Qian Dafu and Xue Qing looked thoughtful.

Guan Ning continued: "They spend money on cattle, farm tools, cloth, clothes or other daily necessities. In this cycle, everyone's living standards can continue to improve."

"A prosperous people will make a country strong. Do you understand that?"

"clear."

Xue Qing said: "This is the same as using work for relief."

"Yes."

Guan Ning said: "I brought back so much gold from Beiyi, all the money has to be spent."

"You two need to think more carefully."

The two looked stunned.

Most people are afraid of spending money, but this person wants to spend more money.

But His Majesty is right.

The country and the people complement each other. If the people are rich, are they still afraid that the country will be poor?

Several major projects have been launched this year, including water conservancy projects and road construction.

This road is not an ordinary road, but a "highway."

During construction, the material chosen was burnt loess. This soil was fried, that is, cooked soil, and there was no conditions for plants to grow.

There is also rammed earth, which is stacked layer after layer to ensure hardness.

These are the basis for improving national strength.

Xue Qing couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Other emperors were trying their best to make money from their own funds, but this one was thinking of ways to spend it out.

All the money was spent wisely.

If this continues, to what extent will Daning develop?

He was looking forward to it too much.

"Dafu, go to Jianghuai personally and promote the treasure banknotes as soon as possible."

"yes."

"Right."

Xue Qing spoke again: "We have just received reports from local officials in the southeast and on the border with Wei State that Wei State is going to completely lift the trade ban with us."

"Full lifting?"

"yes."

"This Wei State is also interesting."

After the defeat of Liang State three years ago, Wei State probably felt the threat from Daning and adopted certain countermeasures at that time.

That is to ban trade and stop mutual trade between the two countries.

Affected by its geographical location, Wei State's commerce and trade were developed far better than farming.

Wei merchants spread all over the mainland.

There are also many people in Daning who rely on this to survive.

Border trade was banned and mutual trade was stopped.

It will naturally have an impact on Daning.

But then they relaxed a little more. This was because Guan Ning used Ji Rui's name and took the initiative to invite the delegation to Daning to study the reform.

Because the matter has calmed down a bit, and now it is completely relaxed.

"Wei State also reduced the tariff by 50% on the original basis!"

"50% tariff?"

Qian Dafu was surprised and asked: "Isn't this a lot of reduction?"

When the two countries trade with each other, merchants have to go through formal channels and can only go through the customs. The fee they pay to pass the customs is the tariff.

Different products, different quantities, have different tariffs.

Reducing and reducing so many tariffs will definitely promote trade between the two countries, which will also be beneficial to Daning.

"Is it because Daliang is suing us for peace and Wei wants to ease relations with us?"

Qian Dafu said: "Wei Guo wants to have both sides again."

"I'm afraid it's not that simple."

Guan Ning thought of something that happened before. There were people among the nobles in Daning who smoked luxurious incense.

This luxurious fragrance is similar to longevity ointment. It is extremely addictive and can make people lose their mind.

He cracked down hard to trace the source of Shuo, and finally found the root cause, which was brought by Wei merchants.

This is something to pay attention to.

Wei Guoming didn't do anything on the surface, but in fact he used underhanded moves.

"Strengthen supervision and never allow prohibited items like luxury fragrances to come in."

Guan Ning said: "Wei Guo will definitely alliance with Liang Guo to the end. There is no doubt about this and we cannot take it lightly."

"yes."

"Then so be it."

Ended the conversation.

The two left to go on errands, while Qian Dafu took the time to go south.

He wants to promote Daning Baobao as soon as possible.

The Jianghuai area is the most prosperous place for commerce. Guan Ning once came to preside over the collection of commercial taxes, which indeed affected the development of commerce.

But it has also corrected the bad habits. The situation of government and businessmen colluding with one dominant company has improved, giving more lower-level businessmen opportunities, healthy competition, and a situation where a hundred flowers are blooming.

The temporary impact is limited, but it brings long-term development.

In recent years, under the guidance of Guan Ning's decrees, officials have governed the Qingming Festival, providing a better development environment for business and trade, making the economy here more prosperous!

And something big happened last year.

In the past twenty years, salt administration officials secretly issued excessive amounts of salt, withheld from it, and deducted more than 10 million taels of silver.

This also created the eight famous salt merchants, whose wealth is rumored to be comparable to the national treasury.

By the sixth year of Yuanwu, Jiangzhou salt merchants were the most luxurious in the world. Those with less than one million were called small merchants, and those with a millionaire were still just "small merchants."

You can imagine how rich they are.

Why are salt merchants so rich?

It's not because they monopolize the national salt market, but because of the existence of Yanyin.

In the final analysis, it is still the result of collusion between government and businessmen.

This seems to be a common phenomenon. Behind any illegal violence, as long as the investigation is carried out, it will eventually be the high-ranking officials.

On the eve of the dispute with Liang Guo, Guan Ning sent an imperial envoy to investigate, and it was not over until an agreement was signed.

This is also known as the Jianghuai salt introduction case.

The reason it took so long was because the investigation process was not smooth, and the Yanyin Super Release had been going on for some years. Many of them had to settle old scores, and officials and businessmen protected each other.

This results in many accounts that cannot be verified, and naturally it is impossible to determine the amount and convict.

Later, Guan Ning sent Xue Qing, the Minister of Household Affairs, personally to meet these salt merchants one by one and make promises, and they were the ones to explain.

Although they escaped disaster, the salt quota system was abolished and replaced by the ticket salt system. After the implementation of this policy, the price of salt plummeted, the people cheered, and the big salt merchants who were the bankers collapsed one after another.

Because many salt merchants could not pay the heavy taxes stipulated by the court and had no business to do, their property was confiscated, their houses and gardens were confiscated, and some of the family members were forced to beg.

Later, Guan Ning established the Salt Administration Bureau to clarify responsibilities and stop chaos. Going back to the past would be as difficult as climbing to heaven!

It can be said that it was Guan Ning who cut off their financial path, and these people probably hated Guan Ning in their hearts.

Now, there is another new policy.

Daning banknotes must be used in salt industry operations.

Salt merchants must use Daning treasure banknotes in exchange for salt coupons. In the sales process, buyers must also be required to use Daning treasure banknotes, otherwise the transaction will not be possible.

If found to be in violation, they will be fined, which forces them to use Daning treasure banknotes.

As for where the Daning treasure banknotes came from, they naturally had to go to Daning Bank to exchange them.

As a prosperous place for commerce, Jianghuai and Jianghuai have already opened branches of Daning Bank.

Its operating capabilities far exceed those of the Shangjing head office, especially the savings and loan businesses it has opened, which are very popular among businessmen.

When you make money, you can save and earn interest. When you have no money, you can borrow money. The interest rate is much lower than that of private banks and the black market.

This time there are new rules.

It's just that the salt merchants are not willing. They have cut off our financial resources. They still want us to cooperate?
Chapter completed!