Chapter 140: Crisis and Countermeasures

Li tied up and added a thin piece of wood to the fire, and the firelight reflected his face: "The young master said that this is the words of a saint, which means that the ideal should be lofty, and if you work hard in that direction, you may get a medium reward." If the ideal is set to be medium at the outset, the achievement may only be inferior. ”

Li Laohan stretched out his hand and touched the top of Li's head: "The good baby is so powerful, even the words of the saint are known, follow the young master and study hard." The young master has never looked down on us, and we must also live up to his expectations. ”

Li Tie his face was filled with some distress: "What I'm most afraid of now is that I can't keep up with the young master's footsteps, follow and follow, and lose my ...... halfway."

Early in the morning, Su You said goodbye to the Li family and was escorted to Meishan City by Shi Tong.

After entering the city, he broke up with Shi Tong, and Su You went to Cheng's house.

Cheng Wenying was checking the accounts at the bookstore, and couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw Su You coming: "The virtuous nephew is here?" The problem over there is solved? ”

Su You said: "Actually, even if I don't go, there will be no problem in the well." Uncle in-law, can you go to the backyard and open a quiet room, Su You has something to say. ”

Cheng Wen responded to Su You's requests, put down the quill pen in his hand, explained a few more words to Cheng San, and the two walked into the back study together.

Su You helped Cheng Wenying to sit on the chair, closed the door, didn't say a word, lifted his robe and knelt down, and kowtowed to Cheng Wenying respectfully.

Cheng Wenying jumped up in fright, and helped Su You up: "Xiaoyou, why are you doing this?" Hurry up and speak. Is there any difficulty in this? Or did your cousin bully you? You name it, say it, and the in-law will make the decision for you! ”

Su You helped Cheng Wenying back to the chair and said to Cheng Wenying: "Su You has been loved by his uncle, and he has been like father and son for half a year." Su You has something to say today, and I hope that my in-law will treat me as an adult. ”

Cheng Wenying sighed: "Jiang Qing's family, no one dares to treat you as a child." ”

Su You arched his hand and said: "Today's words, the in-law may think that it is not for Jiang Qing's sake, but Su You asked himself, it was completely for Jiang Qing's consideration, and this intention can be expressed in the sky." ”

Cheng Wenying became serious: "There is more than one family involving Jiang Qing?" ”

Su You said: "Uncle in-law, do you know how much salt Wulongjing and Dahongjing can produce in a day? ”

Cheng Wenying smiled: "I heard that the two wells are surging like a flood, and the specific output is not yet known, but this return is too rich, have you counted it?" ”

Su You arched his hand and said: "Uncle-in-law, my nephew has made an estimate according to the amount of water and concentration, and the salt produced by the two deep wells will reach 10,000 catties a day!" Based on the price of Bianjing salt copper money of 35 wen a catty, the daily income will reach 300 yuan! ”

Cheng Wenying stood up suddenly, his face full of joy: "Three hundred times a day?!" The production of two wells, three or four hundred per day? ”

Su You's face was heavy: "Uncle in-law, don't be happy too early, do you know what this concept is?" ”

Cheng Wenying was a little confused, not knowing what Su You's words meant.

Su You sighed: "I heard Taishou say that the Emperor Song Dynasty entered 40 million guan last year, and the average was 300 military states, which was only 130,000 guan. These two wells can almost offset a state's taxes! ”

"It's a real value! Uncle in-law, this is the biggest crisis that my Meishan Jiangqing is about to face! ”

"Uncle in-law, according to these two salt springs, there is a large underground salt pond around the mausoleum, even if the two wells are not visible, what if the number will increase to dozens in the future? What about hundreds? ”

Cheng Wenying was shocked and sat back in the chair: "Rich is rivaled by the country!" ”

Su You arched his hand and said: "In the science and engineering textbooks I teach the children, there is a law called conservation of energy, and the state of motion eventually becomes balance. ”

"Jiang Qing's family is like a calm pond, and now this salt well is like a torrent pouring into the pond, although the pond will return to calm after ups and downs. However, between this rise and fall, there will be countless turmoil! ”

"Now that the salt well has been proven, the process has been completed, and if someone wants to seize it, it is easy. Brother-in-law, what you get by raising your hand, you can lose it with your hand, this is a natural principle. ”

"The imperial court has set a fee of 5,000 yuan, and now it seems that it is obviously too low, but the output of two wells and a half months is only, and the rest is huge profits!"

"Who suffers? It's the court, it's the country! Will the officials and the princes of the court let this matter go unnoticed? Will Jiang Qing be allowed to seize the wealth of this enemy country? ”

"If we swallow these two wells as a matter of course, it can be expected that the next Sichuan officialdom will definitely set off a stormy wave, and Master Zhang will definitely be transferred out of the four roads for the crime of negligence and misunderstanding of the country and colluding with Jiang Qing to embezzle national interests."

"And then? The imperial court will definitely send another member to abolish the government of Zhang Gong and re-enforce official duties. ”

"The first step is to take back Arai, and then count Arai's rich profits as the credit of the government, and then this so-called 'good governance' will surely be extended step by step to tea, liquor, ......"

"In this way, the prosperous scene of Sichuan's business will be gone, and the situation that Meishan has just begun to prosper will also be gone!"

"Jiang Qing's family will be brutally suppressed and forced to bear the name of greed, and the children of several families will no longer have the qualifications to stand in the court in the future!"

"Uncle in-law, for the sake of the family, this benefit not only has to be conceded, but also has to be very skillful!"

"Salt is a joint initiative of the four families, if everyone thinks what I said is reasonable, Su You will definitely do his best to plan for the family."

"If the three families don't listen, Su You will be exhausted. However, the Su family will withdraw from the salt business, and the share of the Su family before should be equally divided among the three, and the Su family will not want a penny of the future well salt profits. ”

Cheng Wenying was a little numb: "Virtuous nephew, why did you come to this point step by step?" Didn't the family meddle in the salt business at the beginning just to increase the number of coins and make it easier for everyone to do business? This, this, this...... Doesn't this become a cat scratching glutinous rice cake and can't get out of its claws? ”

The old man was so anxious that the slang came out, and Su You couldn't help laughing: "It's easy to take off the claws, isn't it okay to give them to the imperial court?" ”

Cheng Wenying's face jumped with fat: "Then how can it be done, when these words are spoken, Lao Shi can carry a knife and fight with our uncle and nephew to believe it or not?" ”

Su You said with a smile: "And the court may not agree, the court will change every day, and the reputation of competing with the people for profit, people may not want to carry it." The current Jiang Qing is like I raised those four little pigs last year, raising the pigs slowly, and when it is almost time-"

After speaking, he made a gesture to get off the knife: "Simple and rude, no brains and no effort!" ”

Cheng Wenying was so frightened that he shuddered: "Xiaoyou, don't make trouble, how can this metaphor be pulled on yourself." Hurry up and talk about it, how to break this game? ”

Su You said: "There is only one way to solve this matter, and the benefits are reasonably distributed." Turning beneficiaries from small ponds into large lakes is needed to accommodate such a huge amount of flooding. ”

Cheng Wenying touched his chin: "What do you mean?" ”

Su You said: "First of all, it is necessary to make the new well open a credit for Zhanggong's Sichuan New Deal, so that it can get the cooperation and support of the Transshipment Division." ”

"What is the core of Zhang Gong's new deal? Turning it into a tax, so I suggest that the in-law lobbied the government, the method of closing the well is too simple, and the salt obtained by the family's well is best regarded as a local property, such as the example of our Qufang, the law of sitting on the tax, and paying the tax according to the output, and this tax may be slightly higher, which can make up for the amount of the new well. ”

"You have also seen the situation in Lingjing, the management methods of Guanjing, it is miserable, and it is too much consumption. Therefore, after our well was changed to the tax law, even if the income of the imperial court was slightly lower than that of the officials, it saved them the cost of management and the trouble of losing evenly, and the net income actually increased instead of decreasing. This became the achievement of Zhang Gong's new policy. ”

"After the first step is to benefit the imperial court, then we continue to open the well, which will become a behavior worthy of the encouragement of the imperial court."

"Although the profit earned by a well has plummeted, it tends to be more reasonable, and after the scale is up in the future, the income will be as rich, and the water will flow for a long time, which is a century-old plan."

"Once you get up to scale, you need to recruit a lot of people. Many hidden households, displaced people, and even scattered official households in Kuizhou, and salt households who fled from Shujing, are all targets of recruitment. Meizhou's population will grow by leaps and bounds, even if it is just from a hidden household back to paper, which is also a real achievement of the Meizhou local government. ”

"After the salt business is up, business, port affairs, warehouse affairs, and even catering and accommodation will surely flourish, and all industries will go hand in hand, benefiting the entire Meishan people."