For Xu Jie's method of recruiting displaced people and developing production, Liu Yan immediately looked at Xu Jie with admiration, and his originally crooked body sat up straight, staring at Xu Jie with approving eyes: "The world is in chaos, population has become the most critical issue, if you recruit displaced people there, other counties will lose people, in this way, you are tearing down the east wall to make up the west wall, and you will become a public enemy among colleagues." ”

Xu Jie smiled slightly: "The adults are sympathetic to their subordinates, and their subordinates are grateful, but recruiting homeless people will not be snatched from this county, my eyes are Qingzhou." Then he bowed to Liu Yan again: "It's just that when the time comes, Qingzhou will be too guarded, if there is a lawsuit, please ask the boss to help." "Digging the corners of people's walls, it is inevitable that the master will be angry, Qingzhou Taishou really wants to be more real, a small county order is no way to take it, and when the time comes, you will have to be Youzhou Taishou Liu Yan come forward, and his subordinates will make money for you, increase the population for you, and prosper the place, then you should pay the responsibility you should pay.

When Xu Jie said this, Liu Yan suddenly clapped his hands and said: "Okay, very good, after years of war in Qingzhou, Brother Gong Jing is also powerless to encircle and suppress the rogues within his jurisdiction, and now he is having a headache There are too many homeless people, causing the gangsters to become more and more powerful, if we recruit their homeless people, this will also be a big help to Brother Gong Jing, and if he doesn't come to thank me at that time, I will still ask him." ”

This thing is really like this, later Liu Yu became the pastor of Youzhou, and he used the measures of salt and iron development to recruit millions of displaced people from Qingzhou, and really dug up the corners of Qingzhou's neighbors, but Gong Jing, who was short-sighted and was overwhelmed by the displaced people, really sent his cronies to Liu Yu to thank him.

After receiving Taishou's assurance, Xu Jie's worries were put down, and he continued to talk about his policy: "When the population is recruited, the subordinates will strengthen the strength of the salt field and increase the output of salt, and at this time, the boss needs to agree to a request from his subordinates." ”

Liu Yan, who was already interested in Xu Jieqing, nodded unequivocally at that time: "As long as you can increase Youzhou's wealth, this official will definitely give full support, and I will definitely agree to your request." ”

Now Liu Yan definitely attaches great importance to people who can catch money, just because he is too short of money now.

After the failure of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the states and counties north of the Yangtze River are still in turmoil, the remnants of the Yellow Turbans, all over the place, stirring up the whole world, but Youzhou is relatively stable with other places, it is really this Youzhou has two armies that can fight, externally, it is Gongsun Zan who can fight well, and internally, it is the invincible Lu Peng, which makes Youzhou a model area of public security in the entire imperial court, and Liu Yan has been rewarded by the emperor countless times.

But this honor needs to be maintained with money and food, the two armies consume countless amounts every year, although Lu Peng destroyed the Zhao family, bringing huge relief to his finances, but as the so-called, the tight income is not slow enough to spend, about to start spring, Gongsun Zhan will send troops to attack Bian Zhang Han Sui, and Lu Peng jumped up and down shouting to recover Yuyang and Youbeiping occupied by Wuhuan prefectures and counties, which require a large amount of money support, and now money is too important for Liu Yan.

Xu Jie firmly grasped this key issue and began to sell the policy he had discussed with Lu Peng to Liu Yan: "My subordinates implore Lord Taishou to relax the control of salt in our Youzhou and sell it to the people." ”

As soon as this remark came out, Liu Yan didn't like it at that time: "The sale of salt officials is an iron law of the imperial court, which needs the approval of the imperial court, and the official cannot make a decision. ”

Xu Jie glanced at Lu Peng, and even Xu Jie didn't understand much about the methods discussed with Lu Peng in the past few days, so he looked at Lu Peng, hoping that he could stand up and explain.

So Lu Peng coughed and said to Liu Yan: "Lord Taishou, the subordinates and other researchers, the method of liberalizing the salt monopoly will not only not reduce the income of the government, but can increase the income of the government." ”

"And such things? But you said to hear it. Liu Yan said unbelievably.

Lu Peng replied again: "The official sells salt, it seems that the government has made a lot of money and increased the income of the government treasury, but there are really many disadvantages here, for example, a stone of salt in the salt field, only 100 yuan for those salt farmers, and then after transportation, it is sold in the shops of the government in various places, which is 800 yuan a stone, which seems to have a net profit of 700 yuan, but my lord, can you get this money?" ”

Liu Yan didn't know anything about trading, trading and trafficking, so he looked at Don't be a driver sitting next to him, he understood this.

Guan Qi said sincerely: "At most, I will lose 100 articles, and sometimes I will lose money when I finally calculate it." ”

Lu Peng shook his head with a smile: "The government can't get such a big profit, because there is a very critical loss problem here. Then Lu Peng reported and calculated to Liu Yan one by one: "For example, from Luxian to Youzhou, the government's freight expenses need 100 yuan per stone, which is not counting the running and dripping along the way, and when the salt is transported to Youzhou and handed over to the government's stores for sale, there will be a greater consumption here, such as the money for the houses leased by these shops, the money for hired men, the expenses of management personnel, and so on, etc., and so on, as a result, the net profit of a stone of salt is less than 100 yuan." ”

Guan Dian nodded in agreement with this book number.

"However, 100 yuan in the salt households to collect salt, this is almost just the cost of the salt households, and once due to the weather or whatever, the salt households will lose money, this is the so-called salt farmers holding the golden rice bowl, but starving and freezing results, and the government in order to achieve the production volume, but also to stipulate the salt households must produce every month, as a result, these salt households can only flee, so vicious circle, the output of salt can only get lower and lower, and the income of the government can only get less and less."

Liu Yan knew this, and every year he had to worry about the escape of Yanhu.

"There is another thing, that is, the sales problem, the current salt, the official price is 800 yuan a stone, in fact, those officials who manage salt, in order to grab huge profits in it, make themselves rich, each stone of salt must add three points of sand, and even more, add four points or even half of the sand, that is to say, the actual price of one stone of salt has reached 1,000 yuan, so that in addition to those wealthy families can afford to eat salt, the common people can only look at salt and sigh, In this way, the amount of consumption is greatly reduced, and the life of the people is more difficult. ”

Liu Yan frowned and nodded: "It's true, the common people have reached the point where they can't afford to eat salt, and people can't eat without salt." Then he looked up at Lu Peng: "Could it be that you can solve these drawbacks by letting go of the salt?" ”

Lu Peng said firmly: "Yes." ”