Datang: My apprentice is Princess Changle

Chapter 503 Secret Letter
Chapter 5 Secret Message
iron ore?

Hearing these two words, Qin Yang's eyes lit up.

Iron ore is a good thing!

Iron, to be precise, is a good thing!
However, this thing is not available anywhere, he immediately said: "Immediately send people to control Nanshan, and after finding out that there is indeed iron ore, it will be reported to the court."

Although he has no awe of the imperial power, he knows very well that this thing cannot be kept privately.

Zhang Yunji said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, when you found out the first time, someone already controlled Nanshan."

If there are really iron mines in Nanshan, we have to wait for the emperor's order to see how to mine them.

Qin Yang also went to Nanshan with Zhang Yunji, and after finding out that there were iron mines here, he immediately repaired a book, wrote a note on the face, and sent them to Chang'an together.

As the governor of Youzhou, Zhang Yunji also wrote a note and sent it to Chang'an.

These letters spread to Chang'an quite quickly.

Much faster than normal people back and forth.

After putting this matter aside for the time being, Qin Yang quietly took someone to Changlu before winter came.

It is also the current location of Changlu Salt Field, one of the four major salt fields in Beifang.

At that time, there was no saltworks in Changlu.

However, Qin Yang knew that this place would become one of the four major salt farms in Beifang in the future, and this place was still within his territory!

Today's salt is partly in the hands of the imperial court and partly in the hands of the aristocratic family.

In terms of quantity, the aristocratic family controlled more salt fields than the imperial court.

Therefore, there are various reasons why Li Shimin did not carry out drastic liquidation reforms on the aristocratic family.

It's not that Li Shimin didn't want to, but that Li Shimin couldn't do it.

The aristocratic family has too many various resources in their hands. In governing the country, it can affect the whole body by pulling one hair, so you can't be arrogant.

That's why Li Shimin endured it all the time, until the five surnames and Qiwang almost rode on his head.

Since the God Seed was obtained, the food crisis was resolved, and Li Shimin gained more confidence to attack the Boling Cui family.

If he didn't have the God Seed, even if he had the evidence of the collusion between the Boling Cui family and the Tubo people, Li Shimin would probably hold back, and then slowly figure it out.

Although the Boling Cui family will still be brought down in the end, the process must be long and cautious.

After all, killing a mouse is also afraid of breaking the jade bottle!
Jiangshan is the most important!

If Qin Yang can develop a salt field in Changlu and hold this salt field firmly in his hands, not only will he have a strong economic pillar again, but it will also be a greater help to Li Shimin.

At least at this moment, he and Li Shimin are in the same camp. In this case, helping the court to help Li Shimin is also helping himself.

Qin Yang's interests are contrary to those of most aristocratic families.

Under such circumstances, except for one or two families who defected to their own camp, the other families are all recorded in the small book that Qin Yang suppressed.

If there is an opportunity to weaken the aristocratic family's power to check and balance the court, he is naturally very happy!

And he also discovered that there is too much coarse salt on the market and too little fine salt. Although he himself eats and uses fine salt, the fine salt is also somewhat different from the salt of later generations, not as fine as the salt of later generations.

Qin Yang, the ultimate appetite, he may not get excited about other things, but he has to get excited about his own appetite!
Qin Yang spent a day in Changlu, and then left quietly.

Confirming that this place is indeed capable of producing a large amount of salt like later generations, Qin Yang used a secret letter this time, and asked his confidant to send this letter to Princess Changle.

The code for this letter was figured out by two people who had nothing to do when Princess Changle came to Youzhou.

Because the matter about the salt field is something that shakes the foundation of the family.

Even for those special personnel who delivered the booklets, Qin Yang still had some distrust.

This is even more serious than the discovery of King Yan's treasure back then!
If he can do this, then the family's checks and balances on the imperial court will be weakened.

If the aristocratic family knew about this in advance, how could there be any reason not to interfere?

So in this matter, he must be cautious and cautious, at least not to leak the secret from him!
"I hope the emperor can make a decision as soon as possible." Qin Yang sighed softly as the cold wind blew.

According to his plan, at the beginning of spring, it is best to start construction and let the saltworks move!

Winter is the time for preparations.

While others are focusing their attention elsewhere, he will finish all the preparations for the salt farm in winter!
This letter, a little behind, was sent to the capital.

Because his letter was sent to Princess Changle, it was regarded as a love letter between two people, and because of this kind of love letter, the two of them would send each other a copy from time to time, so this secret letter in the name of love letter did not attract attention. Anyone's attention was quietly sent to Chang'an.

Before that, Li Shimin first received letters and notes about iron ore.

Two brochures and one letter were placed in front of Li Shimin.

He didn't know the contents of the letter and notebook at this time, so, looking at the letter and notebook in front of him, he opened the notebook that Zhang Yunji handed over first, with the mentality that good things should be savored last.

Seeing this, he immediately laughed happily twice.

"Okay, okay!" He then called out twice.

Then he opened the booklet and letter Qin Yang handed over, and sure enough, what Zhang Yunji said was the same thing.

In a mountain range called Nanshan in Youzhou, iron ore was discovered!

Iron ore is a very important material for any dynasty!

And in letters and brochures, it is said that this iron mine is huge!
Li Shimin walked around the imperial study room with his hands behind his back, and immediately ordered Cheng Yaojin to assist Youzhou King to mine the iron ore in Nanshan!

In this way, it can not only show Li Shimin's trust in Qin Yang, but also prevent the censors from impeaching him again for this kind of thing.

He thinks this is a good approach.

To get such news years ago, in Li Shimin's opinion, it might be a New Year gift from Qin Yang to himself.

As a result, within a few days, Princess Changle suddenly expressed that she had something to discuss with her father after eating with him and Empress Changsun.

Li Shimin was a little dazed, but he still allowed Princess Changle to chat with him alone.

As a result, after letting Princess Changle follow him to the imperial study, Princess Changle took out a letter from her sleeve and handed it to Li Shimin.

"What is this?" Li Shimin looked at the cover of the letter, and found that it was a letter that Princess Changle had personally signed. The handwriting was that of Qin Yang.

This is a letter between a young couple, why show it to him?
Could it be that there is something special written in this letter?

Li Shimin took the letter and pulled out the letter.

(End of this chapter)