The essence of this official business is actually a transaction. Since it is a transaction, it must be invested in the early stage. Therefore, the imperial court almost always invested in the past two years, because there was no foundation for the official business before the Tang Dynasty, which was equivalent to having to go from scratch. Moreover, this was not a natural demand. Everything was man-made and was suddenly a national official business. This must have a process. Local prefectures and counties need to operate the official business, build workshops, open stores, recruit employees, etc. Everything requires money, everything takes time, and the official business does not care about the cost. Anyway, it is not its own money. The Tang Dynasty has a large territory and a national policy. It can be imagined how much investment it will be.

But this account is not unsuccessful. The reason why Li Yifu can get everyone's support is because everyone knows that salt, iron and wine are necessities for people's lives, which can definitely make money. In Chang'an and Luoyang are profitable, and officials can make profits from it. However, compared with investment, it is simply a drop in the bucket. Moreover, the profits made by Chang'an and Luoyang have been stripped of many layers, and the country has not made much money. But no matter what, since Chang'an and Luoyang can make profits, all prefectures and counties should also make profits.

This year, we should also need to recover funds, the key is this year, but half of this year has been passed, and no prefectures and counties have sent money to Chang'an.

Li Yifu was also a little anxious this time. Communication was not developed in ancient times, and he didn't know what happened in various prefectures and counties.

"Impossible, this is impossible."

Master Xuanji paced around the hall and said, "Li Zhongshu, don't worry, I think something must have happened in this place. This people cannot do without salt. If there is no reason, the salt tax cannot be collected. I think Li Zhongshu has to send someone to investigate immediately."

Li Yifu said: "I have sent someone, I'm so anxious. If I know which bastard is interfering with it, I will definitely not be able to spare him."

Master Xuanji looked at him and suddenly felt the urge to laugh.

Yuan Family!

"Grandpa, the court has not settled the accounts of this year and this year. It has owed us a lot of money. This has never happened before. Do you think we have to ask?"

Yuan Xiu reported to Yuan Xihui very depressedly.

When Yuan Zhe was here, it was the best time for the economy. As a result, he came and encountered this incident. This was really unfair. During this period, Yuan Zhe actually came back, but the Yuan family believed that the Chang'an market had been taken over by the court. Relatively speaking, the Liaodong Peninsula was more important to the Yuan family.

Yuan Le said a little discouragedly: "I just said that I can't do business with the court. We would rather give money to the court. The court has to rely on the debt. What can we do?"

Yuan He snorted, "What can you do? Of course we go and ask for it. We are a businessman. If we don't give money, who will help the court work? I think let the fleet stop first, and we will transport goods to them until the court settles the bill."

Yuan Le said: "But this will offend the court."

Yuan Xi said: "I think the fourth brother is right. This business requires integrity. We have to send money to those boatmen. The court cannot always let us take the money first. We don't have that much money to pay. Besides, Guanzhong Group is not our Yuan family, so we don't need to be too afraid. Yuan Xiu, go to the Ministry of Revenue to ask when will we check the bill? In addition, if the court does not check the bill, we will not ship."

Yuan Xiudao: "Grandpa, the Ministry of Revenue is not in charge of this matter. It has always been the son-in-law of Li Yifu."

Yuan Xi said: "Who is Li Yi Mansion? If we go to him, it will only bring shame on ourselves. The Ministry of Revenue is the place where money is managed. Of course, we go to the Ministry of Revenue to ask for money."

Li Yifu shop is so big, and the funds are miserable. He tried to owe it as much as possible. If he didn't give it, he wouldn't give it. Moreover, whether Li Yifu's character would be paid back is still a question. In his heart, there is no honesty. This is actually Li Yifu is changing to deprive merchants of wealth. In fact, clay is even worse over there because everything needs clay pots. However, clay people are honest and dare not ask the court for money. The court picks up goods from him. He dare not even say "no". Moreover, the clay is a farmer who is born in a field house and is unwilling to leave his hometown. He is still there. If he continues to play like this, he probably won't last long.

Daxingshan Temple.

"Dad was indeed wrong, Han Yi did make a trap here."

Cui Jieren said to Cui Pingzhong: "According to my child's understanding, the national finance may be in great trouble now. The court cannot even settle the accounts of our Shandong Group and Guanzhong Group. Now the Guanzhong Group has decided that if the court does not settle the accounts, it will no longer ship ships. The same is true for our Shandong Group. At the time, Han Yi's canal transportation was reorganized and most of the transportation tasks were handed over to the private sector. If we didn't ship ships, the court would probably not even sell salt, let alone sell salt, even the officials in Chang'an would have no food to eat."

Cui Pingzhong said with a calm expression: "This should be just the beginning. I believe there are more surprises behind you. How are you preparing there?"

Cui Jieren nodded and said, "Everything is ready. The child has quietly purchased a lot of food in Shandong. When the land price rises, he exchanged our land for a lot of copper coins. If everything is as expected by Dad, when Han Yi comes back and returns to his policies, our wealth will have to increase at least fifty times, or even a hundred times."

He likes to do this, take a sailboat, and steal the victories of others.

But then Cui Jieren said, "But if it doesn't work, the child will not be able to explain to the rest of the family."

Cui Pingzhong said confidently: "This should not be wrong, but don't be too happy. When it comes to business, we father and son are not against Han Yi. You have to learn from Han Yi humbly."

Cui Jiebian said: "The boy knows that the boy has been learning from him."

Although he is arrogant, he is very modest in his studies. He has indeed been learning Han Yi's tricks all the time

Sikong Mansion.

"My little nephew meets with uncle."

A man in his thirties respectfully knelt in front of Li Ji and kowtowed.

"Nephew Xu Xian got up quickly."

This man was dressed in a simple manner and looked like a farmer, but Li Ji was very enthusiastic about him.

It turned out that this man's surname was Xu and his name was Xing. He was from Xianyang. His father was once the guards around Li Ji. He died in the battlefield when he was conquering Goguryeo. Li Ji took great care of his children.

"Why did my nephew suddenly come to Chang'an?" Li Ji asked.

Xu Xing said: "Report to my uncle, my nephew, and I am here, I am entrusted by the uncles and uncles in the village to ask about something."

It's a bit hard to say.

Li Ji said curiously: "What's the matter? You said."

Xu Xing said: "That's right. Our Zhaoyi Academy in Xianyang has been open for a short time. It suddenly closed in the second half of this year. The local government said it was out of money."

"What happened?"

Xu Xing nodded.

Li Ji frowned slightly and said, "I don't know much about this. Let's do this. You can stay in the mansion for a few days first. I will ask."

The military households in Xianyang are all Li Ji's guards. Li Ji is absolutely nothing to say to his subordinates. He basically gives his rewards to his subordinates, and he doesn't get a penny. Zhaoyi Academy, a military household, is a welfare for soldiers. Although this matter is not a big deal, as a representative of the military, he cannot sit idly by and watch. You cannot reduce the welfare of our military for no reason!

However, Li Ji didn't have to come forward in person for this small matter, so he called Li Siwen and asked him to inquire.

After hearing this, Li Siwen immediately said, "Dad, don't even need to inquire about this matter, the child knows the reason."

Li Ji hurriedly asked, "Then you might as well talk."

"The court has no money!"

"You - what do you mean?" Li Ji was a little confused.

Li Siwen said: "Even if the imperial court has no money, not only did the Zhaoyi Academy in Xianyang be closed, but all the Zhaoyi Academy that is being built have also been suspended."

Li Ji said: "How could the court have no money?"

Li Siwen smiled and said, "This kid is not clear. If my father wants to know, he may have to ask Li Yifu and others. The kid only knows that the largest donors of Zhaoyi Academy in the past, but those merchants have now been exposed. Whoever donates money to Zhaoyi Academy can only be borne by the court. However, there is no need to say anything else about Zhaoyi Academy, but there is no need to say anything about it outside the court."

Li Ji said in shock: "How could this happen?"

Li Siwen said, "Han Yi has only been away for a few years and has become like this. Li Yifu is really capable!"

Li Ji glared at him and said, "Are you gloating?"

Li Siwen quickly looked down and said, "There is no child."

Trade Taxation Bureau.

"Young Master Yuan, what do you mean? How dare you not transport goods from the court?"

Liu Yuanzhen questioned Yuan Xiu.

Yuan Xiu first went to the Ministry of Revenue, but Master Xu didn't want to pay attention to it. This benefit was not my share, and the Li Yi family was greedy. He came to me for the money, so Master Xu went to find Li Yi's Mansion. You have to come forward to deal with it. I don't know anything.

When Li Yifu saw that Yuan Xiu dared to come to him, he asked Liu Yuanzhen to deal with the matter.

Yuan Xiu said with a sad face: "Young Jian Liu, it's not that we are not helping the court transport it, but that the court has not settled the bill for two years."

"Will the court lose your money?"

"But we want to give the boatman wages, but our Guanzhong Group can't even pay the wages. Those boatman said that we don't pay the wages, so they will stop doing it."

"Don't give me this set. I don't know how much money your Yuan family has?"

"But Guanzhong Group is not owned by our Yuan family. Many gentry members in Guanzhong have participated, and they don't agree. My Yuan family can do nothing!"

The court will recommend it, and this businessman will also recommend it!

Anyway, the Guanzhong Group is not a business dealer by the Yuan family, and the Yuan family is not afraid. Guanzhong Group is all composed of Guanzhong gentry and family clans. If you can beat them all up in one go, you will be considered cruel.

"Okay! OK! You are going to oppose the court. That's right, the court does it yourself. You don't need you anymore. Your ship will be placed on the dock and slowly rotten. No, the court wants to take back the dock. Your ship will only have one end, that is, it will be chopped as firewood."

Liu Yuanzhen pointed at Yuan Xiu and cursed.

Yuan Xiu lowered his head and said nothing, muttering in his heart, you can't even afford the freight, you still want to build a ship or transport, you can do it with your life, I'm fooled by my uncle.

Seeing that he could not scare Yuan Xiu, Liu Yuanzhen felt embarrassed for a moment and said with a dark face: "What are you still standing here?"

Yuan Xiu bowed his hand and then left, feeling very aggrieved. Who owed whom the money!

Liu Yuanzhen returned to the mansion and told Li Yi's mansion the result of the negotiation.

"It's outrageous. The Yuan family dares to do this. I will definitely not spare them." Li Yifu said angrily: "If they do this, okay, they won't even get a penny. After the salt tax comes up, I will immediately report this matter to Your Majesty and restart the canal transportation."

Liu Yuanzhen said: "But neither Shandong Group nor Guanzhong Group will take the ship, so our salt and wine cannot be transported to various places."

Li Yifu frowned slightly and said, "Then let it go first and wait until the money is collected."

He thought it was very beautiful, but unfortunately the money was nowhere to be achieved!

The people he sent to investigate had just arrived in Bianzhou and found out the whole story, so he hurried back to report it.

"Master, the villain has found out that most of our goods have not been sold, and almost all the prefectures and counties in various places are in losses."

"What?"

Li Yifu shook his body and almost fainted. This was life-saving money. "How is this possible? Do people no longer need to eat salt now?"

"Report to the master, according to the investigation by the villain, people in various prefectures and counties are smuggling private salt. The villain has found a lot of private salt in Bianzhou. Because their prices are cheaper than us, the people choose to buy private salt, which makes it difficult for our salt to be sold."

"Private salt?"
Chapter completed!