The eldest grandson Wuji was very entangled.

He really doesn't want to do something like this that affects his own interests.

Even, whoever does it, he will fight with whomever he wants.

But now, the person who wants to move his interests is Li Shimin.

The eldest grandson Wuji glanced up at Li Shimin slightly, and said: "Shengshang, the minister thinks that what Lord Qin said has some truth, and the control of salt sales by the imperial court will indeed help to control the price of salt, and the imperial court can also obtain huge profits and enrich the treasury, but in this case, the price of salt is bound to rise, at that time, the life of the people will not be easy, the saint has just ascended the throne, it is the time to bless the world, I am afraid that it is inappropriate to do this." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji is a smart person, he will not directly refuse to say that this is not good, he wants to make Li Shimin feel that it is inappropriate to do this.

There is no profit in salt, and if the salt producers do not do it, it may lead to an increase in prices, and the imperial court will extract profits from it, or if the salt tax is levied, it may lead to an increase in the price of salt.

Originally, their purpose was to control the price of salt, but in the end, the price of salt rose, isn't this more than worth the loss?

The eldest grandson Wuji put the stakes on Li Shimin, and now, Li Shimin is beginning to get entangled.

During the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, in order to increase the income of the imperial court, the salt became a monopoly of the imperial court, and for so many years after that, sometimes it was monopolized, and sometimes it was levied on the salt, and a large part of the profits of salt were controlled by the imperial court.

It's just that when it came to the Sui Dynasty, because the Sui Dynasty was too wealthy to look down on the salt class, it was abolished.

And it has been used until now, but their current situation in Datang cannot be compared with the three years of Kaihuang.

With such a big profit, Li Shimin really ate it, but what the eldest grandson Wuji said is not unreasonable.

When Li Shimin was entangled, Qin Tian, who had picked out the incident, was standing next to him, without any intention of interjecting, as if this matter had nothing to do with him.

Seeing Qin Tian like this, Li Shimin suddenly had an urge to smoke him, how come you see that the matter is not easy to solve, you kid want to get out of the matter?

There's such a cheap thing in the world.

Li Shimin's eyebrows moved slightly, and he said, "Qin Aiqing, tell me your opinion." ”

Seeing that he was asked, Qin Tian straightened up and said, "Holy Lord, the minister thinks that the eldest grandson is reasonable. ”

When these words came out, Li Shimin almost scolded him, he felt that Qin Tian had really fallen, and when he saw that the situation was wrong, he actually changed his words.

The eldest grandson Wuji's side is relieved, and he is afraid that his financial path will be saved.

But at this time, Qin Tian suddenly said: "Salt is controlled by the imperial court, which is indeed beneficial to the imperial court, and for the people, it will increase some costs, mainly because there is less salt production, and the cost increases, and the price of salt will increase, but the minister thinks that it is easy to solve this matter." ”

This turn is a bit big, after Qin Tian finished speaking, the mood of Li Shimin and Eldest Sun Wuji suddenly changed.

Li Shimin pursed his lips and said, "The price of salt must be controlled, and the imperial court must also profit from it, what do you say?" ”

Qin Tiandao: "The main problem is the amount of salt produced, if the amount of salt production increases, and the efficiency of salt production has improved a lot, then the cost of salt production can naturally be reduced, and the cost of salt production is low, so it can be sold at the current parity price, whether it is salt production or the imperial court, it is profitable." ”

There are several aspects to the impact of prices, and the most important aspect is the cost, if the cost can be reduced, even if the imperial court levies a salt tax, the price of salt will not rise, or even decrease.

Improving efficiency is always the easiest way to reduce costs.

After Qin Tian finished speaking, the eldest grandson Wuji's heart sank slightly, and then he stood up again, and said: "It sounds good, is the cost easy to reduce, is the efficiency easy to improve, today's salt production methods are much better than before, but the annual salt production is still not high, your Qin Tian's family is rich, not bad for salt, so I don't know, but now many poor people in my Datang are not very able to afford salt Do you know, they may dare to take a few grains and put them in their mouths to taste a day, if the efficiency cannot be improved, the price of salt has risen, How do you say? ”

At this time, the eldest grandson Wuji was really a little angry, and if he dared to touch his own wealth, it would be like killing his father's enemy.

Qin Tian didn't expect the eldest grandson Wuji to be like this, and Li Shimin was also stunned for a moment.

"Ahem......"

Li Shimin coughed dryly twice, and the eldest grandson Wuji relented a little.

At this time, Qin Tiandao: "Shengshang, now my Datang's salt-making process, to be honest, is too poor, not only the yield is low, but also the coarse salt produced is the majority, but the refined salt is very small, here, there are some ways to make salt, which can not only improve efficiency and increase the output of salt, but also increase the output of refined salt." ”

After saying this, Li Shimin's heart was for a while, the difference between refined salt and coarse salt must be very big, and there is very little refined salt, so only some powerful people can afford to eat it, like ordinary people, even coarse salt sometimes dare not eat more.

If Qin Tian really has a way to improve the efficiency of salt production, it can be said that it will be indispensable to the development of Datang.

"Qin Aiqing, what you said is true?"

"In front of the saints, how dare the minister lie and say that the minister has a salt-making process for different environments, such as the beach, we can dry the salt, the well salt has the method of well salt, and the lake salt has the method of lake salt......"

Qin Tian muttered that Qin Tian had improved the process of making salt in every place, and if he made salt according to what he said, the efficiency would be at least three to five times higher than before.

Although the increase is not very much, it is only three to five times, and after the imperial court makes a profit, it can still greatly reduce the cost of salt, and thus reduce the price of salt.

After Li Shimin listened, he looked overjoyed and said, "Qin Aiqing has a good way, if it can really improve efficiency, it would be great." ”

Qin Tian smiled and said: "Shengshang, salt is monopolized by the imperial court, but the imperial court can't do business, so the minister's meaning, the salt introduction, salt merchants can rely on the salt introduction, buy goods from the imperial court, and then sell it, in this way, it can save the imperial court a lot of things, and can also develop the economy of the Tang Dynasty." ”

If someone does business, they will be able to develop the economy, of course, the reason why Qin Tian did this is also because he saw that there were too many people in the salt business in the DPRK and China, and if they were cut off all of a sudden, Li Shimin was not afraid, he was still a little jealous.

As a man, you can't cut off people's money, you should leave someone a way to live, or you still have to stay, otherwise you may encounter the same situation in the future.

Although he was an official, Qin Tian was still reluctant to make too many enemies.

Give some profits to the salt merchants, some profits to the salt makers, and the imperial court will extract some more, and everyone will win, which is still quite good.

When Eldest Sun Wuji heard this, his eyebrows immediately expanded.

(End of chapter)