Datang: In order to be a salted fish, I decided to look forward to my father Jackie Chan

Chapter 107 Settlement of Debts
Li Xiao was very embarrassed, "Your Majesty, father, I can't change it even if I go, it will take time, besides, it's the Chinese New Year, I'm still thinking about it"

"Don't think about being lazy all day long. I'll give you the position of General Zuo Qianniuwei. How long have you been there? I haven't settled with you yet, and you're thinking about being lazy again."

Then Li Shimin pointed to the desk, "The outermost stack is full of the censor's reference to your notebook. According to the censor's words, chopping you up into eight pieces is not enough to apologize!"

"Let my son think about it!" Li Xiao used his brains, it seems that if he doesn't want to find a way today, he won't be able to go home.

After half a stick of incense, Li Xiao said cautiously, "First of all, it's the tax thing I mentioned before. One is to collect tax on all salt sales, and then fix the price of salt. Anyone who dares to exceed it will be caught and chopped." head!"

"Fart! Keep thinking!" Li Shimin was angry, and after thinking for so long, he came up with this bad idea, "Taxes should not be increased easily, and a kind of tax cannot be introduced casually. You know that from ancient times to the present, a country has perished. Then, what will happen? That is to increase taxes in a variety of ways, making people in the world miserable."

"It's absolutely impossible for the people to raise taxes after only a few years of their lives!"

"And what you said is that it is impossible to fix the price of salt. Once you ask for a fixed price, the salt merchant will not sell it. What should I do? Go copy his house?"

Li Xiao's face was flushed, aren't these two things commonplace?How come it doesn't work here?Is my political intelligence so low?

"Then there is no other way, the only way to control the price of salt is to go to central Shu and Luoyang to buy salt and sell it in Chang'an City, so that the people can see that there is a lot of salt in the market and reduce their desire to buy!"

Li Shimin was furious, "Is this called an idea? Anyone can think of it, okay?"

Li Xiao spread his hands, "There is no other way, there are harsh moves, you dare not use them, you can only use mild methods!"

"What do you mean I dare not use it? Is I afraid of getting into trouble?"

Li Shimin was panting heavily, his eyes were red, it seemed that Li Shimin was really pushed by these salt merchants!

Li Xiao turned his face to the side and asked, "Fang Xiang, who are the main salt merchants in the Tang Dynasty?"

"countless!"

"As long as there are salt ponds, they are all making salt, but there are a lot of small businesses, as numerous as a cow's hair. They are all small households making salt and then selling it to Erdao merchants, but the largest salt merchant is the Zheng family!"

Li Xiao confirmed, "Xingyang Zheng?"

"Yes, it's them!"

"Aren't they selling paper books?"

"Both are their main industries."

Zheng Cheng, it is not a gentleman not to take revenge!
"Father, my son has another way!"

"you say!"

"First of all, it is necessary to transport salt into Chang'an. Then, the salt mine in Niuzhuang needs to speed up production. Finally, we need you to give the Zheng family a message so that they don't go too far!"

When Li Shimin heard that there was a solution, his anger eased a little, but he didn't know it was a bad idea, "Let me bow my head to people with five surnames and seven surnames, Li Xiao, do you think your neck is harder than a knife? Don't think you are a prince— —”

Seeing Li Shimin's murderous look, Li Xiao only felt a chill in his neck, and quickly opened his mouth to draw big cakes, "Father, the sons are not embarrassing the father, the father is going to be an emperor through the ages, and being able to bend and stretch is unavoidable. We must first be stable." Stay with them, just wait for the sea salt to go on the market, we will directly set a minimum price, so that the salt in their hands cannot be sold, then their Zheng family can only eat three meals a day, and eat salt by themselves!"

Fang Xuanling looked at Li Shimin who was so angry and had a headache, and comforted him, "Yes, Your Majesty, as long as the Zheng family's salt business is cut off, the Xingyang Zheng family will be like a broken wing, unable to fly! "

"Then, after cleaning up the five surnames and seven Wangs one by one, His Majesty will have nothing to worry about!"

Li Shimin silently thought about Fang Xuanling's words. In terms of confidant, it must be Fang Xuanling. Free up your hands, you can clean them up at any time.

But five surnames and seven looks, this is the abscess that grows in the internal organs, and it is the biggest enemy in Li Shimin's heart.

"Do as you wish!"

Li Xiao heaved a sigh of relief, he could finally go back and make delicious food for Changle.

But Li Shimin's next sentence directly broke Li Xiao!

"Li Xiao, set off today, go to Jiaozhou, and work with Cheng Yaojin on the sea salt business. Li Xiao will take the lead in this matter, with Cheng Yaojin as the assistant!"

"Your Majesty, it's almost New Year's Eve!"

"Let's talk nonsense, there is no salt in your hands, and what you say is not harsh. Cheng Zhijie has been there for more than ten days, and there is no good news at all. It is better to leave this matter to you. You don't always talk about professional things. Leave it to professional people ?"

Eunuch Wang quickly memorized Li Shimin's order, and Li Xiao didn't know how to refute it. This is the stone he lifted and hit himself in the foot!
"Mr. Fang, how long do you think you can last with the salt brought in from other states and the salt production of Niuzhuang?"

After Li Shimin finished speaking, he added, "Prepare for the worst, maybe take into account that Zheng's salt merchants go on strike and refuse to sell!"

Fang Xuanling calculated carefully. In Niuzhuang, the old house also has shares. Besides, Li Xiao did not hide the output from several shareholders, so he calculated it quickly!
"Two months!"

Li Shimin made a final decision, "Li Xiao, after a month and a half, I want to see Haiyan in Chang'an City!"

Li Xiao lay down directly, "Your Majesty, you can kill me now! The Yantian can't be repaired in a month and a half, let alone the matter of production!"

"Besides, the current weather is not conducive to drying the salt. You have to increase it. I have to ask you to cut off your head first, so as not to end up in a dead end after hard work!"

Li Shimin didn't know how the sea salt came out, that is, when the cyclamen came to auction, Li Xiao bragged that the sea salt was exposed to the wind and the sun, and part of the deposition evaporated, and the rest flowed to the next salt field. Continue this operation, and finally the salt just come out.

Why is what Li Xiao said now different from what he boasted last time!

"How long will it be there?"

"Half a year, at least half a year!"

"Little bastard, what are you doing with me?" Li Shimin took the writing brush on the table and threw it out, "The maximum is three months, no more!"

Li Xiao reached out to catch the brush, saw that the brush was well made, and there were some unfamiliar styles on it, and said with a shy smile, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward!"

Li Xiao changed his mood and prepared to add more time.

"Master praise."

Fang Xuanling hurriedly stopped Li Xiao, "The ore salt from Niuzhuang, together with the purchase of well salt in the middle of Sichuan, and the purchase of salt from prefectures and counties near Chang'an, can last for two months, so It’s only three months, if it’s any more, the Ministry of Household Affairs won’t be able to sustain it, and it will spark a civil uprising!”

(End of this chapter)