Chapter 388: If You Don’t Say Anything Shocking, You Will Never Stop Until You Die (Please Subscribe)

Jia Huan just gave a brief reminder that the current emperor and clan leaders were suddenly enlightened, as if the door to a new century had been opened.

The second master from Zhengzheng mentioned at the Xiaochao meeting that between the New Year period, tens of thousands of prisoners were escorted to Tianjin Port and coastal port cities in Ludi, and then uploaded and exiled overseas.

This matter has caused great panic among the people!

I don't know if there are forces secretly carrying out a public opinion offensive, but in short, this kind of behavior of the imperial court and local officials almost made Xiang Lai black.

Not to mention anything else, it is quite a deterrent to Xiao Xiao!

If you want to do something bad, you have to think carefully. If you do something bad, you may be exiled to the sea, and you may not have a chance to come back in the future. It is quite a deterrent to others.

At the same time, people are naturally scolding!

It was as if the current emperor and royal family members had done something heinous and wrong.

In short, the scolding was very unpleasant, and the current emperor's face never looked bad after hearing it.

He naturally knew what was going on, and he was naturally quite angry. He even felt a little unspeakably unhappy with the cabinet ministers.

Nowadays, I can still analyze problems rationally, and I don’t have any hot-headed counterattacks.

This also gives face to the cabinet ministers and gives them time to deal with the beginning and end of the matter.

Otherwise, do you really think that the emperor, who has great power, has nothing to do with public opinion?

That is too underestimated the power of Jinyi Mansion and the secret intelligence agency controlled by the royal family.

The current emperor just doesn't want to cause too much trouble, it's not that he doesn't have the ability to do certain things.

It's a pity that he waited lonely!

However, some of the popular speech is no longer as intense as it was at the beginning.

This is not possible!

Prince Zhongshun saw that this was not good. If the current emperor and the civil servant group were 'reconciled', wouldn't it be the clan bosses headed by him who would be unlucky?

We can’t let people have too much free time and energy nowadays, and the same goes for the cabinet ministers!

However, he and his staff could not come up with a specific idea, so they reluctantly sent the message to Jia Huan secretly, asking him for help.

Prince Zhongshun was quite unhappy. Every time he begged Jia Huan, he would have to pay a heavy price in the future!

He has now begun to think about where he plans to give Jia Huan more outer sea territory and draw more of this guy's energy and thoughts to the outer sea.

Isn't the idea of ​​exiling prisoners a good idea?

It's a pity that the opposition is too loud, and they, including the current emperor, should not go too far.

It would indeed be a bit too much to exile those lightly sentenced criminals overseas, and it would easily lead to civil unrest.

However, the offshore territories do need more people, and they still need quality people.

During development and construction, the various talents needed sometimes gave Prince Zhongshun a headache.

He hoped that Jia Huan could come up with more bad ideas to help clan leaders like them solve their troubles. Even just a little bit would be a pretty good thing.

Naturally, Jia Huan would not disappoint Prince Zhongshun!

After receiving the request from Prince Zhongshun, Jia Huan smiled softly and took out a plan from the pile of old papers with a slight smile on his face: now is the right time, I can try it!

"The forces in Jiangnan are not all made of iron!"

"As long as we find a breakthrough and let them fight among themselves, wouldn't it be beautiful?"

The Civil Service Group is just a general term. There are many factions within it that are full of contradictions. They are not as harmonious as they appear on the surface. If given the chance, they would like to see the other faction completely destroyed.

In his reply to Prince Zhongshun, Jia Huan mentioned "Yangzhou Salt Merchant"!

"What does Jia Huan mean? Do you think we have a chance to win over Yangzhou salt merchants?"

Prince Zhongshun looked puzzled and said, "Isn't it possible?"

What kind of existence are Yangzhou salt merchants? They are the richest group of people in the world!

Of course, he still had doubts in his mind whether this was actually the case.

But Yangzhou salt merchants are rich, that is certain.

"Your Majesty, does General Jia mean the sea salt thing?"

Prince Palace Chief Shi frowned and thought hard, and suddenly said: "Through the method of drying salt, we can continuously produce sea salt. Once we can enter Daqian, the impact on Yangzhou salt merchants can be imagined!"

"This is true, but this alone is definitely not enough!"

Prince Zhongshun smiled bitterly and said, "Besides, it's up to the court whether he is willing to let me go or not!"

"Your Majesty, we have to give it a try!"

Palace Chief Shi said slowly: "Otherwise, General Jia may not be willing to cooperate next time!"

Prince Zhongshun was shocked and silently nodded to express his understanding.

After owning an offshore territory, there is naturally no shortage of daily necessities such as salt.

With the energy of Prince Zhongshun, it is not difficult to obtain the technology of boiling salt.

Boilable salt is not suitable in all places and consumes too much fuel.

At this time, Jia Huan's men and horses provided the method of drying salt at the right time!

Prince Zhongshun was overjoyed when he found out, and immediately wanted to sell salt in Daqian territory. This was an inexhaustible Dajin Mountain.

Unfortunately, he was dissuaded by his subordinates and did not make the trip.

Why did Jia Huan take out such a good thing so easily and not exchange it with the palace for corresponding benefits? Isn't it because the pit inside is too big?

If Prince Zhongshun dares to use the salt-drying technology and sell large amounts of salt in Daqian, the current emperor will kill Prince Zhongshun no matter how concerned about his reputation.

What is this called? This is called setting an example to others!

Salt and iron are the country's most valuable assets. This is not a joke, it is an out-and-out fact.

Jia Huan must have seen the problem, and that's why he was so generous.

Later, through correspondence exchanges, Jia Huan also generously admitted this.

He also said that the method of drying salt has existed since ancient times, and it is not a big secret to the forces along the coast who make a living by making and selling salt.

It was those salt workers who discovered the secret of sun-dried salt during the production process of boiling salt.

However, because it is difficult to control the sun-salted industry and due to interests, it has never been able to develop.

Of course, sun salt cannot be used within the territory of Daqian, but it is different in the overseas territories.

Anyway, the Daqian court has no control here!

At least, being able to ensure self-sufficiency in salt is pretty good, but what else can we do?

In addition, the excess sea salt can be sold to Korea and some surrounding countries.

In short, the technology of seaside sun-drying salt is simple and easy to spread. For the current salt market in Daqian, it is definitely a dimensionality reduction blow.

Once sea salt appears on a large scale in Daqian, the first to be affected will be the Lianghuai salt merchants.

Among the salt merchants in Lianghuai, the Yangzhou salt merchant, the most powerful one, would naturally suffer the same fate. This was a sure thing, and there was no need to think too much about it.

There is a big difference in ingredients between boiled salt and sun salt. The more produced, the bigger the difference!

Once the salt merchants in Yangzhou were hit by salt exposure, their previous glory would soon fade away, and their families would be destroyed. It is no exaggeration at all.

How many powerful people and dignitaries are eating meat and drinking soup with the current Yangzhou salt merchants?

The majority of the annual income must be shared with these beings, and only a small amount can be harvested by oneself.

But just a small income is enough to make them worth tens of millions and become the richest businessmen in the world!

Prince Zhongshun and the chief historian of the palace thought that Jia Huan's idea was to use the method of drying salt to threaten Yangzhou salt merchants and make them become his own?

It's a pity that they thought wrong. How could Jia Huan's thoughts be so simple?

Fortunately, the palace chief Shi informed Jia Huan of his thoughts in a letter just to be on the safe side.

When Jia Huan read the content of the letter, he felt as if he couldn't laugh or cry.

He asked Xue Pan to pass a message to the Palace Chief, and met with the Palace Chief at the entrance of Ningrong Street.

"The idea you are thinking of will have no other consequences than completely offending the Yangzhou salt merchants to death. Chang Shi should know that, right?"

As soon as they met, Jia Huan was very rude and didn't leave any room for words.

"Well, I am indeed worried about this!"

Prince Palace Chief Shi didn't feel embarrassed at all, he nodded and admitted without any embarrassment.

Sometimes, it is not so difficult to accept the fact that your brain is inferior to others.

Prince Palace Chief Shi felt that he was indeed inferior to Jia Huan in some aspects, but in other aspects, Jia Huan was far inferior to him. This was the reality.

"This move of sea salt can only be used as the last trump card!"

Jia Huan didn't waste any time and said directly: "This is the last resort to threaten you when you can't reach an agreement or even collapse the talks. It's the kind that will kill the fish and kill the net!"

"What I mean is, use other methods to bribe Yangzhou salt merchants!"

"How to buy it?"

Palace Chief Shi asked back: "These guys are very rich, they almost don't need anything!"

"Isn't there any shortage?"

Jia Huan chuckled and said, "I don't think they are short of one thing!"

"what?"

Prince Palace Chief Shi had a vague idea in his mind, but it was not very clear.

"The constraints of status, but also the opportunity to become an official or even be promoted to a noble title!"

Jia Huanyu was not surprised and kept saying: "As long as the prince gives them an opportunity to get rid of their current status and join the powerful class, it is impossible for them not to be moved!"

"impossible!"

Prince Palace Chief Shi categorically objected: "Since ancient times, farmers, farmers, and merchants have always been merchants..."

"The 'since ancient times' mentioned by Chang Shi refers to the 'since ancient times' of the Central Plains of China territory, not the 'since ancient times' of the outer sea territories. Is this true?"

Jia Huan interrupted the man's words without politeness, and said with a smile: "Prince Zhongshun has embarked on the great cause of overseas development. This is something unprecedented and new!"

"Don't use the rules of the Central Plains and China to make an agreement. This is inappropriate in the first place!"

Seeing what the other party wanted to say, Jia Huan chuckled and said: "Think about it, Chang Shi, if a Yangzhou salt merchant is willing to take refuge, how much money and population support will it get?"