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"Didn't the price of salt be lowered a few months ago?" This person's eyes were burning with worry, as the clan relatives had a lot of salt in their hands.

"Salt tax is a heavy tax in the country, accounting for 60.00% of the total tax revenue. Although the reduction is not much, it will also affect the world's finances. I hope the princess will be more cautious." This is a smooth old minister, who is also involved in the salt business to some extent.

"It's okay for her to be struggling in the fiefdom. Once she returns to Yundu, she will be busy with things every day. It's either this or that." This is what Xiao Xiao complained to her close friends in the same camp.

There are many voices of opposition among the ruling and opposition parties, but the emotions are not intense.

They were the same group of people who jointly impeached Mu Tingxue last time and protested against her lowering the price of salt from [-] to [-].

Their reactions were also what Mu Tingxue expected.

Boiling the frog in warm water worked.These people made a lot of profits through water-powered spinning wheels, quicklime disinfection, and growing potatoes, the divine food.Now that she has obtained more benefits through herself, she is soft-spoken and short-handed when taking advantage of others. Now she wants to gently slap them on the knife. It is not easy for them to break up with her and cause trouble to be brought to the stage. At most, it is neither light nor serious. A few complaints.

The regent was sitting on the distinguished chair in Danqi. He looked at Mu Tingxue and couldn't help but feel a flash of appreciation - the price of salt was lowered bit by bit. The autumn tax had just collected so much. This was a good time. It can stop many people's mouths.

"Some ministers view the price of salt in a one-sided way and lack an overall view."

Yan Yang spoke.

Almost everyone's heart tightened.The regent had just put down the rebellion of the Liu people in the west, and his military achievements were unparalleled in the world. His words were undoubtedly the most weighty.

Mu Tingxue raised her head and looked at her fiancé, knowing that he was standing up at this time to support her.

Yan Yang said in a deep voice: "The envoys sent by the Tatars and Lufan have arrived in Yundu to discuss the large-scale refined salt business with our court. The salt price is three hundred coins, and they only consider trading 100 million kilograms of salt with my court every year; the salt price For two hundred and fifty, they are willing to buy 300 million catties.”

This statement came out.

The whole court was filled with chatter.

"It is related to trade between countries. Appropriate price concessions can indeed lead to greater profits. It is Wei Chen who did not consider it comprehensively."

"What the regent said is absolutely true. For the price of three hundred coins, Tatar and Lufan can buy salt from Xiling Kingdom and Dongsang Kingdom. They don't have to choose us. But once it drops to two hundred and fifty, Tatar and Lufan can buy salt from Xiling Kingdom and Dongsang Kingdom." China will firmly enter into long-term salt transactions with our country."

This proposal was passed.

The price of salt was successfully reduced by fifty cents.

As soon as the court ended, good news came from the Salt Administration Department of the Hubu Yamen.

It was said that the Tatar and Lufan envoys, who had been negotiating for several days, finally made a decision.At a price of 250 Wen per catty, 400 million catties of refined salt are imported from Yunhuang every year.

It’s not the 300 million that Yan Yang estimated, but the combined total of the two countries is 400 million!

"The international trade of refined salt alone is worth 100 million silver."

The corners of Mu Tingxue's lips couldn't help but rise.

The international market is a huge cake!

Lao Zheng was even more happy from ear to ear, because he was responsible for negotiating with the Tatar and Lufan envoys: "Your Highness, you don't know something. The negotiations have reached a deadlock in the past few days, and the Tatar prince has been biting him to death. Xiling Kingdom is also willing to sell salt to them for 310 Wen, which is not much different."

Mu Tingxue nodded: "Good job."

Lao Zheng was praised, he was very beautiful, and he flattered him with a few words: "These salt merchants and the aristocratic families behind them. When you talk about lowering the price of salt, it is like digging up their ancestral graves. But the people will die of illness if they can't afford the salt." , the registered population is getting smaller and smaller, and taxes cannot be collected, forming a vicious circle. Your Highness’s decision to bring down the price of salt is a great thing in the long run.”

This autumn's taxes were collected by his general. All tax officials sent the money and grain to him for collection, and then transferred it to Taicang, the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Although Lao Zheng is an old salty fish who does not seek merit but seeks no faults in his work, he has also seen that the factory commercial tax has huge potential to be tapped.

You don’t have to fight on the salt tax!The people were filled with resentment and corpses were everywhere.

"Your Royal Highness, the eldest princess, is the largest taxpayer."

Lao Zheng took out an account book, opened it, and said in an envious tone, "The soap factory in Baidizhou paid a tax of 20 yuan. Soap is a good thing, and every household can use it every day."

Mu Tingxue stared at Lao Zheng seriously.

This old man can be regarded as his confidant, he is diligent and hard-working and never complains.

Every time she left Yundu, Lao Zhengtou could prop up the huge Hubu Yamen and run it in an orderly manner without any mistakes.The old man had been hiding his clumsiness for the past 50 years, but now he has shown courage. He is not afraid of offending others and will go all out to follow her.

This kind of backbone must be treated kindly.The salary cannot be reduced.

She gave Xiao Wangzhi and Huang Zhu enough rewards, but she couldn't favor one over the other.

"I heard that the marriage between Zheng Hanyuan and the Su Ling family was ruined a few days ago?"

Zheng Hanyuan is the eldest grandson of old Zhengtou. The first time Mu Tingxue went to Baidi City, she took little Zheng with her.

"His Highness is making a joke." Old Zheng sighed helplessly, "It's because Han Yuan and Miss Gao didn't have a chance."

"Why?"

"The old minister didn't give Mr. Gao a letter approving the funds, which made him very dissatisfied." Old Zhengtou quickly adjusted his attitude, "The Gao family has a close relationship with Lijia. My family is far away, so I don't necessarily have to marry him." Not the daughter of the Gao family."

He is not stupid. The relationship between his immediate boss and Li Dang is not good. If the Zheng family still marries Li Dang, they will be like a loser.

Xiao Wangzhidu, with the support of the eldest princess, became the governor of Baidi Prefecture, rehabilitated all the sinners in his family, and also made the daughter of the Xiao family the county head, which was so kindly treated by the eldest princess.

If he wanted to become the second Xiao Wangzhi, he might as well simply cut off all in-law ties with the Gao family.

"Old Zheng, your hometown is from Yazhou, right?"

"Yes." Lao Zheng didn't understand why the eldest princess asked such a question, so he lowered his eyebrows and said, "Yazhou is a wild and hot and humid place. Many prisoners are exiled by their concubines and will go there to serve their sentences as coolies."

The Zheng family is not well-off, and the land in Yazhou is barren, miasmatic, damp and hot, which is not suitable for potatoes as the divine food.

His clan members were not living a good life in Yazhou, and they often wrote to him asking for help, "Yazhou is a miasma area, and people often suffer from miasma. Alas, I have two clan uncles, namely He died of miasma."

"Fake? Malaria?"

Mu Tingxue thought thoughtfully, this situation sounded a bit like Hainan, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia, a famous ancient place of exile, barbaric and poor.Especially in Taiwan, malaria was particularly serious when it was undeveloped.

The special "holy drug" for treating malaria is quinine.

Quinine is extracted from the bark of the cinchona tree.

The homeland of the cinchona tree is Ecuador in America, where it was first used by the Indians.

"Old Zheng, are there cinchona trees in Yazhou?"

"What chicken?"

Lao Zheng was confused, "I have never heard of a tree with such a strange name."

Mu Tingxue felt confident and understood that there were no cinchona trees in Yunhuang.Then something must be done. Planting it in Yaju can save countless lives.