Datang Happy King

Chapter 18
Qin Mansion, Chu Feng is eating at this time.

Originally, he planned to rest, but after thinking about it, he decided to forget it.

After all, it is better not to sleep than to be woken up halfway through sleep.

"Husband, will you be in any danger if you do this?"

Qin Yumo was serving soup for Chu Feng, and said worriedly.

"Don't worry, nothing will happen. No matter what happens, your husband and I can handle it." Chu Feng looked at Qin Yumo and said confidently.

Although dealing with the Wang family was not as easy as he thought, he didn't want Qin Yumo to worry either.

"Really?" Qin Yumo seemed a little disbelieving.

"Of course, think about it. Who are Fang Yiai and Du Ke? Their fathers are all important officials of the court. How could something happen?"

Chu Feng looked at Qin Yumo and continued to comfort him.

"Young Master Chu, someone has come to the palace, and they say they want you to leave immediately to enter the palace."

Qin Yumo seemed to want to say something more, but at this time someone had already opened his mouth to report.

Chu Feng was not surprised, "Okay, I will enter the palace as soon as I get ready."

Speaking of preparation, Chu Feng had nothing to prepare for, it was just a greeting to Qin Yumo.

Looking at the rhythm of Chu Feng's entry into the palace, Qin Huaiyu was also very moved. It has only been a few days, and the frequency of Chu Feng's entry into the palace is faster than himself.

It was difficult for me to get a summons from His Majesty for several months.

"Chu Feng was an accident. He just offended the Wang family. I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse."

Qin Qiong also sighed at this time and said.

Entering the imperial palace again, this time Chu Feng was still shocked, but it was no longer the previous shock.

"Master Chu, His Majesty is waiting for you in the imperial study."

"Thank you, father-in-law." Chu Feng bowed his hands in thanks.

After entering the imperial study room, Chu Feng saw Li Shimin reviewing the memorial there.

"Chu Feng has seen His Majesty."

Chu Feng stepped forward and took the initiative to salute, no matter what, it was the Tang Dynasty and he still had to salute.

Besides, even in modern times, it is not the same to salute.

"Here we come." Li Shimin put down the memorial.

"Chu Feng, you are quite courageous. You dragged Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui into trouble, so you are not afraid of causing public anger?"

"Your Majesty, you can't wrong this minister. This minister is enforcing the law impartially. How can you say that it arouses public anger? As for the other young masters, they are also warm-hearted."

Of course Chu Feng would not just admit it.

Just kidding, I am fighting with the Wang family, and you Li Shimin still use me as a gunman.

It's just that I want to survive, and you, Li Shimin, want to beat the family, and even trigger an opportunity to solve the threat of the family.

"It's true that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers." Li Shimin sighed.

"Now the Wang family has already made a move, and the price of salt in the major salt shops of the Wang family has increased by ten cents."

"Salt is something common people cannot do without. Now that the price of salt has risen, the common people must have complaints."

Of course Chu Feng understood that the price of salt was very expensive in ancient times, unless it was cheaper in the place where the salt was produced.

How expensive is salt? The price of salt is a hundred times that of rice.

A bucket of rice costs around five Wen, while salt costs five hundred Wen.

The price is astonishing, but there is nothing you can do about it, because salt is essential, but fortunately, it is not used much each time.

This time, the Wang family raised the price of salt by ten coins. Why did it happen to be ten coins?

Because the price of official salt is 510 Wen.

The Wang family controls the salt industry, and their salt-making technology is stronger than official salt.

Now that the Wang family has suddenly raised the price to the same price as the official salt, what will the common people think?

They will definitely feel that this is Li Shimin's favor, so that the official salt can be sold.

After all, who wouldn't buy something cheap?

And more importantly, the salt and iron official camp started in the Han Dynasty, but the aristocratic family controlled it in the early Tang Dynasty, so it happened to be the time when salt was the most expensive.

"The Wang family has already begun to use the rules to give me a resistance. Next, do you think he should continue to increase the price, or lower the price?"

Li Shimin looked at Chu Feng and asked.

In fact, he himself didn't know why he would actually ask a young man such a question.

"If the royal family continues to raise the price, then His Majesty's official salt will be pushed to the forefront, and the common people will think that it is His Majesty's favor."

"If you want the Wang family to lower the price, it means that His Majesty needs to compromise with the Wang family."

Chu Feng looked at Li Shimin and said calmly, these are obvious problems.

"That's right, Wang Si is just waiting for me to compromise with them. Do you know that if you really want to compromise, do you know what the first thing is?"

Li Shimin looked at Chu Feng and asked back.

Although Chu Feng can see the connection clearly, it is not enough to see clearly.

"The first thing is to hand me over." Chu Feng said bluntly.

This is an obvious thing, handing himself over is tantamount to telling everyone that he has compromised.

"Then what do you think?" Li Shimin looked at Chu Feng and asked.

It's like asking again, what do you think I should do.

"Since the Wang family can't lower the price, why doesn't Your Majesty lower the price of official salt?"

Chu Feng looked at Li Shimin and said, of course he would not let Li Shimin hand him over.

Just kidding, I came prepared, not to be a victim.

"Master Chu doesn't know that the production cost of our official salt is higher, even if the current price is already cheap, His Majesty has tried his best."

"More importantly, even if His Majesty is willing to lower the price and the court bears the loss, it is not a long-term solution, and if the aristocratic family also uses this to buy official salt, then the court will eventually be unable to make ends meet."

At this time, Eunuch Nian sighed and said, as Li Shimin's personal eunuch, he naturally understands some of these things.

Of course Chu Feng understood this. Although Li Shimin was the emperor, he really didn't have much money to allocate at will.

And once the treasury is emptied, Li Shimin has no money.

Unless he increases taxes, it means that the wool comes from the sheep, and the common people will not be sure.

Why didn't Yang Guang get it? Isn't it because his ambition and financial resources don't match?

He spent a lot of money on several expeditions, and gradually the canal work was handed down to later generations.

I ran out of money, and wanted to take the aristocratic family into a knife, but the aristocratic family pushed the table and quit.

Then Yang Guang paid his respects. Isn't Li Shimin the Li family of Longyou?

"What if I had a way to refine better table salt, not only that but also reduce the cost of refining?"

Chu Feng looked at Li Shiming and said.

That's right, if you want to kill the Wang family, you have to start from its foundation.

Once the salt industry is controlled by Li Shimin, the Wang family will lose this lifeline, and Li Shimin will have one less fear.

"Really, what you said is true?" Li Shimin stood up in a huff.

He was very excited, he got up too fast, and accidentally knocked down all the memorials on the table.

"Chu Feng, what you said is true. Do you know that if what you say is a lie, then this is deceiving the emperor."

"I really won't let you go."

Li Shimin looked at Chu Feng and said.

The Wang family can challenge him, and Yan is definitely his reliance.

"Isn't it interesting for you to keep talking about bullying the emperor?" Chu Feng gave Li Shimin a blank look.

If you bully the king every day, you can't have something new.

"As long as you can really make salt, reduce costs, and overwhelm the Wang family, I will definitely let people fully cooperate with you."

"Your Majesty, don't worry, if you need anything, I will say it. I will go back first, and then I will ask Uncle Qin to present what I need in a memorial."

"No, there's no need, this waist card is for you, and you can enter the palace to see me at any time in the future."

Li Shimin waved his hand quickly, and then took out a waist card to Chu Feng.

Looking at Li Shimin like that, Chu Feng understood how much Li Shimin valued him.

But it's good, it's better than letting the Wang family get out of control and make fun of the people of the world for their own selfishness.

Chu Feng took the badge and left the Royal Study Room.

This time, he would not stop fighting with the Wang family, but Chu Feng believed that the Wang family must be the one he stepped on.

As soon as he left the imperial study room, Chu Feng saw a fortune teller approaching him.

Chu Feng was a little puzzled, could it be that Li Shimin still invited someone into the palace to tell his fortune for him?

Alas, the ancients were superstitious.

Chu Feng glanced at it, shook his head, and planned to leave.

"Young master stay."

Just when he was about to miss it, the fortune teller stopped Chu Feng.

(End of this chapter)