Chapter 396 Li Shimin did not plan to let those aristocratic families go, but he didn't want to drink it anymore. However, there were still people who helped him drink it.

After the meal was finished, the heads of those aristocratic families were carried back, while Li Shimin left the last time. Li Chengqian woke up at this moment. Qin Huaidao asked someone to give him a glass of juice. Now it's much better.

"Boping, I'll go back first. Tomorrow morning, I'll come to Ganlu Palace. I have something to tell you!" Li Shimin stood at Qin Huaidao's gate and said to Qin Huaidao who came to see him off.

"Yes, Father!" Qin Huaidao nodded, knowing that it must be necessary to talk about pig iron and salt.

After seeing off the guests, Qin Huaidao also returned to the study, while the servants were packing their things.

"Master, is my father having an unhappy relationship with the heads of the family today?" Li Lixian sat next to Qin Huaidao and asked.

"Well, the talk has collapsed. The aristocratic family probably don't want to hand over the pig iron and salt. My father asked me to do it alone. Alas, I was so busy that I could not do it. I still did this. I wouldn't be able to do it." Qin Huaidao sat there and sighed.

When Li Lixian heard this, she didn't know how to persuade Qin Huaidao, so she could only lean against Qin Huaidao.

"No matter how many there are, I'm going to talk about it tomorrow. I'm alone, so I definitely can't do it. I need help." Qin Huaidao sat there, smiled bitterly and said,

The next morning, Qin Huaidao went to the palace and had just arrived at the Ganlu Palace. When Wang En saw it, he immediately said to Qin Huaidao: "Duke Hu, your Majesty and the Crown Prince are waiting for you inside."

"Well, thank you!" Qin Huaidao clasped his fists at Wang En, and walked into the Ganlu Palace.

At this moment, Li Chengqian and Li Shimin were talking about something. When they saw Qin Huai coming, Li Shimin smiled and said, "Just wait for your boy to come over, come, sit down and talk!"

Li Shimin said he and asked Qin Huaidao to sit down.

"My son has met his father and His Highness." Qin Huaidao stood there and saluted them first and said.

"Well, okay, sit down and talk!" Li Chengqian also smiled at Qin Huaidao and made a gesture of asking for a seat.

"I talked yesterday that the aristocratic family would not let me kill those officials. Of course, I would have to kill them. They have been corrupt for so much money and don't set an example for others. Then other workshops will probably be like this at that time. They dare to resell pig iron and salt privately, and the price is so much higher?

It is simply not a way to live for the people. The most urgent task is not pig iron, but salt. Once the aristocratic family gets stuck in the salt and is not sold, it will be troublesome. The people will definitely get chaos at that time. Therefore, now it is urgent to get salt out." Li Shimin stared at Qin Huaidao and said.

"Yes, but if my father and son minister do this, I guess the aristocratic family will stare at me." Qin Huaidao looked at Li Shimin worriedly and said, this was certain, and Qin Huaidao knew very well.

"The Father made it clear to them yesterday that if the Father did not kill the whole family of their aristocratic families, they could not retaliate against you. They were unwilling to hand over salt and pig iron. The court could not allow them to control these two things all the time.

They bet on whether you can make it out and how much it can be made out. After all, if the amount is not large, then they can continue to make money at that time, and we can't sell them!" Li Chengqian sat there and explained to Qin Huaidao.

"The conditions are like this. If I don't kill them, they can't kill you. At the same time, they can't let salt and pig iron be cut off on the market. In addition, I will remove all the ranks of their workshops and officials. I will investigate them. If the craftsmen don't move them, in the future, those workshops have nothing to do with the court!" Li Shimin sat there and said to Qin Huaidao again.

"Will the court lose a lot? I will give them pig iron and salt?" Qin Huaidao looked at Li Shimin in shock after hearing this.

"I can only bet, bet on how much you win, I don't care. What I want is to be able to supply the salt and pig iron needed by the entire Tang Dynasty, and I cannot be controlled by others!

Those pig iron workshops and salt workshops are originally from the aristocratic families, so I'll give them the same. If they don't take revenge on you, I believe you can do it, and it's better than them!" Li Shimin stared at Qin Huaidao and said,

Qin Huaidao nodded helplessly.

"You have to do this piece of salt as soon as possible. We have a salt lake, but I don't know how to get it out. How many people do you need and how much money do you need. Find Gao Ming and he will do this.

In addition, on the salt lake, I will order 3,000 soldiers from the left military guard to guard it. The salt lake is located in the northern suburbs, with about 50 miles. Along the way, I will set up several checkpoints, and there will be garrisons to ensure your safety." Li Shimin stared at Qin Huaidao and said, but Qin Huaidao still nodded.

"Can it work?" Li Chengqian stared at Qin Huaidao and asked.

"It can be achieved. Now, salt is about 20 cents per pound, which is very expensive. I hope it can be reduced to 1 pound per pound, so that the people can afford salt. If you want to buy it, buy it at any time!" Qin Huaidao sat there, nodded and said.

"Okay, it's okay to give it away for free. I just can't let them slap people like this." Li Shimin said happily when he heard Qin Huaidao say this.

"However, I need someone to help me, I want to take Brother Yuchi Baolin as my deputy." Qin Huaidao sat there and continued.

"Okay, I will transfer you who else I need." Li Shimin said to Qin Huaidao, who nodded, saying that he didn't need it anymore.

"Gao Ming, collect 10,000 guan of money immediately and give it to Boping. You keep your accounts and Boping spends money. If this matter is done, I will be rewarded with great rewards!" Li Shimin stared at Qin Huaidao and Li Chengqian and said.

"Yes, I'll mobilize it right away!"

"Yes!" Li Chengqian and Qin Huaidao immediately bowed and said, after coming out of Ganlu Hall, Qin Huaidao immediately went to the carpenter's workshop, silk workshop and blacksmith's workshop of the Ministry of Works. Qin Huaidao needed to make a lot of tools.

Then, 3,200 guards were stationed at the Zuowu Guard, of which 200 guards were protecting Qin Huaidao, and 3,000 guards were stationed on the side of the Salt Lake. Together with Yuchi Baolin, he rode his horse to the side of the Salt Lake. When he got there, Qin Huaidao also saw the Salt Lake.

"Boping, what should I do?" After Yuchi Baolin and the others arrived here, the army began to prepare to build tents and began to station.

"Look first!" Qin Huaidao said as he rode his horse and started wandering along the salt lake. The weather is very hot now, and there is less rain in the north in winter.

"We need to hurry up. The weather will turn colder in less than two months. In the past two months, we need to get enough salt." Qin Huaidao rode his horse, looked at the endless salt lake, and spoke.

"How do you do it? You said, let's do it!" Yuchi Baoqi followed Qin Huaidao and spoke.

"Let's talk about it tomorrow. There will be a lot of tools to send it here!" Qin Huaidao said to Yuchi Baolin. Then Qin Huaidao began to look at the terrain and asked the soldiers to get lime. Qin Huaidao needed to make a salt field, and now he needed lime to mark the lines.

Nowadays, when the Tang Dynasty made salt, they used the method of boiling brine. It was best to use the salt lake water to dry it and slowly let it precipitate salt. Of course, the salt precipitated at the beginning still had a lot of impurities, and it also needed to be diluted and filtered and cooked again, but this was much faster.

Qin Huaidao took the lime and began to mark lines along the salt lake. Around the salt lake, Qin Huaidao painted pieces of salt fields. When the tools came, they would start digging tomorrow to level the salt fields.

At night, Qin Huaidao lived in the wild, surrounded by Wuwei, and there were people guarding the entire salt lake, and others could not get close to the salt lake.

Early the next morning, the tools were delivered, and Qin Huaidao ordered the soldiers to start excavating and transport the earthworks away with ox carts. They were making salt fields for several days. After making a few pieces, Qin Huaidao asked the soldiers to release water into the salt fields and put a thin layer first.

On Chang'an, officials from the aristocratic family also knew that Qin Huaidao was sent out to get salt. At the same time, all the officials of the aristocratic family's salt workshops were arrested and all their homes were searched, but they had not yet been asked to beheaded. The aristocratic family could only send people to take over the workshops again.

The price of Chang'an City salt has soared to 30 pounds per catty, and you have to queue up to buy it.

Changsun Wuji and the others were also sitting in the study room on the mansion, and several heads of the family were also sitting in Changsun Wuji's mansion.

"Duke Zhao, do you think Duke Hu can make salt? How much can it be made? The salt needed in various parts of the Tang Dynasty requires 100 dan a day! Can Duke Hu make it?" The head of the Wei family in Jingzhao stared at Changsun Wuji and asked.

"I don't know this, but you know Qin Huaidao's ability. Your Majesty dares to agree to you like this, which means that Qin Huaidao has this ability." Changsun Wuji sighed.

"Is there any news on the Salt Lake?" The head of the Du family in Jingzhao also looked at Changsun Wuji and asked.

"That news is controlled by His Highness the Crown Prince. We report it directly to His Majesty. We have no news over there!

However, the people outside were full of complaints, and the court also posted an announcement that in the future, salt will be supplied by the aristocratic families, so the people are scolding you now!" Changsun Wuji looked at the heads of the family and started talking.

He is also very conflicted now. He hopes that the aristocratic family will win, but he feels that the aristocratic family cannot win. Qin Huaidao is too powerful. No one knows how much he knows. He has not made pig iron yet.

Once the salt is made, all the aristocratic families will fall into a passive state. I don’t know how the court will deal with the aristocratic families next. Although it is impossible to kill them all, it will definitely reduce many officials from the lower class and further disintegrate the foundation of the aristocratic families.
Chapter completed!