The night was as quiet as water, the full moon was like a lamp, and two penniless people led the horse aimlessly, glancing at each other from time to time, laughing. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Our prince, a princess, can't even afford a place to live. Ying Yunshu sighed, but there was no downcast on his face.

"We won't be down for long, it's been a long time, and they should be able to catch up with us soon. "Kazuki is not worried about the authentic at all.

Ying Yunshu smiled mysteriously: "They won't catch up with us?"

"Why?" asked Kazuki after a pause.

"Why? I won't tell you, haha" looked triumphant, leading the horse forward.

The pictures all the way in Hua Yue's mind flashed one after another, and suddenly a flash of inspiration did not pierce the proud Ying Yunshu, but only said lightly: "Then we can only sell Chasing Yun for silver." ”

Ying Yunshu hurriedly protected his dark horse, and said repeatedly: "This is not good, no one can sell it." As he spoke, he caressed and stroked the mane of Chasing Cloud.

As if he understood their words, Chaiyun took a few breaths towards Huayue, and then rubbed the horse's face in Yingyunshu's palm, looking very enjoyable.

Hua Yue looked at her heartbeat, this horse is really spiritual, and she couldn't help but step forward and touch it, "Don't be afraid, this princess won't starve you." As he spoke, he took out a silver hairpin from his head, held it in his hand, and walked towards the farmhouse with the lights on.

Hua Yue has been thinking about riding a horse for the past few days, and has been riding and dressing up, only a few silver hairpins have been inserted on her head, but this time it came in handy.

Ying Yunshu was a little embarrassed when he saw it: "When you arrive in the capital, you can choose gold, silver and jewelry, hehe." As he spoke, he crossed the flower moon and patted the bamboo door first.

After a while, a rough voice sounded: "Who?"

Ying Yunshu didn't know how to speak, a little silent. Hua Yue shouted through the bamboo door: "Big brother, we missed the overnight stay on the way, can we spend the night?"

The bamboo door creaked open, and out of it came a man dressed in short clothes or so. Hua Yue hurriedly handed him the silver hairpin in her hand, "We ran out of silver on the road, is this the same as the silver hairpin as accommodation expenses?"

The man saw that the two of them were dressed luxuriously, and at first glance, they were either rich or expensive, so he hurriedly shirked it, "No, no, from a poor family, Miss Gongzi doesn't dislike it." ”

Ying Yunshu snatched the silver hairpin from Hua Yue's hand and stuffed it into the man's hand, "If you want to take it, take it, and get us something to eat by the way." With that, he walked in.

Hanazuki and the man also went inside, and found that next to the banana tree in the garden, two boys were practicing calligraphy around a small bamboo table. A woman sat on one side and mended her clothes.

The woman saw the two men and quickly stood up, and the two boys looked at them in amazement.

The man hurriedly introduced: "My name is Liu Zhu, this is the child and his mother Yu's family, these are my two babies, Da Niu, and Er Niu." Then he said to the three of them: "These two young ladies are going to spend a night at our house, and you will sleep with your father and mother tonight." you, get some food first, and then clean up the big cow's house for the guests to live in. ”

Hua Yue hurriedly thanked her, but Yun Yun Shu sat down next to Da Niu and asked, "What are you writing?"

Erniu said a little childishly: "My brother is teaching me to practice calligraphy. ”

Ying Yunshu looked at the faint light and said with a smile: "It's really late to work hard, and I'm still practicing calligraphy, so be careful of burning my eyes." I'll write it tomorrow. As he spoke, he picked up the paper and looked at it, only to find that the back of the paper was already full of words.

Da Niu snorted: "That's not good, the master has been arrested, and no one will teach us to read and write in the future, so we must quickly memorize these."

Ying Yunshu looked at Liu Zhu suspiciously, "Your family's teacher has been arrested?"

Liu Zhu saw that these two people were not at a good time, and maybe he could still bring the master out, so he hurriedly explained: "This master came to us, saying that as long as he is given a place to live and eat, he will teach these children for free."

Later, several villages rented a yard for the master to live in, which was also convenient for teaching the children to read.

The father and son not only taught the children to read, how to find salt lakes, and how to dry salt. ”

Balabala, said a lot of good things about the master. Yun Yun Shu was impatient to listen, and was about to have a seizure but was pulled by Hua Yue, who asked, "How was the master arrested?"

Liu Zhu didn't say anything, after cleaning up the room, Yu Shi came over with a bamboo rice plate, put down the food and said: "It's not the salt lake that is making trouble, and I don't know how the city guard heard about it, not to say that the salt lake belongs to the government, and asked us to hand over the salt that was dried before, and the master was arrested for us." ”

"Moyang City Guard?" asked Ying Yunshu.

"It's him, although our remote water area is under the jurisdiction of Moyang City, the city guard will not come to take care of us for ten or eight years, as long as the village officials pay taxes and silver every year.

In the past few years, relying on the salt lake found by the master, several of our neighboring villages have also become rich. I don't know which one of the killers told the city guard about this, and the city guard personally came to seal the salt lake and asked us to hand over the harvest of the past few years.

But where did we get it, the master stood up and spoke to us, saying that this salt lake was originally given up by the government, and the villagers were legal, not to mention that now that they have taken it back, it makes sense to let the village name return the previous one.

As a result, the city guard said that the master was not a local, but he instigated the villagers to bully him, seize the state property, and have bad intentions, so he took the master away, and also arrested a few people who defended the master. Liu Zhu finished speaking indignantly in one breath, and hurriedly poured a few sips of water.

Hua Yue listened to the clouds and looked at Ying Yunshu suspiciously.

Ying Yunshu explained: "Our vast land is scarce, most of it is water, and seafood is not easy to preserve, so most of it is used for self-consumption. Salt became the main source of income for the country.

The exploitation of sea salt is mainly attributed to the state, while lake salt is allocated to towns according to geographical location, as long as the annual tax is paid.

However, there is an unwritten rule in the firmament that as long as the salt lake is abandoned by the government, the people can exploit it, and the income goes to the individual. ”

Only then did Hua Yue understand, and sneered: "Since it doesn't belong to the government, then this city guard is afraid that it will be in his own pocket." Isn't your salt lake very productive? ”

Yu hurriedly said, "Yes, girl, how do you know?"

Then he said: "This salt lake was originally too small and labor-intensive, so it was abandoned. Later, after we used the method taught by the master, the amount of mining increased. ”

"Did you tell me about the method of mining and drying salt?" Kazuki asked.

"No, the Master told us that if we tell the city guards this method, I'm afraid we will all be in trouble. Liu Zhu said.

Hua Yue saw that they were not stupid, and what this city guard really wanted was this method of mining and drying salt. The arrest was just coercion, so he looked at Ying Yunshu.

Ying Yunshu was stared at uncomfortably, and said, "Look at what I do? ”

Hua Yue smiled: "But you can save it!"