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Although he thought about it, but when the thing really happened, Ren Changle felt that his heart was trembling.With a face full of disbelief, he raised his head, looked at Emperor Tianqi, and said tremblingly, "Is what my brother said true?"

As if Ren Changle's reaction had been expected long ago, Emperor Tianqi nodded with a smile, and said in a deep voice: "That's natural, how can my younger brother talk nonsense about such a thing!"

After a long time, Ren Changle slowly came to his senses, raised his head slowly, looked at Emperor Tianqi, and said: "My brother told you such confidential matters to Brother Yu, and Brother Yu is very grateful. If there is anything that can be used It’s no harm to get a foolish brother or a virtuous brother!”

He clasped his fists at Ren Changle, and the Emperor Tianqi smiled and said, "Brother Ren really knows the elegance after hearing the virtuous songs. Although the Longchang Company is powerful and wealthy, it is lonely and lonely in this Jiangnan place! To show off your skills, you still need someone you can trust!"

Standing up quickly, bowing to Emperor Tianqi, Ren Changle said quite seriously: "My virtuous brother is the savior of brother Yu's family. If there is any order, the Ren family will go through fire and water, and I will do it!" [

Nodding his head, he stretched out his hand to help Ren Changle up, Emperor Tianqi knew in his heart that it was almost done!Ren Changle is also a smart person, it might be a bit too much after acting!The two looked at each other and laughed at the same time!

"Brother Ren, please sit down! I still want to hear Brother Ren's opinion on the sale of official salt. I still need Brother Ren's advice!" Emperor Tianqi stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation, and the two sat down again .

"Since the virtuous brother wants to hear it, then I will talk to the virtuous brother! In fact, the ancestors of the Yu brother's family have been in the salt business for generations, and the routines here are actually very easy to understand!" Ren Changle nodded slowly , said in a serious voice.

Looking at Ren Changle seriously, Emperor Tianqi said sincerely: "Brother Ren, just say it. There is no need to hide anything. Today's words come from Brother Ren's mouth, and into the ears of my younger brother, and will never be passed on to third parties!"

"Young brother is serious. This is actually something that many people know. But no one is willing to say it! Nowadays, the cheap salt in the government is [-] yuan per bucket. The price is not expensive, and most people can eat it. Cheap salt! Brother Yu will first talk about private salt for my virtuous brother, this is a very serious topic!" Ren Changle smiled indifferently, and said private salt!

Straightening his body, Emperor Tianqi nodded.Said: "Little brother is all ears, brother Ren, but it's no harm!"

"Private salt has always existed. If you want to understand private salt, you have to start with its source. The source of private salt can be several parts, some of which are dried or dug by yourself. The current large salt farms are all occupied by the imperial court. The imperial court is also very strict in investigating and punishing them, so this part of private salt is not much." Ren Changle looked at Emperor Tianqi, waiting for Emperor Tianqi's reaction!

Frowning and thinking for a while, Emperor Tianqi nodded slowly, this is not difficult to understand.According to what has just been found out, the annual salt output of the imperial court is now 500 million yuan, and each salt is three stones.Each stone is 120 catties.Calculated according to this figure, one introduction of table salt is 360 catties! One can imagine the amount of 500 million table salt.Compared with such a quantity, those private sun-dried salt and dug-out salt are completely negligible.

If the court does not manage them, maybe they will flood, but now the best salt fields are all in the hands of the court.The imperial court is also very strict about those who expose themselves to the sun and dig salt, and ignoring it is a big problem!

Nodding his head, Emperor Tianqi agreed with Ren Changle's statement, and said with a smile: "Brother Ren is indeed insightful. His eloquence is extraordinary, and my younger brother is taught. Brother Ren please!"

Ren Chang said a few polite words, then his expression became serious, and he said again: "Another private salt channel is the salt lord. Most of these people are farmers on both sides of the canal. Many times they can't survive, so they do it." Salt owls. There are a dozen or hundreds of them, and the money they collect is not much, and they only sell a few rock salts every time!"

"Where did the salt in the hands of these salt lords come from?" Emperor Tianqi immediately grasped the key point and asked with a serious expression.

Staring blankly at Emperor Tianqi, Ren Changle didn't expect Emperor Tianqi to be so interested in private salt, he smiled and said, "Most of the private salt of these salt lords is bought from the warehouse, and the warehouse of the salt farm sells it privately. Withheld!"

Nodding his head, Emperor Tianqi knew it in his heart, and then said: "The rest is the biggest private salt, right? Are these salts kept secret by officials?"

"My virtuous brother is really a great talent, that's right! The imperial court set up a transshipment envoy in the salt field. These people secretly gave and received the salt and concealed the production of salt. Taking this incident as an example, the imperial court has not found out the salt production for many years. The investigation is 200 million yuan! The annual official salt is only 300 million yuan, which shows how rampant private salt is!" Ren Changle sighed softly, he knew these things a long time ago, but he could do nothing, the depression in his heart One can imagine!

Nodded, Emperor Tianqi also knew about this matter, frowning and thinking about it, Emperor Tianqi said in a deep voice: "Since this is the case, what can Brother Ren do?"

"Brother Yu has also thought about it for so many years. There are great drawbacks in the salt administration of the imperial court. The biggest point is the hereditary system of salt merchants. Salt merchants have salt guidelines, and salt guidelines can be hereditary. There is a big problem in this. Problem! If we change the salt guide to elections every five years and re-elect salt merchants, this problem may be solved!" Ren Changle smiled calmly and said with confidence.

"Election every five years is fine, but it's hard to guarantee that the ones chosen aren't the relatives of officials. It's hard to stop it!" Emperor Tianqi lowered his head, thought for a moment, and hesitated.

Looking at Emperor Tianqi in admiration, Ren Changle said with emotion: "Your brother is really a great talent, you can understand everything! That's right, what you said is very reasonable. But this time, brother Yu can see that there is something feasible in it, If the election of the salt merchants is handed over to the Longchang Company, this problem will naturally be avoided. Merchants seek profit, so whoever can do it well will naturally be handed over to whoever!" [

"If this can be achieved, the imperial court will send imperial officials to inspect the salt field every five years, and the salt administration will be safe! As for the sale of official salt, it can be done as before, using different salt merchants in different places, or Transported by the court! As long as the Longchang Company is in the hands of the court, it will be safe!" Ren Changle said here, staring at Emperor Tianqi.

For a long time, Ren Changle had suspected the relationship between Longchang Company and the palace, and was even more curious about the identity of Emperor Tianqi.Asking like this now can be regarded as a test, and it depends on how Emperor Tianqi answers!

Slowly nodded, Emperor Tianqi had already agreed with Ren Changle's idea in his heart. Regarding Ren Changle's temptation, Emperor Tianqi smiled and said: "Brother Ren, don't worry about the affairs of the court, this little brother can think of something! Now the little brother has something to deal with." For Brother Ren, do you know if Brother Ren agrees or not?"

Although Emperor Tianqi didn't explain anything, Ren Changle already understood that Emperor Tianqi had told himself that the imperial court was no longer a problem.Standing up, he bowed to the Emperor Tianqi and said in a deep voice, "Brother Yu is entirely dependent on Brother Yu for saving his life. Whatever orders you have today, Brother Yu will follow suit!"

"My little brother will return to Beijing in the near future. Longchang Company will send someone over to deal with the matter of salt, but now there is still a lack of a big shopkeeper. To handle the sale of salt for Longchang Company, my brother sees that Brother Ren is an upright person, and he is quite concerned about salt matters. Insightful! My little brother hopes that Brother Ren can join the Longchang Company and take care of the salt matters for the Longchang Company!" Emperor Tianqi looked at Ren Changle with piercing eyes, this was something he had thought about for a long time, and Ren Changle was also the most suitable candidate.

Standing there in a daze, Ren Changle knew the benefits of being a salt merchant, but he never thought that Emperor Tianqi would entrust this matter to himself!After a long time, Ren Changle said with a serious face: "Don't worry, my virtuous brother, I will do my best to live up to my virtuous brother's trust!"

"It's so good, brother Ren, don't be offended by this! People from Longchang Company will discuss with Brother Ren about the following matters! Brother Ren can rest assured that Longchang Company will not treat the Ren family badly. Well done, I will thank you very much!" Emperor Tianqi knew that if he wanted his horse to run, he must feed it with good grass!The connection of interests is the most stable relationship!

"My boss is serious. No matter who I entrust this kind of matter to, I will be grateful. Brother Yu is not talented, so he will do his best!" Ren Changle is very smart and good at being a man. It must be made clear!

Seeing Ren Changle's understanding of current affairs, Emperor Tianqi was overjoyed, and said to Chen Lin who was standing at the door: "Go and find Yuan Keli, I have something to say!"

"Yes, son!" Chen Lin didn't dare to neglect at all, bowed his body and retreated out, and glanced at Ren Changle before leaving.He knew that this person was valued by Emperor Tianqi, and his future was limitless!

It seems that I have to explain when I go back, Dongchang and Jinyiwei have to restrain themselves, this Longchang firm is the property of the emperor.That is the emperor's purse, no one can touch the emperor's purse!

Not long after, Yuan Keli came back. He ransacked the house with Yang He. He has been busy these few days!Emperor Apocalypse didn't look for him, so he came back!The memorial to him and Yang He had already been written, and it was now in Yuan Keli's arms.

"Come on, come on! Brother Ren, you know this Mr. Yuan, but today I want to let you get to know each other again!" Pulling the two people to his side with a smile, Emperor Tianqi said happily: "Ren Changle, Longchang Company is here The shopkeeper of Jiangnan, I will hand over the salt of the Longchang Company in the future to him!"

Yuan Keli wasn't surprised at all, he had thought of this a long time ago, but what Emperor Tianqi said next made Yuan Keli stand still in place!

"Yuan Keli, the new governor of Nanzhili who has just been promoted by the emperor, you will have a long time dealing with each other!" Emperor Tianqi looked at the two of them and said in a deep voice. (to be continued...)