Datang: Let you supervise the country and become an emperor through the ages

Chapter 130
Wei Zheng sat on the sedan chair early in the morning and was about to go to court, but for some reason, he felt restless when he went out today.

Is it sick?Wei Zheng was a little suspicious, so he opened the curtain of the sedan chair when he felt a little irritable, and looked outside, trying to relieve his mood, but unexpectedly found that there were a lot of pedestrians on the road today.

Wei Zheng frowned slightly, he usually went to court quite early, and usually at this time, there were basically no people on Chang'an Avenue, but today is quite different from the past.

There were quite a few people on the street, and everyone was carrying lotus leaf parcels in their hands. From the outside, these people looked like they had just bought something and were walking back, and everyone had a satisfied smile on their faces.

What's the situation?Why are so many people out shopping so early in the morning?Wei Zheng was even more surprised.

But soon the palace gate was reached, Wei Zheng calmed down, quickly got off the sedan chair, walked into the palace gate, and went straight to the main hall.

When Wei Zheng entered the main hall, he unexpectedly found that the people who went to court today were quite early, and there were already many people inside, making a lot of noise.

But for some reason, when his colleagues on weekdays saw him entering the hall, they all stopped discussing and cast their eyes on him, which made Wei Zheng startled.

Seeing Wei Zheng, Fang Xuanling quickly walked up to him, pulled him aside and asked, "Master Yushi, do you know that the salt shop of the Salt Manufacturing Department started selling refined salt?"

"The old man heard that all the salt shops of the Salt Manufacturing Division started selling refined salt last night, and it didn't stop for almost the whole night. Countless people flocked to buy refined salt."

"And the old man also heard that the price of refined salt sold by the Salt Manufacturing Division is extremely low, only sixty yuan per catty!"

Hearing Fang Xuanling's reminder, Wei Zheng finally realized why so many people in the hall looked at him just now. It seemed that they all knew the actions of the Salt Manufacturing Division and thought that he was about to lose.

It was only then that Wei Zheng figured it out. He dared to meet so many people on the street and they all went to buy salt so early in the morning, so the lotus leaf wrapped in their hands should be the refined salt newly produced by the Salt Manufacturing Department.

Thinking of the satisfied smiles on the faces of those people, it is clear that they are very satisfied with the refined salt this time.

How can you put it this way, the bet between himself and Li Chengtong is really dangerous, thinking of the content of the bet, Wei Zheng's heart suddenly thumped, and the uneasiness that he felt when he just went out in the morning became even more serious .

However, what comforted Wei Zheng was that he didn't see Li Chengtong among the courtiers, which reassured him a lot. As long as Li Chengtong didn't make trouble today, it shouldn't be a big problem.

"Your Majesty is here!" Wei Zheng was thinking, Li Shimin walked into the hall, and the moment Li Shimin just sat on the dragon chair, Li Chengtong came belatedly, and hurriedly confessed to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin already knew about the sale of refined salt by the salt company last night, so he was very kind to Li Chengtong.

"Haha, what is Cheng Tong's crime? Hurry up, I know what you are doing, there is an excuse, there is an excuse, Doctor Wei, what do you say!"

Li Shimin asked Wei Zheng on purpose at this time, and made it clear that he deliberately put Wei Zheng on the side. Wasn't the bet between Li Chengtong and Wei Zheng because Wei Zheng took the initiative to attack him?

That's why Li Shimin's words made everyone think of the previous bet, and then they all looked at Wei Zheng and Li Chengtong in unison, with teasing smiles on their faces.

Wei Zheng had a mournful face, His Majesty had already said that it was justifiable, how could he still hold on to it?

Once Li Chengtong chooses to attack at this time, Wei Zheng can imagine himself on Chang'an Avenue, and he will shudder in his heart. How can he even think about participating in Li Chengtong's violations.

"Doctor Yushi, why don't you talk anymore?" Li Shimin was so happy to see Wei Zheng deflated. He had wanted to punish this old man for some time, but he never got the right opportunity. How could it be possible at such a good time now? Let go!

Wei Zheng gritted his teeth hard, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and went out to play: "Your Majesty, the princess is loyal and patriotic, and develops refined salt for the people of the Tang Dynasty day and night. It is forgivable to be late once in a while."

"Okay, I can forgive you, I can forgive you! Hahaha..." Li Shimin clapped his hands and applauded, and the harsh applause made Wei Zheng's old face completely black.

But Li Shimin didn't finish, and continued: "Chengtong, that day the doctor Yushi said that you can't do well in the position of the salt production department, but now that you are loyal to the development of refined salt for the country and the people, you can tell me. What have you done!"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Li Chengtong naturally knew what to do next, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty Qizuo, since I made a bet with Doctor Yushi, I have never dared to slack off for a moment. In the past 28 days so far, my salt company is lucky Do not disgrace!"

"As of yesterday evening, the Salt Manufacturing Division sold [-] catties of refined salt, enough to meet the monthly consumption of all the people in Chang'an City, and our Salt Manufacturing Division has a stock of refined salt of [-] catties, which is enough for the people in Chang'an City to use for more than half a year."

"In addition, the salt price of our salt company is [-] yuan per catty. The current trial sales price is [-] yuan, which is far lower than the market price..."

Every time Li Chengtong uttered a word, the eye sockets of the courtiers present widened, and the bitterness on Wei Zheng's face deepened.

Wei Zheng really didn't expect that such a troublesome matter of making salt would be settled by Li Chengtong here, and it would be done after three times, five times and two divisions?If he knew that it would end like today, he wouldn't be hard on Li Chengtong and make such a bet with her!
"Currently, our Salt Manufacturing Division has more than ten salt-making workshops in Chang'an, and it is estimated that in the next month, [-] new salt-making workshops will be opened in the Guanlong area."

"In addition, new salt-making workshops will be opened in all the prefectures and roads in the south of the Yangtze River, a total of one hundred!" Li Chengtong continued to add: "At that time, all the people in the Tang Dynasty will eat the refined salt refined by the salt-making department!"

Recently, because Li Chengtong has dealt with all kinds of things, he has been able to deal with some things in the court, especially things like reporting, and he is not nervous even in the face of the previous censure.

"My dear, the Salt Production Department is so generous. They actually want relics for 120 salt-making workshops in the entire Tang Dynasty. How much will this cost?"

"The Salt Manufacturing Division is rich. Just last night, I'm afraid they have already made a lot of money. Or do they have the confidence?"

The ministers were not calm anymore, and they used Li Chengtong's words inside and out. They wanted to know how much money the Salt Manufacturing Division made last night, but Li Shimin didn't stop him.

Although Li Shimin really wanted to know how profitable the Salt Manufacturing Division was, the Salt Manufacturing Division was now under the jurisdiction of the East Palace.

Li Shimin was very aware of the prince's temper, and it was absolutely impossible for Li Fu not to scrape off the salt department and hand it over to the household department for storage.

(End of this chapter)