The essence of this official camp is actually a sale, since it is a sale, it must be invested in the early stage, so the first two years of the imperial court was almost all investing, because there was no official foundation before the Tang Dynasty, which is equivalent to starting from scratch, and this is not a naturally formed demand, everything is artificial, it is a sudden national official camp, this must have a process, local states and counties want to run official camps, to build workshops, open stores, and recruit employees, and so on. Everything needs money, everything takes time, and the government doesn't care about the cost, anyway, it's not its own money, the Tang Dynasty has a large territory, and the policy is national, so you can imagine how big the investment is.

But this account is not no one can calculate, the reason why Li Yifu can get everyone's support is because everyone knows that salt, iron and wine are the necessities of the people's life, which will definitely make money, and in Chang'an and Luoyang, they are profitable, and officials can profit from it, but compared to the investment, it is simply a drop in the bucket, and the profits from Chang'an and Luoyang have been picked up by many layers, and the country has not made any money, but no matter what, since Chang'an and Luoyang can make profits, then the prefectures and counties should also make profits.

This year should also be to return the funds, and the key is this year, but this year has been halfway through, and no state or county has sent the money to Chang'an.

Li Yifu was also a little anxious this time, and the ancient communications were not developed, and he didn't know what was happening in various states and counties.

"No way, this can't be."

Xuanji Daoist paced around the hall and said: "Li Zhongshu, don't worry, I think there must be something wrong in it, this people can't do without salt, there is no reason why the salt tax can't be collected, I think Li Zhongshu has to send someone to investigate it quickly." ”

Li Yifu said: "I have already sent someone, this is really urgent for me, if I let me know which bastard is doing the obstruction, I will definitely not be able to spare him." ”

Daoist Xuanji looked at him, and suddenly felt the urge to laugh.

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Yuan family!

"Grandpa, the accounts of last year and this year, the court has not yet settled, and it already owes us a lot of money, which has never happened before, do you think we have to ask."

Yuan Xiu reported to Yuan Xi very depressedly.

In the past, when Yuan Zhe was here, it was the best time for the economy, but when he came, he encountered this kind of thing, which was really unfair. During this period, Yuan Zhe actually came back once, but the Yuan family believed that the Chang'an market had been taken over by the imperial court, and relatively speaking, the Liaodong Peninsula was more important to the Yuan family.

Yuan Le was a little frustrated and said: "Let's just say that we can't do business with the imperial court, we would rather send money to the imperial court, this imperial court has to rely on the debt, what can we do." ”

Yuan He snorted, "What can it be? Of course we want it, we are businessmen, if we don't give money, who will work for the court. I think let's stop the fleet first, and wait until the court settles the bill, and then we will ship goods to them. ”

Yuan Le said: "But this will offend the court." ”

Yuan Xi said: "I think the fourth brother is right, this business is about integrity, we have to send money to those boatmen, the court can't always let us cushion first, we don't have so much money to cushion, and the Guanzhong Group is not our Yuan family, we don't need to be too afraid." Yuan Xiu, you go to the household department and ask, when will you settle the bill? In addition, if the court does not settle the bill, we will not send the ship. ”

Yuan Xiu said: "Grandpa, the household department is not in charge of this matter, it has always been Li Yifu's son-in-law in charge. ”

Yuan Xi said: "Who is Li Yifu, let's go to him, it will only be humiliating, the household department is the place to manage money, of course we will go to the household department to ask for money." ”

Li Yifu is so big, this fund is dwarfed, he is trying to owe it first, and if he can not give, he will not give, and as far as Li Yifu is a person, will it still be a question, there is no integrity in his heart, this is actually Li Yifu is changing direction to deprive merchants of their wealth, in fact, the clay over there is even worse, because everything needs clay pots, but the clay people are honest, they dare not ask the court for money, the court takes goods from him, he doesn't even dare to say a "no" word, and the clay is born in Tian Sheweng, I don't want to leave my hometown, and I'm still there to die, and if I continue to play like this, I guess he won't be able to last long.

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Daheungzenji Temple.

"Daddy really didn't expect it wrong, Han Yi did set up a trap in this."

Cui Jijian said to Cui Pingzhong: "According to the child's understanding, the national finances may have encountered great trouble now, and the imperial court can't even settle the accounts of our Shandong Group and Guanzhong Group, and now the Guanzhong Group has decided that if the imperial court does not settle the accounts, it will no longer send ships, and the same is true for our Shandong Group." At the beginning, Han Yicao was restructured and handed over most of the transportation tasks to private individuals, if we didn't send ships, let alone sell salt to the imperial court, I am afraid that even the officials in Chang'an would not have anything to eat. ”

Cui Pingzhong said with a flat face: "This should be just the beginning, I believe there are more surprises to come." How's your preparation going? ”

Cui Jijian nodded and said: "It's all ready, the child has quietly bought a lot of grain in Shandong, and when the land price rises, we will exchange our land for a lot of copper money, if everything is as Daddy expected, when Han Yi comes back and returns to his policy, then our wealth will have to increase at least fifty times, or even a hundred times." ”

He likes to do this, to take a ride and steal the victories of others.

But then Cui Jijian said again: "But if it doesn't work, that kid can't explain to the rest of the family at all." ”

Cui Pingzhong said confidently: "There shouldn't be anything wrong with this, but don't be too happy, when it comes to business, our father and son together are not Han Yi's opponents, you have to learn from Han Yi modestly." ”

Cui Jijian said: "The child knows, and the child has been learning from him. ”

Although he is arrogant, he is very humble when it comes to learning, and he has indeed been learning Han Yi's tricks all the time.

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Sikong Province.

"Little nephew to see uncle."

A man in his thirties respectfully knelt in front of Li Ji and bowed.

"Nephew Xu Xian, hurry up."

This person is dressed plainly, and he looks like a farmer, but Li Ji is very enthusiastic about him.

It turned out that this person's surname was Xu, Mingxing, a native of Xianyang, his father was the guard army around Li Ji, and when he conquered Goguryeo, he died on the battlefield, and Li Ji took great care of his children.

"Why did the virtuous nephew suddenly come to Chang'an?" Li Ji asked.

Xu Xingdao: "Back to my uncle, the little nephew --- the little nephew came here to ask my uncle about something by those uncles and uncles in the township. ”

It's hard to say.

Li Ji was curious: "What's the matter?" You said. ”

Xu Xingdao: "That's the case, our Zhaoyi College in Xianyang didn't open for a long time, and it suddenly closed in the second half of this year, and the local government said that there was no money." ”

"Is there such a thing?"

Xu Xing nodded.

Li Ji frowned slightly, and said: "The old man doesn't know about this matter, so let's do it, you live in the house for a few days first, and the old man will ask." ”

This Xianyang's military registration households are all Li Ji's guards, Li Ji has absolutely nothing to say to his subordinates, and his rewards are basically given to his subordinates, and he doesn't take a penny. Zhaoyi College, which is a military household, is a welfare for soldiers, although this matter is not a big deal, but as a representative of the military, he can't sit idly by, you can't cut the welfare of our military for no reason!

However, Li Ji couldn't come forward in person for this little thing, so he called Li Siwen and asked him to inquire.

After hearing this, Li Siwen immediately said: "Dad, you don't need to inquire about this matter, the child knows the reason." ”

Li Ji hurriedly asked, "Then you don't want to say it quickly." ”

"The court has no money!"

"What do you mean by that--- you mean?" Li Ji was a little confused.

Li Siwen said: "It's just that the imperial court has no money, not only the Zhaoyi Academy in Xianyang has closed, but the Zhaoyi Academy under construction has also stopped." ”

Li Ji said: "How can the imperial court have no money? ”

Li Siwen said with a smile: "This kid doesn't know, if Daddy wants to know, I'm afraid I have to ask Li Yifu them, the child only knows, the biggest donor of Zhaoyi Academy in the past, but those businessmen, now that the businessmen are gone, who still donates money to Zhaoyi Academy, can only be borne by the imperial court, but it is rumored that the imperial court can't even pay the freight of the Guanzhong Group and the Shandong Group, so Zhaoyi Academy is not to mention." ”

Li Ji was shocked and said, "How can this be." ”

Li Siwen said: "Han Yi has only been gone for a few years, and it has become like this, Li Yifu's ability is really not small!" ”

Li Ji glared at him and said, "Are you kid gloating?" ”

Li Siwen hurriedly looked at him and said, "The child doesn't." ”

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Commercial Taxation Bureau.

"Yuan Gongzi, what do you mean? How dare you not transport the goods of the imperial court? ”

Liu Yuanzhen asked at Yuan Xiu.

Yuan Xiu went to find the household department first, Xu Yushi didn't want to pay attention to it, this benefit is not my share, it has made Li Yifu's family greedy, and this money will come to me, so Xu Yushi ran to find Li Yifu, you have to come forward to deal with it, I don't know what the situation is.

Li Yifu saw that Yuan Xiu also dared to come to the door, so he asked Liu Yuanzhen to deal with this matter.

Yuan Xiu cried and said with a sad face: "Young Eunuch Liu, it's not that we don't help the imperial court transport, but the imperial court hasn't settled the accounts for two years. ”

"Will the court lose your money?"

"But we want to pay those boatmen, our Guanzhong Group can't even pay them, and those boatmen say that if we don't pay them, they won't do it."

"If you don't give me this set, how much money does your Yuan family have, I don't know?"

"But the Guanzhong Group was not opened by our Yuan family, many scholars in Guanzhong participated, and they didn't agree, and my Yuan family was helpless!"

The court will push, and this businessman will also push!

Anyway, the Guanzhong Group is not bought and sold by the Yuan family itself, and the Yuan family is not afraid, the Guanzhong Group is all composed of the Guanzhong clan and the gate valve, if you can overturn them all with one rod, then you are ruthless.

"Okay! Okay! You are going to go against the imperial court, that's okay, the imperial court will do it itself, you don't need it anymore, your boat will be put on the dock and slowly rot, no, the court will take back the dock, and your ship will have only one end, that is, it will be chopped and burned as firewood. ”

Liu Yuanzhen pointed at Yuan Xiu's nose and scolded.

Yuan Xiu was silent, muttering in his heart, you can't even pay the freight, you still want to build ships, you still want to engage in transportation, you take your life to do it, bluff me, I was fooled by my uncle and grew up.

Liu Yuanzhen saw that he couldn't frighten Yuan Xiu, and he was embarrassed for a while, and said with a blushing face: "What are you still doing standing here?" ”

Yuan Xiu bowed, and then retreated, feeling aggrieved in his heart, who owed whom money!

Liu Yuanzhen returned to the mansion and told Li Yifu the results of the negotiations.

"How can this be reasonable, their Yuan family dares to do this, I will never spare them." Li Yifu said angrily: "They do this, okay, they don't want to get a penny, and when the salt tax comes up, I will immediately make this matter clear to Your Majesty and restart the luck." ”

Liu Yuanzhen said: "But neither the Shandong Group nor the Guanzhong Group will go out of the ship, and our salt and wine cannot be transported to various places." ”

Li Yifu frowned slightly, and said, "Then let it go first, and wait until the money is collected." ”

He thought it was very good, but unfortunately this money was far away!

The person he sent to investigate had just arrived in Bianzhou, and he found out the ins and outs of the matter, so he hurried back to report.

"Master, the villain has all found out, it turns out that most of our goods have not been sold, and almost all states and counties are losing money."

"What?"

Li Yifu shook his body when he heard this, and almost fainted, this is life-saving money. "How is this possible, don't the people now need to eat salt?"

"Back to the master, according to the villain's investigation, there are people smuggling smuggled salt in various states and counties, and the villain has found a lot of illicit salt in Bianzhou, because their prices are cheaper than ours, so the people choose to buy illicit salt, which makes it difficult for our salt to be sold."

"Illicit salt?"

Li Yifu was stunned for a moment.