Tuoba Jun, the eldest son of the Minister of Household Affairs, took the lead in speaking with an account book.
"The calculations of Zhuge Hui and Yang Ling are too conservative. The population of the Zhou Dynasty, excluding Bashu, is more than 60 million. If you include the hidden households, it is probably at least 80 million. Based on the consumption of seven kilograms of salt per person per year, it is five Sixty million catties. If you include the salt required for various pickled products, the annual salt consumption exceeds one billion catties..."
Everyone listened to Tuoba Jun's calculations, and their faces became increasingly livid.
This means that if the Zhou imperial court pursues the salt monopoly policy, the national treasury can increase its revenue by at least 40 million taels of silver every year, which is more than 20 million taels more than in previous years...
"This matter must be stopped no matter what, otherwise the good days of our salt merchants will come to an end!!" Duanmu Yuncheng gritted his teeth with an angry look on his face.
Dugu Chen said solemnly: "Since the founding of the Zhou Dynasty, three generations of emperors have firmly controlled the country's military power. It is difficult to shake it for a while. Rebellion is the next step. If you are not careful, you will die and your family will be destroyed. Let's not consider it for now! But if we let it go, If the foolish king pursues such a national policy, in a few years, I am afraid that our family will no longer have a foothold in the Zhou Dynasty!"
Gongyang sighed in admiration: "Instigating the relationship between the imperial power and the people at the bottom and stimulating civil unrest in various places can make the royal family sit on pins and needles and compromise with the aristocratic families. Once the people across the country eat such high-quality and cheap salt, they will be grateful to the royal family. How many of us have done so in the past?" All our efforts will be in vain."
A gloomy haze hung over everyone.
The salt policy reform may also bring about such terrifying changes, which was unexpected.
The major aristocratic families still feel a little unprepared and can only hurriedly give advice without any effective means.
Tuoba Jun sneered: "There is also the wine industry. Liang Xiao's current capital may only be tens of thousands of taels of silver, but he has the support of the emperor. If he can really replace Gongyang's wine industry, Gongyang's life will only be What’s even more sad is that we don’t have a chance to share the dividends!”
Dugu Chen frowned and said, "I understand why the Tuoba Brotherhood attaches so much importance to Liang Xiao and sent a message to the two of us to help. I believe that many recent changes are related to this person, which can be seen in the Baitang incident!"
Tuoba Jun nodded and said: "Yes! The capital is at the feet of the emperor, and he also abides by the law. We are too anxious to take action. For the current plan, we can only lobby the major merchants and Xing Feng, and at the same time secretly put pressure on his relatives and friends. Wan A female emperor chooses him to become the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and is completely tied to the same boat as Hunjun, and the situation will only get worse!"
Gongyang Jing asked: "Is it possible to drive a wedge between Liang Xiao and the empress?"
"The situation is unclear, and this matter can easily be exposed, so we need to consider it in the long term." Tuoba Jun said.
"What about setting up the blame?" Dugu Chen asked.
"Currently, he only has sugar, newspapers and the wine industry that will be launched soon, and he has few contacts with the ministers of North Korea and China. It is extremely difficult to frame him and frame him."
"Then we can only defeat him through commercial competition first?" Duanmu Yuncheng frowned.
Tuoba Jun, Dugu Chen, and Gongyang Jing looked at each other without expressing their opinions.
"If you are just anxious and don't think of a solution, then you are waiting to die!" Duanmu Yuncheng said angrily.
Tuoba Jun then consoled him: "Don't be anxious in Yuncheng. You are in the light and are enemies of Liang Xiao. We are in the dark, waiting for the opportunity. Once we find his weakness, we should give him a fatal blow!"
Duanmu Yuncheng felt better now and said with a smile: "Then keep an eye on the little brat named Jiang Fuxue next to him and get her! I can see that Liang Xiao cares about this child very much."
"We will do our best, and the Duanmu family should also think of a way to ask the Zhenyuan Marquis Mansion to help. After all, the Minister of War has a lot of power, and you have recently been married." Tuoba Jun suggested.
"Okay! I hope to see your support for the Duanmu family in the near future!" Duanmu Yuncheng agreed.
The ram stared at the candlelight like a poisonous snake.
"I, the Gongyang family, are the first to bear the brunt. We should first see what his fame is, and we must not let him get a share of the wine business! Then, we will visit Xing Feng again. I hope he will not be ignorant of good and evil!"
In Honglu Temple, Xing Feng looked at the handful of salt he had just bought on the table and was helpless.
Fifty coins of new salt shocked the Dachu delegation.
"The quality of this salt is better than that of our Da Chu government, and the price is so cheap! Little Marquis, won't our Da Chu also be affected by that time, and be forced to cut prices to maintain the market, resulting in a reduction in the national treasury revenue! We Da Chu's interests will be deeply affected soon!" Xing Hai was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.
Xing Feng took a deep breath and said comfortingly: "Don't panic, I'm thinking about countermeasures. This matter is not unsolvable. By the way, where is General Li?"
"She went out to play again!" Xing Hai said with a bitter smile.
Xing Feng suddenly had one head and two heads.
The Dachu envoy was qualified to visit the capital, and he would occasionally go out for a walk to learn about the customs and customs of Dazhou.
But Li Xinwen disappeared at this juncture...
Liang Xiao sat in the yard, looking at the documents sent by Zhuge Cheng, thoughtfully.
The salt produced by the sun salt method he provided, coupled with the relatively affordable price, has indeed swept the salt market in the capital.
There were a large number of hidden households in the Zhou Dynasty, which avoided official statistics. However, no matter how hidden households were hidden, they still had to eat what they deserved.
Yang Ling recalculated the accounts, and adding the salt needed for hiding and pickling in the country, the Zhou treasury might be able to collect an additional 20 million taels of silver every year compared to previous years!
Because this matter was too shocking and the salt sales were so smooth, it must have been impossible to hide it from the major aristocratic families and the Dachu envoys.
While Liang Xiao was happy, he also felt a sense of crisis in his heart.
"Captain Gu, be sure to let the female Xuan guards protect Xue'er. The Tuoba family is not simple. I was given a title for my merits. It is impossible for them not to connect me with the Donghai Saltworks. There are many aristocratic families, and their intentions are unpredictable. You understand. I mean."
Gu Pingxiu patted his chest and assured: "Don't worry, boss, there are ten female Xuan Guards to protect Miss Xue'er. The Lord is currently considering sending more Xuan Guards for her and the boss!"
Liang Xiao was relieved.
This shows that Duan Yunyi was not carried away by joy and paid enough attention to the two brothers and sisters.
Gu Pingxiu stood aside, feeling extremely emotional.
Xuanwei actually doesn't like serving people other than the royal family.
But he found that working for this boss was simply a good job assigned to him by his master.
Liang Xiao was never condescending or arrogant, and he was always kind to the workers.
The point is, he has long seen that this boss will definitely become the Prince Consort of the Great Zhou Dynasty in the future, which can be regarded as a royal family.
“Damn, it’s so comfortable to follow this boss!”
After reading the information, Liang Xiao was still worried, so he appointed several Xuanwei to disguise themselves and pay attention to the movements of Gong Yangjing and Dugu Chen respectively.
In the secret room of the Gongsun Family Chamber of Commerce, Li Xinwen finally met Gongsun Yue, and the two expressed their longing for each other after a year.
Li Xinwen also took off his mask, revealing his true appearance.
Her heroic appearance, sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes, her face is like white jade, like a cold and arrogant cold plum, which is breathtaking. It forms a sharp contrast with Gongsun Yue's charm and enchantment, and each has its own merits.
Li Xinwen looked at Gongsun Yue who was as cheerful as a lark, first smiled with relief, and then looked worried.
"What's wrong with sister Xinwen?" Gongsun Yue asked quickly.
Li Xinwen was still hesitant.
Gongsun Yue immediately held one of her hands and started acting coquettishly: "You are my good sister. Is there anything you can't say? Just say it~"
After experiencing a moment of inner struggle between heaven and man, Li Xinwen finally made up her mind, caressed Gongsun Yue's face with a distressed expression, and sighed: "I heard from your elder brother that you were abandoned by Liang Xiaoshi, and your innocence was stained by him. …”
"ah?!"
Gongsun Yue was stunned, thoughts racing in his heart.
It must be his asshole big brother who made a stupid move to get Li Xinwen to help! !
If he denies this matter, then Gongsun Wuji's image will be completely ruined, and Li Xinwen may even be filled with hatred...
After thinking about the whole situation in an instant, Gongsun Yue cut Gongsun Wuji into pieces a hundred times in her heart, and could only choose one way to go to the dark, with a face full of grief, and nodded.
"Yeah! That's not true!!"
In the blink of an eye, Gongsun Yue burst into tears, threw herself into Li Xinwen's arms, and burst into tears.
