"Do you want Daming to reopen the side set?" Liu Yi and Yang Ming have been cooperating for many days, and they immediately understood Yang Ming's thoughts......

"No, it's not me!" Yang Ming sat down, "I think it should be you, or all the officials or the princes in the court!" ”

"Impossible! No one is going to go crazy with this! Did you know what it means to reopen the sideset? As long as the imperial court is opened, those businessmen will not hesitate to trade with those people with our Ming grain, and no one dares to open this mouth with an official! Liu Yi felt that Yang Ming was crazy, now that the Ming Dynasty had just passed through a natural disaster, how could the grain and salt be sent outside to sell if there was no food in the country?

What's more, what is a businessman, a businessman?

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He can be sure that if he doesn't talk about opening the side set, even if he leaks a little rumor, these people will do everything to get through the relationship until this thing is done.

You know, the trade interests of the side set will definitely drive these people crazy.

For example, at the border with Mongolia, the pastures on the Horqin grassland alone can feed an unknown number of cattle and sheep, and those cowhides, horsetails, and tendons can be sold for a good price once they are pulled back to the Ming Dynasty, and they only need to provide food, salt, and iron tools for those damned barbarians.

And those barbarians will have their full stomachs and wander around the border all day without incident......

Thinking of this, Liu Yi didn't feel a little headache, if Yang Ming really intended to promote the reopening of the Bianji, then he believed that he didn't know how many businessmen would pour into the capital, and their backers, and even hook up with all the powerful people, and at that time..... That consequence...... He couldn't have imagined.

"Zile, this is not trivial, now that you have added Sinan County Order, you should take Sinan's responsibility as the top, as for... As for the rest, you should put it aside for now! ”

It was Li Daoyuan who spoke, he didn't know what to say about Yang Ming now, not only because of Yang Ming's status and prestige in the entire Guizhou or Tongren Mansion, but also because Yang Ming was not an ordinary official, he had his own way of being an official, when others were still embarrassed by the annual Spring and Autumn Endowment, he had dared to let out a bold statement for three years to let a poor county who couldn't even eat pay three million taels of silver in taxes.

Such officials can no longer be viewed in an ordinary light, and even those bigwigs in the court will favor Youjia.

However, the side set .... It is undoubtedly another problem, but in any case, since Yang Ming wants to open it, then Li Daoyuan feels that it is not a simple matter.

First of all, this matter is related to the food problem with neighboring countries, so the question arises, the people of their own country are hungry and still sell food to others? Or to rob yourself by letting others have their own food to eat? On this issue, I don't know how many people have trouble sleeping.

Secondly, this so-called open side set, vested interests are nothing more than those businessmen, or the nobles behind them, then the imperial court still has no interests, and with the loss of food and other daily necessities, it is equivalent to a capital enemy. If it is the first, the court will not be profitable, and the second, it will hurt the enemy, which is not advisable for the court at all.

So this issue is basically not optimistic.

However, this is all the consideration of the predecessors, but Yang Ming is different, every idea of Yang Ming can be said to be a golden idea, and his character is even recognized by the three ministers of the cabinet, so his suggestions will be different.

It's just that there is an old saying, that is, the so-called not in his position, not in his politics!

Li Daoyuan said this, in fact, it is still a little tactful, although it is a good thing that the family and the country have such thoughts, but you Yang Ming is now just a Sinan County order, to put it mildly, those things are still very far away for Yang Ming, and even he Li Daoyuan does not dare to touch it, who will bear this responsibility once a big thing happens?

"Teacher, everyone!" Yang Ming waited for a few people to finish speaking before he spoke: "Do you think that opening the side set will do more harm than good?" ”

The crowd fell into deep thought.

Where is Yang Ming's identity, since he said this question, it was obviously after careful consideration, otherwise he would not have been able to speak like this.

"But, food!" One of the officials was a little hard to speak.

His meaning is very clear, the grain of the Ming Dynasty is a short board for the time being, and there is not enough grain trading that has no substantial effect on those foreign races, even if there is enough salt or tea.

After all, those things can be saved, but food is a problem that is difficult to ignore for the grasslands and even other countries.

In particular, some ethnic groups on horseback, due to the particularity of the geographical location, those places are often not suitable for farming, so the problem is that the people in these places can only eat meat and food as a supplement, but after all, only a few people can get enough supply or guarantee for meat, and the vast majority of people can only find their own way, so there will be robbery, and even entry robbery.

Of course, everyone knows this question, but what if these people are full? Isn't there more strength to rob?

This is a question that no one dares to take the risk of, not even the emperor.

This involves the question of a degree, which is beyond the principle and beyond the scope, so it is not a simple or regional problem, and it will rise to the level of the country's society.

Unless there is a complete certainty, no one dares to open this mouth at all, not even the three ministers of the cabinet.

Moreover, this is still an external problem, but what about an internal problem?

There will also be a lot of interests involved, such as the common people, such as the powerful, such as businessmen, such as officials and even the emperor, in which they all need to share their dividends.

So it's also a very troublesome thing.

Of course, everyone is not afraid of trouble, the key is whether this trouble can be solved, whether you can get the expected benefits, this is the key.

Obviously, in the 150 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, no one has been able to find a reasonable distribution standard in this matter, or they cannot be satisfied with the people.

After all, the people are fundamental, and they will not tolerate such a thing when they have nothing to eat.

Although officials dominate the business, they ..... But if the people don't have to eat, they will rebel, so the problem here seems to be stuck in a strange circle, and they can't get out.

"Not bad! Food is the big problem, there is not enough food, Yang Ming, your idea is not practical! "Liu Yi is worthy of being a Beijing official, and he saw the essence of the problem at once.

As he said, unless the Ming Dynasty has enough food for the people to eat, it is possible to open the border, otherwise it is a utopia.

"What if I say that the Ming Dynasty has enough food?" Yang Ming said with a smile: "Just this year, a crop will be transplanted from Fujian and other places: sweet potato, and Shuzhong cultivation!" The yield of this thing is very large, even no less than fifty stones per acre, it only takes a year, from Shuzhong to all over the radiation planting, showing Yunnan, Guizhou, Gansu and other places, and then other places, less than a year, hehe......"

Yang Ming said with a smile: "One year will definitely make the entire Ming Dynasty no longer have a small amount!" ”

The crowd was dumbfounded.

Is there really such a grain available? They can't help but ask themselves!

You must know that fifty stone is not a small amount, but what about ten acres? What about 100 acres?

That's a huge number!

It's just that there is a question in everyone's hearts, can this output really be achieved?

was suspicious, but unexpectedly, Yang Ming immediately resolved this question for them.

"Do you think it's a little unreliable?" Yang Ming looked at the crowd: "In fact, this matter has begun to be implemented in the capital, led by Yang Gong, a cabinet scholar, has sent a special person to Fujian to collect roots and seedlings for trial planting in Shu, in addition, Yang Ming has offered a kind of plow to the emperor, this plow can be multiplied several times the efficiency of today's ploughing, and the first batch of fifty will be shipped to Sinan in the near future!" ”

Bomb!

Yang Ming's words are undoubtedly a bombshell!

Surprise everyone!

They didn't expect that they had already started to lay out when they were still in the capital, and it seemed that they were ......

Especially Liu Yi, he even felt that Yang Ming had calculated every step, whether it was spirits, post tickets or even freight, these things were all chess pieces in Yang Ming's chessboard.

And he, now that he has integrated these chess pieces together, then it is obvious that the role played by these chess pieces is tantamount to earth-shaking changes that will take place in the entire Ming Dynasty.

Everyone was in a cold sweat!

What kind of monster is this Yang Ming?

What kind of people do you need to be so scheming?

Even if it was Kong Ming, who was known as Mr. Wolong at the beginning, I am afraid to compare it with it..... I'm afraid it's not comparable!

"You mean to open the side set with that sweet potato?" Liu Yi asked, he was even more nervous than Li Daoyuan about this matter, after all, he used to be an imperial historian, and he naturally looked at the problem from a farther angle than a magistrate like Li Daoyuan.

"Sweet potatoes are just one aspect!" Yang Ming said: "For example, our spirits are actually a good thing!" In particular, the price of a bottle of twenty big dollars will allow many foreign friends to enjoy the friendship of the Ming Dynasty, and there is also salt, as long as they want me, I can give them enough salt, and the price is the same, even half of the low on the market! I think they will be very satisfied! Of course, such benefits are not without rewards, I need their friendship, such as no more buckles, the people of our countries need stability, they need a long and stable life, don't they? ”

......

Everyone was speechless.

Liquor.... In fact, the secret of spirits is no longer a secret, except for some people who do not know, many officials know the dangers of industrial alcohol, and now the imperial court has formulated a lot of regulations on the trafficking of spirits, one of which is strictly forbidden to sell in the Ming Dynasty.

After all, spirits are a subsidiary product of industrial alcohol, and in Suizhou, the spirits industry and the industrial alcohol industry have become the mainstream industry in the local area, and I don't know how many people have made a fortune by trafficking alcohol or manufacturing related ancillary products.

That's right, it's to get rich!

Even if you make clay pots, you can make a fortune!

And these spirits have long been trafficked to many places, because of their high quality and low price, and even now they have penetrated into many countries.

No one knew that just a few days ago, the household department had already received the largest tax revenue since the liquor trafficking began!

One million two hundred and eighty thousand taels!

This number alone has already made the court almost celebrate!

This amount of silver not only solved the current embarrassment of the imperial court, but also made some contribution to the relations between many countries, at least many areas became relatively peaceful because of the circulation of spirits.

I have to say that this is a very good start!

"But, Yang Ming, you just talked about salt! Where does salt come from? Liu Yi raised another of his doubts.

You know, salt has always been a problem, even in later generations, there will be a shortage of local supplies, and as an era like the Ming Dynasty, which was almost entirely handicraft, there is no doubt that the production of salt is a very huge problem.

He asked the question, and almost everyone realized that salt was less important for food, but it was definitely an irreplaceable and important factor.

As far as the Song Dynasty is concerned, but the exchange value of a catty of salt is a cow, and this trading method even continued to the founding of the Ming Dynasty, even if the current price is only two catties of salt in exchange for a cow.

In fact, there were many places where salt was produced in the Ming Dynasty, but it was precisely because of this huge profit that many salt merchants even smuggled it to the outside world, and even sold it directly in the salt grains mixed with sand, especially the two Huai salt merchants.

"Salt is not a problem, just like I said just now, for those alien races Yang Ming and all of you have the same thoughts, as long as there are only immortals, then it's fine! As for the salt, I believe there will be a lot, and at this time next year, the coal group will ship one million stone of salt to all parts of Daming every month, and of course there will be 500,000 stone of salt sent to various side sets! ”

"One and a half million stones!"

Immediately, someone shouted loudly.

The annual output of the entire Ming Dynasty is only like this, but Yang Ming.... He's so strict, isn't he?

"Yang Ming, you can't talk nonsense!" Li Daoyuan obviously realized the seriousness of the problem, 1.5 million stone was no longer a matter that could be decided by one person or even a so-called coal group, such a matter must be supervised by the imperial court.

"I'm not talking big, I believe you already know the role of cement!" Yang Ming said to everyone: "Since the last time there was a robbery of grain in Guangzhou, I have already asked people to go to Guangzhou!" ”

Li Daoyuan and Liu Yi also knew about this matter.

Yang Ming's quasi-father-in-law, Xia. Shang was almost killed because of that incident, if it weren't for Yang Ming's maneuvering, maybe it would be Xia now. Shang has already made a knife at the entrance of the vegetable market, but Yang Ming obviously will not be untargeted when he mentions this.

"Near the sea of Guangzhou, there are actually many places to cook sea salt in Guangzhou and the surrounding areas!" Yang Ming said the following lightly.

Boiled sea salt! Guangdong and even many coastal areas of the people of an important job, and the Ming Dynasty in addition to the inland salt wells in the main salt production is by boiling salt, but a pound of seawater boiled dry is only one or two taels of output, and the consumption of firewood is not a lot, so even if many people are cooking, but can not meet the huge needs of the people of the Ming Dynasty.

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(To be continued.) )