"The grass people and others will never dare to forget, and they will strictly abide by the laws and regulations of the Huashan Army!" Everyone looked stunned and responded in unison.

"Hmmm! It's good to understand! As long as you abide by the law and do your own business, under the rule of my Huashan Army, you will naturally live a safe life! At this point, Li Xin can be regarded as having achieved most of his goals.

However, when I saw the black faces of Wang Yun and others on both sides, I couldn't help but move. When these people voted just now, they clearly chose no.

"Oh, you see that I am so busy, but I have forgotten the princes! Rude faux pas! General Ben's words just now, a few people must have heard it, I don't know what the patriarchs think? Just say it, if it makes sense, you must think about it in the future! Li Xin looked at a few people and said politely.

Hearing this, Wang Yun and the others couldn't help but twitch, and secretly said in their hearts: "You Li Xin is a scoundrel, what kind of reasoning do you have!" If you were reasonable, how could you have the scene just now? ”

However, this is not the right thing to say. At this time, the situation is very clear, if they insist on it, I am afraid that not only will the salt pond be gone, but even the right to sell will not be able to get a little bit.

If everyone is the same, then it would be easier to do, but it is a big deal that everyone unites against Li Xin. But the problem is that under the current situation, many people have already sided with Li Xin.

Many small and medium-sized salt merchants are afraid that at this time, they are eager for the four major families to continue to carry on. After all, the four major families have great wealth, and once they are out, for other salt merchants, they may be able to get more salt from Huashanjun. Correspondingly, the money you make will naturally be more.

This is a matter of vital interests, and these salt merchants know it very well. At this time, everyone present seemed to have become competitors, and the alliance, which was not very stable, had already collapsed.

The only thing left is the four major families and some of their hardcore attachments. Wang Yun knew this, so even if he was extremely aggrieved at this moment, he had to put on a smiling face.

"What the general said just now is reasonable, how dare the grass people and others put their beaks! It was the grass people and others who were ignorant and did not know that the general had already made arrangements. What the general said, that's perfectly suited! The grass people and others did not have the slightest opposition, everything was according to what the general said! Wang Yun bowed.

"We are all willing to hand over the salt pond at home to the Huashan Army and obey the arrangement of the Huashan Army! From then on, he will specialize in business and work for the benefit of the people! Zhang Jichuan also spoke.

"What about the Li and Chen families? What are the opinions? Li Xin glanced at the remaining two, and they had to say it themselves.

"We are all willing to hand over the salt pool! Please only ask the general to allow us to continue selling salt from the merchants! Li Yu said.

"Very well, in this way, the return of salt and iron to the official camp is a matter of unanimous agreement. In the next few days, you are to leave all the books of the salt pond, and when the handover of the people sent by the government is complete, you will withdraw the stewards of your own house. As for the salt workers, they were left in their place, and they were all turned into good citizens on the spot. If there is a document in your hand, you must take it out, are you willing? Seeing that the last few people also agreed, Li Xin said.

In ancient times, salt workers could be said to be very hard work, and this kind of thing, unless the ordinary people were desperate, who would do it. So, in many cases, the people who control the salt ponds basically do it directly with slaves or tenants.

During the period of the Two Jin Dynasty and the Northern and Southern Dynasties, it was really too common for slaves and tenants to gather in one family. It is precisely because of the large number of this phenomenon that there are so many dock fort owners in the north, and they can set up so many dock forts to defend themselves.

After all, these slaves and tenants were often their personal armies, part of their defenses.

Needless to say, the words of the tenants, although there is a guest word, but at this time, because the rule of law is not good, or the rule of law is biased in favor of the powerful and powerful. So, basically, tenants have been reduced to the same status as slaves.

Li Xin freed those salt workers from the control of the major families and gave them the status of good citizens, on the one hand, in order to weaken the power of these big families. Another reason, of course, is that in the production of salt and iron, these skilled hands are indispensable.

Of course, the most important thing in the future is not to squeeze these workers. Otherwise, I am afraid they would rather go back as slave tenants than be good citizens.

At this time, the reason why many ordinary people became slaves and tenants was that many times they were automatically sold~ themselves. They also have no choice, after all, they are all trying to survive. Either to protect oneself or just to eat.

The taxes in the world are too heavy, and the law at this time, whether it is Jiang Zuo or other forces such as Yan Guo, is the same. Good citizens have to pay taxes, but slaves and tenants of the major families are exempt from taxes.

In addition, good citizens also have to bear heavy labor, so many people would rather be slaves and tenants of the wealthy families than ordinary people.

If it weren't for the fear that the steps would be too big and he would not be able to take care of them at all, Li Xin would probably have directly ordered that all the wealthy families under his rule should not keep slaves and not recruit too many tenants. But it is clear that this will be a direction for him to work towards in the future.

Hearing his words, Wang Yun and the others couldn't help but be silent for a while, but quickly agreed. In fact, things have developed to this point, and they have even given up the salt pond, and these salt workers are not so important to them.

"Okay, this matter has been basically agreed upon so far. It's not too early, so let's go back and rest! Soon, the first batch of salt tickets will be sent out, and if you want to get them earlier, you'd better wait a few more days in Chang'an! Li Xin stood up and said.

"Congratulations to the General!" Everyone hurriedly bowed down, and after Li Xin walked out of the main hall, they walked towards the hall in groups.

At this time, it was already the middle of the night, but these people had no sleepiness, and it was estimated that they would not be able to fall asleep again tonight. A lot of people got together, ready to discuss what was going on.

Li Xin was different from those people, after leaving the main hall, he didn't stay much, and went directly back to his residence. He's been busy with this for a few days, and he's barely rested, and now he has to go and get a good night's sleep!

Early the next morning, he returned to the central government office, gathered his ministers, and held a special meeting for this matter.

There were not many people attending the meeting, only Wang Meng, Zhou Fang, Xu Fuzi, Lao Ma and Tu Qi!

"That's the way it is! Next, the first thing we have to do is to take back all those salt ponds! Jingluo should arrange good people here and quickly receive the salt pond. At the same time, I will order Peng Lin to lead the army south and temporarily garrison it in the north of Yanchi, so that even if those people in Hedong are unwilling and want to take risks, we can deal with it calmly! After talking about the whole thing, Li Xin finally said.

Hearing such a plan, the people present, except for Wang Meng and Tu Qi, who had already known a rough idea, the rest of the people couldn't help but be very surprised. Even Wang Meng didn't know until this moment that Li Xin had prepared things in such detail.

"Han Tang does things, it really doesn't leak, if it were a few of us, how could I think of so much! Not to mention letting those people obediently spit out the salt pond in their hands! Zhou Fang sighed again and again.

"I have to say, this hand is beautiful! Those who wanted the right to sell salt had to give up the salt ponds. The most important thing is that a right to sell salt will divide them and cannot form a unified situation. For our next disposal, it is too convenient! Xu Fuzi also praised.

"On the manpower side, I'll mobilize it as soon as possible! If I guessed correctly, in a few days, these salt and iron merchants will send the first batch of grain over to exchange for salt and iron tickets! This is a timely rain for us. However, this matter is too important, and in my opinion, it is better to send someone to manage it. Especially the price of the exchange between the salt and iron tickets and the grain, you have to design it well, otherwise, don't lose yourself and cheapen them! Wang Meng thought for a moment and added.

"That's one of the reasons I called you! The matter of salt, I decided to temporarily hand over the matter to Xu Fuzi to be responsible, how much salt is produced in various places, how many salt workers are there, how many materials are used, how much cost is used, and how much market price is used, you have to sort these out and record them. The price of salt stamps is not fixed, but changes according to the market price and the amount of inventory! As for the iron ticket, Lao Ma is in charge of temporarily taking over all the mines, which is also recorded, and the miners handle it according to the salt workers! Li Xin glanced at him approvingly, a wizard is a genius, and he saw the key at a glance.

"The stakes are high, and I'm going to take it myself! It's just that we still have too few people. In particular, there are fewer people who can be of great use, so it is not easy to do such a major thing well! After thinking for a while, Xu Fuzi said.

"There are a lot of people under me who work in iron, but there are very few people who can read and write, and I am afraid that I can't do the things in the mine!" In contrast, the old horse seemed even less confident.

At the critical moment, this thing that restricts the development of the Huashan Army has reappeared. Hearing this, Li Xin couldn't help frowning, this kind of thing can't be solved by just relying on wisdom, but has the most real needs!