Huaibei and Huainan are one of the richest places in Yongchang, not to mention the rich products of the land of fish and rice, but the end of Huaibei is the entrance to the sea, which makes this rich land have a new income, that is, salt.

In this era, every grass and tree, every mountain and every water is a heavenly thing. Even the coarse salt collected in this sea is not something that can be mined at will.

The imperial court built a government office north of Huaibei, and there was a special salt official in charge of this work. When Emperor Longqing ascended the throne, he was even more strict with this matter. Originally, all kinds of magistrates were renewed every three years, but this salt official was replaced every year. And this appointment was also personally sealed by Emperor Longqing, and he must be a protégé of the Son of Heaven, and he will not pretend to be his hand.

Perhaps in Ke Xiyuan's last life, salt was just a random item that could be bought in the supermarket. But in this era, salt was extremely scarce. Moreover, the people of this era are particular about taking in moderation and do not like to over-exploit.

What's more, the technology of refining coarse salt into refined salt is really backward in this era. Therefore, as large as the palace and the homes of major ministers, there is no doubt that they are all refined salt. Ke Xiyuan was born in a rich family in this life, and she was a daughter, but she didn't know how expensive it was at first. It wasn't until Jiuhui talked to her carefully for a long time that she realized that it was so rare to eat delicious food.

The coarse salt was collected by the salters and dried in seawater, and then packed in bags and shipped everywhere. Ordinary people can buy a small bag of coarse salt, and they can eat it for a year. And those refined salts can only be extracted from a large pile of coarse salt, which is extremely precious.

Ke Xiyuan only knew. Why has the expenditure on kitchen purchases been so large? At first, I thought it was because the ingredients were precious, but now I know that there is such a big head as salt.

However. The imperial court has collected a certain amount, but there is still a continuous supply of salt on the market, which is worthy of further study.

The imperial court has also been vigorously cracking down on illegal salt, and such a delicate thing is always in its own hands to rest assured. You must know that the neighboring countries of Yongchang are so in awe. One of the big reasons is that Yongchang sells coarse salt to them. As for whether they can refine refined salt, it is not something that the imperial court is worried about. But if the private salt is stored in zài, and these countries take advantage of it. The peace in front of him will definitely be broken, and the other countries will definitely no longer be fearless, which is what the imperial court does not want to see.

So over the years, the imperial court has been cracking down on illicit salt. Even the salt workers were all deleted layer by layer before entering the salt department.

Ke Xiyuan and Zhou Chenyu talked about the night. The words Zhou Chenyu wrote on the table were salt characters. Although she didn't know that salt was so expensive in this era, she also knew that salt had always been a matter of concern in the imperial court, because there would always be one or two things related to the salt department written in the newspaper, even if she didn't want to, it was difficult.

So when he met Xiaosheng and saw his clothes, Ke Xiyuan became suspicious.

On that day, Lang Zhong was invited to see Xiaosheng's injuries. Slightly older, he is also a very eye-catching person. Ke Xiyuan showed him Xiaosheng's clothes. He said without hesitation, this is the clothes worn by the workers on the embankment.

This time, I came here for one thing on the surface and two things in the secret. When she saw that Xiaosheng was a worker on the river embankment, she thought about how she could understand one thing first, but she didn't want to be able to pull another thing out of Xiaosheng, which can be said to be an unexpected joy, which really makes people feel like they won the first battle.

Ke Xiyuan frowned and looked at the map drawn by Xiao Sheng, a little crying and laughing, "Are you sure this is a map?" ”

Xiao Sheng scratched his head a little embarrassed, looking at the beautiful woman in front of him with a sneer, but he was a little embarrassed.

"I haven't read a book, so where can I draw so beautifully? This is already good, and eight or nine will not be far from ten. You won't see it yourself, and it's up to me? Xiao Sheng still couldn't help but choke Ke Xiyuan twice, before he finished speaking, but regretted it again, and his face was a little hot.

Ke Xiyuan saw his appearance in his eyes, only felt funny, and didn't care about him, picked it up, thought about it, took another piece of paper, picked up the pen again, and copied it carefully, "Well, here, but a bush?" ”

Ke Xiyuan pointed to one place and asked Xiaosheng in a low voice.

Xiao Sheng didn't expect her to talk to herself like this, glanced at the map that she couldn't understand, and nodded embarrassedly, "Yes." ”

The more Ke Xiyuan looked at the map drawn by Xiao Sheng, the more he found that Xiao Sheng was really a good child, although he had never read a book, or even learned to write, if he looked carefully at the map drawn, he found that he remembered it very carefully.

Xiao Sheng's eyes also widened, looking at the map written by Ke Xiyuan, he couldn't help but exclaim, "You've been there!" ”

Zhuyu finally couldn't help it, put the book down, and said in a cold voice, "It's noisy! Thanks to my grandmother's good temper, I would have thrown you, an impolite boy of unknown origin, out of the boat and let you lose your temper with the fish in that river! ”

Xiao Sheng turned his head and looked at Zhuyu who was wearing an emerald green dress, and he couldn't help it when he wanted to blurt out. Zhuyu was born well, and she has been raised in the mansion these days, and Ke Xiyuan also spoils her, so it seems that there are a few people in charge of the family's young lady.

"Humph! If you disturb me reading again, I'll let my sister drop you!" Seeing that Xiaosheng didn't talk back, Zhuyu was a little surprised, so she sat down again and continued to read.

Xiao Sheng has a temper, and seeing that he has lost the opportunity to fight his mouth, he muttered angrily, "Smelly temper!" ”

Ke Xiyuan's hand almost shook and shook his head. These two stinky children, this temper is really incomparable.

I stopped my pen, looked at what I had drawn, thought about it carefully, and felt that this should also be a port, but there seemed to be a lot of trees on both sides, which cleverly concealed this port.

Thinking that it was Zhou Chenyu who could find out, he shouted, "Ke Ying!" ”

After Ke Ying appeared, Ke Xiyuan handed it to him, "Go and hand it over to Ke Fang, he should know how to hand it over to the second master." Be fast, I'm afraid it will be extremely useful to the second master! ”

Ke Ying nodded, and when he saw that the ink was dry, he put it in his arms and disappeared again.

Xiao Sheng opened his mouth wide, watched Ke Ying disappear, and couldn't help but say, "This...... Person...... No ......."

Zhuyu snorted coldly, "What a strange boy! ”

"You!" , Xiaosheng's temper is not good, Zhuyu has spoken many times, which is really unbearable for him, but when he saw Zhuyu staring at him, he was stunned to remember the sentence that his father often taught him, and endured his anger, "Manly husband, don't see you like a little woman!" ”

"It's that I can't even say it, it's useless!" , Zhuyu doesn't raise her head, and her mouth is also unforgiving.

Xiao Sheng held his breath in his heart, and suddenly felt, why did he provoke a bad star for no reason? (To be continued......)