Xu Yi had been on the battlefield before, but it was just a small fight, of course it wasn't comparable this time. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

If Ning Zhiyuan is not mistaken, in his previous life, Xu Yi had a lot of military exploits, and even Emperor Longqing later trusted him and praised him as a genius general.

If he was only afraid of danger and prevented him from going to the battlefield, could it be that a man who could have made a career would have to stay in the capital and wait for death, or fight with his stepmother and younger brother?

Of course, Ning Zhiyuan disagrees with this.

Gu Qingwei didn't say anything more, just sat aside and watched Ning Zhiyuan eat.

There are not many meals served in the kitchen, just three dishes and one soup, but it is just enough for Ning Zhiyuan.

After he put the dishes and chopsticks, the maids put the dishes down, and sent hot water for Ning Zhiyuan to wash, and when there were only two of them left in the room, Gu Qingwei sat down on the bed, and gently patted Brother Sheng'er, who was sleeping a little unsteadily, while turning his head and asking the question he had been thinking about for a day today.

"Yuezhi, you are so happy this morning, haven't you come up with some good way to solve the current predicament?" Gu Qingwei asked.

Hearing her ask about this, Ning Zhiyuan couldn't stop smiling on his face.

He also drilled into the quilt, tucked the quilt for Gu Qingwei, and then hugged Gu Qingwei into his arms through the quilt, and then nodded, "I really thought of a way, I was in the palace all day today to discuss this matter, and now the emperor has issued an order to explain the matter." ”

"Speaking of which, Huanyan, this is thanks to you. ”

Gu Qingwei was stunned at first, and then said with some surprise: "What is the explanation of this, I don't remember saying anything that could solve this matter." ”

She crumpled and thought about what she said last night from beginning to end, but she couldn't figure out what she said to inspire Ning Zhiyuan.

Ning Zhiyuan smiled and kissed Gu Qingwei on the lips before he said slowly: "Huan Yan, you said that those businessmen are faster and better than the imperial court to prepare enough winter clothes." ”

Gu Qingwei nodded, she did say so.

"In this matter, the imperial court is indeed inferior to those merchants, if they can exchange what the merchants want, these merchants will naturally send what the imperial court wants to the frontier as quickly as possible. "Ning Zhiyuan said.

But what do you have to exchange it for?

In order for these businessmen to take the initiative, they must come up with benefits that are enough to impress them.

Ning Zhiyuan nodded Gu Qingwei's forehead and said, "There is an extremely important salt field in our Great Zhou Dynasty in the border city where General Han is stationed, and many salt merchants have gone to the border city to transport salt after getting salt from the imperial court over the years......"

Hearing Ning Zhiyuan talk about the salt fields in the border city, Gu Qingwei was stunned at first, and then gradually understood.

"Salt, you mean?" she tentatively uttered the guess, but still a little unfigured.

Ning Zhiyuan smiled and kissed Gu Qingwei's smooth forehead, and then asked another question, "Huan Yan, do you know how the salt of our Great Zhou Dynasty is distributed now?"

This Gu Qingwei really knew.

The Great Zhou Dynasty now implements the Gang salt system, which divides the Great Zhou into ten outlines according to the region, each of which is 200,000 yuan of salt, and each of them is 300 catties of salt, or six coins and four cents of silver, and three taels of silver are taxed, and three taels of silver are required for the minister.

The salt merchants obtained the salt from the imperial court, and then used the salt to the salt field to support the salt, and then transported the salt to the designated salt sales area for sale.

In short, running a salt business, this is an absolute profiteering.

Seeing that Gu Qing did not nod, Ning Zhiyuan continued, "Now the salt industry of Da Zhou is controlled by a very small number of people, which is not a good thing for Da Zhou. ”

It has only been more than 40 years since the Great Zhou Dynasty, but during this period, those salt merchants who were fed have made trouble more than once.

Gu Qing couldn't understand what Ning Zhiyuan was talking about, but was this related to the topic they were talking about?

As if seeing Gu Qingwei's doubts, Ning Zhiyuan said again: "I proposed a way to the emperor, which is to use salt to exchange for winter clothes and food that are urgently needed in the border city now. ”

Gu Qingwei suddenly realized.

The Great Zhou Dynasty did not suppress business, and the status of merchants was much higher than that of the previous dynasty, so the economy of the Great Zhou Dynasty was extremely prosperous, and I don't know how many famous merchants there were.

But even the most famous businessmen, if you ask them if they want to run the salt business, I am afraid that no one will shake their heads.

However, the salt industry of the Great Zhou Dynasty was controlled by a very small number of people, and how could these salt merchants allow others to get involved in the salt industry at will, so even if there were many merchants who had this strength, they suffered from no chance.

If Emperor Longqing really adopted Ning Zhiyuan's suggestion, in order to get the salt, those merchants would definitely spare no effort to transport a large number of winter clothes and grain to the border city, so as to solve the urgent needs of the border city now.

In particular, the merchants near the border city will also seize the advantage and take advantage of their proximity to make the soldiers in the border city wear winter clothes in a very short time.

As long as the Great Zhou Dynasty issued some salt introductions that would have been sent out every year, it could save a large number of people transporting grain and winter clothes, and it could also solve this thorny matter as quickly as possible.

Moreover, in this way, it can also break the situation of today's Dazhou salt industry.

Ning Zhiyuan said: "After discussing the matter today, the emperor has already passed on the will, which will immediately spread to all parts of the Great Zhou, and it will only take three or five days at most to reach the vicinity of the border city, which also means that within ten days, the soldiers of the border city will be able to wear new winter clothes......

The crisis in the border city is at least half solved.

"There is no time limit for this matter, when the number of winter clothes is enough, and the merchants can transport grain from all over the country to the border city in exchange for salt, and in the future, the imperial court will no longer have to worry about the supply of the soldiers in the border city, let alone how many people will be sent to transport the grain, and how much loss will be after it arrives......"

"There are still a large number of uncultivated wastelands near the border city, and most of the merchants are shrewd, but after these few days have passed, someone will have the idea of these wastelands, plant grain near the border city, and send it to the border city for salt after the grain is harvested, and then transport the salt directly from the border city back......"

Gu Qingwei's eyes were full of brilliance when he heard this.

Only one idea not only solves the current crisis in the border city, but also solves the problem of future supply for the soldiers in the border city, and can also let the merchants spontaneously reclaim the wasteland to grow grain, and also break the monopoly of the salt merchants on the salt industry today......

It's just a no-brainer.

Even if Gu Qingwei didn't care much about state affairs, when he heard such an idea, he couldn't help but take the initiative to hold Ning Zhiyuan's face with some excitement and smack heavily on his face.