Cai Jing was very good at calculating, but he didn't know that Qin Hui, who was still a little traitor, had already sold him and the Wang family out!

So when Jiang Chen heard Cai Jing's words, he immediately understood the insidious purpose of the traitor.

So, he smiled at Cai Jing and said: "Mr. Cai, the Royal Chamber of Commerce Processing Factory is an institution that serves the people. It is used to accumulate merit for officials, queens and saints, not to make money for the people!

What can really gain huge benefits is the border review that Mr. Li Yanli is responsible for!

Since you are worried that the abolition of Chongning's big money will lead to financial constraints, the top priority should be to establish the Royal Chamber of Commerce's border affairs agency as soon as possible, and it is the Song Dynasty that makes us rich and powerful by making money from other countries!"

"snort!"

Cai Jing sneered, narrowed his old eyes and said, "Wouldn't it be better to have a two-pronged approach? While making money from border work, we can build a processing plant to benefit the people. There will be no delay or conflict between the two!"

“Xiang Cai’s words make sense!”

Wang Fu immediately nodded in agreement, looked at Jiang Chen with a joking expression and said, "Is Master Jiang worried that he is not capable enough and cannot handle many matters?

This is easy to handle, I can send some officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs to help you!"

"It's easy for a lower official to handle such trivial matters, so I don't need to worry about it, Lord Shangshu!"

Jiang Chen directly shook his head and rejected Wang Fu's 'kind intention', and then said: "I dare to ask Cai Xiang and Wang Shangshu, if the Xixia nobles and Liao people knew about Jinbo Yuye and refined salt, everyone in the Song Dynasty could eat it.

, how will you react? Are you still willing to buy at a high price?

What if unscrupulous businessmen in the private sector take advantage of the benevolence of the officials to buy grain and salt to enrich themselves, or even resell it privately to foreigners, causing the price of grain and salt among the private sector to rise sharply and hindering border trade?"

this……

Damn you little traitor, what do you want so much for?

Cai Jing and Wang Fu were speechless and looked depressed.

Song Huizong frowned thoughtfully and said, "Good minister, in your opinion, how should we resolve this matter?"

Jiang Chen said with a relaxed smile: "The officials, in fact, both Prime Minister Cai and Wang Shangshu have ignored the fact that the fundamental purpose of establishing the Royal Jimin Chamber of Commerce is not to establish a processing plant;

But it is to fill the national treasury, benefit all people, and help officials and noble ladies accumulate merit."

"Well, that's right, good minister, please continue!"

Song Huizong Zhao Ji nodded in agreement.

"yes!"

Jiang Chen agreed and continued: "Now that we have figured out the fundamental purpose of establishing the Royal Jimin Chamber of Commerce, things will be simple.

As long as we make good statistics, put border trade first, and ensure that the amount of refined salt processed by the private sector does not exceed the amount earned from Xixia, we can both benefit the people and stabilize the price of salt, killing two birds with one stone!"

"Okay, this method is very safe! A good minister must have the talent to make the country rich economically!"

Song Huizong laughed and nodded with admiration in his eyes.

Mo Chuan, Jia Anzhai, He Li and King Yun Zhao Kai all echoed with approval.

But Cai Jing, whose poisonous plan failed, felt bad all over!

He never thought that Jiang Chen would consider things so carefully at such a young age.

Wang Fu stared at Jiang Chen without giving up and asked, "What about the processing of wine? The officials have already let the word out, you won't let the officials go back on their word, right?"

"My subordinates reported this matter to the officials yesterday, and they have agreed to postpone the processing of wine until after the autumn harvest!"

Jiang Chen said, looking at Wang Fu and Cai Jing with a proud look on his face.

"After the harvest?"

"Then we have to wait nearly three months!"

What will happen to the money we put in to collect grain?

Wang Fu was dumbfounded!

Cai Jing is depressed!

Thinking of those loyal brothers who spent all their belongings and sent people to buy food in order to be obedient and make money, both of them felt extremely stressed and full of melancholy!

Jiang Chen saw that they all had expressions of distress as if they had eaten dead flies, and he felt secretly happy, and said with a smile: "Of course we have to wait until after the autumn harvest, otherwise it will not be good if the price of food rises due to wine merchants' pursuit of profit!"

With that said, he admonished Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty: "Officials! If before the autumn harvest, someone uses the wine processing factory to create rumors and drive up prices, they must be treacherous people with evil intentions and trying to damage your merits.

But if you find any, you should arrest them one by one, ransack their homes and confiscate their food!"

While speaking, Jiang Chen looked at Cai Jing and Wang Fu with a vicious look.

Well--

Damn you little traitor!

Do you want to be so cruel? New

Cai Jing and Wang Fu were shocked and their eyelids jumped, and they hurriedly found reasons to object to Song Huizong.

However, Song Huizong, who had secretly discussed the matter with Jiang Chen during the private visit to the Jiaofang Division last night, did not give them a chance to object and nodded directly:

"Those traitors who try to prevent me from going to heaven should indeed be killed one by one on sight! Let Dongchang be responsible for this matter!"

"Yes, I obey your order!"

Li Yan's eyes were filled with excitement, and he bowed and saluted: "Master Yang and I will strictly monitor the price of food!

If the unscrupulous people dare to raise the price of food by a penny, or hoard food maliciously, my slaves will confiscate their food and ransack their homes!"

Li Yan blocked Cai Jing and Wang Fu's retreat with just one sentence, causing both the Cai family and Wang Fu to cast resentful looks at him.

However, Song Huizong was very satisfied with Li Yan's decisive attitude and said, "When you encounter a treacherous person, once it is verified, I will allow you to act cheaply!"

But we must not delay the border discussion because of this matter, you know?"

"Don't worry, officials, I have already made arrangements for the border issue, and the relevant personnel of Jinyiwei have rushed to prepare.

After the equipment is ready in three days, the rest of the staff will set off immediately! It is guaranteed that the officials will receive good news from the border within one month!"

Li Yan answered confidently and forcefully.

"Okay, Shuoyan is really getting better and better at doing things! If you finish these two errands, I will definitely give you a reward!"

Song Huizong praised him with great satisfaction.

"Thank you so much for your kindness! I will definitely live up to my expectations!"

Li Yan's face was filled with joy, and all the bones in his body were lightened by the exertion.

I thought to myself: I was so wise when I chose to work with Jiang Chen; otherwise, if I had continued to fawn over Prime Minister Cai, I would probably still be taking care of the Imperial Garden!

Just as he was thinking so complacently, Cai Jing suddenly winked at Wang Fu.

Wang Fu understood and smiled at Song Huizong: "In the official family, Commander Yang and Mr. Li are now responsible for setting up the East Factory, supervising illegal merchants in the world, and discussing border trade. Will they be too busy?

Already?

The border issue concerns the country and involves countless amounts of money, so we must not be careless!"

As he laid the groundwork, Cai Jing immediately followed up and said: "Although the officials, Jiang Xiuzhuan and Mr. Li handled the matter properly, they lacked practical experience after all.
Chapter completed!