The way back, than when you came, you have to go faster, the men of Lijia Village got salt, full of joy, but there is an inevitable nervousness, full of baskets loaded with fine particles, that is, to give people rich and noble property, but also to take people's lives of the life of the amulet, pick this kind of forbidden objects in the court, once it is found, it is a dead end.

Therefore, without the urging of others, everyone walked fast with wind on the soles of their feet, and the moon was as bright as day, and the road was clearly visible, and they could carry forward even without torches, so it did not take long to reach the river when they came.

The boat was still moored in its original position, and the boatman and the people of Lijia Village who stayed behind were looking forward to it, and when they saw everyone coming back, they were overjoyed and greeted them.

The boatman followed his son, and couldn't help pinching and touching to see if there was a piece of meat missing, while the people of Lijia Village hurried up and quickly moved more than ten loads of well salt onto the boat.

The boat in the twilight was like an arrow that set the direction, and went straight to the opposite shore steadily, returning to the reeds that had been on the boat at the beginning.

When the boat docked, Changsun Hao patted the boatman's shoulder with admiration and praised: "It's really amazing, you can find it so accurately in the dark, it's really the right person to find you." ”

The boatman replied with a sad face: "Good man, don't say that, my family is eating on this river, where the water is deep and where the water is shallow, it is naturally clear, this is nothing, now that the river has passed, please leave quickly, don't burden the good people." ”

The eldest grandson Hao laughed, reached out and grabbed a cloth bag from a basket, and stuffed it into the boatman's arms, the boatman caught it, only to feel that his hand was heavy, rough and rough, about ten pounds in weight, and couldn't help but exclaim: "What does this mean?" ”

"Ship fare for you." Changsun Hao jumped off the boat, took the burden handed down from the boat, and said with a smile while carrying it on his shoulders: "Your son has gone with us for a ride, and he is also included in the gang, this is his share." ”

The boatman was suddenly frightened, his hands and feet trembled, and the cloth bag was almost unstable, and it was about to fall to the ground, but fortunately a hand reached out from the side and caught the bag.

But it was Wang Jian who caught it, he held his father, weighed the cloth bag happily, and said: "Dad, this is the fare, it should be taken for nothing, and it is not taken for nothing." ”

The boatman came back to his senses in fright, and said tremblingly: "I can't ask for it, I can't ask for it, this is private salt, I can't ask for it if I catch it and kill it, I can't ask for it, return it quickly." ”

Wang Jian said in a low voice: "Dad, give it back to them, do we still have a way to live?" ”

The boatman was shocked again, and thought that this is the reason, you don't want the strongman to give you something, isn't it clear that he wants to report to the official? Will they still give you a way to live? became more and more frightened, just at this time, Changsun Hong's stretcher came over, ready to go down from the bow of the boat, and when he passed by Wang Jian's father and son, Changsun Hong stopped and looked at the child who was as big as himself.

"Wang Jian, this salt must be hidden, not let outsiders know, and it is best to hide the load of rice, so as not to increase the trouble." The eldest grandson Hongdao, with sincere words: "If you can't get by, you have to sell salt, go farther, find some honest people to sell, don't sell to private salt stacks, those people eat people and don't spit out bones, you are honest, it is easy to be harmed." ”

Wang Jian blinked and nodded vigorously, for some reason, he had an inexplicable sense of trust in this peer who looked very weak and was lying on a stretcher.

Li Meng and Li Dafu carried the stretcher, got up and got off the boat, and Changsun Hong finally approached Wang Jian and whispered in his ear: "If you really can't live, come to Shizhao County, Hezhou to find me, my name is Changsun Hong." ”

After saying that, the stretcher went away one by one, fell behind the people of Lijia Village, and slowly disappeared into the night.

On the small boat, the boatman hurriedly began to row the boat, anxious to leave the place, while Wang Jian was still standing at the bow of the boat, pinching the bag of salt, looking at the vast reeds with no one, thoughtful.

This night, spent in a hurried walk, when the sky was about to dawn, the people of Lijia Village had walked out of the Fushun realm and entered the mountains.

The eldest grandson who opened the road in front turned back and discussed with his brother for a while, and the eldest grandson Hao ordered to rest.

"The day is approaching, we can't go anymore, the inspection of the salt government on the road is going to come out, and it will be a disaster if we encounter it, let's find a place to rest and sleep." The eldest grandson said.

On both sides of the road, there are hillsides, the mountains are high and densely forested, there are no people within a range of dozens of miles, it is very easy to find a place where no one pays attention to rest, leave the road and walk a few miles in the forest, and you will find a place with a stream.

The people took off their burdens and began to boil water for cooking. Some people can't help but lift the linen cloth covering the basket to see the white and slightly cyan well salt inside, those fine particles, exuding a faint smell of brine, like a burden of treasure that can change the fate of the poor, making people's eyes shine.

The eldest grandson brother scolded with a smile and asked these people to quickly cover it, don't look like uninformed hillbillies.

Everyone laughed and replied, we are hillbillies.

"Baozheng, how many copper coins can I get back this time?" Someone couldn't bear it anymore and asked, immediately putting everyone's attention on Changsun Hao, after all, this is the issue that everyone is most concerned about.

"This ......" Changsun Hao touched his beard and thought for a while before saying: "This year, the price of salt for court officials has risen, and it is more than ten yuan per catty, and the salt in the private salt stack has also risen. ”

There was a pause in the air, and everyone paused for breath, as if digesting the weight of the words, and then at some point, I don't know who started first, cheered.

"Okay!" Everyone shouted excitedly: "Okay! ”

Li Meng's voice was the loudest and the most happy, and he shouted: "Baozheng, is it copper money, not iron money?" ”

"Of course it's copper money, you fool, who will exchange it for iron money?" The eldest grandson Jin smiled and threw a piece of grass over.

Li Meng raised his head like a dog, grabbed the grass, and grinned extremely happily, everyone was laughing, and there was a smile in the air.

Twenty dollars, there are more than ten people here, each person can share consistent, consistent copper money, what a lot of wealth!

Don't worry about taxes, there should be money to spare, which can improve the life of the family, after all, in order to make up the rice for this salt exchange, most people have taken out the food for the winter.

Looking at the happy appearance of this group of villagers, Changsun Hong couldn't help but shake his head, consistent money, equivalent to less than one or two silver, can make people so happy, it seems that it can improve and alleviate the life of a year, I really don't know to what extent the government has exploited the peasants.

"Kid, what are you shaking your head for?" Unexpectedly, Changsun Hao came to his side, and when he saw that he was shaking his head slightly and sighing, he didn't feel strange, and asked: "Everything is going well, you should be happy, why do you shake your head?" ”

The eldest grandson Hong hurriedly said: "My son just thought of what he saw and heard on this trip, and he felt something. ”

"Oh?" The eldest grandson Hao became interested, sat beside his son, crossed his legs and asked, "Tell my father, what do you think?" ”

In the distance, the bonfire was booming, the dog put a clay pot on the fire, which contained water and rice, and the people who were on the rise sat around in twos and threes, talking passionately about how the money should be used after going back, some meat jokes between men naturally appeared in the mouth, someone made fun of someone's mother-in-law is very ugly, and he could use the money to exchange for one, and the man ridiculed each other, laughing at the person who said this is a master who is afraid of his wife at home, and he should change one.

The atmosphere of joy and harmony is like a burning flame, swirling and rising into the sky, and everyone's face is rippling with joy, happiness and joy.

"The child wondered what made these honest farmers so happy when they did something illegal." Changsun Hong looked at them and laughed too, the corners of his mouth turned up like a crescent moon in the sky: "Is it money?" Or something else? ”

Changsun Hao didn't expect that Erlang would ask such a question, he suddenly froze with a smiling face, looked at his son fixedly, opened his mouth wide, maintained a kind expression, and stopped there.