Signing in to Datang: Rebellion at the beginning

Chapter 162: Bad Attitude
The person who manages salt and sugar in Longguo belongs to the Department of Salt and Sugar of the Ministry of Households!
Originally, this division was the Yantie Division, but because of the birth of steel and the importance of steel, a separate Iron and Steel Division was established.

Therefore, the Yantie Division was changed into the Yantang Division.

As the name suggests, this department is mainly about managing salt and sugar.

Salt is essential for ordinary people, something that must be eaten, and it is very important.

Sugar was one of the few relatively high-end things in ancient times.

After all, this kind of thing needs to be extracted from sugar cane, which is time-consuming, labor-intensive and costly.

Therefore, it has always been a relatively noble thing, and only noble families can enjoy it.

Although now due to the development of agriculture, sugar has been mass-produced in various places, and crystal sugar has appeared.

But the price of this thing is still higher than that of salt.

Therefore, whether it is sold domestically or exported abroad, the price is also very high.

In terms of profit, it can almost be equal to salt!

So these two things are very important, and this is why they are put together.

The Department of Salt and Sugar was not set up in the household department, but a separate yamen was set up in a corner of the capital.

Because there are too many things in the salt and sugar department, and we have to deal with different salt and sugar merchants every day, it is specially set up from the household department.

Otherwise, the threshold of the traffic department will be leveled.

When Li Ke brought Lan Xin'er to the Department of Salt and Sugar, Li Ke took out a letter of appointment from his body.

It was written by him specially for the Ministry of Officials, and he wanted to use his identity as a newly appointed official of the Salt and Sugar Department to enter the Salt and Sugar Department to investigate these matters.

Sometimes I think about it, the only advantage in this ancient times may be the underdeveloped network.

In this way, at least, the appearance of Li Ke, the emperor of the Dragon Kingdom, will not be known to the world.

Li Ke's appearance, except for the people in the palace and all the civil and military officials.Few people can see him often and remember his appearance.

Even some low-ranking officials didn't dare to look at Li Ke's cheek carefully when facing Li Ke.

After all, some ancient emperors would wear a crown with some bead curtains hanging in front to block their faces and show their majesty.

So in Longguo and in the capital, there are even many officials who don't know Li Ke's appearance at all.

The Salt and Sugar Department itself is a small department of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Mainly salt and sugar.

The Yantang Division Langzhong and Yuanwailang inside are even just a fifth-rank official.

Such a fifth-rank official is not even qualified to go to court, so it is impossible to meet Li Ke.

Therefore, Li Ke went in and pretended to be an official, but he would not be recognized by anyone at all.

Of course, no one would have thought that an emperor would pretend to be an official.

So when he walked into the Salt and Sugar Department, no one doubted that the man in front of him was the most powerful emperor in China.

It was the moment when Li Ke stepped into the Yantang Department, the two gatekeepers of the Yantang Department immediately stepped forward with sullen faces, and one of them scolded:
"who are you?"

Li Ke didn't expect that the gatekeeper of the Salt and Sugar Division could be so fierce.

But he still said, "What if I came here to do business!"

The gatekeeper on the other side snorted and said:

"Have you registered in advance? If not, get out!"

Li Ke frowned, as if it was no longer a matter of attitude.

The Salt and Sugar Division is in charge of all matters concerning salt and sugar in the country.

For those in the salt and sugar business, this sector is very important.

On weekdays, there must be many salt merchants and sugar merchants who come to the Salt and Sugar Department to do business.

But the gatekeeper's attitude is so bad, it is obviously not a day or two.

Get a glimpse of the whole leopard!

Li Ke thought about it for a while, and then he understood that it was precisely because this department was in charge of salt and sugar that it controlled the fate of many salt and sugar merchants.

Therefore, it seems reasonable that they are so high-profile and rampant.

Generally speaking, some salt merchants and sugar merchants must respect everyone in this salt and sugar department.

So Li Ke sneered, took out the appointment letter from his body and said:
"This officer is newly appointed, the head of the Salt and Sugar Department!"

There has always been a vacancy for the head of the Salt and Sugar Department.

Since the head of the Salt and Sugar Department died a month ago, since the work of this department has been handled well by other officials, the Ministry of Officials is not in a hurry to immediately arrange for a new head to take up the post.

After all, there is still a shortage of court officials now!
But it was precisely because of this that Li Ke suspected that there was something wrong with the Salt and Sugar Department.

After all, if the Department of Salt and Sugar lacked one official before, and the remaining officials could be busy, then after establishing cooperative relations with other countries, the Department of Salt and Sugar can still be busy.

And there is no mention of the matter of applying to the Ministry of Officials for manpower.

This made Li Ke a little suspicious.

In his impression, those who eat official food all wish they could do less.

Especially in a busy department like the Salt and Sugar Department, the more people the better, everyone wants to be lazy, not to mention that the head is the third in command of the Salt and Sugar Department, which plays a great role.

If such an official is absent for a long time, the Department of Salt and Sugar will definitely be very busy.

What's more, there are so many things now!

(End of this chapter)