Chapter 20 Salt Citation

"Young master, young master, there is an accident at home, something is wrong with Yanjing." When the two of them went out, a small leader in the salt well, Changsun Tang, vaguely remembered that his surname was Li and shouted Zhang Shaokang.

Zhang Shaokang instructed his entourage to leave some money, and the two joined the little leader surnamed Li, and the group went down the mountain.

On the way, the two of them figured out what was going on.

It turned out that in addition to the problem of salt coming out of this salt well, there was also a huge crisis.

Salt in the Tang Dynasty belonged to the state monopoly, the implementation of the licensing system, that is, the provisions of the salt sales of personnel and routes and quantity, and the license is called salt introduction, no salt introduction of salt for smuggling salt is also called private salt, to be caught is a felony, it is possible to be beheaded, naturally this also contains huge benefits, the state tax is part of it.

The salt well obtained by Zhang Shaokang's family through borrowing money can be produced, but because the salt well was already bitter salt when the salt was declared, the boss at that time naturally did not have the energy to declare the salt introduction in order to run away, which led to the problem of Zhang Shaokang's family's bitter salt being solved, but the salt could not be sold.

Most of the people who knew the rules ran away with the previous boss, and the rest were driven away by Zhang Shaokang, and those who stayed knew about it, but they didn't know much about it.

This is a bad thing, as soon as the official government came to the door yesterday to tell him about it, the old man Zhang Wenfu was stunned at that time, but he just asked the guy not to sell, and quickly sent someone to find Zhang Shaokang and Changsun Tang.

In fact, Zhang Wenfu also tried to find the history of the Rongzhou Thorn, but he was not allowed to enter, and the directors of Cao were also silent, it seemed that this matter was quite tricky, and it took a lot of money to dot it, only to know that this was the tone set by the newly appointed Zhao Thorn Shi in order to collect the salt tax and prevent the flood of private salt, and this first fire happened to burn on the head of the Zhang family.

When the two went down the mountain, they didn't care about enjoyment, found two horses, and quickly entered Rongzhou City before the city gate closed, and this Zhang Wenfu was waiting for the two of them in the backyard of a silk shop of the Zhang family.

When the two came to the backyard, Zhang Shaokang saw that Zhang Wenfu, who had always been calm and light-hearted, was actually circling around the house, and he knew the seriousness of the matter.

"Uncle, I don't know what the situation is?" The eldest grandson had to figure out the situation first.

"Alas, this assassin issued such a notice a few days ago, but I didn't take it to heart, but yesterday a small official came to the door, it seems that this is targeting us!" Zhang Wenfu's face was full of sadness.

"It shouldn't be, it should have been opened up before, as long as we pay the salt tax and the profit that should be shared, this salt should be able to get it, no matter who is in charge, there is no reason to get along with money." The eldest grandson said tentatively.

"This Yeongju Thorn History is a different person, he has been a Beijing official before, this person announced that he would reform the salt tax when he took office, and changed the previous annual delivery to the method of issuing salt introductions, to say that this is the problem of paying more taxes, but the notice said that it should be declared first, and we have missed the date."

"These are not important things, this is estimated to be the three fires of the new official, and this first fire has been touched by us."

"What do you think about this, nephew?" If it was a silk matter, Zhang Wenfu would never ask a hairy boy, but Zhang Wenfu had no clue about this salt matter, and the new Li Tingshi was a Beijing official, maybe the eldest grandson could try it with his own identity, so this Zhang Wenfu lowered the posture room to the floor.

"Then I'll try it tomorrow." The eldest grandson wrote a letter of worship in front of Zhang Wenfu and Zhang Shaokang, and asked Wang Tie to send it to the Assassin's Mansion.

"Eldest grandson, why is this name so familiar?" Assassin Shifu, Li Yan looked at the signature on the worship post a little inexplicable, if he was in Chang'an, he would immediately open the door and go out to greet him when he saw the word "eldest grandson", but although the three words of the eldest grandson are somewhat familiar, as a dispensable role in the eldest grandson Wuji faction, Li Yan is a little confused, is this the son of the eldest grandson Wuji? If so, what is the purpose of coming here?

"It should be the sixth son of the eldest grandson's family, and he has never taken a word, have you heard of the allusion of Zhaomen Lixue?" The staff member Song Zhe reached it in one bite, which is the most basic skill of the staff.

"Oh. But what was the purpose of his coming? This eldest grandson's status in the mansion is not high, if it is Chong Gongzi, this is my first reaction to come out. Li Yan touched his beard under his chin.

"I really can't guess this, judging from the worship post, it shouldn't be a big deal, it may be the private matter of the sixth son." This Song Zhe refused to speculate.

"Well, no matter what it is, let's do it for now, and see what he says tomorrow. Li Man, you go and reply, just say that I will wait in the house tomorrow. Li Yan called the steward Li Man and ordered him to go down.

"Come on, come on, let's do another game."

On the second day, the eldest grandson Tang took Wang Tie Dan to the Assassin's Mansion, and Li Manzi had already waited at the door. Welcoming the two of them through the side door, the eldest grandson had nothing, but Wang Tie had no intention of talking and stopped talking several times, and finally didn't say anything.

Welcoming the eldest grandson to the living room and accompanied by Song Zhe, Li Man went to inform Li Yan.

Li Yan didn't put up any shelves, and came over quickly.

This Li Yan is about forty years old, but there is a prestige on his white face, and when he sees the eldest grandson, he smiles, "Hehe, the virtuous nephew came all the way from Chang'an, and the old man didn't know until yesterday, and he came over later, so let's go to my small temple first?" ”

"It's the little nephew who is rude, next time I must bother first." The eldest grandson replied respectfully and decently.

"Is the eldest grandson in a good situation?"

"My father's health is indeed a little worse than before due to his heavy affairs, but my little nephew has been out to study for many days, but the recent situation is unknown." The eldest grandson told the truth.

"I just don't know what happened to my nephew?" Li Yan was even more confused, wasn't this the eldest grandson Wuji ordering this eldest grandson to come here, what was the matter? Now he didn't care about his mood or not, so he asked straight to the point.

"It's not a business matter, nor is it a father's business, it's just a little nephew's private matter."

"Oh, can you tell me?"

The eldest grandson said what happened to the salt lead.

Li Yan and Song Zhe were relieved when they knew that this was the case, this matter is not a big deal, it is just a matter of face, and it is really not good to give face.

"Oh, this flood has washed away the Dragon King Temple, this thing is done." Song Zhe spoke first, and sometimes the staff was responsible for carrying the black pot and singing the black face.

"If the government hadn't issued a notice a few days earlier, it would have been easy to do this, and a part of the salt would have been reissued." The eldest grandson did not answer, and Song Zhe had no choice but to continue to state the benefits.

"I want to hear about it." Talking to Song Zhe, you don't have to give any face.

"This notice, this matter is not easy to change, so many people have seen the content of the notice, but this leisurely crowd is difficult to block!"

"Yes, virtuous nephew, I just came here to take up my post not long ago, and the ink on this side of the box has not dried, and the other side of the box has repented, this is to hit my right cheek with my left hand." Li Yan was not very willing to offend the eldest grandson because of these trivial things.

"It's a bit embarrassing uncle, I don't know if there is any other way."

"There must be a share of the Zhang family in next year's salt, but this year, it's a little difficult for me."

"Okay, then the Zhang family's salt introduction still needs to be taken care of by my uncle, and we will think about it again this year." After that, the eldest grandson took his leave.