Li Hu didn't know if he had a detour, and he really met Hu Ren halfway, a string of more than a dozen in a line, galloping on a horse, Yan'er They didn't have time to be nervous, these people had already passed, and only left some mud spots on them. Looking at Li Hu's expression, Yan'er was afraid that he would rely on his martial arts and chase others for some mud, so she hurriedly attracted his attention and said loudly: "Li Hu, look, there is a stone field over there, and you are still knocking stones?" ”

Dog Li'er stared enviously at the backs of these nomads and said, "What is so beautiful about the stone field. Your horses run as fast as they fly, and the good horses are ridden by the dogs. ”

He was envious, and so did his two fellow villagers.

There are three horses in the village, and the horse-drawn cart is okay, but if a person sits on it, he can walk like a donkey, not even a mule, can he run like this?

Li Hu also likes horses, and can't help but miss the time at home and recall his mount. Li Hu didn't bring much money, Abba let him make a living alone, he gave the money to Yan'er and her sister-in-law, Yan'er's family is also very poor, why does he live in someone's house and take care of food? Stone quarry? He thought about it, does Yan'er want me to move stones and knock stones to make money? He asked, "If I go to the stone yard to move stones, how long will it take to buy ten acres of land?" ”

Yan'er was taken aback and asked him, "Do you want to go?" ”

She said loudly: "That life is hard, hundreds of catties, hundreds of catties, dogs and chestnuts are afraid to go, you don't want to go, right?" ”

Dog Chestnut thought about it and said, "Li Hu." Otherwise, you go to the Yang family first, you are good at martial arts. ”

Go to Yang's house to make dog legs?

Go to the quarry to move stones, knock stones?

Li Hu said without hesitation: "I went to the stone field to exercise my strength." ”

The dog's chestnut head hung down.

But he quickly raised it up again and said angrily, "Then I'll go too." If you don't make money moving stones, it's not enough to die of exhaustion. If you want to build a house and stack a courtyard wall, how much are you willing to pay for it? That is, rich people want something smooth and carved...... Carved in stone. ”

The other two teenagers also said, "Let's go together." ”

Yan'er begged: "You better rest your body first, and when my brother comes back, you can go to Cangjun with him." Stone quarries often kill people, and it's winter again, and the road is slippery. ”

Li Hu didn't say anything.

He has to feed himself first.

When the market arrived, it was almost noon, and it was lively for a while, and I don't know if the sun lit up the atmosphere, or the atmosphere warmed the sun, and several people felt a little sweaty. There were all the people who sold cloth, and clothes, and furs, and there were some Hu people, who spread felt on the ground and boiled meat to sell. First of all, the grain was sent to the mill, and the four of them walked into the lively place, and there was a monkey who was led by an old man, and asked him to do something, and he took a hat in his paw and turned it up, and when he came to the front, he made a ...... Seeing this, Yan'er pulled Li Hu and left, so as not to give money.

The teenagers look at the excitement everywhere, and Li Hu is the same, the style here is very different from Dongxia, which always makes people feel fresh.

As she walked, Yan'er suddenly whispered to Li Hu: "You look, you see a white scarf on your arm, the pure white kind, you remember to call me, let's buy salt." ”

Li Hu asked, "Looking for them to buy salt?" ”

Yan'er lowered her voice and said, "Yes." Otherwise, you still want to go to the public to buy salt? The salt in the public house is black and bitter, and it is also expensive. Don't shout when I see you. Everyone knows it, but they can't shout, and if the people of the government catch them and kill them because of this, won't we kill people? ”

This Li Hu has heard of it.

He nodded and said, "Salt and iron franchise, there are pros and cons. ”

Yan'er gave him a roll of the eyes, not knowing what he was doing with his comment. Yan'er asked again: "You are on the grassland in Dongxia, do you have salt to eat?" ”

Li Hu nodded and said, "Most of the salt we smuggle here comes from our Dongxia. We have improved the salt production in Eastern Xia, and the salt is white and fine, also called summer salt. And those who come from the east are called sea salt, and those who come from the south are tong salt and gum salt, and some are shipped from the south and are also called sea salt, and the salt wells on land are called mineral salt...... These salts, oh, by the way, in fact, we also have salt wells on the grassland, these salts are rough salt, only our salt in Dongxia is fine salt, because the price of salt is low, it is easy to buy, and it is smuggled in. ”

Yan'er nodded as if she didn't understand.

She said, "What is rough work, what is fine work?" Li Hu said: "It is that the salt is repeatedly processed, filters out impurities, and becomes pure and white, and it is not bitter, which is what a gentleman in the school took the students to the salt well and the seaside, and it took a lot of effort to do it." entered the Tianzi number secret file. ”

Yan'er narrowed her eyes and blamed: "Then when you come back, why don't you bring a big bag in the bookcase, you walk in the middle of the night, no one knows." ”

She suddenly said excitedly, "No." After a while, I, you, and the dog chestnut them, we secretly sneaked to Dongxia to transport salt back and sell it. ”

Dog chestnut reminded her: "Caught and killed." ”

Yan'er pursed her lips, and suddenly, her eyes lit up, and she saw a person with a white scarf wrapped around her arm, and she ran forward quickly. It didn't take much effort, she came back with a small packet of salt, and said with a smile: "I bought it back." The person on her back opened it and looked at it, she was dumbfounded, this salt is not the usual salt, it is similar to official salt. Da Da Erhu held the wind, and heard her tremble and mutter: "I was deceived." I bought bitter official salt. ”

Li Hu figured it out at once, Jingkang Dongxia had been fighting for more than a month, and Xia Yan was broken.

Maybe Abba cut it off.

Although the people of Bizhou eat summer salt cheaply, it may not be in other places.

The Jingkang government also made purchases, and it was shipped back to Changyue for the aristocratic franchise, and now with the deterioration of relations between the two sides, it is natural to pinch it off.

Dog Chestnut yelled, "Look for him." ”

Li Hu stopped them and told them what they thought, and they were also wooden, and said repeatedly: "I'm used to eating white salt on weekdays, what should I do when I go home." ”

Li Hu suddenly thought of something, turned around and left.

Not far away, there were a few fat, strong, scimitar-wearing nomads who sold meat, and he stood in front of him, just like that. Yan'er was stunned, and hurriedly pushed the dog chestnut and said, "Go and pull him back." ”

As soon as Dog Chestnut ran to him, he heard Li Hu look at the other party and say, "I don't want meat." I want salt. ”

The eyes of several nomads narrowed.

One of them spoke it well, and said with a fake smile: "We don't have salt either." Here in the Central Plains Emperor, selling salt privately is the crime of killing the head. ”

Li Hu suddenly said something that the dog chestnut didn't understand.

After a while, the leader of the nomad beckoned and took Li Hu to the back of the cattle, and the dog chestnut was very nervous and kept shouting: "Li Hu." What are you doing. Don't go with him. ”

Li Hu did come back, but he took the money from them, and Yan'er followed, holding on to the rest of the money and not giving it, and said tremblingly: "Li Hu." Didn't buy it. Let's go home. ”

Li Hu said softly, "I'll talk to you later." He took the money bag in his hand and walked through the nomads to the back of the cattle.

Without much effort, he came back with a bag, stared back at the nomads, and whistled defiantly.

Salt was given to Yan'er.

Yan'er hugged him under her arm, pushed him with her elbow, walked fast, and said as she went, "You scared people to death." I won't take you out of the market again. ”

After walking for a while, Li Hu said, "They are selling salt." A lot of that meat is camel meat, Beizhou does not raise camels, and the fur they peeled off has fire branding, which is only available in Dongxia, so I judged that they have just sneaked into Dongxia and come back, and there must be salt. He added: "But they don't dare to sell indiscriminately, they have never sold salt themselves, and now they are only selling meat while looking for salt dealers." Yan'er, don't you want to sell salt, if you are not afraid of killing your head, I can buy them all. ”

Yan'er was deflated for a moment, and said pitifully: "I just talk, I don't dare." ”

Dog chestnut and the other two teenagers were scraping together money, squeezing over hard, and demanded, "Li Hu." You go buy some more. ”

Li Hu looked at the small coins they had put together, and said with a smile: "Let's go back and buy it again." I can still find them, and I'll definitely go back to find them. They were the nomads who had just migrated, and the one who had just taken me to get salt was called Laku, and I told him that I could help him go to Yi County and buy tea in Weibo. ”

A village boy said in a tone that was almost intoxicated: "Li Hu." You're amazing. Let's go and make tea for them, won't we also make money? ”

Li Hu's expression was a little hideous, and he said softly: "Don't think about it, they are not honest and trustworthy people." ”

Several people were actually afraid, and those nomads looked fierce, as if they had killed many people.

They urged Li Hu to see if the grain was grinded out, so he went home early, and when he arrived at the mill, a group of young people who were rushing to the market were sitting in their car, and the dog chestnut recognized it, and said fearfully: "Wang Xiaoqi of Wangjiagou." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, someone shouted: "Yang Gouli." ”

The dog chestnut wanted to go, but Yan'er grabbed him and said loudly, "Don't go." If you dare to go, see if I don't sue your mother. ”

Dog chestnut smiled bitterly and said, "If you don't go, you can't do it." If you don't come, if you don't go, you won't go, it's a big deal to get beaten, where are you, their group? ”

I didn't go any further.

Li Hu understood that the dog chestnut was saying that this group of people could do anything, but he lacked an excuse, so he grabbed the dog chestnut.

Dog Chestnut thought that he was not afraid, and worked hard, and whispered: "They all have guys on them, I am not afraid of one or two, a large group." ”

He said again: "Wang Xiaoqi's brother is the pavilion chief, and his brother sent Wei Bo to be an apprentice, but he didn't expect to come back. ”

Li Hu asked rhetorically: "They are all teenagers, how bad can they be?" ”

Yan'er nodded and said affirmatively, "Bad." Particularly bad. Point people houses. Destroying people's innocence...... It is said that he has also killed people. The great ranger Shi Luo accepted him as a student, and the county headhunters couldn't beat him, and he was often beaten in the middle of the road. ”

The Great Ranger?

Li Hu smiled.

Just as he shouted again, Li Hu said a few words in the ear of the dog chestnut, and then let go of the dog chestnut and let the dog chestnut pass.

Dog Chestnut walked up to him, and a little boy jumped up and kicked him.

And then they talked about something together, and from time to time they would watch it together.

When the two young men in the village saw that the other party didn't let the dog chestnut go, they were a little angry and wanted to come forward, but Li Hu stopped them and whispered, "Look at me." ”

Yan'er dragged him, he broke free, and said, "Trust me." ”

He ran over. A large group of teenagers turned their heads to look at him, and someone asked Dog Chestnut: "From your village?" ”

Dog Chestnut didn't have time to answer.

Li Hu shouted loudly: "Dog chestnut." What do you want you to do, what do you do? When we're done, let's go quickly, and don't forget about our business. ”

A young man sitting in the car, about eighteen or nineteen years old, with a knight, dressed in a flower robe, and a short sword hanging from his waist, stood up, jumped out of the car, and walked straight towards Yan'er.

Yan'er lowered her head, tilted her shoulders awkwardly, shrunk her chin, and when she saw him stretching out her hand, she screamed "ah".

Unexpectedly, the hand did not scratch her face and chest, but dragged the two salt bags she was holding.

The boy grabbed the salt bag, opened one and looked at it, and returned it to Yan'er. Yan'er was still puzzled, as soon as he turned around, he raised his hand and waved, and shouted, "I've made a fortune." Walk. ”

Everyone is gone.

Li Hu walked up to Yan'er and craned his neck to watch the people walk over.

Yan'er went up and beat him twice and asked him, "What about your martial arts?" Where's your chai knife? You made him almost touch me? ”

Dog Chestnut trotted up to him and shouted in a low voice, "Yanyan." Don't hit Li Hu. Let's go. They...... They went to buy illicit salt. I sued them for five wen and a small bag. ”

Li Hu was very calm and said softly: "Don't be in a hurry to leave." Let's see if the grain is polished. I'm watching here. ”

Go in and see, how can it be sharpened so quickly?

I don't know if the dog chestnut explained to her what was going on, she ran out with her braids, and when she came to Li Hu, she said, "Put the grain here and let them grind, and come back tomorrow to pull it." Let's go. ”

Dog chestnut also ran to persuade: "Let's go." Wang Xiaoqi is a ruthless person. If only he had known that he had been deceived. ”

Li Hu calmly said: "He won't know." He can't care about coming back, selling smuggled salt is to kill his head, these salts? Those nomads won't talk to him well...... He's not a good talker. ”

Li Hu said again: "I didn't tell you all just now, these nomads have been to Dongxia, but they are not smuggling, they are killing people and setting fires, and the skins of livestock are branded with the fire of the Dongxia government, which is the stuff of the official family, they can't get it from the people, they can't exchange it, so where will it come from?" The bags behind their cattle were full of salt, and although the salt of Dongxia was cheap, it was not possible to buy it in such large quantities, and I am sure that they had followed the officers and soldiers to Dongxia, and the salt was left behind by looting the official warehouses of Dongxia. They are all brutes, and it is not a pity for anyone to die. ”

The teenagers were suddenly covered in a cold sweat.