Sang Jin came out and saw Sang Yu so happy beside Huo Guang, and didn't know what was going on, so he asked, "Ah Yu, why are you so happy." ”

Sang Yu's beautiful eyes smiled but did not answer, but smiled at Huo Guang again and said, "Ah Guang, you and my sister will talk first, and I will go and make you something to eat." With that, he ran away.

Sang Jin said angrily: "Ah Guang, don't care, Sang Yu is this out-of-the-box character, and he likes to make good food." ”

invited Huo Guang to the middle hall, and called Sang Tianliang.

Huo Guang said what he had discussed with the county guard before, and Sang Jin was also a little surprised, but thought about it carefully: "Ah Guang, you are right, since Your Majesty plans to go to the mountains and seas today, let's do it first at this time, we will do it according to Your Majesty's thoughts, even if it fails, it will only lose some money, but once it succeeds, it will be a big deal, Ah Guang, your vision is very good." ”

Sang Jin seemed to have a higher glance at Huo Guanggao, what he saw was not the small profit in front of him.

"Ah Jin, I need the Sang family's salt farm to cooperate with me, send the pearl salt here, and continue to walk according to the demand."

Sang Jin and Sang Tianliang glanced at each other, then nodded and said, "I need to talk to Father about this matter, but I believe that Father will support it, Ah Guang, your ideas are always more novel than ordinary people." ”

Sang Tianliang said: "Now the output of pearl salt has been increasing, but for the sake of secrecy, the increased output still cannot reach the expected impact on the original salt, so the head of the family means that as long as the weight is placed in the two big cities of Luoyang and Chang'an, fortunately, our location is near the national highway, and a part of the salt can be divided into Hedong County, and the demand of Hedong County is not particularly large, it should be able to meet." ”

Although this matter does not have much benefit for the Sang family, Huo Guang has helped them a lot after all, and it should be done in a reasonable way, and this matter seems to be similar to Sang Hongyang's advice to the emperor, Guan Shanhai, so it should be done even more.

When the three of them were chatting hotly, Sang Yu walked over, and the maids behind him were carrying steaming dishes.

"It's noon, Ah Guang will stay and eat together, and taste the dishes I cook."

Huo Guang is not polite, the delicacies have been served, and the cooking skills of this era are relatively scarce, the main thing is to rely on the preciousness of the food itself to improve the grade, which is nothing more than the delicacies of the mountains and seas.

"This is a roast leg of lamb, the leg of the little lamb is roasted, and some pearl salt is sprinkled, and the taste is already very delicious, this is stewed sturgeon soup, this is tiger blood brew, and a little tiger blood is added to the wine, my father's favorite......

Sang Yu introduced the dishes, many of which are made by modern prison bottom sitting beasts.

Huo Guang didn't know how to move chopsticks for a while, and when he saw that the two sisters were not on the table, he said, "Sang Jin Sang Yu, why don't you come to eat." ”

There is a difference between men and women, although there are fewer rules in the small county town, but it is still too late to eat at the same table and on the same plate, so the two sisters did not eat at the table in the end, but Huo Guang and Sang Tianliang ate together.

Huo Guang didn't eat anything, and he hadn't eaten some game before, and he didn't dare to eat it.

After eating, Huo Guang was about to leave, and Sang Jin said before he left: "Ah Guang, your salt company, I will communicate with Father as soon as possible to give you an answer." ”

"Okay, I'm tired."

Huo Guang explained to the Sang family here, and Huo Zhongru convened a meeting of all the salt merchants in the county, and slightly revealed the news that pearl salt sales would be opened.

One stone stirs up a thousand waves, these days I see Huo Guang's pearl salt business is so prosperous, but they are greedy, it sells expensively, and it sells quickly, they also want to participate, but there is no way.

They can't make it themselves, and they have no place to buy it, so they can only watch Huo Guang make money, and there is nothing they can do.

Now it's said that the pearl salt is going to be opened up for them to sell, how can they not be excited.

The door of Huofu is about to be broken down, there is an endless stream of people who come to visit, where has the little maid seen such a scene, and he can't greet him for a while, or the widow of the king knows a little bit of the doorway, they are all famous stickers who have been visited, and talk to people in a good voice, not hurt the harmony and do not lose face, if the panicked appearance of the little maids spreads, Huo Mansion must not be laughed at.

Widow Wang said earnestly to the four little maids: "Now our Huo Mansion is not a small family, you have also seen that the head of the family and the son are very good to you, the maids of other people's houses are not as easy as you, you yourself have to cheer up, don't be timid when you see people, you can't say it round, it is the face of the two masters' families that is lost when you come to visit, someone comes to visit and ask for the information of the visitor, receive the name post, and greet the atmosphere, it is not up to you to decide to see or not, and you don't have to feel embarrassed." ”

"Understood, Aunt Wang."

After all, the widow is still better than these little maids, and the older she is, the more tactful.

Huo Guang returned home, Huo Zhongru was smiling and looking at the famous post that came to visit, and said to Huo Guang: "Ah Guang, look at it, these people all want to come to visit our family, and they always have to bring some gifts when they come to the door. ”

Huo Guang was a little speechless, his own father, sometimes for the sake of the people, Huo Shaofu who is full of a sense of justice, and sometimes he is short-sighted, and Huo Zhongru, who is complacent for a gift, which one is the real him.

"Father, I have something to discuss with you."

"You say."

"If the matter of pearl salt is settled, I plan to close the salt shop and not compete with other salt merchants."

Huo Zhongru felt a little pity, but since Huo Guang had bigger things to do, and although he was not an official, the salt company was also a company under the government, Huo Guang had done a good job, and he would go to Chang'an in the future to have some achievements.

"Also, Father, I'm going to add a VAT to the salt tax."

"VAT?" Huo Zhongru looked puzzled.

Huo Guang explained: "After the overall sales by the salt company, the only purchase channel in Yanshan is the salt company, and the salt tax on pearl salt is directly added to the sales, and the full amount is collected, but even if it is ordinary salt, the salt merchant is at least double the sales and earn high profits. ”

Huo Zhongru's face was sad: "Ah Guang, will it cause disgust if you suddenly increase a tax?" ”

"Father, you can rest assured, we have the final say on the matter of pearl salt now, and I plan to make the warehouse bigger, in the future, in case of a disaster year, when the price of salt rises sharply, the salt stored in the company's warehouse can support as much as possible to avoid excessive salt prices, so that the people can eat salt."

"Good, good, good, worthy of being Huo Shaofu's son, and he also inherited Huo Shaofu's heart for the sake of the people."

When Huo Guang finished speaking, a voice of praise came from behind him, and the person who came was Zhang Yu, the magistrate of Xiahe County.