Chapter 134: Selling Salt

Mama Rong has been accompanying Mrs. Liu all the year round, so she naturally knows that her temper has become more and more strange in the past few years, and she is busy commanding a group of people to blast the people of the He family out.

Waiting for it to be cleared, Du Xiaoxi volunteered to make a few side dishes, and the three of them coaxed Mrs. Liu to eat and fall asleep before they breathed a sigh of relief.

Du Xiaoxi followed Liu Yao to his yard, and Liu Erye went back to his yard.

Obviously, what happened just now had a great impact on Liu Yao, and the two entered the courtyard in silence all the way, Liu Yao sent Du Xiaoxi to the door and said softly: "Sister Xi, go sleep for a while, and we will read together in the afternoon." ”

Du Xiaoxi knew that there must be something in the middle, so he nodded obediently and entered the room.

"Lady, come and wash your hands, the bed is made!" The little girl Bai He saw that Liu Yao was gone, and came over to greet Du Xiaoxi to freshen up.

Bai He is thirteen years old is the daughter of the housekeeper, and has been following the housekeeper before, two years ago, Liu Erye saw that Du Xiaoxi was not small, so he arranged for Du Xiaoxi, and usually told Du Xiaoxi about the things in the house.

Du Xiaoxi packed up and climbed into bed, and Bai He didn't leave, pulled a small pestle and started talking before the bed.

"The lady also saw it just now, the relationship between our family and the He family is not very good." Du Xiaoxi nodded, she hadn't seen anyone from the He family come to the door for fifteen years, but she had heard that Second Master Liu didn't like the He family, and I didn't know the specific reason.

"It's been a long time to talk about this, when the second master and the second lady got married, it seems that there was a fuss because of the dowry, I heard my mother say that the master gave a lot of dowry, but the people of the He family came back with less than one dowry, except for some common things in the village, there is no value, so that the second master lost his face."

Du Xiaoxi understands that his future father-in-law looks generous, but he is particularly picky in some aspects, and he must be uncomfortable with this kind of thing that takes advantage of him.

"Forget about these old imperial calendars. The master didn't care, but they didn't treat the young master well, and the two families fell out. ”

Du Xiaoxi was slightly stunned, I heard that the conditions of the He family were not good at the beginning, and this grandson will definitely be very precious, how can it be bad for Liu Yao?

Bai He pursed his lips and continued: "At the beginning, the He family came to fight the autumn breeze twice in three days, and the second master didn't take care of a poor relative for a while. Waiting for the young master to be born. The He family felt that they were great heroes, and they asked for a lot of things in a row. The second grandmother gave birth to a young master, and the second master happily gave a big Zhuangzi. As a result, the second grandmother turned her head and gave it to the He family.

Forget about these, the second lady took the young master back to her parents' house, but the things on the young master's body were taken away, and at the beginning, the second lady said that she put the things away. The second master didn't care, but once in the middle of winter, the young master's leather jacket was taken away, and the young master was so sick with frostbite on the way back. Only then did the second master find out that the young master's things were all taken by the second lady to the He family.

That time, the young master was very sick and almost couldn't be saved. The second master was annoyed that the people of the He family no longer refused to let the people of the He family come to the door. Just now, the lady also saw it, and the He family wanted to exchange the broken peace charm for the valuable things on the young master. The people in his family are just digging into the eyes of money. It's a white-eyed wolf that can't be raised at all. The lady should listen to the words of the old lady and the second master in the future, and don't associate with those people. ”

Bai He continued to count the bastard things that the He family and the second lady had done over the years, without saying anything about the uneasiness of the black history of the main family.

In the main room of the same courtyard, Liu Yao took a nap after a while.

Second Master Liu's courtyard is lively.

The He family was kicked out, and Second Mrs. Liu was naturally not among them. Thinking about the third brother. I heard that my husband had eaten and returned to the yard, so I hurried over.

"Xianggong, my brother is wronged, you must save him!" He Minru looked at Second Master Liu with teary eyes, but unfortunately this beauty was ruined by heavy makeup.

Second Master Liu was angry at the fact that their He family abused his precious son back then, and he didn't care about the He family's affairs at all. But thinking that He Li said that He San was arrested just now, he was afraid that he would affect his own family, so he still asked, "What is the matter?" ”

Listen to my husband's question. He Minru thought that her husband had promised to help, and whispered: "The third brother is just greedy to buy some private salt." ”

"What?" Second Master Liu stood up violently, and his eyes glared at the boss.

Seeing her husband's terrifying appearance, He Minru thought of his son's anger when he was sick, shook his body and repeated: "That's it, I just bought some private salt, and I definitely didn't sell salt." ”

Facing his wife's sworn assurance, Second Master Liu snorted coldly, "Do you know it yourself, I won't care about this matter, if you dare to climb the Liu family, even if you don't care about your son's face, I will divorce you, now go back to your own yard!" ”

He Minru saw that her husband was really angry, and she ran to her yard without looking back.

"Qingfeng, what's the matter with you going to the county government to investigate?" Second Master Liu walked back and forth in the house for a while, and suddenly shouted.

Qing Feng knew that the matter was serious, and hurriedly went out.

Second Master Liu scolded the He family hatefully in the house, and he couldn't calm down anxiously. I thought about it more and more, and finally I couldn't help but be afraid.

Selling salt is a serious crime in the big merchants, and it is punishable by exile at least and extermination of the family at worst.

Salt is something that must not be touched in the big merchants.

There are not many salt-producing countries in Dashang, Yunguo, Beichang and many other countries, and Dashang is the largest producer among them.

As a necessity for survival, salt has risen to the level of a strategic commodity, and it is also an effective weapon for big merchants to restrain other countries.

In order to control salt, the big merchants continued the policies of the previous dynasty such as the monopoly of salt and iron, and the control of salt has always been the top priority.

Strictly control zhì to that kind of Cheng dù?

People in a place can only go to the designated place to buy, and the buyer must bring the household registration to determine the maximum amount of money that can be bought according to the population of the family, and it must not be exceeded. If a family has not bought salt from the shop for two consecutive months, they have to go to the family and ask where they bought the salt for the past two months. If the purchase record is not found in the prescribed shop, then the family will be deemed to have purchased illegal salt.

Not only will the family be arrested and punished, but he will also find the smuggler and arrest the salt dealer. In short, the big commercial one qiΔ“ way to avoid private salt.

The general population of all countries is large, and the price of salt has been high in the case of low productivity, and a pound of salt can be sold for 80 or 90 wen.

Second Master Liu didn't expect that the people of the He family would dare to touch this brother's deadly things, saying that He San just bought some private salt, and Second Master Liu didn't believe it if he was killed. Even because of the relationship between Du Xiaoxi and Master Xile, Liu Erye thought more.

(To be continued.) )