The fat man said in despair: "Big brother, is it because the Liang Dynasty army was defeated, and the great prince of the Liang Dynasty suppressed us!" ”

Li Yao looked at the fat man and said, "Do you think there will be other reasons besides this?" ”

The fat man sat on the chair and scratched his head, and said, "Big brother, but if we want to trade, we can't get around the Liang Dynasty at all, even if we want to go to other countries to trade and make money, we have to go through the Liang Dynasty to get to other countries!" ”

Li Yao looked at the fat man and said, "Okay, fat man, you believe me, we will soon open up another trade route, you don't trade first, take care of the logistics of our army, and now attacking Yidu is the important thing!" ”

The fat man nodded and said: "Big brother, I know this, I have always given priority to the army, and business can only be done better on the basis of a strong military!" ”

Li Yao stood up and patted the fat man on the shoulder, and said, "Okay, you just know, if there's nothing to do, you can go down first, I'm looking at the map to see how I can perfectly occupy Yidu!" ”

Li Yao's army is attacking in three ways this time, preparing to empty the county towns around Yidu in one fell swoop, although there are still more than 30 county towns under the influence of Yangyun, but there are more than a dozen county towns around this with combat power, from the news that the thin monkey came back, Li Yao learned that there are still 100,000 city guards in Yidu, 50,000 elite foot soldiers, and 50,000 new recruits!

As for the Seventh Prince, who only values civilian officials, he doesn't have an army!

Now the total strength of Yidu is only 100,000, but Li Yao did not count the power of those big families, there are many big families in Yidu, if they help Yangyun defend the city, then Li Yao's attack will be too difficult!

It's just that Li Yao guessed that it was impossible for these big families to help Yang Yun defend the city, after all, Yang Yun's name was not right, and the money used by the newly recruited 50,000 troops was still collected from those big families! Now those big families don't have a very friendly attitude towards Yangyun!

These big families are a headache for Li Yao, because they control everything used by the people, even the most basic salt and iron are controlled by those big families, if Li Yao forcibly intervenes, it will cause a backlash!

Li Yao shouted to the guards at the door, "Call Ye He over!" ”

The guards hurriedly went to find Ye He, and half an hour later, Ye He quickly entered the big tent and arched his hand: "Master Hou!" ”

Li Yao pointed to the stool in front of him and said, "Sit down first!" ”

After Ye He sat down, Li Yao asked: "Ye He, through my observation of you these days, I found that you have indeed done a good job in managing local government affairs!" ”

Ye He arched his hand and said, "Thank you Lord Hou for the compliment!" ”

Li Yao asked: "The main reason I called you over this time is to ask, what do you think of the local government affairs in Yidu?" ”

Ye He specializes in managing local government affairs, so he also knows a lot about Yidu, so he said: "Since Master Hou asked, then I will talk about my immature opinion!" ”

First of all, the economic conditions of Yidu are not state-owned, because Yangyun is greedy for money, so the distribution rights of salt and iron are given to the big families, and even to make money, Yangyun also issued an approval document and charged a certain handling fee to the family to allow them to make money!

Now in order to make profits, the big families of Yidu have greatly reduced the amount of copper used in money, which has also created a situation where money is worthless, if we want to manage Yidu's government affairs well, first of all, money must be reformed!

Li Yao asked, "Then what kind of reform law do you say?" ”

Ye He said: "First of all, we must take back the right to make money, if we allow those inferior currencies to circulate, then it will be in vain for us to do more!" ”

Li Yao thought for a while, nodded and said, "What if the big family still makes money privately?" ”

Ye He said coldly: "Master Hou, no matter which dynasty you are in, it is a capital crime to make money privately, if they dare to commit crimes against the wind after we announce the resumption of the right to make money, then the only way is to let them see blood!" ”

Li Yao nodded and said: "I support this, if the money manufacturing right can't be recovered, then we can't control the economy, and if we can't control the economy, the place will be chaotic!" ”

Ye He saw that Li Yao agreed with his statement, and then continued: "Master Hou, if we find a copper mine, we can also make money!" ”

What Li Yao lacks most now is money, but he has also thought about making money, so he said: "I agree with this, but now there are so many copper mines, if you don't explore it well, there is no way to make money!" ”

Ye He smiled: "Master Hou, have you forgotten that we still have an academy?" I suggest that after two years of free education in the college, we can promise that after graduating from the college, we can package the distribution, with the guarantee of work, I think there will be a lot of people to apply for this major, in this way, we not only have the talent to find copper mines, but also to generate income for the college, the college is not a matter of free education, there must be a little charge for the project! ”

Li Yao thought about it for a while, and then agreed: "This is no problem, I will announce that it will be implemented!" ”

Ye He nodded and said, "Master Hou, then I'll talk about the most important thing!" ”

Salt and iron has always been the most violent industry, if we force their salt and iron income, it will definitely be greatly rebounded!

Li Yao said: "Yes, I have been worrying about this matter for a long time, so I called you to come over to discuss!" ”

Ye He smiled: "Master Hou, I have a way, I will listen to it!" ”

We can participate in their salt and iron profits in the situation of shares, now many large salt mines, iron ore are in the hands of the family, if we forcibly seize it, they will definitely not agree, but we give the big families some money, to arbitrage some of their profits, so that they will not be too repulsive!

Li Yao asked: "But in this case, I still haven't made any money, I give them the money, and they are sharing the profits with me every year, isn't this an extra move?" And I don't have that much money! ”

Ye He shook his head and said, "Master Hou, who said that you don't have money, those lands are your greatest wealth!" ”

Li Yao asked, "What do you mean by this?" Let's talk about it! ”

Ye He said: "Master Hou, if we occupy Yiguo and become the lord of Yiguo, won't all the land of Yiguo be yours?" We can issue a land tenure ordinance, and those who want to mine minerals need to pay money to exploit them! If you don't pay the money, you can only stop their mining! ”

Li Yao asked, "If those families say that they don't have money, won't we still be able to get the money!" ”

Ye He smiled: "That's what I just said, they don't have money, we can also let them mine, but after mining, we will divide the account fifty-fifty!" ”

Li Yao thought for a while and said, "But what if they don't give us money after mining?" ”

Ye He shrugged his shoulders and said: "Master Hou, tax evasion can be seized, if they don't give money, we can punish them according to the law, arrest their people, and collect their mines, and then they won't dare to say anything?" ”

Li Yao thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid that when we promulgate the land use period, there will be pressure, if they refuse to implement it, then I can't arrest them all!" ”

Ye He smiled: "Master Hou, this is simple, we only need to find a few supports, if there is a leader, there will be someone to follow!" If they resist, we can only get rid of them! (To be continued.) )