Chapter 182: Unclean Salt

"Your Highness, sir, your subordinates will go back as soon as they go. Wang Wu was standing beside the prince, and of course he heard what Murong Shuo said to Qiao Zhihan clearly, so he said to the prince.

"Be careful, this is always an unfamiliar place. The prince instructed. In fact, just like Murong Shuo said, Wang Wu can send his men to investigate. But Wang Wu still chose to go by himself, obviously, he chose the person he trusted the most.

"Your Highness, don't worry, your subordinates will pay attention. Please wait for Your Highness and Niangniang. Wang Wu nodded in agreement, and walked towards the smoke gathered together.

But as soon as the children on the road saw the prince and them enter the village, one of them had already run away to report to the adults. Of course, this Murong Shuo had already discovered it. But he didn't stop it, because the more they did, the more flaws they exposed. Murong Shuo wished they could do more things to cover up.

That's why he asked Wang Wu to send someone over casually. Anyway, even if the man arrived, he would have gone in vain. Of course, Murong Shuo would not let Qiao Zhihan and himself do such useless work. And now, especially in such an abnormal situation, Murong Shuo immediately paid attention to Xiao Gong's every move.

Obviously, at first, Xiao Gong frowned, also because she noticed that something was wrong with this village. Moreover, her eyes also lingered on those children and peasant women, from her hand unconsciously touching her own neck, Murong Shuo knew that she had discovered the problem of their thick necks. And those extraordinarily thin children, as well as large patches of cooking smoke, apparently she also noticed.

A maid can have such a keen sense of observation, even not inferior to the crown princess and the crown prince. Such a maid. Even if she is a maid now, she will never be in the pool in the future. She also saw this, but she pretended not to know anything, not publicized, and indeed a smart girl who knew how to protect herself.

Murong Shuo expected that Wang Wu would not find anything in the past, and soon, Wang Wu proved his prediction. Not only did others come back soon. Together with the men the village hadn't seen before. and the lieutenant chief who led the way in front of him, all of whom appeared at the side of the royal house. Then they went home again. In the end, only the lieutenant chief followed the royal house to the prince.

"Zhang Zheng, the head of the village in Xiaqiuli. I've seen Young Master Jing and Mrs. Jing. I haven't been a guest for a long time, but I was negligent for a while, I hope the young master and Mrs. will forgive me. Li Chang Zhang Zheng came to the prince and arched his hand. The crown prince's pseudonym outside is Jing Huan. With Mr. Jinghuan when he was in the capital. Just one word. And his identity is the young master of the scholarly family in the capital. In order to recuperate, he came to the six counties of Jiangnan.

"The lieutenant is polite. We passed by your place, and seeing that it was getting late, we wanted to borrow a place to rest with the chief for a night, and I wonder if the chief could help?" And then the road. I believe that the king of the house must have said it before, but he is also the owner of the team, of course, he still has to open this mouth on behalf of everyone.

"Those who come are guests. Of course, we will not hesitate to help us. Just now, the young master's long-term entourage has also explained the reason to the little old man. The little old man has already asked people to clean up the place. If the young master and the lady don't dislike it, please come with the little old man. "I saw that this young man was so kind. Of course, I won't refuse again.

"Thank you, Captain. The prince thanked him again.

After that, under the leadership of the lieutenant chief, everyone went to the small courtyard that the lieutenant chief sent someone to clean up first. This is the private courtyard of the eldest nephew, and there are three rooms in total, including the main room. The crown prince and the crown princess have one, Xiaoluo Xiaolan and Qiao Zhihan have one, and the royal house has one with Murong Shuo. Of course, that's what the governor thinks.

Of course, Qiao Zhihan didn't mind sleeping with Xiao Gong and them, even if Murong Shuo was a little mindful of Xiao Gong. And Wang Wu didn't dare to squeeze in one room with Murong Shuo, and Murong Shuo was not used to having strangers around. But according to the conditions here, they are outsiders, so it is safer for everyone to live in the same courtyard. Especially, now that the prince is around, there are only five of them. plus the crown prince and the crown princess, there are only seven people. The coachman lives elsewhere. Therefore, Murong Shuo didn't say anything more.

After the room was assigned, Xiao Gong and the others did not dare to touch the ingredients that were already in the yard. I only took some rice and grain brought by the car to make some porridge and steamed buns, and distributed them to everyone for dinner. While Xiao Gong and Xiao Lan were preparing for dinner, the crown prince, princess and Murong Shuo and others were in the room, listening to the report of the royal house.

The content of Wang Wu's report was not much as Murong Shuo expected, as soon as he arrived at the place, before he approached the room where the smoke was coming out, most of the people had already started to walk out, and the one who walked in front was Zhang Zheng, the head of the house. Except for the chief who kept smiling, the expressions of the others couldn't be seen at all. But a man passed by the king's house, and the king's house still sensed the man's hostility towards him.

Wang Wu knew that this place was not simple, and of course he wanted to go in and find out, which was also the purpose of his personal visit. But the lieutenant soon blocked him, and the others also blocked his way, intentionally or unintentionally, so he could only secretly grab a handful of wet soil in the underground closest to the room, put it in his sleeve while no one found it, and brought it to the prince and after they had broken up the crowd, he fell on the table.

Now that the soil has dried somewhat, you can still see the white crystals in the soil through the lamp. It looks like salt, Qiao Zhihan pinched it curiously, and just wanted to put it in her mouth but was frowned at by Murong Shuo. Reluctantly confirmed: "These are salt, you don't have to taste it." It seems that they are boiling salt privately. ”

"Boiling salt privately, is it private salt?" Wang Wu is not uninformed, of course, it is because the prince has asked him to find a similar case before.

"It should just be for your own consumption. It's just that maybe they didn't boil the salt in the right way, and they didn't boil the salt cleanly, so most of the people here have thick necks, and the children and women are also very thin. The crown princess spoke.

"No wonder their necks are so thick, it turns out that they have eaten unclean salt. Sister, you're so good, you even know this. Qiao Zhihan sighed.

"My sister also looks at it from the book, so I would like to lend you this book if I have the opportunity. In fact, this is one of the important reasons why the government prohibits the sale of illicit salt. Of course, windfall profits are also an important reason for banning smuggled salt. Seeing that Qiao Zhihan was interested, Luo Zijin not only seized the opportunity to tell her more knowledge, but also recommended her to read books.

"It turns out that because of this, I didn't know why the government banned cheap private salt, and only allowed housekeepers to buy and sell. It turned out that the government was still for the safety of the people. We eat the salt of the official family, so the neck is normal. Qiao Zhihan is only now convinced to think about the channel. (To be continued.) )>