Chu Huan nodded and said, "I have also considered this. Salt and iron official camp, each province set up the official salt bureau and the official railway administration, to manage the local mining, production, transportation and sale, the official salt administration and the official railway administration, are subordinate to the household yamen, to get the cross-border sales right, you need the household yamen power of attorney ......! Touching his chin, he smiled faintly: "If it was before, I was in the household, it would not be difficult to get such a book, but...... Now that he has come out of the household yamen, this matter has become a little complicated. ”

The old lady bowed his head and said, "That's right. As far as the old man knows, today's Hubu Shangshu is Ma Hong, Gao Lian and they once wanted to rent grain and land, so they once sent someone to the capital to find that Ma Shangshu, and that Ma Shangshu seems to have a good relationship with them......! ”

"I know that, too." Chu Huan said: "Ma Hong used to strongly agree with Gao Lian's policy of renting land for grain, but Lang Wuxu, the left servant of the household department, and I both hoped that the wealthy family in Xiguan could recover by themselves. ”

When Chu Huan mentioned Lang Wuxu, he thought that Du Fugong and Lang Wuxu still had some enmity, and after glancing at him, he saw that Du Fugong was light and light, and there was no different color, so he was relieved.

Du Fugong also seemed to understand Chu Huan's thoughts, and had already said: "My lord, this authorization letter must be obtained." Although the adults are far away from the Jingshi, they are not unmanned in the court, and the development of new salt is a major matter for the sake of Jiangshan Sheji, even if Ma Hong's gang is a hindrance, but the court will not be all confused. After a pause, he said in a low voice: "Your Excellency and His Royal Highness the King of Qi have a relationship, after Huang Ju's death, the current manager of the Shu Province is Xu Congyang Xu University, and the Lord can send a letter to His Royal Highness the King ......of Qi, stating the benefits of the new salt entry to the empire, the new salt entry can not only solve the problem of insufficient salt supply in the customs, but also allow Xiguan to get financial supplements, so that Xiguan can recover as soon as possible, this is a two-pronged thing!" ”

Chu Huan understood, and said with a smile: "Explain to the King of Qi the benefits of this new salt entry to the empire, His Royal Highness will naturally find Master Xu to discuss, Scholar Xu is a person with great wisdom in the court, and he sees things far, of course he understands the benefits and disadvantages of this." ”

"The imperial court is focused on the war in the southeast and cannot give too much care to the northwest, but this does not mean that the imperial court should let the northwest go." The old lady said: "The imperial court just can't spare its hands, and it doesn't have so much energy, in fact, being able to send adults to Xiguan has shown that the imperial court is actually very concerned about the northwest." If Xiguan can come up with a way to recover quickly, this is of course what the imperial court is willing to see. Now that the Lord has found a way to refine salt from cold stones, it is not only for Xiguan, but also for the entire empire. ”

Du Fugong nodded and said, "That's right." The imperial court will not realize that sooner or later there will be a salt shortage in the pass, nor will it fail to realize the importance of the new salt entering the customs for the revival of Xiguan, even if most people can't understand it, Xu Congyang can still see it, and they all say that he Xu Congyang is an old man who seeks the country, if the rumors are not wrong, he Xu University must be in favor of the strategy of the new salt entering the customs. With the support of King Qi and Xu Congyang, coupled with the fact that Ma Hong is not the only one in charge of the household yamen, Lang Wuxuan is the left servant of the household department, this person is extremely cunning, and even more importantly, he is now a popular person in the Qi Wang Party, and he may not be willing to be at the mercy of Ma Hong, Ma Hong wants to be a hindrance, and Lang Wuxu may not let him get his wish. ”

Chu Huan smiled.

In fact, he knew very well in his heart that after Huang Ju's death, Lang Wuxu regarded himself as an important figure in the Qi Wang Party, and attracted many officials to enter the sphere of influence of the King of Qi.

Du Fugong is not wrong, Lang Wuxu is a cunning person, but also a villain type, after the collapse of the Han Wang Party, the princeling party and the Qi Wang Party are the two major parties in the dynasty, and if the new party, although the strength is good, it is still difficult to compete with these two major parties.

King Qi went out of the palace to open the palace, Chu Huan guessed the emperor's mind early on, the emperor is good at the art of the emperor, and the courtiers are balanced by the strategy, at the beginning, there was a Han Wang Party and the princeling party to fight, maintaining the balance of the court power, and when the Han Wang Party was strong and overwhelmed the princeling, the emperor was quiet, forcing An Guogong, the core figure of the Han Wang Party, to rebel, and then ruthlessly eradicated it.

The emperor did this cleanly, and the most powerful Han royal party in the dynasty suffered a catastrophe overnight.

But the decline of the Han Dynasty Party means that the princelings will inevitably rise again, and the emperor certainly does not want to see the princelings dominant, so he promoted Xu Congyang to take charge of the affairs of the province, ordered the King of Qi to leave the palace and open the palace, and even promoted Chu Huan, a confidant of the King of Qi, to give Chu Huan unprecedented favors, and even let him lead the group at a young age, all of which shows that the emperor wants to support the power of the King of Qi.

The emperor's purpose of supporting the Qi Wang Party is of course not because he favors the King of Qi, Chu Huan has gradually seen some facts now, perhaps in the emperor's opinion, he does not have love or not, everyone in the world is just a pawn in his hand, if he wants to concentrate on cultivation, he must be able to balance the forces of the court, and with a balanced court, he can cultivate with peace of mind.

Now is the sweetest period of the Qi Wang Party, the emperor has always been fond of the people of the new party, but at this moment, even if he favors Ma Hong, a group of new party members, he will not suppress the Qi Wang Party because of the new party, whether the prince of Qi admits it or not, inside and outside the court, Lang Wuxu will be regarded as an important figure in the Qi Wang Party, as one of the important figures of the Qi Wang Party, even if Lang Wuxu's status in the household yamen is lower than Ma Hong, but because of the power behind him, he will not be too jealous of Ma Hong, but Ma Hong, Knowing that the emperor wanted to support the Qi Wang Party, of course he would not tear his face with Lang Wuxuan of the Qi Wang Party.

Lang Wuxu turned his back on An Guogong and threw himself under the door of King Qi, and when Huang Ju was killed and the Han King Party collapsed, he even pressed his entire wealth and future on the body of King Qi, there was no way out, Lang Wuxu was insidious and cunning, of course he saw it very clearly, the battle between the King of Qi and the princelings, you live or die, who will kill the deer, it is not yet known, if the King of Qi wants to achieve the final victory, it must have strong strength, in Lang Wuxu's view, Chu Huan is an absolute member of the King of Qi Party, Chu Huan's strength is strong, It also means that the strength of the Qi Wang Party is strong, and the entry of new salt is naturally very important for Chu Huan to strengthen his own strength, in order to strengthen the power of the Qi Wang Party and give himself a bright future, Lang Wuxu will naturally do his best to help Chu Huan operate the power of attorney.

Chu Huan had already figured out some of his tricks before, with the help of King Qi, Xu Congyang and Lang Wuxu, as well as the forces of the Qi Wang's party, Chu Huan believed that the power of attorney should still be able to get his hands on it.

"For the imperial court, Mr. Du will help me draft a copy." Chu Huan instructed: "As for the salt farm, it is true that the sooner the better, but it is not appropriate to open a large mine to refine salt at the beginning, you need to find a suitable place to open a salt farm, try to make salt first, wait until everything is on the track, and then do other ...... to do other things!" He asked the old lady: "Old lady, I think this salt field should not be too far away from Shuoquan City, do you have a suitable place?" ”

The old lady groaned slightly, raised her eyebrows, and said: "Less than fifty miles west of the city, there is Xixia Mountain, although it is not a big mountain range in the northwest, but the mountain is full of cold stones, and there is a big valley, which is very wide. ”

"Xixia Mountain?"

"Exactly." The old lady said: "Your Excellency may wish to take the time to take a look, it is indeed a good place, and ten miles outside the west of the city, it is the station of the Pingxi Army's 'Kun' word battalion, once the salt field of Xixia Mountain changes, the Pingxi Army can go to meet at any time." ”

Chu Huan smiled and said, "Since the old lady said so, then Xixia Mountain must be a good place, so let's settle it like this first, and the first salt field will be built in Xixia Mountain." ”

The old lady immediately asked: "If the lord has any orders, even if he shows them, others are not good to say, my Su family must be fully assisting the lord to build the salt farm, what do you need, just open your mouth, the Su family will do their best." ”

Chu Huan arched his hand and smiled: "Everything has Old Lady Lao." "But the heart is thinking, the opening of a salt farm is imminent, without silver, I can't do anything, but the opening of a salt farm is not a simple thing, making salt by myself, is just a small experiment, to open a regular salt farm, the scale is much larger, and according to the process, in batches, such as mining cold stone, such as filtration, such as disinfection, such as boiling salt, each process must be separated, flow production.

In addition, the workers in the salt factory really had to be selected well, and they were about to discuss the selection of workers with the old lady, but a domestic servant hurriedly came over and said, "My lord, Dong Zhizhou asks to see you!" ”

"Dong Zhizhou?" Chu Huan frowned, Dong Shizhen naturally had nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, and the old lady had already gotten up and said: "My lord has official business, and it is inconvenient to disturb him, so the old man will reply first, and prepare for the construction of the salt farm, first send someone to Xixia Mountain to survey and draw a detailed map." ”

Chu Huan thanked him and asked Du Fugong to send the old lady out, the old lady went out with his front foot, Dong Shizhen had already arrived at the lobby with his back foot, and as soon as he entered the lobby, he immediately said: "Lord Governor, it's not good!" ”

Chu Huan saw Dong Shizhen's solemn expression, and it seemed that there was something really important, so he asked Dong Shizhen to sit down and let people serve tea, and then said: "Don't worry, Lord Dong, the sky can't fall yet, what happened to make Lord Dong so anxious?" ”

Dong Shizhen was panting rapidly, his expression was solemn, and his small eyes even had a look of annoyance: "Someone came early in the morning to report that the gangsters had ransacked a village, and more than 100 men, women, and children in the village all died under the butcher's knife of the gangsters, and the village was ransacked, and it was even burned by a fire...... The local county order came to report, and when they arrived, their eyes were full of desolation, and the chickens and dogs did not leave ......! He looked furious, his hands clenched into fists.