The master didn't expect the adults in his family to be so pessimistic, and couldn't help but say, "My lord, it's not like this, right?" ”

"Isn't that so?" Liu Qi sneered and said: "My current position is a hot potato, the salt merchant will not be willing, they will let the official and Shou Ninghou die, but who is Shou Ninghou?" When the younger brother of the queen of the dynasty, His Majesty can be this queen, what if he wins? ”

"What do you get by winning? Will they give the official some more silver? Even if you give more, how many years can the official take it? Can this transfer envoy be an official for a lifetime? ”

"Even if he wins, can Hou Ning and those nobles let go of this official? Counting on those salt merchants? Speaking of this, Liu Qi sneered, and said with disdain in his tone: "Don't say they can't do it, what can they do?" Can they really take all their wealth for their officials? ”

"What if you lose? What will happen to the official after losing? The military distribution is light, and the head is gone. ”

"Risking his life for some money, the official's net worth and life can be measured by money? Money can be earned at any time, and on the line of Shouninghou, are you afraid that there will be no chance to make money? Besides, the official is now from the third grade, maybe he can do the sixth, and the money is important. ”

The master listened to the words of his own family, and said with some hesitation: "But my lord, what if Shou Ninghou doesn't agree?" ”

"Why didn't you say yes?" Liu Qi smiled and asked: "This official is a third-grade man, and now he is still a transfer envoy in Yangzhou, this official is willing to send silver and give up his seat, why is Shou Ninghou unwilling?" The two Huai salt farms that Shouning Hou wanted, and the officials had no grudges in the past and no enmity in the near future, so why bother to ask for the life of the officials? ”

The master nodded, but still asked with some concern: "But my lord, we have also taken a lot of money from those salt merchants over the years, and they are afraid that they will not give up?" Besides, there are a lot of them in the DPRK and China! ”

"If you don't give up?" Liu Qi sneered: "Wait until they can get through this hurdle, what do you think Shou Ning Hou and those nobles will say to move Your Majesty?" Not the money of these salt smugglers? Now that the imperial court is short of money, who in the world doesn't know? Your Majesty doesn't even wear Jiangnan silk. ”

"If Your Majesty knows how much silver these salt merchants and officials of the salt works have made by selling smuggled salt over the years, what do you think Your Majesty should do?"

"The husband is not guilty of his crimes, there is no room for people in this world who are rich and rival the country, not to mention that these are all His Majesty's money? Do you think Your Majesty's money is so easy to take? Once Shou Ninghou pokes things out, no one can suppress them, this is a big whirlpool, withdraw early and be safe, otherwise they don't know how to die. ”

"Now it's a matter of life and death, your trip to the capital is a matter of life and death, don't take it lightly, in this way, you bring Liao Yuan with you."

Liao Yuan is Liu Qi's brother-in-law, and he is also a relatively famous salt merchant in Yangzhou.

"Since Shou Ninghou has set his sights on the salt works of Lianghuai, there must be salt merchants to do things for him, otherwise those salt merchants will strike the market, and there will be problems with the salt transportation of the whole world, so Shou Ninghou must also be short of manpower. You take Liao Yuan with you, don't be afraid to spend money, it's okay to smash your net worth, you know? ”

Seeing Liu Qi's slightly hideous expression, the master hurriedly spoke: "Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates will definitely get things done." ”

"Go ahead!" Liu Qi sighed, and then said: "Tomorrow I will go to see that Wang Gonggong, by the way, I will meet the people of Shouning Houfu, and when the time comes, I will try to let him speak for us, you let people prepare two generous gifts, and I will bring them over tomorrow, Qi Huan thinks very beautifully, I am afraid that he will be empty this time." ”

"Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates will go and prepare!" With that, the master turned around and walked outside.

Beijing, Forbidden City.

The moonlight sprinkled in the Forbidden City, making the palace look a little deserted, and Zhu Houzhao walked on the way to the Qianqing Palace in a big coat. After entering August, the weather is getting cooler and cooler, especially at night. Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but miss the down jacket of his later life, and it seemed that he was going to do some wool spinning.

Not to mention anything else, it's good to knit some sweaters to keep out the cold, as for cotton spinning, Zhu Houzhao didn't think about it.

This era is not like later generations, without Grandpa Yuan Longping, the top priority in the world is food, and the land must ensure the supply of food. Speaking of this, Zhu Houzhao thought of the plot in the TV series "Daming 1566" that he watched in later generations, that is, the main grain-producing areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang changed rice to mulberry.

Why change rice to mulberry? Because mulberry can raise cicadas, cicadas can weave silk, these silks are not sold to the people of the Ming Dynasty, these silk is a very important commodity for coastal smuggling.

Although the plot in the TV series is fictional, it is true that the main grain-producing areas such as Jiangsu and Zhejiang have changed rice to mulberry, and capital is going towards profit.

Once there is no food, then everything will be closed, even in later generations, with Grandpa Yuan, the country will buy a large amount of reserve grain every year.

The south to change rice to mulberry, once in the north to make cotton textiles, that is to change chestnuts to cotton, when the profits roll up, then no one can stop it, then the food crisis in the Ming Dynasty will be more serious, and even there will be a very, very large food shortage, a slight natural disaster is the displacement of people, disasters everywhere.

Wool textile has become the most suitable existence for the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Houzhao's eyes are naturally aimed at the grassland, but it is too early to think about this, with the strength of the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible to look north at the grassland.

The salt merchants were no longer transporting grain to the border in exchange for salt, the merchants in the frontier were destroyed in one fell swoop, and a large number of people in the frontier moved south, making the population in the border areas empty and the border army bitterly cold, which was not one of the long-term ones. Mutual market, wool spinning, this is a big policy to re-enrich the population of the frontier from the plastic merchant tun system, Zhu Houzhao has long been thinking in his heart.

At the moment of entering the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Houzhao slowly took back his thoughts, glanced at his father, who was busy criticizing the question book, Zhu Houzhao bowed and said: "Erchen has seen his father!" ”

Zhu Youzhu raised his head and looked at Zhu Houzhao, and then said with a smile: "Okay, come here, it's cold, right?" Remember to wear more and don't freeze! ”

Zhu Houzhao smiled and nodded: "Erchen's body is very good, but my father should pay more attention." ”

Waving his hand slightly, Zhu Youzhu said with a smile: "Since I boxed with the emperor, my body has improved a lot, and with the emperor sharing government affairs, it has improved a lot." As he spoke, he picked up a notebook and handed it to Zhu Houzhao: "Look at this, the people you sent to Yangzhou have made a lot of noise!" ”