The old man reprimanded, "You talk nonsense! There is no invincible battle at the border pass, how can we have a stable life here, we are suffering, but there are still those soldiers who have left their family business and sacrificed their lives to fight on the battlefield thousands of miles away? Some of them are about the same age as you. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Gao Jun said with a smile, "Uncle said very well, not only is he an ordinary sergeant, even the Tang Emperor is at the forefront, in fact, as long as he is dispatched and stopped, let a certain general lead the troops out, and no one will say anything if he is exposed to the wind and sun in the palace." I also heard from my father-in-law that in addition to the military forces of the two states of Youyi and Yingying, the expedition to Goryeo did not raise a single cent of taxes in so many other states and counties. ”

Li Shen was tired on the ground, and when he heard this, his voice became more and more high-pitched, "You only care about your own suitability, pay some salt taxes and still worry about it here, do you think those soldiers are drinking the northwest wind to go on the expedition?" ”

This time, neither the old man nor his three sons scolded Li Shen again. The old man's daughter said, "This official, don't buckle your hat indiscriminately, open your eyes and see, we haven't even built a pot and stove for boiling salt in the whole yard, how can we pay taxes?" For more than 20 years, our family has been digging wells here in the morning and at night, and we have never seen anyone from the government come here. Now the fontanelle has only hit a bucket, and two people shouted at once. ”

Liu Yuru said, "Master Li, what she said is, if we hadn't arrived, it would probably not have been possible to even get this bucket of fontanelle, and it would have been really difficult for them." ”

Fan Ying also said, "You shouted as soon as you came, don't blame others for being disrespectful to you, digging salt wells is a matter that is beneficial to both public and private interests, as an official of the Tang Dynasty, you will be convicted as soon as you come up without asking a clear question, Fang Cai's attitude is very inappropriate, what do I say." ”

As soon as Li Shen heard that the two daughters of Li Tingshi in Liangzhou had spoken, he actually smiled and said in a loud voice, "The two of you are very right, it is the official who is a little unreasonable...... Don't let us go? ”

The third son of the old man said, "You know my family's father-in-law, and it's okay to let you go, but as soon as you go out, you will report to the government, what should we do?" ”

Li Shen said conclusively, "What's so difficult about this, whether this matter is big or small, it's all in my words." You may not know where I came from, Yazhou Thorn Shi is my own brother-in-law!! In detail, I can be regarded as half a royal prince!! Today, with the face of the two young ladies of the Li family and Brother Gao, I will have to speak for you even more. The matter of salt affairs is only a word from me, if you don't believe it, let's see, no matter what Langzhou or Qianzhou, who dares to come and collect every penny of tax from you! ”

Gao Jun laughed secretly in his heart when he heard this, this Lord Li's style of speech has become so fast, and public and private words have changed with the wind.

Who knew that Xin Laohan said, "If this adult speaks, we can't borrow the light of Lord Yazhou's assassin." But I've changed my mind, and when the salt is out, I'll go to the government to report to the bottom of the record, and the tax on this salt well won't be less. ”

Li Shen thought that he was dealing with his words, and said repeatedly, "No need, no need, since I have something to say, it will definitely work." ”

Gao Jun said, Master Li doesn't need to say it anymore, I believe the old man's words.

The old man said, "People are not as good as dogs in troubled times, and this old man has personal experience." Now it's a peaceful year, but the border is not peaceful, we men should pay some taxes, and we only think about ourselves if it's not good...... Have you forgotten that you just said that you couldn't ask those sergeants to go out on the expedition with the northwest wind. ”

Li Shen ate and said continuously, "That's the best, the best, the best!" ”

So the Xin family let go of Li Shen and Wang Wenchen, and let them sit at the table together to eat and drink. These two have been hungry all night, and after such a toss, they have long been in their hearts. And she asked her daughter to add bread to them.

Gao Jun said, "The two adults came just in time, why don't we help again, we must see the salt before leaving." Li Shen stuffed rice in his mouth, and hurriedly said yes, yes. Liu Yuru and Fan Ying looked at each other and snickered, only to know that Gao Jun was not in a hurry to talk to the old man, it turned out that he was trying to persuade him.

After eating, it was just as daylight as the day came, and everyone got up and got busy under the arrangement of the old man. His three sons built the stove, and Li Shen and Wang Xiancheng also rolled up their sleeves and played beside them.

Liu Yuru and Fan Ying accompanied the mother and daughter of the Xin family, watering some water and preparing the next meal. Occasionally, they would come out and stand by and watch them work. Li Shen has always wanted to behave in front of Miss Li San, and he was sweating profusely at this time, and he didn't say a break. Wang Wenchen didn't dare to be lazy.

Gao Jun and the old man went to the forest to find a straight cypress tree, cut it and cut the branches and leaves, cut the trunk under the guidance of the old man, hollowed out the middle, and then closed it and tied it tightly with ramie. The outer wooden seams should also be covered with tung oil lime.

In this way, the "wood and bamboo" mentioned by the old man is mostly done. The inner hole of the long cylinder of wood and bamboo is five or six inches in size. Each section of the cylinder has close tenons at both ends, and when it is to be used, it is connected one by one. The place where the tenon is connected should also be filled with tung oil lime before it can go down to the salt well.

The function of wood and bamboo is to block the fresh water seeping into the well. They are perennially soaked in deep wells, often rotting quickly, the old man said that this is what people often say "the well is leaking", and the damaged wood and bamboo have to be pumped up and replaced with new ones.

In this way, these people who had gathered together from the north, south, and east and west were busy for two more days for this salt well, and no one said anything about hurrying.

Liu Yuru had the silver given by the eldest sister Gao Chang when he came out of Shanzhou, and the gold ingots given by the owner of the Dengzhou Hotel, when they came out of Ezhou, the king of Jiangxia also took a lot of entanglements, so there was no shortage of silver.

She saw that the old man's family was struggling, so after discussing with Gao Jun, she took out the silver and handed it to Xin Laohan, and asked them to go to the nearest county to buy a big iron pot and come back to be safe. The three brothers of the Xin family brought up the fontanelle water, so they boiled it.

Two days later, the first pot of snowflake salt boiled out, and they were put into the stone mortar to make it strong, and the buckle came out of the square salt bricks. Xin Laohan found a clean cloth to wrap the salt bricks, and solemnly said to everyone, "This first piece of salt, I will take it to the government to report." ”

Everyone said yes, Gao Jun said, "The three of us will no longer bother, and we will go with you to have a look." ”

Liu Yuru said, "I'm afraid that we don't know the way on the salt farm, and we will make people so coaxed that they can't find the north!" Li Shen patted his chest and said, "With me here, see who dares to do things according to the rules!" So they followed and came out of the house of Xin together.

Liu Yuru asked, "Master Li, you are only the salt official of Xichuan Courtyard, but even Dongchuan Courtyard is far away here...... Does talking work? Fan Ying heard Sister Liu's radical method, and she also shook her head and said that it was enough. Li Shen said, "Let's talk about it when I go!" ”

So Xin Laohan took his eldest son out with these people, and the mother and daughter of the Xin family were sent outside the hospital, and Miss Xin was reluctant to give up Liu Yuru and Fan Ying. She really can't bear these two sisters who are extremely beautiful and have excellent hearts. Fan Ying took out a gold ingot from her bag and stuffed it into the girl's arms and said, "It was given by Lord Thorn Shi, keep it as a dowry!" ”

Looking at their distant figures, Miss Xin asked her mother with tears, "Mother, I really want to see them again!" Her mother smiled, "It's not impossible...... You can marry in Liangzhou! (To be continued.) )