang Huan remained silent, the more energetic Yang Yun became: "Mr. Wang, even if you have to bear it to the end, you can only resist my proposal verbally. After we start building the salt farm here, you will summon the government officials from Xiangshan County."

Are you here to cause trouble? In the end, you can only watch, and you won’t get any benefits, so why bother?”

Wang Huan finally said: "I am a local official and my responsibilities are my duty. How dare I relax?"

Yang Yundao: "The land where the salt field is built belongs to your country, the sea water belongs to your country, the labor force belongs to your country, and the market for sales also belongs to your country. Doesn't this all belong to the Ming Dynasty? You guard this for the Ming Dynasty.

industry, and cooperate with us at the same time, there is no conflict between them!"

Of course Wang Huan also understood that what Yang Yun said was a fallacy. The Haihan people actually wanted to use the land and population of the Ming Dynasty to benefit themselves. But he had already discovered that arguing with this person would only lead him to become more and more biased.

, until you are unable to refute, you will know that it is difficult for you to take advantage of the verbal battle. Of course, if you can't defeat the opponent in a verbal battle, then you don't have to try other methods. If you try, you will only be humiliating yourself.

Already.

Gu Qufei was dumbfounded and admired Yang Yun even more. He had heard Yang Yun's arrogant tone before, which made the county magistrate furious, and his heart almost jumped out of his throat. Still.

Good Yang Yun was so sharp-tongued that he suppressed Wang Huan until he lost his temper. Regardless of whether the salt farm was a success or not, Gu Qufei had made up his mind to cooperate with Haihan to make money. After all, he had

If such a shrewd person is in charge of the business, he will make money no matter what business he does.

Regarding Wang Huan's hesitation, Gu Qufei wished he could nod his head on his behalf. This was just a matter of letting go, and the benefits were directly delivered to his hands. There was nothing else to consider. How much is the county magistrate's salary?

Even if you have some gray income, you won’t be able to save enough money in one year to give Haihan people a month!

I don’t understand. Gu Qufei feels that he doesn’t understand what these two parties are doing. One is generous and has to give money to the local magistrate before the matter is resolved, while the other is frighteningly roundabout and doesn’t dare to nod even if the benefits are delivered to his door.

Accept it. Gu Qufei had never heard of such a situation being negotiated in business. However, he did not dare to interrupt on this occasion, for fear of disrupting Yang Yun's rhythm.

When Yang Yun saw that Wang Huan was starting to pretend to be mute, he immediately adjusted his strategy and used a new trick: "Master Wang, this doesn't mean that you can drag this matter on just by being silent. If you really plan to be a stumbling block in the way,

Even if I, Haihan, don't come to move you, someone else will come to move you, and your family may be involved, so why bother?"

Wang Huan couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. He didn't want this kind of thing to affect his official career. Even if there seemed to be no hope of advancement at the moment, he could at least be a county magistrate steadily. But if he was really killed by the Haihan people

As an obstacle to making money, this group of people will do anything. They have also dragged out their family members, which makes it difficult for him to remain reserved.

"It's no harm to my family, no crime to my parents. Isn't it inappropriate to involve my family in this kind of thing?" Wang Huan finally began to show signs of weakness.

"I don't think it's appropriate either, so it's best if we work together to avoid this situation." Yang Yun quickly seized this opportunity to persuade: "Master Wang, I heard that you have an only son in your family who has passed the imperial examination three times.

I still haven't won the honor, and now I am idle at home. When the salt farm opens, will you invite your young master to come to the salt farm to be a steward? I guarantee a high salary and will not be treated unfairly."

The situation at Wang Huan's home was provided by Gu Qufei just before he came to the county government. Yang Yun was also speculating and selling, seizing every opportunity to persuade Wang Huan to submit.

Wang Huan was dumbfounded when he heard this. He didn't expect that the other party was well prepared and had even inquired about his family situation. Although this sounded good, both his father and son could receive benefits from Haihan, but if

If you really let your son work for the Haihan people, wouldn't it be equivalent to becoming a hostage of Haihan? If the Haihan people do anything in Xiangshan from now on, how can I dare to take care of it?

"The dog can only read and doesn't know how to make salt and do business, so let's forget it." Wang Huan quickly refused the job for his son.

Yang Yun refused to let it go and continued to persuade: "It doesn't matter if you don't understand. We can provide free training. If you learn one more skill, you will have more options in the future, right? If it doesn't work, your young master can come over and become a clerk."

ah!"

Wang Huandao: "What do you want from this salt farm?"

"Yes, of course we need documents. Every institution in Haihan must have people who know how to read and write, so that all kinds of news and government orders from the country can be disseminated to those who are illiterate in a timely manner." Yang Yun hurriedly told

He explained: "Clerical service is an indispensable position. If you do well, you can move up in the future."
Chapter completed!