Learn mathematics, physics and chemistry well, and you will not be afraid to travel all over the fairy world! Chapter 74 Let’s spread the method of refining like this
Chapter 74 Let’s spread the method of refining like this
Realizing the seriousness of the situation, the prince couldn't wait to ask: "Have you ever found out who went deep into the court?"
Lu Siqi shook his head feebly and replied: "It's just a preliminary guess that needs to be confirmed."
Mu Heng did not interrupt Lu Siqi to tell the prince about the matter, but just listened to the two of them chatting so familiarly. They seemed to have a good relationship, and there was no sense of inferiority at all. He was curious, but he didn't care too much.
After all, it has nothing to do with you.
"who is it?"
"We suspect that the National Preceptor is the mastermind behind the demon clan leading this incident." Lu Siqi was not very convinced. He immediately asked him to implement measures to interfere with the salt administration and let the demon clan hiding in the dark show its fox tail.
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"National Preceptor?" When the prince heard Lu Siqi mention the Imperial Preceptor, he looked confused, but in fact there was no sign of disbelief in his expression.
Mu Heng noticed the strangeness in his expression and secretly said he was surprised. This prince was a clever and scheming man. He showed a hint of surprise when Lu Siqi mentioned that the court had been infiltrated, but when he guessed that the imperial master was under his control, he seemed to be surprised.
As expected.
"I came to see His Highness the Crown Prince now because I want His Highness the Crown Prince to help confirm whether the Imperial Master is a demon clan or not, and to uncover the mastermind behind the scenes." Lu Siqi told the truth.
"Oh? You already have a countermeasure? That's great." As soon as the prince asked him to help, he regained his confidence.
Then, Lu Siqi briefly told him about the salt refining method pioneered by Mu Heng and the strategies to interfere with the salt administration. Of course, he did not hide the fact that the demon clan would eventually need monks to deal with it.
However, Mu Heng's gift from heaven was not involved. The less people know about this matter, the better.
"It turns out that the immortal not only gave me the method of making tea in our star country to improve people's livelihood. He also taught us the method of refining salt, which solved our star country's urgent needs. Si Gan, on behalf of the tens of millions of people in our star country, thanks the immortal for his kindness."
The prince was in awe and looked at Mu Heng with deep gratitude and admiration.
Each of these two folk crafts was worth a fortune, but the other party handed it over as a gift without any conditions. Such a great favor made the prince unable to repay him. But such an extraordinary and eclectic character made him feel uncomfortable.
The prince sighed at himself and admired him endlessly. If it were him, he wouldn't be able to be so free and easy.
Although Mu Heng had been praised since he was a child, being so straightforward like the prince still made him feel a little uncomfortable and made his skin crawl. He waved his hand gently to show that he didn't need to pay too much attention.
As for Lu Siqi, when he saw his sweetheart being praised so much by his brother, he was even happier than when he was praised, and a happy smile spread across his face.
"Huh?" The prince, who had stared at Mu Heng in embarrassment, was surprised. Where could such a person come from, so generous? He looked at his sister again, and he had never seen her treat a man so gently.
When we get along with each other, we can't help but be surprised.
Also, my sister seems to be playing the role of a man in front of this immortal. If there is no secret in this, I would not believe it even to death.
"What?" Lu Siqi was stopped by his confused voice.
Mu Heng turned around and looked at the prince's eyes that were constantly moving and looking back and forth between him and Lu Siqi. There were various expressions on his face. There were surprises, doubts, and others.
There is the joy of sudden realization.
But in Mu Heng's eyes, he was indeed plain vulgar. He was so ambiguously lingering between him and Lu Siqi, and he was smiling so evilly, as if he had discovered that there was an affair between the two of us. It was really eye-catching.
accurate.
On the other hand, Lu Siqi couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed and glared at him because he noticed the prince's almost clear look.
As a person who has experienced it, the prince noticed his sister's shyness, and the meaning was already clear. Almost confirming some private matters, the prince brought the topic back: "Chief Immortal, general, what do you need me to do?"
"Let's see how to introduce this salt refining method to the people as soon as possible, improve people's livelihood, and also solve the harsh abuses of the salt policy." Mu Heng directly told him the effect he wanted to achieve. As for how to operate, it depends on
is you.
"Leave this matter to me. I will take away the stewards and servants later, compile this refining method into a book as soon as possible, and send it to all parts of the country for local officials to preach." Talking about administration.
The prince was obviously better at matters, and he soon determined the general direction of the matter.
"I'm afraid it's not enough to just let the officials handle these things." Lu Siqi listened to the non-yinful reminder.
After being reminded by Lu Siqi, the prince also realized that it was too one-sided to only let officials handle this matter. It was also necessary to add more routes and walk on two legs, which would play a role in mutual supervision.
Hearing what she said, Mu Heng also understood that the current official salt is also procured by the government. If the people below work in disobedience, not only will the people not benefit, but it will also affect the major events of intervening in the salt government. The most important thing at the moment is to
Solve the problem of demon clan infiltration and destroy their conspiracy.
To this day, we still don’t understand what the demon clan wants to do, and what they want from this approach is also elusive.
After thinking for a while, Mu Heng continued: "We still need to mobilize the masses and start from the grassroots level."
"Senior brother, do you have any good ideas?" Lu Siqi asked.
"There is no good strategy. I think we can mobilize businessmen and ask them to open salt mills to mass-produce this new type of fine salt and sell it at low prices. Only then can we achieve quick results." All Mu Heng could think of was to use the driving force of the market.
to improve salt administration.
"But businessmen are pursuing profits, so how can we ensure that they sell at low prices? Moreover, the current salt policy prohibits businessmen from purchasing foreign salt. Without permission, no one would dare to do it." Lu Siqi asked rhetorically.
"General Lu is thoughtful. However, this is not difficult to handle, so the imperial merchants will handle it. They will select some merchants with good reputations and grant permission to jointly handle this matter. Moreover, they need to be shackles at first and fix a comparison.
The price is low, otherwise the people still can't afford it, so all this effort is not in vain." The prince combined Mu Heng's ideas and Lu Siqi's concerns to determine the final implementation plan.
"In this case, the government is responsible for teaching the people the method of refining salt, and the merchants step up refining to lower the price. This can impact the price of salt purchased from abroad in a very short period of time. The current harsh salt policy will self-defeat itself."
After envisioning the results of this arrangement in his mind, Mu Heng felt that it was feasible, so he nodded without saying anything more.
Lu Siqi, who was more sensitive to politics than Mu Heng, frowned thickly but cleanly and asked: "In this way, the purpose of intervening in the salt policy and improving people's salt consumption in the short term has been achieved, but in the future, everyone will
Can salt be produced, will it bring disaster to the country’s salt strategy in the future?”
When the prince heard Lu Siqi's question, he also looked disappointed. It seemed that the countermeasures he had decided were indeed a bit poisonous to quench his thirst. The imperial court could control the import of salt, but it could not stop the public from making their own salt. The country's control over salt was lost.
The intensity will lead to endless consequences.
"This question is very constructive, but junior brother, you are overthinking it." Mu Heng smiled. People in ancient times still lacked understanding of the macro-control of the market economy.
"Senior brother, what do you think?" Mu Heng said that he thought too much, but in fact there was no such disaster.
The prince understood the meaning of his words and his expression became a little better.
"Just looking at the work of refining fine salt, if everyone refining salt, would there be time to do other things? You can't eat salt as food, right?" In order to help them understand, Mu Heng put it in their minds.
It paints a rather extreme picture.
"From what you said, senior brother, it seems to be the case. Although salt is a necessity in life, it is only one of them. For a family, the amount is not very large, and it is unlikely that just for the little salt that they eat,
Specially refined." Lu Siqi followed Mu Heng's description and echoed.
"In addition, businessmen can set up workshops to refining salt on a large scale. If the cost is evenly divided, the cost is actually much lower than that of individual salt production." It is definitely the most reasonable thing for businessmen to handle this kind of thing.
"That's true." The prince also pondered the truth and kept nodding.
"To sum up, if there is a shortage of salt, then the price will rise, and various small workshops will take advantage of the situation to produce a large amount of salt. If the quantity of salt increases to meet the needs of the people, the price will inevitably fall. Those small workshops that have arisen will
Then it cannot survive, and it will go where it came from." Market demand determines the rise and fall of prices, and Mu Heng incorporates this principle into the sale of salt.
"Senior brother is right. The output of a small workshop is small, and the cost that can be shared is small. As a result, it cannot make a profit, so there is no need to exist." Lu Siqi was discussing business for the first time, and he was also very interested.
The prince is indeed a politician, and he is also very interested in business. Although he has never been exposed to it, he still listens to it with great interest.
"After going back and forth several times, the price and production of salt will eventually be relatively fixed within a certain range, making salt an indispensable but easy-to-obtain commodity. From then on, people no longer need to worry about eating salt."
This is the result of market regulation, and it is the people who are ultimately satisfied.
Mu Heng can now guess that the ray of golden light given by God may be because he has indeed created a skill that can benefit mankind. Thinking of this, Mu Heng suddenly became excited. The various knowledge he learned in his previous life, especially this
Do skills that are not available in this era, but are particularly important to ordinary people, have such properties that God can grant them golden light again?
It should be right. Since salt can bring such results, it makes no sense if some other important skills are not effective.
As if he had discovered a new way to "make money", Mu Heng became purposefully excited, as if on stimulants. He felt that the pace of catching up with Ye Qingyin could be accelerated.
It seems that a large part of the time in the future needs to be spent on looking for this kind of opportunity. Just by immersing yourself in cultivation, as it is now, it will take the year of the monkey and the month of the horse to break through the ten directions realm and enter the nine palace realm.