Zhenguan Han-in-law

Chapter 77 Lack of Salt?

Hearing Wei Hao's words, Fang Xuanling shook her head with a wry smile, but she still wanted to tell Wei Hao, "Your Majesty is busy, it is impossible to summon you because of such a thing, the key is that you have not been crowned yet, when you are crowned, Your Majesty If something happens, I will definitely summon you, and your Majesty takes you very seriously, more than others, otherwise, this fight will not be able to shut you down."

"What's the matter? Shut me down or pay attention to me?" Wei Hao heard this, looked at Fang Xuanling suspiciously and asked.

"Of course, don't you understand?" Fang Xuanling nodded affirmatively, then looked at Wei Hao with a smile and asked.

Wei Hao is a bit baffled, let's see how you justify it.

"If you don't lock you up, the children of these military generals will be beaten by you. Their fathers know, how can they easily let you go? Those military generals have bad tempers, and many of them are princes of the state. You said, they To get revenge on you, do you have a way to fight?" Fang Xuanling asked Wei Hao with a smile.

Wei Hao thought for a while, then shook his head and continued to look at Fang Xuanling.

"Lock you up, that is to say, Your Majesty has punished you for this fight, and other people can no longer take revenge, at least not on the surface. Your Majesty's attitude is obviously to protect you, and other countries can't take revenge. Knowing this, do you still dare to take revenge on you?" Fang Xuanling continued to analyze Wei Hao.

"Really?" Wei Hao nodded, still looking at Fang Xuanling suspiciously.

"Then think about it, these few days, did the fathers of those people send someone to see them? I can't see it yet?" Fang Xuanling then asked Wei Hao.

When Wei Hao heard it, it was true. Cheng Chusi and the others were still wondering if their family had forgotten them. They had been in the prison for several days and no one had come to ask.

"Yes, Your Majesty attaches great importance to you. I don't see you now, but you haven't been crowned. If you haven't been crowned, you can't do anything. What's the use of looking for you if you don't do it? Will the other ministers agree to it? ? As the saying goes, it's hard to do things without a hair on your lips, isn't it?" Fang Xuanling said with a smile.

"Yes!" Wei Hao nodded.

"Come on, try it, they said these are all your favorite dishes, and the old man also brought some wine, try it?" Fang Xuanling said with a smile, pointing to the food on the table.

"No, no, don't drink!" Wei Hao said quickly with a wave of his hand.

"Well, without the crown, the old man doesn't force you to drink. The old man came here today. There are two things. One is to send you an IOU. Your Majesty said that you personally designated the old man to send it. The other is to ask you for advice. , I also hope that Earl Wei will not hesitate to teach me!" Fang Xuanling bowed to Wei Hao, scared Wei Hao quickly stood up, waved his hands quickly and said: "I don't dare to ask for advice, I don't dare to take it, as long as it is something I know, I will definitely do it. When you know there is nothing to say, there is nothing to say!”

"Okay, please take a seat!" Fang Xuanling smiled and nodded.

Then Fang Xuanling talked to Wei Hao about the lack of money in the court, saying that over the years, the court did not increase taxes in order to let the people in the world cultivate their lives, but the cost of the court was getting bigger and bigger, and now it is in short supply. There are more and more, but the tax is increasing slowly. Fang Xuanling asked Wei Hao if there is a way to make the court increase the tax.

After hearing this, Wei Hao sat there and thought about it, and then he said, "Isn't it enough to increase taxes? If you increase taxes, doesn't it mean that you will increase the burden on the people?"

"Well, that's true, but there is only one source of taxation in the court!" Fang Xuanling nodded worriedly, looked at Wei Hao and said.

"That's not necessarily true. Who said that there is only one tax, Fang Pushe, as far as I know, the two items of salt and iron have been operated by the court. Do these two have no money?" Wei Hao shook his head and looked at Fang Xuanling. said.

"Count Wei is joking, there is not enough salt and iron in the court hall, and even said that the soldiers fighting on the front line are still short of salt, so how can there be enough salt to sell, and the iron you said, iron can only be used in wars now, and the common people want to buy iron , and can only be used for production tools, such as hoes, sickles, etc., how can there be extra iron to sell?" Fang Xuanling waved to Wei Hao and said.

"I know, the current salt is 10 cents a tael, right? A pound reaches 160 cents, right?" Wei Hao asked Fang Xuanling.

Fang Xuanling nodded.

"If it is open to supply, will the common people buy enough?" Wei Hao continued to ask.

Fang Xuanling nodded again after hearing this, for sure, there is still insufficient salt in Datang, and there are still private salts to be sold. The quality of those private salts is not good, of course, the price is also cheaper.

"My Datang's current population is about 1600 million. Even if a person needs half a catty, that is 800 million catties, 1600 catties means 800 yuan, then 120 million catties, that is about 20 million yuan. In terms of cost , I estimate that it will never exceed 100 yuan, and you can earn [-] million yuan just for salt, how can you be short of money?" After Wei Hao finished calculating there, he looked at Fang Xuanling and asked.

"Ha, the account is calculated like this, but the actual production of salt in the Tang Dynasty is less than 20 catties. Most of the people can't buy salt, or they go to buy private salt! However, Earl Wei, I I found that your arithmetic is very good." Fang Xuanling said to Wei Hao with a wry smile, and then found that Wei Hao's arithmetic was true.

"Arithmetic is a small problem. As far as the whole Tang Dynasty is concerned, no one can calculate it better than me. For arithmetic problems, I can say that I am No.1 in Datang. Let's not talk about this, let's talk about salt first! Salt Why is it not enough, such a simple thing, why is it not enough?" Wei Hao said and looked at Fang Xuanling.

"Haha, what a big tone, Datang Arithmetic No. 1, okay!" Fang Xuanling heard it, smiled, then looked at Wei Hao and said: "Salt is not so easy to produce, and some salt is still poisonous when produced. Yes, ordinary people can’t eat it, it will be poisoned if eaten, but to produce qualified salt, it requires a very complicated process, not to mention the high cost, and the output cannot be kept up.”

"Complicated, how complicated is this thing? Such a simple process, complicated? Believe it or not, I can extract [-] catties a day, as long as you have enough coarse salt for me, or a salt field. "Wei Hao sat there and said contemptuously.

"What? [-] jin? If you don't say [-] jin, just [-] jin. The old man has to report to His Majesty personally and let His Majesty appoint you to control the world's salt fields!" Fang Xuanling heard this, stood up in shock, and then faced the palace The direction arched his hands and said to Wei Hao.

"If you don't go, you're not making money yourself, so what do I care about?" Wei Hao immediately waved his hand and said.

"You just boasted about Haikou, so you don't admit it? Are you lying to me?" Fang Xuanling was dumbfounded, then looked at Wei Hao and asked.

"No denying the account, I'll just teach you. What am I doing with that stuff? I'm fed up? It's not my own business, I'll take care of it!" Wei Hao waved his hand and shook his head.

"Are you serious?" Fang Xuanling asked Wei Hao excitedly.

"Take it seriously, take it seriously, or, what the hell, get some coarse salt, it's the poisonous kind, and then I'll ask you to get some tools, and when it's done, I'll extract it for you!" Wei Hao ordered He nodded, looked at Fang Xuanling and said.

"Really? You said, what tools are needed, the old man will get them for you!" Fang Xuanling said excitedly.

"Hey, bring a pen and paper here, this one still needs to be drawn!" Wei Hao said while rubbing his head.

"Sure, come here, bring in the pen and paper!" Fang Xuanling shouted loudly when he heard it.

After a while, a jailer brought a pen and paper, Wei Hao was writing and drawing there, Fang Xuanling saw Wei Hao's words, that headache, how can there be such ugly words?

But I don't dare to say it. After all, I have a request from Wei Hao. Soon Wei Hao finished writing and handed it over to Fang Xuanling.

"Take it, prepare these things, and then prepare the brine, I will refine it for you, then you can send someone to learn it!" Wei Hao said to Fang Xuanling.

"Okay, okay, fast, eat the food, eat the food, the food is cold!" Fang Xuanling carefully folded the papers and said enthusiastically to Wei Hao.

"Well, you eat too, you're welcome, by the way, I want to ask you something, do you know Xia Guogong?" Wei Hao asked Fang Xuanling.

"Xia Guogong, oh, I know, I'm going to Bashu!" Fang Xuanling was stunned for a while, then you thought of what Li Shimin had explained, and immediately said to Wei Hao.

"What are you going to do in Bashu?" Wei Hao said depressedly after hearing this, and believed in his heart that there was a character named Xia Guogong.

Then, Fang Xuanling chatted with Wei Hao silently.

After Wei Hao finished eating, Fang Xuanling immediately went to the palace. He needed to tell Li Shimin that Wei Hao could increase salt production.

"What is the painting? How can I see it clearly? There are also those words, which are really ugly!" Li Shimin took the paper that Fang Xuanling handed over, and after unfolding it, he had a headache.

"Your Majesty, if you look closely, you can still understand. I will prepare according to the above requirements later, okay?" Fang Xuanling looked at Li Shimin and asked.

"You're ready to go, this kid is probably bragging, and he still produces [-] catties per day. How is that possible? If so, I will not be short of salt in the Tang Dynasty." Li Shimin handed the paper to Fang Xuanling in disbelief.

"Your Majesty, don't you believe it?" Fang Xuanling looked at Li Shimin in surprise and asked.

"I don't believe it, this kid loves to brag, and what are you looking at his paintings?" Li Shimin shook his head and said.

In the past dynasties, the lack of salt has never been solved, and Li Shimin does not believe that Wei Hao can solve it.

"Your Majesty, let's try it. Anyway, these things are not difficult, just send them to Wei Hao!" Fang Xuanling thought about it and felt that he still needed to try.

After hearing this, Li Shimin nodded. He would not stop this matter.

(End of this chapter)