The "Da Ming Law" stipulates: "Those who are frustrated with the salt law, the buyer and the seller, each has 80 rods, the tooth guarantee is reduced by one grade, and the price of salt is merged into the official." ”

Trafficking in illicit salt is an even more serious crime punishable by death. "Whoever peddles in smuggled salt shall have a hundred rods and three years' imprisonment."

Officials at all levels have the responsibility to crack down on smuggling, and if there is "a person who is released in the same way, he is guilty of the same crime as the prisoner."

The procedure for buying and selling salt is as follows: each of the salt transfer envoys has their own salt farms, and produces and sells salt in quantities prescribed by the imperial court.

Thirteen secretaries of the government went to the nearest city to transfer salt so that the division could take salt.

Officials from the prefectures and counties sent people to the Salt Transportation Division, which was the secretary of the proclamation of the government, to collect the salt and return it, and then distribute it to the townships and towns, and then to the hands of the governor, who then distributed it to the people.

The people bought salt from the governor in the form of a salt tax.

The governor collected all the salt taxes and handed them over to the prefect, and the prefect put them away and handed them over to the prefect, and the prefect put them away and handed them over to the salt transportation department of the political envoy, and the salt transportation department handed them over to the salt envoy who took the salt, and each of them transferred the salt to the household department, and the household department collected them and handed them over to the national treasury and reported to Lao Zhu.

Since ancient times, the salt of Huainan is fried, and the salt of Huaibei is dried, and the salt produced is called Wu salt or Huai salt.

People all over the world say: "Wu salt is like a flower and white snow."

Huai salt has a large output, high quality, and the color is as white as snow.

When cooked, the dishes taste sweet and delicious.

The palace and the rich and noble families in the world are all used by Huai salt.

Therefore, although there are several salt farms in Daming, the output and trading volume of Wu salt dominates, far behind other salt producing areas.

In the previous dynasty, the state paid taxes, and the salt profit was eight out of ten, and the two Huai salt were only half of the world.

To this day, the Huai salt tax also accounts for one-third of the Ming tax.

Since Zhu Bai suggested that Lao Zhu use the "Open China Law", there is a salt introduction other than the regulations, and there are officials and businessmen who can sell salt in daily regulations.

However, this official salt merchant does not want to sell as much as he wants, and he has to make overall plans by the Metropolitan Salt Envoy Department.

Lao Zhu set up the two Huai capital salt envoys in Yangzhou, and the salt transported by the two Huai to all parts of the world was transferred in Yangzhou.

Jiangnan merchants transported grain and grass to the border to change the "salt introduction", and also came to Yangzhou to get salt.

Because of the massacre and excesses of the Yuan Dynasty, when Lao Zhu took over, there were only 18 families left in the huge Yangzhou City. Even the government office has withered to the point that only the remnants of the wall remain.

But because of the salt transportation, Yangzhou has become a densely populated place in the rich world in just over ten years!!

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After dispersing, Hu Weiyong gave his hand to Wang Guangyang with fake affection: "Oh, Lord Wang, it's really dangerous, fortunately, the emperor is gracious." The lower officials all sweated for Lord Wang. ”

Wang Guangyang looked at him and said with a smile: "Although I am a little lazy, I am not confused at all." ”

Then ignore Hu Weiyong and leave.

Hu Weiyong was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses, and gritted his teeth at his back: "I originally wanted you to go back to Lingnan." Now it seems that I will still have to kill you. ”

Zhu Bai ran to the harem as soon as he got off the court, so that he could pack up his things.

Zhang Yu and the others secretly complained bitterly.

Since following Zhu Bai, he has been hanging out for eight out of ten days. The time of exile is longer than that of a military general who fights a war.

I came back from a circle in the south, and then I was going to Yangzhou again.

Concubine Hu Shun was also surprised when she heard that Zhu Bai was going to Yangzhou.

Lao Zhu is now doting on Zhu Bai to such an extent?

knew that he was messing around when he went to Guangzhou, and let him go to Yangzhou?

Concubine Hu Shun wanted to speak and stopped.

Zhu Bai comforted her: "Don't worry, mother, I have my own measure." ”

Concubine Hu Shun smiled bitterly: "My son can't help my mother, and my mother can only let go if she doesn't feel at ease." ”

Zhu Ju hugged Zhu Bai: "Brother, brother, you go to Yangzhou to play, it's so close, take me." ”

Zhu Bai: "No, you're a child, you're still a girl, what kind of green ...... are you going to Yangzhou. ”

Zhu Tang: "What do you want to say about green?" Why did it suddenly change again. Are you having some fun hiding it from me? ”

Zhu Bai: "No, I want to say Yangzhou Qingshan Temple." ”

Zhu Tang: "No, definitely not. Say it. ”

Zhu Bai: "No, no, you heard me wrong. ”

Zhu Tang grabbed Zhu Bai's shirt and held on.

Zhu Bai was anxious: "If you make trouble again, I will ask my father to marry you." ”

Zhu Tang's eyes suddenly turned red, and his mouth let go.

Zhu Bai secretly said that it was not good, and hurriedly said: "Eh, I didn't mean that." ”

Zhu Tang threw herself into Concubine Hu Shun's arms and cried: "Mother, I don't want to get married." ”

Concubine Hu Shun looked at Zhu Bai with disgust: "Why are you scared to cry my sister again." ”

Zhu Bai cried with a sad face: "I was wrong, if you don't marry, don't cry, crying makes my brain hurt." ”

Zhu Tang twitched and matched: "Really? ”

Zhu Bai: "Really. ”

Zhu Tang: "Then you take me to Yangzhou?" ”

Zhu Bai: "I can't take you there." I'll play with you today, okay? We hit slingshots. ”

Zhu Tang: "It's boring. ”

Zhu Bai: "We won't shoot the target today, let's hang up the copper coins and hit the eyes of the copper coins." ”

Lao Zhu came in from the door: "Rebel, if there is fun, it is not called us." ”

Concubine Hu Shun was so frightened that she hurriedly got up and saluted, in a dilemma. According to the rules, she should not appear in Zhu Bai's dormitory.

On weekdays, Lao Zhu didn't bump into him, so he turned a blind eye.

Lao Zhu didn't seem to see Concubine Hu Shun, took the slingshot from Erhu's hand, and said to Zhu Bai: "Come, let's play two with our father and son." ”

The rich and noble have hung up the copper coins in the courtyard as early as possible.

Concubine Hu Shun knew that Lao Zhu had something to explain to Zhu Bai, so she saluted Lao Zhu and hurriedly led Zhu Tang down.

The other idlers and others all retreated, leaving only Fugui and Erhu.

Lao Zhu stood thirty steps away, took a marble, and hit it out, passing through the copper coin eye, and the copper coin didn't shake for a moment.

Fugui and Erhu shouted in unison: "Good! ”

Zhu Bai was wondering what Lao Zhu would say, so he was a little absent-minded, and shot casually, but it hit the copper coin with a crisp "ding".

Copper coins swirled in the air.

In fact, the copper coin is so small, Zhu Bai can hit the copper coin is quite powerful.

However, in front of a master like Lao Zhu, he is slightly inferior.

Lao Zhu squinted at him, pun intended: "Boy, fight hard." Get your hands on it. ”

Then he took another marble, and the copper coin eye that was still shaking in the middle of it.

Zhang Yu and the others could see it through the wall, and they couldn't help but applaud.

Zhu Bai smiled, took the marble, and took a good aim, this time through the copper coin.

They are busy and applaud.

Lao Zhu nodded slightly: "This time you go to Yangzhou, you have to keep your eyes open." ”

Zhu Bai looked at Lao Zhu, not sure if what Lao Zhu said was the same thing as what he thought.

Lao Zhu said: "After these widows were killed by you and Wu Zhen several times, they have assassinated Wu Zhen many times without success. Now they have changed their strategy, dressed like the merchants of the Ming Dynasty, and mingled in the rich city of Yangzhou. Large-scale burning, killing and looting did not dare, but small-scale looting continued. The prefect of Yangzhou was tired of running for his life and repeatedly pounced on the air. We suspect that there is an internal response. ”