Word of mouth explodes

That's right, Prince Ning is back.

The day Empress Wang received Emperor Hongwen's approval, she sent people rushing to deliver the letter.

The papermaking and printing workshops were near the capital, and Prince Ning had wanted to come back for a long time. He didn't stay for a moment after receiving the news, and immediately returned to the capital with his troops.

"Your Majesty, you have worked hard during this period. Please take a good rest. I will have other plans for you in the spring next year."

Prince Ning quickly raised his hands and saluted, "It is what a son should do to share his father's worries, and it should not be a hard work."

As for the other arrangements that Emperor Hongwen said, Prince Ning also knew about it.

My heart is full of expectations.

After all, he was the first among several princes to enter the court. He could do a lot of things after entering the court first, and then he would be much higher than other princes at the beginning.

"I remember that Huang Er seemed to have some friendship with Wan Fu, right?"

Upon hearing this, the smile on Prince Ning's face stiffened slightly, but for a moment, Emperor Hongwen, who was drinking tea from a tea cup, did not notice it.

"Yes, Princess Wanfu was kind enough to save her son's life."

"It's very good. We will go out with Wanfu more often in the future and don't neglect her."

Prince Ning nodded quickly, but he didn't care in his heart.

After all, the friendship between him and Lu Yaoyao has been broken off a long time ago. Even if it is not broken off and he is not neglectful, isn't it because he wants to please?

Do you want him to be the legitimate eldest prince in the palace, who is also a prince, a future prince, or even an emperor, trying to please a woman?

"Your Majesty, the King of Jin wishes to see you."

"Oh? Why is he here at this time?"

Emperor Hongwen was a little confused, but he also knew that King Jin must have something to do when he came here at this time.

"Your Majesty is returning to Beijing today. It's been a tiring journey and traveling, so please go down and have a good rest first."

King Ning had a lot of doubts about the sudden re-appointment of King Jin.

How come he has been away from the capital for a few months? Has King Jin changed so much now?

Although he was very curious about King Jin's sudden re-employment, and also curious about what King Jin was doing here at this time, Emperor Hongwen had already spoken, so it was hard for him to stay.

I had no choice but to bow out and bow out.

When he came out of the imperial study again, he bumped into King Jin, and King Ning also stopped to salute.

"Uncle, long time no see, how are you?"

Prince Jin smiled, nodded, and said, "It's still the same. I heard you've done well during this period."

The two exchanged pleasantries for a few words and walked away.

"Royal brother, what's the important thing about entering the palace at this time?"

"Back to Your Majesty, I have just returned from Princess Wanfu's villa."

As soon as he finished speaking, Emperor Hongwen smiled and said, "I asked you why you smell like hot pot again."

"Is there anything she needs over there?"

"No, my brother feels that there is something that needs to be reported to His Majesty."

"When my brother returned to Beijing just now, Yan San reported that the Han family was investigating the matter of Snowflake Salt. My brother was worried that if they knew that Snowflake Salt was produced by Princess Wanfu, it would be detrimental to her."

"Therefore, I came here to ask Your Majesty to send some men to protect Princess Wanfu's safety."

Hearing this, Emperor Hongwen's eyes also condensed.

When Prince Ning returned to the capital, he was so happy that he forgot about it.

"What the emperor brother said is absolutely true."

"Wang De, go and ask Hodi to dispatch two hundred people to secretly protect Chengyuan Villa. If you find anything wrong, take it down directly. If there is resistance, kill him on the spot."

Lu Yaoyao is the strongest force to attack the Han family, but there is no room for any mistakes.

Wang De quickly responded and left.

"What plans does Wan Fu have for the Han family?"

Emperor Hongwen looked at King Jin and asked.

"She didn't say anything specific. She just said that the appearance of snowflake salt will only temporarily have some impact on the Han family."

"If you want to damage the foundation of the Han family, you need to take your time. After all, we don't have much in our hands."

Emperor Hongwen also understood this very well.

The reason why the Han family gave him a headache was because they had too many things in their hands.

"Also, Princess Wanfu has something to say about the pricing of snowflake salt. I heard from her that she has no intention of raising the price. On the contrary, the price may be lowered in the future."

"Reducing the price?"

Emperor Hongwen was a little surprised at this time.

He also knew the selling price of snowflake salt today. He just thought it was because Lu Yaoyao wanted to let the people know how good snowflake salt was, so as to give snowflake salt a good reputation and at the same time lose money in exchange for the Han family's big loss.

She always expected that the price would be raised one after another after waiting, but she never expected that instead of raising the price, she would continue to lower the price.

Is this an addiction to losing money?

"Yes."

"The princess said that salt is the foundation of a country's people, and she wants to make sure that all people can eat salt."

"Brother Chen has thought about what she said carefully. Although the price is lower and we will make a lot less money, we will all make a profit."

Emperor Hongwen frowned and fell silent.

There is definitely a profit to be made. If he has more salt mines, he will make less if he makes less. Anyway, it will benefit the people and it is also a good thing for him.

But now he only has 30% of the salt mines in Dongzhou, which is not as good as the Han family. The court needs money. There is an opportunity to make more, but it has to be less. He can consider many aspects and reluctantly agree.

But what about the officials in the court? Especially the Ministry of Revenue. You must know that the income from the salt mine used to be the majority of the Ministry of Revenue.

Nowadays, the sales of snowflake salt are booming, but as a result, the money earned is not as much as before, or even less. How can those officials be happy?

"Your Majesty does not need to care about the gains and losses of this moment. This matter can be viewed from another level."

Hearing this, Emperor Hongwen first raised his head and glanced at King Jin, and then immediately reacted.

He only thought about his own interests just now, but ignored the most important point.

If the price of snowflake salt maintains the current price, or even decreases, their income will be less, but the Han family will suffer a loss.

With cheap and high-quality snowflake salt, who would buy Hanjia salt at a high price?

They only made less money here, but the Han family made no money at all.

There are other sources of money in the court, but what about the Han family? With their main source of income cut off, how can there be so many people to support, and there are so many officials, their situation will be even more difficult.

"Since Wanfu has already thought about it, I won't say more."

Emperor Hongwen knew what was more important, making less money or weakening the Han family.

Three days later, before the Xuehua Salt Shop opened, many people buying salt gathered at the door.

The last snowflake salt, after three days of fermentation, has gained extraordinary fame in the capital.

People who have tried it have said that they will buy snowflake salt in the future.

This is better than the first-class green salt, and the price is so cheap.

In the past three days, the Han family had not sold a single tael of salt collected from the surrounding areas despite heavy snowfall.

Patriarch Han has been in a bad mood for the past three days after hearing the reports from his servants, and his face has been dark all day long.

At this time, he was sitting in a teahouse opposite Xuehuayan Shop, looking at more and more people gathering in the street below, his eyes were spitting fire.
Chapter completed!