"Well, before the grass people answer this question, can your majesty answer a question about the grass people." Sun Xiangfu touched his nose and organized his words.

"You haven't said half a word about what I want to know! Just ask me first, okay, you ask, if you dare to lie or omit a thing for a while, I will shackle you for the rest of your life. Li Shimin said with some annoyance.

"That, Your Majesty wants a long-term Lingnan?" Sun Xiangfu said more simply.

Hearing this, Li Shimin was stunned, isn't this nonsense? The emperor did not want his rule to be stable for a long time.

"Of course, if you have any clever ideas, just offer them, and I will be happy as soon as I am happy, and after a hundred days of shackling you, I will change other criminal laws to punish you."

Mother's legs, this is an endless rhythm! Sun Xiangfu said with a bitter face when he heard this, "Uh, I, okay!" You are Your Majesty, you can do whatever you want, and the grass people have said what they should say, which can be regarded as fulfilling the obligations of the people.

That, the grass people read few books, but they also know that there is an old saying called 'Cang Liao is solid and knows etiquette, and food and clothing are enough to know honor and disgrace.' ’

If you want Lingnan to have long-term peace and stability, you must make Lingnan rich, and at some point, it will be beneficial to the people, which will be beneficial to the country. ”

Let the benefit of the people, hide the wealth from the people, this is exactly Li Shimin's idea of governing the country, what surprised him was that Sun Xiangfu, a peasant son, had such a high ideological consciousness and understood the importance of 'benefit' in the people.

"You have a point."

"But don't think I'm so easy to deceive, how big and profitable these industries can be, you have to be honest today."

Li Shimin just nodded to agree with what Sun Xiangfu said, but found that it was wrong, this kid said that it would benefit the people, who is this people? It's not him Sun Zhengming, who else can make so many good things, so his tone suddenly became stern.

"Well, Your Majesty, in fact, Yue Guogong has a plan, that is, to make the people of Lingnan return to the king during his lifetime, so at that time, the grass people handed over the sugar production process to him, and Yue Gong will use the output of the sugar workshop to maintain free medical care in Lingnan, and if he masters medical treatment, he will master the hearts of the people of Lingnan.

In addition, even if there is a surplus, it will be distributed to the young people in those tribes in Lingnan who were recruited by him to work, and these young people have gained benefits, and they will definitely not be willing to return to the tribe to give the benefits to their leaders in vain, and over time, the backbone of these tribes will be estranged from the tribal leaders, and at that time, the Yue Guogong will have the opportunity to break the situation of the tribal division of the Baiyue tribes for thousands of years. ”

"So, you still haven't told me how big this industry can be, Sun Zhengming, don't talk about it left and right, Feng Zhidai has already told me about these things." Li Shimin looked impatient soon, if you don't say it, don't blame Brother for being polite.

"Your Majesty, Lingnan is full of fruit trees, and there are so many sugarcanes that you can't eat them all, if you throw off your arms to make it, the sugar produced in a year can reach hundreds of thousands of stones, and if there is more sugar, the price is cheap.

Well, this hunger marketing means that the market always feels out of stock.

In this way, those Hu merchants must be willing to pay a high price to buy our sugar, and how big this industry will be depends mainly on how many of our goods can be eaten by the Hu merchants in the Western Regions at a high price. Sun Xiangfu lowered his head and said.

"Can you produce hundreds of thousands of stones a year? No wonder Feng Zhidai has 3,000 stone candy in his gift list! I almost gave him a boatload of silver from the Wa Kingdom as a gift in return. ”

Li Shimin was a little stunned when he heard this, it turned out that Lingnan was full of fruit trees and couldn't eat sugarcane, and it seemed that he should pay more attention to Lingnan.

"You kid, what are you doing in a daze, you haven't finished talking yet! What's the deal with salted fish? ”

"Well, this, in fact, you should ask Uncle Wei Harmony Wei, it was he who found that the fishermen had a salty smell on the shore of Lingnan, and the grass people tried to add those salted fish to the bean sauce to try to make a seasoning, who knows that it will really work, after this salted fish is added to the bean sauce, the whole bean sauce is salty, which can supplement the salt required by people.

So, the grass people let the soybean paste workshop in Yangzhou to purchase salted fish from Lingnan, the purchase price is 30 Wen a catty, you know, it is dangerous to go to sea to fish, dry salted fish, and from Lingnan to transport salted fish to Yangzhou also requires a lot of manpower and material resources, the price of 30 Wen is not high.

Nowadays, there are too many soybeans produced in Datang, and the price is cheap, so the soybean paste made by the distribution of fish and beans will be sold very cheaply after it is listed, about 20 yuan a catty, and the height will not exceed 30 yuan. Sun Xiangfu took out the excuse he had thought of a long time ago.

"Hmph, in this way, the people are all going to eat your salted fish and bean paste, so the salt of the court can't be sold, and the tax is greatly reduced, how should it be calculated?"

When Li Shimin heard this, instead of disliking, he snorted angrily. Even if it is calculated at 30 wen a catty, it is much more cost-effective for the people to buy this salted fish and bean paste than to buy salt to eat, and at that time, the salt tax of the imperial court may collapse.

"Well, that's easy! Let the imperial court send the officials who were originally in charge of salt tax to the soybean paste workshop in Yangzhou to collect taxes! The imperial court's salt tax is levied geometrically, and you are guaranteed to be able to collect it back at the bean paste workshop.

Speaking of which, in fact, it proves that our Datang's market tax is a bit backward, and the businessman is willing to take the initiative to go to the place where the tax is collected to trade! Tax officials should be sent to major output workshops to collect taxes according to the flow of shipments. ”

Sun Xiangfu said this, Li Shimin felt that it seemed to be a little reasonable, but because the soybean paste workshop has the shares of the East Palace and several powerful people, it is not to collect taxes, since there is a loss in the salt tax, then it is enough to make up for the salted fish and bean paste that caused the damage to the salt tax, but the tax system is a big problem, not as easy as Sun Xiangfu said in a few words, once the person responsible for tax collection has the right to take the initiative to collect taxes, then, it is difficult to guarantee that these people will not exploit the merchants, and when the time comes, it may lead to the collapse of the entire business, after all, the business and trade in the early Tang Dynasty were not prosperous, the businessman has a low status and cannot withstand such a blow.

"Say, what other industries do you have in Lingnan?" Salted fish and bean paste is an industry that benefits the whole people, which is of great significance, Li Shimin will definitely formulate a series of policies according to the reaction of the market later, this is not something that Sun Xiangfu will do if he gives a suggestion, Li Shimin will do it, but after asking for a long time, Li Shimin did not get any practical benefits, so he was still a little annoyed.

"That, the grass people and Yue Gong reached a cooperation agreement, and after the grass people have built a few more water ships like the Happiness that can sail against the current, they will regularly go back and forth to Lingnan to sell some fresh fruits to Chang'an for sale, I believe you have a taste of the fruits that come with the ship this time! In the future, these things will be sold every day in the markets of Chang'an. ”

"I know that your kid will have private property, and this business was negotiated when you were my retainer, so I won't let you work in vain to count my property, and will give you two percent of the profits, and after you start operating, remember to pay the account to the palace every month." After that, Li Shimin didn't care about Sun Xiangfu's bitter expression, turned around and left.

"Damn, as the Son of Heaven, you are rare with these three melons and two dates, and you can't let people live."

After Li Shimin was gone, Sun Xiangfu lowered his voice and complained.

"Husband, be cautious, what Your Majesty said is right!" Yu Xiu'er covered Sun Xiangfu's mouth worriedly.

"Hehe, of course my husband knows, it's just a joke to vent, he can't dig up the things that really make money." Sun Xiangfu took the opportunity to kiss Yu Xiu'er's little hand and said with a cheap smile.

The fresh business is Sun Xiangfu's most unprofitable business in Lingnan's industry, as for sugar, Sun Xiangfu knew early on that Li Shimin would exploit it, so he had already discussed it with Feng An, accounting for fifty percent of Feng An's place, in addition, the future output of Lingnan's fields is also a lot, at least three seasons a year, hundreds of thousands of stone grain per quarter!

Of course, the most profitable will be the sea fleet built in the future, and after Zhao Long trains the people in Lingnan, Sun Xiangfu will equip them with at least ten ships like the Happiness, and then go overseas casually, and the income earned is difficult to calculate in a specific amount, think about the gold mines hidden in the mangrove forests in Lingnan!