Hearing that the salt farm was destroyed made Chongzhen quite anxious, you must know that Liu Fan sent nearly two million taels of silver to Chongzhen before and after more than a year, which greatly alleviated the financial pressure of the imperial court, and even the use of the palace has greatly improved. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The destruction of the Salt Works not only deprived Liu Fan of an important financial pillar, but also deprived the imperial court of a huge source of finance. Without Liu Fan's blood transfusion, Daming's finances, which had just improved somewhat, were in danger of collapsing. How could Chongzhen not be in a hurry?

In the face of Chongzhen's anxiety, Liu Fan gently persuaded him, "Your Majesty doesn't need to worry, the destruction of the salt farm is a last resort, as long as the new salt drying method is not leaked, we can still bear some losses!" The salt works are ruined and under construction! The most important thing in the Ming Dynasty is people. Hundreds of thousands of people in Jiaozhou, is it not simple to build a salt farm? Your Majesty, rest assured! ”

"Hey! What Jimin said is very reasonable, I am also concerned about chaos! If you care, it's messy! ”

Liu Fan understands Chongzhen's mentality very well, the so-called penny is difficult to defeat heroes, and the biggest problem of the Ming Dynasty is that there is no money, to be precise, the court has no money. Why did Chongzhen give Liu Fan so much support? Adopt a tacit attitude towards Liu Fan's land reform in Jiaozhou? even ignored Liu Fan's elevation of the Jiaozhou prefect's yamen, the establishment of a power agency privately, and almost turned Jiaozhou into a "country within a country"? It's not because Liu Fan can send him two million taels of silver every year.

Without money, Chongzhen's goal of saving the Ming Dynasty could not be realized, and without money, there was no way to exterminate the Liukou and resist the Manchus. For the sake of these two million taels of silver, not to mention a corner of Jiaozhou, the entire Shandong was handed over to Liu Fan, and Chongzhen did not hesitate to do so.

Throughout the seventeen years since Chongzhen succeeded to the throne, since he was tempted by Yuan Chonghuan's lie of "five years of peace in Liao" and invested all the only financial resources of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong, Chongzhen has not lived a good life. Almost every day worrying about money, in order to raise money to maintain the situation of the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen sold the wealth accumulated in the palace by more than ten generations of emperors of the Ming Dynasty, and even did not let go of the gems on the hat, and in the end there was not even a decent dress, and the clothes under the dragon robe were patched. In ancient and modern times, Chongzhen has been the worst emperor for thousands of years. In order to defeat the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the emperor reduced his expenses, sold jewelry, and raised funds for the navy. It is said to be the world's best talk, and it is amazing every time it is mentioned. The same is for the country, for the nation, Chongzhen is more diligent and thrifty than the Japanese emperor, but the Ming Dynasty "from Korea in the east, according to Tufan in the west, Bao Annan in the south, north from the moraine, east and west 11,750 li, north and south 10,904 li" 11 million square kilometers of land and nearly 200 million people are incompetent, not as good as a small land of Japan, sad! Alas!

Seeing a theoretically rich emperor who was in a state of confusion for a million taels of silver, Liu Fan was deeply worried about the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, and his heart was full of sorrow. This is a completely corrupt and depraved class, selfishness and greed have made them lose their aggressiveness and vigilance, but they do not know what will happen in the future even if they are flattering? What about flattery? What about giving all of your possessions? Even if you don't care about shame, you give your wife and daughter and let the Tartars ravage them wantonly, what's the use? The jackals were useless in the face of the Manchus, and the Tartars not only had to eat their flesh but also chew their bones. The purpose is to turn the Central Plains into their ranch!

For a while, Liu Fan's thoughts were scattered, and he didn't know where to go! Seeing that Liu Fan was silent, Chongzhen thought that Liu Fan was heartbroken about the matter of the salt farm, but turned around and comforted, "Don't worry about Jimin!" Everything has happened, and it's useless for you to feel distressed! It's just some money, and we can make more money without it! Do you have so many money-making ideas and are you afraid of running out of money? Well! So be it! I allow you to do business in the capital! ”

"Really!?" Liu Fan raised his head suddenly and asked, he couldn't believe it, this was actually what Chongzhen said, you must know that the strength of the capital is intertwined, and it will affect the whole body, if Liu Fan's refined salt business is involved in the capital, I don't know how many people's interests will be involved, and how many large and small forces will be offended! This is also the main reason why Liu Fanming knew that the price of salt in the salt-deficient areas in the north such as Beijing was extremely high, and he did not intervene in the fact that he would benefit a hundred times as much as he did not intervene. Because his power is too small, he can't afford to offend so many bigwigs. Now with Chongzhen's consent, it's different, with the emperor's big tree to shelter from the wind and rain, what else is Liu Fan afraid of! So Liu Fan immediately called the hot railway: "Your Majesty wants Chrysostom Yuyan, and he will definitely not lie to me, right!" So be it! How about the minister give 20% of the profits to His Majesty for free? ”

As soon as the words came out, Chongzhen regretted it, Liu Fan's refined salt entering the market of the capital is bound to have a great impact on the price of salt in the capital, you can imagine how many troublesome things are waiting for him, but he is the emperor, he can't talk and don't count, hearing Liu Fan's run, he couldn't help but twitch his face, glared at Liu Fan angrily, and said expressionlessly, "Dare to do business with me!?" Twenty-eight! ”

Liu Fan was a little stunned, and said suspiciously, "Yes!" Twenty-eight!? ”

Chongzhen said angrily, "Stupid! I mean! You're two, eight! ”

"Your Majesty! The minister is also responsible for transportation, the road from Jiaozhou to the capital is far away, and the freight alone is an astronomical amount, not to mention the cost is also a big problem! I'm afraid it's a problem to even return to the original cost! Why don't we split five or five? Liu Fan couldn't help crying

Chongzhen secretly rolled his eyes, what cost, when he didn't know? How much does it cost to produce a stone of salt in Jiaozhou? It's just a dozen dollars, and he resolutely said, "I don't care about those!" Up to three seven! ”

"That's too little! The minister can't promise a maximum of four or six! More than half of the minister's forty percent have to be sent to His Majesty, and the minister doesn't get much! That is, an errand money! ”

"Sanqi!"

"Why don't you think we're going to do that? Wechen only takes one freight, and the rest is given to His Majesty! That's a lot of money a few million taels a year! There is no need for ministers to send money back and forth! It's not safe, it's too wasteful! Liu Fan said cautiously

"Sanqi! Money you give! ”

Liu Fan was speechless for a moment, and said with a sad face: "Your Majesty, you are too domineering!" You know, the salt works haven't been rebuilt yet! I don't know when it will be built! The refined salt of tens of thousands of stone stocks was washed away by the seawater, how can you get so much money! At least three out of five! Otherwise, the minister will not do it! ”

Chongzhen sighed, "Okay! Look at you, pathetic! Three into five is three into five! But next year the price won't give you a discount! It's still three percent! (To be continued.) )