Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 166
"Uh, before you answer this question, can your Majesty answer Cao Min's question?" Sun Xiangfu rubbed his nose and organized his words.

"You haven't said a word about what I want to know! Just ask me first, okay, you ask, if you dare to lie or miss one thing, I will shackle you for the rest of your life." Li Shimin somewhat annoyed.

"Well, does Your Majesty want a long-term peace and stability in Lingnan?" Sun Xiangfu said rather bluntly.

Hearing this, Li Shimin was taken aback, isn't this nonsense?The emperor did not want long-term peace and stability under his rule.

"Of course I want to. If you have any clever strategies, feel free to offer them up. Maybe if I am happy, I will change other criminal laws to punish you after a hundred days of confinement."

Damn, this is an endless rhythm!Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu said with a bitter face, "Uh, I, okay! You are His Majesty, you can do whatever you want, and the grass-roots people have said what they should say, and they have fulfilled their obligations as a citizen.

Well, the grassroots read few books, but they also know that there is an old saying called "the warehouse knows the etiquette, and the food and clothing know the honor and disgrace." '

If you want Lingnan to have long-term stability, you must make Lingnan rich. At some point, it is good for the country to benefit the people. "

Giving benefits to the people and keeping wealth for the people are exactly Li Shimin's thoughts on governing the country. To his surprise, Sun Xiangfu, a farmer, has such a high level of ideological awareness, and he understands the importance of "benefit" to the people.

"You are right."

"But don't think I'm so easy to deceive. You have to be honest today about how large these industries can be and how profitable they are."

Li Shimin just nodded his head to agree with what Sun Xiangfu said, but found that it was wrong, this kid said to benefit the people, who is this person?It's not him, Sun Zhengming, no one else can produce so many good things, so his tone suddenly became stern.

"Uh, Your Majesty, in fact, Duke Yue has a plan to make the people of Lingnan belong to Wanghua during his lifetime. Therefore, at that time, Caomin handed over the sugar production process to him, and Duke Yue would take the output of the sugar workshop. , to maintain free medical care in the land of Lingnan, mastering medical care, and mastering the hearts of the people in Lingnan.

In addition, even if there is a surplus, it will be distributed to the young and strong recruited by him to work in the tribes in Lingnan. These young and strong will definitely not be willing to return to the tribe and give the benefits to their leaders for nothing. Over time, the backbone of these tribes There will be a gap between the power and the tribal leaders. At that time, the Duke of Yue will have the opportunity to break the division of tribes in Baiyue for thousands of years. "

"So, you still haven't told me how big this industry can be. Sun Zhengming, don't gossip about it. Feng Zhidai has already told me about these things." Li Shimin soon became impatient Well, if you don't say anything else, don't blame brother for being rude.

"Your Majesty, there are fruit trees all over the mountains and plains in the south of the Lingnan Mountains, and there are so many sugar canes that you can't eat them all. If you let go of your arms, you can produce at least hundreds of thousands of sugar a year. However, if there is a lot of sugar, the price is cheap. If you can't extract it Before more benefits, Caomin suggested that His Majesty limit the output and hunger marketing.

Uh, the meaning of this hunger marketing is to make the market always feel out of stock.

In this way, those Hu merchants must be willing to pay a high price to buy our sugar. How big this industry will be depends mainly on how much of our goods the Western Region Hu merchants can eat at a high price. "Sun Xiangfu lowered his head and said.

"Hundreds of thousands of stones can be produced a year? No wonder there are three thousand stones of sugar in Feng Zhidai's gift list! I almost gave him a boatload of silver from the Wa Kingdom as a gift in return."

Li Shimin was a little dazed when he heard the words. It turns out that Lingnan is full of fruit trees and sugar cane can't be eaten up. It seems that he should pay more attention to Lingnan.

"You boy, what are you doing in a daze, you haven't finished talking yet! What's the matter with salted fish?"

"Uh, this, in fact, you should ask Wei Shuxie Master Wei, it was he who discovered that the sea fish dried by the fishermen on the Lingnan seashore had a salty smell, so the grass people tried to add the salted fish diced into the bean paste and try to make seasoning Yes, who knew it would work. After adding the diced salted fish into the bean paste, the whole bean paste will be salty, which can supplement the salt needed by people.

Therefore, Caomin asked Yangzhou’s bean paste workshop to purchase salted fish from Lingnan. With a lot of manpower and material resources, the price of thirty coins is not high.

But now our Datang produces too many soybeans, and the price is cheap, so the bean paste made from this fish and Dou Erba will be sold very cheaply after it goes on the market, about 20 yuan a catty, and the price will not exceed three Ten texts. "Sun Xiangfu took out the excuse he had thought up a long time ago.

"Hmph, in this way, all the common people will eat your salted fish bean paste, and the court's salt cannot be sold, and the tax will be greatly reduced, so what should I do?"

Hearing this, Li Shimin was not only displeased, but groaned angrily.Even if it is calculated at thirty renminbi a catty, it is much more cost-effective for the common people to buy this salted fish and bean paste than to buy salt. By then, the court's salt tax may collapse.

"Uh, that's simple! Let the imperial court send the officials in charge of the salt tax to the bean paste workshop in Yangzhou to collect the tax! How much is the salt tax collected by the imperial court? I guarantee that you can collect it back at the bean paste workshop.

Speaking of this point, it actually proves that the customs and market tax of our Tang Dynasty is a little behind, and the merchants value profits, so the merchants are willing to take the initiative to go to the place where the tax is collected to trade!Tax officials should be sent to major production workshops to collect taxes according to the shipment flow. "

When Sun Xiangfu said this, Li Shimin felt that there was some truth to it, but because the bean paste workshop had shares in Donggong and several dignitaries, it should not stop collecting taxes. Salted fish and bean paste can be found to make up for it, but the tax system is a big problem. It is not as easy as Sun Xiangfu said in a few words. At that time, it may lead to the collapse of the entire business. After all, the business was not booming in the early Tang Dynasty, and the status of the merchants was low, so they could not bear this kind of blow.

"Say, what other industries do you have in Lingnan?" Salted fish bean paste is an industry that benefits the whole people, and it is of great significance. Li Shimin will definitely formulate a series of policies according to the market's reaction later. This is not Sun Xiangfu's suggestion, but Li Shimin's He would do what he did, but after asking for a long time, Li Shimin didn't get any practical benefits, so he was still a little annoyed.

"Well, Caomin and Yue Gong reached a cooperation agreement. After Caomin has built a few more water ships like the Happiness that can sail against the current, they will regularly travel to and from Lingnan to sell some fresh fruits to Chang'an. I believe this time Have you tried the fruits that came with the boat! From now on, these things will be sold in Chang'an market every day."

"I knew that you would have private property. This business was negotiated when you were my retainer. Therefore, as my property, I will not let you work in vain. I will give you [-]% of the profit. After the operation starts , Remember to pay the account to the palace every month." After finishing speaking, Li Shimin ignored Sun Xiangfu's distressed expression, turned around and left.

"Damn, as the Son of Heaven, you are rare for these three melons and two dates, and let people live."

After Li Shimin disappeared, Sun Xiangfu lowered his voice and complained.

"Your Majesty, be careful what you say, Your Majesty is right!" Yu Xiu'er covered Sun Xiangfu's mouth worriedly.

"Hehe, of course my husband knows, it's just a joke to vent, he can't dig away the real money." Sun Xiangfu took advantage of the opportunity to kiss Yu Xiu'er's little hand, and said with a cheap smile.

The fresh food business is Sun Xiangfu's least profitable business in Lingnan's industry. As for sugar, Sun Xiangfu knew that Li Shimin would exploit it early on, so he discussed it with Feng An early on, and Feng An accounted for [-]% of it. In addition, the fields in Lingnan will produce a lot in the future, at least three seasons a year, hundreds of thousands of grains per season!
Of course, the most profitable will be the sea fleet built in the future. After Zhao Long trains Lingnan's manpower, Sun Xiangfu will equip them with at least ten ships like the Happiness, and then they will go overseas casually , the income earned is difficult to calculate in specific amounts. Think about the gold mines hidden in the mangrove forests in Lingnan!

(End of this chapter)