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

Chapter 366

Li Fu nodded and said, "I see that there are many refugees outside Chang'an City, and I want to take them in."

Hearing this, Fang Xuanling was slightly taken aback, most of the wine was sober.

And Li Er was also frowning, not knowing what he was thinking.

Li Fu's words made them sober from the wine, and their whole body became sober.

"Refugees, where are the refugees?" Fang Xuanling asked quickly.

In his heart, he was also shocked at this time.

There are refugees in the surrounding areas of Chang'an City, but they are all in the east.

And this news is a secret inside the imperial court, few people know it.

Before Li Fu was exiled, he walked to the northwest, so it was impossible to see the refugees in the east.

However, how did this guy know about the existence of refugees? This is really too strange.

"What's so difficult about it." Li Fu said, "Now is the time of drought, the east will definitely be disturbed, and at the same time there will definitely be a large number of refugees."

Hearing Li Fu's words, Fang Xuanling was stunned.

Could it be that with such a simple analysis, can we know that there are refugees in the east?
"His Royal Highness, how do you know that refugees will definitely appear in the east?" Fang Xuanling asked.

Li Fu shook his head, his face was a little ugly.

This old guy, instead of rushing to find a solution to the refugee problem, kept asking himself how he knew.

It seems that they already knew about the existence of refugees, but they just kept procrastinating.

"Because it is easy to lack food in the east." Li Fu said, "And we are sending troops to attack Tubo now, so there must be no food supply."

"What? You know we sent troops to Tibet?" Fang Xuanling was even more shocked.

This matter can be said to be the highest secret in the imperial court, and they never told Li Fu at all.

But how did he know? This is really too unbelievable.

As soon as this sentence was said, it was like a thunderbolt exploding in Li Er's mind.

How on earth did he know?
"Prince, you can't talk nonsense about such things." Fang Xuanling didn't know whether Li Fu really knew, so he just pretended to be stupid.

However, the wine glass he was holding was trembling slightly, making it difficult to hide the turmoil in his heart.

Li Fu rolled his eyes and was really too lazy to explain to them: "Thanks to you for being in power for so many years, isn't this kind of thing very simple?"

Fang Xuanling was stunned again.

Li Er couldn't hold back anymore, so he hurriedly said: "Tell me quickly, it will also open our eyes."

Li Fu smiled helplessly, so he said: "Well, it's all just drinking talk anyway, so I'll just talk casually."

"There is also a severe drought in Tubo today, so there will definitely be a shortage of food, and they will definitely attack our Tang Dynasty."

[And who are you, Li Er, the most ruthless person in the Tang Dynasty, how could you be so angry, you will definitely fight back! 】

"If there is a war, there will definitely be refugees." Li Fu said, and then drank a glass of wine to himself.

Where can these refugees go, they can only go to Chang'an City!

Afterwards, Li Fu continued: "These refugees are actually useful."

"If you just give them food to eat, it's better to take them in, let them work, and then exchange for food of equal value."

As Li Fu said, the other three also thought it made sense.

Afterwards, Li Er summoned Cheng Yaojin and asked him to use the fastest speed to pacify Tubo.

Only in this way can the refugee problem be dealt with with peace of mind.

After the banquet was over, Li Fu returned to his mansion.

Compared to sleeping in the open air, living in my own home is more comfortable.

Since he came back, Li Fu didn't care about anything, just nestled in his home every day.

On this day, Li Fu was sitting in the yard of his home, with a big pot in front of him, and a piece of meat was cooking in it.

"Your Highness, the salt we refined is almost 100 catties." At this time, the housekeeper Lao Lu came to report.

Li Fu nodded, and said to Gongsunli next to him, "You watch the pot carefully, I'll come as soon as I go."

Before leaving, he also instructed: "Keep stirring all the time, don't stop."

Afterwards, he said to Lao Lu, "Old Lu, let people sell all the salt in the market."

"Recently, our family's expenses are really too high, and my wallet is almost unable to bear it."

Lao Lu nodded and said, "I see, Your Highness, by the way, I have also inquired about the salt mountain you asked me to inquire about before."

Li Fu's eyes lit up, and he said, "How about it, do you know who it belongs to?"

Old Lu replied: "Understood, this salt mountain belongs to Shen Ku's property."

Hearing Shen Ku's name, Li Fu nodded, this guy is a person who recognizes money.

"Old Lu, how much do you think I have to spend to buy this mountain of salt back from Shen Ku's hands?"

Lao Lu thought for a moment, and said, "I think it's worthless. The salt produced by this mountain is not edible at all."

"Since it can't be eaten, then it has no value."

After Li Fu listened, he patted Lao Lu on the shoulder and couldn't help laughing.

After laughing, Li Fu began to think.

Now Datang's economy has just started, so salt must be very valuable.

The salt mountain he had asked Lao Lu to inquire about before was on the edge of Chang'an City.

However, this salt mountain is actually useless, because the salt it produces is inedible and poisonous.

However, in the hands of others, this mountain of salt is a waste product, but in the hands of Li Fu, it is a treasure mountain.

The salt it produces is poisonous because other people's refining methods are too backward.

And Li Fu has mastered the most advanced extraction method, so the extracted salt is completely edible.

This is also the reason why Li Fu became interested in this useless salt mountain, which made Lao Lu rush to inquire about it.

According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, anyone can extract salt by themselves.

However, this technology has not been widely spread, so there are still a small number of people who do this kind of thing.

The general refining method is very primitive and the cost is very high.

Not only the production cost, but also the time cost is also unbearable.

Therefore, very few people come to be salt merchants, and the profit is too low. It can be said that they are all generating electricity for love.

But now Li Fu is an outlier, he can extract refined salt with very little cost.

His quality is not only higher than other salt merchants, but the cost of time and labor is much less.

In Datang, there was an organization dedicated to selling salt, and that was the Salt Transport Department.

(End of this chapter)