Everyone is familiar with salt. If you don’t put salt in the dishes during meals, even the delicacies in the sea will be like chewing wax. Biqu            W.

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CN Therefore, the ancients called salt the general of food and the ancestor of all flavors. Moreover, salt is not only an important condiment, but also an indispensable substance for maintaining normal health in the human body. If you do not consume salt for a day, it is like a car without gasoline. In a natural economy, most people need to live in a life can be self-sufficient, and only salt is produced only in specific areas. To obtain relatively scarce resources such as salt, you must rely on foreign trade supplies.

It is precisely because of this that as a very important resource, whoever controls salt will control the wealth of ancient society. In childhood, due to the constraints of the natural environment, the salt easily obtained was very limited, so salt became an important factor affecting people's gathering and dispersion. When humans entered a class society, the control and control of the origin of salt and the control of salt became an important factor in the establishment of a regime's hegemony and the rise and fall of dynasties. At that time, salt was far more important than today's oil. Therefore, salt was equivalent to today's oil in ancient times, and it was the "hard currency" at that time.

In ancient times, wars born for salt were common. It was precisely because Huangdi defeated Yan Emperor and Chiyou, occupied and controlled the salt pond, that his tribe became increasingly powerful and eventually became the ancestor of China. The capitals built by Huangdi, Yao, Shun and Yu were all near the salt pond, which was obviously related to defending the important areas of the salt pond. There were also countless wars in the world because of salt. Even in modern society, due to the improvement of technological means, the acquisition of salt has become common. Perhaps there will be no wars caused by salt again, but it is still an indispensable thing in our lives. No one dares to imagine what the world would be like if humans lost salt.

It is precisely because of the scarcity and necessity of salt that flow can make money. In history, whoever controls salt will have wealth and power. The income of salt profits has been promoted by all dynasties such as Guan Zhong, Sang Hongyang, Di Wuqi, Liu Yan, etc., or the implementation of salt taxes in the Qin Dynasty, the early Eastern Han Dynasty, and the early Tang Dynasty, which has solved the financial problems. As far as Zhao Bing knows, at the beginning of Liu Yan's reform in the Tang Dynasty, the annual income of salt profit was only 400,000 yuan, but it soared to more than 6 million yuan by the end of the Dali period. Therefore, there is the saying that "the world's taxes are half, and salt profits are half."

In the Northern Song Dynasty, salt profit accounted for more than one-third of the national finances, and in the Southern Song Dynasty, it was even worse. According to the "History of Yuan Dynasty", "the cost of the country is important, salt tax is the most important", and "national funds, salt profit ranks eight out of ten". By the Ming Dynasty, the national financial tax also reached half of the salt profit, with an annual income of four million. In the Qing Dynasty, salt profit income also exceeded land tax income, which was the main source of fiscal revenue. Therefore, salt was regarded as an important source of treasury income by successive governments. Even if modern society is still the case, salt was regarded as a treasure of the country and the foundation of the country...

"Your Majesty, Qiongzhou's population is only a few hundred thousand. Although the salt tax is heavy, the income is still limited and it is difficult to support fiscal expenditure. If it is too heavy, it will lead to change in the people!" After hearing His Majesty's emergency response to the financial crisis, Xiufu shook his head and smiled bitterly, thinking that this plan was inappropriate.

The government uses a monopoly policy to nationalize the operating rights of the salt industry. Although salt is produced by private people, the acquisition and sale price is completely controlled by the government. The interest rate spread is the profit of the government. 6 Xiufu naturally knows the reason and also knows that this is a way to exploit the people. The huge profits of the salt tax are based on the necessity of salt and huge demand. Qiongzhou has a sparse population and a small demand. Unless the tax increases, the fiscal revenue obtained will be useless and cannot solve the current crisis at all.

"Don't worry, I didn't say that salt is only sold in Qiongzhou!" Zhao Bing waved his hand.

"Oh, will Your Majesty sell salt to the land of fallen?" 6 Hideo felt even more unrestrained in His Majesty's thoughts and frowned.

"good!"

"Your Majesty, how is this possible?" Unexpectedly, Zhao Bing nodded and said yes, which shocked everyone. The Mongolians regarded the salt tax as the foundation, so how could they allow them to get involved? Even Ni Liang didn't believe what His Majesty said.

"Haha, how could it be impossible!" Zhao Bing smiled and said, "The main salt-producing places in the world today are Shanxi's salt, Sichuan's well salt and sea salt from all over the coast. Sea salt accounts for more than half, and the salt fields in the southeast are more than two-thirds. Is it right?"

"Your Majesty said it is good." 6 Xiufu nodded, "The coastal Fujian has many salt farms in Guangnan, and the salt produced along the way is more than that produced in Qiongzhou for several years. Even if we can sell it to various places, we still have limited income!"

"As far as I know about visiting the Yashan area, due to the constant wars in recent years, the coastal salt fields along Guangnan and Fujian Road have been damaged, and the output has been greatly reduced and even abandoned, which is no longer as good as before." Zhao Bing said, "The sea salt is mainly obtained by boiling salt, and each catty is sold to the official website for only seven cents, but the Tartars sell it for about a hundred cents, and the price is higher than the price of selling it to the 6 cents, and the profit is more than ten times more."

"What does Your Majesty mean? Is it because of low sales to increase sales and make profits!" 6 Xiufu thought about it and said.

"Small profits but quick turnover, this is one of them." Zhao Bing nodded, "The second is to prevent the reproduction of salt farms along the coast, so that the Tatars have no salt to sell. Third, we must vigorously build salt farms, improve the salt production methods, and increase production. In this way, we can increase taxes and prevent the Tatars from obtaining huge income from salt, thereby weakening their economic capabilities."

"Your Majesty, how can we stop the enemy's salt field from resuming production?" Liu Dingsun thought about what His Majesty said was a killing two birds with one stone, but the salt field was within the sphere of influence of the Tartars, so how could it be stopped?

"What's the difficulty? We just need to send the navy troops to harass the salt field, destroy the salt field, and put away the salt people. Anyway, we can't use it at the moment." Zhao Bing spread his hands and said.

"What if the Tartars dispatched a naval army to protect the salt field?" Liu Dingsun did not expect that His Majesty's method would be so simple and crude, and he said in silence for a moment.

"Haha, Chen Tongzheng, tell Mr. Liu how to do it?" Zhao Bing stretched out his finger and pointed at Chen Renweng and smiled.

"Even if they dare to beat him, we can save us nowhere!" Chen Renweng said proudly, patting his chest.

"Well said, that's it. If you dare to come, we will beat him. They will be beaten until they see me, the Great Song Dynasty Battle Flag, and they will avoid them from afar!" Zhao Bing slapped and cheered.

"Your Majesty's intention is to use the navy to destroy the salt field, sell private salt, and then attack the enemy navy, so that we can control the coastal waterways, and then conduct trade and make profits from it. Is that right?" 6 Xiufu slowly figured out His Majesty's arrangements, not only sighed that the little emperor was really as Liu Fu said, and he could see eight steps by one step.
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