After staring at it for a long time, Gongzi Musheng ordered the palace people to come forward with a wooden tray, and after placing the tray on several cases, he poured the refined salt in the bottle into the tray. When he landed, a small salt mound was puffed up in the tray, which at first glance looked jade-clean and fresh, but it was dazzling. But after a closer look, Gongzi Musheng's brows were twisted, and then, I saw him stretch out his long finger and rub it into the refined salt, and after a while, a few grains of fine sand were stuck to the white fingertips.

Seeing this, the middle-aged scribe frowned, he was busy approaching, and said puzzledly: "Qian Lu's monthly Yulu stone is two thousand, so he won't be able to afford refined salt?"

"Not really. Gongzi Musheng glanced at him, the corners of his lips raised slightly, but he was sneering. His deep eyes stared at the sand grains on his fingertips for a moment, his gaze was a little deep, and his voice was a little colder. ”

"What does he do with salt?"

"If the salt merchants everywhere are adulterated with sand and fake, the salt industry will be a catastrophe that will destroy the country. As he said this, Gongzi Musheng kept rubbing the fine sand on his fingertips, and a burst of awe-inspiring aura arose all over his body. After a while, he finally sighed, leaned on the table, half-squinted, and slowly ordered: "Go to Huanong Palace and invite Princess Tianjiao to come." ”

After a while, Zhou Rushui arrived. At that time, she saw that her son-in-law Mu Sheng was pondering for a few moments, as if she was thinking about something important, so she picked up the complicated and luxurious skirt and quietly entered the bed.

But she was cautious, but the Peiyu on her hair was crisp, so she sat down, and Gongzi Musheng raised her eyes and looked over.

He saw that at this moment, his sister's beautiful and beautiful face was still flushed, and when he saw him, she also looked at him, and turned her eyes, and glanced at the kudzu powder on a few cases casually, and her thin white fingers knocked along the wooden box, and said squeamishly and lazily: "Brother, you are really, you still think it is a good thing! These slimy things don't like to eat!" she pouted squeamishly, but as she spoke, she raised her eyebrows again, and suddenly stared at Gongzi Musheng, with red lips and white teeth, and her eyebrows and watery eyes, and said seriously: " However, Qian Lu can also be regarded as having a heart. In the "Treatise on Medicinal Properties", it is said that the kudzu root is appetizing and eaten, and the main thing is to relieve alcohol and poison and quench polydipsia. Although the son doesn't like it, the brother should eat more from time to time. ”

Seeing that her face became faster than the sky, Gongzi Musheng smiled faintly, he rubbed Zhou Rushui's hair dotingly, looked at her and said: "Qian Lu does have a heart, and he understands that there is eyeliner everywhere, so he never communicates with me. The kudzu powder sent this time brought something with it, and it was also ordinary, and it couldn't attract the attention of others at all. ”

Hearing this, Zhou Rushui raised his eyebrows and asked in surprise, "What is it?"

Seeing that she was curious, Gongzi Musheng smiled and waved his hand, and asked the palace maid to send the tray.

Sure enough, when she saw the tray of Zhou Rushui, she giggled, and she teased: "Is there a lack of salt in Wuzhou? Or is he lacking in heart?" She smiled so delicately that her picturesque eyes were bent into crescents. But smiling and smiling, Zhou Rushui was stunned. She suddenly stopped laughing, squinted at the refined salt on the tray, and suddenly, like Gongzi Mu Sheng, stretched out her finger and flicked it a few times in the salt mund.

Staring at the fine sand stained on the white and tender fingertips, Zhou Rushui was stunned for a long time before looking at Gongzi Musheng again, her beautiful facial features were as exquisite as flowers carved on the screen of the hill, but her stunned expression looked unusually dazed and empty, she asked hesitantly: "Brother, did he have a problem with the salt business? Could it be that the salt merchants are mixing sediment with salt?"

Her guess was exactly the same as that of Gongzi Musheng, hearing this, Gongzi Musheng smiled lightly, looked at Zhou Rushui, his eyes showed a bit of undisguised love, and he said slowly: "I think the same way for my brother." ”

Outside, the sun is still in full bloom. The drunken wind was blowing, with a hint of warmth. Zhou Rushui's expression was full of joy and worry. The three words of salt were like pebbles thrown into the surface of a silent lake, stirring her heart. It turns out that Brother has long been suspicious of "salt introduction"?

In that year, the five continents collapsed, and Zhou was the first to establish himself as a country. However, due to the ongoing wars in the surrounding areas, the border of Zhou was also repeatedly harassed, and there were wars from time to time. For this reason, Emperor Shengdi of Zhou had to build nine border towns in the north and south to protect the country and resist foreign invasion.

However, at that time, the Zhou State was in ruins, and the people of the whole country were poor, and the people were tired. Although Emperor Zhou Shengdi set up nine border towns to protect the health of the border, the food in the warehouse was also limited, which was not enough to maintain the livelihood of the border soldiers. Later, in order to solve the problem of food supply in important military towns, Emperor Shengdi of Zhou implemented the "salt introduction system".

In the previous dynasty, salt and iron were under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and the central government set up salt and iron under the big Si Nong, who was in charge of the salt and iron business, and set up salt officials or iron officials in local counties and counties to operate the production and marketing of salt and iron.

However, since Emperor Shengdi of Zhou implemented the "salt introduction system", as long as there are merchants who are willing to transport the grain from the interior to the frontier, they can exchange the grain with the government for the corresponding amount of salt, and they can go to the salt field to get the corresponding amount of salt with the salt introduction, and after obtaining the salt, the merchants can sell the salt at will, which is very profitable. For this reason, since the implementation of the "salt introduction system", over the past hundred years, there have been countless businessmen in the Zhou State who have gone one after another, and they have gone through hardships and gone to the nine sides of the northwest, just to exchange grain for salt and earn the difference.

For hundreds of years, "salt introduction" has long been a matter of course in the Zhou State. But now, because of Qian Lu's hints, Gongzi Musheng has doubts about "salt introduction"!

Gongzi Musheng's voice was cold and rare, and he patiently explained to Zhou Rushui: "I think you have already figured it out." Thinking about the past, Guan Zhong lifted salt and Kechu. In the previous dynasty, the salt and iron official camp was implemented, and its punishment was extremely severe, and if the people boiled salt and sold salt without permission, they would be punished with their left toe. It can be seen that since ancient times, salt has been a major national matter. For this reason, if there is a mess in the salt business, I am not far from the chaos. ”

Since his rebirth, Zhou Rushui's memories of his past life are like flowers that wither in the season, and there is not much left. Many things today are also different from what I remember. But in her shallow memory, in her previous life, Gongzi Musheng never questioned the "salt introduction". She only vaguely remembered that in the last years of the Zhou Dynasty, natural disasters*,* the first to bear the brunt was the hollow outside of the salt merchants.

At that time, in all parts of the Zhou State, even in Qin and Youer Counties, which are famous for their abundant refined salt, as well as her Shiyi Pu County, local salt merchants were competing to lower the purchase price of salt, and tried their best to raise the price of salt.

Because of this, Zhou's domestic hardship intensified, and the people were already displaced and could not afford the expensive salt, and even if they bought it thriftly, most of the money they bought back was sediment. In this way, only in the Liangjiang area, there have been many tragedies of loss of appetite, weakness of limbs, and finally weak pulse and muscle spasms due to the lack of salt for a long time. This is also one of the □□ of the boiling public resentment in the last years of the Zhou Dynasty, and it is also the key to the unimpeded uprising of the Liu Jiajun and the fall of the Zhou State.

Anyone who wants to understand that hard work and hard survival are expected to be safe in life. But don't say that the rice is warm and full, and he can't even afford salt, and even die of illness and weakness. Serving such a Son of Heaven, it is really better to go against the sky!

Thinking of the past, Zhou Rushui didn't say a word for a while. Her heart fluttered, but she was so nervous that she buried her face in her lap.

In Gongzi Musheng's opinion, she was scared. But in fact, what she is afraid of is not the present, but the future. After a while, Zhou Rushui really made up his mind. She slowly raised her face, pouted slightly with a red and glamorous mouth, and suddenly, she grabbed Gongzi Musheng's clothes.

Facing the warm and caring gaze of the prince Mu Sheng, Zhou Rushui opened his mouth, and after a while, he finally said nervously, seriously, slowly: "Brother, I even dreamed for three days before last, and in my dream, I saw the eldest brother handing me a rag. When I took it, I saw a bloody handwriting on the rag, which actually read, 'Salt and ginseng mud, lack of clothes in winter.' I thought at the time, the world thinks that dreams are the opposite, so I don't care. Later, I thought that my Fengyi Pu County was also rich in salt, so I was even more reluctant to mention this unfortunate thing. But now that I think about it, it's terrifying. ”

Zhou Rushui has 3,000 households, and the fiefdom is in Linyi County, and Zhuwu County, Pingchang County, Hengyang County, Nanchang County, and Shiwei County are juxtaposed in the county. In the fifteenth year of Taikang, King Zhou ordered that Pu County, a major salt-producing area, be transferred to Linyi County. At that time, among the sons and daughters of King Zhou, Zhou Tianjiao's fief was the richest. The people of Zhou knew that the only daughter of King Zhou was deeply favored.

Her words were really shocking, and Rao is son, Mu Sheng, also showed a rare surprise. His eyes sank, and when he raised his eyes, he took back the clothes she was pulling, and said sternly, even seriously: "Salt ginseng mud? ”

Although, when people re-dreamed, they thought it was God's will. But Gongzi Musheng is not too bewitched by ghosts and gods. But Zhou Rushui's words were conclusive, and the person who trusted the dream was the first prince Luo He, and he was talking about the country's major affairs, and he couldn't help but be a little confused. What's more, a few days ago, Meng Gongcai said that the sky had changed, and this year Zhou Guo is afraid that there will be a bitter winter. In this way, he couldn't help but be stern.

Gongzi Mu Sheng's deep gaze also made Zhou Rushui stunned. Under his stern staring, Zhou Rushui furrowed his eyebrows. She raised her hand a little dissatisfied and pulled her son-in-law Mu Sheng's tense dough, bit her lip, and said a little angrily: "What is Brother doing so fiercely?

The still delicate and pretty sister-in-law pouted in a blink of an eye and could hang the oil bottle, Gongzi Mu Sheng didn't know whether to laugh, he sighed, and also learned Zhou Rushui's movements and pulled her clothes, and softened her voice and persuaded: "What's angry? Brother Fang Cai is not murdering you." As he spoke, he leaned over to look at her again, poked her thin white face lightly with his long fingers, and said cussly: "In this case, the son will leave for Hualin Palace tomorrow to escape the summer?"

"Didn't you go until the fifth day of the new year?" Zhou Rushui glanced at his face, his eyes widened, and he was even more annoyed.

Seeing that she was like a little beast with its tail stepped on, Gongzi Mu Sheng smiled even more warmly, he couldn't help but rub her face, looked at her clear eyes, and said patiently and softly: "Originally, I wanted you to meet Wang San first, and then set off to the palace to avoid Wei Envoy." But now, salt affairs may be difficult, and the matter is important, and I dare not trust others for my brother. I had no choice but to grieve you to set off earlier, and while the news had not yet spread, I would visit the salt prices and salt quality of the counties along the way. In this way, the elder brother can have a conclusion in his heart. ”

Gongzi Musheng's words are reasonable, and when she heard this, Zhou Rushui couldn't say anything, and she didn't know why she had such a big reaction. It's just that she thought that she couldn't see Wang Yuxi on the fifth day of junior high school, and she still felt empty. Thinking about it, she forcibly suppressed the strangeness in her heart, sullenly pushed away Gongzi Mu Sheng's hand that was pinching her face, slapped her back unhappily, and then said in a low voice: "But how can I pass the message with my brother? If I use a messenger, I am afraid it will not be safe." ”

Although she was annoyed, she was still very thoughtful. Gongzi Mu Sheng couldn't help but smile approvingly, and said nonchalantly: "The Left Guards have been idle for a long time, just call them back." As he spoke, he winked at Zhou Rushui, and in her increasingly surprised gaze, he lightly pursed his lips and continued: "Now, my son-in-law is a lot more sensible. The left guards have been idle for a long time, and it is time to wait for the order to return. This is also the right time, so today's brother will pass on the order of the Left Guard to you, and from now on, you will be their master. ”

What he said was extremely casual, but with a slight smile, he took out a green dragon rune from the dark box on the side and handed it to Zhou Rushui without hesitation. Without hesitation, he handed over the best of the elite army of the Zhou State to her, who had not yet reached the end of the war.