Yang Chong's idea was to control the production of salt in the hands of the government, and the Gu family only sold it, and the output and profit of the salt fields became a number in the account books of the government, reaching the final structure of the civil system, official revenue, democratic movement, and civilian marketing; Yang Chong's plan is still essentially a salt and iron monopoly, and the government can control and supervise every activity of the people, but it is just to give up a part of the profits to the people.

"But what should I do if I am suppressed by my opponent?" Zhang Guidong is a businessman and doesn't want to be deceitful, even if he is facing the first minister of the Great Sui. Since the Han Dynasty, the monopoly of salt and iron has been a means for the imperial court to collect money, so that the treasury is full, and at the same time, it cracks down on local tyrants, grasps the economic lifeline, and strengthens the centralization of power; However, the officials in charge often abolished public laws for personal gain, forcibly expropriated peasants, and increased the burden on salt merchants.

Yang Chong nodded and said, "The Transshipment Department and the bank will divide the area for you, stipulate how much each county will sell in a year, and then send the number of salt deeds to the county; If there is a war, the Transit Division will issue a separate salt contract. Maintain a surplus of 10% every year, and if the salt produced by Huiji County cannot be sold, the excess will be sold to me; As for the government, the number of salt households and salt workers will not be allowed to change, and I will send the Imperial Observatory to supervise the Salt and Iron Division. ”

Gu Xi and Zhang Guidong immediately understood, what Yang Chong wanted was the tax in the salt contract, the salt and iron division had production figures, and the counties had salt contracts for sales. Gu Xi immediately said: "One million guan will be sent to Huating in a month, and we will transfer all the salt workers who are unwilling to go natural, and we hope that the prince will arrange for someone from the Salt and Iron Division to take over as scheduled." ”

Yang Chong called Zhi Huaidao and introduced the two of them: "This is the Jiangnan Provincial Salt and Iron Division, the Haiyan of Huating and Huiji, and the iron works in Jinling are all in charge of him. Huaidao, you negotiated the agreement with the two family heads, and after all the scholars signed it, they filed it in the Transshipment Division and Huiji County, and began to recruit salt workers in Hangzhou, Huiji and other counties; One million guan will first enter the Jiangnan Bank in Wu County, how to use it in the future, I will arrange someone else to say it to Yang Qu. ”

Zhi Huaidao was overjoyed, these three places are the cash cows of Jiangnan, Yang Chongneng handed them into his own hands, that was absolute trust, and immediately agreed; Gu Xi and Zhang Guidong knew that the wood was in the boat, so they got up to say goodbye and go back to prepare. Just as Gu Zhang got up, Kan Ling and Wang Hua hurriedly walked in with a young man, all three holding a roll of paper in their hands; Gu Xi and Zhang Guidong are both literati who have been immersed in the sea for many years, and they can see at a glance that the paper is unusual, and they suddenly stopped.

When the young man saw Yang Chong, he knelt down and saluted: "Xie Nengyu pays a visit to the head of the family." ”

Yang Chong smiled and asked him to get up and said, "Neng Yu, it looks like the paper has come out, I don't know if General Wang and Kan Junshou are satisfied?" ”

"Satisfied." Wang Hua stepped forward and said: "King Yue is unique, Gongzi Xie has excellent ability, and the lower officials are convinced. ”

Yang Chong nodded and said: "That's it, open a military-managed paper mill in Xuancheng County, and the Jiangnan Transit Division will be forty percent of the shares, the local people and the garrison will each have thirty percent of the shares, this kind of paper is called Xuan paper, and the best paper is used as a tribute to Chang'an, and the profit is one cent a year." I make the formula, the Wang family is responsible for production and operation, Kan Leng, your military doesn't have to take care of things, you invest money, just look at the account book and get the money; Neng Yu, show the rice paper to the two family heads. ”

Gu Xi took it over and watched it carefully, the rice paper floor was tough, smooth as jade, pure in texture, and undamaged when rubbed; Cut a piece of test ink, the ink rhyme is clear, the layers are clear, thick but not muddy, light but not gray. Gu Xi has a broad vision, and naturally understands that rice paper is just like Longjing, it is a signboard prepared by Yang Chong for Xuancheng County, and the use of tribute to make Xuancheng paper famous; As long as Wang Hua and the others are not nerds, they can open all kinds of paper mills to make money.

Gu Xi gasped, and was even a little shocked, the iron factory in Jinling, the salt factory in Huating, the tea in Hangzhou, and the paper in Xuancheng should all be everything that Yang Chong had designed a long time ago, I am afraid that Shen Faxing had made plans when he was still in Wu County; Each one is tailor-made and can bring enough financial revenue to the government, plus the originally rich Wu County, Danyang, and Huiji, as long as the population of the seven counties in the south of the Yangtze River continues to pour in, it will soon become another Jianghuai.

How could Wang Hua be a fool, he had already bowed down to thank Yang Chong for giving the people of Xuancheng a way to make money, Yuan Wuqian and Kou Jiuheng heard the news, and after hearing the whole situation, they couldn't close their mouths with a smile; Yang Chong got up and left with all the officials of the Yue Palace, leaving the big tent to everyone. The scene suddenly became weird, and Kou Jiuhui smiled and said: "It's nothing, King Yue feels that we should talk about the matter of the bank's shareholders, twelve shareholders, I don't know if a few are willing to join." ”

Of course they are willing, there is no one present who is unwilling, for the sake of the bank's foothold and shareholder status, Yangzhou to Jiangzuo has been tossing for a few months, just waiting for the final news, although Gu Xi and Zhang Guidong are the leaders of the Jiangzuo clan, but they will never insist on advancing and retreating with the Jiangzuo wealthy family in everything, since they can't win the desired result, only to keep the biggest interests of the two families, and to become a shareholder of the bank, it is a status symbol.

Wang Hua is not shocked or deceitful, as a strong party and a general of the court, Wang Hua has always been convinced that he entered the bank, Yang Chong even gave him rice paper, will he be stingy with a shareholder? Only Kan Ling hesitated, but finally agreed. Kou Jiuhui felt a little strange, but thinking of Kan Leng's special identity, Kou Jiuhui just thought that Du Fuwei had said hello separately, and Kan Ling had some scruples.

Yang Chong has identified Du Fuwei, Fu Gongyou, Wang Xiongdan, Li Xiaogong, Zhou Shaoji, Yu Xuan, Lu Cambodia, Zhang Zhenzhou, plus Gu Xi, Zhang Guidong, Wang Hua, Kan Ling, a total of 12 people. Kou Jiuheng arched his hand and said: "Rest assured, the total investment money of the King of Chu and others has been sent to the Lu family for temporary storage, and the King of Yue has already deposited the two million guan of the salt field of Huating County and Huiji County, which is an unprecedented grand occasion." ”

The Lu family is a descendant of Lu Xun of the Three Kingdoms, and the family has produced famous generals and famous literati all over the world, and the head of the family, Lu Cambodia, is not only the leader of the literary world in Jiangnan, but also the nephew of Yu Shinan. Everyone laughed, and all the original worries turned into air, and Yang Chong built a naval division, saying that it was sea transportation, but a war with Goguryeo would occur at any time, and it was false to say that he was not worried that Yang Chong would collect money for the war. In fact, Jiang Zuoshi, Wang Hua and others were ready to be stabbed by Yang Chong, but they didn't expect that Yang Chong really sent money, and the situation in Jiangnan would change in the blink of an eye.

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