Wu Qi's nephew Wu Yuan said: "Uncle, now that the King of Qi and the Crown Prince are fighting for the throne, if we rashly get involved, I'm afraid we will die without a burial place!"
Wu Qi suddenly woke up, and there was news about Jiang Huai's seizure of the legitimate son. It's no wonder that the prince needs Jiang Huai's wealth.
If that's the case, then we can't get involved.
As a financial minister, Wu Qi naturally understands that the greater the risk, the greater the return.
It's not that he doesn't dare to participate in the heir apparent, but he wants to evaluate the risks of participating in the heir apparent.
Wu Qi recovered from the huge temptation and regained his calmness as a financial expert.
Wu Qi said: "Tell me exactly what you saw and heard in Fengxiang Mansion, and don't miss out on any minor details!"
Wuyuan told Wuqi everything about what he saw and heard in Fengxiang Mansion and the details of his interactions with Wang Chengwei.
"What? You said that King Jianning also established the Salt and Iron Institute in Longyou, and did he specialize in salt and iron?"
Fifth Yuan said blankly: "Yes, my brother Wang said so. Longyou is also following the example of his uncle in engaging in a salt and iron franchise. He said that King Jianning praised his uncle's method of using salt to make money and thought it was something. 'Fair-for-all' taxation."
Fifth Yuan asked doubtfully: "Uncle, what is the taxation of 'equal loss'?"
Wu Qi sighed and said: "Salt is something that everyone must use. The poor and the rich must eat salt. What King Jianning means is that everyone pays the salt tax according to the population. It is not like there is a large amount of tax-free land and tax evasion in the land." land."
Wuyuan said: "In addition to salt, Longyou also specializes in ironware, but it only specializes in unformed iron ingots."
Wu Qi sighed and said: "Uncle, I also want to specialize in iron mills in Jianghuai. Unfortunately, there are many iron mills in Jiangnan, and it is not like salt that can be restricted to a few production areas and cannot be banned. How did Longyou specialize in ironware?"
Fifth Yuan said: "Actually, it's not a franchise. I heard from Brother Wang that a huge iron factory was built in Longyou. One furnace can produce ten thousand kilograms of high-quality steel. Even after adding the iron tax, it is better than ordinary workshops. The price of iron is low.”
"He said that this is called intensive production, which reduces production costs and uses technological advantages to improve competitiveness. The palace uses low-priced iron ingot dumping to occupy the market and form a virtual monopoly."
Fifth Yuan shook his head and said: "Uncle, what does he mean by this? I don't understand it at all."
Wu Qi chewed on this sentence over and over, and finally said: "Okay! Wonderful! But is there really an iron factory in this world that can produce 10,000 kilograms of iron per day?"
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Fifth Yuan continued: "Uncle, I don't know if Brother Wang is bragging. He said that iron tools are already common in Longyou. Longyou can even lay rails on the ground and use iron to make a magical machine. Running on the rails, you can travel hundreds of miles a day."
"He said that there are hot air balloons in Longyou that can fly into the sky and carry people around the world."
"There are also machines that never stop, can spin yarn and weave cloth, and can even lift a huge hammer to forge steel."
"My nephew also felt that what Brother Wang said was too much and too bizarre. I didn't want to tell my uncle, but when my uncle asked, my nephew told me."
Wu Qi pondered for a long time and said: "Did you find out the last time Longyou offered victory to Fengxiang Mansion?"
Xianjie? Fifth Yuan asked: "Did your uncle talk about the 10,000 miscellaneous animals? This nephew also asked clearly. The Ministry of Revenue has indeed put such animals into storage. Among them, the Uighur war horses have been supplemented to the army, and the remaining livestock have also been
They were distributed to meritorious officers and soldiers, and my uncle asked what he was doing with this?"
Wu Qi said: "King Jianning specializes in salt and iron, can defeat the Uighurs, and has the advantage of trade in the Western Regions. It seems that he is dormant in the northwest and has the ambition to dominate the world."
Wuyuan was startled and said: "Uncle, please don't be joking. It's already a mess in the court that the Crown Prince and King Qi are trying to seize the legitimate son. Does it mean that King Jianning wants to seize the legitimate son too?"
Wu Qi said: "If you don't study the knowledge passed down by our family carefully, do you know that wealth matters are the imperial art of prosperity and destruction, which is the first-class art?"
The fifth family is proficient in the art of financial management. The fifth family of the Eastern Han Dynasty is proficient in the art of wealth management and was reused by Emperor Guangwu.
Fifth Yuan didn't care much about the knowledge passed down from his family. He always felt that his ancestors were deliberately making alarmist remarks in order to put their academic reputation on their side.
In today's Tang Dynasty, the top level of a financial official is just the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and even entering the Political Affairs Hall is not enough.
Wu Qi said: "Money is needed for marching and fighting, salaries are needed for officials and ministers, and money is needed for worshiping the country. Can you tell me which one does not require money?"
"If it weren't for my uncle who was raising military supplies and food in Jianghuai, how would the imperial court have spent money to put down the rebellion?"
"King Jianning established the Salt and Iron Institute in Longyou to reform the tax system. This is because he has a big plan!"
Wuyuan was startled and said: "Uncle, what do you think of King Jianning?"
Wu Qi said: "If what you say is true, then this world belongs to King Jianning. He promotes industry and industry and repairs soldiers and armor. Now in the court hall, he is fighting with King Qi in the East Palace. King Jianning is sitting on the right side of Longlong.
Harvest profit."
Wu Qi continued: "Even if King Jianning does not have the ambition to seize the throne, this is still a huge threat to the East Palace. This shows that the position of the East Palace is unstable, and it is really unwise to get involved at this time."
Fifth Yuan said with a grimace: "But uncle, what are we going to do?"
Wu Qi said: "Hold on!"
Fifth Yuan said: "Isn't this vacillation a recipe for death?"
Wu Qi said: "You take my order and ask several salt merchants who are closely related to our family to withdraw and bring the salt back."
Wuyuan was shocked. This salt guide was the quota for selling salt. Now that Jianghuai Salt and Iron was specialized, the salt guide was equivalent to the copper mold for casting money and the golden rooster that laid eggs.
"Do as I say!"
The fifth original can only take the warrant, find the family branches and in-laws, and get the salt back from them.
The method adopted by Wu Qi is to drag the word.
Cheng Yuanzhen was given good food and drink by him, but every time he talked about things, Wu Qi used the excuse that he was busy and refused to talk to Cheng Yuanzhen in detail.
Cheng Yuanzhen was helpless about this, half threatening and half tempting, but Wu Qi just avoided seeing him, but he was so polite and considerate that he couldn't find any problems.
Cheng Yuanzhen was so angry that he could only stamp his feet. He didn't understand why Wu Qi suddenly changed his mind after the talks were going well.
But soon, Wu Qi's nephew sent five copies of Jianghuai's salt.
Now Cheng Yuanzhen was overjoyed.
Fifth Qi's salt law in Jianghuai means that the government monopolizes the production of salt, but the sales of salt are carried out through salt merchants in Jianghuai.
As for how much salt the salt dealer buys in a year, he must use the salt on hand to exchange for it.
The salt merchants get the salt and sell it in the market, and they can make a profit on the price difference.
Although there are still transportation costs, salt merchants can now make money after specializing in the business, and the price of a piece of salt has been increased to tens of thousands of dollars.
Wu Qi brought out the salt. Although he did not withhold 30% of Jianghuai's salt tax as requested by the East Palace, it was still a huge sum of money.
Fifth Yuan said: "Palace order, my uncle said that the salt tax is a major matter for the court, and the Ministry of Household Affairs has registered it. Now that we are missing, the court will definitely send a censor to investigate."
"I took these five pieces of salt from the salt merchants from my uncle. Whether I trade it myself or sell it, I can earn nearly one hundred thousand guan. Please ask the palace to present this salt to the prince."
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Cheng Yuanzhen was a little hesitant. You must know that the salt tax from Jianghuai is several million dollars a year. Although the salt is expensive, it is still a drop in the bucket compared with the 30% of the salt tax.
I saw Wuyuan secretly take out another salt guide, put it into Cheng Yuanzhen's hand and said:
"Please also ask the palace magistrate to say a few kind words in front of His Highness!"
Now Cheng Yuanzhen accepted the salt and iron envoy, and then said: "It has been a long time since I came out, and there is no one around the prince to serve me. So I will go back and report to the prince first. The matter of recommending the salt and iron envoy will have to wait for the prince to make a decision."
Fifth Yuan just wanted to send this plague god away at this time, so he quickly agreed with many thanks.
After sending Cheng Yuanzhen away, Wu Qi summoned Wu Yuan.
"You pack your luggage now and go to Longyou."
Fifth Yuan was startled and said: "Uncle? Did I hear you correctly? Going to Longyou?"
Wu Qi said: "I have selected a group of capable tribesmen and sold some land. You can take them with you to Longyou."
Wuyuan was even more surprised. People from the Tang Dynasty also relocated to their homeland. The fifth family was originally from Gyeonggi, and they also followed Wuqi to Yangzhou for business and bought some industries.
Now Wuqi actually asked the clan members to sell their property and asked Wuyuan to be taken to Longyou.
Does your uncle think so highly of Longyou?
But since Wu Qi said so, and he was the head of the Fifth Family, Wu Yuan could only accept it, got up and prepared to go to Longyou.
At the same time, in Tongliao City in western Liaoning, Yuchi Xin, who had already accumulated enough supplies for the winter, looked at the cannons installed on the gun tower and finally felt relieved.
Yuchixin immediately summoned his generals to prepare to integrate the forces in Liaodong and western Liaoning while the strategic focus of the three towns in Hedong was on defending the Tang Dynasty in winter.
The players are naturally gearing up. Since the implementation of the Great Detour Strategy, these elite generals and players have been on the road.
After a long journey across the grassland, everyone could no longer stand it and wanted to fight.
However, Yu Chixin is still rational. Although the players have cannons, the number of players is still too small, and the strength to take the initiative to attack is still not enough.
Therefore, in this military meeting, Yu Chixin decided to sweep away the Khitans in western Liaoning first, and then attack Hedong after recruiting these Khitans.
Yuchi Xin also wanted to let the soldiers adapt to the severe cold weather in the Northeast. This time the plan was named "Winter Offensive", and the goal was to reorganize the Khitan tribe in the entire Songmo area.
For players who are keen on sharpening their swords, these ancestors of the Liao Dynasty have only one choice -