In the middle of winter, snow is flying all over the sky, the cold wind is howling outside, and the courtyard is as warm as spring. At this time, I suddenly heard a noise and shouting, which was filled with laughter and roaring: "Ahhaha, I'm beaten, I'm beaten..."

Then he heard many people cursing and said unwillingly: "It's useless to win, but you will lose it to death if you win! Damn, you are only worth a few copper coins in total, but you actually spend a lot of money to compete for the display of the Tianzi goods. So what if you get it? Can you recover your capital?"

Li Shimin and Empress Changsun were curious and couldn't help but walk to the window of the warm cabinet and look out. The couple listened with their ears for a long time, and a strange look gradually appeared on their faces.

Li Yun also walked to the window, looked out, and smiled and said, "The goods display area has begun to show its power."

Li Shimin looked at him and said with a little puzzled understanding: "I can't understand why this merchant is so crazy? I just listened for a long time. This person seemed to have spent 500 guan to grab the display of the Tianzi goods. Those merchants said that he is a mountain product seller. Can the mountain product be worth 500 guan in total?"

Li Yun reached out and pushed the window open so that Li Shimin could see the scene in the display area more clearly.

At this time, the merchant had already brought the sample of the goods and the servant from the trading center began to explain. Li Yun pointed there and said, "Second uncle, please take a closer look. He sells mountain delicacies and fur goods. I have noticed this person. He is an extremely smart merchant. His goods are definitely not worth 500 guan, but he will earn ten 20 guan and 500 guan..."

Li Shimin was slightly stunned and asked in surprise: "Why is this? Tell me!"

"Two reasons!"

Li Yun slowly ejaculated two fingers and explained with a smile: "The first reason is that the service of Tianzi is very expensive, and ordinary merchants are reluctant to compete, but this merchant has spent a lot of money to grab it. Why?"

"Yes, why?"

Empress Changsun couldn't help but speak.

Li Yun smiled and continued, "He is very smart. He is far from others. He spent 500 yuan not to promote his mountain goods, but to want the first time that the Tianzi display rights are. Everything in the world is the most attractive. Although his mountain goods are very ordinary, my trading center is not ordinary. As the trading center becomes more and more famous, he, a businessman who grabs Tianzi service, will become more and more famous..."

Queen Changsun was still a little confused when she heard this, but Li Shimin had suddenly realized it.

The emperor blurted out: "I understand. If you sell a piece of skin and a person with a face, this person will make his name even five hundred coins, so that everyone in business will know it in the future."

“That’s exactly that!”

Li Yun nodded and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that Your Majesty is also proficient in business affairs."

Li Shimin glared at him and cursed with a smile: "How many times have I reminded you? When there is no one, I call me the second uncle!"

Li Yun was so kind that he shouted quickly.

Empress Changsun suddenly pulled Li Yun's arm and said curiously: "Child, you have always said that you want to auction three kinds of treasures yourself, why don't you put the treasures in the sky font to display?"

Li Yun didn't need to answer this. The emperor had already helped explain it and said with a smile: "Guanyin maid, think about it carefully. Do you need to show it? He himself is the owner of the trading center, and it is natural difference from those merchants. His goods do not need to be named, and the more he conceals, the more precious it becomes. People's hearts are complicated, and this is the way to seize the heart..."

Queen Changsun then realized that she suddenly gave Li Yun a fierce look and cursed with a smile: "The brat is very bad."

Li Yun touched his nose innocently.

Although Li Shimin helped the queen explain the reason, the emperor himself was obviously very curious and couldn't help asking: "I want to ask in advance, what are these three treasures you are? Since you want to be the finale, you must be confident."

Li Yun did not hide it and said directly: "The first treasure is very simple. In fact, before the opening, a merchant had already called it out..."

As he said that, he pointed to the countless braziers in the trading compound, and smiled and said, "It's these charcoal!"

Li Shimin nodded and said, "I'm really guessing right."

The emperor glanced at Li Yun and suddenly asked, "I heard that this thing comes from the mountains. I don't know if the yield is large?"

"Big, very big!"

Li Yun spoke without hesitation and smiled: "Let me tell you this, this thing is a treasure given by God, and it will never be used for thousands of years. Human resources are sometimes poor, but God's gifts are endless... Carbonifera not only has mountain mines, but also geological mines. If you dislike the difficulty of mining mountain mines and geological mines, then there is also a kind of open-pit mine that is directly exposed. Just dig it with a shovel, and the half-foot soil layer is full of charcoal."

Li Shimin obviously had a red eye disease again and smacked his lips and said, "You took a small stove when you were welcoming you. I feel that the firepower of charcoal is countless times higher than that of charcoal. This thing will probably replace charcoal in the future, and it will inevitably become a people's livelihood need like salt and iron. I have to send a hundred cavalry officers to check it out to see how many carbonites are in various parts of the Tang Dynasty. All those who have no masters will be collected into the court, and those who have masters will also formulate taxes..."

Li Yun supported his idea very much and even further suggested: "The Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Industry should be allowed to recruit people to form a yamen specializing in mining, which can be responsible for the auction of mining rights and carboniferous taxes. If this matter is done, the treasury can increase by several million yuan per year."

"Millions of coins?"

Li Shimin was startled, and then his eyes turned red and he said murderously: "Not to mention millions of coins, I have to be cruel if I can get 500,000 yuan a year. No one can stop this matter. Carbonifer must be taxed."

Li Yun nodded, thought for a while and said, "Cash taxes can be collected, but they must be taken from the people and used by the people. The treasury has money to provide disaster relief. I have eaten porridge for two months and know that there are many disasters and difficulties in the people of the Tang Dynasty. Don't worry, I will support you in this matter. I would rather let the court make a fortune on charcoal than put a family into their pockets..."

He stopped slightly and said with a slight anger: "They rarely provide relief to the victims, and the money will become theirs after they enter their pockets."

Li Shimin refused to comment, as if he was afraid of irritating the children and the aristocratic families to work hard. The emperor turned the topic a little and asked again: "Your first treasure is the method of mining carbonite, right?"

"Not all!"

Li Yun was indeed distracted by the emperor and explained: "Carbonite is a new type of fuel, but a large amount of carbohydrate is buried deep underground. At present, all we can do is to mine open-pit minerals, so the mining method is not worth mentioning. What I really want to sell is the method of carbohydrate processing, and there is also the method of manufacturing supporting stoves."

"I know this!"

Li Shimin seemed to like to show himself very much today, pointing to Cheng Chumo and others at the door of the house and said, "I have asked them that carbonite can be processed into honeycomb coal, and then equipped with a special stove and chimney, which can lead all the fireworks to the outside of the house to discharge."

Li Yun nodded and said solemnly: "Carbonite is toxic and smoke must be discharged, so what I really want to sell is the method of making stoves, which is the first final treasure. Selling the secret recipe will not only help me make money, but also benefit the hard-working people in the world. Second uncle, tell me, is this a treasure?"

"Calculate!"

Li Shimin is also Zheng’s key point.

The emperor glanced at Li Yun and couldn't help asking again: "There are two other treasures? Tell me what they are?"

Li Yun suddenly hesitated and said carefully: "The second treasure, you won't get angry after hearing it..."

Li Shimin was slightly stunned and pondered: "Why does it sound like I don't have a good way?"

After saying that, he stared at Li Yun, frowned and asked again: "What the hell is it?"

Li Yun took a breath slowly, and said with a hard forehead: "The second treasure, the method of refining refined salt!"

"What did you say?"

"You guy, are you crazy?"

Li Yun's words had just been spoken, and Li Shimin and Empress Changsun spoke at the same time. The emperor and his wife were shocked at first, and then their faces turned blue with anger.

"The method of refining refined salt? How could it be the method of refining refined salt?"

Li Shimin suddenly shouted loudly and said angrily: "I don't agree with this matter. You are a loser, stinky boy."

Li Yun rolled his eyes helplessly and smiled bitterly: "Look, I knew you would definitely get angry."

Li Shimin's chest kept rising and falling, and he said angrily: "This is no longer a problem of getting angry. This is your bad guy's prodigal act. Do you know that salt and iron are the leader of all industries. If you control salt and iron, you can control the world."

"I know..."

Li Yun smiled and said with a smile on his face: "That's why I want to sell it."

This is a bit unreasonable.

Li Shimin's eyes moved obviously, and smart people could always hear the unspoken words. The emperor took a deep breath, pressed down the anger on his face, and said, "Tell me carefully, and I and the Queen listened carefully."

Li Yun nodded. At this moment, he did not dare to delay and said directly: "Salt industry has been national control since ancient times. However, it is national control, and it has always been in the hands of aristocratic families. Every dynasty wants to hold it in his hands, but every dynasty cannot hold it in his hands, so I came up with an idea. Since I can't take it back, why not let the aristocratic families make it bigger..."

Li Shimin was slightly stunned and said in surprise: "What is this statement?"

Li Yun laughed and said with a strange look: "For example, in the past, there were only two ways to obtain refined salt, either to refine well salt or to dry sea water by God. It is not easy to mine refined salt. Sea salt is purely based on God, which has led to the scarcity of refined salt, so it has become the leader of all industries. However, I have developed the method of refining mineral salt, and I have another method of artificial sea salt drying. If these two methods are promoted, let alone our Tang Dynasty, even the whole world will not lack salt..."

He stopped here and then said: "The price of salt will be very low at that time, and all ordinary people can afford salt, but our income will not only not decrease, but will double the huge profits by thousands of times!"

Doubling thousands of times?

Li Shimin subconsciously took a breath and couldn't help but say, "What should I do?"

“Salt Tax!”

Li Yun slowly uttered two words, and then said: "I sell the salt method. The court allows any artificial salt. If the salt industry is prosperous and prosperous, taxes will be like a mountain collapse and a tsunami. Second uncle, this is much better than our own small fights. We have to train giant salt merchants to help us make money..."

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Chapter completed!