Yuan Bao was entangled for a long time and said: "That is the case, Yuan agrees!" The price of salt is really too low, or not, the right should be loyal to the country! ”

Seeing that Yuanbao had agreed, Wenyi smiled and said: "Master Yuan, the profit of salt is not much, and it is impossible to make as much profit as before, but other industries have it, but I don't know if the owner of the Yuan family is willing to get involved?" ”

Yuan Bao immediately became interested and said: "Please Wen Gongzi famously, Yuan is grateful!" ”

Literature and art: "The master of the Yuan family does not have to be polite, there are countless profitable businesses in this world, and when the country is in urgent need of construction, it can be said that the time, place, and people are all right. The head of the Yuan family is so refreshing, and I will no longer talk nonsense, next year His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will implement the 'National Highway Network Construction Plan' and will build countless highways across the country. If the owner of the Yuan family is interested, he can first set up a construction company, and then contract the construction of several high-speed roads, wouldn't it be more profitable than working salt? ”

Yuanbao was worthy of being the head of the family, and in an instant, he cleared his mind and asked, "Gongzi Wen wants me to set up a business that specializes in road construction?" It's not difficult, what my Yuan family lacks the most is not manpower, how many you want! It's just that I don't know if this high-speed is of the same nature as the official road? ”

Wenyi said with a smile: "No, I can't tell the highway alone, if the head of the Yuan family has time, you can go to the black pine forest in Shanxi, where there is a highway that has been built." It doesn't take much manpower, 5,000 is barely enough. ”

Yuanbao squirted out with a sip of tea, 5,000 people? It's still barely enough, and this Nima didn't want so many people when he was recruited! Yuanbao breathed a sigh of relief before saying, "So many people? It's very risky! ”

Literature and art: "Don't worry, the head of the Yuan family is that I am making a plan, and there will be specific news at that time, anyway, the more people you recruit, the better." Are you afraid that I won't be able to cheat you? Later, I will write you a letter, and when you arrive at the black pine forest, I will hand it over to the second brother Shan Xiongxin, and he will explain to you in detail about the highway at that time. ”

After the two of them discussed important matters, Yuanbao still wanted to have a banquet for literature and art, but how could literature and art have such idle work now? Xiang Yuanbao came out of the living room after holding his fist, put on his helmet and rose to the sky Destination: Jiaxing! Leaving Yuanbao, who was already dumbfounded, stunned alone...

Xiao Jing was dealing with the family members who were making trouble again in the living room, when he suddenly heard a loud noise outside. Everyone hurriedly came out to check the situation, and saw Wenyi, who was dressed in armor, slowly standing up from the ground, and Wenyi put away his helmet without nonsense, and said directly: "It's done, from tomorrow onwards, send out all the salt in the inventory as planned." ”

Xiao Jing was overjoyed and said to the others: "Everyone, the plan has begun, you can rest assured this time!" It's all gone. ”

Everyone is a representative of the salt farm sent by various families to be in charge of the salt farm, and they all know very well about the plan to reduce the price of salt, if it weren't for the literature and art that have been pressing the plan, resulting in the delay in returning the money invested by the various families back then, who would have nothing to do and come to the trouble of the Xiao family? Hearing that the clear plan of literature and art had been launched, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and stepped forward to offer all kinds of sycophants. Literature and art hate this feeling of being surrounded by people and patting on the back of the horse, and without saying a word, he put on his helmet and rose to the sky, and soon disappeared from everyone's field of vision. bluffed everyone trembling, Xiao Jing smiled and said: "Gongzi Wen has unpredictable methods, you will follow the arrangement in the future, don't make these things that you don't have, just laugh in vain." ”

Wenyi did not return to Chang'an, and after drinking a cup of tea at the shipyard, he returned to Jiaxing at night. Xiao Jing seemed to have foreseen it, and put two cups of fragrant tea in the living room and waited for the literature and art to sit down.

Wenyi smiled and said, "How did the prince know that I would come back?" ”

Xiao Jing made a gesture to drink tea and said: "Send out 90 million pieces of salt in one breath, and directly push the price of salt to ten wen a catty, the old man doesn't believe that you will do nothing about such a major matter." ”

Wenyi took a sip of tea and praised: "Good tea!" Authentic dragon well before the rain, the color is tender and green, the aroma is fresh and tender, and the taste is fresh and sweet. The craftsmanship of the roasted tea master in the prince's mansion is getting better. ”

Xiao Jing smiled and said: "You kid, don't be a prince, the old man is Yu'er's father, you are her master, don't see the outside like this, just call 'Brother Xiao'." ”

Literature and art arched his hand: "How dare you, how dare you, the kid doesn't dare to hold it up." After a little tussle, Literature and Art finally called Xiao Jing "Brother Xiao".

Xiao Jing: "The old man thought that tea was just your unique preference at first, but he didn't expect that there would be some trouble, and I will mention this later, let's talk about salt first." If we only provide the amount of salt that our Datang needs, our current scale will be enough. But the old man thinks you may not stop there, right? If you have any plans for the future, tell the old man quickly. ”

Wenyi smiled: "Brother Xiao is really discerning! When the price of Datang salt stabilizes, I plan to triple the salt farm. I can't make money by doing the people's business alone, I want to sell salt abroad, Turkic, Goguryeo, Dongying or something, these are all small heads, I am also preparing to form a fleet to sail to the extreme west, and buy all the salt, porcelain, and silk to those who have never seen the world. ”

Xiao Jing's eyes lit up, now the only family in Datang with navigation ability is his Xiao family, if literature and art want to go to the ocean, how can they not take him? With the unique vision of literature and art, as long as he decides to do it, he will definitely make a lot of money! But isn't it too risky to sell such war supplies as foreign salt? After all, the Salt Bureau is here to restrict the sale of salt. Hurriedly asked: "Xiaoyi, isn't the Salt Bureau established by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince aimed at smuggling salt to foreign countries?" Isn't it a bit of a bite to do here? ”

Wenyi shook his head and said, "This time is different from the past, my armored brother has also seen it, right?" To tell the truth, now Ruoyu is presiding over the mass production of this armor. As long as there are 5,000 sets, Datang will not be afraid of any enemy in the world! Under these conditions, why do we still need to control the material restrictions on foreign countries? In the future, not only salt, but also swords and weapons will be sold to the outside world, and all the weapons we have eliminated will be sold to them! Brother Xiao, imagine what will happen to everyone in the Turkic tribes with bright armor and sufficient swords? ”

Xiao Jing thought for a while and said, "It will attack our Datang!" ”

Wenyi smiled very obscenely and said: "Yes, they will definitely come to attack us at first, but we have an army of five thousand armed to the teeth, do they have the possibility of victory?" ”

Xiao Jing shook his head and said, "No, but what's in it for us?" ”

Literature and Art said: "War is for profit, since they are defeated, do we want to collect some spoils?" Wouldn't it be beautiful to have a few pastures, a few cows, sheep, or something? Moreover, when they know that Datang is not easy to mess with, they have weapons in their hands, armor on their bodies, and they are idle and panicked, what will they do? So, in order to give them the confidence to attack Datang, salt will definitely be sold to them! ”

Xiao Jing laughed and said, "Wonderful! They will definitely fight among themselves! Not only do we have no worries about the border, but we can also profit from it! Okay, I'll leave this matter to the old man, and I'll definitely do it for you! ”

Wenyi smiled: "Brother Xiao, just let Zhao Wuji and them handle this kind of trivial matter, how can you do everything yourself?" ”

After Xiao Jing and Wenyi perfected the salt export plan again, Xiao Jing changed the topic and said: "Xiaoyi, not long ago, a businessman from the Western Regions approached the old man and wanted to buy some tea and sell it back to the Western Regions. The old man refused at that time because the output was too small, but he never gave up, and came to ask about tea every once in a while. Do you think there's something wrong with this? ”

Literature and art: "People in the Western Regions eat a lot of meat, and their stomachs are extremely greasy, and tea has the effects of eliminating diet, stagnation, and lodging and food. Since he wants to sell it to him at a high price, he doesn't need too good tea, just those ordinary ones, make them into tea bricks and sell them to them. A tea brick weighs a pound, and there are no ten taels of silver for him to roll as far as he wants! ”

Xiao Jing laughed and said: "Anyway, the pricing is your business, I am only responsible for production, since you have to pay ten taels of silver, I can't charge you six taels, right?" ”

The two looked at each other and laughed in unison, and the whole living room was suddenly filled with a strong sense of conspiracy...

On July 15, the ninth year of Wude, dozens of fast horses rushed out of Chang'an City, and Li Shimin's first order was sent to the whole country: from August, the national unified salt price is ten cents a catty, and those who violate it will be severely punished!

The people who are immersed in the war and are struggling to survive finally see the hope of the future! The whole country is boiling! The people cheered and expressed their joy in various ways of celebration in their homes and on the streets! This is a good emperor who worries about the country and the people! For a while, Li Shimin's prestige soared to the extreme, and the former prince Li Jiancheng had been forgotten by the people to the corner in just a short time...

At the same time, the border army also received the news, Li Jing's main duty as the new head of the Guannei Road march is to resist the Turks going south, but the strange will from Li Shimin in his hand made him cry and laugh: Strictly prevent any traders who smuggle salt to the Turks, and those who violate it will be executed! A number of shrewd and capable soldiers were selected in the army to be mainly responsible for selling salt to the Turks, and the price was set at 100 wen a catty, not silver, only cattle, sheep, and horses, and they should be carried out in secret, not to let others know! Remember!

Li Jing sat alone in the handsome tent and smiled bitterly, and began to secretly scold the literary bastard in his heart, this kind of strange thing can only be thought of by this kid, and his image as a dignified gentleman is going to be ruined in his hands again! No, this kind of thing that damages the image must not be done alone, picked up the newly issued mobile phone and began to contact Hou Junji, the general manager of the march of Longyou Road, this thing must be done together to be comfortable!

"Duh... Hey, pharmacist? What's the matter with this manager? In a moment, Li Jing heard Hou Junji's broken voice.

Li Jing: "Old Hou, don't be prestigious in front of the chief manager, has His Royal Highness the Crown Prince received a secret letter?" ”

I heard Hou Junji say: "Let's go out and wait first, Lao Tzu has something important to discuss." After waiting for a while, I heard Hou Junji say, "Are you talking about selling salt?" ”

Li Jing: "Well, exactly, what do you think?" ”

Hou Junji said: "That's it, the order I received is even more evil than yours, His Royal Highness asked me to arrange more gangsters on the bright side, to look like a battle is about to be defeated, what to say to make the countries of the Western Regions think that we are vulnerable, and to attract more bastards to attack us." This idea that lacks virtue to smoke must have been conceived by that kid of literature and art! ”