A pack of beef jerky, about a pound or so, Cheng Biting Jin sniffed it, tried to taste it, and then threw it to one of the two generals around him: "Boy, this thing is good, is there anything else?" ”

"It's gone!" Li Chengqian spread out his hands and made a helpless expression.

The famous General Youwuwei, whose mouth was stuffed with beef jerky, said hesitantly: "You mean to make yak meat into this thing?" ”

Looking at the terrifying-looking Cheng Biting Jin, Li Chengqian took two steps back: "How is it?" What does Uncle Cheng think? ”

Trying to swallow the jerky in his mouth, Cheng Laoxiang stuffed another piece into his mouth, ignoring the eager eyes of the two generals on the left and right: "Good thing, but I'm afraid it's not cheap, right?" ”

"Then it depends on how many yaks Uncle can exchange for a pound of salt." Li Chengqian put his hand in the pocket of his clothes and said with a smile.

Cheng Biting Jin, an old man, is a man who admits death, in order to block the door of the prison, he refuses to change places when he dies, and as a result, Li Chengqian has to stay here to accompany him to the cold.

"Salt for cattle......" Cheng Yanjin was silent for a while, and asked Li Chengqian: "Do you know that my Datang is not enough to eat salt now?" ”

Li Chengqian took out a small bag from his pocket and threw it towards Cheng Yanjin: "Uncle Cheng doesn't care where the salt comes from, in short, it won't occupy the existing resources of Datang." ”

"This is ......" Cheng Yanjin opened the small cloth bag thrown by Li Chengqian, looked at the powder of the white flowers inside, and asked suspiciously: "Salt?" ”

Li Chengqian nodded: "To be precise, this is sea salt." ”

The small cloth bag contained the sea salt that Wang Xuance ordered someone to send back a few days ago, and now it should be regarded as a special product of Dengzhou, Shandong, and it was obtained according to the drying method left by Li Chengqian before he left Shandong.

"How much of this stuff is there? How much? Cheng Yanjin dipped a little salt in his fingers, put it in his mouth and tasted it, and was salty and spit.

Li Chengqian believes that the old man should already know the news of the successful production of sea salt, and he will announce it in the court if he doesn't need it, so naturally there is no need to hide it: "Of course there are many of them dried in seawater." ”

Datang has eighteen salt ponds and six hundred and forty wells, which used to be due to the redundancy of personnel and the laborious transportation, which caused a false impression of salt shortage.

Now that the new salt law has been implemented, the production, transportation, and sale of salt are all handled by merchants, driven by their profit-seeking nature, salt has basically been sold all over the world, and there is no shortage of salt in Datang.

"Are you planning to do business?" Throwing back a small packet of salt in his hand to Li Chengqian, Cheng Biting Jin looked at Li Chengqian strangely.

"Well...... you can understand it that way!" Li Chengqian saw that Lao Cheng was eating very sweetly, and he also wanted to take a piece to eat, but Lao Cheng hid to the side and rubbed his fingers awkwardly.

"Don't you never touch business?" Cheng Fairy asked while savoring the unique aroma of beef in his mouth.

Speaking of business, Li Chengqian has a stomach full of bitter water, "Are you willing to do it?" The Carboniferous Division is being developed in Shanxi, and the cement plant is repairing the river embankment, both of which are only in and out, not to mention the superintendents, and now there are more than 100 more people to raise, and they also have to buy fodder and pay for training. ”

When he is the prince of this country, he is so embarrassed that he is held back by money and asks the general to discuss business matters.

And because of this damn prince's identity, business can't be done openly, otherwise a series of impeachments such as competing with the people and damaging the royal prestige will be piled up on the old man's table.

chattered about tea time, Lao Cheng really couldn't listen to it: "Yes, you just say what you mean, Lao Cheng doesn't understand." ”

"Beef jerky is a business I gave to your military, but you need to pay a certain fee for the Carboniferous Division, it's as simple as that. As for whether your military sells the beef jerky or keeps it for yourself, it has nothing to do with my Carboniferous Division. ”

Li Chengqian has no good tricks now, Dai Zhou is so brainless, he has always emphasized that the Carboniferous Division is 'independent accounting', and since he doesn't pay the money, he won't allocate money to them.

That's it, Shengsheng forced Li Chengqian out of recruitment, and had to find cooperation with the military, preparing to use the military to get some money from Dai Guan.

"You should talk to Old Man Du about this, Old Cheng can't make a decision." Fairy Cheng ate all the beef jerky and clapped his hands with an expression that had nothing to do with him.

"That's ......, that's fine." Seeing the firm rejection in Fairy Cheng's eyes, Li Chengqian nodded and turned to leave, sighing in his heart that Old Cheng's shrewdness was really powerful.

Half an hour later, in the old Li study room of the Lizheng Palace, Li Er took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "How is it?" Got pushed back, right? ”

"These old guys are so shrewd." Li Chengqian shook his head and sighed, and then: "Father, can't you really give some money?" ”

"I can't." Li Er said: "At the beginning, you said that you were responsible for your own profits and losses, so I don't want you to pay any other expenses except for taxes." Now you're running and saying you can't do it anymore, and let me give you an allocation, do you think it's possible? ”

"But father, the pigeon project is not the business of the sons, it is a department under the Ministry of War, you can't let me be responsible for their expenses, just like you can't let me be in charge of the three provinces and six departments." Li Chengqian said with a sad face.

"Oh, then I can get it under the Carboniferous Division." Li Er's answer made Li Chengqian almost fall headlong, he was simply too scoundrel.

Li Chengqian felt that his young heart had been hurt, and he had to keep it in his heart if he was hurt, so after he asked An to leave, His Majesty Li Er found that one of the brushes he usually used was missing.

If you don't see it, it's gone, Lao Li doesn't care about a pen, anyway, it's not once or twice that little bastard has gone out of his study.

Starting from that tea cup, to the later lone book, the most evil thing is that once he took away a brocade pier, I really don't know how he brought out such a big thing.

The generous Li Er forgave Li Chengqian's habitual obedience to Lao Tzu's behavior, anyway, even if he was brought back, that kid would deal with it with 'the son stealing his father is not a thief'.

Two days later, the loyal 'Monkey King' Lin Songhai approached Lao Li with a strange face: "Your Majesty." ”

"What's the matter?" Li Er put down the book in his hand and said lightly.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince......"

"Cheng Qian? What's he up to? Li Erhu glanced at Lin Songhai suspiciously, feeling that he was in trouble again.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is preparing to hold a royal auction the day before Chinese New Year's Eve." Lin Songhai said hesitantly: "His Royal Highness the King of Shu, His Royal Highness the King of Yue, Princess Changle, and Princess Yuzhang are all involved. ”

"Auctions? What do they little guys have to sell? Li Er didn't think that a group of seven or eight-year-old children could sell anything good.

"Well, it seems that your majesty has been auctioned off all the things you have been taken away before."