The cunning old man stroked his beard and said," Speaking of which, do you know His Majesty, Duke Fang, and Duke Du?”
Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui frowned and racked their brains, but they still couldn't think of anyone who could solve this salt shortage crisis.
"Ancestors, don't keep us in suspense. Who is it? Hurry up and tell us.”Fang Xuanling urged.
Li Er suddenly understood." Could it be that the auxiliary machine is talking about that kid?”
Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui looked at the way the monarch and his subjects were telepathically connected and were curious." Who is it?"”
"Qin Mo!" The sly old man laughed.
"It's him!" Fang and Du were both surprised. They had never seen Qin Mo's ability to summon the wind and rain, so they did not include him in the list.
"Uncle Lan Tian is talented and intelligent, but the lack of salt isn't about making horseshoes or Zhenguan plows.”Fang Xuanling questioned.
Du Ruhui agreed." Xuanling is right.”
Li Er agreed and sighed." Although Qin Mo's science has some tricks up his sleeve, the salt has to be transported from Shandong. So what if he has great abilities?”
The cunning old man stroked his beard and nodded." Your Majesty is right. I might have too high expectations for Qin Mo. Whenever I encounter a problem, I will think of him.”
Li Er also smiled and said," This kid is indeed quite capable!”
The imperial edict to bestow marriage had already been passed down. Qin Mo, who had already become one of Li Er's family, had also risen in his heart.
"I have to ask." However, the old man did not give up.
"Send a document to Shandong and order the government to speed up the transportation of salt. If we rely on those salt merchants, the people in Guanzhong will probably not have any salt to eat.”Li Er ordered," It's just that the people in Guanzhong will suffer during this period of time.”
"Yes!" The three of them agreed.
"The salt at Zhijie's place must be given priority.”
The Great Tang had yet to be unified. Liang Shidu's Daliang Kingdom still existed and was a lackey of the Turks. In history, it would only fall in the second year of Zhenguan.
Li Er had sent Cheng Yaojin to guard Longyou not only to guard against the Turks, but also to monitor Liang Shidu. It was impossible for an army to fight without salt. When the time came, the soldiers would not be able to pick up their weapons. Not to mention the Turks, they might not even be able to defeat a trash like Liang Shidu.
"Yes!"
"How are the preparations for the reopening of the imperial examinations?”Li Er asked.
Fang Xuanling said," The imperial examinations have been reopened. The date is set to be September 15th.”
Li Er nodded in satisfaction. Once the imperial examinations began, the world's talents would enter my shell.”
Because Qin Mo, this butterfly, flapped his wings, the imperial examination, which was completely different from history, was officially presented to the world.
This was a crucial step for him to change history.
The imperial examinations, the library, and the newspaper were the three proposals of the World Annihilator School that Qin Mo had presented. The reopening of the imperial examinations and the establishment of the library by the governments of the various provinces and counties had already been proposed in the court. As the power of the five surnames and seven gazes in the court had been swept away, they were passed very smoothly.
This was naturally a major blow to the aristocrats who monopolized the right to education. It shook the foundation of the aristocratic families more thoroughly than cheap books.
Unless the gentry rebelled, they could only watch as their foundations were eroded bit by bit.
However, it was not their style to sit and wait for death. The five surnames and seven Wangs, as well as some other Shandong aristocrats, also launched a counterattack.
They closed the salt shop.
The grain store was also closed.
With other grain merchants replenishing the food, there wouldn't be too much of a crisis in the short term.
However, salt had always been transported from Shandong. Once they closed the door, it caused a shortage of salt in the entire Guanzhong area.
This was a silent protest.
Although Li Er knew, he had no other choice.
The lack of salt, coupled with the salt merchants adding fuel to the fire, caused the price of salt to soar.
After discussing other matters, Fang Du and the other two left.
Li Er returned to Li Zheng Hall with a distressed expression.
Empress Zhangsun asked," What is it that worries Second Brother?”
Li Er said," Guanzhong is short of salt. The people are getting weaker and weaker. None of us have a good plan. What can we do?"”
"Now that the price of salt has soared, the palace can't even afford to use green salt.”Empress Zhangsun also sighed.
Then, she said," Why don't Your Majesty ask Qin Mo if he has any good ideas?”
Li Er was shocked." You also think that Qin Mo can resolve this crisis?”
"ChenQie is just having a hunch." A woman's sixth sense was really scary. If Qin Mo knew, he would have to admit defeat.
"The auxiliary machine also has this idea. I've already gone to ask Qin Mo, hoping to gain something.”Li Er praised Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui's words. No matter how capable Qin Mo was, he couldn't make something out of nothing. However, if the old man wanted to ask, he would let him do as he wished.
Dou Manor.
The Dou family was a consort, and Li Er's mother, Empress Taimu, was from a very prominent family.
The Dou family had many branches.
This was the residence of the son-in-law, Dou Fengjie. This was also the famous green hat king. He married the sixth daughter of Gaozu Li Yuan, Princess Yongjia.
"Fengjie, the salt merchants in Shandong have taken over the salt.”A young man said excitedly.
This person was Dou Zhun, who had refuted Wei Zheng at the court meeting.
Dou Fengjie said worriedly," If His Majesty finds out about this, I'm afraid he will have a bad opinion of our Dou family.”
Dou Zhun said nonchalantly," Even if we don't buy it, others will. This time, we gathered all of the Dou family's financial resources of 200,000 strings to obtain all the salt from the Shandong salt merchants. As long as our Dou family earns a sum of money, we won't have to worry about food and drink for decades.”
Dou Fengjie was shocked." Why did you spend so much money? What if something happens?"
This was taking out the Dou family's old capital. If an accident happened, the Dou family would probably suffer a great loss.
Dou Zhun said," At this moment, the price of salt has already risen to 300 wen. If it wasn't for us contacting the other families to put pressure on them, it would have been impossible to get the salt from the Shandong aristocrats for 150 wen. As long as he sold it, the profit would be doubled.”
"If Shandong salt comes in, the price of salt will plummet, and the Dou family will lose everything!”Dou Fengjie said worriedly.
Dou Zhun said confidently," Now that Guanzhong is short of salt, the price of salt will only rise and not fall. Shandong is far away, and it will take some time for His Majesty to transport salt from Shandong. This is enough for us to sell all the salt. This time, we will only profit and not lose. Who can stop us?”
"That's good! It's time for our Dou family to make such a fortune!" Dou Fengjie also smiled. He had also invested 30,000 strings of money. This was the money he had gathered by taking out all his family property and mortgage the land deed.
Similar conversations also took place in the mansions of several dignitaries in Chang 'an. The dignitaries who owned salt shops were sharpening their knives and preparing to make a fortune.
In everyone's eyes, this salt crisis was already unsolvable.
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