Laughing at Wang Yuxi, Zhou Rushui mustered up the courage to look at him. She wrung her hands, her cheeks flushed with shy embarrassment. But even if it is embarrassing, even if it is difficult to speak, it has already started to speak, and it is already on the bow, and it has to be spoken.

After a while, she continued: "Before Tianjiao left the palace, he smelled the salt and hid the trouble. In this way, when I traveled this time, I also paid more attention to salt affairs by the way. Only then did I realize that the salt merchants had made so great profits that the people had been forced to suffer unspeakably! According to what I have investigated, every time the salt factory sells salt to the outside world, the price is only one or two cents, three or four cents. But just Zhou to a county, the price of salt costs forty or fifty wen per catty, and after it is transported to various places for sale, the near one needs sixty or seventy wen, and the far one needs □□ ten wen. In the past ten years, the purchase price of salt has not changed much, but the price has risen, and it has become irrepressible. ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Rushui paused, blinking her eyes and looking at Wang Yuxi, who was drinking tea for a long time, she pursed her lips before continuing: "I have been thinking day and night these days, and I finally understood that only in Zhouzhi County, the annual marketing of salt is nearly 1.4 million yuan, and then it increased to more than 1.9 million yuan, and each introduction increased from 200 catties to 400 catties. Then for every 300 catties, a pound of salt can make a profit of 30 wen to count, and a line of salt can be used to make a profit of nine taels of silver. Based on the 1.4 million quotes from Zhou to the county, there should be a profit of 12 million taels. With such heavy profits, salt merchants are still short of catties and two, and some will intensify their efforts to mix with sediment. In this way, if the salt is not rectified, I am afraid that the day when the salt is mixed with inedible will not be far away. ”

None of these should be understood by Zhou Rushui's sister-in-law, and with her usual preferences for wind criticism, she will definitely not be involved in political affairs. But Wang Yuxi listened to her talk eloquently, but she was neither surprised nor confused. His deep eyes smoothed over her face, and he smiled lightly but didn't answer the bottom of his eyes. The long fingers with distinct bones buckled a few cases, and only after a word, he said lightly and calmly: "The little princess's trip is only for salt, how can she follow the way?"

His voice was deep and pleasant, like the best silk in the world, but his tone was as indifferent as frost and snow, extremely cold, and extremely cold. He looked at her, his picturesque eyes were as clear as a flat lake, as if he had already seen through her and seen through her.

Looking at Wang Yuxi's clear and lofty eyes, Zhou Rushui only felt a panic in his heart. Immediately after, she watched Wang Yuxi get up from the couch without warning, and he stepped forward, and he was close to her in just one step. Overnight, his forehead was almost touching hers, and his cool breath pressed to her lips, and he looked at her with a smell of breath.

It was at such an extreme distance that he looked at her, and suddenly, stretched out his slender white fingers, and gracefully and gently caressed her white and delicate little face.

Because of his movements, Zhou Rushui's eyes widened, and her face burned red when she rubbed it. There was a strange feeling like a tide crashing on the shore, cascading towards her. The distance was too dangerous, and she almost subconsciously wanted to duck backwards. However, Wang Yuxi's palm had already taken a step towards her earlier than hers, and he gently hugged the back of her neck, so sleepy that she couldn't move.

He wrapped his arms around the back of her neck, and with his other hand, he was still gently caressing her face. Slowly, he finally lowered his head, and those picturesque eyes were straight at her, and he looked into her eyes, and slammed into her heart. He smiled shallowly, and suddenly, in a gentle tone that was almost drowning, he slowly sighed: "There is a question in the stream that is often incomprehensible, and the little princess is in love." But why do you go around and talk only about state affairs?"

In broad daylight, so intimate, and so questioned. Even if they are very close at the moment, even if his tone is obviously very gentle, Zhou Rushui's face is still gradually white. Her breathing was a few beats of confusion, and for a moment, it was like a dying fish that had escaped the lake.

There is no need to say more, Wang Yuxi is finally clear now. He made it clear that he knew she had taken advantage of him, and he knew that she was now turning around and trying to take advantage of him again.

In this way, all kinds of thoughts came to his heart, and Zhou Rushui unexpectedly relieved his strength. She fell softly into Wang Yuxi's arms and looked at him for a moment. She looked at him obsessively and in a trance, and suddenly, sneered in a low voice and said: "Who in the world doesn't know you? From a distance, they are already fascinated, not to mention, Tianjiao can still get along day and night?" she smiled again and slowly lowered her eyes. With red eyes, she continued to murmur in a low voice: "Tianjiao sincerely wishes to be clear to everyone, but since I came to this world as Zhou Tianjiao, I have lost that freedom. “

She didn't plead, she didn't beg for mercy, she didn't deny it, she just felt melancholy and sadness from the bottom of her heart.

From the moment she opened her eyes, she was trapped in a dilemma, whether she entered or retreated, Liu Zheng would be fulfilled. As a result, Wang Yuxi became her lifesaver. She held him tightly, saying that she admired and loved him. She was actually afraid and wanted to escape, but by chance, under the deliberate promotion of her brother, she could see him on the fifth day of every month.

The moon on the fifth day of the first month is shaped like a curved eyebrow, like her careful heart. He accompanied her to learn calligraphy, taught her archery, and taught her to play a bow. He is obviously a handsome young man, but sometimes he seems to be an old man who understands the overall situation. He could always see through her clearly, and make her fear and yearn for her.

She also wants to continue like this, and she hopes that there will not be this scene today. She also knows that it is really shameful to do things for profit. But she really has nowhere to run, no way back.

Thinking about it, Zhou Rushui lowered his eyes lonely. Under the dense eyelashes, her pretty face was a little broken because of sadness, and the despair and helplessness that burst out of her body were more like a helpless young bird.

At last week's moist and sad eyes, Wang Yuxi's brows involuntarily twisted slightly. He actually subconsciously felt it, as if there were thousands of small needles pierced into his heart upright. For a moment, a little surprise crossed his eyes. Immediately afterward, he immediately let go of Zhou Rushui, flicked his sleeves, turned around, and leisurely retreated to his seat.

He relied on a few and was quiet for a while, before he stared at Zhou Rushui again, word by word, and said unhurriedly: "In the twenty-second year of Taikang, the king went on a southern tour. Jin merchant Lu Bin raised funds to build a palace in Yuning Temple, and dedicated the 'River Garden' on the north side of the hookah Lake to the 'Official Garden'. In the thirtieth year of Taikang, the king ordered the 'Zhongshun Mansion' to build the 'Shun Daotai' overnight, in which the salt merchants contributed a lot, and His Majesty sighed: "The wealth of the salt merchants is great!" In the past two years alone, the salt merchants have donated six times, consuming a total of 17 million taels of silver. Saying that, Wang Yuxi smiled faintly and continued sarcastically: "My king likes extravagance. Over the years, the palace has been built, the Yaotai has been decorated, the Qiong room has been made, and the jade gate has been erected. All the young government refuses to come out, and all of them will come from huge subsidies. is so constantly fundraising, insatiable, and naturally he will not let go of the salt merchant who has been regarded by him as having great wealth early. In this way, even if the salt merchant holds up tens of millions of dollars, so what? Isn't it a drop in the bucket? Make a wedding dress for others?"

Wang Yuxi's words were exquisite, which made Zhou Rushui dumbfounded. Although she knew that in the "previous life" because of Wang Yuxi, the strength of the Xia Kingdom was incomparable. But now that she heard this, she was truly convinced! She finally understood why Xia Jun and his brother would not hesitate to invite him to his office! It turned out that he allowed himself to be an idler, and he always said that he was sick. But in fact, the whole world is in his eyes, and the vertical and horizontal strategies are just the hills and valleys in his chest.

What Wang Yuxi said is true, Zhou Wang Chong's belief in Taoism has reached the point of going mad. Since the fall of the first crown prince Luo He, he has been even more fanatical in Taoism, and even tried to use religious activities to deify himself and intimidate his subjects and enemy countries. In the early years, King Zhou would only practice Taoist Zhai Jiao in the Gongguan Taoist Courtyard outside the palace. But now, he has built the Qinde Hall in the palace into a Taoist hall, the dignity of the emperor, but like a Taoist priest, he makes offerings every day, and always worships and plays green words, and even the court often ignores it.

I also know that the cost of building a palace and standing a platform is innumerable. However, due to the war with the barbarians, there have been disasters for many years, and the Zhou State is not rich, and the treasury can be regarded as unable to make ends meet. In this way, being tossed back and forth by King Zhou, in the end, the required expenses were not paid, and in the end, it all fell on the heads of the people. And in the midst of the squeeze, the wealth is great and the pot is full, and the salt sellers who have long been looked at by the King of Zhou are naturally the first to bear the brunt. In this way, it is indeed as Wang Yuxi said, even if the salt merchants hold tens of millions of dollars, they will still not be able to afford such disguised donations again and again.

After all, most of this profiteer was forced out by the situation and by her insatiable monarch father!

Once upon a time, when she was ignorant, she was really proud of being a thousand years old in the Zhou Kingdom. But now, she is ashamed and speechless because of this.

Wang Yuxi's expression was very calm and indifferent. is full of wind and moon, but it has nothing to do with wind and moon. Speaking of this, his tone had softened a lot, and after a pause, he continued to say slowly: "The little princess knows, if you don't talk about other places, it is under the name of the king of Wulangya, and there are twenty-four salt shops. ”

This time, with hidden worries in his heart, Zhou Rushui's face finally turned white. It is a fool to be profitable or not, and the salt profits are so great that even her uncle Lou An is deeply involved in it, not to mention the high-ranking scholars like the Langya Wang family? It is true that compared to those wooden door merchants, only the scholars like them can really save salt profits and eventually become the biggest winners.

It is precisely for this reason that when it is mentioned that Qian Lu's book has changed to "salt introduction", the officials will be so noisy.

They are clamoring for opposition, and their words are conclusive, but where is it really because the "salt introduction" is a □□ measure that cannot be violated? They oppose it, and they are angry, but because their own interests have been touched.

If the "salt introduction system" is abolished, the current situation of salt management will be completely changed. At that time, the interests they cling to will also be cut off in vain. In the same way, the king of Zhou has long been accustomed to the filial piety and donation of salt merchants in recent years, and if the salt merchants cut off the financial route, then the financial road of the king of Zhou will naturally be narrow.

In this way, from top to bottom, the word "loyalty and filial piety" will be forced, forcing others to dare and cannot mention salt matters.