Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 655 Salt Formation
Zhenguan two years.

The Shangyuan Festival has not yet passed, and the early dynasty has already begun.

Because the various departments of the imperial court had a backlog of things in the past few days of the new year, the morning court lasted for a long time every day, and the morning court usually did not come down until after noon.

When every official left, he was tired and hungry.

This morning, it was almost noon.

Many officials were hungry and growling, wishing they could go home and eat immediately.

However, there are still many people in the court who keep talking about things.

"Your Majesty, according to the latest news, several major salt mines in Tang Dynasty have produced a lot of table salt using new methods. Please take a look at it, Your Majesty."

After an official finished speaking, he took out the produced salt, and the officials were a little surprised when they saw it.

"This table salt is too white, isn't it finer than the refined salt we usually eat?"

"Who says it's not, it's as white as snow."

"........."

Li Shimin was surprised to see such white table salt. He knew that the table salt they usually ate had other impurities, so their eyes were slightly yellowish, but the table salt produced by the new method was white, which meant that the table salt was white. very pure.

If the salt is pure, the taste is generally not too bad.

Li Shimin couldn't help but pinched a little bit into his mouth and tasted it, the salt melted on the tip of his tongue, the salty taste made his mouth feel fragrant, yes, it was really fragrant.

No other miscellaneous taste, just salty.

That feeling is really indescribable.

"Okay, the table salt produced by this new method is just different, Liu Aiqing, what is the output of this table salt?"

The official named Liu Aiqing continued: "The output is very high, six or seven times higher than our previous salt production every year. Come out a lot."

Li Shimin nodded. Salt is a big issue. Solving it is beneficial to the stability of people's livelihood.

Moreover, if the amount of salt intake is sufficient, it will also be of great help to improve the physical fitness of the people of Tang Dynasty.

Although he didn't understand why, his experience told him that if people don't eat salt, their health will be poor.

"Your Majesty, since salt has been produced on a large scale, the reform of the salt system can almost begin, and the imperial court will sell it uniformly to control the price of salt."

Changsun Wuji stood up. As the prime minister, he was duty-bound. Moreover, his people had already obtained the salt quotations. After these refined salts were introduced to the market, they would definitely make a fortune.

After hearing Changsun Wuji's words, Li Shimin immediately nodded his head in agreement.

Today's Datang is still very poor. If they control the salt business, they can soon become rich in Datang. With money, what can't they do?

The reform of the salt system had already been discussed, so there was no objection, and it was quickly settled.

And just after this matter was settled, Qin Tian stood up again: "My lord, since there is so much salt that we can't finish it, then we can actually consider selling the salt to other places. My Datang's income will increase, and it will be even higher."

Expanding the scope of sales is tantamount to earning money from another market, which is not difficult to understand.

However, after Qin Tian finished speaking, someone stood up immediately.

"Master Qin, how can you sell salt? It's enough to keep such an important thing in my Tang Dynasty. Only in this way can we control the stability of the society. But according to you, you want to sell it to other countries?"

At the beginning of a word, the court was full of noise.

Everyone looked at each other, and then they all started talking.

"Lord Qin, what do you mean by that? Who do you want to sell the salt to? If you sell it to the enemy, their soldiers will become stronger and stronger. If we attack our Tang Dynasty, what should we do?"

"That's right, I have never sold the salt of Tang Dynasty outside before, and I must not sell it now. Whoever sells it is a traitor."

"........."

Everyone said one word to another, at this time they seemed to have completely forgotten about hunger.

Qin Tian stood in front of the main hall, and was not too anxious to defend himself until Li Shimin spoke.

"Qin Aiqing, do you have your own reasons for selling the salt?"

"Returning to the Holy Lord, the reason for the minister is very simple, that is to make money. Now that I am poor in Tang Dynasty, making money is the first priority. In fact, other countries also have their own salt. If we don't sell it to them, they can still eat it." salt, so it has little impact on their physical fitness, but our salt is relatively better, and it is easier to open up the market."

Qin Tian didn't say much, but his meaning was very clear, that is, it is a fool who has money but does not make money.

Other countries, such as Turks, do not have a relatively complete market price assessment like Datang. In fact, many of their daily necessities are bought from Datang, and salt can naturally be sold to them.

As long as they earn their money and have a strong military force, they will have more confidence.

Of course, in Qin Tian's view, the most important thing is to earn back the money given to Turks.

The Turkic people don't know how to do business, as long as they sell some things from Datang, they can get back the money they plundered from Datang, and it's very easy, very easy.

Qin Tian briefly stated his intentions, but there were still some people in the court who opposed it. Li Shimin here, after hesitating, felt that what Qin Tian said was reasonable.

If you want to strengthen your army, Datang needs money. Only by earning back the money that the Turks got from Datang can they make Datang even more prosperous?
Moreover, once the Turkic people are used to eating the refined salt of the Tang Dynasty, they will inevitably feel dependent, and controlling their taste buds will sometimes have unexpected effects.

"Qin Aiqing's words are reasonable. Since this is the case, let's make a decision. The extra salt produced every year will be sold to other countries."

The matter was settled like this, and although the other people in the court were not very satisfied, they had nothing to do.

The court retreated early, and the officials were so hungry that they rushed to his mansion one after another. When Qin Tian left the palace, the weather was still a bit cold. He wrapped his clothes and prepared to leave.

But at this time, Cheng Yaojin and others stopped him suddenly.

"You kid, you really dare to talk about selling salt to other countries." Cheng Yaojin curled his lips.

Qin Tian didn't take it seriously, and said: "I didn't sell it before, it was because there was less production, but now there are more, it's a waste not to sell, and besides, why don't you do something that can make money?"

Speaking of this, Qin Tian smiled and said: "Duke Lu called me to stop, shouldn't he be talking about this?"

The matter has been decided, and it is meaningless to say this, so Qin Tian felt that Cheng Yaojin and Yu Chigong stopped him, there must be other things.

(End of this chapter)