Chapter 217

Wang Sihai took people to buy things on the street, and soon bought half a carriage of rice noodles and meat vegetables.

A group of people, cars and horses went straight to Lao Feizhuang ten miles away!

The mountain road is difficult to walk, and I walked for an hour and a half before I came to Lao Feizhuang.

When they saw the carriage and horses, the villagers ran away from a distance, as if they had seen a tiger and a wolf!

"Childe, they didn't shoot you, they treated you as an official!"

Fei Niu smiled bitterly: "These old Feizhuang salt wells have dried up, every time the government comes to collect salt and taxes, we can't pay it, and the big guys are afraid of being arrested!"

Wang Yuan nodded silently!

It's the same in Dawang Village, if you can't pay taxes, the officials will take people directly.

However, some stove households came out and pretended to be bold and asked: "Jiatou, have you borrowed money to see a doctor for the calf?"

"Didn't borrow!"

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Fei Niu pointed at Wang Yuan: "But this son is merciful and gives money to help the calf see a doctor." ”

"Gongzi Xie, our Jiatou is a good person, originally the salt well in the village was dry, if he left a few years ago, he is still a wealthy family, it was he who paid to dig the salt well for the village, dug a few mouths in a row, hollowed out the family, but did not come out of the brine, so he ended up in this field, you saved the calf, and you are also the benefactor of our village, the villain kowtowed to you!"

The stove ran to the carriage, banged his head three times, and got up and stepped aside!

The carriage moves on!

When many stove households heard this, they all ran to the carriage and kowtowed, kowtowing to Wang Yuan to thank Jiatou.

Wang Yuan looked at Fei Niu and nodded:

As far as he knows, Jiatou and the stove household, like the landlord and the tenant, are basically opposites!

There are not many such as Fei Niu and Stove Household!

Fei Niu smiled bitterly: "I'm not just for them, I'm for the ancestral business of the old Fei family, but it's a pity that I dug three salt wells in a row and took all the family business, but there is no brine at all!"

Wang Yuan opened his mouth to reassure: "All the efforts will not be in vain!"

"Childe, don't comfort the villain, you don't know our stove!"

Fei Niu laughed miserably: "There are three hardships in the world: striking iron, boiling salt, and grinding tofu; our stove household is a lowly family, and we have to boil salt for the rest of our lives, we can't pass the imperial examination, we can't do business, the salt wells are all boiled dry, and the government still has to collect so much salt and so many taxes, and many people in the village have fled." ”

Looking at the skinny stove households in the distance, and then thinking of the wealth of the salt merchants and salt transportation envoys, Wang Yuan felt extremely uncomfortable in his heart, and patted Fei Niu on the shoulder: "Trust me, it will get better!"

Fei Niu smiled sadly and was silent!

The carriage arrived at Fei Niu's house, a well-looking eight-room tiled house.

The Fei family's wife and daughter were waiting in front of the door, and when they saw Wang Yuan, they knelt down and kowtowed!

After some politeness, Fei Niu led Wang Yuan and his party and began to look at the salt wells in the village!

Lao Feizhuang is the earliest salt well in Feicang, the deep one is 100 meters, the shallow one is more than 10 meters, and there is only a thin layer of brine left at the bottom of the well.

Some families are still boiling salt, but due to the limited brine, there is very little salt boiled, and there is not enough salt to hand over to the government, let alone support their families!

But a stove household is a stove household, and it is destined to fate as soon as it is born, and it is not allowed to engage in other industries.

After looking at all the salt wells, Wang Yuan stopped in front of the deepest salt well, and the big tiger stood close behind, blocking everyone!

"Twenty-three zhang!"

Looking at the black oil wellhead, Wang Yuan turned around and smiled: "Fei Niu, I want to dig this well again, do you want to gamble with me again!"

"Childe, you are the benefactor of the Fei family, what you say is what you say!"

Fei Niu smiled bitterly and turned his head: "Horse manger, donkey trough, hurry up and call the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh children, prepare ropes, awls, and hammers, and let's go down to dig wells!"

The two turned around to run, and they knew that the eldest brother was repaying the favor!

If Childe wants to play, they will accompany him!

"Stop!"

Wang Yuan stopped the two: "Your way of sinking the well is too slow, follow my drawings to build the sinking tools, and I will teach you how to dig the well quickly!"

The three brothers looked suspicious: "Childe, have you dug a well?"

"Nope!"