At the same time that Zhao Ta was developing new weapons, Huang Jingchen made a fortune in the capital, and after he exchanged the old banknotes purchased in the early stage for new ones, he immediately arranged for people to sell them, that is, they were sold at parity, and the profits also increased by four or five times.

There was also half of the salt banknotes exchanged for the backlog of materials in the Zuo Zang Treasury, and Huang Jingchen's earlier investment immediately worked, and these people also knew which end of the kang was hot. The things in the treasury seemed to have become moldy overnight, the new became old, and the old became tattered, and as a result, 100,000 yuan of salt money was exchanged for 200,000 things, and these things were all good things such as silk, spices, ivory, and precious stones, which did not look much, but they were all worth a lot of money, and if they were sold, they would have to be doubled.

Huang Jingchen according to Zhao Ta's instructions, when selling are hard currency, gold and silver are the best, copper money can also be, but you can't ask for paper money, looking at the room full of gold and silver treasures, the old man was once again stopped by the prince's foresight, just when he sold the salt money in his hand as quickly as possible, and when the things were moved back, the left treasury of the imperial court did not have so many utensils for the salt merchants to exchange, and the first exchange took advantage of it, and the one who could not exchange it could only be Lei Feng, and as soon as the news came out, the new salt banknotes also depreciated immediately, and no one cared about it.

Monopoly is always popular, and officials and businessmen collude to make money forever, and those salt merchants who took the first train took the first step to receive salt money from the goods service, and quickly completed the formalities, got the delivery to the salt field to receive the salt, and transported it to the salt-deficient areas to sell, seizing the opportunity. The salt merchants were even more popular with the parents and officials of various prefectures and counties, and in order to make political achievements and keep the black yarn hats, they did everything possible to win over the merchants, and tried to help sell the salt, and forced the distribution.

The annual output of salt is limited, and the issuance of new banknotes and the exchange of old banknotes must be excessive. The forerunners have begun to hold a lot of money, and those unlucky people who have taken the last stick are looking at the salt bills they bought for hundreds of thousands of yuan, but they want to cry without tears. If you want to raise salt, you have to wait until a few years later, even if the policy remains unchanged, you still have to add money when you change the new banknotes; Change things, and when they go, the storeroom is cleaner than the rice bowl licked by the dog; If you want to sell it again, you don't want a fool.

These people were still rich and wealthy a few days ago, and in a blink of an eye, there were some butt wiping papers left, and they went to petition, and there was a big piece of paper pasted on the goods, and the book was 'small to buy pleasant, big to buy hurt', and the bankrupt salt merchants walked all over the street for a while, and those with good psychological quality could still go home with a stick, and the poor ones were left to jump into the river and hang themselves!

Some people are happy and some are worried, and the officials in the salt-producing areas are very angry, because most of their office expenses are supported by the salt tax, which is one of the main sources of local finance, and now they have been destroyed by the new salt money law, which is equivalent to choking their necks, so what should be done? Fortunately, there are rules to follow, what to do in the past few years, what to do now, just like the implementation of the Qingmiao Law to pass on the crisis, just peel the skin on the salt merchant again, you can't take the salt with the salt money in the capital, you have to buy it again or add some taxes, in short, you have to make some blood, and let us pluck a few hairs.

The salt merchants also refused to suffer a loss, and immediately raised the price of salt, a bag of salt increased from 11,000 to more than 30,000 yuan, and the salt also contained mud and sand, and the quality was high, anyway, there was a local government to help sell it. As a result, the common people were miserable, but Wei Bochu presided over the capital goods affairs, and at this time, merchants gathered, and the income of salt money soared. The highest annual income is 40 million. The income of this alone is more than double the total annual income of Song Taizong, which is equivalent to two-thirds of the total annual income of Song Shenzong Yuanfeng, which is really a group of thieves comparable to murder and arson.

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"Okay, I'm still drinking at night, I underestimate me too much!" On the roof of the guard room in the outer courtyard, a man hooked his feet to the eaves, peeking at the movement of the house in an upside-down golden bell posture, and humming quietly in his mouth.

"Yang Tou, I'm going to pee!" A nursing home said hello to Yang Feng, pushed the door and walked out, and just unbuttoned his pants, he saw a black shadow disappear in a flash, "Who?" Stand still! He shouted as he pulled his pants on.

"What's wrong?" Hearing the shouting, several other people in the changing room immediately rushed out with knives. ,

"A dark shadow, hanging on our window, saw me go up to the room and run!" The nursing home that peed was frightened, held back the pee, lifted his pants and said.

"Search, you can't let him run, the house is not peaceful these days, yesterday the treasury was stolen again, lost Zhang Shengshang's imperial pen calligraphy and paintings, I also let the chief steward scold, what today can not let him run anymore!" Yang Feng ordered the guards to strike the gong immediately, and he led people to start a search, and the entire outer courtyard immediately became lively, lanterns were lit everywhere, and the guards who patrolled the night looked around with torches.

Maybe it's because the trees are big and the wind is blowing, since the New Year's Eve in the nursing home sometimes finds black shadows on the rooftops and corners, very fast, fleeting, they often think they are dazzled, or wild cats and the like come out to move. Some nursing homes said that they saw people and sounded the alarm, but after searching, they never found anything, and they didn't lose anything in the house after inventory.

After a few troubles, everyone thought it was dazzling, and no one took it seriously, but in recent days, the house has been stolen one after another, first in the housekeeper's house, and then in the warehouse, but no one has seen the thief, and the house has also been rectified, and no thief has been found. The things are lost, and the only thing that can be done is to strengthen the vigilance and increase the manpower, and the treasury has even transferred Zhuang Ding to guard it, but it can't stop the thief, and the things lost are becoming more and more valuable.

Later, the thief was found twice, but this guy was extraordinary, jumping through the house and jumping on the ground like walking on the ground, and the speed was amazing, and by the time they carried the ladder to the house, the person had long since disappeared. A few people in the house who knew how to do light kung fu also chased after them, but they were all thrown off by him, and even Meng Tao and Yang Feng, who had mixed the rivers and lakes, couldn't keep up.

"The thief ran to the backyard, chase after him!" The lookout post on the corner tower at night was the first to find out, shouting, while waving lanterns to guide the direction, the guards and Zhuang Ding scattered everywhere immediately gathered over, guarding the passages at various intersections, forming a large encirclement.

"He's in a tree!" A guard found the thief, shouted loudly, Meng Tao bent the bow and shot an arrow, everyone knew that his archery was good, thinking that the thief could not escape this arrow, but the result was a big surprise, the thief twisted his body, turned to the back of the branch, stretched out his hand on the shaft of the arrow, and actually knocked the arrow to the ground.

"Huh!" Meng Tao was very surprised, pulled out the second arrow and was about to shoot again, but the thief grabbed the branch with both hands and swung violently, jumped onto the courtyard wall, ran a few steps on the wall less than half a foot wide, rushed forward, grabbed the eaves, turned over the roof, and hid behind the ridge, Meng Tao saw that the target disappeared, angrily threw away the bow and arrow, ran a few steps and grabbed the rafters on tiptoe, and climbed onto the roof.

"Thief, look where you're going!" Meng Tao smashed the tiles thrown over and shouted loudly, he could also see that the thief was short in stature, wearing a black and gray night suit, and only two eyes were exposed when his face was covered, so he couldn't see anything.

The thief didn't seem to be afraid, and jumped up and down on the roof, and Meng Tao couldn't catch him for a while. After a few rounds, the thief accelerated violently and ran down the roof.

Meng Tao looked at him with a sneer, and then chased after him, this is a connected room in the East Cross Courtyard, hearing the movement, the people who live inside come out to check the movement, and the nurses will also surround this place, as long as they run down to which side, they will bump into people. If he didn't go down, he was in the back, so he could only jump to the roof of another row, which was separated by a passage more than a foot wide. I've been practicing for so many years, and I don't dare to say that I can jump over, this little thief can really be said to be inescapable...

There are too many things today, and I can only write so much now, so please bear with me!!