After getting rid of the eldest grandson Wuji, the next thing will be much easier.

The next morning, when Qin Tian mentioned this matter again, basically no one objected.

However, although these things have been decided, they are not immediately implemented.

Although the imperial court wanted to take back the power to sell salt, these could not be done until the salt-making process of Qin Tian was used on a large scale.

Only when the salt production of the Tang Dynasty increased, and the increase reached their expectations, would the imperial court take over the salt trade.

At that time, salt merchants could only continue their salt business after receiving salt introductions.

It's just that although this policy has not yet been implemented, the news has slowly spread.

After the news spread, those salt merchants in Chang'an City finally became anxious.

If the imperial court really does this, and they can't get the salt, then they won't have any business to do in the future.

In the afternoon of this day, as soon as Qin Tian arrived at the gate of the mansion, he saw a few carriages listening, and he was just about to ask, when several people suddenly ran out from behind the carriage.

As soon as Qin Tian saw it, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"It turned out to be you, what are you doing in front of the Benhou Mansion?"

The people who came were none other than those salt merchants in Chang'an City, that is, Yang Wu and a few of them.

When these people saw Qin Tianhou, they hurriedly trotted over.

"Master Hou, my Lord Hou, what you said before is too right, we discussed it a few times, and we felt that we couldn't endanger the stability of Datang, so we have lowered the price of salt."

"Yes, Master Hou, we have great respect for you......"

“…………”

A few people patted their ass, and Qin Tian smiled: "Only now do you think of reducing the price?" ”

"Master Hou, we ...... Aren't we slow to react, you don't care about villains, don't be like us. ”

Qin Tian waved his hand: "Okay, Ben Hou is too lazy to talk nonsense with you, just do what you have to do." ”

"Master Hou, what about this salt introduction?"

"It's nothing for you, do business, pay attention to no trust, you raise prices privately, causing turmoil in Chang'an, Benhou didn't cure your sin It's already very good, you still want to do salt business in the future?"

Qin Tian was very ruthless, and after saying this, Yang Wu and the others immediately panicked.

"Master Hou, don't we know that we are wrong, you can spare us."

"yes, spare us."

Qin Tian would not believe the words of the merchants, at least for the words of the merchants like Yang Wu, he would not believe them, the merchants did everything in order to achieve their own goals, so how could he trust these people?

"Needless to say, Ben Hou has already told the imperial court, but if there is a lack of credibility, the imperial court will not cooperate, if you are smart, go to other businesses as soon as possible, if you continue to do salt business, then the consequences will be unimaginable."

After the salt introduction system came out, other people who did not get the salt introduction were not able to sell salt, and if they were caught, they would be dealt with as the crime of selling illegal salt, which was not light.

After Yang Wu and the others heard this, they suddenly felt that the sky was about to fall.

They regretted it very much, they knew that Qin Tian was not easy to mess with, why did they have to go against Qin Tian when Qin Tian was looking for them, now that they are okay, the way to make money has been blocked.

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After Qin Tian told some craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry about the process of making salt, he asked them to spread the process to various places, and at the same time, the yamen in various places had to send people to control the salt mines.

Because, after the salt is made, it will be handed over to the imperial court for distribution.

No one is allowed to sell it privately.

At this point, Qin Tian had already made sufficient preparations.

Once the salt is monopolized by the imperial court, the activities of private salt will be slowly frequent, even if the price of salt in the Tang Dynasty does not rise, even if the price is reduced, there are still people who will do private salt business, and the people are greedy for cheap, and they will take the risk to buy.

After the salt is made, after being exploited by the imperial court and the salt merchants, the price in the hands of the common people will not be very low, but if you sell illicit salt, you can avoid the salt merchants and the imperial court's commission, so that even if the smuggler sells it at a very low price, they can still make money.

People have profit-seeking, and at that time, even if it is dangerous, there are people who do it.

Therefore, it is particularly important to control the salt and prevent the produced salt from flowing out.

Salt production in various places, on the side of Chang'an City, gradually calmed down.

Merchants came and went, the eastern and western cities were more prosperous than ever, and the imperial court was busy with all kinds of things every day, and everything was on track.

In the blink of an eye, it was the beginning of August.

In Chang'an in August, it can be seen that it is withering, and the wind is blowing more chilly.

On this day, as soon as Qin Tian arrived in Shangshu Province, Han Xiao, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, came over.

"Master Hou, seeing that the weather is getting colder day by day, I'm afraid this Chang'an City will not be peaceful, I mean, why don't you recruit some temporary officials?"

After the winter, law and order will become a big problem.

This situation is like this now, even in the future, the same is true, winter, many people's lives will be difficult, and people in difficult times, in order to be able to live better, may have to take risks and do some illegal times.

For example, stealing someone's chicken, taking away someone's sheep or something.

In winter, there are more than twice as many such cases than usual.

At this time, Chang'an City has not yet reached the state of not leaving the road behind and not closing the door at night, so in winter, the investment in patrol personnel will increase a lot.

But after this time period, there is no need for so many personnel, so many times, the yamen will not recruit formal officials, but when winter comes, recruit some temporary workers and let them help patrol, which can reduce the cost of the yamen.

Han Xiao told Qin Tian about the situation, and after Qin Tian heard it, he thought for a moment, if he recruited temporary workers, although it was a bit of a money-saving, but to give them food, drink, and wages, to be honest, it would be a lot of expenses in a few months.

If there was no Weishui Alliance, Datang would not have to give money to the Turks, and Datang would have paid for this expense, but now, if it can be saved, it will be saved.

In comparison, raising a few police dogs should be more cost-effective than hiring a few people.

Moreover, police dogs can also assist in solving crimes and catching thieves, which is much easier to use than people.

This idea, Qin Tian had already had it when Shizi was killed, but he had been very busy, so he didn't have time to do it, and now that Han Xiao mentioned it, he felt that he might as well give it a try.

"Lord Han, don't be in a hurry to recruit temporary workers, you can find me a few dog lovers from among those servants, and let them go with me to the Yaren Market in the afternoon."

(End of chapter)