Taiwei Li Rong was in a small hill in Danyang County, and personally watched the projectiles shot out by the small steel cannon, and after he collapsed a piece of rock [www.biqugeso.me], his expression was shocked.

With this kind of 50-pound steel cannon that can be quickly transferred with a carriage, it will no longer take much effort to attack the city.

Li Rong immediately placed an order for five hundred small steel cannons in one breath in the name of the Taiwei Mansion.

Prepare to equip the army with a large number of small cannons.

A small steel cannon costs 1,000 taels of silver, and here is 500,000 taels of silver.

Add to the previous ten thousand gunpowder guns and the order of 500,000 taels of silver.

These new gunpowder equipment are enough to equip a new army of ten thousand people.

Together, it is a full million taels of silver here.

With money, it is easy to do things. This money alone is enough for Danyang County to expand the scale of heavy industry and accelerate the production of weapons.

Chu Tianxiu personally arranged to expand the heavy industry in Danyang County and produce large-scale gunpowder barrels and small steel cannons.

...

In a flash.

Two months have passed.

Chu Tianxiu, the prefect of Jinling, took office for two months. The three major infrastructure projects in Jinling City - digging sewage drainage trenches, expanding roads, and adding city walls. With the hard work of 30,000 migrant workers, the construction was basically completed.

It’s not possible to complete the work!

The 500,000 taels of silver in Jinling Mansion were used up. I had no money to pay my wages, so I had to dismiss the migrant workers.

Young Yin Zheng Bai, Wang Mu and the officials of the Sixth Division were secretly happy. In the past two months, Xiaohunhou was full of energy and demolished money everywhere, and the people were applauding. Now that he had no money, what should he do if the prefect is in charge?!

Want money?

I went to the Prime Minister’s Mansion and Lord Kong Hanyou to apply!

If you bow your head and give in, be obedient, and make less trouble, Lord Kong will naturally make some money.

...

Royal Palace.

Imperial study room.

Emperor Xiang Yanran was walking in the study with a sad expression.

What are you worried about?

Of course I'm worried about money.

Last time, Cai and the eunuchs came back from Danyang County to report that the cannon was extremely powerful. A small steel cannon could be as powerful as a heavy stone thrower, but the cost was a thousand taels of silver.

The Taiwei Mansion planned to build a new army of 10,000 people, and spent a million taels of silver to purchase muskets and cannons, as well as military pay, horses, food, etc., which was no less than two or three million taels of silver.

What's more, the Great Chu Dynasty also raised hundreds of thousands of border troops and hundreds of thousands of war horses. Such huge expenses were all made of.

There are places where money is used everywhere in the huge court.

"Silver, silver!"

"I have collected the world's copper coins and doubled the finances, but it is still not enough to spend."

The emperor murmured to himself.

When he thought of making money, he thought of Chu Tianxiu at the first time.

He is not without the idea of ​​making money.

The new Jinshi, such as Dongfang Su, Sang Hongyang, Dongguo Xiangyang, Kong Jing and other Jinshi all offered a lot of ideas. They could collect local salt taxes and iron taxes and other localities to the central government, and they could collect large amounts of silver.

However, plundering money will offend people.

This requires someone to take the blame.

These new Jinshi students are too weak, and they have no official status or background, and they can't take the blame.

If they had made a speech in the court, they would probably not have seen the sun the next day.

Xiao Hunhou is undoubtedly a very suitable candidate for taking the blame.

Strong combat power.

Very capable of carrying it!

It's not easy to die.

"Marquis Xuan Xiaohun enters the palace! I have a pot... No, I have a gift to give to him."

Xiang Yanran pondered.

"Yes, I'll go to Prince Ping's Mansion!"

Cai and the eunuch looked strange and left in a hurry.

After one hour.

Emperor Xiang Yanran met Xiaohunhou in the imperial study room.

"Your Majesty, don't know what to summon me?"

Chu Tianxiu bowed, a little cautious.

"I have made a lot of money to buy your guns! I'm a little tight, how about you? "

Xiang Yanran pointed to the desk and several books.

When Chu Tianxiu saw that it was Sang Hongyang, Dongguo Xiangyang, Kong Jing and other imperial examinations, and the test papers in the palace examinations.

It is "Salt and Iron Monopoly", "Salt and Iron Strategy".

"This... they wrote it, why don't they ask them to write to the court themselves?"

Chu Tianxiu was shocked and shook her head, not to go to the death.

He is fine when he is full, why should he stab the hornet's nest?

"With their tiny strength, no power or power, and if they dare to write this policy to the court, they will probably even be dig out of their ancestral tombs.

I don’t think they are talents, but I don’t want them to die young!

They are also the disciples of you, the examiner, so you have the heart to watch them die?"

Emperor Xiang Yanran said gloomyly, “How many heads will be lost as soon as the "Salt and Iron Monopoly" is released?!

The salt was located in the southeast coast, including Wu, Chu, Jiaodong, Jiaoxi and other vassal states, and had a large amount of sea salt. The King of Wu would definitely not sit still and wait for death.

There are many irons in Yan and Zhao. King Zhao will definitely fight to the death.

Whoever makes this strategy will definitely be regarded as a thorn in the eyes by the princes.

However, you, Xiaohunhou, doesn't care about this. When you presented the "Forbidden to cast a private bronze coins", you had already offended the princes of the world. With the Li family of the Prince of Ping's Mansion, no one else could touch you.

On that day, I promised to leave Danyang Iron Mine for you at your engagement banquet. But there is no way to say anything. If I regret it, your Danyang County Iron Mine will be taken back to the court.

As long as you offer this policy, I will now issue an imperial edict, and after promulgating the salt and iron monopoly, the salt and iron in the world will be taken back to the court monopoly. Danyang County iron mine will always belong to you, Li Chu, and will never be among the banned iron.

In addition to the court that can smel and sell iron, only your Danyang fiefdom can sell iron privately.”

"Okay! I'm so tragic!"

Chu Tianxiu thought for a while and said helplessly.

It is a matter of time before the sale of salt and iron. In order to solve the finances, the imperial court had to monopolize these two major incomes. This has been the case in all dynasties, with very few exceptions.

This is the general trend, not something he can stop.

If the emperor acted like a scoundrel, he would have no choice but to not allow him to smelify iron in Danyang County.

Now the emperor allows him to buy iron, and there is an imperial decree that gives him an exception. It is better to give him a special case than to speak without any evidence.

Late at night.

Chu Tianxiu returned to Yuyuan, Pingwang Mansion.

Li Yu was waiting in Yuyuan. When he saw Chu Tianxiu coming back, he felt at ease and asked, "Husband, what's the matter with the emperor summoning you?"

"I discussed the matter of salt and iron monopoly, and the emperor asked me to write a letter to collect salt and iron. In exchange, I gave me an imperial edict, which allowed Danyang fief to sell iron... It was a little cold, and it seemed that the wind was about to rush. I was afraid that this would be implicated in Prince Ping's Mansion and make you worry."

Chu Tianxiu took out an imperial edict and gave it to Li Yu, shook his head and said.

"I'll pick you up some clothes.

It doesn’t matter if the wind blows. I haven’t seen any strong wind in the Pingwang Mansion!

Our Li family has hundreds of children, and countless deaths have died on the battlefield, and I have never been afraid of anyone."

Li Yu laughed.

"The Prince Ping's Mansion must carry swords and be on guard at any time.

In addition, I will mobilize another Danyang elite soldier to strengthen the protection of the Pingwang Mansion so that you can mobilize them at any time.

I was so anxious that they were afraid that they would jump into the wall and sneak into Jinling City to assassinate! All the princes had tens of thousands of mercenaries, and no one was easy to mess with."

Chu Tianxiu said.

Li Yu nodded slightly.
Chapter completed!