The Sun family's dinner is not a luxury, and the only people who serve it at night are Yan Liqiang and Sun Bingchen, a pot of duck soup, a dish of winter bamboo shoots drizzled with oil, a stack of peanuts with wine, and a plate of fried bacon with green peppers, a total of three dishes and one soup, plus a pot of old Yuezhou wine that Sun Bingchen found, even if it is Sun Bingchen's reception banquet for Yan Liqiang.

Compared with other wealthy dignitaries in the imperial capital, such a dinner is extremely shabby, but Yan Liqiang doesn't mind, because he knows that Sun Bingchen is such a person, it's not that Sun Bingchen deliberately treats him harshly, but Sun Bingchen has always been less demanding in life, relatively simple, he never needs scenes and luxury to show anything, tonight's meal, there are two meat dishes, and a pot of good wine, for Sun Bingchen, it is already a rare "exception" to add dishes......

At dinner, Sun Bingchen seemed very happy, the two of them had a tacit understanding, and did not say anything official at the dinner table, but recalled the interesting stories of Yan Liqiang escorting Sun Bingchen back to the imperial capital from Ganzhou all the way, and the atmosphere was also harmonious, until dinner, the two returned to Sun Bingchen's study, drinking sobering tea, Sun Bingchen slowly turned the topic to business, and asked about the situation of Yan Liqiang's Gulang grassland, Yan Liqiang also said truthfully, there was nothing to hide......

"I heard that Liqiang is engaged in a wool monopoly in Qiyun County, buying wool from the Shatu Seventh Department at a low price, and selling it at a high price, of which the profit is more than ten times, and you can earn hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in a month, but is there such a thing?" Sun Bingchen gently fiddled with the teacup with the teacup, and asked very casually.

"Haha, I didn't expect you to know about it, adult......"

"Such a big thing, how can I not know, no one could have thought that you could make the Shatu Seven Department bow their heads, let alone that wool could be monopolized, do you know that you are so good, how many folds have the cabinet received in the past few months, all of them are talking about this matter, the military department, the household department, and the local officials, all talking about you!"

"Oh, I don't know what those excerpts say?" Although he had already guessed something in his heart, Yan Liqiang still pretended to be curious and asked.

"You're here to pretend to be confused for me again!" Sun Bingchen glared at Yan Liqiang, but he didn't see anger, " You are such a shrewd person, I don't believe you can't guess, the excerpt on the Ministry of War said that the silver you engaged in the wool monopoly in Baishiguan is too easy to earn, and the silver should be handed over to the Ministry of War, as the military department will pacify the Gulang grassland in the future, and you can't let you use it alone, the important reason why the military department sent troops to the Gulang grassland this time is that the cost of military supplies is too large, and the imperial court has some difficulty to bear, and the excerpt on the household department says that this monopoly policy should be under the unified jurisdiction of the household department, and the local governor's office cannot set a precedent, and wants to send people to Baishiguan to set up a monopoly department to take over the wool monopolyIt means that the price of the wool you collect from the seven parts of the Shatu is cheap, but it is only ten copper plates a catty, and since the wool is cheap, you should not sell it at a high price, but should resell it to the government-run workshops in various places at a low price......"

Yan Liqiang laughed and sneered, " It's all wishful thinking, for so many years, the seven divisions of the sand tutu have run rampant in the northwest and the Gulang grassland, and the people of the military department have not cut off the heads of a sand tutu seven and the black carp warriors, and now they see that there are benefits, just like one bite of the Gulang grassland has all the benefits, then there is such an easy thing, they have to have the ability, let them first send someone to destroy one of the seven parts of the sand tutu and then say, my requirements are not high, let the military department bring back 10,000 heads of the Shatu people from the Gulang grassland, I will hand over the monopoly bureau to them, why can this wool monopoly be made, let the people of the seven departments of the sand tutu pinch their noses and bow their heads to accept, That's what I slashed out with a sword, I wiped out the Tuli Department with tens of thousands of tents, and hung the head of the Tuli tribe chief in Baishi Pass, so that the Shatu Seven Ministries came to Baishi Pass and bowed their heads, they thought it was useful to rely on their mouths, and the same was true for the household department, they had to have the courage to come to Baishi Pass, thinking that they could just send a few people to set up a checkpoint to make the Shatu Seven Pay the money, then let them come, those local officials who were on the fold, what kind of government-run workshops, but just selling dog meat on the head of a sheep, I think they want to open a wool mill at home is true, really when others are stupid......”

Sun Bingchen stared at Yan Liqiang's face, smiled, and took a sip of tea gently, "It's not easy to make Liqiang angry!"

"Adults have been to the northwest, naturally know how difficult the northwest is, how sinister the environment is, before the northwest birds did not, those people no one took care of us, now when they see the wool to make money, they are all rushing to come, and began to snatch the fruits of victory, this wool cloth was invented by me, the monopoly strategy is what I came up with, the head of the Shatu people is also cut down by me with my soldiers, why do they rob, I am not used to them......"

"If the court wants it, Liqiang, can you share the worries of the court?" Sun Bingchen put down the teacup and looked at Yan Liqiang with serious eyes.

"Haha, can the court take a fancy to me for such a small profit?"

"If you don't know that firewood and rice are expensive, Your Majesty won't be easy now......" Sun Bingchen sighed and said, " In recent years, natural disasters and man-made disasters have continued in various places, the imperial court's tax revenue has been declining year after year, and the expenditure has increased year by year, last year's imperial court's tax silver was only 170 million taels, which seems to be a lot, but to deal with such a big stall in the Han Empire, it has gradually been unable to make ends meet, and the silver in the imperial treasury has long been left behind, His Majesty appointed you as Qi Yun's supervisor, and he didn't expect that you would be able to make money in a good way, and you could make so much money by making a wool monopoly in Baishiguan......"

Yan Liqiang groaned for a moment, the snake in his mind moved, and then he said generously and decisively, " If someone else wants to meddle in the wool monopoly policy, I will never agree, but I am favored by His Majesty and the Lord, I should naturally understand the difficulties of His Majesty and the Lord, the truth is not hidden, now the monthly income of the Wool Monopoly Bureau of Qiyun County is about more than 300,000 taels, throw away the corresponding costs and expenses, the net profit of the Monopoly Bureau is about more than 2 million taels a year, since the Lord speaks, in the future, the Qiyun Governor's Mansion will pay 1.5 million taels of silver to the imperial court every year to enrich the treasury, for His Majesty and the Lord to share the worries, it stands to reason that even if I hand over all the money of the Monopoly Bureau, it is nothing, but now the situation in the Gulang Grassland is worrying, and I have few soldiers and generals, If you want to do this wool monopoly policy for a long time, and even consider the future of the Gulang grassland, Qiyun Governor Mansion does not have a little strength, so the remaining money earned by the Monopoly Bureau, in order to prevent accidents, I also have to invest in the customs defense and armament of Qiyun County, and many subordinate officials in the county also need to be motivated and praised, so please forgive me......"

Paying 1.5 million taels of silver every year, that's not a small amount, according to Yan Liqiang's knowledge, the entire Ganzhou can pay taxes and silver money and grain in a year, may not be more than that, but at this time, Yan Liqiang has to make a statement, because this is a test for His Majesty the Emperor and Sun Bingchen, Sun Bingchen's bottom line is at least one million taels per year, and Yan Liqiang added another 500,000 taels to this bottom line.

"Hahaha, Your Majesty and I really didn't misunderstand you, Liqiang, you really know the general situation, and you are lo......yal," Sun Bingchen said approvingly, "Now many people are red Qiyun supervises the mansion and gives the cabinet a fold every day, in this way, although Liqiang seems to have a little money, but in fact, there is a lot less trouble, so that those people have nothing to say, those silver, just used to plug those people's mouths, externally, the annual income of the Manufacturing Bureau Liqiang You can also report a little less, so that others have nothing to say......"

"I know, thank you for reminding me!" Seeing that Sun Bingchen was in a good mood, Yan Liqiang seized the opportunity and opened his mouth to ask about the newspaper, "By the way, I just came to the imperial capital this time, and I heard that many people in the newspaper office of the "Han Imperial Times" were arrested, and adults know that the newspaper was created by me, and those who were arrested were also recruited into the newspaper by me before, and I am both old acquaintances, like Fang Beidou, or my friends, I don't know what they have done, why were they arrested?"