Chapter Three Hundred and Twenty-Three: The Decree Arrives
The news Li Min received was that only a few people in Lingchi County had bought salt at home.
And the vast majority of people cannot buy salt at all.
Moreover, even those who buy salt do so at a high price.
However, the people in Lingchi County are not without salt.
Because the salt merchants who had cut off their trade routes and were out of stock are now selling again.
Even the price is much cheaper than before.
Hearing this, Li Min couldn't help but sneer.
This Lingchi County is really brave!
He dared to disobey even the things ordered by the governor.
Do they really think that the governor does not dare to do anything to them?
And those salt merchants are now worried when they see that things are not going well. The salt they have hoarded may not be sold at all.
Are you starting to get excited about taking out food?
If I had known this, why did I do it in the first place?
On the same day, Li Min first went to the Governor's Mansion, and then he was going to Lingchi County to find out.
Of course, Li Min would not believe the spies' words.
Instead, he decided to go to Lingchi County to find out in person.
Just after Li Min arrived at the Governor's Mansion, the Governor Lin Jie couldn't wait to find Li Min.
Looking at Lin Jie, Li Min couldn't help but look at him with a half-smile and asked: "Prince Lin, I wonder why you came to see me for this important matter?"
Hearing Li Min's inquiry, Lin Jie immediately said: "Captain, what you said last time, I went back and thought about it for a long time. I thought that the governor was right, because I was narrow-minded. The sage said: People are not saints, who can do it?
No faults? If you have faults, you can correct them, and there is no great way to do good! Therefore, this time, I will not only apologize to the governor, but also correct the mistakes I made."
Li Min couldn't help laughing and said: "I wonder what the governor Lin was talking about?"
Lin Jie immediately said impassionedly: "What Xiaguan said was what the Governor said about salt production. Now that Xiaguan finally woke up, what the Governor said was so reasonable! The salt administration was originally controlled by the governor's office.
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"Therefore, the production of salt must be in the hands of the governor's office. Only in this way can the safety of salt production be guaranteed. Only in this way can the vital interests of the people be guaranteed! Therefore, this fund must come from the governor's office. This
The governor's office must be responsible for this matter."
Hearing Lin Jue's words, Li Min couldn't help but reveal a trace of ridicule on his face.
Last time, Lin Jie firmly opposed the governor's government's investment because he was mining bitter salt wells.
Even because he was afraid that the poisonous salt he cooked would poison the people, he would take the blame, and he did not hesitate to write a memorial to the emperor to explain this matter.
And now, it has been proven that this bitter salt well can not only boil salt.
And the quality of the boiled salt is even more refined than their previous best refined salt.
Then, they couldn't sit still and decided to take the salt-making method firmly into their own hands.
People from this aristocratic family are really shameless!
Li Min couldn't help but look at Lin Jie with a half-smile and asked: "Prefect Lin, if I remember correctly, you wrote a memorial in front of me last time, stating that this matter and your governor's office
It has no relation at all."
"It's only been more than half a month, right? Now you've changed your mind? Your change of attitude is too fast, isn't it? Are all the officials in Yizhou so shameless?"
Next, Li Min has decided to take action against the entire Yizhou, and Lin Jie is inevitable.
Now, Li Min was too lazy to make excuses with him.
Therefore, this time, Li Min didn't hesitate to scold him for being shameless in front of Lin Jie.
After being scolded, Lin Jie's face changed color, but in the end, he still tolerated it.
Lin Zhaipi said with a smile: "The Governor, I will report to the emperor again to explain the situation. However, this salt mine must be in the hands of the governor's office. This is the law of the Tang Dynasty and cannot be controlled by any other government."
No one can change it."
Li Min laughed and said, "Really?"
At this moment, someone came to report in a hurry.
It turned out that the emperor sent an imperial envoy specifically to announce the decree.
Lin Jie and Li Min did not dare to neglect, and quickly welcomed the imperial envoy in, then burned incense and worshiped the emperor, respectfully welcoming the imperial edict.
In the decree, the emperor severely reprimanded the King of Shu, reprimanding him for not using his status to suppress Lin Jue at this time.
In the imperial edict, Li Min was ordered not to make things difficult for the governor's office, and the development of the bitter salt mine could only be carried out in his private name.
No matter the profit or loss, no matter what happens, it has nothing to do with the governor's office.
Li Min accepted the imperial edict with a smile.
The governor, Lin Jie, was complaining secretly at this time.
Unexpectedly, the memorial I submitted would be like shooting myself in the foot!
With this imperial edict, the bitter salt well and the method of making salt were completely irrelevant to the Governor's Mansion.
However, Lin Jie soon thought that the governor had already thought of this when he forced the governor's office to pay money last time.
I hate that I was fooled around by others, fell into the pit they dug without realizing it, and actually helped fill the soil!
This Grand Governor is truly terrifying!
Lin Jue's eyes moved, not knowing what he was thinking.
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After walking out of the Governor's Mansion, Li Min led his people to Xiaohe Village in a big way.
Secretly, he quietly took Xue Rengui and a dozen guards, disguised himself, left quietly, and then rushed directly to Lingchi County.
In the afternoon, their group finally arrived at Lingchi County.
After arriving here, Li Min discovered that the living standards of the vast majority of the people in Lingchi County were almost the same as those in Xiaohe Village.
Of course, this is talking about Xiaohe Village before salt production.
Many of the people here are so poor that they can't even put on trousers.
Moreover, after secret visits, it was discovered that the people here did not buy the salt distributed by Li Min.
However, the original salt merchants opened their doors again.
The salt merchants who originally kept saying that their trade routes were cut off unexpectedly found salt from nowhere.
Moreover, the price this time is also lower than before.
Salt that originally cost fifty cents per pound is now sold for only forty-five cents.
However, even so, only those people whose families are really short of salt can buy one and a half pounds.
As for those people who still had a little stock at home, no one bought salt at all.
Because they have long heard that the salt produced by the governor is many times better than the salt they sell.
Moreover, most of the salt that the governor sells is only thirty cents.
Since the salt sold by others is cheap and good, and yours is expensive and poor, then why should we buy your salt?
