no,267 is not the best solution.

"Oh? How to solve it?" Huang Junming suddenly became interested.

"It's like this, Xian Chang." Fang Kao replied. "You must know that one of the big reasons why the salt prices have remained high in the past dynasties is because a large amount of salt must be maintained. As military funds, the salt that the people can buy has been reduced by a large part. In addition, taxes and transportation costs require that the people's salt remain high."

Huang Junming was thinking while listening. Huang Junming had just heard about the matter of salt as military capital. As for taxation, it was something Huang Junming had always believed, but this transportation aspect was really something that Huang Junming himself ignored.

"Xian Zheng, if you have a better method of salt making than the court, you can first offer it to the army. You can discuss with the court that after obtaining this method in the army, you will produce it yourself and use it yourself. In this way, the salt made by the salt household can be sold directly. In this way, the amount of salt collected and money is reduced in the army, and the military needs are met. The salt made by the salt people is enough to meet the needs of the people, so that a large part of the salt price can be suppressed." Fang Kao breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "As for taxation, Xiaodao also said before,

To make up for the loss of the treasury that uses salt as military capital, after this implementation, the treasury will not lose a penny. Naturally, there will be no such large tax on salt tax. In terms of transportation, if there were no good solutions before, but now, cement roads have been built everywhere in the Tang Dynasty. Although some roads have not been built yet, the roads between major cities have been basically improved. Basically, it can be smooth and unobstructed. As long as the roads between cities are repaired, the cost of this transportation will naturally be reduced."

"Yeah." Huang Junming sat on the cushion, touching the floor with one hand gently, and his index finger tapped the ground again and again. His eyebrows stretched for a while and got together again. Obviously, he was considering whether Fang Kao's idea was applicable to the current Tang Dynasty.

"Da, da, da, da, da," Huang Junming didn't say anything. The few people in the Hundred Years' Hall naturally looked breathless and did not dare to make a sound. Slowly, except for the sound of Huang Junming tapping the floor with his hands, there was no sound in the whole hall. But it was precisely because of Huang Junming's disclaimer that the atmosphere in the hall was a bit solemn. Perhaps it was because of Huang Junming's lack of expression that he felt that his proposal had a big omission in the heart of Huang Junming, the immortal. Fang Kao's breathing gradually became heavy.

Among the three people called by the monk Taoist, Fang Kao's concentration was the best. As for the remaining two Taoist priests, they were even more cautiously gasping, as if they felt that their heartbeat was beating with the rhythm of Huang Junming hitting the floor. They were really afraid that if Huang Junming stopped hitting the floor, their hearts would also stop beating.

Huang Junming slowly came back to his senses from his thoughts. Seeing the face of sweating, he didn't ask, but slowly stopped tapping the floor with his fingers. He said at the same time: "Fang Kao. Your idea is feasible or not. First, why only the new salt making method is passed on to the army, not to the salt farmers at the same time? I also know that when the salt production increases and the salt price decreases, it will inevitably cause great losses to the people in the family with fewer salt fields. But is it a bit unreasonable to only pass on the army and not the people?"

"Further. Pass the salt-making method to the army. After the soldiers retire, will they carry new salt-making technology to cause an impact on the original private salt-making industry? And when military salt is enough to provide military funds, will the low-priced salt produced later be sold to the people?"

"Third, forget it... let's just do these two points first." Huang Junming originally planned to talk to the government about how to communicate with the government's new method of salt making, but he thought that the few people in front of him were not the ones who could talk to the government's senior officials, so he put this sentence back. According to the Taoist priest Fang Kao, it was definitely something that Huang Junming had to do by himself to communicate with the government, even if it wasn't done by himself. It was Li Yuanheng who would talk to Li Shimin, the salt industry and the court's affairs. Fang Kao and others' identities were really not enough to talk to the civil and military officials of the court.

Originally, Fang Kao only came up with the method based on the high salt price, but he really didn't consider these two points raised by Huang Junming. Under Huang Junming's word by word, his omission was also reflected, and he hurriedly bowed and apologized: "Little Tao is negligent, please punish the immortals."

Huang Junming chuckled at Fang Kao, and then said, "Okay, it's not your fault. If you want to blame me, I'll blame you. If you don't read the Taoist scriptures, why do you think about the price of salt?" After Huang Junming said, the corners of his mouth rose slightly again. Perhaps this is also a kind of self-mockery towards himself.

"The immortal is naturally concerned about the people and is for the benefit of the people. This is a great virtue!" Fang Kao and others could still say beautiful words. Hearing that there was a hint of self-deprecating voice in Huang Junming's tone, he immediately praised Huang Junming.

To be honest, Huang Junming is no longer the kind of person who is happy with two or three flattering words. He only heard these remarks and forgot them in a blink of an eye. He waved his hand and stepped back from Fang Kao and others. After Huang Junming thought about it, he took out a piece of rice paper and wrote Fang Kao's idea completely with Huang Junming's own concerns. He thought about it again, attached the method of salt making in detail and in detail, and found Li Yuanheng to send it to Li Shimin.

Although this method is not a perfect solution, and it can be said that even the solution is not even considered a solution, Huang Junming himself has really not thought of other solutions. He wants to make profits for most people, but does not want to make a small number of people lose. It is indeed too difficult. Since ancient times, there has been nothing without two sides. Yin and Yang are always inseparable.

Li Shimin's reply did not make Huang Junming wait for long. Although Li Shimin did not do as perfectly as recorded in later historical books, he still had his own opinions on these good things about people's livelihood. Huang Junming took out Li Shimin's reply. He only saw the letter read.

"I want to recruit salt farmers to join the army to make salt by adopting the new law. Salt farmers pay monthly salaries. Except for the salt from military supplies, the remaining salt production will be sold to the people at a low price. 60% of the money obtained will be returned to the salt farmers and 40% of the money will be returned to the national treasury. It will not compete with the people for profit."

Huang Junming casually put the letter with few handwriting aside. Perhaps Li Shimin's plan is not a good plan, but it has to be said that this is also the most suitable method for the current situation of the Tang Dynasty in a short period of time. Although it is still awkward to the modern person Huang Junming, he can only do this. With the salary, salt farmers will not lose their living needs due to the low salt price. Remaining salt takeaway is another way to enrich the national treasury and make salt farmers profitable. When salt farmers make profits, they must increase their production enthusiasm and prevent them from becoming lazy because of the fixed salary. As for whether the salt produced by the salt farmers can be rich after they become army? That is certain. Now the productivity below can barely allow the entire Tang Dynasty to eat salt, let alone increase the productivity. It can be said that in some aspects, Li Shimin still took care of some of Huang Junming's worries.

As for the promise not to compete with the people for profit, Huang Junming can’t say whether he believes it or not. There is no way, and many guarantees for profit are not as loud as a nonsense.

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The next chapter is about to enter the locust plague. Then it is a stepping into the world. The southwest is now considered to be of no character. In the author group, the southwest's vest was also changed to "This is a big laziness." Hehe, in short, laziness is lazy, and it will be updated more.

There may be more updates in February. About 100,000 to 150,000 words. (To be continued...)
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