Chapter 13: Arriving at the Salt Works

As Li Ling expected, it was really Uncle Yang who came to their house, every time he saw this uncle when he was a child, he would have a lot of delicious food and fun, and when he grew up, he knew that he was his future father-in-law, and his father had set this family business for him when Li Ling was six years old.

Uncle Yang came here more than ten years to transport salt, has always been received by the Li family, the two families gradually became acquainted, after a drunken Uncle Yang and Li's father had an agreement, the two families became in-laws, in order to show friendship.

Inheriting the memories of his previous life, Li Ling tried to gradually integrate into the Li family and this dynasty, he has always been noncommittal about this family business, and a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy should not consider this.

When I saw this fiancée named Yang Ying in Wen Bao Zhai, my heart was turbulent, frankly speaking, the little girl was generous and beautiful, and he had no opinion on the other party. Judging from the fact that she took the initiative to choose gifts for herself, the little girl is also very looking forward to the future.

After the father of both sides introduced the two, the little girl's face immediately turned red, her eyes stared at the ground unnaturally, she couldn't imagine that her fiancé was actually the one who rescued herself in Wenbao Zhai, and for a while her heart was filled with affection and honey, and she was a little overwhelmed.

"The purpose of my visit this time is the same, but now there is a war at the border pass, and the Mongols have repeatedly provoked our army, so this time I want to transport 2,000 quintals of salt, and the amount of salt will be transported over together in the spring of next year, and I will trouble Brother Li to bother a lot!" Uncle Yang didn't care about his daughter's thoughts in private, and he put forward his request directly.

This time, the decision to bring more salt was made by him and his brother, and he couldn't be sloppy at all.

The Yang family actually asked for so much salt this time, and Father Li was happy all of a sudden, so wouldn't the crisis in his salt farm be resolved? But then his face darkened, there were only more than 100,000 catties of goods in his salt factory, where to find another one for him?

"The eldest brother is embarrassed by the younger brother!". Father Li frowned suddenly.

"Father, don't worry, this time I went to the salt farm with Uncle Yang, and we are not the only ones who dry salt there, we will definitely make up enough amount!" Li Ling naturally knew the reason why his father was worried, because of Governor Liu, the salt merchants in Yingtianfu were hostile to their Li family, and some even had the idea of taking advantage of the fishermen.

In such a situation, it is difficult to ask for help from these people.

Uncle Yang is purchasing military supplies, and he can't complete the task, Uncle Yang himself represents the government, and he is a Jinyiwei, so it is not impossible to complete this task.

"Yes, what the virtuous nephew said is very right, we must complete this task, so let's go to Yingtianfu to purchase some other supplies, and Ying'er will go to the salt field for me!"

Uncle Yang didn't know that Li Ling was thinking about his identity at all, and he easily let Li Xiucai's plan fall through.

Everything was ready, Li Ling and Yang Ying set off with dozens of carts and more than 100 guards, and after leaving Ying Tianfu, they headed all the way to the east towards the seaside.

The leader of the guard was a young man surnamed Zhang, and through two days of observation, Li Ling discovered a secret, this commander seemed to be interested in his fiancée, and often came to her to flatter her, intentionally or unintentionally.

"Don't get me wrong, I only regard Zhang Wu as a friend!" Yang Ying is also an extremely smart person, and she naturally sees Li Xiucai's wariness of Zhang Wu.

Zhang Wu's father is a partial general of the border army, and he has a lot of dealings with the Yang family, Yang Ying naturally sees his heart for himself, but the world is so ingenious, she didn't like military generals from the beginning, especially after Li Ling achieved fame this spring, Miss Yang tied her heart to her fiancé.

The kid surnamed Zhang is also very persevering, and he still follows her unrelentingly after being hinted at by Yang Ying many times.

Don't worry, as long as he doesn't go too far, I won't be like him! “。 In Li Ling's eyes, Zhang Wu still knows how to measure, and now that it is important to transport salt, he naturally does not want to cause more trouble.

They swaggered to the beach with dozens of carriages, which naturally attracted the attention of others, especially those salt merchants, and on the day Li Ling and these people left, their respective minions reported the news to their masters.

The road has been peaceful, but when we approached the coast, we found a large number of refugees fleeing in the direction of Yingtian, and during this period there were sporadic Japanese pirates who came to harass the surrounding salt works.

The local officials have also come to inspect a few times, and the Japanese slaves come and go in a hurry, and they are only a small group, and the officials have no way to take these people, so they can't use a large army for these thieves!

When the convoy arrived at the salt farm, Hachi's father was very happy, and such a large amount of salt was transported, and the crisis of the salt field was completely resolved.

"Everybody is quicker with their hands and feet, and load the salt into the car!" The old man didn't know what military supplies were, he only knew that the Yang family had helped the Li family this time and relieved him, so he naturally had to do his best.

Dozens of people did things together, Li Ling and the group of guards only had a lunch at the salt farm, and the salt of more than 100,000 years had been neatly moved to the car.

Xiaoba's father looked apologetic, the salt farm could only make up half of the share that the young master wanted, and he really couldn't find more salt.

According to the practice of previous years, Uncle Yang would come to the salt field to get salt after two months, but even at that time, the Li family could only give them a thousand stones of fine salt.

After Li Ling sent the guards to drive the cart away, he went to the Liu family's salt field alone, Uncle Yang could still stay in Yingtian for more than ten days, and he must find a way to gather a thousand stones of fine salt during this time.

Although he didn't know what the idea was on the frontier, he knew that everything related to the border must be very important, and he couldn't act hastily.

"Young Master Li, do you want a thousand stones of fine salt, and you still have to pay the original price?" The person in charge of the Wang family's salt farm shook his head like a wave drum, and refused Li Ling's request without hesitation.

Now it has become an open secret that there is no salt in the Lijia salt farm, and there is so much fine salt in the local market that salt merchants must compete for the remaining few if they want to extract salt here.

In this way, the price will inevitably rise, not to mention more, it is absolutely okay to buy one or two more prices, this golden opportunity Wangjia Salt Farm will not miss it. Why are you so anxious to sell the fine salt stored in the yard to the Li family?

No matter what Li Ling said, the Liu family salt farm insisted that their own owners were not there, and they had no right to use such a huge amount of fine salt without authorization.

Seeing that the sun was setting, the skin of the mouth was polished, and the other party still didn't spit out, the two salt farms were also close neighbors, and the relationship had been maintained for decades, Li Ling was naturally unwilling to take advantage of the friendship between the two families for this matter.

"Young Master Li, this guy actually dares to secretly ignore the salt!"

When Li Ling returned to the salt field with a tired body, it happened that Zhang Wu, the leader of the guards, had tied up the leader of the porters, and the two places were bustling with people and horses.

Yang Ying smiled slightly and apologized, she quickly pulled her fiancé out of the crowd, and whispered to explain the reason.

This has to start with those fine salts, when Uncle Yang came to understand that they would have as many as there were in the salt farm, and Li Ling would be responsible for raising the deficiencies in other salt farms, and this Father Li also agreed, and there was no problem.

Zhang Wu divided most of the guards and asked them to escort this batch of fine salt back to the Li family first, and then come over to transport the next batch.

When the carriage left, he found a problem, there were still a few sacks of fine salt on the ground that had not been loaded, and the amount was as many as several hundred catties.

This is a big taboo for Zhang Wu, all they transported are military supplies, this is a big matter related to the border army's war, how can these little people be allowed to embezzle?

He quarreled with Liu Er, the leader in charge of transportation, not only ordered someone to tie up the other party, but also kicked Liu Er a few times when the people were not paying attention. "Young Master, you have to call the shots for us, it's not that we're greedy, the rules are like this, five hundred draw one, all salt farms are like this, you can go and inquire, it's not that our hands and feet are unclean!"

The porters of the salt works did a heavy job, and the wages were not very much, and the heads of several salt factories jointly ruled that for every 500 sacks of fine salt carried, they would be given a bag in return! ”。

In fact, even so, they still don't get much, but there is another reason why they live in poverty, there are few salt farms located here along the coast, and the Japanese often come here to rob, and the people have a lot of mobility, most of them are not stationed in a salt factory, but wander around, and these people have become the primary target of the Japanese robbers.

"Let them go!". Li Ling made the final conclusion as soon as he gave the order, and several people walked over boldly and untied the rope on Liu Er's body.

Liu Er glanced at the eldest young master gratefully, over the years, the Li family has not turned away these people like other salt farms, but let these people settle down in the salt farm, and they don't care when they go out to earn money when the Li family's salt farm has no work to do.

With the help of simple fortifications of the salt works, they escaped disaster many times. Everyone is a good man who knows how to be grateful, even if they really pay for the salt works, they will not hesitate to do anything, and when the iron hooves of the Japanese are trampled here, they will face it bravely.