It can be seen that Sun Yufu is extremely excited, and even Cheng Chumo and these people keep grabbing salt and stuffing it into their mouths. Seeing that Qin Ze was a little frightened, he was afraid that something would happen to these people.

Qin Ze extracted the table salt with a divine skill, and the aggressive Cui Shi immediately closed his mouth. He is not a fool and naturally knows what this means, once this matter is known to Li Er of Chang'an. Not to mention digging up half of his Lingzhou Mansion, even if he buries others in it, the Cui family will not be able to get much benefit.

Can salt mines be used to extract table salt? What does this mean for Datang?

It's like someone can turn dirt into food, and in this situation, what more can he say?

The rickety's body became more and more rickety, Cui Shi looked at these people in front of him, waved his hand and left with hundreds of guards of his Cui family.

These people came from Cui's family, which can be said to be the guarantee of Cui Shi's real activities in Lingzhou. He is already a frightened bird, and now he has to take these with him wherever he goes. Even Li Duwei and them, he didn't trust them anymore.

The letter was scalded with red lacquer by Sun Yufu, and an unknown feather was inserted on it. Only then did he hand over to a few scouts and let them rush eight hundred miles to Chang'an.

Zhao Zhong and the others who went to Chang'an to deliver the letter last time have not returned, and this time two more batches were sent. One batch is to send Tie Legu's head back to Chang'an, and one batch is to send this Feixin immediately.

According to Sun Yufu, Zhao Zhong and the others came to Chang'an, at least for half a month. This is also because they want to detain one city by one, so there is some delay. But for the letter marked "Feixin immediately" this time, it only takes three days to reach Chang'an.

Qin Ze didn't feel anything about this, anyway, he had already been saved. Five points of wish value are in hand, and so far there are a total of 48 points of wish value. It's just that this time it is estimated that Cui Shi has been forced to a dead end.

The dog jumped over the wall in a hurry, and the ghost knows what Cui Shi, who is in a hurry, will do to lose his conscience.

Now that the Hulu army is eyeing Lingzhou City, and the city will not be in harmony, it can be said that it is definitely not a wise choice to force Cui Shi at this time.

But after all, Qin Ze saved a few lives this time, and finally saw the living people of Lingzhou City.

When those people saw that they were saved, they also wept with joy one by one, but because they had been under heavy pressure for a long time, even now that Cui Shi had left. The men still stood there trembling, not daring to move.

Qin Ze shook his head and walked up, and said to the old man before: "Although these people have been saved, their bodies are still too weak. If you don't supplement some nutrients well, it is estimated that you will have a serious illness, and I am afraid that it will be dangerous at that time. ”

The old man naturally understood the truth of this, but he looked at the people around him, and opened his mouth but didn't say a word.

Qin Ze naturally knew what they were worried about, so he waved his hand at Li Duwei and Cheng Chumo. Signal them to leave first, and don't put too much pressure on these people.

Sun Yufu didn't follow, and Qin Ze found that although these people had an instinctive resistance to the soldiers of Lingzhou City. But for Sun Yufu, it is much more relaxed.

Seeing that the people around him were scattered, the old man asked his people to carry the injured people back. Qin Ze saw that they were going to drill a hole in the ground again, and his face also changed.

"Anyway, old man, digging a hole in the ground and collapsing the Lingzhou Mansion is not a trivial matter. Even if there is a salt mine as a rhetoric now, if it is really investigated, I am afraid that there will be no good end. When Qin Ze said this, his eyes kept staring at the people of Lingzhou City who were pouring up.

Sure enough, as Qin Ze said this, these people's faces also changed. The hope that had finally accumulated on his face also became disappointed, thinking in his heart that he thought that an adult who had come to speak for him had come, but he didn't want to be in a nest with that Cui Daren's snake and rat.

"What do you mean by that, Lord?" The old man also looked jealous, and his eyes were a little puzzled when he looked at Qin Ze.

He couldn't understand why the person who was so righteous before suddenly changed his face.

Sun Yufu on the side also frowned, but because he believed in Qin Ze's personality, he didn't speak.

Qin Ze saw that everyone was surrounding him, looked at the weak people in the crowd who were no longer in shape, and also sighed and said, "Since you have done something wrong, you must be punished." From tomorrow onwards, everyone will dig salt mines for me, and I will not stop digging until I reach a hundred stones a day! ”

"Ahh Don't torture the little old men! Now I don't have any food in Lingzhou City. The people have not eaten a full meal for months, and they are almost hungry and can't walk, where do they have the strength to dig salt mines for the officials? ”

The old man leaned and pointed to his belly, which was indeed empty and shriveled, and it looked like he hadn't eaten enough for a long time.

Qin Ze has actually always been a little curious, although there has been a disaster this year, the people will not have nothing to eat. What's more, there are so many troops stationed here, there's no reason why there is nothing to eat.

Sun Yufu on the side saw Qin Ze's question, so he leaned over to Qin Ze's ear and said, "The grain in Lingzhou City has been confiscated by Cui Beijia. The last time I went to exchange a thousand stone of grain for war horses, I received it from them.

Last year, the Lingzhou City was swept away by the Turks, and the Lingzhou City, which has a total of more than 3,000 people, now has less than 800 people. Most of them were taken captive by the Turks, and all their food was looted.

At that time, Cheng Duwei and Li Duwei were not here, and Lingzhou City only had Cui Beijia and 2,000 soldiers. I never thought that as soon as the Turks came, Cui Beijia would abandon the city and flee directly. Pity my 2,000 soldiers of the Tang Dynasty sacrificed in the end, but they still did not stop the Turkic iron cavalry. ”

Speaking of this, there were obviously tears flashing in Sun Yufu's eyes, and Qin Ze was also furious when he heard it. The soldiers came to the city and the generals fled privately, which is a taboo for soldiers. Basically, it has been explained that the people and soldiers are not taken into account, and it is clear that they are sent to death.

"Then why is he still showing off his power in Lingzhou City now?" Qin Ze gritted his teeth and tried his best to control his anger.

The head of Sun Yufu sighed and said: "The Cui family is powerful, and in the end, this matter was suppressed. Cui Beijia found a reason and directly put the responsibility on the soldiers who defended the city at the beginning. So the matter is closed. ”

"What about these people?" Qin Ze looked at the frightened people and felt a pang of distress in his heart.

"It is impossible for the Tang Dynasty and the Turkic horse market to be broken, and the grain in Lingzhou City has been robbed. In order to plug this hole, Cui Beijia directly collected the food they used to save their lives from the people. Since then, the entire Lingzhou City has changed. My Tang soldiers killed the enemy in blood, forged the iron bones of the Tang Dynasty with blood, and erected this Lingzhou Jiancheng with corpses, but now they have been completely destroyed by that Cui Shi. Cheng Duwei hadn't thought about helping these people before, but ......"

Sun Yufu didn't continue when he said this, Qin Ze knew what he meant, since then, these people haven't even left their own homes, and how dare they accept Cheng Chumo's help.

It's a twisted city!

This was the second time Qin Ze had this thought, and he patted Sun Yufu's shoulder and motioned for him to calm down. Then he looked at the frightened people and said: "From tomorrow onwards, everyone must come here for me to dig salt mines, if one less person does not come, then don't blame me Qin someone turned his face and didn't recognize people." If you don't dig a hundred stone salt mines a day, then don't think about having food! ”

As soon as Qin Ze said this, those frightened people began to beg the old man for mercy one by one, hoping that he could save them.

However, the old man didn't pay attention to them at all, and asked Qin Ze in a bit of a daze, "What the official said is true?" ”

"What? If you make a mistake and still want to deny it? Qin Ze had a dark face, and his tone was very cold.

"Little Lao'er thank you for the people of Lingzhou City, thank you for saving the people of Lingzhou." This old man deserves to be a smart person, and he immediately reacted to the meaning of Qin Ze's words.

If you don't dig 100 stone a day, you won't be given food!

Oh my God? There's still food to eat!

He keenly grasped the crux of the question, Qin Ze waved his hand at him, and asked about the identity of the other party. He is the mayor of the people of Lingzhou City, and he is also the oldest person in Lingzhou City.

Qin Ze directly called him Huang Lao'er, and the other party was not surprised. On the contrary, his face was smiling like a chrysanthemum, and it was estimated that if Qin Ze could go up and kick him twice, he would be even happier.

There are less than 800 people in Lingzhou City now, and 100 stones is not too easy for them.

The matter of making salt, Qin Ze directly handed it over to Sun Yufu. Let him register these people and organize them to mine.

Sun Yufu happily wanted to cook for them first. But they were stopped by Qin Ze, these simple people can now be said to be frightened birds, if you treat them better, the more afraid they are. If they were given a meal for nothing now, it is estimated that no one would be able to eat steadily.

So Qin Ze walked around the people with a wooden stick again, and clearly pointed out that they were only given two meals a day, and the portion must be half of the soldiers. You can eat porridge every three days, but if you can't finish it, then everyone will not have food.

At the end, Qin Ze added: "Although it is already afternoon, if you don't dig enough fifty stone salt mines, you still have nothing to eat." ”

Huang Lao'er was about to cry when he said this, so he picked up the guy without saying anything and took the people to dig the salt mine together.

Qin Ze selected some people from among them to help Wu San and them crush the salt mine and do some chores. As for the core things, they are in the hands of Wu San and more than a dozen of them.

In less than three days, the entire Lingzhou City has taken on a new look. The happiest is Sun Yufu, who has to go to the construction site almost every day. Every time I went to eat, I would run to see if I had treated these people badly.

At the same time, Zhao Zhong and the others finally rushed back from Chang'an, and Qin Ze was pulled up by Cheng Huailiang early in the morning, saying that His Majesty's reward had come down and he was going to take him to listen to the order.