The Golden County Magistrate

Tang Yun smiled faintly.

After the initial anger, she has calmed down now.

Since the war ended and the court returned to normal.

Huang Liangge opposed her everywhere, although most of them were verbal, but it still made her very unhappy.

The reason why Huang Liangge did this was nothing more than to show his status as the head of the civil officials and to brush up his presence.

"Haha, what does Prime Minister Huang mean is that this white sugar must be much more expensive than maltose?"

Huang Liangge's eyes returned to a slightly narrowed state. In fact, he was still in good health and not in a bad mood. He was just pretending to be so.

Tang Yun and the officials of the Great Zhou were already used to his appearance.

"Is this thing called white sugar? It's crystal clear and white like snowflakes. The name is appropriate."

Huang Liangge first exclaimed, and then continued: "Based on the quality of this thing, it must be much more expensive than the maltose on the market. The difficulty of refining is there, and it is expensive for a reason. If Your Majesty eats it once or twice occasionally, it's okay, but it's a waste to use it to cook cakes. You know, the world has just been settled, the Ministry of Revenue is empty, and the court needs money to do anything..."

Tang Yun knew that Huang Liangge was going to preach again, and stopped him coldly, "Okay, Prime Minister Huang, I tell you, the price of this white sugar is only half of the price of maltose on the market."

"What?" Huang Liangge's slightly narrowed eyes widened again, with an unbelievable expression, "How is it possible? Half, can I make back the money?"

Huang Liangge shook his head. As a gourmet, he knew the price of maltose, and this white sugar, which is much better than maltose, is only half the price of maltose?

He doesn't believe it!

Not only Huang Liangge, but several other ministers were also a little shocked.

Especially He Jinyao, the Minister of Land, who was most sensitive to the price of materials, widened his eyes and calculated quickly in his mind, "The price of maltose is linked to the price of grain. Now that the Great Zhou is short of grain, maltose has already cost one tael of silver per catty, and this is still the cheapest."

Tang Yun nodded slightly. He Jinyao was conscientious and responsible, and she had always seen it in her eyes. She said lightly: "A catty of white sugar will not exceed fifty wen, and it is completely unrelated to the price of grain. If there is no accident, it will always remain at this price."

Tang Yun asked Chen Yan about these in advance.

"This..."

"Really!"

He Jinyao exclaimed.

"If so, I'm afraid no one in the world will eat maltose anymore."

"Haha, good news, good news, great news."

He Jinyao shouted excitedly.

All the people present were high-ranking and powerful people in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and they all had good knowledge.

Soon I understood why He Jinyao was so excited.

The refining of maltose consumes staple food.

Just now, His Majesty said that the price of white sugar is not linked to the price of grain. Doesn't that mean that white sugar is not refined from grain?

The quality of white sugar is much better than maltose, and the price is also cheaper.

Unless you have a special fetish, you will choose to eat white sugar and give up maltose.

No one buys maltose, so naturally no merchants will refine it.

To a certain extent, it can alleviate the problem of food shortage to a certain extent. Although it cannot be fundamentally solved, it is also a great thing.

As the Minister of Land, he is in charge of money and grain. It is reasonable for He Jinyao to be so excited.

Tang Yun had already thought of this, and was no longer surprised. She said calmly, "It is indeed a good thing."

"Your Majesty, who refined this white sugar? This is a great contribution, and he should be rewarded." Fengge Internal History Han Zhaokun bowed.

"Yes, this person should be rewarded. If white sugar can be refined on a large scale, there is no need for the court to use government orders to force merchants to reduce the amount of sugar produced." Luantai Shangshu Cheng Xinyuan echoed.

Because of the problem of food shortage, several ministers present have begun to discuss whether to ban His Majesty from speaking, issue a government order, and strictly control the output of food-related items.

For example, wine, sugar and other things are all under control.

Although doing so can alleviate the problem of food shortage to a certain extent, it will also lead to criticism.

After all, the court now controls a lot of materials, and it is a bit unreasonable to control wine and sugar.

More importantly, even if a government order is really issued, it may not work.

It is possible that the prices of items such as wine and sugar will rise again.

"I have learned that white sugar can be refined for a long time." Tang Yun replied.

"Good, good!" He Jinyao's face changed from expectation to excitement.

At this time, Huang Liangge's face was flushed.

Originally, accusing His Majesty of extravagance was a pretext he had forced himself to find in order to highlight his status as an imperial teacher and to show his presence.Wenchangtai Zuo Pushe is the head of civil officials, but he is not in charge of specific affairs.

And Tang Yun is an emperor with great power. As long as Tang Yun decides something, he only needs to notify Wenchangtai and let him follow the procedure to issue the seal.

If I don't find a sense of existence in normal times, I'm afraid I will become a transparent person in the court.

But I didn't expect that today, I also wanted to find a sense of existence, but I was choked by His Majesty and almost couldn't breathe.

Thinking back, it is obvious that His Majesty kept the ministers here today just to lure out Baitang, and I was used as a gun by His Majesty.

I'm afraid that my face will be lost today.

Tang Yun glanced at Huang Liangge and saw that the old guy's face was flushed and silent, and he felt relieved.

"Prime Minister Huang..."

"Old minister, I have wrongly accused Your Majesty, and I ask for punishment."

"Forget it, I just said it casually just now. Prime Minister Huang also has good intentions, I understand."

The way to control people is to relax and tighten, and Tang Yun deeply understands this truth.

Immediately, he no longer pays attention to Huang Liangge, but sighs.

"Alas, although white sugar is good, it can also solve the court's problems a little, but it's a pity..."

When the excited ministers heard this, the joy on their faces disappeared.

"What's a pity?" He Jinyao asked hurriedly, the most urgent.

The other people also looked at Tang Yun, waiting for Tang Yun to continue.

"Alas, white sugar is made by others for their own consumption, and they don't plan to put it on the market." Tang Yun sighed, "It was just a coincidence that I was able to get these two bamboo tubes."

"What, such a good thing is not sold?" He Jinyao was immediately unhappy.

"If white sugar appears in the market, it can sweep the surrounding countries. Other sugars cannot compete with it. At that time, it will be a huge amount of money. Who on earth would not make money when there is a huge amount of money in front of him?" Cheng Xinyuan looked puzzled.

Tang Yun smiled faintly and said, "This person is the county magistrate of the Great Zhou Dynasty. He just wants to be an official and regards money as dirt. Naturally, he doesn't want to make this money."