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Chapter 207 Liu Xian¡¯s Crisis

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    "How did you do it? How did things come to this? Do you know that our income this year will drop by 40%! The money you spent is just spent, but you asked me to listen  Huh? How could I raise such a prodigal son like you? I spent so much money and didn¡¯t get anything useful. Do you know that some people have already begun to suggest that you should be deposed as the crown prince?  !¡±

    As soon as he returned to Guangling, Liu Xian was scolded bloody.

    Looking at the disappointment in Liu Bi's eyes, Liu Xian's heart was full of worry, but fortunately, he had been the prince for so many years after all. Although Liu Bi was angry, he did not directly abolish him in anger.

    With things at this point, the top priority is still to find a way to figure out Liu Deng's method of making salt.

    Originally, they had a great chance. If Liu Deng's abnormality was discovered from the beginning, there would be a brave man who would be rewarded heavily. If he spent more money, he could always buy the method of making salt.

    But it can¡¯t be done now. Even though he is far away in Guangling, Liu Bi has already heard about what happened in Chang¡¯an City.

    Liu Deng was really ruthless. He gave away most of the profits and distributed them all to the nobles in the court.

    He tied the emperor, the prince, the princess, and the dignitaries in the court to the chariot of his country.

    This is not good news for Liu Bi. If you want to force Liu Deng to hand over this method now, I am afraid that the memorial will be rejected by the Prime Minister's Office before it reaches the emperor's desk

    Liu Bi has already heard that that old guy Zhang Cang has directly taken the sales rights of a county in Hedong this time.

    This is really a big piece of fat!

    This business alone will bring this old guy an income of nearly 800,000 guan every year. In today's Han Dynasty, 100,000 guan is already considered a wealthy businessman, and 800,000 guan is enough for this old guy and his family to live comfortably.

    Even if it was for his own sake, he would not agree to Liu Bi's suggestion.

    The decline of Wu's salt-making industry was imminent. What made Liu Bi even more disgusted was that Liu Deng, that little beast, actually sent people to Guangling to open a trading firm.

    ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? He started selling so-called salt tickets directly in Guangling City.

    There is no need for transportation at all. Each salt ticket is sold at a 10% discount on the price on the ticket. Moreover, everyone holding a salt ticket can exchange for an equal amount of green salt when they arrive in Daiguo.

    Although the profit is only 10%, the price of salt is enough to make the businessmen of Wu State flock to it.

    Although Liu Bi wanted to ban them, on the one hand, these people were Liu Deng's subordinates after all. If he did this, Liu Deng would naturally have even more despicable methods waiting for him.

    On the other hand, as soon as this thing was sold, it had already aroused the popularity of those businessmen. This thing was easy to carry and highly concealable. By the time he wanted to ban it, those people had actually sold nearly ten million pieces.  .

    Liu Bi used a lot of determination to barely suppress his greed, and finally did not swallow Liu Deng's money directly.

    He also knew in his heart that once he did this, Wu merchants would never want to do business with other countries again.

    But there was another more terrifying thing that Liu Bi didn't notice. Because this thing was easy to carry and had a constant value, some people had begun to circulate it instead of copper coins.

    This thing has begun to possess the properties of paper money. If this were placed in later generations, economists would have already started to worry. This is a loss of monetary power!

    "If you really hand over a country's currency to others, what is the difference between this and putting a mouse in a rice vat?"

    Although Liu Bi was very angry, anger could not solve any problem. The decline of Wu's salt production industry was inevitable.

    During this period, he was worried about these things. Among the Wu State's annual income, people's taxes actually accounted for only 20% of the total income.

    The salt production industry has provided 40% of Wu's annual income, and the money earned from selling salt every year is tens of millions.

    This is their most secure income, but now, this income is about to be completely destroyed.

    "Father, in the short term, if we can't get Liu Deng's salt-making method, I'm afraid all our workshops will be shut down. I think we might as well turn them into paper-making workshops and then go all out to make paper!"

    Liu Xian gritted his teeth, and then put forward his own opinion. This was also the fastest way to stop losses that he had thought of along the way.

    Paper has begun to circulate among wealthy families in Chang'an, and judging from the current situation, it is truly in short supply.

    If they can expand their production, this will indeed be a hugely profitable industry, and their annual income will definitely not be much less than that of salt production.

    "Have you noticed that the paper produced by that boy Liu Deng seems to be more resilient than ours"

    "Anyway, there are only two of them, father and son," Liu Bi said worriedly.

    "Father, my son thinks we should seize the opportunity. Have you ever thought about why Liu Deng clearly made better paper than us, and why he doesn't sell paper?"

    This sentence hit the point. When he said this, Liu Bi was a little impressed.

    "Go on!"

    Liu Bi¡¯s eyes finally showed a hint of relief, this kid still has some sense.

    "My son thinks that he has not mastered the method of mass production, so he has no choice but to use it for himself and cannot sell it, so we should seize the time, on the one hand, to expand the scale, and on the other hand, we should also hurry up to research new products.  Craftsmanship!¡±

    Hearing what Liu Xian said, Liu Bi also nodded secretly. This is indeed the best way at present. Now this is the only explanation that can make sense.

    "In that case, I will give you another chance. If you still fail this time, even if I want to keep you as the father, I'm afraid it won't be that simple. The most important thing is that you have to live up to your expectations!"

    After Liu Bi finished speaking, he patted Liu Xian's shoulder meaningfully, then turned and walked out.

    This hurdle has finally passed, which finally made Liu Xian let go of his uneasy heart. He finally did not completely lose his father's trust.

    It seems that I still have a chance to compete with Liu Deng. Since salt production is irreversible, let¡¯s make a comeback in paper production!

    Just when Liu Xian secretly made up his mind, Liu Deng finally distributed all his weapons.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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