Liang Xiao thought for a while and said: "Today and tomorrow are both inconvenient. As for the day after tomorrow, I will sell Canghai Yueming at Huanhua Building. The Gongsun family should have received the news."
Without saying anything, Gu Pingxiu immediately went to notify the Gongsun family.
"The third young lady of the Gongsun family? I heard that she is the most beautiful woman in Bashu, huh..." Duan Yunxiu felt jealous inexplicably and felt a little bit of a crisis.
Liang Xiao suddenly asked: "Just now in the Imperial Study Room, I saw a worried look in your eyes. Are those ministers from aristocratic families coming to obstruct the salt monopoly again?"
Duan Yunxiu nodded and said: "Brother Xiao, don't worry, my imperial sister must be scolding these people now. After all, this is a major matter related to the fate of the country~"
Liang Xiao was relieved.
He heard Duan Yunxiu say that when there were frequent disasters in various places, and officials from various places, especially those from aristocratic families, took advantage of them, they managed to do it without leaks, so the national treasury often had hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of taels. A gap of ten thousand taels.
It is impossible for the royal family to ask the Dingguo Marquis Mansion to fill this gap every year. Sometimes, it can only ask these aristocratic families to raise donations by giving away profits or compromising, which is quite shameless.
This is also the reason why those aristocratic families are becoming more and more rampant.
It is in their interests to have a royal family of the Zhou Dynasty that looks up to others and is on tenterhooks.
Nowadays, increasing revenue from stamp duty and salt administration can effectively solve this problem.
For example, today, the treasury received an additional one hundred thousand taels of silver.
This one hundred thousand taels of silver is a guarantee.
It was precisely because of this that Liang Xiao understood that Duan Yunxiu spent thousands of taels to take care of his own business, actually to make up for the Liang family.
Even if he didn't have those few calligraphy paintings, the money would still be given to him.
He seems to have suffered a loss, but not completely...
No matter what, Duan Yunyi, as the Empress of the Great Zhou Dynasty, felt proud and proud for once. No wonder she had such a happy and gentle side just now.
The more Duan Yunxiu thought about it, the happier he became. He walked to Liang Xiao's side in small steps, touched his arm with his arm, and started his coquettish offensive.
"Brother Xiao is really indispensable. How do you want us sisters to repay you~"
The delicate voice almost made Liang Xiao's bones go numb.
"You and Your Majesty, just stop thinking about letting me enter the palace."
Liang Xiao's seemingly puzzled response made Duan Yunxiu stunned. He pursed his lips and said "Oh" with broken thoughts in his heart.
This guy is such a fool... How could she give up!
Mu Qinxue was still hiding in Liang Xiao's house to accompany Jiang Fuxue. She was overjoyed when she heard that Duan Yunxiu was also here.
The two sisters sat on either side of Jiang Fuxue, watching her write and listening to her tell the story of Journey to the West.
Of course, they still want to read every issue of the newspaper.
But what they want to know most is how this little girl met Liang Xiao.
Her description was so outrageous that even Mu Qinxue, who was excellent in martial arts, couldn't believe that Liang Xiao could kill hundreds of elite killers single-handedly.
Even if the enemy can't defeat Liang Xiao, there will always be someone among a hundred or so people who can escape, right?
It turns out that my fiancé is both civil and military...
Mu Qinxue suddenly looked forward to it, and her face was full of excitement.
The Gongsun family's chamber of commerce was well-informed and immediately sent Gongsun Yue the news about Guan Yan and Canghai Yueming.
Gongsun Yue's charming face showed a bit of worry.
"I can sell at least 50,000 taels of salt at a time..."
Gongsun Ling explained: "Because the quality of the official salt today is surprisingly good, and the price is ridiculously low, only fifty cents per pound!"
Gongsun Yue sighed: "But the problem is, the purchase limit is ten kilograms per person, but the official still sold at least one million kilograms. Is this the people in the capital rushing to buy salt with their families?"
Gongsun Ling nodded, his face full of horror.
The people in the capital are relatively richer than those in other places, and have more grain and silver reserves.
But selling out millions of kilograms of salt at once exceeded their expectations.
This shows the importance of salt to the people!
Of course, the government also allows children to occupy the ten-pound purchase limit. Many adults even go there with their babies in their arms to buy ten more pounds.
Selling only 50 cents and high quality table salt is an irresistible temptation!
"If there were no purchase restrictions, I'm afraid these chambers of commerce in the capital would be desperately hoarding salt, right? Who knows if the price of salt will continue to rise next time..."
Gongsun Yue's face looked a little ugly.
The salt policy in the Bashu area was firmly controlled by the Gongsun family, and the price of salt started at eighty cents per kilogram.
If the Zhou Dynasty sells this kind of salt at fifty cents per catty for a long time, it will also have an impact on Bashu's finances.
If the Gongsun family wants to avoid this impact without falling out with the Zhou court, they must negotiate with the Empress of Zhou in the form of profit concessions, purchase large quantities of salt from the Zhou government, and then transport it to Bashu for sale.
In any case, if the Zhou court could sell this kind of salt for a long time, it would be extremely helpful to maintain its rule.
"Miss Third, Mr. Zhuo mentioned before that the reform of the salt policy may also have something to do with Liang Xiao."
Gongsun Ling's reminder made Gongsun Yue's face look even worse.
Her eyes fell on the new issue of the newspaper.
"My singing moon wanders, my dancing shadows are scattered..."
After this poem "Drinking Alone Under the Moon" was published in the newspaper, within half a day, all the streets and alleys were chanting this poem!
She was now curious about what this man looked like.
Gongsun Yue clenched her fists and asked, "Does Liang Xiao really refuse to see me?"
"He said he's not free these two days..." Gongsun Ling responded hesitantly, with a cautious look on his face.
In Bashu, no one would ever reject this third lady.
Some people don't dare, and some people can't bear it.
Who can bear to refuse such a beauty...
How could Liang Xiao bear it?
"Okay! I will go to Huanhua Tower to see what kind of thing his Canghai Yueming is." Gongsun Yue smiled coldly and asked, "By the way, where is my fourth cousin? Isn't he in the capital?"
"Jianzong said that he has private matters to deal with. After finishing it, he will help you bring back the fourth lady." Gongsun Ling replied.
Gongsun Yue frowned slightly and stopped asking.
At dusk, grandma found Jiang Fuxue while she was cooking and informed him privately.
"My third sister is really coming??" Jiang Fuxue was surprised and happy.
There seemed to be dozens of chapters of Liang Xiao's Journey to the West that she had not yet finished.
Grandma saw this in her eyes and said happily: "Miss, are you very touched?"
"Yeah, yeah, I'm so touched..."
"The third lady said that in order to protect the young lady, she will pretend not to know the young lady when the time comes, and the young lady will treat her as if she has met her for the first time..."
"Okay, okay, tell her to come early! I can't wait."
Grandma agreed repeatedly, feeling relieved.
Finally, she has a relative to miss...
After the meal, the three sworn sisters pestered Liang Xiao to tell them the later chapters of "Journey to the West".
It wasn't until night that Duan Yunxiu and Mu Qinxue reluctantly left Liang Mansion.
In the dead of night, there is a secret room deep in Tuoba's mansion.
All major aristocratic families sent representatives of the younger generation.
Tuoba Jun from the Tuoba family, Gongyang Jing from the Gongyang family, Dugu Chen from the Dugu family, Duanmu Yuncheng from the Duanmu family...
Everyone looked solemnly and looked at the newspapers on the table and a pile of written information with sinister eyes.
Liang Xiao is about to enter the wine industry, and Dazhou has canceled the salt industry. The two most profitable industries...
This is digging into their lifeblood!
