Every emperor knows how important salt is.

This is why many dynasties had a salt monopoly system, and this was still the case even more than a thousand years later.

Li Shimin naturally knew whose hands the current salt industry of the Tang Dynasty was in.

I have never found a suitable opportunity to break this situation, but the salted fish in front of me now seems to have brought me new inspiration.

"Li Zhong, you said that Li Kuan started fishing when he arrived at Dengzhou Prefecture?"

Li Shimin looked at Li Zhong with sparkling eyes, which made Li Zhong feel puzzled.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"Didn't Baiqisi find out that he did anything else?"

Li Zhong thought for a while, "I heard that His Highness the King of Chu arranged for people to buy a large area of ​​land on the beach to build a salt drying field. In addition, the businessman named Wang Fugui who is next to His Highness the King of Chu has recently recruited craftsmen in Chang'an City. That's all for the time being.

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"Why didn't you tell us such important news in advance? Immediately arrange for people to go to Dengzhou to learn about the situation of the salt drying field!"

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"Shopkeeper Hou, there is a situation that I think we should pay attention to."

In the past few days, the business of the salt shop opposite the seafood house has obviously become quieter, but shopkeeper Hou doesn't think much of it.

In business, sometimes it is good and sometimes it is bad, isn't it normal?

"Hou Wu, what should I pay attention to?"

"The salted fish sold at the seafood store opposite is very good these days. Yesterday I squeezed in to take a look. After thinking about it, I felt something was wrong."

"What's wrong?"

"The salted fish sold in that seafood shop has more salt than the fish!"

"Ah? What did you say? No one sells salted fish like this! Then how much money do they make?"

"I find it strange too, but that's actually how they sell it. I see that the salted fish is all made of fine salt, but the seafood store only sells it for ten cents a pound!"

Shopkeeper Hou heard what Hou Wu said and slowly realized the seriousness of the problem.

No wonder the number of people coming to buy salt seems to have decreased in the past two days. Although this trend is not very obvious, if the seafood house keeps selling salted fish like this, then who will stupidly come to buy salt?

"Let's go buy a salted fish and come back! I'll go find the owner in a minute!"

…

The business of the seafood house was booming, so Wang Fugui immediately arranged for people to rush to Dengzhou and asked Wang Xuance to arrange to send more salted fish.

At the same time, Wang Fugui was also purchasing ships from various places in Chang'an City. Whether they were large ships or small ships, he would buy whatever he could buy first. It would be best to hire the shipwrights as well.

Such a big movement naturally attracted the attention of other nobles.

"Chu Mo, I heard that you have a good relationship with His Highness the King of Chu?"

Cheng Yaojin rarely called his son to talk to him today.

Cheng Chumo thought that someone outside was complaining about him, but he didn't expect that he was just asking about his relationship with the King of Chu.

"Grandpa, that King of Chu, I was not familiar with him before, but since we met this year, we have gotten along pretty well. What's the matter?"

Cheng Chumo was a little surprised why Cheng Yaojin suddenly asked about him and Li Kuan.

"In this way, you take the ships at home and some craftsmen from the workshop, go to Dengzhou Mansion, and say that you want to do something with His Highness the King of Chu."

"Grandpa, what are you doing? You didn't say anything, and I don't know what to do."

Cheng Yaojin was a little speechless looking at his son with well-developed limbs and simple mind.

I am pretending to be stupid, but this son is really stupid!

"Just go and tell His Highness King Chu that Grandpa asked you to go, and you can do whatever he arranges for you to do."

"It works like this!"

Cheng Chumo was very happy to have the opportunity to go outside and take a look, "Grandpa, I want to take Yu Chihuan and Fang Yiai with me, is that okay?"

"It's up to you! As long as their family agrees!"

…

The Chu Palace's property in Dengzhou Prefecture is getting bigger and bigger.

There are more than 500 people working in the Donghai Fishery Industry, more than 500 people working in the salted fish workshop, and even more people working in the salt-drying workshop, with the number exceeding 800 people.

Coupled with the shipbuilding workshop under construction, more than 2,000 people in Dengzhou Prefecture depended directly on Li Kuan for their livelihood.

Behind these two thousand people are two thousand families.

In addition, when the fleet went to sea for the first time, it delivered two fish to the people in the city. The fish sold later for one penny per pound completely solved the people's feeding problem.

In Wendeng County today, smiles have begun to appear on the faces of pedestrians, smiles full of hope for the future.

"Girl, this is Wendeng County. It's not as shabby as the rumors say. Didn't it mean that it just suffered a natural disaster?"

Two young and pretty figures slowly got off the carriage.

"With His Royal Highness the King of Chu here, the situation in Wendeng County will definitely continue to get better."

Yun'er couldn't help but roll her eyes, but whenever it came to His Highness the King of Chu, the girl had a kind of obsessive confidence in him.

"Should we find someone to ask where His Royal Highness King Chu lives? Or should we stay at an inn?"

"If we go directly to His Highness the King of Chu, will it disturb him too much?" Zixia's face was a little tangled.

"Forget it...I understand!" Yun'er was speechless for a while, "Uncle Kuan, please ask where His Royal Highness the King of Chu lives. Let's go directly to find him."

"Girl, wait a moment, little old man, I'll go ask him right away."

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Off the coast of Dengzhou.

The five vessels of Donghai Fisheries were searching for fish on the sea as usual.

Yang Qiwa stood on the mast of the largest ship, chewing dried fish in her mouth, holding a telescope in her hand, and looking at the surrounding seaside situation.

Suddenly, Yang Qiwa put down the telescope, closed his eyes hard, opened them again, and then continued to pick up the telescope.

Inside the camera, a few miles away, on the calm sea, suddenly a fountain shot straight into the sky.

Immediately afterwards, a huge monster appeared on its back from the water.

According to the experience Yang Qiwa has accumulated these days, this sea monster is at least seven to eight feet long, which can catch up with the length of the ship he is riding on.

Yang Qiwa's hands trembled and she almost dropped the telescope.

Fortunately, it was tied with a rope and hung around his neck. Otherwise, if it fell from the mast, it would definitely be useless.

"Woo!"

A harsh conch sound rang out from the conch near Yang Qiwa's mouth, and the crew members of several nearby ships suddenly became alert.

Although the crew members of Donghai Fishery are not very skilled yet, some basic things have been trained.

Like the conch sound just now, once it sounds, it means that there is a particularly serious abnormality surrounding the fleet, and the fleet is in danger.

There were either pirates, hurricanes, or other major events.

"Yang Qiwa, what did you discover?"

Zhou Fu's loud voice rang out.

Yang Qiwa quickly slid down from the mast with a pale face, "Captain, there's a monster ahead... there's a monster ahead!"
Chapter completed!