When Fang Xuanling talked about giving gifts, the expression on Li Xiang's face was a little strange, you are the same as the old fox in the palace, you have never only scratched things into your pocket, when will you be able to give me a gift? Even if it were to give me a gift, I would have to figure out the cost.

There are a total of 358 states in the world, and the imperial court's handiwork this time is not small, each state will give Li Xiang ten salt citations, and each salt quotation can sell 300 catties of salt.

According to Li Xiang's original calculation, he only needs to sell 500,000 catties a year, but he didn't expect to double the expansion all of a sudden, and he doesn't need to spend a penny.

"Prime Minister, this is a bit too much, isn't it?"

The so-called reactive and unprofitable, I haven't worked here yet, and someone will start giving gifts soon, which is really a bit of a weakness.

"The emperor has decreed that His Royal Highness assist me and do a good job in the auction of salt."

Fang Xuanling asked for a holy decree Li Xiang only to understand what was going on, the emperor really couldn't help the temptation, in this case, the emperor was also going to do something to the family.

"There is another thing that the imperial court must know, when the salt is auctioned, the price of salt in various places will definitely rise, according to my estimates, the increase may be about sixty or seventy percent, of course, it depends on the price of their auction, if the auction price is higher, then the price of salt will also be higher."

At present, the price of salt is not very high, about a dozen yuan per catty, but if the price of salt auctioned by the imperial court is high, then the salt merchants around the country will not lose money, they will definitely continue to raise the price, and it will be the common people who will suffer at that time.

"We have also thought about this, compared with the early years of this dynasty, the various tax rates have not risen, the lives of the common people are much richer than at that time, and the price of salt has risen a little, if it can increase the income of the imperial court, the society can accept it."

After listening to Fang Xuanling's words, Li Xiang also understood the meaning of the imperial court, which can not only hit the family family, but also exploit the common people, and increase the income of the court, which is three birds with one stone for the court, of course, Li Xiang has no ability to stop it, I thought it was a blow to the family, but I didn't expect that even the people would have to be cut leeks.

"Besides, isn't it a good thing that the price of salt has risen? Your Highness's salt is only 500 wen a catty, I think this price is still a bit cheap, you must know that the salt you make has never appeared, even if it is the same as the price of your liquor, I estimate that some people will buy it. ”

Regarding this issue, the emperor and Fang Xuanling speculated for a long time, and always felt that Li Xiang was a vampire in business, how could he only price 500 wen a catty? If someone else sets a price like this, then it makes sense, Li Xiang is a person who sells luxury goods, how could he give up such a good opportunity to make money?

"Prime Minister, a gentleman loves money, and he takes it in a good way, the price of liquor has been raised a lot by me, but liquor is not necessary for everyone, some people don't drink alcohol at all, but salt is different, everyone wants to eat salt, if I pull the price too high, it is the people who will pay for it in the end, which is not good for the people of my Datang Dynasty."

Li Xiang said very seriously, others don't know how much profit Li Xiang gave up from it, but Fang Xuanling is very clear, as the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, if Li Xiang puts the price of salt and wine on the same level, then Li Xiang can earn millions of dollars every year, and now he can only earn hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the profits have dropped more than ten times.

In the past, Fang Xuanling's impression of Li Xiang was just a relatively smart royal child, but today it has indeed changed, while making money, he can also put the people of the world in his heart, if Li Xiang is allowed to ascend to the throne, it will also be a happy event for the people of the world.

"His Royal Highness's realm is really admired by the old man, looking at the young talents in the world, someone can make the same choice as His Royal Highness, it is really difficult, His Royal Highness will always put the people in his heart in the future, which is already much stronger than others."

Fang Xuanling said these words from the heart, if Li Xiang pursues profits, after five years and ten years, the price of salt purchased by the people of the world will definitely be higher, according to the history that Li Xiang knows, when there was no monopoly on salt and iron, the price of salt was ten yuan a catty, but later it rose to one hundred and ten yuan a catty, which was more than ten times that of this time, but the people had no choice, they could only choose to buy high-priced official salt.

The common people have no choice, the emperors of all dynasties have made the sale of illicit salt a felony, even if you only sell a pound of illicit salt, then you will be locked up for several years, and even after you come out, you will tattoo words on your face, the cost of crime is so high, even if everyone knows that official salt is expensive, then you have to continue to spend money to buy it.

Li Xiang set his refined salt at 500 yuan, and let the people below see that no matter how you want to raise the price, I am waiting for you in this position, if you raise the price too much, I don't mind reducing the dimension and hitting you.

Throughout the lives of the common people for hundreds of years, the price of salt has always been their concern, and the imperial court also relies on this to suck the blood of the people in the world, Li Xiang is ready to change it from the source, the imperial court can suck blood, but there must be a limit, and all the people must be allowed to eat salt.

Li Shimin is a wise monarch, he has ideas about the profits of salt and iron monopoly, not to mention those faint monarchs, once a faint monarch faces a financial crisis, he will impose everything on the people, and the price of salt and iron is the easiest to do.

So before those faint kings appeared, Li Xiang tried his best to limit the price of salt to a certain area, and also to find a large number of salt wells in the country, as long as such a thing is known to all the people, then even if you want to raise the price in the future, it is impossible, of course, the ultimate goal is to cancel the salt and iron official camp.

Let salt become an ordinary commodity, become a cheap commodity, this is Li Xiang's ultimate goal, of course, Li Xiang can't say it at the moment, if he says it at this moment, it is estimated that Fang Xuanling is the first to stand up against it, the salt tax is very important to the imperial court, and there must be no other taxes to replace it, there must be no wavering......