Realizing the seriousness of the situation, the prince couldn't wait to ask, "Have you ever found out who has gone deep into the court?" ”

Lu Siqi shook his head weakly and replied, "It's just that I have a preliminary guess, and I still need to confirm it." ”

Mu Heng didn't interrupt Lu Siqi to inform the prince of the matter, but just listened to the chat between the two of them so familiarly, and it seemed that they had a good relationship, and there was no sense of humility at all. I was curious, but I didn't care too much, after all, it was none of my business.

"Who is it?"

"We suspect that the national teacher is the mastermind of the demon clan leading this incident." Lu Siqi was not very sure, and immediately asked him to implement measures to interfere with the salt administration, so that the demon clan hiding in the shadows showed the fox's tail.

"National teacher?" When the prince heard Lu Siqi talk about the national teacher, he looked puzzled, but in fact, there was no sign of disbelief in his expression.

Mu Heng noticed the strangeness of his expression, and secretly surprised himself. This prince is a scheming and intelligent man, and he showed a hint of surprise when Lu Siqi said that the court was infiltrated, but when he guessed the national teacher, it seemed to be expected by him.

"At this time, I asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to come here, and I also wanted His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to help confirm whether this national teacher was a demon clan or not, and to find out the leader behind the scenes." Lu Siqi told the truth.

"Oh? Do you already have a solution? That's great. As soon as the prince heard that he had asked him to help, he regained that self-confidence.

Then, Lu Siqi told him the method of salt refining pioneered by Mu Heng and the countermeasures to find a way to interfere with the salt administration. Of course, the fact that the demon clan still needs a monk to deal with in the end has not been hidden.

However, Mu Heng's gift from Heaven was not involved, and the less people knew about it, the better.

"It turns out that the immortal chief not only gave me the method of making tea in Xingguo, but also improved people's livelihood. It is also to teach the method of salt refining to solve the urgent needs of our star country. Si Qian is for the tens of millions of people in my star country, thank you for the grace of the immortal. The prince was in awe, and looked at Mu Heng with deep gratitude and admiration.

These two folk crafts, each of which is priceless, but the other party has no conditions to hand it over and give it away, so the prince can't repay it. And such an otherworldly, eclectic character makes the prince sigh and admire himself, and he is afraid that there is no way to be so free and easy.

Although Mu Heng has been praised since he was a child, being as straightforward as the prince still makes him a little uncomfortable, and goosebumps are squeezed out. He waved his hand lightly, indicating that he didn't care too much.

And Lu Siqi, seeing his sweetheart being praised by his brother so much, was even happier than being praised himself, and a happy smile filled his face.

"Huh?" The prince, who had already stared at Mu Heng embarrassed, was surprised in his heart, where did such a person come from, so generous. Looking at his sister again, he had never seen her so gentle with a man, and he couldn't help but wonder in his heart.

Also, my sister seems to be in front of this immortal, and she is still playing a man, if there is no secret in this, she will not believe it if she is killed.

"How?" Lu Siqi was stopped by his doubts.

Mu Heng turned his head and looked at the prince's eyes that kept turning, and there were various expressions on his face between him and Lu Siqi. There are surprises, doubts, and relief.

It's just that in Mu Heng's eyes, it's really straightforward and obscene. hovering between him and Lu Siqi in such an ambiguous way, and laughing so evilly, as if he found a leg between the two of us, it is really unpleasant to watch.

On the other hand, Lu Siqi couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed because he noticed the prince's almost clear eyes, and glared at him fiercely.

As a person who has come over, the prince noticed his sister's shame, and the meaning was already very clear. Almost confirming some private matters, the prince brought the topic back again: "Immortal Chief, General, what do you need me to do?" ”

"Let's see how to introduce this salt refining method to the people as soon as possible, improve people's livelihood, and solve the harsh disadvantages of salt administration." Mu Heng directly told him the effect he wanted to achieve, as for how to operate, it was up to you.

"Leave this matter to me, and then I will take those stewards and domestic servants away, compile this refined method into a book as soon as possible, and send it to all parts of the country as soon as possible, so that the local officials can preach." When it came to administrative matters, the prince was obviously better at it, and in a short time he determined the general direction of the matter.

"I'm afraid it's not enough to let the officials do these things." Lu Siqi listened to the reminder that was neither yin nor yang.

After being reminded by Lu Siqi, the prince also realized that it was too simple to let officials do this thing, and it was necessary to increase the route and walk on two legs, which would play a role in mutual supervision.

Hearing her say this, Mu Heng also understood that the current official salt is also procured by the government, and if the people below are disobedient, not only will the people not be able to benefit, but also affect the major events of interfering in the salt politics here. At present, the most important thing is to solve the infiltration of the demon clan and sabotage their plot.

I still don't know what the demon clan wants to do, and what this kind of approach requires is also elusive.

After a little thought, Mu Heng continued: "It is still necessary to mobilize the masses and carry out it from the grassroots level. ”

"Senior brother, do you have a good plan?" Lu Siqi asked.

"I can't talk about good policies. I think that it is possible to mobilize merchants to set up salt mills to produce this new type of fine salt in large quantities and sell it at a low price, so that it can achieve quick results. "What Mu Heng can think of is to use the driving force of the market to improve the salt policy.

But how can merchants be sure that they sell at a low price? Moreover, the current salt policy prohibits businessmen from purchasing foreign salt, and without permission, I am afraid that no one dares to do it. Lu Siqi asked rhetorically.

"General Lu is thoughtful. However, this is not difficult to do, so the imperial businessmen will do it, select some reputable merchants, and give permission to jointly handle this matter. Moreover, at first, it was necessary to put shackles on them and fix a relatively low price, otherwise the people would still not be able to afford it, and it would not be in vain. The prince combined Mu Heng's ideas and Lu Siqi's concerns to determine the final implementation plan.

"In this case, the government is responsible for teaching the people the method of refining salt, and the businessmen will step up refining to lower the price, which can impact the price of salt purchased from abroad in a very short period of time.

With the result of this arrangement in his mind, Mu Heng felt that it was feasible, so he nodded and did not say anything more.

Lu Siqi was more sensitive to politics than Mu Heng, and asked with a thick but clean brow: "In this way, the purpose of interfering in the salt administration and improving the people's salt consumption in the short term has been achieved, but in the future, every family can make salt, will it bring disaster to the country's salt policy in the future?" ”

When the prince heard Lu Siqi's question, he also showed a look of loss, as if the countermeasures he had determined were indeed a bit of a drink to quench his thirst. The imperial court can control the import of salt, but it can't stop the public from making salt by themselves, and the country's control over salt will lose its strength, and the future will be endless.

"This question is very constructive, but you are too worried, junior brother." Mu Heng smiled, ancient people still lacked understanding of the macroeconomic regulation and control of the market economy.

"What do you think?" Listening to Mu Heng's meaning, he thinks too much, but in fact, there is no such disaster.

The prince heard the meaning of his words, and his face improved a little.

"Just in terms of refining fine salt, if everyone is refining salt, then there is time to do something else? You can't eat salt for dinner, can you? In order to help them understand, Mu Heng painted a more extreme picture in their minds.

"Listening to what you say, Senior Brother, it seems to be the case. Although salt is a necessity of life, it is only one of them. For a family, the amount used is not very large, and it is unlikely that it will be specially refined for the little salt they eat. Lu Siqi followed Mu Heng's description and echoed.

"In addition, businessmen can set up workshops and refine salt on a large scale, and share it evenly, and the cost is actually much lower than that of a system of salt, or much lower." This kind of thing must be the most reasonable for the businessman to do it.

"That's true." The prince also pondered the truth and nodded incessantly.

"To sum up, that is, there is a shortage of salt, and the price will rise, and there will be various small workshops to take advantage of the situation and produce a large amount of salt. When the amount of salt increases to meet the needs of the people, the price will inevitably fall, and the small workshops that have sprung up will not survive, where will they come from, and where will they go. "The demand of the market determines the rise and fall of prices, and Mu Heng mixes this principle in the buying and selling of salt.

"What the senior brother said is reasonable, the output of the small workshop is small, and the cost that can be shared is small, so that it cannot be profitable, then there is no need to exist." Lu Siqi discussed business for the first time, and he was also very interested.

The prince is worthy of playing politics, and he also has a great interest in business, although he has never been in contact with it, but he also listens to it with relish.

"After going back and forth several times, the price and production of salt will eventually be relatively fixed in a certain range, making salt an indispensable but easily available commodity. From then on, the people no longer had to worry about eating salt. "The result of market regulation is like this, and it is the people who are ultimately satisfied.

Mu Heng can now guess that the ray of golden light given by God may be because he has indeed created a skill that can benefit mankind. Thinking about it like this, Mu Heng suddenly became energetic, all kinds of knowledge he had learned in his previous life, especially the skills that were not available in this era, but were particularly important to ordinary people, did they all have such a nature, which could make God give golden light again?

It should be true, since salt can bring such results, it makes no sense if some other important skills do not work.

As if he had discovered a new way to "make money", Mu Heng was so excited that he felt like he had been stimulated, and he felt that the pace of catching up with Ye Qingyin could be accelerated.

It seems that a large part of the time in the future needs to be focused on finding this kind of opportunity, just by burying oneself in oneself and cultivating, just like now, the Year of the Monkey and the Moon can break through the Ten Directions Realm and enter the Nine Palaces Realm.