For Liu Feng, Qian Mu's barely perceptible joy actually helped him achieve his goal.
Now all the chess pieces are placed where they should be.
Qian Mu's expression betrayed him. Everything was basically the same as Liu Feng's guess.
These tricks are still not good enough in front of him, they are too shallow.
It really feels like he has no opponent. It's a lonely feeling. Is there no one who can give him the joy of meeting a worthy opponent?
"But I heard that their tribe has two great treasures, one is a salt field, and the other is an iron mine."
"And I also heard that they have been trading iron ore with the outside world in recent years, exchanging it for a lot of cattle, sheep and other livestock."
"The general guards Dasan Pass and is well aware of the surrounding situation. I wonder if he knows who they are dealing with?"
"This is a big deal. If the people in the Salt and Iron Office find out, it will be a capital crime."
"The imperial censors will then make a huge accusation, saying that the man who secretly hoarded the iron ore was plotting a rebellion."
This kid is too fast.
He knew everything about the iron mine.
Qian Mu's heart skipped a beat. How should he answer this question? He had no idea.
No matter what you say, Liu Feng will be suspicious.
Fortunately, when Liu Feng just came in, Qian Mu gave his subordinate a look and asked him to invite An Shirong.
At this time, An Shirong had already walked over quickly, nodded at Qian Mu, and then took over Liu Feng's words.
"General Liu, the salt fields must satisfy you."
"Should we notify the Salt and Iron Office next and have them verify the production and start demarcating the area?"
When it was first opened, An Shirong asked Yantian Liu Feng whether he was satisfied or not. This has nothing to do with Liu Feng's current conversation with Qian Mu.
In fact, this is An Shirong's language routine, which immediately hits the most critical point of the problem.
The meaning is very clear. If you want salt fields, you should talk less about the Salt and Iron Office.
If you want to tell the Salt and Iron Office, that's no problem, you'll just have to take less money.
You can say it, so can't we?
An Shirong was very confident that in the face of huge profits here, any normal person would not go to the Salt and Iron Yamen.
Tell the Salt and Iron Office, unless you are a fool.
But Liu Feng is neither an ordinary person nor a fool. He is a hero that is rarely seen in history.
Liu Feng himself is not afraid that Qianmu will report him.
Because they have mastered the core technology.
Look at other salt merchants in the Dali Dynasty. The salt they mined could only be processed preliminarily, but they could still make a lot of money.
They simply can't make refined table salt.
Coupled with the high salt tax, they seemed to be making money, but in the end not much came to them. The ones who really made money were the big salt merchants who controlled the salt fields.
But can Liu Feng be like them?
Liu Feng is able to make unparalleled white and refined salt.
If you want coarse salt, that's also easy.
Liu Feng only needs to have someone stir the salt from time to time before it crystallizes.
As long as we prevent the salt from crystallizing naturally, it would be very easy to achieve our goal.
When the time comes, you can use the crude salt to pay the salt tax, and then process the crude salt a second time yourself, and you can still get a large amount of white refined salt.
I have already paid taxes once, you can't ask me to pay taxes again and again.
If taxes were to be levied on such things, then all the salt merchants in the world would probably have to close down.
Even if Liu Feng's actions were considered opportunistic by the Salt and Iron Office, it didn't matter.
Taxes can only be generated if the goods are sold. If I don’t sell these refined salts, how can you collect taxes from me?
There are so many things that can be made from salt.
Apart from anything else, Yanzhou has always had a tradition of eating kimchi. People would convert salt into pickled meat and sell the pickled vegetables.
So what if your court has laws? What I bought is not salt.
Even if taxes are collected, they can only be collected based on food. You can't collect taxes based on salt.
So for Liu Feng, he is not worried, he has many ways to deal with it.
Liu Feng smiled faintly.
"This is a minor issue. If someone is unwilling and uncooperative, I can only explain to the Salt and Iron Yamen. It would be best to let the court handle this matter."
"Isn't it just a primitive tribe?"
"Even if they have a large number of people, they can't fight against the imperial army."
"The court ignored them because they did not involve the court's interests. Now, a salt field and an iron mine are the key to the court's income. I think the court will not sit idly by."
"Allowing a group of primitive people to control the strategic materials of the imperial court is a shame. After all, these two things are related to the stability of the world."
When An Shirong heard Liu Feng say this, his expression changed instantly.
This kid Liu Feng is adamant. He's going to use a tactic that will kill one thousand enemies but injure eight hundred of his own.
Why do this? After all, there is Song Ling'er as the middleman.
Liu Feng is also the nephew-in-law of Dasanguan.
When Liu Feng said these words, it sounded like he was talking about this primitive tribe, but An Shirong knew that he was talking to Qian Mu.
If An Shirong couldn't hear it, then Qian Mu's role as his number one adviser would have been in vain.
"Ha ha…………."
"General Liu, why are you so angry? They are just a bunch of uncivilized savages. They just don't know what's going on."
An Shirong laughed, waved his hand to have Liu Feng served tea, and pulled Liu Feng to sit down and chat slowly.
"General Liu, look, this is how we should do this."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
