Traveling back and forth from ancient times to the present, the prince pursues love in the modern ti

In the past two years, no one in Beichuan area has suffered from goiter.

If we trace back to the origin, it can be found that edible salt was produced in Pingyang County, and some interested people have even conducted experiments on it.

It was discovered that consuming salt produced in Pingyang County did not cause goiter.

Moreover, the salt from Pingyang County is fine and has no bitter taste, but its price is much cheaper than the fine salt on the market.

This discovery made Pingyang County's salt well-known to everyone.

The salt used by the rich and powerful was changed to that produced in Pingyang County, and ordinary people who had a little money also chose salt produced in Pingyang County.

Salt merchants from all over the country set their sights on Pingyang County, buying low and selling high. After a period of prosperity, the situation became completely chaotic.

Du Zuo used to be responsible for protecting Xia Youan. Now that Xia Youan is not around, Chu Moyuan sent him to take charge of the salt industry.

That day, Du Zuo came to report, "Master, something happened!"

"What happened? Tell me clearly!" Chu Moyuan was discussing the construction of the mansion with Chu Linzhou when Du Zuo came in in a hurry.

“The salt merchants haven’t been coming lately, as if they had agreed on this!

In order to meet the needs of salt merchants, we have been making salt day and night during this period, and now the salt is piled up in a warehouse.

But now no one wants it, what should we do with all this salt?"

"Do you know why they no longer buy salt from us?" Chu Linzhou asked.

"I asked, and they said the salt officials said that what they did was disrupting the market, and if they dared to import salt from Beichuan again, their salt permits would be taken back.

Are these salt officials crazy? They can't sell salt and they blame us. If they can, they should lower the price of the official salt!

We had good intentions, wanting to provide the people with good quality salt at a low price, but the salt officials not only didn't appreciate it, they also forbade salt merchants from purchasing from us!" Du Zuo grew increasingly angry as he spoke.

"We are still too young. We are full of energy, but we lack experience and have not considered the interests of others!" Chu Linzhou sighed.

"Master, a secret letter came back from the capital, saying that salt officials and local officials have successively submitted memorials impeaching the prince. They said that the salt industry is related to the stability of the country and should be handed over to the state, not owned by the prince personally." After receiving the secret letter, Du You immediately came to report to the prince.

"In order to appease the hearts of these ministers, I have already handed over the iron ore. Now they are eyeing the salt in my hands. In the eyes of these people, I should have nothing, right?" Chu Moyuan clenched his fist and slammed it hard on the table.

"What did the Emperor say?"

“The Emperor said that all taxes and resources in the fiefdom belong to the prince, and the eldest prince will receive the same treatment.

Moreover, the eldest prince occupied the more prosperous counties, while the King of Chu and the King of Qi were both in the barren north, where tax revenue was already very low.

I finally have some other income in the North, and it would be shameless to ask for it back now.

He is the emperor, he cannot be so shameless as to go back on his word.

Moreover, the prince handed over the iron ore without embezzling it, and he also agreed to pay the grain tax.

How can the ministers have the nerve to say such things?"

"I was originally thinking of handing over some of it, but now I'm not going to give them even a grain of salt."

want to?

Buy it with your own money!

"Master, what should we do next?" Du Zuo asked.

"If salt merchants take the initiative to buy salt, we will sell it to them at normal prices, but we must control the quantity.

Since we can't rely on domestic resources, we can sell it to other countries, but the price must be 10% higher than the market price of fine salt." Chu Moyuan said coldly.

Whether in ancient times or modern times, there is no shortage of rich people.

Even though the salt from Pingyang County is 10% more expensive than the fine salt on the market, there are still many people who want to trade with them.

After the news of Pingyang County's salt being sold to other countries spread, Northern Qi, Daxia and several small neighboring countries expressed their intention to establish long-term cooperation with the King of Chu.

Only the Jingyu Kingdom is ambitious.

Leiyang County of Jingyu State borders Pingyang County of Dachu State.

Among several countries, Jingyu State has the largest land area, the largest population, and the strongest economy and military strength.

What they want is not just cooperation, but to directly seize Pingyang County.

Zhao Hu, the general stationed in Leiyang County of Jingyu State, had several battles with Shan Ronghao, but never gained the upper hand.

Zhao Hu was quite dissatisfied with this.

After learning that the salt produced in Pingyang County could prevent goiter, he sent people to closely monitor the developments in Pingyang County.

At the same time, he wrote a letter to the Emperor of Jingyu, proposing to send troops to attack Pingyang County.

Zhao Hu vowed that he would be able to take over Pingyang County and obtain the salt mines in Pingyang County.

In the end, the Emperor of Jingyu agreed to Zhao Hu's proposal and appointed him as commander-in-chief to lead an army of 200,000.

Shan Ronghao only has a total of 100,000 troops, so Jingyu Kingdom is bound to take over Pingyang County!

After receiving the news, Shan Ronghao immediately summoned his generals to discuss countermeasures. They knew that the strength of the enemy and us was very different, and even if we used wits to win, the chances of success were not very high.

There are cases in history where the outnumbered side defeated the larger force, but due to the absolute disparity in military strength, even if they won, it would be a pyrrhic victory!

Chu Moyuan returned to the county magistrate's mansion and discussed the production of gunpowder with Chu Linzhou.

Back then, when Xia Youan led them to make fireworks, he wrote down the gunpowder ratios used. By slightly adjusting the ratios, he could increase the firepower.

Time is running out and there aren't many materials available, so I'll just make as much as I can!

Zhao Hu always felt that the reason he failed to defeat Shan Ronghao before was because he had too few troops.

Now he is leading an army of 200,000 to fight against Shan Ronghao's army of 100,000, which is as easy as crushing an ant.

Unexpectedly, his 200,000-strong army was paralyzed by a series of loud noises before they even saw the city gate of Pingyang County.

After the surviving soldiers recovered, they didn't know what weapons the enemy had used and why they were so powerful, so they all began to retreat.

"No retreat! Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed without mercy! Come on!"

Zhao Hu saw that the loud noise stopped and did not sound again for a long time, and guessed that Shan Ronghao's new weapon must have been used up.

Before even seeing the enemy, tens of thousands of his own people had already died. At this moment, Zhao Hu was filled with rage.

If I don't avenge this, I, Zhao Hu, will not be a human being!

What a scheme! What a trick!

At this moment, all that’s left is to fight hard!

After dinner, Xia Youan and Zhang Peng did not stay in the city for long and rushed back home.

After returning from shopping, Xia Youan threw the things away and wanted to take a rest.

As soon as I lay down on the bed, my eyelids felt heavy, as if I hadn't slept for a long time. My consciousness quickly withdrew and I fell into a deep sleep.

He opened his eyes, but before he regained consciousness, he saw a spear about to pierce through Chu Moyuan's body.

Xia Youan didn't have time to think and rushed over quickly. Chu Moyuan felt someone approaching and turned around to avoid the fate of being killed two by one.

Chu Moyuan turned his head to look,

But I only saw a long spear piercing Xia Youan's body!

"WC, it hurts!"