Chapter 19 Shortage of Sea Salt
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Yang Ying's wound was desilted and re-bandaged, and her body gradually improved, and she blushed when she remembered the way Li Ling stitched up her wound. I didn't dare to face my fiancé for a long time.
Liu Rui realized her medical skills, the little girl bravely stood up, she wanted to go back to Li's house with Li Ling, so that not only could she take care of her brother nearby, but she also wanted to find a medical center to study well.
Li Ling didn't want to hit her, but in the Ming Dynasty, which medicine could accept her.
Liu Rui has no such concerns, even if it doesn't work, she has to give it a try.
Xiao Hachi loaded all the fine salt produced by the salt factory in the past few days into the car, and led everyone to set off in the direction of Yingtianfu.
"Young Master, thank you so much this time, if you hadn't brought those guards here, I'm afraid that our salt works would also be slaughtered!" Xiao Ba said to Li Ling, who was riding a horse, while setting up the car.
It's terrible to think about, the scale of the Wangjia salt farm is not small, a fire was burned to the ground, and hundreds of men were killed.
Xiaoba had a cold war, his family was in the salt field, this time the young master and the young lady saved their family's life!
Thinking about the young lady in the car who was seriously injured in order to fight against the Japanese invaders, his heart was full of gratitude.
"You slow down, it doesn't matter if you have an extra day's trip, if Yang Ying has another mistake, it will be a big trouble!" Li Ling instructed Hachi to drive carefully, and at the same time asked Hachi, "How are the fortifications being built?" This is a matter related to everyone's safety, you can't be sloppy! ”。
The Ming Dynasty implemented a maritime ban policy, where is there still a coastal defense force? This time it can be regarded as offending the Japanese Koukou. They have always been very cruel, but how do you know that this group of animals/creatures will not retaliate again?
"Don't worry, my father plans to gather all the strong laborers in the vicinity, and the tunnel and the moat will be built together, this is a life-saving thing, and everyone will spare no effort!"
Xiao Bamei said with a smile, his father had mentioned to him more than once, the eldest young master's decision was very good, they had already agreed with several big salt farms, and the tunnels between the salt farms would be dug through, and once the would-be invaded again, they could also support each other.
While Zhang Wu and these guards were there, his father also specially consulted the training methods of the border army, and trained the long-term workers in his spare time, so as not to have no power to fight back next time when he encountered the Japanese invaders.
Hundreds of people in the Wangjia Salt Farm were actually killed by dozens of widows, and I felt cold when I thought about it!
Yang Ying's injuries on her body have not been healed, and it took more than ten days to come back this time, but fortunately, the road was safe and there was no leakage.
When he arrived at Li's house, he encountered big trouble, and a large number of salt merchants gathered in front of the gate.
"Li Gongzi is finally back, can he cash in sea salt for us now?"
"Finally the eldest young master is back, hurry up and deliver it to us, our shop will be closed in a few days!"
Finally waited for the Li Mansion to speak, these salt merchants all had a friendship with Li Ling, and these local salt merchants selectively forgot how they coerced the Li family a few days ago.
"Oops!". Li Ling secretly screamed badly, these guys are obviously eyeing the batch of salt in their hands, but he can't sell it, these plus the amount of money snatched from the widows, are just enough for Uncle Yang.
"Uncles and uncles, all the supplies that have been shipped this time are military supplies, which are used to support the front line, if you need it, you can go to the salt factory to pick it up, and the long-term workers will produce as much as possible!"
A group of people have been in business for generations, and they are very thick-skinned, where did they listen to Li Ling's words, they only clamored to transport this batch of sea salt to the shop, taking advantage of the current shortage of salt, they will definitely make a lot of more money, and everyone knows that the fine salt of the Li family is made by special methods, and the condition is much better than that of other families, and it will definitely be sold at a good price.
"It's good to discuss a matter with my nephew, give me some of these sea salts, my shop is small, just a few thousand catties!" A black and thin salt merchant rubbed his face against Li Ling's dissuasion, and went to untie the sack on the car with his right hand, wanting to see the quality of the salt.
"Wait, didn't the young master say it? No one can touch these sea salts! ”。 Hachi went up and grabbed the salt merchant's hand.
He had already recognized the identity of this guy, the boss of the Guangtai, when Ma Xiancheng said that he wanted to target the Li family, he was quick to turn around, and he asked his father to return the sea salt he ordered on the same day.
In desperation, the black thin salt merchant withdrew his hand, and said with a smile on his face: "It turned out to be Xiaoba, this lying sea salt was personally escorted by you!" Didn't your father say that as long as I am willing to turn back, the Li family salt farm is always welcome."
"You". Xiaoba can't stand it anymore, he has never seen such a shameless person in the world.
After the incident between his brother and Miss Ma, their family was sad, and their father pleaded bitterly, but where did they pay attention? He had never forgotten the cold face of the salt merchant.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way! Get out of the way! ”。 When the two sides were arguing, they saw a group of soldiers with knives and guns walking out of the courtyard of the Li family, led by Yang Yong, who saved Li Ling on the Japanese boat that day.
After Yang Yong and his brothers brought back the looted salt, they stayed at the Li family with Uncle Yang, and only then did they hear the movement outside, so they led everyone out to have a look.
The salt merchants were all pampered people, and they were very sorry for their lives, and when they saw a group of soldiers coming out of Li's house, they were scattered like birds and beasts, and they deliberately hid far away. Seeing a cart of Haiyan pulled into Li's house, he was helpless.
Yang Ying lived directly in the Yanyu Building, and was taken care of by Linglong and Liu Rui, while Li Ling was assigned to the shop by his father, and the rest of the salt shops in the city were more or less out of stock, and even many salt shops took advantage of the fire to rob and raise the price of salt.
Linglong has been doing things with her head down since the moment Yang Ying entered the Yanyu Building, for fear that the other party's nameless fire would vent on her, the young lady of the big family naturally has a temper, who knows that she will not exclude the maid next to her fiancé?
Her background is not good, and she has no confidence in Yang Ying at all!
"Young Master, the salt merchants have broken the threshold of our family in the past two days!".
Yang Ying didn't reproach her at all, and the little girl's courage gradually grew: "The second young master is beautiful now, you are not at home, he seems to be the master of the Li family, and he mingles with the salt merchants." ”
The Japanese raided the salt works by the sea, and several salt farms such as the Wang family were moved to flat land, and Li Ling took the salt snatched back from the ship as his own, and the salt suddenly became in demand, and the salt merchants had salt in their hands but had nowhere to mention the salt.
The Li family's salt farm was lucky to escape the catastrophe. It still maintains its production capacity, and will inevitably become a sweet spot in the eyes of salt merchants in the next month or two.
It is understandable that they want to befriend the Li family, but the behavior of this group of people to befriend Li Ming is a bit incomprehensible.
The right to distribute sea salt is all in the hands of Xiaoba's father and son, and without Li Ling's order, even if you go to the salt field, you can't get salt.
"Let him go!". Li Ling decided that this was the attention of the Zhou family again, and their mother and son just wanted to fish in troubled waters and make a little benefit.
Linglong was busy packing Li Ling's luggage, and an unexpected person came to the Li family, he was Liu Fu's father, Governor Liu, although the official position was not big, but he was in charge of the distribution of salt, and he was a fat man.
When Li Ling entered the main room, Li's father was accompanying Governor Liu. Although the Li family is strong, they are just ordinary people, and it can be seen that his father is very restrained.
"This is Li Gongzi, what a talent, the dog mentioned to me, Li Gongzi showed his talent in high school this spring, and he is preparing to participate in the Autumn Festival, his youthful ambition is enviable!". Governor Liu has been in the officialdom for many years, and he can be regarded as an old fritter, so he casually brought a few words and revealed the grievances between his son and Li Ling.
What happened these days made Governor Liu unexpected, first Uncle Yang's appearance solved the crisis of the Li family's salt farm, and then there were Japanese robbers who burned a number of salt farms, and he immediately sensed the deep meaning, the Ma family's plan to suppress the Li family has failed.
He must take action, at least let the Li family feel his kindness, if the Li family is also a scheming and vicious person, deliberately holding on to Haiyan, the local salt government will have to be in chaos, and he will be the one who suffers at that time.
Yanzheng has a lot to do with it, and it is not something that a small governor can control, and if something goes wrong, the boss is afraid that he will really take him.
"Now that there is a shortage of sea salt, I hope that my nephew will supervise the production more!" After Governor Liu finished speaking, he looked at Li Ling with a smile, waiting for him to show his attitude.