East Palace, Chengqian Palace.

The crown prince Zhao Ming may be the first among the princes to get the news, and after learning about the actions made by the younger brother who grew up with him since childhood, the crown prince Zhao Ming did not say much,

It's just that on the same day, the War Bureau received an order that some of the iron materials needed to be replaced by the Imperial Horse Supervisor in the palace this year needed to be purchased in Yunzhou County.

also asked them to take the initiative to send someone to Yunzhou County to find someone to contact!

It's simply out!

Cui Ming, the palm-print eunuch in charge of the War Bureau, was stunned after receiving the order.

It has always been those who supply iron materials to them and ask for supplies to them, and there has never been a reason for the War Bureau to take the initiative to find suppliers who supply materials.

But this is an order passed down from above, and in his position, he also knows who the order is, so he knows that he can't refuse this order, no matter how ridiculous it feels, he has to do it.

had no choice but to find a eunuch in charge of the war bureau and led some people towards Yunzhou County.

As for him going personally?

How is that possible, although this is an order handed down by which one, but which one is still only the prince, and the purpose of the four princes and the five princes in the court is simply obvious, and it is still unknown whether one can ascend to that position.

It's good that I can do it for you as a dignified palm print supervisor, and let me personally travel thousands of miles to the frontier to give people three or four low, which one doesn't have that ability.

Soon Yunzhou County received this line, and the Yunzhou County Government did not embarrass them, after all, they came thousands of miles away, and they were still customers.

After discussing the specific matters related to the supply, the officials of Yunzhou County also gave them some local products.

This made the little eunuchs who were originally sent out to run thousands of miles to give money to people, and they were very dissatisfied in their hearts, and they couldn't help but sigh that this "local specialty" was really to their liking.

It's not for nothing.

According to the current iron price on the market, a pound of pig iron is about 25 wen, and if the quality of wrought iron is good, it is about 35 wen.

According to the discussion between the yamen of Yunzhou County and the eunuch in charge, Yunzhou County supplied iron to the War Bureau at this price, but on the surface, the purchase price of iron was 30 wen for pig iron and 38 wen for wrought iron.

The superfluous ones...... The eunuch in charge smiled happily, and the little eunuch accompanying him also smiled, secretly sighing that the officials of Yunzhou County would be able to behave.

In this way, the transaction between Yunzhou County and the War Bureau can be regarded as completely concluded.

Both sides got the results they wanted, and then they went back to their respective homes and found their own mothers.

Soon after, the people sent by the four princes also came to Yunzhou County and began to discuss matters related to the supply of iron in Yunzhou County, and also specially put forward a request to see King Yun.

Zhao Jun, who received the news, agreed to the meeting, but not at the palace meeting, but at the county guard yamen to meet these people.

Soon, from their mouths, Zhao Jun understood the meaning of his good fourth brother's sending.

With a dissatisfied expression on his face, his heart was full of disdain, and the fourth child wanted to take advantage of any advantage because of this means. It's a pity that he didn't know that the iron price in Yunzhou County was much lower than he thought.

The price of pig iron given by the four princes is 20 wen, and wrought iron is 30 wen, which is much lower than the iron price on the market, but Zhao Jun doesn't care.

After showing an angry and helpless look, he finally agreed to the request of selling iron materials to Zhao Ji at a low price in "humiliation".

But after the people sent by Zhao Ji left, the officials in the yamen couldn't help but smile happily.

Because since the start of blast furnace ironmaking, the iron smelting output of Yunzhou County has been rising.

The corresponding smelting cost is also reduced.

Nowadays, the price of pig iron in Yunzhou County has been suppressed at about 15 wen a catty.

Wrought iron is only twenty-three wen.

Even if it was sold to the four princes at this seemingly depressed price, Yunzhou County still made a lot of money.

It's not a loss at all, and there is one more sales channel.

This Zhao Ji may have earned, but Yunzhou County will never lose!

You say it's a big deal......

As the so-called wealth is not exposed, secretly enter the village, don't shoot a gun, Yunzhou County will naturally not blow out its low price, so it has no choice but to "humiliately" sell a large amount of iron to the four princes, and at the same time make a lot of money from this "loss".

Cloud King's Mansion.

Zhao Jun is looking at the account book of this month's income, and in addition to the usual fixed income, there is a lot more income this month.

First, it was a large order from the War Bureau, but it was said that it was a large sum, and the War Bureau was only responsible for the weapons and iron weapons of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and only a part of it was given to Yunzhou County, so it didn't actually make much money.

The main boss is still on the side of the four princes, and after the four princes started, many people in the court have been eyeing his three-year tax exemption policy.

There are a lot of people who come to the door these days to ask to see them.

Zhao Jun selected a few, and they added the order from the fourth child, which brought him a net profit of 200,000 taels this month alone.

Of course, this is a financial report for the outside to see, in fact, with the cost of iron in Yunzhou County, this profit has been nearly 300,000 taels.

This is about to expand the army, and so many people have been bought back, and they are spending money everywhere, and now that they have such a large income, it can be regarded as relieving Zhao Jun's financial pressure.

While he was thinking about the accounts, Wang Huaien suddenly walked in quickly and reached his ear.

"Lord Wang, the county guard is asking to see you outside."

Zhao Jun frowned, looked at the sky, it was not time to eat at noon, why did this Li Yi come to find him now?

Since those officials of Yunzhou County ate a few times in the palace, they found that the food in the palace was much better than outside, so they often delayed until about the meal, just to rub a meal, and they also knew that Zhao Jun would not be embarrassed to let them watch the meal.

So now Zhao Jundu is used to it, and there are often a bunch of people who suddenly come to him to report to him before dinner, which is about to become the "rule" of the upper echelons of Yunzhou County.

Non-important matters are basically said at the dinner table.

Now that it's not time to eat, this Li Yi is coming to find himself now, it should be really important.

With a wave of his hand, Zhao Jun asked Wang Huaien to take Li Yi in.

As soon as he came in, Li Yi was about to salute, but Zhao Jun waved his hand and said, "Okay, there should be something important at this point, don't waste time, don't delay things." ”

Li Yi hurriedly said: "The prince is wise! ”

Then he told him what he had done today.

"Lord Wang, these days, when I recruited a large number of people from all over Liaobei County in Yunzhou County to enter the customs, I found that many people were almost impossible when they came to us, and even heard from them that many people fell on the road before they came.

When the local government sent these people here, they didn't give them any food at all, so they insisted that they carry them.

Some of the nearby prefectures are fine, and you can just endure it, but those who are farther away, and the people who are already hungry have gone through such a long journey, and the population has plummeted.

Xia Guan thought that this would not work, and we originally wanted to give them a way to live, but now we are doing this, although some people have survived, we have also let some people be forcibly eliminated on the road, which is not only a waste of manpower, but also cruelty to these people! ”

After hearing this, Zhao Jun's brows furrowed deeply, he knew that those officials in the gate didn't treat the people as human beings at all, but he didn't expect them to be so excessive.

He must not allow such a situation.

After thinking for a moment, Zhao Jun suddenly asked, "How much grain do I have in Yunzhou County now?"

In addition, didn't the first batch of people who came already arrange for them to go to Nanli County to transport the spring tax back?

How long will it take for the first batch of grain to return to Yunzhou County? ”

Listening to Zhao Jun's question, Li Yi began to quickly recall the data recorded by the yamen and began to estimate it......

(End of chapter)