The person who came out at this time was none other than Lu Zhi, the head of the household.

Lu Zhi is from the Lu family of Fanyang, and is the representative and leader of the Lu family in the court, and even the person who proposed to marry the daughter of the Lu family to Zhang Sizheng in order to obtain the support of Gao Ming is also Lu Zhi.

In fact, Lu Zhi was also forced to do this out of desperation, because the Lu family's situation was not very good.

As the saying goes, it is called "every family has a scripture that is difficult to read", although Fan Yang Lu's family belongs to the family gate valve of the five surnames and seven hopes, but it is indeed at the bottom, the main reason is because they are too close to the "two cui".

"Two Cui" refers to the Qinghe Cui clan and the Boling Cui clan, both of which are stronger than the Lu clan in both the DPRK and the opposition forces, and more importantly, these two are already in the same vein, and now the relationship is also very good.

People say that they rely on the mountains to eat the mountains and rely on the water to draft the water, and with such a strong neighbor as "Liang Cui", it is naturally not so easy for Fan Yang Lu's family to reap the benefits.

In the face of the predicament, the people of the Lu family did not sit still, but learned from the "successful experience" of the Cui family in Qinghe.

Didn't your Qinghe Cui family marry their daughter to Cheng Yanjin? Then our Lu family will too!

So, at that time, the head of the Fan Yang Lu family made an important decision, that is, to marry the Lu family's concubine to Fang Xuanling.

As the saying goes, it is called "there are people in the court who are easy to do", and with Fang Xuanling helping him, the Lu family finally got a chance to turn over.

Now that more than 20 years have passed, the Lu family has also stabilized its position and become a member of the five surnames and seven wangs, although it is ranked lower, but at least it is a little stronger than the Wang family in Taiyuan.

Today's Taiyuan Wang family is not as good as before, and many people have called it "the Wang family", which means that the current Wang family has become a family like an ornament.

In private, some people have excluded the Taiyuan Wang family from the "five surnames and seven hopes", leaving only the four surnames "Li, Cui, Zheng, and Lu".

It is estimated that the Wang family was also forced to have no choice, seeing that Gao Ming was so strong, he simply gritted his teeth and married an unmarried girl in the family to Li Goudan to get Gao Ming's support.

In fact, they did the right thing, not to mention anything else, just Li Goudan is now less than thirty years old, and he has become a Jinju assassin from the point of view, he is a potential stock worth investing in!

And for the sake of Gao Ming's face, the eldest grandson of the court, Wuji, Cheng Yanjin and others will give Wang Ze some face, which also increases the power of the Wang family in the court a lot.

The biggest advantage of the Lu family is that they are good at learning, and seeing that the Wang family is about to climb on top of themselves by relying on marrying a daughter, Lu Zhi immediately made a decision and prepared to marry his niece to another confidant of Gao Ming, Zhang Sizheng.

Lu Zhi's attitude was very resolute, and after learning that Zhang Sizheng went to Jinzhou, he even did not hesitate to let people chase him to Jinzhou and gain Zhang Sizheng's favor.

Now, it's finally time to harvest!

As Lu Zhi expected, in less than three months, Gao Ming made a big move, expanding the hundred cavalry guards from a small group of less than 200 people to a large army of nearly 20,000 people, and Zhang Sizheng's identity also rose with it, becoming the commander of 10,000 people.

The Tang Dynasty attaches great importance to military merits, so military generals are more popular than civilian officials, so even if there is no influence of Gao Ming, Zhang Sizheng's current status alone is enough to be qualified to marry Lu Zhi's niece.

What's more, in Lu Zhi's opinion, it is impossible for Gao Ming not to say anything at all.

It was precisely because of this idea that when Gao Ming sent someone to invite him to the royal club, Lu Zhi immediately put down what he was doing and came in a hurry.

After meeting Lu Zhi, Gao Ming went straight to the point.

"Lu Zhi, I know that the reason why the Lu family married their daughter to Zhang Sizheng is mainly for my face, don't worry, I will give you a satisfactory dowry for the Lu family."

Of course, Lu Zhi would not think that the dowry given by Gao Ming was just some money, after all, as Gao Ming's status as a prince, it would be too vulgar to just give money, so Lu Zhi suddenly showed a trace of excitement.

"I don't know what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said about this dowry is ......"

Gao Ming didn't answer him directly, but pointed to the door behind him and smiled.

"You go to the house and drink tea first, and you'll know what the dowry is later."

Seeing that Gao Ming didn't say anything, Lu Zhi didn't want to ask much, so he could only obediently enter the room and wait for Gao Ming's answer.

After waiting for nearly half an hour, Lu Zhi finally heard the movement outside, so he hurriedly held his breath and listened carefully.

What Lu Zhi heard was nothing else, it was the conversation between Gao Ming and Tian Yi just now, and only after Tian Yi left, he opened the door and walked out.

Now when he heard Gao Ming ask him what he thought of Tian Yi, he smiled and bowed to Gao Ming.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is wise, this person is quite assertive, and he does not lack loyalty and courage, which is worth using!"

Lu Zhi, as the head of the Tang Dynasty, can be regarded as well-informed, and he is still very good at seeing people, Gao Ming also believes this, so after hearing his evaluation of Tian Yi, he also laughed.

"Haha, since Lord Lu is so optimistic about Tian Yi, then I will let him be my representative at that time, and I will be fully responsible for the affairs of Fanyang Salt Farm."

"Salt pans?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Lu Zhi immediately frowned.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince may have misremembered, right? We don't have a salt farm in Fanyang, and even the salt we usually use needs to be purchased from the salt merchants of the Cui family. ”

Speaking of this, a trace of helplessness flashed on Lu Zhi's face.

Gao Ming also knew why Lu Shi showed such an expression, and he couldn't help but laugh again.

"Haha, don't worry, it's three months soon, half a year at the latest, the Lu family won't have to buy salt from other people, not only that, but Fanyang will also become the largest salt producer in the entire Datang at that time!"

Gao Ming didn't lie, because according to the information he received, the Fanyang Lu family's sphere of influence included the Bohai Sea coast including Tianjin, and here, in later generations, there was a resounding name - Changlu Salt Farm!

Changlu Salt Farm is the largest salt field in China, the annual salt output accounts for a quarter of the country, and the Hangu Salt Farm alone has an annual output of an astonishing 1.19 million tons!

That's a scary number.

And Fan Yanglu's family occupies such a treasure land, but they still have to spend money to buy salt from others, which in Gao Ming's eyes is begging for food with a golden rice bowl.

However, Gao Ming was not surprised by this, after all, the Tang Dynasty mainly made salt by steaming in a pot, and the dried salt was only available during the Song Dynasty.

Because of this, Gao Ming plans to let the salt drying method come out in advance!

Thinking of this, Gao Ming suddenly became a little excited.

"Lao Lu, let me tell you, as long as you follow my method, the salt produced in a year is enough to supply the entire Tang Dynasty!"

As soon as Gao Ming's words fell, Lu Zhi's eyes suddenly widened.

"Supply the whole Datang? That's at least 500,000 stones, right? ”

One stone in Datang is equivalent to one hundred and twenty catties, and 500,000 stones are about 30,000 tons.

This is a very low number, but the current population of Datang is only about three million households, and Lu Zhi, as the head of the household department, knows this well, so his estimate is not much different from the facts.

But after listening to his words, Gao Ming couldn't help but laugh again.

"Five hundred thousand stones? Your idea is too conservative, once you build a salt farm according to my method, the annual output can reach at least two million stones! ”

Gao Ming didn't brag anymore, because the annual output of 1.19 million tons of the Hangu Salt Farm alone was converted into 19.83 million stone in the counting unit of Datang, and Gao Ming only counted one-tenth of it for technical reasons.

Rao is like this, which is enough for Lu Zhi to be shocked, his eyes suddenly widened, and then he gasped.

"Shhh...... Two million stones? ”

Looking at his shocked appearance, Gao Ming nodded suddenly.

"This is according to the least calculation, and then the workers are diligent, this output doubled is not a problem, so much salt, I think it is enough to crush several others!"

As soon as Gao Ming's words fell, Lu Zhi immediately nodded vigorously.

"It's enough, the Cui family only takes out about 100,000 stones of salt every year, and even Guanlong's side can take out less than 200,000 stones of salt every year, and the rest comes from Shuzhong and Jiangnan Province."

Speaking of this, Lu Zhi's face also began to get excited.

"If we could come up with two million...... No, as long as we can come up with a million stones, the salt merchants in the whole world will definitely sell our salt! ”

Lu Zhi didn't doubt Gao Ming's words, because he knew that if Gao Ming wasn't sure, he was just telling himself.

Looking at Lu Zhi's excited appearance, Gao Ming grinned again.

"How? Can this dowry satisfy the Lu family? ”

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Lu Zhi immediately nodded his head like a chicken pecking rice.

"Satisfied, so satisfied! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince rebuilt my Lu family's kindness, if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has orders in the future, my Lu family will take His Royal Highness the Prince's head as the horse, and if there is any repentance, it will be punished by heaven! ”

The Tang people attach great importance to oaths, so they generally do not swear poisonously at will, and once they swear, then they are basically credible.

Lu Zhi was indeed serious, because he knew that if what Gao Ming said was true, then the rise of the Lu family was inevitable.

Seeing Lu Zhi's serious face, Gao Ming laughed again.

"There is no need to make such a poisonous oath, I don't want the Lu family to make huge profits with these salts, and this salt farm does not need the Lu family to pay a penny, after the salt farm is completed, I will name it the Tang Royal Salt Farm, the Lu family, as the operator, can enjoy one percent of it, and these salts are free to the Lu family."

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Lu Zhi suddenly fell silent.

Gao Ming has already said just now that the output of the salt farm is more than 2 million stones, so one achievement is 200,000 stones.

If someone said that he was willing to give the Lu family 200,000 stones for nothing, Lu Zhi would definitely jump up with joy, but now that he already knew that the salt field could produce two million stones, and this was still a conservative estimate, then Yicheng would seem too little in Lu Zhi's opinion.

Lu Zhi lowered his head and thought about it for a while, his face changed several times, and finally he gritted his teeth, and then bowed to Gao Ming.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, one percent is too little, my Lu family is willing to pay for the construction of a salt farm, I hope His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can give two percent of it to our Lu family!"

Gao Ming was waiting for Lu Shi's words, and after his words fell, Gao Ming laughed.

"Deal!"