As soon as Yang Ze said that he wanted to buy things for women, not only Yan Chenghou had this idea, but other people also began to associate it, Yang Ze wouldn't like the little princess!

If it is placed in Chang'an, Yang Ze wants to be close to the princess, it will be despised, a young man from a small county town, he wants to be close to the princess, isn't it self-sufficient!

But in Zhenxi County, everyone doesn't think so, look at the miserable appearance of Li Yan's family, Li Yan heard that someone in Chang'an was coming, and he wanted to hang himself, if Yang Ze fell in love with the princess of his family, it would be Li Yan's luck!

Almost no one is optimistic about Li Yan, whether it is later, or the local people, they never thought that Li Yan could be the emperor again, and even Li Yan could return to Beijing, everyone did not think about it, almost everyone thought that Li Yan was abolished in this life, and there was no hope of a comeback, but they had to be on guard, don't be affected by him.

Yang Ze didn't care what others thought, how he wanted to go, after he explained his sincerity, he asked Hao Weifeng: "How many people are in this county?" I'm not talking about men, I'm talking about the entire population? ”

Hao Weifeng didn't think about it, and said: "This humble position can't be estimated, if you want to talk about men, there can be about three or four thousand people, and if you count your family, it may be more than ten thousand." But we have a large population flow here, not only the people live in a very scattered place, there is land to plant is easy to find, but there is no land to plant, it is impossible to find, in order not to pay taxes, they all run to the grassland, to the bald tribe king grazing, in the winter only to return to the county cat winter, some people even live on the boundaries of the county, but go to the surrounding robbery as robbers, there are many such people, how to count can not be counted into the county's household registration! ”

Yang Ze frowned and said, "What about taxation?" Well, I see, no wonder it's hard to collect taxes, we just need to go out and collect taxes. They're gone, so it's hard to tax, right? ”

Hao Weifeng nodded hurriedly and said, "The county is high, isn't that what is going on!" His face suddenly turned red, and he was embarrassed to say something.

In fact, sometimes he took people down to collect taxes, and often the people he brought could not beat the local people. In the Central Plains, the servants are ruthless, and the common people are weak, but in Zhenxi County, it is just the opposite. The people are fierce, and they let the people pay taxes, and the people don't unite, and it's good to rob the county government, which is a very law-abiding table!

Yang Ze sighed, it seems that this place is very different from the Central Plains, the government of the Dafang Empire does not have enough control over this place, if you have to define Zhenxi County, then it should be a buffer zone between the Dafang Empire and the Bald Grassland Empire. It is not a taxable territory in the usual sense.

Feeling a little headache, Yang Ze waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's stop here today, Sanya." Everyone go back first, think about how to make the county rich in the future, everyone has to think about it, and the official will ask you in the future! ”

After the people in the hall have bowed. And it was gone. In the courtyard, the big men surrounded Yan Chenghou and wanted him to fulfill Yang Ze's promise. Get paid for work and food.

Yang Ze went to the backyard, looked at a few dilapidated houses, and was even more worried, this place is too poor, the poverty is outrageous, how will you live this life in the future!

At this moment, Yan Chenghou trotted to him, saying that those big men didn't want copper money, but salt, and he wanted to ask Yang Ze, whether to give money or salt!

When Yang Ze heard this, he suddenly became excited, as if a glimmer of light suddenly appeared in the darkness, and he asked: "Why don't you want copper coins, but salt, is there a shortage of salt here?" ”

Yan Chenghou shook his head and said that he didn't know, he had just arrived here, how would he know if there was a shortage of salt here, but looking at the appearance of those big men, it was estimated that there was a shortage of salt.

Yang Ze said: "Go and call Hao Weifeng in, I want to ask him." ”

Yan Chenghou immediately went out, and after a while, Hao Weifeng came to the backyard.

Yang Ze asked, "Here in Zhenxi, is there a shortage of salt?" Why are the soldiers outside willing to ask for salt instead of copper coins, which are good things, not only to buy salt, but also to buy other things. ”

Hao Weifeng said: "If you go back to the county, we are very poor here, and the common people are bartering, and they don't use copper coins very much, but our government uses copper coins for settlement." Those bastards outside don't know and want to catch more, that's why they want salt. The salt is precious, if you go to the grassland, and exchange the salt for cattle and sheep with those bald people, you can exchange a small bag of salt for a sheep. ”

"Is there a shortage of salt over there?" Yang Ze feels that there should be no shortage of salt on the grassland, even if there is no salt lake, but in such a large place, it is always possible to have a few salt mines!

Hao Weifeng nodded and said: "There is a great shortage of salt, the salt on their side is bitter, and it is poisonous, it belongs to poisonous salt, and no one dares to eat it, so we can only use cattle and sheep to exchange it with us, but salt and iron are forbidden, and we are generous and have not traded with Bald Luhun, so the salt will not be sold to them, they can only find private salt dealers to exchange, but how much can they exchange, there is not enough to eat!" ”

Yang Ze's eyes lit up, and he said: "Since this is the case, then this salt is a good thing, and the imperial court is not allowed to sell salt to Ballu Hun people, but it did not say that it can't be sold to Ballu people with salty things." Well, I'm going to think about this, you go down! ”

"Then, do you still want to give salt to the soldiers?" Hao Weifeng asked.

"Fa, I brought a lot of fine refined salt this time, and according to the local market price, I will convert it into labor and food money for them. However, they are not allowed to go to the grassland to find bald people to exchange for sheep, and if they do, I will take them with me. Yang Ze said.

When Hao Weifeng heard that salt could be converted into labor money, his eyes also lit up, and he said: "Can the lowly money and reward money also be converted into salt, that kind of refined salt?" ”

"Yes, what's not to do!" Yang Ze waved him out.

Hao Weifeng went out happily, and after a short time, he heard a burst of cheers from the front yard, and it seemed that those soldiers were also very excited, after all, in this place in the northwest, salt is much harder than copper coins!

Yang Ze thought in his heart, and secretly thought: "People can't live without salt, if they eat lightly for a long time, they will get sick, the supply of salt on the grassland is insufficient, the herdsmen must be very eager to get enough salt, isn't this a good business, the price is up to me!" ”

But he thought about it again, the Dafang Empire does not sell salt to Bald Luhun, this must be a national policy, in order to weaken Bald Hun strength, after all, if the soldiers do not have salt to eat, their health will not be much better. If there is a war, it will naturally be weak, and the generous frontier will be at peace.

But this is not a long-term solution, no matter how much salt is forbidden to Balluun, it is also uncontrollable, and the storage of smugglers can also allow Balluhun to get salt, but it makes the Dafang Empire lose a lot of taxes, but it cheapens the smuggler salt dealers, and the smuggler will not thank the empire.

If you want to make the border stable. It doesn't have to be forbidden to ban salt and iron, there are ways to choose, Yang Ze is a human being, and he really knows how to deal with this situation too well!

"Dian Shi, Yan Dian Shi, come here!" Yang Ze called Yan Chenghou again and gave Yan Chenghou some advice.

Yan Cheng listened to it, and said very puzzledly: "These things have to be bought for a thousand yuan, which is too much!" ”

Yang Ze smiled: "Not much. What is this, you go and do it, go to the state tomorrow, go and come back quickly. I estimate that half a month is enough time to finish this! ”

Yan Chenghou is not named, but he is very obedient, and Yang Ze will do whatever he asks him to do. I went to prepare.

That night, Yang Ze personally invited Li Yan's family to his county office for a banquet, and he brought a lot of specialties from all over the Central Plains. Just in time to invite Li Yan's family to taste it, he also specially asked someone to buy a sheep.

Li Yan's so-called palace is opposite the county office, it is too convenient to come, go out and enter the door, and you will arrive!

The county government didn't have a big house, so Yang Ze set up a banquet in the lobby, and the servants of the Yan family cooked the dishes, and a big table was set up!

Li Yan looked at the steaming meal on the table, suddenly burst into tears, and said: "I haven't eaten Chang'an cuisine for many years, especially this roasted whole sheep, I haven't eaten it since I left Beijing!" ”

The princess said: "Roasted whole sheep is not a specialty of Chang'an, it is considered northwestern!" ”

Li Yan said: "I have only eaten in Chang'an, and after arriving in this northwest, let alone roast whole sheep, even a complete leg of mutton, I have never seen it a few times, so of course this roasted whole sheep is a dish of Chang'an!" ”

Yang Ze personally cut off the sheep's head, solemnly put it in front of Li Yan, and said: "Lord Wang, there are thousands of people in the family, and the lord is one person, this sheep's head, please enjoy it!" ”

This is respect for Li Yan, although the sheep's head is not the essence of the sheep, but because it is the head, it should be eaten by the most noble person!

But Li Yan shook his head and said, "I don't want a sheep's head, I want to eat lamb loin, the meat there is fragrant, I love to eat it!" ”

The princess said: "If you don't enjoy the sheep's head, then give it to me, anyway, for so many years, our family is also my master, if you were in charge, our family would have starved to death!" ”

"The princess is serious, in fact, ......" Yang Ze wanted to say, no matter who is in charge, no matter who is the county commander, you will not starve to death. But before he could finish speaking, the meat cleaver in his hand was snatched by the little princess.

The little princess said: "I want to eat roast lamb shank, I ate it during the Chinese New Year last year, but it is delicious!" She swung her knife down, cut off a whole leg of sheep, held it in front of herself, opened her mouth and bitten, not at all reserved as a girl should be, it is estimated that even if she is a little reserved, she doesn't care before roasting the leg of lamb.

Li Yan's family was unceremonious, and they didn't need to be polite, they ate and drank a lot, and they picked meat to eat, and they didn't move a bite of vegetarian dishes.

Yang Ze looked a little sad, and couldn't help but say: "Lord and Princess, you have left the capital, you have worked hard all these years!" ”

I thought that Li Yan would not complain, even if she wanted to complain, the princess would complain, but I didn't think about it, Li Yan only made two hmm-hmm, and then continued to eat meat, and the princess not only did not complain, but said a few words of relief.

The princess said: "It's okay to work hard, I'm afraid it's been so hard." Actually, we're pretty good, but if we stay in the capital, we don't know what will happen, if we get our limbs cut off and thrown into the pigsty, then it's called pain! ”

Yang Ze knew that she was talking about the past, when Empress Dugu first seized power, she had cut off the limbs of the whole family of a prince who opposed her, and threw it into the pigsty, that prince was a cousin of the former emperor, also after the founding emperor.

Yang Ze said: "Don't mention the past, let's take a long-term view, let's look at the future!" ”

The princess stopped talking, she ate well, she didn't gobble it up, but she only picked meat to eat.

The little princess was eating, and suddenly said: "Father, I want to go to the grassland tomorrow, I want to send some tea to my friends, my friends gave us sheep last year, we have to return the gift!" ”

Li Yan glared at him and said, "Don't go, don't associate with barbarians, you treat them as friends, they don't treat you as you are, especially the prince, let alone something, don't go to see him!" (To be continued......)