Zhao Ming took a sip of wine from his cup and watched them leave quietly, with some curiosity in his eyes.

With such a lack of money and no taxes, where is she going to ask for money from?

When Zhao Hanzhang went out, he saw Zhao Hu's frame, the two-horse carriage frame, hanging tulle, the yarn was dirty all the way, and the people were taking off the Yingluo pearls and jades hanging on it, and then dismantling the yarn and replacing it with a new one.

She couldn't help but stop and asked, "What is the use of the removed yarn?" ”

When the subordinates saw her, they immediately bowed down and stood up, bent down and did not dare to look at her, and replied respectfully: "Wash the Huan clean for replacement." ”

Zhao Hanzhang nodded, fortunately, he was not extravagant enough to use it once and throw it once, but ...... It's still very luxurious, can't the carriage cover cloth be made of dirt-resistant and cheap green cloth?

Zhao Hanzhang sighed, it is really rich and rich to death, poor and poor to death.

Zhao Hanzhang turned to leave, Zhao Kuan, who was standing behind her, took in her expression, endured it, but still couldn't hold back, and whispered: "This white yarn is not washable, it can only be replaced once at most, and the seventh uncle uses as many as three cars of white yarn a year, not only likes to use it in the car in summer and autumn, but also likes to use it around the pavilion." ”

Zhao Hanzhang looked left and right, and asked him quietly, "How much money do you say Seventh Uncle Ancestor has?" ”

Zhao Kuan pondered for a moment and said: "In the past two years, because you have been fighting everywhere, the clan needs to give a military budget from time to time, so he spends a lot, but he also makes a lot of money with your power, I think although it is not as big as the family property of the uncle, it is not a lot." ”

Bozu refers to Zhao Changyu.

Zhao Hanzhang thought about the family property left by Zhao Changyu for a while, and was sad.

She handed over the horse to the guards behind her, and walked by herself, so Zhao Kuan could only follow.

She walked all the way until she stopped at the grocery store, "Is there any salt?" ”

The shopkeeper of the grocery store recognized Zhao Hanzhang, she is a national star, who in the city does not know Zhao Hanzhang, so many times she rode into the city from outside and returned triumphantly.

He hurriedly walked out of the counter, saluted Zhao Hanzhang repeatedly, and then trotted to hold the salt shaker.

He and his son took out a big salt shaker and carefully put it on the ground to show Zhao Hanzhang, "You want to buy salt?" Don't know how much to buy? ”

Zhao Hanzhang asked with a smile, "How is the salt sold now?" ”

The shopkeeper said: "Eight pennies are combined." ”

Yihe is a special square wooden bowl, a square bowl with a large mouth and a small bottom, and a particularly small square bowl, he used it to hold a square bowl of salt, and then looked at Zhao Hanzhang.

Zhao Hanzhang also looked at him silently, and the shopkeeper reacted instantly, she didn't bring a container.

The shopkeeper immediately carefully put down the wooden bowl, went to rummage for it, and took out a small crockpot that looked okay for Zhao Hanzhang, and said with a gentle smile: "This jar is for the envoy." ”

Zhao Hanzhang thanked him, and watched him pour the salt into it but didn't take it, but asked: "This is too little, I have to buy more, but there are too many two, what should I do?" ”

The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment and said, "This salt can't be broken, so you can buy more and put it away." ”

Zhao Hanzhang shook his head, "I just want to buy a small half-fit again." ”

This is not difficult, he turned around and took out a small spoon and said, "How about four more spoons?" ”

Zhao Hanzhang blinked, looked at the spoon he took out, and asked, "How much is this spoon?" ”

The shopkeeper smiled: "A penny." ”

"How many spoonfuls in a row?"

Shopkeeper: "Ten spoons"

Zhao Hanzhang nodded thoughtfully and agreed, but sighed in his heart, profiteer.

Zhao Hanzhang took out twelve coins from his purse and gave him and asked, "How much will it cost if I buy a stone of salt?" ”

The shopkeeper thought for a while and said, "It costs about 8,000 yuan a stone to buy now, and it may be cheaper in a while." ”

Zhao Hanzhang asked with a smile: "Why is this?" ”

The shopkeeper smiled and squinted his eyes and said: "Make Jun Dade, recover the lost land in the north, defeat the Huns, there are fewer robbers on the road, the salt transportation will be safer, and there will be more and more people mining salt, and the price of salt will naturally drop." ”

Zhao Hanzhang nodded, hugged the small jar of salt and was about to leave, just at this time a half-grown child came in with a small jar, he didn't look at Zhao Hanzhang, and walked directly to the shopkeeper and said, "I want a spoonful of salt." ”

The shopkeeper took the money in his hand and said, "Your family of five only eats a spoonful of salt in half a month, and you are careful of getting a big neck disease." ”

"Then you are cheaper, if it is cheaper, my family will buy an extra spoonful in January."

Zhao Hanzhang's footsteps paused slightly, listening to the conversation inside and walking away, Zhao Kuan followed her in a daze.

Zhao Hanzhang: "Do you see it?" ”

Zhao Kuan shook his head in confusion, what did he see?

Zhao Hanzhang said: "It's all money. ”

Zhao Kuan was stunned for a moment, and then was shocked, "Do you have to sell salt and iron?" ”

Zhao Hanzhang gave him an approving look and said: "The treasury is short of money now, we need a lot of money and gentry, and the rich merchants of the scholar clan in the south to buy grain, salt and iron are very profitable, and the money comes quickly." ”

Zhao Kuan's heart was pounding, and he objected in a low voice, "Iron is enough, salt ...... The salt monopoly, the price will skyrocket, doesn't it still pass on the pressure to the people? ”

Zhao Hanzhang shook his head and said: "Now there is a flood of illegal salt, but what do you think of the price?" A stone of salt is worth 8,000 yuan. ”

Zhao Kuan is not an official who doesn't know anything, he has been down to the grassroots level, and said: "Three years ago, the price of salt was only 1,200 yuan a stone, and the price even reached 900 yuan a stone when Yuzhou was stable in the middle. ”

"As the shopkeeper said, now that the world's major events have been decided, so that the king is lenient and benevolent, the price of salt will slowly fall." Zhao Kuan didn't think it would be better for the government to get involved at this time.

Zhao Hanzhang said: "I want money, and I can guarantee that the price of salt will drop under my control." ”

Zhao Kuan said helplessly: "I'm afraid this matter needs to be discussed by the courtiers." ”

The corners of Zhao Hanzhang's mouth were slightly raised: "Really?" ”

Zhao Kuan lowered his head in horror and said nothing.

Zhao Hanzhang slowed down his voice and said to him: "I asked Sun Linghui to go to Gwangju, I wanted to do it slowly, but the treasury was empty, so I didn't have time for us to take our time, you Qingzhou should move together." ”

"Huh?" Only then did Zhao Kuan understand, "Are you saying that the salt comes from Qingzhou and Gwangju?" ”

Zhao Hanzhang said: "After that, the salt that will be changed to the salt policy will come from your two states, but at this time, I will take back the salt farms in each state." ”

In fact, the current national policy is also the monopoly of salt, which is a policy inherited from Cao Wei, and Cao Wei passed on from the Han Dynasty, and changed it to supervise the salt trade for the government.

When the Jin Kingdom was first established, it was able to maintain such a situation, but then the world was in chaos and order collapsed, and this policy had long existed in name only, and now most of the salt in the market is private salt, or official salt is sold in various shops after becoming private salt.

There are also people who sell their salt in the government, and the money they get is divided among the local officials.

The situation in Yuzhou is okay, she rectified it when she did the history of Yuzhou, and now the salt on the market is more official salt than private salt, but outside Yuzhou, there is basically no shadow of official salt.

Although there is no shadow of official salt, from Zhao Kuan's point of view, although the price fluctuation is large, it is the most beneficial to the people, because before that, the salt monopolized by the official salt was not only high in price but also small in quantity.

The imperial court used this to accumulate wealth, fill the treasury and all kinds of private treasury, and the people were the last to suffer.