Xiao Fanzhu was very strong.
He simply said "salt" and left.
Li Shi Min was stunned for a moment, then he chewed on it and said,"If I didn't know that poisonous salt can't be eaten, I would have been deceived by you.”
"Is there a need to act so nonchalantly?”
Xiao
Fan found his servants and ordered them to go to Longshou Canal to pick up the salt stones from the salt mine.
In the afternoon.
Baskets of salt and stones were sent to the Xiao Manor without any regard for their lives.
Xiao Fan also prepared many utensils to refine fine salt in the afternoon.
The salt ore was placed in a huge iron pot, and the iron pot was burned at high temperature.
The pot was steaming.
Well salt contained a lot of chemicals. Just as people knew, after high-temperature analysis, there would still be toxic chemicals.
Generally, salt production required high-temperature evaporating and analysis to become coarse salt.
However, mineral salt could not be eaten directly. It still required the most important chemical process. It needed to be mixed with bittern to evaporate to produce refined salt.
Because this kind of production process was extremely expensive compared to beach salt, official salt was sold at a very high price during the Han Dynasty.
After the early Tang Dynasty, although the court no longer set up a special 'salt man' to control it, it still required a lot of money for the people to make coarse salt, let alone let them refine fine salt.
Isn't it just bittern?
Although the Xiao family had saved a lot of money, they still had enough money to buy the bittern.
That afternoon, Xiao Fan kept evaporating and analyzing the fine salt in the backyard.
…
Xiao Yu's mansion.
More than a thousand strings of money were sent over by Xiao Fan's servants.
After seeing so much money, Xiao Yu felt a little surreal.
He looked at his two sons in a daze and said in astonishment,"This money…How did you get it?"
Xiao Rui faced the sky and said indifferently,"Father, the Jingdong Mountain that His Majesty rewarded you with is a mountain of salt.”
Xiao Yu's expression immediately darkened."Shameless!"
"However, I sold it to Xiao Fan. This money is from selling the mountain.”
Xiao Yu's expression changed again."Really?"”
Xiao Rui said,"It's real. The money has been sent over!"”
Xiao Yu smacked his lips and stroked his beard."Not bad, my son is quite promising."
"Humph! If Your Majesty wants to disgust this old man, then this old man will also disgust him.”
"Go and send an invitation to all my colleagues to come to the residence for a banquet. Just say that I sold the mountain and sold it for a lot of money!”
…
Taiji Palace.
Li Shi Min returned to the Dew Palace.
After hearing that Xiao Fan had helped the Imperial Family defeat the Five Families, Li Shimin was very happy.
Not long after, Fang Xuanling and the others arrived.
"Fang Qiao, Keming, do you think this cheap son of mine is powerful?”
"The ring said…tsk tsk, it's really magical!”
Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui's expressions were not too good, and they seemed to be filled with righteous indignation.
"What's wrong with you guys?" Li Shi Min asked in confusion.”
"I'm so angry," Fang Xuanling said angrily."Xiao Yu's two little bastards! This was simply lawless! Last night, Xiao Yu had asked these two fellows to send another invitation. He said that he had sold a barren mountain and made a fortune. He treated everyone to wine. This vast barren mountain had been exchanged for Xiao Fan's 1,000 strings of Tongbao? Sigh, what should I say? What's the use of having a wasteland like Jingdong Mountain? Is your Xiao Fan crazy?"
Although Xiao Fan was not Li Shiming's biological son, Fang Xuanling could not care less.
This move was simply not treating money as money!
The most hateful thing was that the king had given the mountain to Xiao Yu.
Who was he trying to disgust? Isn't it still disgusting?
Li Shi Min's chest trembled violently.
In the end, he sighed helplessly."Xiao Fan has a good personality. After all, he is related to Xiao Yu. It's hard to reject him."”
Du Ruhui said,""Even if you have a kind personality, you can't be played like a monkey! The Xiao brothers were clearly bullying Xiao Fan!”
"If you ask me, Your Majesty, you'd better come forward and cancel this deal.”
Uh.
Li Shi Min hesitated.
He knew Xiao Fan's personality. That kid had a strong opinion. Even if he suffered a loss, he could only swallow it.
"I…I tried to convince that stubborn kid.”
He rolled his eyes and said to Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui,"Mo Ru, you guys go find a guy who is proficient in salt administration. How about this, you guys call the Ten Thousand Year Salt and Iron Secretary Cheng Chumo to the Xiao manor and let him speak!”
"Good!"
Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui left the palace.
He first went to the Ten Thousand Year Salt and Iron Bureau to find Cheng Yaojin's eldest son, Cheng Chumo.
"Eh?"
"Uncle Fang, Uncle Du, why are you here?”
Cheng Chumo was walking his dog. When he saw the two prime ministers, he kicked the old dog away.
"Hehe, I don't have any duty. This dog…I'm the one who found it to look after the yamen.”
Cheng Chumo mistakenly thought that the two old guys had come to Qing Ming and hurriedly explained.
Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui couldn't care less.
"Cheng Chumo, tell me, is the salt from Salt Mountain edible?”
Cheng Chumo looked at the two prime ministers and felt that they were going crazy.
"How is this possible? Wouldn't you die if you eat it?"
Fang Xuanling briefly told Cheng Chumo what had happened.
"When you go to the Xiao Mansion, try your best to persuade Xiao Fan."”
"Uncles, don't worry." Cheng Chumo smiled.”
He was so shocked that his jaw almost fell off.
Was there such a retard in this world? A thousand strings to buy a poisonous salt mountain? What a f * cking genius!
…In
the backyard of Xiao Manor.
Whoosh!
Xiao Fan let out a long sigh of relief. He looked at the white salt beside him and smiled knowingly.
How could such a large amount of gold and silver be measured in thousands of strings?
"Little Langjun, someone from the Salt and Iron Bureau is looking for you.”
Xiao Fan nodded and followed the steward to the front courtyard.
Cheng Chumo looked at Xiao Fan and said curiously,"You're that Zhi…cough cough, you're that warrior who used a thousand strings to buy the salt mountain?”
Xiao Fan nodded.
"Haha! You've been deceived, kid."
"My name is Cheng Chumo, the chief of the Ten Thousand Year Salt and Iron Bureau. I am telling you solemnly that the salt extracted from the Poisonous Salt Mountain cannot be eaten!”
Xiao Fan nodded.”
What?
Cheng Chumo shook his head and continued,"Did you understand what I said? I heard that you spent a thousand strings to buy the salt mountain. Hurry up and refund the money. Don't be fooled.”
Xiao Fan looked at Cheng Chumo with a smile. He suddenly thought of something and asked him,"Is the Salt and Iron Division going to collect salt and iron taxes?”
Cheng Chumo nodded.
"Is it a lot?"
"Taking 20%, generally speaking…oh, it's okay.”
Not bad at all!
In the capital region, the great clans controlled the capital city, and it was extremely difficult to increase the salt tax every year.
Wannian County and Chang 'an County had the lowest annual salt tax revenue.
Bitter!
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