Fang Xuanling heard Wei Hao's words and shook his head with a wry smile, but he still had to talk to Wei Hao: "Your Majesty is busy, it is impossible to summon you because of such a thing, the key is that you have not been crowned yet, and when you are crowned, Your Majesty will definitely summon you if there is anything, and besides, Your Majesty attaches great importance to you, more than others, otherwise, this fight will not be able to lock you up." ”

"What's that? Shut me down or value me? Wei Hao heard it, looked at Fang Xuanling with considerable suspicion and asked.

"Of course, I don't understand, do you?" Fang Xuanling nodded affirmatively, then looked at Wei Hao with a smile and asked.

Wei Hao is a little inexplicable, listen to how you justify yourself.

"If you are not locked up, these generals are beaten by you, their father knows, how can they easily let you go, those generals have a bad temper, and many of them are national dukes, you say, they retaliate against you, do you have a way to resist?" Fang Xuanling asked Wei Hao with a smile.

Wei Hao thought for a while, but still shook his head and continued to look at Fang Xuanling.

"Lock you up, that is to say, in this fight, Your Majesty has already punished you, and other people can't retaliate anymore, at least they can't retaliate against you on the surface, Your Majesty's attitude is obviously protecting you, and the other princes know about it, do they dare to retaliate against you?" Fang Xuanling continued to analyze Wei Hao.

"Really?" Wei Hao nodded, still looking at Fang Xuanling with some suspicion.

"Then think about it, these days, did the father of those people send someone to see them? Can't you see this? Fang Xuanling then asked Wei Hao.

When Wei Hao heard it, it was true, Cheng Zhihei and they were still wondering, whether the family had forgotten them, and they had been in the prison of the Criminal Department for several days, and no one had come to ask.

"Yes, Your Majesty attaches great importance to you, and I don't see you now, but you haven't been crowned yet, and if you haven't been crowned, you can't do anything, what's the use of looking for you if you don't do anything, I'll leave it to you on an errand, will the other ministers agree? As the saying goes, you can't do things well without hair, right? Fang Xuanling said with a smile.

"yes!" Wei Hao nodded.

"Come, try it, they said these are your favorite dishes, and the old man brought a little wine, try it?" Fang Xuanling said with a smile and pointed to the food on the table.

"No, no, no drinking!" Wei Hao hurriedly waved his hand and said.

"Well, you are not crowned, and the old man will not force you to drink, the old man came over today, there are two things, one is to send you an IOU, Your Majesty said that you personally appointed the old man to send it, and the other is to ask you for advice if you have a problem, and I hope that Count Wei can not hesitate to give advice!" Fang Xuanling said and bowed his hand to Wei Hao, the frightened Wei Hao hurriedly stood up, and hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Don't dare to ask for advice, don't dare to be, as long as it is something I know, I must know everything and say everything!" ”

"Okay, please take a seat!" Fang Xuanling smiled and nodded.

Then Fang Xuanling said to Wei Hao about the lack of money in the court, saying that over the years, in order to let the people in the world cultivate and recuperate, the court did not increase taxes, but the expenses of the court are getting bigger and bigger, and now the deficit is increasing, and the tax is growing slowly, Fang Xuanling asked Wei Hao, is there a way to let the court increase taxes.

After Wei Hao heard this, he sat there and thought about it, and then said: "It's not okay to increase taxes, if you increase taxes, doesn't it mean that you increase the burden on the people?" ”

"Well, that's true, but the court only has one source, taxes!" Fang Xuanling nodded worriedly, looked at Wei Hao and said.

"That's not necessarily, who said that there is only one tax, the servant shoots, as far as I know, the salt and iron have always been operated by the court, and these two have no money?" Wei Hao shook his head and looked at Fang Xuanling and said.

"Count Wei laughed, there is not enough salt and iron, and even said that the soldiers fighting on the front line are still short of salt, how can there be enough salt to sell, in addition, the iron you said can only be used in the war now, and the common people want to buy iron, and it can only be used to make production tools, such as hoes, sickles, etc., how can there be excess iron to sell?" Fang Xuanling waved his hand at Wei Hao and said.

"I know, the current salt is 10 yuan a tael, right? It's 160 dollars a pound, right? Wei Hao asked Fang Xuanling.

Fang Xuanling nodded.

"If it is open to supply, will the people buy enough?" Wei Hao continued to ask.

Fang Xuanling nodded again when he heard it, this is certain, now the salt in Datang is still insufficient, and there is still private salt to sell, the quality of those private salts is not good, of course, the price is cheaper.

"My Datang now counts that the population is about 16 million, even if a person needs half a catty, that is 8 million catties, 10,000 catties is 16 million yuan, then 8 million catties, that is almost 1.2 million yuan. In terms of cost, I estimate that it will not exceed 200,000 yuan, and you can earn 1 million yuan on salt alone, how can you be short of money? After Wei Hao finished counting there, he looked at Fang Xuanling and asked.

"Ha, that's how the account is calculated, but the actual salt produced by my Datang in a year is less than 200,000 catties, and most of the people can't buy salt, or say go to buy private salt! But, Count Web, I find you to be pretty good at arithmetic. Fang Xuanling said to Wei Hao with a wry smile, and then found that Wei Hao's arithmetic was real.

"Arithmetic is a small problem, as far as the whole Datang, no one has counted me, arithmetic problems, Datang I can say, I am the first person, let's not talk about this first, let's talk about salt first! Why is there not enough salt, how can such a simple thing not be enough? Wei Hao said and looked at Fang Xuanling.

"Haha, what a big breath, the first person in Datang arithmetic, okay!" Fang Xuanling heard it, smiled, and then looked at Wei Hao and said: "Salt is not so easy to produce, some salt is still poisonous when produced, ordinary people can't eat it, they will be poisoned if they eat it, and to produce qualified salt, it requires a very complex process, not to mention the big cost, and the output can't be up." ”

"It's complicated, it's complicated? Such a simple process, complicated? Do you believe it, I can refine 100,000 catties a day, as long as you have enough coarse salt for me, or salt pans. Wei Hao sat there and said with disdain.

"What? 100,000 catties? Not to mention 100,000 catties, just 10,000 catties, the old man will personally report to His Majesty, and let His Majesty appoint you to control the salt fields in the world! When Fang Xuanling heard this, he stood up in shock, then arched his hand in the direction of the palace and said to Wei Hao.

"If you don't go, you're not making money yourself, what do I care about that thing?" Wei Hao immediately waved his hand and said.

"You... You just boasted about Haikou, so you don't admit it? Are you talking to me? Fang Xuanling was dumbfounded, then looked at Wei Hao and asked.

"I didn't admit it, I'll teach you, what do I care about that thing? Am I fed up? It's not my own business, I'll take care of it! Wei Hao waved his hand, shook his head and said.

"Are you serious?" Fang Xuanling looked at Wei Hao a little excitedly and asked.

"Really, really, or, what, you get some coarse salt, it's the poisonous kind, and then I'll let you get some tools, get it, I'll refine it for you!" Wei Hao nodded, looked at Fang Xuanling and said.

"Really? You say, what tools do you need, the old man will get them for you! Fang Xuanling said excitedly.

"Hey, bring a pen and paper, this still needs to be drawn!" When Wei Hao heard this, he touched his head and said.

"Cheng, come on, send paper and pen in!" When Fang Xuanling heard this, he shouted loudly.

After a while, a jailer sent a pen and paper, Wei Hao was writing and drawing there, Fang Xuanling saw Wei Hao's words, that headache, how could there be such ugly words?

But I didn't dare to say it, after all, I was asking Wei Hao now, and soon Wei Hao wrote and painted it and handed it over to Fang Xuanling.

"Take it, prepare these things, and then prepare the brine, I will refine it for you, and then you can send someone to learn it!" Wei Hao said to Fang Xuanling.

"Good, good, quick, eat vegetables, eat vegetables, the food is cold!" Fang Xuanling carefully folded the papers and said to Wei Hao enthusiastically.

"Well, you can eat too, you're welcome, by the way, I want to ask you something, do you know Xia Guogong?" Wei Hao opened his mouth and asked Fang Xuanling.

"Xia Guogong, oh, I know, I'm going to Bashu!" Fang Xuanling was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then you thought of what Li Shimin had explained, and immediately said to Wei Hao.

"What are you going to Bashu for?" After Wei Hao heard this, he said depressedly, and he also believed in his heart that there was the character of Xia Guogong.

Then, Fang Xuanling chatted with Wei Hao without a mouthful.

After Wei Hao finished eating, Fang Xuanling immediately went to the palace, and he needed to tell Li Shimin about Wei Hao's ability to increase salt production.

"What is the drawing? How can I see this? And those words, the writing is really ugly! Li Shimin took the paper handed over by Fang Xuanling, and after unfolding it, he had a headache.

"Your Majesty, you can still understand it if you look closely, and the ministers will prepare according to the above requirements, okay?" Fang Xuanling looked at Li Shimin and asked.

"You are ready to go, this kid is bragging eighty percent, and he also produces 10,000 catties a day, how is it possible, if this is the case, my Datang will not be short of salt." Li Shimin didn't believe it and handed the paper to Fang Xuanling.

"Your Majesty, don't you believe it?" After hearing this, Fang Xuanling looked at Li Shimin in surprise and asked.

"I don't believe it, this kid loves to brag, and you look at what he draws, what?" Li Shimin shook his head and said.

All dynasties and dynasties have been short of salt and have never solved it, and Li Shimin does not believe that Wei Hao can solve it.

"Your Majesty, Your Minister... Let's try it, anyway, these things are not difficult, they are done, just send them to Wei Hao! Fang Xuanling thought about it for a while, and felt that he still needed to try.

After Li Shimin heard this, he nodded, he would not stop this matter.