I was engaged in infrastructure construction in the Han Dynasty [Transmigration Book]

Liu Tan thought about selling salt at a low price before, and the common people might be more enthusiastic. After all, it is much cheaper. Before Liu Tan came across, he would buy a lot of things when the price was reduced in the supermarket.

But at the beginning, even if the northern border country was enthusiastic, it was nothing more than queuing up to buy salt. How come the shop in Yan country can't keep it?

While asking Wei Deng to bring the elite group to maintain order, he asked, "What's the situation? What are they buying so much for?"

The people in the country of Yan don’t have much money. No matter how cheap the salt price is, it is still more expensive than food at present. Do they buy so much salt because they want to eat salt when they are hungry in the future?

The steward wiped the sweat off his brow and said with a wry smile, "Subordinate...subordinate doesn't know either."

He has been a businessman for many years. At the beginning, he traveled on the Silk Road. Later, when he got older, his son was unwilling to inherit the family business, so he went to invest in shops in the northern border country. The property in the hands of His Royal Highness the King of the North was noticed by the King of the North because of the business dealings.

He has been in business for so many years, this is the first time he has encountered such a scene, and he is a little confused.

After hearing this, Liu Tan touched his chin and turned to Dou Sibo and said, "Send someone to visit, we must understand what the people are robbing."

Dou Sibo immediately took the order and left.

Liu Tan turned his head and said to the steward, "Well, you should limit the amount now, no more than two catties per person, no repeated purchases, and you have to queue up to buy salt. It should be able to curb it."

At least it can reduce the turmoil of grabbing salt, let the purchase speed slow down first, and let everyone's emotions calm down, so that after Dou Sibo finds out the problem, they can prescribe the right medicine to solve the problem.

The steward took the order and left immediately. In fact, he did the same according to his idea, but he had to report such a big matter and ask for instructions.

If His Highness the King of the Northern Realm didn't think about it, he would persuade him, and now that His Highness the King of the Northern Realm has thought of it, then he doesn't need to do anything else, just follow what His Highness said.

Originally, Liu Tan was looking at the construction of the new city in Liaoxi County. The houses in the new city were almost built. As for other public facilities and the city wall, this had to be done slowly.

In fact, the construction of the city wall is much more difficult than that of the house. After all, it has to be built very high, and the steel bars required are also thicker and longer.

As a result, because of this incident, Liu Tan didn't even bother to read these documents.

Not long after, Dou Sibo quickly ran over, sweating profusely, and said, "Your Highness, it has been preliminarily found out that the looting is mainly due to folk rumors that such low-priced salt is only temporary, and the original price will be restored after a period of time. "

Liu Tan frowned: "Who spread the news, I caught it."

If it was unintentional, then this person would be too stupid, but Liu Tan didn't feel that the other party was unintentional at all. If it was intentional, then he would be punishable.

Dou Sibo looked carefully at Liu Tan and said, "A few of them are well-known wealthy households in the city..."

Liu Tan looked at him and asked, "Do you know where those rich households in Shuofang City are now?"

Dou Sibo wisely didn't go any further. Originally, he wanted to say that Ji County's tax revenues were all borne by these wealthy households. Although they also evaded a lot of taxes, without the taxes they paid, Ji County's financial records would be even worse. Uglier.

But who is the king of the northern realm? That is Qian Tong descending to earth. He should not worry about taxes when he is worried about anything.

Judging by the sales volume of this salt today, there will be a lot of taxes.

Dou Sibo never doubted whether Liu Tan would evade taxes. It is said that he was very active in paying taxes when he was in the northern border country.

The tax payment of the king of the northern border once supported half of the tax revenue of the northern border country. This is why the overall development of the northern border country has not been so obvious in recent years.

Dou Sibo immediately asked people to arrest them, but since he was a wealthy household, Liu Tan knew what these wealthy households were thinking.

Their salt should come in at a high price. After all, there is no new method of drying salt, so the salt is boiled, and the price is naturally extremely high.

As a result, Liu Tan's selling price is now lower than their purchase price, and these people must not be reconciled.

It's just that Liu Tan was also a little surprised. These people are so bold. Back then, the court directly announced it. Anyone with a brain should know that even if it wasn't for the court's peddling, it was also his handwriting.

After Dou Sibo arrested him, he immediately sent someone to interrogate him, but it didn't take long—these wealthy households were all soft bones and had no education. Most of them were upstarts, or they were the descendants of upstarts, that is, In the Yan State, a place where the taxation of the industry is not very good, they can still have a status, and they can even live next to the palace. It is unimaginable to change to any vassal state.

Over the years, Liu Tan's thoughts have gradually been assimilated by big men. Although he still doesn't think that rich people should have a low status, he also thinks that these people should be suppressed. If he has a little money, he forgets his last name.

Dou Sibo sent the confession to Liu Tan's desk, and Liu Tan waved his hand and said, "I'm too lazy to read it, so tell me."

Dou Sibo smiled wryly and said: "Your Highness, you don't know. I thought that these wealthy households were deceived by lard and made mistakes for a while, but I didn't expect them to be more courageous than I thought. In the country, or in Jicheng, the sky is basically overshadowed by one hand, and even Liu Dan, a common man, suffered from them back then."

Liu Tan was a little surprised: "Liu Dan has suffered from them?"

Dou Sibo nodded: "Back then, he wanted to open a shop to increase income and reduce expenditure, but in the end, no matter what he did, he was squeezed out by these wealthy households until he closed down. Even the shop that was once sold at a high price could only be sold to these people at a low price."

The corners of Liu Tan's mouth twitched: "Liu Dan, the vassal king, did really well... What role does the former Prime Minister play in this?"

Dou Sibo said: "At that time, the former Guoxiang was their backer, otherwise how dare they bully the prince and grandson?"

Liu talked about it clearly, collusion between officials and businessmen.

These people are used to being domineering in the country of Yan. The county guards of the country of Yan have suffered from Liu Tan's hands before, and they are all honest, but Liu Tan did not spare his hands to clean up those rich households. The most important thing is that these people are not involved. In his eyes, as long as he didn't commit a major crime, he would be as knowledgeable as these people when he was full, and lose his worth.

But now that these people are in his hands, Liu Tan has no intention of letting them go.

Liu Tan smiled and said: "It's just right that the pigs should be slaughtered when they are fattened up. You send someone to interrogate them to see if they have done any illegal things and whether anyone else is involved. Anyone who participates should be arrested. And before this matter, no guides will be issued."

After hearing this, Dou Sibo couldn't help being speechless in his heart, saying that His Royal Highness the King of the Northern Realm is really generous in doing things.

He had vaguely heard that His Royal Highness the King of the North had a good temper and was very tolerant on weekdays, but if he really made him angry, then wait to be dealt with, not only himself, but the whole family may not be able to escape.

The same is true for these wealthy households now.

But Dou Sibo has no objection. It is certain that these rich households violated the law and ransacked their homes, and the money after the ransacking will go to the national treasury. Dou Sibo has been worrying about money these days. So happy with the salt.

On the one hand, the happy people have cheap salt to eat. On the other hand, it is because the tax on salt is very high and the sales volume is huge. As long as there is this industry, Yan will have a stable source of tax revenue.

Dou Sibo asked people to interrogate and arrest people overnight, and at the same time sent people to appease the people. The whole person was tired and thin, but the results were remarkable.

When he presented the criminal evidence of those people and reported how many people had been arrested, Liu Tan was stunned when he saw it.

He thought about it against the list. He had carefully looked at the current map of Jicheng before, and the locations of some important people were marked on it.

This wave of Dou Sibo almost captured the north of the city!

This wave not only involved rich households, but also a bunch of officials, and even found out the people involved in the witchcraft case.

When Liu Tan saw the word witchcraft appearing on the confession, his scalp was about to explode.

The large-scale bloody cases he has encountered since traveling are all thanks to witchcraft. Every time it is related to witchcraft, the number of people who died is unimaginable, and there are nearly ten thousand people. Affecting hundreds of thousands.

Besides, he could handle other cases by himself, but it was related to the witchcraft, which had cursed Liu Che, so he had to report the matter.

Liu Tan had a very headache and said, "Didn't the country of Yan already be cleaned up? How come there are still fish slipping through the net!"

Dou Sibo said: "Back then, the King of Yan and the Prime Minister of the State were both arrested and imprisoned, and there was no one to preside over the State of Yan. It is said that people were panicked at the time, and everyone was afraid of getting involved in these things, and these people did not have deep contact. Maybe they were just helping to find some raw materials. Yes, so let them cover up and escape, and this time some people confessed to them."

As for why the confession was made, it is too easy to explain. Either they want to escape the crime, or they want to drag people into the water. Anyway, this wave is really beyond Liu Tan's expectations.

Liu Tan sorted out all the confessions with a great headache, sighed and said: "My father has almost forgotten about this matter, and now he will not be angry because of this matter, and now I suddenly tell him This matter, I'm afraid...these people are waiting for bad luck."

Dou Sibo's back felt cold immediately, he looked up at Liu Tan and asked, "Your Highness, this is not a big deal, they are all marginal figures, otherwise we..."

Liu Tan said decisively: "Don't even think about it, I will not lie to my father."

Are you kidding me, he is now because he is frank and frank with Liu Che, except for the matter of time travel, everything else can be said, in this way, Liu Che's trust has been exchanged bit by bit, and he is today.

Otherwise, so what if he makes those weird things again?Liu Che is useful, but even if he doesn't believe you, he won't give you privileges.

Trust is not easy to build, but much easier to destroy.

Do you really think that he was not harmed from the beginning to the end of the witchcraft incident because he was favored?Are you kidding? It's not because Liu Che knows everything about the Northern Borderlands. He even knows the situation of his palace. He knows that it really has nothing to do with him. Otherwise, once the seeds of doubt are planted, it will be too difficult to get rid of them. up.

While writing a letter to Liu Che, Liu Tan asked, "How about the salt shop?"

Dou Sibo was still thinking about witchcraft, but now he heard it and immediately worried and said: "The common people are still robbing salt. Although there is a limited amount, everyone bought the most amount, and even people from other villages and towns came to buy it, in order to queue up to buy salt , many people started queuing even at night.”

Liu Tan:? ? ? ?Why is this picture so familiar?