Chapter 606 is incomprehensible

As soon as he heard that this person was from Zhai Jiazhuang, Lin Xiao suddenly became vigilant.

After only a few brief interrogations, he vaguely felt that it was probably not a coincidence that this person appeared at this time.

Originally, the merchant's profession was to walk the streets and alleys, and it was normal to appear at any time, but Lin Xiao found that although this person answered fluently, spoke official dialect with an accent, and spoke quite slippery, his expression was very unnatural, and a trace of panic appeared from time to time in his wandering eyes.

In addition, Lin Xiao couldn't know much about his own special combat team, if this person didn't act like a thief when he was at the entrance of the village, the sentry would not directly detain him.

After a little groaning, he asked Situ Zheng to take him down and interrogate him carefully......

Originally, he wanted to interrogate again in person, but at this time, he saw that the old village chief was busy with the work at hand and was running over.

"Chief's ......"

Shi Xiude bowed down and handed over a thin stack of books, "This is the account book of the rice distribution, please look at it for ......"

"The whole village has received it, right?"

Lin Xiao smiled, took the book and browsed it hastily, "Especially the widows, the old and the young, none of them can be missed." ”

"Nothing was missed, I received it all,"

Shi Xiude said with a smile, "Even those who hid outside and didn't come back, let their families take them." ”

"Well, that's good."

"Well, there are three bags of rice left, you see......"

"Let's go to the village storehouse, save for emergencies."

"Yes, yes, yes,"

Shi Xiude nodded again and again, but took out a few pieces of paper and presented them with both hands, "Chief, this is a ...... that the villains have made overnight after repeated discussions."

Lin Xiao took a look, and it turned out to be a contract about the salt farm.

"This old guy is quite fast."

Lin Xiao smiled slightly and looked at it carefully......

The terms of this contract are relatively simple.

However, Lin Xiao immediately saw that this was a bit of a scheming.

There are several places in it, both in terms of wording and content, that show the shrewdness of this person.

First of all, there is a sentence that is very particular - "Party A: Shijiaqiao Village, Baiju Salt Farm; Party B: Daming Capture Army...... The two parties entered into a salt contract, and the deed was based on ......"

The salt class should have been concluded with the government, but now, he directly signed a contract with the military, and it was clear that he had the intention of evading the salt class.

Secondly, there are a few words about the sharing of the profits after the partnership between the two parties-

"All the salt fields of Party A, regardless of ownership, are all occupied as one...... The income from salt production is divided into three, Party A accounts for two, the field and manpower each account for one, and Party B exclusively owns one......"

"The term of this contract is three months, and after three months, the land shall be confiscated or retained, according to the wishes of the landowner, and the choice shall ......be made."

"In this March, the first month's production will be paid free of charge, and the production in September and October will be purchased by Party B at the market price and paid to Party A in rice......"

"There's a lot of hidden doorways in this."

Lin Xiao thought to himself.

There are only about three months left in the frost-free period suitable for drying salt this year.

These three months were supposed to be the last time for them to produce salt as best they could, complete their salt classes and earn a source of livelihood, and after three months, they could only sit on their backs and starve.

Now, they plan to hand over the salt fields to the public in three months, and it is clear that their propaganda last night has played a role - these salt lads do not want to be landlords, but also want to be workers who can ensure harvest in drought and flood......

In addition, the sharing of this proceeds is also very interesting, and it hides a lot of careful thoughts.

According to the workload of 1,000 laborers on both sides, this salt pan can now produce at least 6,000 catties per day, that is, 20 catties, and in a month, it is 600 catties.

The output of these 600 citations was handed over free of charge as the salt class in the second half of the year, and at first glance, it felt that they were quite kind.

However, when you think about it, it is wrong.

On the one hand, in the past, when the labor was insufficient, they had to complete the salt class of more than 600 in half a year.

Now, it is just bypassing the government and handing over the salt class directly to the captive army, playing with a flower gun, and the captive army has also built five hundred strong laborers in vain.

As for the production in the next two months, even if it was sold for half a tael, it would be worth more than 600 taels of silver, and at least 600 stone of rice would have to be paid.

Lin Xiao silently calculated, these six hundred stones of rice were just enough for them to support until the end of the contract.

Even if it is calculated according to the 1,500 people in the whole village, the rice that can be distributed per capita is about 50 catties.

In this way, when cooking, mixed with some multigrain wild vegetables, it can barely last for three months.

"This old fox, the abacus is really good!"

Lin Xiao laughed secretly, if it weren't for the urgent need for salt right now, he really wanted to reason with him.

However, after thinking about it carefully, Lin Xiao frowned, and he was no longer in the mood to make fun of him.

Because, even with such calculations, the villagers will only survive for three months in the remaining days.

"If there is no follow-up, how will they survive the rest of the winter?"

Lin Xiao frowned, his face was like frost - it can be seen how difficult the salt people have been!

It seems that this deformed salt circulation channel to the extreme must be changed!

On the one hand, the retail price of salt in the market is so high that ordinary people cannot afford it. On the other hand, the salt farmers who are really tired of producing salt alive are even more squeezed to the point that it is very difficult to survive.

The only people who benefited and made a fortune were the insatiable salt merchants and corrupt officials at all levels......

"These vampires!"

Thinking of this, Lin Xiao gritted his teeth and added a little resentment towards this Zhai family.

"Chief's ......"

Shi Xiude saw that his face was becoming more and more gloomy, and his throat trembled with fright, "It's still negotiable......"

"That's not what it means,"

Lin Xiao waved his hand, barely squeezed out a smile, and comforted, "This contract is very good, I think it can be ......"

"Grandpa......"

At this moment, Situ Zhengxing rushed over and reported the results of the interrogation to him: "This person is really a spy, the ...... sent by Zhai Dahu"

It turned out that yesterday in Shijiaqiao Village, Zhai Dahu suddenly encountered Lin Xiao and others, full of suspicion, he hesitated for a long time, but he didn't dare to step forward to provoke this group of weirdos.

However, after taking the hostages and returning to his Zhuangzi, the more he thought about it, the more strange he became-it couldn't be Master Wang, who came to Xinghua so soon, right?

That night, a family member reported to him, saying that someone had seen a lot of strangers coming up from Fangong Embankment, and that they were all from the sea, and it seemed that they were ...... Like the people over there.

At this time, Zhai Dahu couldn't sit still.

In normal times, he has a wide range of contacts, and there are close contacts between the three sects and the nine streams, and he has heard of Wang Shi's counterattack on Yangzhou.

Moreover, he heard that it seems that this time the tartar is enough to choke, and Yangzhou Xingxing is about to change the sky......

However, he was not very flustered about this kind of news.

Tartar is the Qing Dynasty, Wang Shi is the Ming Dynasty, whether it is the Qing Dynasty or the Ming Dynasty, in his opinion, whoever sits in the world is the same.

As for the countryside, it is even more beyond the reach of the whip, whether it is to suppress bandits or collect taxes, it should be a trivial matter, and it does not depend on the strength of our gentry......

"It's just that the news of Yangzhou's change hasn't come yet, why is there a suspicious figure in the salt field here?"

He thought, "Where did these people come from, and in the end, are they friends or foes......

For a moment, he was puzzled.