Chapter 396 Li Shimin didn't plan to let go of those people from the family, but he didn't want to drink it himself, but there were still people who helped him drink,

After this meal was eaten, the heads of those families were all carried back, Li Shimin was the last to go, Li Chengqian also woke up at the moment, Qin Huaidao asked someone to make a glass of juice for him to eat, and now it is much better.

"Peping, I'll go back first, tomorrow morning, come to the Manna Palace, I have something to tell you!" Li Shimin stood at the gate of Qin Huaidao and said to Qin Huaidao who came to see him off.

"Yes, Father!" Qin Huaidao nodded, knowing that it must be necessary to talk about pig iron and table salt.

After sending off those guests, Qin Huaidao also returned to the study, while the family members were packing up their things.

"Master, my father and those family heads have an unpleasant quarrel today?" Li Lixian sat next to Qin Huaidao and asked.

"Well, the talk collapsed, pig iron and salt, the family probably didn't want to hand it over, my father asked me to do it alone, hey, I was already busy, and I still made this thing out, and I can't do it." Qin Huaidao sat there and said with a sigh.

When Li Lixian heard it, she didn't know how to persuade Qin Huaidao, so she could only lean on Qin Huaidao's side.

"No matter how much there is, let's talk about it tomorrow, I'm alone, I definitely can't do it, I need help." Qin Huaidao sat there, smiled bitterly and said,

The next morning, Qin Huaidao went to the palace, and just arrived at the Ganlu Palace, Wang En saw it, and immediately said to Qin Huaidao: "Hu Guogong, Your Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince are waiting for you inside." ”

"Well, thank you!" After Qin Huaidao clenched his fist at Wang En, he walked towards the Manna Palace,

At this moment, Li Chengqian and Li Shimin were chatting about something, and when they saw Qin Huaidao coming over, Li Shimin said with a smile: "Just wait for your kid to come, come, sit down and say!" ”

Li Shimin said and beckoned Qin Huaidao to sit down.

"Erchen has seen his father and the emperor, and he has seen His Royal Highness the Prince." Qin Huaidao stood there and saluted them first.

"Well, okay, sit down and talk!" Li Chengqian also smiled at Qin Huaidao and made a gesture to sit down.

"Yesterday, the family didn't let me kill those officials, of course I wanted to kill them, they corrupted so much money, and they didn't set an example, so other workshops, when the time comes, it is estimated that they will be like this, and they dare to resell those pig iron and salt privately, and the price is so much higher?

It's just that the people don't have a way to live, the top priority is not pig iron, but salt, once the family gets stuck with the salt and doesn't sell it, it will be troublesome, and the people will definitely be in chaos at that time, so now it is urgent to get the salt out. Li Shimin stared at Qin Huaidao and said.

"Yes, but, father, if the son goes to do this, it is estimated that the family will definitely stare at me." Qin Huaidao looked at Li Shimin worriedly and said, this is certain, Qin Huaidao knows it very well in his heart.

"My father made it clear to them yesterday that my father would not behead their family, and they would not be able to retaliate against you, they were unwilling to hand over salt and pig iron, and it was impossible for the court to allow them to control these two things all the time.

They are betting on whether you can get it out and how much you can get out, after all, if you don't get a lot of it, then they will still be able to continue to make money, and we can't sell them! Li Chengqian sat there and explained to Qin Huaidao.

"The condition is this, if I don't kill them, they can't kill you, and at the same time, they can't let the market be cut off from salt and pig iron, in addition, their workshops, the grades of officials, I will all get rid of them, all of them must be investigated, and the craftsmen will not touch them, in the future, those workshops have nothing to do with the court!" Li Shimin sat there and said to Qin Huaidao again.

"Isn't the court at a big loss, and the pig iron and salt will be given to them?" After hearing this, Qin Huaidao looked at Li Shimin in shock.

"I can only gamble, bet on you to win, how much it costs, I don't care, what I want is to be able to supply the salt and pig iron that the entire Tang Dynasty needs, I can't be controlled by others!

Those pig iron workshops and salt factories belong to the family, give them back, in exchange for them not to retaliate against you, I believe you can do it, and do it better than them, more! Li Shimin stared at Qin Huaidao and said,

Qin Huaidao nodded helplessly.

"Salt, you have to do it as soon as possible, we have salt lake, but I don't know how to get it out, how many people do you need, how much money do you need, find Gao Ming, he will do this,

In addition, on the side of the salt lake, I will order 3,000 soldiers of the left guards to go over and guard it, the salt lake is on the northern outskirts, almost 50 miles away, along the way, I will also set up several checkpoints, there will be garrisons, to ensure your safety. Li Shimin stared at Qin Huaidao and said, but Qin Huaidao still nodded.

"Can it be done?" Li Chengqian stared at Qin Huaidao and asked.

"Yes, now salt is about 20 yuan per catty, which is very expensive, and I hope it can be reduced to a pound of pennies, so that the people can afford to eat salt. If you want to buy it, you can buy it anytime! Qin Huaidao sat there, nodded and said.

"Okay, don't give the money away for nothing, I just can't let them scrape the people's fat and ointment like this." Li Shimin heard Qin Huaidao say this, and said very happily.

"However, Erchen needs help, and Erchen wants to take Brother Chi Baolin as his deputy." Qin Huaidao sat there and continued.

"Okay, whoever else you need, I'll transfer it to you." Li Shimin said to Qin Huaidao, Qin Huaidao nodded, saying that he didn't need it now.

"Gao Ming, immediately mobilize 10,000 yuan of money and give it to Peping, you keep accounts, Peping spends money, if this thing is done, I will be rewarded!" Li Shimin stared at Qin Huaidao and Li Chengqian and said.

"Yes, Erchen's side will be mobilized immediately!"

"Yes!" Li Chengqian and Qin Huaidao immediately arched their hands and said, after coming out of the Manna Palace, Qin Huaidao immediately went to the carpenter's workshop, silk workshop and blacksmith workshop of the Ministry of Industry, Qin Huaidao needed to make a lot of tools,

Then Zuo Wuwei ordered 3,200 guards, of which 200 guards were to protect Qin Huaidao, and 3,000 guards were stationed on the side of the salt lake.

"Pepin, what to do?" After Yu Chi Baolin and the others arrived here, the army began to prepare to set up tents and began to station.

"Let's see!" Qin Huaidao said and rode his horse and began to walk along the salt lake, the weather is very hot now, and there is less rain in the winter in the north.

"We need to hurry, the weather will be cooler in less than two months, and we need to get enough salt for these two months." Qin Huaidao rode a horse, looked at the endless salt lake, and spoke.

"How, you say, let's do it!" Yu Chi Baoqi followed behind Qin Huaidao and spoke.

"Let's talk about it tomorrow, tomorrow, there will be a lot of tools sent over!" Qin Huaidao said to Yu Chi Baolin, and then Qin Huaidao began to look at the terrain and asked those soldiers to take lime, Qin Huaidao needed to make a salt field, and now he needed lime to draw a line.

Now the Tang Dynasty made salt, all of which were boiled in brine, and the water from the salt lake was used to dry, and slowly let him precipitate the salt, which was the best, of course, the salt precipitated at the beginning still had a lot of impurities, and it also needed to be diluted and filtered and cooked again, but this speed was much faster.

Qin Huaidao took the lime and began to draw lines along the salt lake, and around the entire salt lake, Qin Huaidao drew pieces of salt fields, and when the tools came, he would start digging and leveling the salt fields tomorrow.

At night, Qin Huaidao lives in the wilderness, surrounded by military guards, and the entire salt lake is guarded, and others cannot get close to the salt lake.

Early the next morning, the tools were delivered, and Qin Huaidao ordered the soldiers to start excavating, using ox carts to transport the earthwork away, and they were making salt pans for several days.

On the side of Chang'an, the officials of the family also knew that Qin Huaidao was sent out to get salt, and at the same time, all the officials of the family's salt workshop were arrested and all of them were raided, but they had not been beheaded, and the family could only send people to take over those workshops again.

The price of salt in Chang'an City has soared to 30 wen a catty, and there is still a queue to buy it.

The eldest grandson Wuji and the others are also sitting in the study of the mansion at the moment, and several heads of the family are also sitting in the mansion of the eldest grandson Wuji.

"Zhao Guogong, do you think Hu Guogong can get table salt? How many can you get? I need 100 quintals of salt a day for all parts of Datang! Can he Hu Guogong get it out? The head of the Jingzhao Wei clan stared at the eldest grandson Wuji and asked.

"I don't know about this, but Qin Huaidao's ability, you know, Your Majesty dares to promise you like this, it means that Qin Huaidao has this ability." The eldest grandson Wuji said with a sigh.

"Is there any news from the salt lake?" The head of the Jingzhao Du clan also looked at the eldest grandson Wuji and asked.

"Those news are under the control of His Royal Highness the Prince, and I will report it directly to Your Majesty, and we have no news over there!

However, the people outside are complaining, and the court has also posted an announcement here, and in the future, the salt will be supplied by the family, so the people are scolding you now! The eldest grandson Wuji looked at the heads of the family and said,

He is also very conflicted now, he hopes that the family will win, but he feels that the family can't win, Qin Huaidao is too powerful, no one knows how many things he knows, and he hasn't made pig iron yet.

And once the salt comes out, then the family will all fall into passivity, and next, how the court will deal with the family, I don't know, although it is impossible to kill them all, but it will definitely cut down many low-level family officials and further disintegrate the foundation of the family.

"There's no way to scold, you can't say that you want us to hand it over to him like this? Why? Pig iron and salt, our family has controlled it for hundreds of years, and now we have to hand it over, we are not convinced, we have the ability, he can make enough salt in a short time. The head of the Qinghe Cui family said very unconvinced.