"This is salt?" Li Shi Min asked in disbelief. Although he was the emperor, he had never seen such snow-white salt. It looked very good.
"Reporting to Imperial Father, this is salt.”Li You smiled." However, this is refined salt refined using a refining method created by your son. The taste is pure and there is no bitterness." It's much better than green salt. Father, you can try it yourself and you'll know. Your son isn't lying.”
"Haha, this looks delicious. You guys are afraid of being poisoned to death, but I'm not. I'll go first!”Without waiting for Li Shimin to speak, Cheng Zhijie stepped forward, grabbed a handful, and stuffed it into his mouth. His eyes instantly widened and he couldn't speak.
"General Cheng, the taste of this refined salt is pure. Just a little bit is very salty. Are you planning to kill yourself by eating so much in one mouthful?”Cheng Zhijie moved too fast, and Li You couldn't stop him in time. He smiled bitterly.
"Puff!" Cheng Zhijie spat out a mouthful of blood and hurriedly shouted,""Water, give me water. It's so salty!”
He wanted to argue with these people, but his tongue was starting to go numb. He couldn't say anything at all. It took him a long time to recover.
"How is it, Zhijie? Is this salt really the same as what You 'er said?”Li Shi Min asked anxiously.
"Your Majesty, it is indeed as His Highness King Qi said. This refined salt is much better than green salt. It tastes pure, just salty.”"Your Majesty, you can try it too," Cheng Zhijie said seriously.”
Cheng Zhijie was depressed. Are you using me as cannon fodder?
You only asked me and didn't try it yourself. Who can understand what I felt just now? This isn't fair.
When Li Shimin heard Cheng Zhijie say this, he also had an idea. He went forward and picked up a little salt with his fingers and put it in his mouth.
"As expected, the taste is much purer than green salt.”Li Shi Min looked at Li You excitedly and asked,"You 'er, you're amazing. How did you do it?”
Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, and the others also tasted it and immediately praised the refined salt. They felt that it was inevitable that refined salt would replace green salt.
"Father, you may not know this, but our Great Tang does not lack salt. It is just that the method of refining salt is not brilliant enough.”Li You explained," Many of the salt blocks are not refined. The layer of purple crystals on top still contains a lot of poison. Eating it for a long time is tantamount to suicide." Thus, after thinking day and night, your son finally improved the refining method, which resulted in today's refined salt.”
"You 'er really cares about his country and country. He's always thinking about sharing my worries. He's really my good son.”Li Shi Min said gratefully. Although he knew that Li You's daydream was a little exaggerated, the actual battle results were in front of him, so those were not important at all.
"We congratulate Your Majesty. With this prince, the Great Tang will prosper!”Zhangsun Wuji, Cheng Zhijie, and the others shouted in unison.
When the boss praised his son, as an employee, he naturally had to have some foresight. He had to praise his son along with the boss so that he could get along with the boss. He had to be sensible.
"Does His Highness King Qi want to sell the refined salt to the aristocratic families?”Fang Xuanling was the first to react. Smiling, he said,"If it's this kind of refined salt, then it's indeed expensive. Aristocratic families love to enjoy themselves and will definitely buy it. However, I wonder how much this refined salt costs and how much it can produce?”
Li You nodded. Fang Xuanling was indeed good at finding the main point of things.
"Lord Fang is indeed wise. This king admires you for asking the key point in a short time.”Li You smiled." This method of making salt is simple and easy to operate. As long as we have enough manpower and raw materials, we can get as much as we want. The cost is so low that it's almost negligible.”
He thought that since Li You dared to make salt in public, he definitely had a backup plan. He had a secret that they could not see through.
Now that he said it, it actually came out so directly.
"Since this refined salt is so cheap and the output is so high, how can the aristocratic families spend so much money to buy it?”Zhangsun Wuji frowned." The aristocratic families aren't fools. King Qi can't be underestimated."”
Zhangsun Wuji was still serious about serious national affairs, so Li You was too lazy to argue with him.
"Lord Zhangsun should know. Our Great Tang is short of salt, so even green salt has become a high-quality commodity that only the nobles possess. Most of the substitutes used in folk practices were vinegar cloths, so the taste could be imagined. It was precisely because of this that the sales of refined salt could be imagined.”Li You smiled confidently and said," To be honest, if it wasn't for Father urgently replenishing the national treasury, even if it was a small stream of water, it would be a long-term stream. By slowly selling this refined salt at a low price, we could also make a lot of money. It's still possible to increase the income of the national treasury by a few million yuan every year.”
Li Shimin and the others were once again shocked speechless. Li You's words were reasonable and logical. His analysis was very clear. It wasn't impossible for him to earn a few million yuan a year.
It must be known that the Great Tang's annual tax revenue was only a pitiful four million strings of strings. In the early years of Zhenguan, it was even more pitiful than two million strings of strings.
Li You's refined salt could transfer millions of dollars a year. He felt that it was too slow and felt a little disgusted. He meant that there was a better way.
Everyone's faces were filled with shame. The people present were either the emperor or the original emperor, or famous ministers and generals. In the end, a group of old fellows who were hundreds of years old added up were not as good at earning money as a child. It was simply embarrassing.
"Then, then Little You, how can we quickly replenish the national treasury? Do you have any other methods?" Li Shi Min couldn't help but ask after a moment of shame. The others also looked over, waiting for Li You's answer.
"It's very simple." "The imperial court makes salt, and the aristocratic families distribute it!" Li You smiled.”
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