Chapter 35: Xiao Xin's Secret
The villagers heard the sound of horses' hooves and rushed out. Someone shouted, "They deceive people so much, don't go to work to see what they can do!" ”
Liu Ziqiu reined in the horse with a "call" and said loudly: "Folks, it's me!" ”
The third aunt had sharp eyes, recognized it early, and said in a loud voice: "It's a big cow, it's really a big cow!" ”
Liu Ziqiu turned over and dismounted, and saw that the villagers were all angry, and hurriedly asked, "Third aunt, folks, what happened?" ”
It turned out that the old site of Changshan Village was indeed the best location for the construction of a salt farm.
When Liu Ziqiu left the salt office, the salt field had already begun to produce salt. The salt produced is white and delicate, and has an excellent taste. In August, the output of the Changshan salt works surpassed that of the other three salt farms in Yanguan County, and in September, it reached the sum of the other three salt farms, directly catching up with the two Huai salt farms, which have a pivotal position in the country's salt production.
The major shareholder of Changshan Salt Farm is the invincible Yang family, and the quality of salt is second to none, so it is naturally not worried about sales. So far, the Yang family has earned more than 10,000 taels of silver from the sale of salt alone.
According to the contract, Changshan Village owns 30% of the shares of the salt farm, but so far it has only received more than 1,000 taels of silver. The villagers of Changshan Village all worked in the salt factory, but they did not participate in the operation of the salt factory, and they were very satisfied with the monthly income of 350 taels of silver. Therefore, for two months, they were at peace with each other.
In addition to the unique geographical location of Changshan Village, Steward Li has also contributed to the development of the salt farm today. Steward Li's name is Li Xian, who has been in the industry for more than 20 years, and can be said to be clear about the curves and curves of the salt field. From the design to the salt production of the Changshan Salt Farm, he is all in charge.
This Li Xian has no other hobbies, so he likes to make two small cups before going to bed. The second uncle, Xiao Xin, is the leader of Changshan Village, and he takes back the dividends from Li Xian every time the salt farm. After going back and forth, Xiao Xin became familiar with Li Xian.
Last month, Xiao Xin went to receive dividends again, so he invited Li Xian to the tavern for a drink. After three glasses and two light wines, Li Xian opened the conversation. The Changshan Salt Farm was his life's proudest work, and the topic quickly turned to this. Inadvertently, Li Xian told the business status of the salt factory.
Hearing the news, Xiao Xin was shocked. But he remained silent on the surface, and accompanied Li Xian to finish the wine before returning to Changshan Village. After returning to the village, Xiao Xin calculated carefully, and found that Changshan Village should have at least two thousand taels of silver per month.
The gap was too big, so Xiao Xin went to the salt field the next day to find Yang Heihu's theory. It happened that Yang Jishan also came to inspect the salt field that day, and the two sides disagreed and argued. Yang Heihu seriously injured Xiao Xin. Xiao Xin was highly respected in Changshan Village, and when he heard that he was injured, the villagers immediately exploded and stopped work.
In the past few days, the Yang family will send people to Changshan Village to urge the villagers to go to work. Hearing the sound of horses' hooves, everyone thought that it was another person from the salt field, but it was a "big cow".
The horse team and thugs sent by the Yang family at the beginning relied on Liu Ziqiu's strength, and it was also Liu Ziqiu's idea to cooperate with the Yang family. At this juncture, the "big cow" who had been away from the village for more than two months suddenly appeared, and Xiao Xin fell again, and everyone naturally regarded him as a savior, and said nonsense: "Big bull, you want to take us to seek justice!" "Big bull, you can't let them go!" ……
Suddenly, a thin girl squeezed out of the crowd and choked up, "Brother Da Niu, are you really back?" My little ...... What about my sister? ”
Liu Ziqiu said with a smile: "Vanilla, your sister is behind, go and take a look, she also brought you a gift." ”
Everyone looked towards the entrance of the village together, and saw that on the main road, three horses surrounded by a carriage slowly approached, followed by a large cart, the cart was full, and I didn't know what it contained. Actually, Liu Ziqiu originally came back with Gao Xiuer. It's just that the four Kunlun slaves just learned to ride horses, but they couldn't run fast, so they fell behind.
The convoy stopped at the entrance of the village, the curtain was lightly raised, and the two Gaoli maids got out of the car first, and then picked up a beautiful girl from the car. When Vanilla saw it, she suddenly lifted her cloth skirt, ran over, hugged the girl and cried bitterly.
Everyone was stunned. The bolt asked, "Brother Niu, who is that person?" ”
Liu Ziqiu gave him a burst of chestnuts and said, "That's your sister-in-law, I don't know you anymore!" ”
The third aunt exclaimed: "Oh, Mom! Is that still Xiu'er? How did you become the same as the immortals? ”
Liu Ziqiu explained: "Xiu'er originally had sores on his face, and I took him to ask God for healing in the past two months. ”
Another villager asked, "Da Niu, where did you make your fortune?" ”
On the way back, Liu Ziqiu and Gao Xiu'er had already thought of their rhetoric and said with a smile: "Actually, it's nothing." The miracle doctor recognized Xiu'er as his granddaughter, and he gave these things to him. ”
There was an amazement all around. At this time, Gao Xiuer also pulled the vanilla in front of her.
"Bolt, Da Zhuang, you guys help unload the things." Liu Ziqiu waved his hand and said, "Xiu'er, let's go see the second uncle." ”
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Xiao Xin was seriously injured, and Yang Heihu was punched three times in his chest, struggling back to the village, vomiting more than two liters of blood, and falling unconscious several times. When Liu Ziqiu came in, Xiao Xin happened to wake up, and when he saw Liu Ziqiu, his eyes lit up, and he struggled to sit up.
Liu Ziqiu hurriedly said: "Second uncle, lie down, lie down." ”
"Second uncle......" Gao Xiu'er couldn't help but shed tears when she saw Xiao Xin's appearance. After the big cow girl left, Xiao Xin took good care of Gao Xiuer and vanilla.
Xiao Xin couldn't recognize it, and said in surprise: "The girl is ......"
Liu Ziqiu had to explain again: "Second uncle, she is Xiu'er, and the disease on her face has been cured." ”
"That's good, that's good. Xiu'er is a good girl, and she should be rewarded. After Xiao Xin finished speaking, he suddenly waved his hand laboriously and said, "You all go out, I want to say a few words alone with Da Niu." ”
A sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy choked up: "Grandpa......"
His name is Xiao Dapeng, and he is Xiao Xin's only grandson. Xiao Xin's son died in a shipwreck a few years ago, and his daughter-in-law was seriously injured in an attack by the Yang family. Now, Xiao Xin is not able to do it again, and the grief in Xiao Dapeng's heart can be imagined.
Seeing that his grandson didn't want to leave, Xiao Xin became angry: "Get out!" Cough! Ahem......"
The third aunt and others standing in the room hurriedly persuaded Xiao Dapeng to go out. Liu Ziqiu also patted the back of Gao Xiu'er's hand lightly and said, "You also go outside and wait first, and I will say a few words to my second uncle." ”
Seeing that there were only two people left in the room, he and Liu Ziqiu, Xiao Xin took a breath and said, "Da Niu, help me up." ”
Liu Ziqiu stretched out his hand to catch Xiao Xin's pulse, intermittently, as thin as a gossamer, and hurriedly said: "Second uncle, you lie down, I can hear it." ”
"Nope! Help me up! Xiao Xin's tone was very resolute, and he said, "I know that I don't have much time, and there are some things that must be explained clearly." ”
Liu Ziqiu was helpless, just waiting for Xiao Xin to sit up.
Sitting up straight, Xiao Xin's breathing was obviously much smoother, he took a breath and said, "You are not a big cow." I grew up watching the big cow, he ......"
"Second uncle, don't say it." Seeing that he was weak, Liu Ziqiu didn't dare to let him talk more, so he quickly confessed, "I'm really not a big bull, my name is Liu Ziqiu." ”
Da Niu used to be just an ordinary fisherman, and he disappeared for half a year, and suddenly he had more martial arts, and he was full of wisdom, which inevitably made people suspicious, but everyone was unwilling to break it.
Xiao Xin said again: "Actually, I am not an ordinary fisherman. ”
"I know." Liu Ziqiu nodded. He had fought against Yang Heihu and knew Yang Heihu's strength. Xiao Xin is already an old man in his sixties, and he can survive Yang Heihu's three punches until now, and it will definitely not be Yang Heihu's soft-heartedness. And Xiao Xin is not only literate, but also can write, not like an ordinary fisherman.
"Our Xiao family is a prominent family in Jiangnan." Since Liu Ziqiu already knew that he was not an ordinary fisherman, Xiao Xin didn't need to explain too much, and said directly, "The villagers of Changshan Village were originally slaves of the Xiao family...... However, when the previous dynasty fell, the Xiao family had already helped them get rid of their slavery...... Everyone moved to the beach to avoid disaster...... There's a secret, and now I'm telling you ......"
The wang clans in the south of the Yangtze River are equivalent to the families in the north, all of them belong to the scholar class, and the civil and military officials at all levels of the imperial court are served by their children, who control all aspects of the country. For these noble families, as long as their interests are protected, it does not matter who will be the emperor. It was precisely because of the non-resistance policy of these noble clans that the Great Sui's war to exterminate Chen would be so smooth.
However, after the end of the war, Yang Jian did not meet the demands of these noble clans, and the power of the states south of the Yangtze River was controlled by the northerners. If they can't participate in the government politics, the scholars will soon become the Shu or even the Han clan. Dissatisfied, the Jiangnan nobles then launched several rebellions, all of which were ruthlessly suppressed. At this point, these Jiangnan wang clans have completely lost their right to speak in the imperial court.
This year, Yang Guang suddenly announced the opening of the imperial examination, which provided a glimmer of hope for the Jiangnan wang clan who advocated culture and education. A few days ago, the Moling Xie family, the head of the Jiangnan Wang clan, sent someone to find this place and talked about one of their plans, wanting to re-enter the political arena by cultivating scholars.
Of course, Xiao Xin was unwilling to let the Xiao family sink in, this almost became the last chance for the Xiao family to rise, so he naturally agreed to join it. But the Xiao family has declined, the people are not prosperous, and they are getting poorer and poorer. Cultivating children to study requires strong financial support, and Xiao Xin remembered to fight for the dividends from the Yang family.
After listening to Xiao intermittently, Liu Ziqiu frowned and asked, "Second uncle, what do you need me to do?" ”
"Changshan Village and the Xiao family will be handed over to you!" Seeing what Liu Ziqiu wanted to say, Xiao Xin raised his hand with difficulty and said, "Call them all in." ”
Liu Ziqiu had to open the door.
Xiao Xin pointed at Xiao Dapeng and said in a deep voice: "You, kneel!" ”
Xiao Dapeng knelt down as he said.
Xiao Xin pointed at Liu Ziqiu again and said, "Dapeng, Ziqiu will be your eldest brother from now on." After I'm gone, you must listen to him, and don't disobey him! ”
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