Chapter 9 Salt Making, Targeted by the Family

Autumn is amorous, and the autumn of Datang is even more amorous. It was so amorous that some literati and artists wearing Lan shirts, powdery faces, and hand-cranked fans were still looking up at the sky and shaking fans despite the cold and seer of the autumn wind.

The autumn field of the three years of Zhenguan is blue and blue, the water of the small river is clear and translucent, there are no clouds floating, less bright and dazzling, more leisurely and slow tranquility and calm, not dazzling, not publicized, no longer ever-changing, no longer cloudy and uncertain. Just like Wang Xingxin's heart.

It took less than half a million money to buy the dry firewood of the two large ox carts, all of which were good dry firewood, which were neatly stacked by some people who cut firewood for a living in Zhongnan Mountain. This is a good wood used by people to burn charcoal, and Wang Xingxin, who is in urgent need of firewood, bought it at a high price. He also warned Liu Gangzi not to tell Liu Lao Er that he had spent the money.

Just as the two of them were hurriedly driving the ox cart to Yuanlou Village, a middle-aged man in green clothes with a black hat stared at Liu Gangzi for a long time, and then stepped up his pace, and finally almost trotted towards a carriage. After a while, I watched the carriage rush forward, and it seemed that the direction was Chang'an City.

The autumn of Chang'an is like a hot mature woman, autumn is the season of maturity, and the whole Chang'an seems to be like an autumn field full of ripe breath. The orchid sold in the wine store is even more vividly interpreted by the word "cooked..... However, all this had nothing to do with the middle-aged man in green clothes and black head, and after the carriage arrived in Chang'an City, it did not make any stop in the lively market, but sped up on the flat avenue. Some of the hawkers who couldn't hide were about to shout and curse, and some of the street patrol Wuhou was about to draw their knives to stop them, but when they saw the emblem on the carriage, they calmed down, and the vendor who had been knocked over the stall whispered something, and the vendor muttered and cleaned it up.

The rampaging carriage soon arrived at Changle Fang, and listened to it in front of a mansion that was not very luxurious, and the man in Tsing Yi came down and entered through the small door next to him and trotted into a small courtyard. This mansion does not look like a mansion compound from the outside, but there are indeed other things in the courtyard, pavilions, small bridges and flowing water. Even though it's autumn, the chrysanthemums in the garden are in full bloom. After the man in Tsing Yi walked to the small courtyard, he lowered his head and whispered to a graceful girl, and then lowered his head and waited for the summons of the owner of the small courtyard.

After getting permission, the man in Tsing Yi walked into the courtyard and saw a young man in white shaking a fan and bowing his head to the chrysanthemums in the garden.

"Young master, the little one has something to report to the young master, it looks a little strange at this time and quite interesting, young master, you let the little one go to the Zhuangzi below to inspect it, and when you want to come back, who do you guess the little one encountered?"

"Wang Gui, I think you are getting bolder and bolder, is it that Young Master Ben's favor for you makes you a little uneasy? Young Master Ben was thinking about a very beautiful chrysanthemum Fu when you interrupted his thoughts, not to say, are you here for amusement, Young Master, I'm here? Who did you meet? Could it be that you have met today's sage Arowana suit? Although the young man in white said that his voice was not loud, his words were full of coldness, and before he finished speaking, Wang Gui, a man in green clothes, knelt down tremblingly.

"Young master, please spare little Meng Lang. It's just that this matter may be able to bring unexpected benefits to the young master, and the little one hurriedly came to offend the young master and asked the young master to be magnanimous and spare the little one. ”

"Humph! What's the matter? Come quickly, if it is useless, there will be no 20 boards of family law! ”

"Young master, do you remember the salt that I bought two days ago, the kind that is whiter and finer than green salt? The young master also said that this salt is the family that our Wang family has inherited for hundreds of years, and they have never seen such fine salt. ”

"Well, Young Master Ben remembers, but what does it have to do with the people you met today?"

"Young master, the little one met today is one of the salt sellers, the little one won't be mistaken, and there is another person who bought salt that day and didn't meet it, but the person is not a monk or a layman, and has short hair."

"What's the use of that? It's just a salt seller and a short-haired man, Wang Gui will go and get twenty rods himself! ”

"Young master, slow down, listen to the little one and then decide whether to fight or not. The two men drove the ox cart and bought two carts of dry firewood, both of which were good dry firewood. The man I knew was only a few dozen catties of salt when he sold salt, and he always sold it at the price of one catty, but now he has bought two ox carts and two carts of dry firewood, and it seems that this salt is very profitable. If not, how could you buy two bullock carts? The little one wants to ask if he asks where the salt comes from, and let's also sell it, and with the financial resources of our Wang family, we will definitely earn a lot of silver. Now the young master is using money everywhere, the little one wants to share the worries of the young master, and he doesn't dare to make his own decisions, so he hurriedly reports back to the young master, and asks the young master to decide! ”

"Well, I'll leave it to you at this time, so it seems that if there is a channel for this salt, it will be a good source of money. This is a good thing, go and get the reward of the money, if there is any progress, let me know directly, go down! ”

Just after Wang Gui retreated in ecstasy, the young man in white did not have any expression, but continued to admire the chrysanthemum. Yes, I admire the chrysanthemum, and I also make an intoxicated expression from time to time......

In Yuanlou Village, Wang Xingxin and Liu Gangzi, who came back from buying firewood, drove the ox cart into Liu Laohan's yard and heard Liu Laohan shout loudly before stopping: "Why did you two melon babies come at this time, the firewood is used up and unloaded quickly, and they don't sleep tonight. ”

Wang Xingxin and Liu Gangzi hurriedly unloaded the firewood and moved it next to each stove to facilitate the pot.

Just when Wang Xingxin wanted to go into the firewood room to rest, Liu Lao Er shouted again: "Gongzi, don't beat the furniture of the new baby, hurry up and help make salt." went to take over the matter in Yun Niang's hands, she was a woman and a woman who didn't have much strength. New baby, don't go, hurry up and get some food, everyone hasn't eaten for almost a day! ”

Wang Xingxin, who was tired from unloading two truckloads of dry firewood and had a sore back and back, didn't care about wailing, looked at the big guy who was selling salt, and he frowned and walked into the firewood room. After a while, he came out: "Uncle Liu, there is no noodles and no meat, what do you see eating?" ”

"Now I still pick one, just get some at random to fill your stomach, sell the salt and buy dozens of chickens, you can do it again, and then call it a flower chicken and then satisfy everyone's hunger." Wang Xingxin thought about it, and there was some rice, so he simply stuffed some rice and dry rice, as for the dishes? There are only radish, looking at some remaining lard, as long as you fry some shredded radish with lard to make everyone eat, at most the salt is heavier, but unfortunately there is no chili.

After the meal was ready, he might be tired from work, although the dish was not very good, Wang Xinxing also pulled a big bowl of white rice. As for the others, let alone eat, they have never seen white rice. Everyone ate sweetly, burped and sat on the firewood to drink water and rest. Liu Laohan came to Wang Xinxing, who was lying on the ox cart, and said: "New baby, the old man always feels that something is wrong, should we stop after selling these ten loads of salt and hand over the secret method to the government." ”

Wang Xinxing, who was lying down, said lazily to Liu Laohan: "Uncle Liu said that it is even worse, make salt overnight tonight, and directly hand over the secret method to the government after selling it." This money makes my heart skip a beat! ”

A sleep can travel back to the Tang Dynasty, and Wang Xinxing is convinced of these mysteries. Before he crossed over, he believed that people had a sixth or even seventh sense, and that the explosion of the small universe could also have an eighth sense.

"Xinwazi, after selling the salt, it is estimated that I will measure the acres of land for you, and then I will build you a house. You can think of some ways to make money, but don't be like making salt, although this method is simple and highly profitable, but the stakes are too big, we can't afford it! ”

"Uncle Liu, don't worry, the kid can save it, there is a way to make money, but you need to test it a few more times to see how it works, if it happens, although the profit is not as big as salt production, but it can also make our whole village worry about food and clothing even if they don't farm. This has nothing to do with the national economy and people's livelihood, and it is not a matter of great importance. ”

"So very good, very good, the new baby knows in his heart that the old man is relieved, the baby rests for a while, the old man tells everyone to hurry up, and strive to finish the salt in the first half of the night, so that they can rest for two hours."

"Uncle Liu, don't panic, I guess the kid can't get up in the middle of the night to sell salt with everyone, uncle remember to buy some things for the kid after selling salt, our next money-making project is here."

After that, he jumped out of the ox cart and took out a piece of linen from the firewood house, on which were written on charcoal some materials, such as: lime, alkali, sesame oil, fatty pork, rosin and other messy things.

"I said why was there a piece of sackcloth missing last time, and the new baby didn't tell the truth and said that it was very strange that the wind was blowing away, and it turned out to be to remember something. The old man came back from selling salt and bought a good pen, ink, paper, and inkstone for the new baby. ”

"Uncle Liu won't talk about the linen cloth first, after buying these things, the uncle will go to the government to hand over the secret method of salt making to the government, but don't mention the boy, just say that this secret method is to save a Western Regions Hu Shang's income."

"Why is the new baby? That's a lot of a credit! I can't say that it can be compared to military merits, although the old man is a common man in a township, but he has also experienced some things in the war a few years ago, which is a great achievement! Even if there are people in the government who are greedy for merit, they can't be greedy for your great merit of offering secret methods! ”

"I'm Uncle Di! The kid thought about it, don't take this credit, it's useless. Let's just ask for money, as long as the people in our village are doing well, what credit do we have? Bland, peace is a blessing. ”

Liu Laohan pondered for a while: "What you think about is different from others, the old man listens to you!" Yes! Peace is a blessing, there is no shortage of money and food to eat, and there is a new baby to make a drop of food, it would be nice if the old man had another grandson! The new baby is a spiritual awakening person, is there any way to let the old man's daughter-in-law have a grandson for the old man as soon as possible? It's all been married, and there has been no movement in the past three years. ”

Wang Xingxin was stunned, what can I do if I don't have a baby in this life? However, looking at Liu Laohan's sad appearance, he couldn't bear to hit him and said, "Uncle boy, think about it, maybe there is a way." I'll give Brother Da Niu a prescription to recuperate, maybe it's okay. ”

"Really?"

"Sure enough?"

"By the way, Uncle Liu, there is something I don't understand?"

"What?"

"Uncle Liu is the second child of Liu, is it appropriate for the kid to call you Uncle Liu? Why don't you call you the second uncle? ”

"Gua baby! Begging! Uncle is the uncle or the second uncle? Liu Lao Er can't be called Uncle Liu? How to call it or how to call it? ”

There was a burst of laughter in the yard, everyone was smiling and looking at the embarrassed Wang Xingxin, and Wang Xinxing, who ran into the firewood room in embarrassment, lay on the bed and fell asleep tired after a while. Liu Laohan outside the courtyard also stopped what he was doing, looked up at the already dim sky, and looked at Liu Laohan and smiled.

Then he yelled: "It's up to the old man to do it!" Hurry up and get to work! Which one dares to be lazy and watch the old man not fight! ”