When Li Rupei entered the capital city of Guangzhou, he felt a lot of emotion.

Before the crossing, he went to Guangzhou many times, the so-called Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, is the largest city, today's Guangzhou Mansion, and a thousand years later, it must not be compared, but it also has a different flavor.

Guangzhou Mansion is divided into the inner city and the outer city, Li Rupei has heard the report, but this is the first time to see, the so-called outer city, mainly the place where merchants are concentrated, most of them are where merchants live, and there are a lot of overseas businessmen, Li Rupei saw the scene of the outer city, they were all surprised, wide and neat streets, orderly housing, shops on the street and bustling pedestrians, people will never believe that this is the outer city of Guangzhou City.

This is the power of commerce, the power of magic, the power of great impetus, the power that no one can stop.

Li Rupei is most concerned about the issue of public security, where commerce and trade are developed, if you don't pay attention to it, there will be a lot of public security problems, the experience of Xiangyang in this regard is worth learning from, the patrol house sent a special patrol team, every day to patrol the street, but the answer of the businessman, let Li Rupei rest assured, the patrol house of the government is very powerful, every day in the inner city and the outer city patrol, plus the station of the Iron Army, not very far from here, bandits and bullies are impossible to exist, The ruffian scoundrel will also suffer heavily, and Shang Jia's answer made Li Rupei think of Cui Anqian, probably Cui Anqian specifically told Cui Shenyou, so Cui Shenyou learned from Xiangyang's experience.

Shang Jia was very satisfied with the security situation in the outer city of Guangzhou Prefecture, the inspection of the patrol house allowed them to operate with confidence, and the iron-blooded army stationed not far away made them completely reassured.

For the discipline of the Iron Army, Shang Jia is also full of praise, the soldiers of the Iron Blood Army never harass the place, and the materials needed by the military camp are also purchased in accordance with the rules. The money and goods are cleared and never in arrears, which makes the chamber of commerce in Guangzhou particularly reassuring, and every year it organizes some businessmen to go to the barracks to express their condolences.

But Li Rupei also found a problem, that is, the overflow of sea salt.

Lingnan Road and Qianzhong Road are different from other places, after all, these two places are finally under the jurisdiction of the Southern Province Daxingtai Government, especially Lingnan Road, because of its remote location. There is also the destruction of Huangchao, the economy was once in a state of collapse, and the government was not sympathetic to the people, but more crazy exploitation, resulting in the people could not survive, and many people left their hometowns and entered Jiangnan West Road and Jiangnan East Road, causing a large-scale depression in the local area.

After the Southern Provincial Government of Daxing Taifu took charge of Lingnan Province, he sent the experienced Cui Shenyou to serve as the envoy of the Lingnan Festival. At the same time, a large number of capable officials were dispatched to Lingnan Road, and it should be said that the effect was very obvious, and it took nearly two years of construction to drive commerce and trade. The people have finally stabilized.

However, compared with other places, Lingnan Road's life is obviously worse, which can not be improved in a short period of time, and the main thing that can be driven by commerce and trade is the location of Fuzhou. A large number of peasant households in villages and towns are still living in poverty.

The sea salt in Lingam Province has always been overflowing, the so-called sea salt. In fact, it is to lead the water of the sea to the salt pan, and after drying, the sea salt obtained, such sea salt, the price is relatively low, but the sea salt has a lot of impurities, and it contains a lot of toxins, after eating, the harm to the body is great.

Sea salt is pale yellow in color and crystalline, which is different from white table salt.

Li Rupei actually found sea salt in the outer city of Guangzhou, and there are also shops specializing in selling sea salt, it is conceivable that these sea salt are sold to many villages and towns and remote places, where the people and farmers are poor, it is good to be able to eat sea salt.

None of the people accompanying him noticed this problem, but Li Rupei did.

Datang does not prohibit the sale of sea salt, but under normal circumstances, sea salt is not used for consumption, the sea salt needed in the north is generally used for pickles, and the sea salt needed in the south is sometimes used as a medicine primer.

But the sea salt sold here is all pale yellow crystals, which looks shocking.

Li Rupei came to the Yamen of the Jiedu Envoy with worries.

Entering Lingnan Road, Li Rupei also did not inform Cui Shenyou, the envoy of the Lingnan Festival, this is his habit, he is unwilling to put on a show, and he is not willing to alarm the local government, so as not to affect the local government to do things, if people know, they must come forward to greet them, so that everyone is uncomfortable.

Finding that the sea salt in Lingnan Road was overflowing, which made Li Rupei's mood not very good, although he knew that there was a special reason for this, and the government was afraid that there was no good way to solve it, but such a situation could not be maintained for a long time, the toxins in the sea salt were too harmful to the body, not to mention that the south was originally a hot and humid place, and the germs were very crazy. Then you have to wait for death.

The most important thing is that among the poor families, the only people who can eat sea salt, or eat enough sea salt, are the strong labor force in the family, and once these people fall, it means that a family will completely collapse and lose all hope.

Cui Shenyou didn't expect that Li Rupei came to Guangzhou Mansion and appeared outside the Yamen of the Jiedu Envoy.

He hurried out.

"Uncle, I came uninvited, and I saw that the situation in Lingnan Road was good, especially the outer city of Guangzhou Prefecture, hearing is false, seeing is believing, and the construction is indeed very good."

"When the prince came to Lingnan Road, such a remote place, he should have greeted him earlier, so he should go and greet him."

In the end, there is a layer of kinship, and the words are different, Li Rupei does not have too much politeness, and Cui Shenyou is not verbose.

Entering the Yamen of the Jiedu Envoy, Cui Shenyou led Li Rupei to the wing room.

As soon as he sat down, without waiting for Cui Shenyou to speak, Li Rupei directly talked about Haiyan.

"When I was in the outer city, I found some shops that distributed sea salt, and after inquiry, I learned that most of these sea salt were sold to remote places, and the people and farmers ate them, it should be said that in Shannan Road, Jiangnan Road, Huainan Province and Jiannan Road, etc., almost no one eats sea salt, and I know that there are still some places in the north where people and farmers eat sea salt, and there are still many people and farmers in Lingnan Road who eat sea salt, and I am a little worried."

Cui Shenyou's eyes shot a glimmer of light, he couldn't imagine that Li Rupei would be able to find such a specific thing.

"Lord Wang, the festival envoy Yamen is grasping this matter, but there is a lot of helplessness here, the price of sea salt is far lower than the price of salt, many remote places in Lingnan Road, the people are living in difficulty, and it is good to be able to eat sea salt."

Seeing that Cui Shenyou had some helpless expressions, Li Rupei spoke again.

"I thought of a way to see if it was feasible, asking the people and farmers not to buy sea salt, this road is obviously not working, it would be good for poor families to be able to eat sea salt, if you want to ask the people and farmers to eat salt, I am afraid that this matter still needs the government to take action, as long as the price of salt can be about the same as sea salt, I believe that there will be no people and farmers to buy sea salt......

Before Li Rupei finished speaking, Cui Shenyou's eyes widened, and as soon as Li Rupei finished speaking, he spoke.

"At this time, the price of salt is several times that of sea salt, and the price difference is too large, if the price of salt drops significantly, not to mention that the government can't afford it, even those merchants who deal in salt can't afford it."

Li Rupei smiled, he knew that his meaning was misunderstood.

"Uncle, don't worry, the meaning is not to reduce the price of salt, but to be subsidized by the government, and the government at all levels will directly subsidize the amount of salt needed by the poor people and farmers every year, so that these poor families can use the money to buy sea salt."

Cui Shenyou's eyes widened again, but this time before he could speak, Li Rupei explained.

"The money that needs to be spent will be taken out by the Southern Dao Daxing Taifu, but there is one point, this is by no means something that everyone can enjoy, it must be those families who are really poor, they can enjoy it, and the government must also help and supervise these poor families, work hard, get rid of poverty as soon as possible, and be able to really afford salt."

After Li Rupei finished speaking, Cui Shenyou sighed.

"Lord Wang, Lingnan Road is in ruins, there are many things, and now I have to worry about this sea salt and salt matter, it is really difficult, the manpower of the government at all levels is very tight, a certain has been to many county officials to check, up to the county order, down to the ordinary officials, busy feet do not touch the ground, the government was mainly responsible for money and food and prison breaks, now it is completely different, the people's livelihood is the most important, if there are displaced people in the locality, or even the people starve to death, the county order is to suffer punishment and heavy punishment, which involves spring ploughing and autumn harvest, There are also business matters, so it is not possible to sit in the county government, the village elders, Li Zheng and Jiashou are all overwhelmed, and the festival has caused the yamen to receive a lot of letters, all of which are begging for more officials, and the matter of sea salt and table salt, I am not particularly worried, as long as the officials of the government can be increased, these things can be done. ”

Li Rupei nodded and expressed his approval, under his request, although the division of labor in society has not yet been detailed, the responsibilities of the government are indeed different from before, and according to the original number of establishments, manpower is indeed insufficient.

"Uncle can write a special note about this matter, the Southern Dao Daxing Taifu is also considering this matter, the manpower of the government at all levels is tight, and when the time is right, it is necessary to increase the number of personnel, but this person is nervous, and my uncle also knows it, it is impossible to solve it overnight, but it can only be done slowly, so that many officials have worked hard." (To be continued......)