Getting married, in Liu Han's opinion, is somewhat joking or entertaining herself, which may be the bitter expectation of the young lady.

Naturally, the wedding did not carry a sedan chair, not even in Liu Han's house, but in Baiyi Garden, which was in Qingjin's garden.

Liu Han didn't have many friends invited, he didn't have many friends in the imperial capital, although there were not many people, but all of them should not be underestimated, Xiao Yu, the owner of the Fengyu Building, the biggest gangster in the imperial capital, and several of his brothers.

These brothers, Liu Han had seen them before, but they were not very familiar, Liu Han did not invite them, but Xiao Yu brought them.

The seven stars and eight generals of the Wind and Rain Building did not all come, six came, Liu Han knew three of them, and the other three only met this time.

"Brother Liu, people say that I am a big star and eight generals in the wind and rain building, I brought it at home today, come, brothers, this is my good brother, Mr. Liu, if you want to meet Mr. Liu in the future, no one can be rude!"

"Yes, big brother. ”

The three people who had just met looked at Liu Han with some curiosity, and they didn't understand why the landlord, who had always had no one in his eyes, valued him so much.

didn't have time to ask, Qiu Sanniang greeted warmly, Baiyi Garden is not open today, although the girls are there, they are not to accompany the guests, but to be bridesmaids.

In addition to the generals of the Wind and Rain Building, Qiu Ge Lufan must come, and Liu Han also invited two people together, and the identities of these two people are not trivial.

Qiu Ge is the son of Qiu Yun, Qiu Yun is one of the five auxiliary ministers, a hussar general, and the only general in the imperial court who can lead troops to conquer.

Lu Fan, the Lu family is a thousand-year-old family, with a profound heritage, Lu Fan is the son of the Lu family, and his name is spread all over the world.

One of these two people is the son of an important minister of the imperial court, and the other is the son of a thousand-year-old family.

But their high status can't hide the other one, that is, Xue Mi Xue Gongzi.

The new monarch succeeded to the throne, the Xue family became a relative, the queen's maiden family, Xue Mi also became the emperor's brother-in-law, entered the middle school secretary, his power increased greatly, and he became a rising star in the political arena.

Liu Han also sent an invitation to Xiao Zhao Wangye, but Xiao Zhao Wangye couldn't come, after Liu Han came back, he saw Xiao Zhao Wangye a few times, but just a few days ago, Xiao Zhao Wangye received a letter from Zhao Guo and immediately set off to rush back to Zhao Guo.

Among the visitors, what surprised Liu Han was the king of Yanping County, although he had seen the king of Yanping twice, but he was not arrogant enough to send a post to the king of the county, inviting him to participate in the marriage of a prostitute in a green building, but the king of Yanping did not come in person.

"Hehe, Mr. Liu, why don't you invite this king for such a grand event, this king is not invited, Mr. Liu won't mind. ”

The king of Yanping County greeted Liu Han with a smile, but Liu Han was sincerely frightened, and apologized repeatedly: "What the prince said is there, the prince is busy with official business, how dare the grass people disturb easily, the prince can come, and the people are very grateful." ”

Liu Han hurriedly invited the king of Yanping County to sit down in the hall, and Qiu Sanniang also hurriedly left the others to come and accompany him.

"Where's the bride?" asked the king of Yanping when he sat down, Liu Han smiled: "Still waiting inside, Mother Qiu said that the hour has not yet come, and you have to wait for a while, you drink tea first, and I will come to toast you later." ”

"Hehe, Qingjin can't come out to toast, she has to stay in the cave room. The king of Yanping County joked with Liu Han half-seriously and half-ridiculously, this is a rule, the bride can't come out, she can only stay in the cave room and wait, Liu Han smiled, without the slightest embarrassment.

Xue Mi came over with a glass of wine and hugged Liu Han's shoulder: "Brother Liu, Brother Liu, today can be regarded as a beautiful return, my wish has been fulfilled, I can be regarded as your matchmaker, how are you going to thank me?!"

Liu Han smiled and said half-truthfully: "When the time comes, I will pay you three more cups, I said Xue Gongzi, you are now a celebrity in the imperial capital, and you will have to take care of the foolish brother in the future." ”

"What Brother Liu said, we still need to say it between brothers. Xue Mi was not modest at all, and he accepted the big package.

"Okay, I'll give you two more glasses later. Liu Han pretended to be overjoyed and patted him on the shoulder: "I hope that your official will become bigger and bigger now, and when the time comes, we will join forces to make money and completely defeat that Ming Yuzhai." ”

"It's not just Ming Yuzhai, we have a lot to do. Xue Mi winked at Liu Han weirdly, Liu Han was a little confused, and Xue Mi didn't explain, just patted him on the shoulder.

Liu Han had no choice but to look at the King of Yanping County with an inquiring gaze suspiciously, and the King of Yanping County smiled: "Lord Xue, I heard that the imperial court is going to open salt and iron, is this the case?"

Xue Mi laughed dryly: "The prince is well-informed, Lord Gu is on the road and suggested to the emperor to open the salt and iron, Shang Shutai is still discussing, the difference is a bit big, and the emperor is still hesitating." Speaking of this, he looked at Liu Han: "Brother Liu, I don't understand very much, is this open salt and iron good or bad?"

Liu Han laughed dryly, and said in his heart that Gu Wei was quite smart, he actually figured it out, and he was quite decisive in doing things, so he gave the emperor a trick.

The king of Yanping County looked at Liu Han with deep meaning, Liu Han thought for a while and said: "Brother Xue, you don't know, in fact, this is what the prince knows, I mentioned it to Lord Gu that day, but I didn't dare to say it in detail, Brother Xue asked today, and I will tell you in detail." ”

"Yes, tell me in detail, why do you want to open up salt and iron?" the king of Yanping County was also interested and urged.

"I heard that the income of salt and iron is getting smaller and smaller, why is it decreasing?" Liu Han asked first, Xue Mi looked confused, looking at him stupidly, the king of Yanping County frowned slightly, and Liu Han continued: "I heard that some people say that the reason for the decrease in salt and iron income is due to disasters, which is strange. ”

"Why?" asked the King of Yanping, still frowning slightly.

"Very simply, in the market, there is no rush to buy salt and iron, and if there is no grain, the people will grab grain, and if there is no salt, the people will also rush for salt; but you have heard that there has been a rush for salt there, no, this shows that the total output of salt and iron has not decreased.

Since the total amount of salt and iron production has not decreased, why is there less tax revenue from the imperial court?

When the king of Yanping County saw Liu Han looking at him, he couldn't help but reply: "Corrupted by the officials below?"

"There is such a possibility, but not the main reason?" Liu Han asked again, this time even the king of Yanping County was puzzled and difficult to answer, Xue Yu asked in wonder: "It's not this, is there any other reason why it can't be?"

Liu Han nodded slightly: "Of course there is, according to the system of this dynasty, the scholars do not pay grain and do not pay taxes, if the salt households sell the salt fields to the scholars, can the court still collect taxes?"

"Ah!" Xue Mi screamed, and the king of Yanping County shook his head thoughtfully: "No, the salt and iron franchise, whether it is a scholar or a merchant, can not deal in salt and iron. ”

"Hehe, the prince has a good heart, who knows the ghosts in this, I know at least three ways to legally break through the ban of the imperial court. Liu Han smiled faintly and shook his head and said: "Lord, you think, the way of operation of this salt industry, the salt fields are distributed to the name of the salt households, the salt households dry the salt, and after obtaining the salt, they will hand it over to the salt division, and the salt division will then sell it to the salt merchants, and the salt merchants will sell it to all over the country, and then sell it to the hawkers, which is the production and sales process of the entire salt industry."

Let's temporarily exclude the process behind the salt division, first analyze the previous part, the salt field is assigned to the name of the salt household, this salt field is generally made by the salt household itself, and the imperial court subsidizes it, but at this step, the officials below can go up and down to embezzle this subsidy, secondly, the tax of the salt household is very heavy, and the salt household can not afford to pay taxes, so it is completely possible to hand over the salt field to the gate valve family, and the gate valve family does not have to pay taxes. ”

"But you still have to go through the salt department to sell salt. "The king of Yanping still doesn't understand.

"Yes, you still have to go through the Salt Division to sell salt, but what if the people in the Salt Division join forces with the Gate Valve Family?" Liu Han asked rhetorically, the King of Yanping County gasped, Xue Mi understood a little now, and slapped his thigh: "Brother Liu said it well, but this is still the official ...... below."

"That's right, it's still a problem with the officials below. King Yanping nodded in agreement.

"Yes, no matter what, if the officials below are fine, then nothing is a problem," Liu Han did not refute but nodded approvingly: "How many salt divisions are there in the country, check them one by one, I'm afraid that half of the people in the salt division will be killed, and I don't know if I can stop this wind." ”

When the king of Yanping County heard that half of the killings were killed, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, and Liu Han said again: "The key is, is it enough to change a group of people? Most of the current officials are the sons and disciples of the gate valve family, and after they take office, it will not be long before they will embark on the old road.

Therefore, if you are poor, you will change, and if you change, it will work, since it doesn't work, then change the way, Wang Ye, Brother Xue, after opening up the salt and iron, the imperial court only collects taxes, and collects taxes on the salt fields and salt merchants. ”

The king of Yanping County frowned slightly, feeling a little unreliable, Xue Yu was quite interested, and asked repeatedly, Xiao Yu and Qiu Ge Lu Fan also came around, after a few people listened, Lu Fan was very bored, and quietly slipped aside to drink with a girl in Baiyi Garden.

"Of course, what I said is too simple, and if you really want to implement it, you need to study it carefully and close the loopholes as much as possible. ”

Liu Han refused to say any more, and planned to withdraw the topic after a perfunctory sentence, but Qiu Ge refused, and insisted that he explain again.

"What am I talking about," Liu Han was very helpless, and spread his hands: "I'm marrying a beauty today, and I'm going to talk about it in a hurry, so carefully, everyone, everyone, just spare it." ”

As he was talking, there was a commotion outside the door, Liu Han frowned slightly, and looked up, today Qiu Sanniang gave Liu Han enough face, Baiyi Garden was closed and closed, so he held Qingjin's wedding, Liu Han and Xiao Yu were worried that someone would make trouble, and both of them sent someone to guard the door, who could break into here?

Without waiting for Liu Han to ask, one of the seven stars and eight generals of the Wind and Rain Building strode out of the meteor, Liu Han still remembered that Xiao Yu had introduced this person, the meteor knife Chu Fei. Before he could reach the door, a man in white had already appeared in the courtyard, and several men from Hanhai Trading Company and men from Fengyulou followed in and surrounded the man in white.

"Where did the madman dare to trespass on Baiyi Garden?!" Chu Fei saw that the people from Hanhai Trading Company and Fengyulou who chased in were a little discouraged, and couldn't help but be angry and scolded loudly.

"The beautiful woman will return to her bosom friend no more, and I have nothing to do with the spare embroidery building, but I can!" The man in white looked sad, he didn't seem to see Chu Fei, and looked at the small building and sighed.

"Damn! Where did you get out of here!" Chu Fei was furious, and he was about to do it when he went up