When Liu Jin and Zhao Erhu came to the village under the old tree, it was already very lively, with more than 40 households in the village, and people from every household came to pick out the salt that their family had boiled in the past half a month.

You have a burden, I have a basket, and it is inevitable that they will compare with each other, and nag each other, the day of selling salt is the most lively day in the village, and it is also a rare rest day for everyone.

As for the children in the village, they are even more excited at this time, playing in groups, selling salt in the house, and having a few pennies, maybe they will buy some snacks, at least there will be more noodles cooked in the house today than usual.

Around the old Tsubaki tree in the middle of the village, the old and young masters in the village all gathered.

"Lao Zhao, your family can do it, 2 loads of salt have been boiled in the past half a month, I'm afraid there are more than 200 catties, right?"

Zhao Heishan and his eldest son Zhao Dahu guarded two loads of salt, and the old man Wang next to him looked at the two loads of salt of Zhao Heishan's family and couldn't help but say.

"It's 230 pounds, and I've already weighed it at home."

Zhao Heishan grinned and said with a smile.

Only at this time can he see a smile, usually with a black face, and he can't see the slightest smile.

"Tsk, a lot of people is good, my family can't do it, I only cooked less than 80 catties in half a month."

Old man Wang said with some envy, Old man Wang only has 4 sons, and now it is the busy season of farming, and the family is busy with farming during the day, and only at night can he spare time to cook some salt, and the output is limited.

"There are many people who do a lot of work, but there are also many mouths for eating, I'm a few half-sized children, eat Lao Tzu to death, you don't know."

Zhao Heishan listened to it again and again, and when he talked about this, the wrinkles on his face seemed to be deeper.

"Liu Xiucai is here."

Old man Wang nodded, then looked around, and happened to see Liu Jin and Zhao Erhu coming over.

"This stinky boy is fooling around with Brother Jin again, and I don't know what I'm tossing recently."

Zhao Heishan saw Zhao Erhu behind Liu Jin, and couldn't help scolding, when the family was busy, Zhao Erhu always found an excuse to avoid work, which made Zhao Heishan eager to find a stick to beat Zhao Erhu to death, and now he saw Zhao Erhu on fire.

"Uncle Li is good~"

"Uncle Wu is good"

"Hello Grandpa Zhou~"

Liu Jin kept greeting the people in the village along the way, Liu Jin was very popular in the village, and when he used to sell salt, Liu Jin would also come over to help the villagers check the gates, so as not to be bullied by the salt dealers and Tang Laohu, so everyone also had a good impression of Liu Jin, and everyone who saw them greeted each other.

"Uncle Black Mountain~"

"Grandpa Wang~"

"Big Tiger Brother~"

Soon, Liu Jin came to Zhao Heishan's side and greeted Zhao Heishan, Old Man Wang, and Zhao Dahu with a smile.

Zhao Dahu is the same as Zhao Erhu, he is also tall, with a height of 1.9 meters, and he is also honest and honest, and when he saw Liu Jin greeting him, he also smiled and touched his head.

"Brother Jin~"

Zhao Heishan and Lao Wangtou also replied.

"Brother Jin, you shouldn't come out at this time, if Master Tang's people see that you're okay, maybe they will trouble you again soon."

Zhao Heishan looked at Liu Jin and couldn't help but kindly remind.

"If I don't come out, he also knows that I'm fine, and sooner or later he will trouble me, he can hide from the first day of junior high school, but he can't hide from the fifth day of junior high school, and he will still come when he should come."

Liu Jin smiled and said helplessly.

"Well, you'll have to be more careful in the future."

"Dog, you follow Brother Jin every day, I won't say anything about you, but you must protect Brother Jin, if anything happens to him, I have to kill you."

Zhao Heishan sighed, then thought about it and said to Zhao Erhu next to Liu Jin.

Zhao Erhu likes to follow Liu Jin, so he simply let Zhao Erhu protect Liu Jin, the kindness of Liu Jin's family always has to be repaid, even if this son is gone, he has nothing to say.

Although he Zhao Heishan is honest and poor, he also has his own principles of dealing with the world, and he has always silently repaid the kindness of the Liu Jin family.

"Don't worry, I won't let people hurt Brother Jin'er's hair."

When Zhao Heishan heard this, he immediately smiled on his face, which means that in the future, if he follows Liu Jin, his father will not care about it at all, which is a good thing, of course, he also said it from the heart.

Everyone in the village calls him a dog, including his parents, but only Liu Jin calls him Huzi, and only Liu Jin will give him braised pork to eat.

"Come on, come on, the salt collector is here."

Just when a few people were chatting, someone shouted excitedly, and then everyone looked in the direction of the village entrance, only to see that here at the entrance of the village, a person wearing a black power suit, carrying a hat on his back, and a hat here can still see the handle of the knife, and a person with an empty basket on his shoulder walked over.

Then, one after another, people in the same costume formed a row, and there were dozens of them, like a long dragon, walking towards the middle of the village.

These people are strong and strong, tall and big, and a fierce atmosphere is coming, which makes these villagers in Xiahetun both excited and slightly nervous, and the children who used to play in groups have also hid one by one to their families.

"Sure enough, there are still a few brushes for those who dare to do private salt trading, and these clothes, dresses, etc. are actually made into a unified style, and this posture is not easy to mess with just by looking at it, and naturally there is a lot less trouble."

Liu Jin looked at these dozens of smuggler salt dealers, and couldn't help but nod.

This kind of uniform dress and uniform clothing is very popular in later generations, whether it is a school, a company, or even a class or something, it has its own uniform clothing and dress, and it must be worn when the team acts, so that people can know it at a glance.

Dozens of smugglers walked in in a dragon, followed by a few people, the leader of whom was dressed in brocade clothes, wearing a foreign hat on his head, with a fat, short face, triangular eyes like snakes that emitted a hint of cold light, a big belly, and something in his hands.

He was followed by a man dressed as a butler, holding an abacus and ledger in his hand, and two strong men with wooden sticks and dressed as domestic servants.

"Master Tang~"

"Tang Laohu is here."

Liu Jin heard a slight sound, and immediately couldn't help but stare at Tang Laohu carefully.

This Tang Tiger has obviously accumulated prestige for a long time, and the people in the village are afraid when they see it, and there was originally a little festive atmosphere, but with the arrival of Tang Laohu, it suddenly disappeared cleanly.

Liu Jin even saw that some children were trembling with fright, and it even had the effect of stopping the children's crying, which made these villagers more afraid than the illegal salt dealers.

Soon, Tang Laohu and his entourage of four also came to the middle of the village, their triangular eyes swept at the villagers in Xiahetun, and they all immediately lowered their heads, not daring to look at him, and some of them were even trembling with fright.

Tang Laohu is very satisfied with this effect, he has been working tirelessly for this effect, he just wants to make everyone afraid of himself, so that he can ride on their bodies as a prestige, and let himself fish and meat at will.

But when he saw Liu Jin, especially when he saw Liu Jin with a little smile on the corner of his mouth, all his good mood disappeared cleanly.

"This Liu Xiucai, a dog's life, won't die like that."

"Dog's teeth are really waste, and they can't do any small things."

Tang Laohu couldn't help but scold in his heart, Liu Xiucai was the only one who dared to scold himself in Xiahetun, and he wanted to kill Liu Xiucai not only because of Liu Jin's more than ten acres of land, but more importantly, he couldn't tolerate someone challenging his authority.

Last time Liu Jin came to the door in a hurry, he simply didn't do anything, wanting to kill Liu Jin to kill a chicken and a monkey, and by the way, he was trying to find a way to encroach on more than a dozen acres of land in Liu Jin's house.

"Liu Xiucai, I was really embarrassed to let you fall and get injured last time, I heard that you are fine, so I came to take a look."

Tang Laohu came to Liu Jin's side, squinted his eyes and said with a smile.

When Tang Laohu arrived, Zhao Heishan, Zhao Dahu, Old Man Wang and others next to him immediately looked at a cat like a mouse, and hurriedly stayed away, only Zhao Erhu leaned closely against Liu Jin, and looked at Tang Laohu nervously at the same time.

"Thank you Master Tang for your concern, I'm fine."

Liu Jin replied lightly, and didn't seem to have any intention of pursuing what happened last time.

"That's good, that's good."

Tang Laohu smiled and nodded, seeing that Liu Jin was not angry, he was also slightly surprised in his heart, Liu Jin was very proud of being a scholar in the past, and he didn't have a good face for himself.

He just let people cut off the water in his field, and Liu Jin hurriedly ran to his house to make trouble, and he was not afraid of his Tang Tiger at all.

Of course, Liu Jin was a scholar, and the scholar had a very high status in the Ming Dynasty, with teachers, classmates, and contemporaries, unlike other villagers in Xiahetun, who did not have any network.

Originally, Tang Laohu didn't want to move Liu Jin, although Liu Jin was not promoted, he was also a showman and a scholar, if something happened, if he was investigated above, he would be in trouble.

But Liu Jin repeatedly challenged his tiger power, which made Tang Laohu very annoyed, and there was something about the last time, but he didn't expect it to be very plain now, it seems that he has suffered all of a sudden, and he knows that he is powerful, and he doesn't dare to provoke himself anymore.

"That's fine, it saves a lot of trouble, as long as you don't provoke me in the future, I won't bother to pay attention to you, people are cheap bones, only if you have suffered will you understand my awesomeness."

Tang Laohu is still very satisfied with Liu Jin's current performance, and it seems that Liu Jin seems to be afraid of himself, which makes his mood better again.

Just thinking of the smile on the corner of Liu Jin's mouth just now, a cold light flashed in Tang Laohu's eyes, and he felt that it was better to cut the grass and eradicate the roots.