The beauty is far away, and the lotus dream is vague.

Zhen Feng inadvertently showed all-round actions such as subduing softness and admitting cowardice in his words in a timely manner, and at the same time expressed his wish to enjoy Li Yu's lyrics and songs performed by the lady again, which made Li Yu overjoyed.

Zhen Feng secretly despised himself, at this time, Li Yu had not yet reached the level of "Emperor of Words" after the collapse of the country and the death of the family, although the poems he wrote were good, the pattern of feelings was still too rigid and superficial. But for the sake of his original intention, he had to do what he liked, but fortunately, it was still acceptable to say so to a talented "Emperor of Ancient Words".

Xu You saw that the entertainment activities before the event were almost over, so he took the opportunity to say: "The official family, such a beautiful day, Zhen Feng also brought a good news, which can share the worries of the official family and relieve the boredom of the official family." ”

"Oh, is it? Come on. ”

Zhen Feng was about to speak, but when he saw the stunned but deaf appearance of the palace maids beside Li Yu, his heart swelled with worries about the energy of the eunuchs of the past dynasties, so he said: "Official, God knows this matter, you know and I know, the grass people speak more straightforwardly, and ask the official family to withdraw the attendants, and the grass people will vomit quickly." ”

Li Yu didn't know what kind of medicine Zhen Feng was selling in his gourd, but Zhen Feng did speak more impulsively, perhaps because he was worried that his straightforwardness would make the people around him hold a grudge? It doesn't seem to make sense. Thinking about it like this, I hesitated again and again. However, with Xu You here, it is okay to retire the attendants.

"The official family, although the grass people are white, but they are bathed in the sage of the official family's love for the people, so they think about it day and night, and they actually came up with a way to solve the problem of soaring salt prices in their noon dreams.

"Oh? I did hear that you warned Gong Xu a few days ago about the conspiracy behind the skyrocketing salt prices, do you have a better way? ”

"What the official said, it seems that there is a solution? I don't know if I can show it, if the grass people feel inferior, they will think that today is to visit and exchange poetry, song and dance. ”

Zhen Feng didn't know about Chengxintang's decision to follow Wuchang to suppress the price of salt, and Xu You threw a satisfied smile at this. The things in the Chengxin Hall, how can they be shown to the public at will, there is one of them, there must be two, and it will not arouse the suspicion of the officials.

Li Yu naturally didn't care about the secrecy of the decision to announce the national announcement soon, and he took out the key information to remove the demonstration effect of Lin Renzhao in Wuchang, and only regarded it as the effect of his own order to be tried by individual regions.

"Lord Zhang has this suggestion, and is responsible for the implementation of this matter, using the national army to suppress the price of salt, in exchange for winning the hearts of the army and the people, waiting for the new official salt to solve the problem, it is indeed a good strategy at the moment. It's just that Mr. Zhang's move has some taste of drinking to quench his thirst. Zhen Feng never mentioned Li Yu's life, and all of them pushed Zhang Yu on his head, after all, he wanted to blame the problem, and someone had to be the wrongdoer.

"How so?"

"Officials and think about it, if the magistrates and generals everywhere are the beneficiaries of the soaring salt prices, how will they respond to such orders? As the saying goes, cutting off people's wealth is like killing one's parents. This move calmed the hearts of ordinary soldiers and civilians, but it caused opposition and backlash from officials and generals, and perhaps it will become a means for officials and generals to take advantage of the opportunity to accumulate wealth, and finally this wicked person will become an official. ”

"Zhen Feng, do you look down on my officials and generals too much?"

"The grass people didn't dare, but last night, the grass people saw with their own eyes that the leader of the Wei Ruan and the governor of Jiangning Mansion and the officials, and some generals in Beijing had a banquet, and they returned with great joy, and the feet of the Son of Heaven were still like this, and it can be seen in other places. Moreover, there may be some places that have not yet soared to such a situation, and as soon as this order comes out, people will be panicked. At that time, the whole country, because of the turmoil of the army and the instability of the people, will damage the foundation of our Tang Kingdom. ”

Zhen Feng didn't dare to compare Lin Renzhao, Lin Renzhao can do this, because the upper line is effective, the top is incorruptible, and it is difficult to make small moves below. In the face of huge interests, more places will collude, and individual honest officials will only encounter the encounter of "bad money driving out good money".

"How it came to this, how it came to this! Zhen Feng, you said so much, what is your best plan? ”

"As long as we have our own salt farms, the price of salt will naturally fall in fear."

"You're a dream."

"My Datang is also a big country, how can such a huge land be salt-free? As long as the salt is found, even if the threat of the Wei Ruan is lifted, even in the future, my Datang will no longer need to rely on the Jianghuai salt works of the Northern Dynasty. ”

"You're right! After more than 30 years of Tang Dynasty, I lost Jiangbei, and there is indeed no large-scale salt farm. Before the capture of Fujian, but the coastline was taken away by Wu Yue and other yellow birds, Quanzhang is still the local Jiedu envoy in power, there is no coastline, how to talk about salt? ”

"The official family looks at the sea and is indeed broad-minded. However, in addition to sea salt, there are other sources, I have good mountains and good water, and there will eventually be a place with lake salt, well salt, mineral salt or rock salt. ”

"If there is, why should the Tang State be subject to the Northern Dynasty? Besides, that rock salt is poisonous, and ordinary people know it, don't think that I am the Emperor Hui of Jin who doesn't eat minced meat, and it is a big crime to fool me. ”

"The grass people don't dare. The grass people's Wangjiang Tower sheltered some homeless beggars, and only then did they learn that there was a place where rock salt was produced. It just so happened that the grass people knew how to remove the toxic components from the rock salt and extract the edible salt. ”

"What?" Li Yu stood up from the throne, paced back and forth, and said, "Impossible, since ancient times, capable people from the north and south have never heard of it. Could it be that you dreamed about it in the middle of the day? ”

"It's a dream, but it's not noon today."

When Xu You heard this, a cold sweat broke out in his hands. He didn't ask Zhen Feng about his methods, firstly, to trust, and secondly, to avoid suspicion, not to let this matter fall on his head, but Zhen Feng responded like this, and finally said that he dreamed that the method of extracting salt from rock salt was really a bit unbelievable.

Li Yu shook his head and sighed. Zhen Feng said: "Official, it's better to be like this, let's make a bet, if the grass people can really extract salt from the toxic rock salt, and the amount of rock salt is okay, the grass people don't want too much, as long as they get a profit, but if they produce salt, whether it is 300 wen a catty, or 10 wen a catty, when they go out of the mine, the grass people will have to draw 1 out of ten." ”

This is Li Yu laughing, could it be that Zhen Feng is like his name, crazy? However, with the experience of the last bet in Huajianlou, he did not directly scold, but asked: "What if you can't do it?" ”

"If you can't do it, the grass people will be at the disposal of the officials."

"Wait, it's urgent, and if you wait until a few years to do it, it won't help."

"Official, this is natural, the grass people ask for their lives to be reached before the New Year's Festival, if it is later than the New Year's Festival, the grass people will lose."

Li Yu laughed loudly, holding the mentality of a dead horse as a live horse doctor, and said, "If that's the case, I will make this bet with you." ”

"However, the grass people have a request, please be sure to keep this matter secret, otherwise the Northern Dynasty and the Wei Ruan have not yet pounced, and some people whose interests have been damaged can crush the grass people. The grass people still cherish this little life, so it is best for the official family to send a confidant to find a letter from the head deacon in order to get the best support. However, on the surface, this person is in charge, but in fact, they have to obey the grass people. ”

"Well, let my personal guards land and go with you. The reason is to take the secret order to inspect at the end of the year. As for you, on the pretext of rewarding meritorious servants, follow him as a cook. But if this can't be done, you don't have to leave it to me, just go and be a cook for Landing. ”