"Then I believe in your strength and will soon transfer Yinzhou to Hedong Province!"
"The salt mines west of Yinzhou must belong to Hedong, and only to Hedong."
Zhao Muyun looked at Pei Lun with a smile.
The reason why he set out a day later was that he went to the place where the 600 kilograms of coarse salt were hidden in Black Camel Mountain and took it out.
Then the coarse salt is ground, dissolved, filtered and dried in the mountains, and these processes are used to purify the finer snow salt.
In the Gobi Desert, in order to survive, Bai Shouren agreed to stay next to the salt lake and produce crude salt for Zhao Muyun.
Although Zhao Muyun did not know the production of lake salt at that time, Bai Shouren also concealed the key process.
But Zhao Muyun, who had modern thinking, understood the principle after reading it once, even if Bai Shouren hid it. Combining his own knowledge system, he had no problem further purifying the crude salt.
After a few experiments, I got salt that was as fine as sand and snow.
When Zhao Muyun led his men out of Shulechuan in Fengzhou, he set his sights on this place in Yinzhou.
Since Pei Lun wanted to win him over and promote him to be the commander of a prefecture, the most ideal place for him to be appointed would be Yinzhou.
In addition to what he had just told Pei Lun about the strategic importance of Yinzhou, there was also the salt lake in the Gobi Desert between Yinzhou and Fengzhou.
If you want to control a state and develop your own territory, how can you do it without an economic foundation?
The salt produced from this salt lake can provide a continuous guarantee of wealth.
The Dayin Salt and Iron Industry was government-run and strictly controlled, and private production was not allowed.
The imperial court established the Salt and Iron Bureau to take control of salt and iron.
The salt mines in various places were under the unified management of the Salt and Iron Bureau of the imperial court, and no local government or anyone else was allowed to interfere.
If merchants wanted to sell salt, they had to obtain a salt permit issued by the Salt and Iron Bureau to be eligible.
With monopolies and middlemen, there will be rent-seeking, which will naturally lead to the creation of private salt and smuggling.
After all, the imperial court's monopoly on salt and the merchants' bidding for salt permits kept prices high.
The source of the salt smuggled by the Bai family is unknown, but the price is definitely much lower than the official price of Dayin.
In the desert grassland, the population of Beidi has skyrocketed in recent years. It is said that it has reached one million, and there are so many tribes.
The salt production of the Northern Di people was low. Besides looting Dayin, their sources of salt were smuggling channels.
This gave rise to merchants like the Bai family who colluded with the government to smuggle salt and iron.
As the governor, Pei Lun naturally knew some of the situations. After getting the benefits, he would definitely choose to turn a blind eye.
Because he needs money more than anyone else!
When Dayin's military system was first established, soldiers served as soldiers in times of war and farmers in times of peace. Each prefecture and state was a place to raise soldiers.
The combat effectiveness of such soldiers is very high. They guard the provincial capitals and are awarded meritorious fields after their meritorious service. They fight for themselves.
But this gave the commander of the Zhechoufu a lot of power, and the soldiers only knew the chief of the prefecture, but not the Dayin court.
Later, Dayin defeated the surrounding ethnic groups and became unprecedentedly powerful politically and militarily. After entering a period of peaceful development, it reformed the military system year by year.
Although it was still called Zhechoufu, soldiers were no longer granted land. Instead, a military pay system was adopted, with the court's annual fixed military expenditure covering the cost.
Soldiers are also divided into regular army and temporary conscripts, and military pay is differentiated, which is relatively professional!
This seems very close to the military system in modern society.
However, as Dayin developed to the 200th year, the emperor became extravagant and indulged in pleasure, the palace spent a huge amount of money, the court needed money to operate, and officials at all levels in the court were corrupt.
Many corruption problems and political malpractices became chronic diseases, and the court's finances were in deficit for years.
The imperial court had no choice but to let the local governments find ways to transfer the military expenses to them.
The imperial court was corrupt, and local corruption was even more serious. After local taxes were handed over to the imperial court, there was very little left.
Pei Lun couldn't get any money from the Duzhishi of Hedong Dao. If he wanted to be the governor of a good place, he had to make money himself!
It was based on the above two reasons that Pei Lun wanted to consolidate his position as Jiedushi. In addition to making things difficult for the high-ranking officials parachuted into the court, he also had to obtain a stable source of income.
When Zhao Muyun took out the fine salt at this moment, he understood in an instant that there were salt mines in Yinzhou, and that fine salt could produce more profitable salt than coarse salt.
The salt mines in Yinzhou must not be known to the Guannei Dao, and must not be targeted by the imperial court.
"Captain Zhao, besides the three of us, who else knows about the salt mine?"
Pei Lun forced himself to suppress the excitement in his heart and asked cautiously.
In the hall, there were only Pei Lun, Zhao Muyun and Huang Chang who had been listening silently.
"Don't worry, sir. As long as the people under my command follow me in Yinzhou, they will never leak any information!" Zhao Muyun said lightly.
The implication is that Pei Lun should not have any ideas about those 1,300 people from Yinzhou.
Pei Lun certainly understood what Zhao Muyun meant and smiled slightly:
"Yinzhou is strategically located and faces attack from the Tartars at any time. I have submitted a petition to the imperial court regarding the establishment of a high-ranking Zhechoufu, clearly stating its vital importance and requesting its transfer to Hedong!"
"I will use the resources of the DPRK to facilitate this matter."
"As for Tian Zun, as long as he doesn't know that there are salt mines in Yinzhou, he would be eager to give Yinzhou to us to garrison. At most, we can give him some benefits."
Zhao Muyun heard that Pei Lun planned to set up Yinzhou as a superior Zhechoufu, which would be the same as Shuozhou Prefecture, with a quota of 3,000 soldiers.
If someone gives you a peach, you should give him a plum in return!
Zhao Muyun gladly accepted Pei Lun's offer: "Sir, how about the salt mine's output be split 40% between Yinzhou Prefecture and you?"
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