Chapter 239: Green Salt

After Li Jiancheng finished his breakfast in a depressed manner, he walked out of the restaurant without saying a word, Su Dingfang and Xue Li knew that Li Jiancheng was in a bad mood, and they followed Li Jiancheng without saying a word. Li Jiancheng has been thinking about the people's discussion of the death of Wu Wang Du Fuwei in his heart, and he remembered that a few days ago, the Yamen of the Five Cities of the Beijing Division, the Imperial City Guard Envoy and the Yin of the Jingzhao Mansion all reported to Li Jiancheng:

"His Royal Highness the Prince, after receiving the order of the prince, Yin Helan Qiming of the Chenjing Zhaofu sent an eyeliner to make a secret visit in the city, and has caught more than a dozen people who secretly spread rumors, including four people with Jianghuai accents and three people with Luoyang accents.

"His Royal Highness the Prince! Fan Zhaokang, the soldier and horse division of the five cities, together with the imperial city guard envoy Bi Daren, patrolled the city in the past few days, and captured a total of 24 people who intended to grab salt. ”

"Hmmm! You adults are doing a great job! After this salt famine incident has passed, the palace will make it clear to the Holy Lord and ask for merit for all the adults. ”

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Li Jiancheng waved them away after listening to their report, but the three officials in charge of guarding public security in Chang'an still stood motionless, and Li Jiancheng felt strange:

"Three adults, why don't you leave, is there anything important that you haven't reported?" Three adults, look at me, I'll look at you, and in the end, Yin Helan Qiming, who is a civil official, said it first:

"His Royal Highness the Prince of Qiqi, there is a common feature among these people recently arrested by the ministers - that is, they are all related to the death of Wu Wang Du Fuwei, although the ministers are desperately trying their strength to suppress, but there is an old saying, the mouth of the people is more than the defense of Sichuan, if the salt shortage is not solved quickly, I am afraid that it will be more and more negative in the future, and the reputation of the saint is not good!" Helan Qiming had more contact with Li Jiancheng than the Yamen of the Five Cities and the Imperial City Guards, and Li Jiancheng rarely put on a show in front of them as civilian officials, and Li Jiancheng also knew that sometimes deliberately fiddling with the authority of the superior would only keep his subordinates away from him. Helan Qiming knew this, so he dared to speak, because this matter was just Helan Qiming reporting to Li Jiancheng from a young age, and said seriously that this was a private discussion of the palace and slandering the saint - to be killed. The other two adults watched coldly from the sidelines, and they also secretly pinched a cold sweat in their hearts.

"Okay, this palace already knows about this matter, don't worry about it, you just need to do your things well, don't worry about anything else, remember, don't say a word about the people's opinions to the ears of the saint, after the matter passes, the palace will report to the saint and reward you." Li Jiancheng's tone revealed incomparably harshness.

"The prince reprimands, and Weichen takes the order!" Li Jiancheng thought of this, and his heart was also full of dissatisfaction with Li Yuan - no matter how jealous you are of those who have been divided, no matter how jealous you are in your heart, but the people are innocent, for the peace of their hearts, the opponent seized the opportunity to cause such a turbulent situation, and the people suffered together, why bother? If the palace can successfully ascend the throne in the future, it must personally erect a monument for Du Fuwei to commend his merits in preventing the people from suffering from war and military disasters. Li Jiancheng was thinking about it, when suddenly a quarrel came, and there was a large group of people around, Li Jiancheng, Xue Li, and Su Dingfang finally squeezed in, and saw two bearded Hu merchants from the Western Regions arguing with an unskilled Chinese urn and arguing angrily with a person dressed as a scoundrel:

"You say you're salt, is it blue-gray? Have you never seen table salt as a laborer? Table salt is white. I think you're trying to cheat money. Hell knows what it is. ”

"I didn't lie to you, this is salt! We just heard that there is a shortage of salt here, so hurry up and ship it over, if you don't buy it, don't make trouble here, we still have to do business! ”

"Drink! You guys are justified in selling fakes, everyone! Someone sells fake salt here, is this salt? If you don't stare at it, maybe it's poisonous? ”

"What nonsense are you talking about, our salt here is dried from the water in the desert, blue-gray, and we eat it a lot. How can it be toxic? ”

"How is it impossible, I see that you Hu people in the Western Regions will be so kind-hearted, what do you say about singing jokes and telling stories-oh! The fertile tribes will have different hearts, and judging by your appearance, maybe they are still spies sent by the Turks to spy on our country? Do you think I'm right? Someone next to him immediately followed suit, and one of the Western Regions Hu Shang had a hot temper, and directly grabbed the ploppy collar:

"What nonsense are you talking about? I, Mohammed Azi, have been doing business in Chang'an City for so many years, and I have always been law-abiding, and I have never committed adultery, so you have to explain things to me clearly today. Splash Skin secretly hit Mohammed Ah Zi Benma, and when Muhammad Ah Zi Benz felt a pain in his body, he pushed Splash Skin:

"Ouch! Come and see! This profiteer and spy in the Western Regions watched the conspiracy be exposed, and he was going to kill people, everyone saw it, and in broad daylight, he was going to kill people, is there still a royal law? Splash Pi lay on the ground and rolled uncontrollably, and when Ah Zi Benma saw that he could not say anything to him, he turned and left, and Splash Pi directly hugged Muhammad Ah Zi Benma's thigh:

"What! You still want to leave after hitting someone, you dare! Come on, everyone! This profiteer wants to kill people and kill people and want to leave, you don't think about it, you don't think about it. Immediately, there were a few thin and small splash skin blocks, two of which were in front of Ah Zi Benmo, and the others were in front of another Hu Shang in the Western Regions.

"What's going on? What the hell is going on? Why are so many people gathered here, there is a strict order from above, no illegal gathering is allowed, and nothing will be done! ”

"Ouch! It's the Hong team who is looking for the city! These two Hu merchants of the Western Regions used fake salt to deceive people here, and wanted to kill people, our brother reasoned with them, but was injured by them, please be the master for us! Team Hong nodded, his eyes looked at the two Western Regions Hu Shang, and the other Western Regions Hu Shang hurriedly said:

"My lord! We are decent businessmen, and the salt here is absolutely genuine. Team Hong took the green salt in his hand and touched it, and sniffed it in his nose again:

"You said that you are salt, and the official can't tell it, so it's better for you all to go with the official, and wait for the Lord of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses to make a decision, come here! Take them all away. Hu Shang of the Western Regions shouted that he was wronged:

"Wronged, we wronged! My lord! ”

"Wait!" When Team Hong heard someone blocking him, he immediately shouted loudly:

"What birdman dares to obstruct this official from doing his official business here."

"Be bold and presumptuous! The small team dared to be so rude to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. As soon as the people around heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had arrived, they were shocked, and Team Hong didn't believe it:

"You said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince arrived, what proof do you have?!" Li Jiancheng took out a gold seal cast by gold and handed it to Hong Team Zheng, who saw that the gold seal was written underneath - the imperial treasure of the prince of the Tang Dynasty.

"The humble minister doesn't know that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived, please forgive His Royal Highness the Prince!" The other onlookers, the Hu merchants of the Western Regions, and a few splashes also quickly knelt down, and Muhammad Azi Benmo shouted under the pull of the two soldiers:

"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, I have been wronged!" The two soldiers who pulled Ah Zi Ben Mo desperately grabbed Mohammed Ah Zi Ben Mo, and did not allow Mo Mohammed Ah Zi Ben Mo to move, Li Jiancheng asked the soldiers to let Ah Zi Ben Mo go:

"You say this is salt?" Muhammad Azi replied:

"Yes, Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, my name is Muhammad Azi Benma, this partner of mine is called Caliph Morikud, we are both from distant Persia, since we left Persia, we have traveled all the way to Chang'an, we have been doing business here for more than ten years, this is our second hometown, we are not spies in the Western Regions. If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does not believe me, I am willing to taste it myself to prove my innocence. After speaking, they were about to step forward, Xue Li and Su Dingfang took out their close-fitting daggers and blocked in front of Li Jiancheng:

"What are you going to do, go back!" Li Jiancheng walked to the salt stall, grabbed a handful and was about to send it to his mouth, Xue Li and Su Dingfang hurriedly stopped Li Jiancheng:

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, you are a daughter, you must not take risks lightly!"

"His Royal Highness the Prince, Weichen is willing to help His Highness try the risk!" Team Hong was in front of Li Jiancheng with the people who were watching:

"Please Your Highness, don't take the risk lightly!" Just kidding, if Li Jiancheng has something to do, will the people present still be able to live? Li Jiancheng shook his head and said:

"You all stand up for this palace, and you all stand up for this palace!" The words spoken were louder and harsher than the last.

"The life of this palace is life, isn't your life your life?"

"Your Royal Highness......" Li Jiancheng took advantage of the fact that Xue Li, Su Dingfang and the others had not come back to their senses, and quickly put the green salt in his hand into his mouth. Taste it slowly. The hearts of those present jumped to their throats. 'Hmmm! The taste is a little astringent, but there is still a bit of saltiness. Li Jiancheng tasted it slowly, and then walked to the end of Muhammad Azi:

"Muhammad 'Azo Benma, this palace asks you, where did you get your so-called green salt?"

"Returning to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, outside the mouth of the Great Wall, all the way to the southwest of the king, in the vast desert, another place called Cuowenbu, there is a blue sea, after the sea is dried, such salt grains will appear, and everyone there knows it, and they all eat it." 'Tsowenbu - isn't that the old name of Qinghai Lake?' The Qinghai salt there is famous in the northwest of China in later generations! Li Jiancheng thought of this:

"Someone! Take these two Hu merchants from the Western Regions to the prince's east palace of the palace, the palace will eat this salt from today, three days later, if the palace is fine, you Mohammed Azi will make a great achievement, the palace has its own reward, if there is anything wrong with this thing, the palace wants you to be buried together. Take! After Li Jiancheng and them left, the people around them were all talking:

"Oops! What a virtuous and virtuous highness! It is really a blessing for my dynasty to have such a crown prince! ”

"Yes! The king of Qin ordered all the mansions to eat light food, and save salt to relieve us, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince tried salt by himself. It is really a blessing for us ordinary people to have such two virtuous princes in Li Tang! "Li Jiancheng didn't hear the discussion of the people present, he seems to have found the 'key' to solve this salt shortage." As long as there is no problem with this green salt, are you still afraid that the salt shortage will be difficult to survive? Li Jiancheng thought confidently.