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Chapter 487: The Burden of Liulizhai
On the 25th day of the first lunar month in the second year of Chongzhen, the new salt law was finally introduced. The salt price of tens of millions of taels and the low salt price of [-] liters are the biggest highlights of this new salt law.

This new salt law is an extremely strict salt law. It has extremely strict regulations on salt tax and salt price, and it seems to reserve the right to revise it. If the price of salt cannot be lowered, the salt class will have to be changed again.

Officials, big and small, who have inextricable ties to salt merchants, were shocked by the upcoming salt law. Apart from being shocked by the rigor of the new salt law, they also understood the emperor's backhand. Compared with the previous old salt method, it is deadly. What will the people of the world think?The first reaction is that the salt merchant really deserves to be hacked into pieces. The difference between the 1000 million taels of silver and less than 100 million taels of silver is enough to make everyone angry. Thinking about the anger of the people in the world, it is enough to burn the salt merchants to death. Ash.

Everyone fully understands that when Southern Jinyiwei set up salt merchants, it seemed warm and affectionate, but in fact, the emperor wanted to put these salt merchants to death!Now the salt merchants are completely finished. As soon as the news came out, everyone in the world would shout and beat them, and the salt merchants completely became pernicious. I remembered the letter from the south, saying that the emperor gave us a way to donate our family wealth and break up with the salt merchants in time. Many people were uncertain and asked if this way could be taken. Otherwise, once the news comes out, even if the emperor doesn't want to be a salt merchant, he won't be able to. Otherwise, the anger of the people in the world will bring countless troubles to himself even if he is the emperor.

All the ministers returned home with scalp numbness. As for how they left the court and returned home, many people didn't feel it. When they got home, they hurriedly wrote letters to Nanfang, asking them to donate their family wealth as soon as possible, otherwise , it’s too late, it’s too late for anything.

The "business" of express delivery between Beijing and Nanjing exploded overnight. Officials, big and small, all requested to use [-] miles for express delivery. Money, use high fees to buy [-] miles to expedite, in short, the news must reach Jiangnan as quickly as possible.

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When he came to court, Yang Reform knew that he had to do one more thing. Although the Salt Law was born, it was a crucial part, but Liulizhai was not in the content of the new Salt Law for the time being. Bi Ziyan formulated the new Salt Law. This is not the final implementation of the Salt Law, but Liulizhai needs to be included in the new Salt Law. With the Liulizhai, the new Salt Law can be implemented smoothly, and can receive enough salt lessons to effectively control salt. In order to effectively control private salt, without the participation of Liulizhai, many things are just empty talk. You must know that even the ticket salt law that was actually implemented in later generations has not received 1000 million salt lessons. It is still the age of population explosion .

Liulizhai.

Holding Sun Liniang, who had just had a good time, Yang Reform was very satisfied, and the recent pressure was gone. The matter of the salt class was already a foregone conclusion. Yang Reform was not worried about this, but worried about the huge wealth of the salt merchants. Yang Reform was not reconciled to getting Shang's huge family wealth. If the method was light, the salt merchant hid the family wealth; Set up a good circle and get the relatively complete family wealth of the salt merchants as much as possible. This is what Yang Reform has always been worried about. This is why he has various layouts and designs. Fortunately, the situation is not out of control, and everything follows the established path Going on, now that the new salt law has come out, the matter of salt merchants' wealth is finally a foregone conclusion, so don't worry anymore.According to the news from Xu Guangqi and Erxizi in the south, the salt merchants in the south have donated tens of millions of taels of family wealth. This number is still increasing every day, which makes Yang Reform overjoyed. Layers are peeled off, layers are formed to start, and finally it is not in vain.

Sun Liniang was also blushing, contentedly lying in Yang Reform's arms. As soon as he came today, the emperor would not say anything and just do that, which made Sun Liniang both ashamed and happy.

Holding Sun Liniang in his arms and talking about business for a while, looking at the beautiful woman in his arms, Yang Reform was ready to move again.

Sun Liniang's face became even redder, but she made fun of her solemn face: "Young master, do you want more? The Duke and the others are all here..."

"..." As soon as Sun Liniang mentioned Duke Guo, Yang Reform's interest disappeared for the most part. When he first came, Yang Reform asked people to invite the major shareholders of Liulizhai to discuss matters in the name of Liulizhai. One of them is the matter of the salt law. When it comes to a critical moment, I can't be greedy, Yang Reform warned himself, and immediately got up from the bed.

Seeing the emperor getting up in a hurry, Sun Liniang smiled again, and got up to wash herself.

After another burst of beauty, Yang Reform led Sun Liniang out of the boudoir to get down to business.

Liulizhai is now a large business that occupies a huge area. This glass street is the largest scene in the capital, and it is not for nothing. Also readily available.

Arriving in front of a house, Yang Reform said: "Liniang, this time, it's up to you. It's not convenient for me to show up, so I can only support you behind here."

"Young Master, don't worry, Liniang will not disappoint you." Sun Liniang said confidently. She knew about Liulizhai's involvement in the salt industry. The major shareholders of the company are ready to take over the salt industry.

"Well, that's good, let's go, remember, I'm behind you, and I will support you." Yang Reform also instructed, Yang Reform thought about this kind of business matter for a long time, and felt that he It's better not to show up in person, it's enough to have Sun Liniang representing her.

Sun Liniang went into a big house, and Yang Reform himself went into a small room next door, planning to "listen next door".

In the big house Sun Liniang entered, all the windows were made of expensive glass, so the house didn't feel dark at all, it was very bright. In addition, the stove inside made the house very warm, making the house very warm. People can't feel that this is the north in the cold winter.When Sun Liniang arrived in the big house, the people inside immediately stopped talking and laughing, and got up one after another.

"I have met Duke Ying, I have seen Duke Cheng, I have seen..., I have seen Duke Zhou..." Sun Liniang was the first to say hello to everyone in the room. Inside, there were the Duke of England, Duke Cheng and a few others. There are countless nobles, including Zhou Wenyao, the younger brother of the queen, and Zhang Guoji, the father of the queen Yi'an. Of course, Sun Liniang only blessed her body a little, even if it was a salute. Now, she is used to the scene. The public is so honorable, but she is no more than that.

Everyone responded with a smile. Looking at the incomprehensible shopkeeper of Liulizhai, none of them dared to feel a trace of blasphemy. When Cheng Guogong Zhu Chunchen saw Sun Liniang, his eyes lit up, and there were rapid flickers in his eyes. , and finally responded with a smile, his thoughts on Sun Liniang are completely dead, this is the emperor's woman, thinking about the methods the emperor has used to deal with the salt merchants, Zhu Chunchen feels shuddering, the emperor wants to make trouble for himself, I am afraid that it will not be necessary If you open your mouth, you have to roll as far as you can.

"Everyone, please sit down..." After meeting, Sun Liniang said generously.

Everyone sat down again. In this room, the layout of the seats is very different from that of the conference room of the later generations. Power and class are well reflected in this conference room. Several princes sat in turn. Even Zhang Guoji was sitting in the back, not to mention the young Zhou Wenyao, who could only accompany him at the last table, let alone the businessman who first intervened in Liulizhai, there was no place for him in the front row, and in the corner, there was A small chair can sit, but he is also extremely happy that he can come here to participate in this meeting, even though this seat is not good.

"Hehe, Miss Sun, I don't know today, what's the point of inviting the old man and others here?" The British Duke Zhang Weixian asked with a smile. As for Sun Liniang, the emperor's woman, who is in charge of tens of millions of property for the emperor, he He didn't dare to make too much of a fuss, and smiled as if he cared about the younger generation.

The people here all looked at Sun Liniang seriously, knowing that Sun Liniang would not let everyone come here without incident.

"Hehe, the Duke asked the question knowingly. The Duke should have heard about what happened in the court today." Sun Liniang immediately said with a smile.

As soon as the matter in the court hall was mentioned, the eyebrows of the few people sitting there obviously raised their eyebrows. The news in the court hall today has long been spread, and everyone in the capital knows it. It seems that the emperor said that Liulizhai will take over The matter of the salt class is finally coming to an end.

"Miss Sun is trying to test me? Hehe, the thing in the court is nothing more than the salt class. Today, Bi Shangshu's new salt method is eye-opening. The annual salt class of 1000 million taels is less than one million taels before." Bi, but those salt merchants were sentenced to death!... This salt merchant really deserves to die. He earns so much money every year, swallows so much salt lessons from the court, and drinks so much blood from the common people, but he does not take out a dime for profit. People all over the world, comparing the new and the old salt method, they will be ashamed to death..." Zhang Weixian, the British prince, laughed immediately, this news was really explosive news, and as soon as the court was over, the news spread throughout the whole country. In the capital, the news of the 1000 million salt tax is enough to be called a powder keg that blows up the salt merchants to pieces.

Before the Duke of England could finish his words, several other people were eager to give it a try, overjoyed. When they thought of such a huge wealth, it was impossible not to be tempted, and they all agreed.

"The Duke of the State is right. Those salt merchants really deserve to die. They eat the country's righteous offerings, eat the people's blood, secretly collude with the Eastern captives, and want to trap the world as slaves. If they don't die, it's us who are loyal and good people who die! We should not fight them We will die together..."

"That's right, those salt merchants should be killed. They should be arrested and killed immediately. If they don't die, it's not enough to rectify the law of the country, not enough to show sageness, not enough to show justice..."

Everyone scolded the salt merchant one after another, and the atmosphere in the house became lively again.

"Hehe, what the dukes said is true, but this is a major national event, not something that young girls can discuss..." Sun Liniang said with a smile after the influential people had finished speaking.

Everyone also stopped talking, waiting for the shopkeeper Sun to speak, waiting for her to announce the good news.

"...Originally, the salt class is related to state affairs, Liulizhai shouldn't be involved, and the little girl, as a woman, should not be involved. However, Liulizhai, as a business under the emperor's feet, should share the worries of the king; as the son of His Majesty People, you should have the courage to share your majesty's worries, I wonder if you think the little girl is right?" Sun Liniang said with a smile.

"Miss Sun is right. Merchants should take salt merchants as a warning, and never do things that are selfish and harmful to the country. They should always and always consider for His Majesty and the court. They should always and everywhere share concerns for the court. This is a good business. .” Immediately, people joined in.

Everyone also nodded.

"Hehehe..." Sun Liniang laughed for a while, seeing that the polite words had already been said, she began to talk about business, and said: "You are all people His Majesty trusts, so the little girl will stop talking about polite words. Now that the salt merchant has collapsed, The salt law urgently needs to be rectified, and His Majesty wants Liulizhai to take over the salt industry."

As soon as this expected thing was said, everyone was still pleasantly surprised. This fruit has finally arrived.

"I don't know how Your Majesty plans to take over? What do I need to do?" Someone asked again immediately. This time, the nobles had a fight with the emperor and the civil servants of the Donglin Party. The bad luck in the hearts of the nobles can be regarded as elated. In recent years, the civil servants have suppressed the honored nobles severely.

"Master Bi's new salt law, I think everyone is aware of it. In this new salt law, in addition to the extremely strict requirements on salt tax and salt price, in fact, the production, transportation and sales of salt have been divided. , our Liulizhai will take over all the production, and the transportation will also participate in a part, but not much, the same is true for the sales, and we will also participate in a part, mainly in the aspect of production. His Majesty intends to let Liulizhai take over the production of the world's salt industry, the new salt It is not possible to fix the number of places where salt is produced, and to replace boiled salt with sun-dried salt. Our Liulizhai is in charge of these salt farms and is responsible for salt production..." Sun Liniang began to explain in detail.

Everyone also listened carefully to see how it works.

"...Our Liulizhai produces salt. According to Mr. Bi's new salt law, the salt produced should not be higher than five renminbi, plus ten renminbi salt lessons, and sold to other salt merchants in the world, no more than fifteen renminbi The salt merchants in charge of transportation and sales in the world will add another ten coins, and sell them to the people of the world at a price of about 25 coins. This is the core of the new salt law. As for the new salt law called the ticket salt law, it does not matter whether people in the world sell it or not. In fact, it is just a cover. We, Liulizhai, will take on the heavy responsibility of paying taxes for the court in full; we will take on the heavy responsibility of ensuring that people in the world can eat cheap salt; Take on the important task of cracking down on private salt..." Sun Liniang was really heroic and majestic when she said this, scaring a group of honorable relatives so hard to breathe.

The nobles only heard that they were going to take over the salt industry, and they only knew that salt would make money, but they never thought that these burdens would be on their shoulders. Seeing Sun Liniang talking about it so majesticly, they were frightened to death. This matter is still so troublesome.

"Here...Miss Sun, this old man wants to ask a question..." British public Zhang Weixian was indeed frightened by Sun Liniang, and also shocked by Sun Liniang's words. The new salt law was enacted for Liulizhai, and the ticket salt law is just a cover , These words came from a woman, a woman in business. It is not surprising, because this woman is the emperor's woman, and the business is also the emperor's business. What is scary is that the next few important tasks pay the full amount. Taxation, they understand that the emperor took a fancy to the salt class, so he did it to the salt merchants, otherwise, they would never touch salt for the rest of their lives, to ensure that people in the world can eat cheap salt, this is a bit..., how should I put it, and It is not allowed to sell high-priced salt. Isn't the profit limited? How can they ensure that others will not sell high-priced salt?According to the ticket and salt law, it is really difficult to be responsible for this, and it is really difficult to be responsible for this, and it is really too heavy to be responsible for cracking down on private salt.

"Hehe, the Duke just asks, the little girl knows everything." Sun Liniang asked with a smile bursting with confidence.

"Miss Sun, the price of salt is so low, and the ten-cent salt class is taken away, and we are mainly responsible for producing salt, regardless of whether people in the world transport and sell salt, so how can we ensure that Liulizhai does not lose money? What's more, we have to ensure that People all over the world have to eat cheap salt, but they still want to crack down on private salt, all of which are difficult to deal with!" Zhang Weixian, the British prince, asked in a difficult way, not to mention, the problem of private salt has been troubled for thousands of years. None of the dynasties can solve it, only that there is a difference. The problem of illegal salt has never been eradicated, let alone control the price of salt eaten by the people of the world, and it does not care about the transportation and sale of salt by the world. How to control this?Zhang Weixian's brain is getting bigger. Of course, he also knows that the emperor will not target them indiscriminately, and will not let them lose money.

"Hehehe, the Duke's question is on point. The little girl will answer the question for the Duke. This is all within the consideration of the Duke. You don't have to worry about it." Sun Liniang said ambitiously.

"...The new salt law sets the price of salt produced in the salt field at five renminbi. In fact, many of our profits come from here. You may not know that there is a huge difference between boiled salt and sun-dried salt. Yes, nowadays, for boiling salt, the cost of bringing in salt to the kitchen households is only one stone of grain. After conversion, it costs three to five yuan per catty of salt. Speaking of it, there is no profit. However, drying salt can greatly reduce the cost, and the price can be directly reduced. In the past, the government and salt merchants relied on oppressing the kitchen households to make profits, and lowered the salt in the hands of the kitchen households as much as possible, but now, we are relying on improving the technology of salt production to reduce the cost of salt production. Cost, not to squeeze the kitchen households too much, the young master said something first, they are all people of the Ming Dynasty, they need to be treated properly, and they should not be squeezed too much..." Sun Liniang explained.

When everyone heard this, they all understood. At first, they thought that what they wanted to do was to participate in the sale of salt by using the new salt law that does not restrict the marketing of people in the world, so as to make a profit, but they heard Sun Liniang said that they only participated in the sale of part of the salt. Unexpectedly, the big profit of Liulizhai is still here, and they all began to think about it.

"Miss Sun, that is to say, through the new salt production method, the cost of salt production can be reduced to one or two renminbi, or even lower, and then sold at a price of five renminbi? But is that so?" A noble mind compared Being flexible, I immediately figured out the tricks inside.

"That's right. Based on the annual production of one billion catties of salt, our Liulizhai is responsible for the production of salt, earning two or three yuan per catty, or at least two or three million taels a year. We also engage in some sales of salt and earn three or four million yuan a year." The two are not a problem... Hehe, in fact, these two articles are not the limit. According to what the young master said, if you gather the world's salt farms into several, the scale will increase at once. Relying on the scale effect, the price of salt can be reduced , and can even be reduced to less than one penny, so that our Liulizhai can easily earn a small 300 million taels a year by producing salt..." Sun Liniang explained in a masculine way.

Hearing such an explanation, everyone immediately changed their faces. Sure enough, the emperor was very considerate for everyone. This salt is really a good deal, and he only collects 400 million taels of silver every year!
"...Therefore, it is our Liulizhai's unshirkable responsibility to crack down on private salt, and private salt is the sworn enemy of our Liulizhai..." Sun Liniang continued to show her femininity.

"That's right, private salt harms the country and the people, we, Liulizhai, should take up this important responsibility."

"It is imperative to fight against private salt. Those who steal the court's taxes should be killed."

Several people immediately agreed with Sun Liniang's proposal, and made dealing with private salt the top priority of Liulizhai.This is certain and necessary. People in the world have a limited amount of salt, and every catty of private salt is cut from their flesh.

(End of this chapter)