However, at the beginning, Zhu Biao was able to use his identity as a prince to allocate five pieces of salt fields to trouble Zhu Zi'an, which was also full of strength.

Although he did not tell Zhu Zi'an about the difficulties, Zhu Zi'an could also vaguely guess.

Now, the salt field can extract refined salt, so everything behind is easy to say!

"Master Yang, Lord Fan, I will have to work hard for you in the next day!"

After the salt factory got on track, Zhu Zi'an took Xuan Pingzi, Li Xincai and others to say goodbye.

Along the way, Li Xincai still felt that his mind was full of white flowers and a little confused.

That's fine salt. Just passing a few sides of those strange-shaped vessels can turn a pile of turbid and bitter fine salt into white fine salt.

In the surprised eyes of the guards, the general's face was dull and grinned, and he was a little stupid after he came out of the salt factory.

That night.

Eastern Palace.

Zhu Biao looked at the guard kneeling on the ground, with a happy face, and was full of joy.

"Have Fan Xianzu and Master Yang really produced fine salt?"

"Report to Your Highness, this matter is absolutely true!"

As he said that, the guard quickly untied a bamboo tube around his waist.

Raise your hands and place them horizontally in front of your head.

"Your Highness, this salt is the refined salt produced by the salt factory today!"

"Hmm? Get it for us!"

Zhu Biao quickly stood up and said.

"yes!"

Wanxi, who was standing beside him, dared not delay, took the bamboo tube and handed it to Zhu Biao.

When Zhu Biao opened it, the white fine salt inside was exposed. Under the candlelight, it was crystal clear and clear, and it looked like high-quality salt.

I carefully pinched a little with my hands and put it in my mouth, and my eyes lit up soon.

Salty, but without a trace of bitterness.

"It's really fine salt, exactly the same as the fine salt produced in Wudang!"

Zhu Biao murmured in his mouth, his eyes full of excitement.

He continued to ask: "How much refined salt can be produced in a day in the salt factory?"

"When you come back to Your Highness, according to Lord Fan's current calculation, the salt factory has a total of five salt fields. How much coarse salt can the salt factory extract how much refined salt can it produce every day!"

The guard replied quickly.

"You can produce about 200 kilograms of fine salt in a day!"

"More than 200 fine salt!"

Zhu Biao couldn't help but stared at her eyes. It took a while before she came to her senses.

"Happy, reward!"

"yes!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Wanxi, who was standing beside her, was also full of excitement.

Then, he took the guard out.

"I didn't expect that fine salt would be produced so quickly..."

After Wanxi took the guard out, Zhu Biao could no longer bear it and burst into laughter.

It attracted the attention of the young eunuchs and palace maids outside.

However, after a moment of excitement, Zhu Biao slowly calmed down.

"No, the fine salt factory has just started to produce fine salt, and my father has just gone to Bianliang. I must be calm!"

"My second brother just went to the salt factory in the afternoon, but he already knew about this, but he didn't send anyone to tell me, just to explain that the salt factory is still unstable, so I must keep calm..."

Thinking of this, Zhu Biao decided to keep silent and wait until the salt factory's production stabilized before announcing it to his father and the ministers in the court.

However, Zhu Biao didn't know that he had misunderstood Zhu Zi'an's meaning this time.

The salt factory was Fan Xianzu, the minister of the Eastern Palace, and there were also guards of the capital on the periphery. Zhu Zi'an believed that they would report this matter to Zhu Biao, so he did not do anything else and sent someone to inform Zhu Biao about it!

A few days later.

At the gate of Yingtian City.

A bunch of people surrounded the notice, one of the scholars dressed in gray, pointed to the words on the notice and said loudly one by one.

"The court has ordered that from now on, the tax on a number of precious items such as ceramics, jade, calligraphy and paintings, rouge, water powder, rare treasures, white wine and fragrant wine... will be increased from 30 to 10!"

"Oh, the commercial tax has been raised again, I really can't survive!"

"Hey, Lao Wang, what does it have to do with you when they raise the commercial tax on valuables? You can afford it before it is raised!"

"Hehe, that is, the court raised the commercial tax on valuables. What does it have to do with us ordinary people? Valuable things are just things that nobles care about. If those nobles want to buy, no matter how much they increase, they will still buy them!"

"However, why do we think it's a bit unsatisfactory to raise such a small amount of commercial tax..."

The poor people who can understand the commercial tax on valuables will disperse after a while after making noise.

Similarly, such notices have been posted in some places with a large number of people.

However, the person who read the contents of the notice was no longer a scholar or a man. Instead, some ordinary people were spelling word by word following the letters on the notice.

"The court ~...this word should be 'you order'. From now on, this is 'ceramic', jade...this should be 's calligraphy and painting'..."

"Boy Li, you can do it. I didn't expect that you could read the imperial notice after just two months!"

"Hey, that's right, we're a literate person now..."

As he said that, under the envious gaze of the people around him, the man named Li raised his head and looked gloomy.

This scene happened all over Yingtian City.

"Oh, Shopkeeper Li, I didn't expect the court to increase the commercial tax on valuables so quickly!"

"Yes, Brother Qian, how much are the gold, silver and jewelry in your store going to increase?"

"I'm sorry, Shopkeeper Li, it's hard to sell these days, every piece has increased by 10%!"

"One, one percent?"

The face of the shopkeeper Li was stunned, then he reacted, quickly gave him a thumbs up, nodded.

"Brother Qian is still very good. Every item in our shop has also increased by 10%!"

"Hahaha……"

The two looked at each other, and the shopkeepers around them who heard the conversation between them, all nodded secretly. After they went back, they also increased the price of the items in their shops by 10%.

In the palace.

After the announcement of the increase in commercial taxes for valuables was issued.

Zhu Biao was already sitting in Wenhua Hall with an anxious look on his face, waiting.

Changes in commercial taxes are a major event.

Since Zhu Yuanzhang went to Bianliang, Zhu Biao has been guarding Wenhua Hall every day so that if there is anything, Li Shanchang could find him.

"I pay homage to Your Highness!"

Finally, when Zhu Biao was about to see him, Yang Siyi, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, walked in from outside the hall in a hurry.

"Mr. Yang, the people in the city and the gentry and wealthy businessmen did not react much. However, the shopkeepers all increased the prices of the items in the shop by 10%!"

Yang Siyi replied quickly.

"After 10%?"

Zhu Biao looked stunned and a little surprised.

"I didn't expect that these shopkeepers would not lose at all. As expected, they were merchants!"

Li Shanchang, who was beside him, couldn't help but look contempt after hearing this.

But he didn't notice that after he finished speaking, Zhu Biao looked a little ugly.

"Your Highness, there is one more thing..."

However, Yang Siyi discovered something was wrong with Zhu Biao. Thinking of the report he heard, he hesitated for a while and continued.

"Hmm? Lord Yang, what's the matter?"

"Your Highness, I heard from the servant that many people could read the notice themselves!"

"The people read the notice themselves?"
To be continued...