Bai Mingzhe carefully folded the silk book and handed it to Feng Ju, "You immediately look for the captain I mentioned in the silk book, and let them set off immediately!" I know that the road is long, but in view of the military urgency, there is no room for delay, and I hope that you will return within a month! ”

Feng Ju's face changed, and he couldn't help but say: "Bai Gong, the top armor soldiers are gone, what should I do with your safety?" In case someone in Jimo City wants to be unfavorable to you......"

The combat effectiveness of the lieutenant armor is divided into levels, such as himself and Ye Chuping, the two of them belong to the kind of one enemy and five on the battlefield, while the other few are at most one enemy and two.

There weren't many people who came out in the first place, but now that they are dispatched like this, their combat strength is almost half less. If something happens, as guards, they can hardly escape the blame.

Bai Mingzhe got up, walked around the desk, patted Feng Ju's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Don't worry! This month, I will travel around Gaomi County and Jimo City as a businessman, looking for an opportunity to split the local economic chain! ”

"Economic chain?" Feng Ju frowned, he felt quite unfamiliar with this word, he had never heard of this word before, but this did not hinder his understanding of personal safety, "If you travel as a businessman, it is indeed safer, but you need to be wronged by Bai Gong for a month." Farmers, businessmen, and merchants are always lowly occupations. If Jiaodong County suddenly wants to collect other commercial taxes, I am afraid that you will need to break the wealth to avoid disasters. In addition, the prince was the king of Taiyuan, and the merchant had a low status and was often insulted......"

At this point, he didn't go on.

As a lieutenant, he saw a lot of ways in which the merchant was insulted: as if he was dragged into a corner by the soldiers, beaten up, and then asked for money; or simply refuse to enter the city; Or they are blackmailed by powerful and bureaucrats......

In short, some people treated the merchants more harshly than the Huns.

Bai Mingzhe raised his head slightly, looked in the direction of Chang'an, and said softly: "Don't panic, I will give up small profits, earn thousands of dollars, and make the treasury more substantial, Your Majesty, there is no reason not to reward it." As for insults and the like, the Marquis of Huaiyin endured the humiliation of his crotch, and finally became a general, and he couldn't bear to be a big plan, I endured the insult, and the big thing could be done! ”

"The king should hurry up, reach the counties, and lead the elite troops to the designated camping place. In addition, the messenger of Chang'an must choose a reliable person, so that he can rush at a speed of 800 miles under the banner of Wu Taiyuan Jun. Your Majesty will learn about my ideas as soon as possible, and it will be cheaper for me to do things. ”

He paused lightly, wiped the beads of sweat from the tip of his nose with his right hand, and in the quiet room, a deep voice echoed around the beam, "Before leaving, you will leave your spare name behind, and by the way, entrust your money to a trustworthy person." Before making salt, I need to buy a batch of salt from the market and study it. If the price of one stone of coarse salt is 250 yuan, then the higher quality of fine salt obtained by us must be maintained at a higher price, but it is easily accepted by the people. ”

"Although the price of coarse salt is low, the taste is unpalatable, and because the volume is much larger than that of fine salt, the speed of use is much higher than that of fine salt. I only need to use the price war, Chang'an's regulation and control decree, and promise benefits to some businessmen, and I can firmly control the operation of salt in Chang'an's hands! ”

Thinking of this, Bai Mingzhe hurriedly returned to the side of the case and picked up a brand new silk book again, "Feng Ju, I will write the last document, this document must be handed over to His Majesty, this is related to the way to break the situation!" Seeing this silk letter, Your Majesty will issue a new edict in response to my practice! ”

In the case that the great unification has not yet succeeded and the local forces are relatively large, he can only turn to Chang'an for help.

As long as the edict arrives, even if Jimo is too stubborn and the local tyrants want to resist, it will be too late.

Edict = Dispatch of Troops for Righteousness.

With only 4,000 soldiers and horses, how can they resist this army of nearly 20,000?

Dipping in ink, the pen walked away, and the strong pen edge seemed to be a sharp blade, cutting a hole in the complicated situation here!

It's a hole that can't be repaired!

"Your Majesty is healthy, and the subordinate Taiyuan Jun Bai Mingzhe. Due to the intricacies of the forces in Jiaodong County, if the method of salt production is implemented in a gentle way, it may not be possible for three years. Therefore, the humble ministers had the courage to recruit 19,000 soldiers from the county in advance, and gathered in Gaomi County in the name of military training to deter Jiaodong Zhuxiao. ”

"Beichen thinks that the annual profit of the salt industry is 100,000 yuan, and if it is taken back to the official camp, it is accurate to make Chang'an control it, then the annual treasury can pay more taxes of 100,000 yuan. Of course, in view of the complexity of local forces, if it is forced, it will inevitably give the local vassal states an excuse to raise troops. If the vassal states were under the patronage of the salt merchants, it would have caused more disaster than the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms. Therefore, Mingzhe hopes to return the salt industry of Jiaodong County to Chang'an first! There is a large army pressing the border, even if the local heroes want to resist, they are powerless. ”

Bai Mingzhe is not stupid, he knows the truth that he can't eat hot tofu in a hurry.

If a new round of rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms was triggered because of playing a salt industry official camp, Liu Che would definitely be Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, and he would definitely be the next mistake.

Therefore, he specifically proposed to carry out a pilot project in Jiaodong County, step by step.

"Although the business is low, it can also be used! It will play an irreplaceable role in the process of collecting and producing salt. The humble ministers were brave and hoped that His Majesty would give him an edict to accept merchants as His Majesty's pawns. ”

"The content of the edict is as follows: Now that the salt industry is heavily taxed, and the taxes are added to the price, the burden of salt on the people is too heavy, and Your Majesty deeply feels the suffering of the people, and specially opens three tax reduction trade routes for merchants."

"The salt transported to Longxi, in Gaomi County Bai Mingzhe's place to open the departure paperwork, if it arrives within three months, the tax will be reduced by 50%, and the tax of the original profit of 20% will be reduced to 10% of the profit. Merchants can go to Chang'an to collect the wealth by virtue of the documents of collecting salt in Longxi. If you encounter malicious extortion by local officials, you can report to Chang'an, and Your Majesty will severely punish you. ”

"If the salt transported to the north arrives within forty-five days, the tax reduction and exemption method is the same as that of Longxi!"

"The salt transported to Yanmen, the time limit is thirty-five days, and the tax reduction and exemption method is the same as Longxi and Beidi!"

"In addition, I hope that Your Majesty will appoint Sang Hongyang as a big farmer to take charge of salt production, and the income from the salt industry in Najiaodong County will be used by the state treasury. When the time is ripe, the original strong and strong merchants in Jiaodong County will be divided, and Mingzhe will completely control the salt industry in Jiaodong, so that the merchants will transport the salt dried in Chang'an, and then distribute the profits to Chang'an. ”

After controlling the salt industry, once this method is implemented, the group of merchants will be very much like franchisees.

Sell things to franchisees, and then take a part of the profits from the franchisee's income.

Of course, this group of merchants transporting salt was even more miserable than the franchisees, because it was the armies of Longxi, Beidi, and Yanmen who bought salt.

If you want to trade with these three armies, you must be prepared to suffer.

Not much else, generals like Li Guang and Cheng Buzhi who spurn businessmen, will definitely not accept expensive salt.

Finally, the price of fine salt will be kept in a super low range.

In the end, Bai Mingzhe wrote the last paragraph on the silk book, "Soldiers, the major affairs of the country, without money, it is difficult to raise soldiers." If the salt and iron industry is returned to the official camp, the treasury will be abundant and there will be the capital to attack the Xiongnu. Today, Beichen implements the official camp of salt making in Jiaodong County, which is to prepare for the official camp of salt and iron in the country. I hope that Your Majesty will allow the opening of a trade route for tax reduction and exemption, so as to divide the strong and merchants of Jiaodong County. ”

After putting down the brush and stamping the seal, he handed the document to Feng Ju and said in a deep voice: "Jun should leave immediately!"

"No!" Knowing that the responsibility was heavy, Feng Ju immediately walked out of the room and arranged for an urgent armor soldier for eight hundred miles.