"Yes! It's Shiobiki!"
Mu Xiu was so busy that her feet were in the air, with two big dark circles on her handsome face.
He was very excited and showed no sign of fatigue.
"... With this item, you can come to my Gu family's salt farm to exchange for an equal amount of sea salt! Therefore, I call it 'Shiobei!"
Mu Xiu fiddled with a bill that had undergone basic anti-counterfeiting, and while showing it to Gu Qingcheng, he explained: "We have food, but it cannot be transported to the river because the shipping has been temporarily suspended."
"The frontline is in urgent need of food and grass, but the new court will not allocate it."
Mu Xiu, a "merchant" who is not in the field, knows a little about this.
In addition to the fact that the Gu family is well-informed, it is also related to the elite education Mu Xiu received since childhood.
In the court, the new king Chen Jing was afraid of Chen Duan.
He himself relied on having a large number of soldiers to seek the throne, so he was naturally afraid that those below him would follow suit.
Chen Duan is his cousin, no less than his leading general.
Whether it is military merit, prestige, or the troops and horses in his hands, he is second only to Chen Jing.
Chen Jinghui was afraid of Chen Duan and even pushed him out of Jiankang. He couldn't grow any better.
It was clear that the people had been "exiled" to Lingnan, and the war on the riverside was tense, but Chen Jing still transferred Chen Duan here.
In addition to Chen Duan's ability to defend the territory, Chen Jing also hoped that he could consume each other's troops with the Northern Dynasty.
The snipe and the clam are fighting, and only Chen Jing, the fisherman, can benefit.
And since it was "exploiting" and wanting to weaken Chen Duan's military strength, he naturally would not ration food, grass, ordnance according to the rules.
Chen Duan brought his own food and fodder to guard the border for the Southern Dynasty.
However, this is not the only reason why the imperial court does not allocate food and grass.
There is another biggest reason. The imperial court really does not have much food.
After years of fighting, even Jiangnan, a land of plenty and plenty, could not bear the loss of this kind of food.
Furthermore, Chen Jing is a rebel and has no concept of "world" in his bones.
When the treasury has money, he will not think about using it for disaster relief, road construction and other livelihood projects. He will only think about building a palace for himself, or simply put it into his own private treasury.
When the official warehouse has food, he will give priority to supplying it to his own people.
Other generals?
Humph, they are all wolf cubs and potential threats.
Gu Qingcheng:......
Quite speechless.
After becoming emperor, he still behaved like a warlord at heart.
How can such a person sit firmly on the throne?
Therefore, in addition to the strength of the Northern Dynasty, the collapse of the Southern Dynasty also had its own reasons.
Although Mu Xiu has basic political literacy, he still focuses more on his own areas of concern.
He will not rise to the level of "Chen Jing cannot be emperor" just because of a food and grass problem.
He cares more about how to solve this problem——
"The imperial court doesn't have food either! But the gentry and gentry in the south of the Yangtze River do!"
Mu Xiu had never been to Jiankang, but his husband was Gu Yi.
As an excellent teacher, Gu Yi not only imparted to Mu Xiu the knowledge in books, but also gave him a lot of more practical common sense such as astronomy, geography, customs and customs.
From Gu Yi's words, Mu Xiu learned about the vastness of the world, as well as the splendor, wealth, extravagance and absurdity of Jiankang.
Furthermore, in the Northern Dynasties, there was actually a similar problem - the court had no money or food, but the dignitaries and gentry were all extremely rich.
Mu Xiu understood this and had a solution to the problem.
"They have long coveted the Gu family's sea salt, but the Gu family is a wealthy family and they can monopolize the sea salt business."
"At most, the profits will be distributed to the wealthy families in Lingnan and a few in-law families of the Gu family——"
However, there are still more Jiankang families who cannot get a share of the sea salt pie.
No, to be precise, it is "high-quality and affordable" sea salt.
Major families on the coast actually have salt farms.
It's just that they still adopt the most primitive method of boiling salt, which costs labor, iron pots and wood.
The cost of sea salt is high, and the price is also high.
As for Gu, he came up with superior sea salt of better quality and lower price.
"Recipe! Gu must have a recipe for making salt!"
"...The formula is not available, so we have to get more affordable salt!"
The major families know the value of the formula, and even if they want to seize it, it is impossible to realize it.
They can only settle for the next best thing and get as much affordable sea salt as possible.
Even if you can't be a first-hand manufacturer, you can still make huge profits by being a second-hand dealer.
Mu Xiu figured out the thoughts of the families, put it accurately, and dropped the bait——
"Salt merchants affiliated with major families can exchange the same amount of salt at Gu's Trading House as long as they can deliver grain to the military camps along the river!"
"Of course, it will take time for our salt to be transported to Jiangnan, and we cannot deliver the goods in stock, so we need to give you a voucher first."
And this certificate is "Shiobei".
With this certificate, the salt merchants can withdraw sufficient sea salt from Gu's Trading Company!
"This method is very good!"
Gu Qingcheng praised without reservation.
She sincerely admired: Mu Xiu is indeed a natural business wizard.
Even if he is limited by the times, he can still make the best plan with his incredible talent.
"The gentry in the south of the Yangtze River already had food, and since they were relatively close to the front line along the river, they could deliver food to the Liang king in a timely and efficient manner."
As for the Gu family, they don't need to waste manpower and material resources. They only need to divide some of the sea salt that is normally sold to solve the food problem perfectly.
The gentry in the south of the Yangtze River are not at a loss either.
They exchanged their accumulated old grain for a sufficient amount of low-priced high-quality salt. Even if they did not buy it from Jiangnan and transport it to the Northern Dynasties, they could still make a lot of money.
A win-win situation, oh no, this is a situation destined to be a "three-win situation" - the Gu family, the Jiangnan gentry, and Chen Duan!
It was Mu Xiu, a genius, who made it with his own hands!
Sure enough, some people are born warriors, some are chosen generals, and some are business wizards that God is chasing after them.
And all of these have been, or will soon be, taken under Gu Qingcheng’s command!
Huoshui: "Your Majesty the Queen of Heaven is mighty! Your dominance is just around the corner!"
"How about we do a mission to celebrate?"
Huoshui rolled out in time, smiled flatteringly, rubbed the transformed little claws, and tried his best to bewitch.
"This time, I can extract the heroine's script!"
"Your Majesty the Queen of Heaven, don't you look forward to it?"
In order to lure Gu Qingcheng, Huoshui spent a lot of money.
She took the initiative to mention the "compensation" she gritted her teeth and gave to Gu Qingcheng at the end of the last mission - a heroine!
Gu Qingcheng raised his eyebrows, "The heroine script? Haha, it's not the kind of former heroine who was counterattacked, right?"
When it comes to playing word games, big shots in government affairs like Gu Qingcheng are the kings.
When she picked up the words, it was definitely a disaster.
Disaster:...
Secretly wiping away the non-existent cold sweat, it quickly apologized with a smile: "No! It's definitely not the former heroine!"
At most, it’s—
Ahem, can’t say!
Gu Qingcheng glanced at Huoshui for a long time before finally nodding: "Okay, let's do the mission!"
