"Then you can't take advantage of the salt shortage at this time to increase the price of salt to death, why is it cheaper?" Although Que Huan has never studied, he has been in the market with the Zhu family for so many years, and he still understands the relationship between supply and demand in the market.

"The man said that the salt has been left out for a while, and it will definitely not be sold at a high price."

Sister-in-law Li yawned, a little sleepy, and waved her hand to greet Que Huan.

"If you don't feel at ease, just ask that person for a handful, and you will be able to test it."

Que Huan was inconvenient to disturb more, and after saying "thank you", he trotted back to tell Zhu Yuan the news.

Sister-in-law Li closed the door and turned around, her tired face was swept away, and she called the little thief and said, "Go and deliver a letter to your son!" ”

The little guy responded, went out of the small door, and ran away.

"Private salt trafficking? Or cheaper? Zhu Yuan felt a little strange when he heard the news that Que Huan brought back.

"Selling salt privately is a crime, and you think there will be someone who is so stupid that they risk going to jail in order to earn this money?"

Que Huan didn't think about it so much, but looked at the little salt left in the salt box in the cupboard, and was a little worried: "If we don't buy some salt, this fish restaurant won't be open for two days." ”

Zhu Yuan thought for a moment, but still shook his head: "This thing is too abnormal, let's not take this risk, it's a big deal that the fish restaurant will be closed for a few days, and it won't be delayed when the official salt arrives and it will be opened." ”

Zhu Fang listened, and was a little anxious: "That's not possible, even if the fish restaurant is closed, our family will still have to eat salt." Natural disasters are ruthless, and we don't know when this rain and waterlogging will stop, so we can't go on while we wait. ”

Originally, all the necessities at home, Zhu Yuan would have prepared some more just in case, but during this time, the traffic of the fish restaurant exceeded estimates, and the spare salt was also taken out.

The situation was helpless, Zhu Yuan sighed lightly, and could only agree, but he still cautiously ordered: "Que Huan, tomorrow you go to the alley to see if anyone buys that person's salt, if there is, you go to him to ask for a test, and then buy a small amount if it is reliable." ”

Que Huan responded, and Zhu Yuan also specially gave her a set of men's clothes and asked her to buy them in disguise tomorrow.

The next day, Zhu Yuan waited in the fish restaurant for Que Huan to buy salt and came back, and his heart was always unsteady, and he walked around the lobby.

In the evening, the petite figure of Que Huan appeared, carrying a small bag of salt in his arms.

Her little face was flushed, she gasped lightly, pulled the salt bag out of her arms, and handed it to Zhu Yuan's hand.

Zhu Yuan wiped her sweat and asked, "Why did you go for most of the day?" "I let Que Huan go out at noon, and it stands to reason that I should have gone back a long time ago.

Que Huan's face was full of pride: "Didn't I see that the girl was not at ease, so I observed more at the bridge, and saw five or six people who bought salt from him, so I went down to see the salt." ”

Zhu Yuan hung up his nose: "The little girl has learned to be clever." Que Huan smiled shyly.

Opening the salt bag, Zhu Yuan flipped through it carefully, pinched a pinch of salt with his thumb and index finger and middle finger, first looked carefully at the salt particles, then put it in front of his nose and smelled it, and finally added two or three pieces with the tip of his tongue, and after tasting the product, he nodded.

"It's normal salt, and it's really a little damp, so there's nothing wrong with it."

When the people heard this, they were relieved.

The bag of salt is estimated to be nearly a pound, which is enough to cope with it for a while. Zhu Fang carefully poured the salt into the salt box, and his original sad face was swept away, and he even hummed a small tune.

The good business during this period of time is something he hasn't seen for so long, and with salt, he can continue to prosper, how can he not be happy?

But Zhu Yuan was always restless in his heart, and he always felt that something was wrong.

With the newly bought salt, the fish restaurant opened for a few more days, and business is getting better and better day by day.

Looking at the increasing profits on the account, Zhu Yuan couldn't be happier.

There is news from the restaurant that the renovated place is almost completed, and after half a month, the paint will be dispersed and you can move over.

On this day, the fish restaurant hung up the signboard as usual and prepared to open, and before half an hour, a group of yamen people came to the yamen, holding sticks and shackles in their hands, standing on both sides of the door with a straight face.

The county magistrate walked in with a big belly and a black face, and the deputy on the side shouted in a loud voice: "What about the boss?" Why didn't you see anyone? ”

Zhu Yuan frowned twice, put down the work in his hand, walked out with a smiling face, and asked carefully: "I'm here, what's wrong with my lord?" Such a big battle early in the morning......"

"What's wrong, don't you know in your own heart?" The deputy didn't wait for Zhu Yuan to finish speaking, and then interrupted her fiercely.

The county commander raised his hand and signaled the deputy not to speak, and said in a calm tone: "Miss Zhu, we heard that you buy salt from the black market, but is there such a thing?" ”

He thought about the previous friendship between Ning Bosheng and Zhu Yuan, and he had some consideration in his heart, so he spoke politely.

Zhu Yuan secretly screamed in his heart, and Qi Huan was even more confused, and his legs were weak, but fortunately, someone next to him was holding him.

"I've never been to the black market, but the salt merchant said that there was no salt, and I still had to do business in the store, so I went to someone else and bought some old salt to get by."

Zhu Yuan told the truth, and he didn't hide it.

Although it is a crime to sell salt in private, it is not her who sells salt, and it is excusable during the special period, and it is not a big crime.

The county magistrate raised his eyebrows, pinched the two inverted mustaches on the side of his mouth, and snorted coldly: "Miss Zhu said it lightly, do you know that doing business with the black market is a big crime?" ”

"I said, I've never been to the black market!"

A person fell out of the crowd and was thrown to the ground by the five flowers, and Zhu Yuan looked at the county order with a puzzled expression.

The county magistrate pointed to the man: "I wish the girl a good look, is this person the one who sold you salt?" ”

Zhu Yuan looked at Qi Huan, and Qi Huan nodded slightly.

"This person is a salt dealer, who has been smuggling salt on the black market all year round, and you bought his salt, isn't it trading with the black market?"

"This man is disguised as a street vendor, how do I know he's a smuggler? Besides, you have to be reasonable, the county magistrate, there is a problem with this salt merchant, our boss's surname wants to live, what else can we do besides buying private salt? ”

The county order did not listen to Zhu Yuan's defense, leisurely took out a book of laws from his bosom, turned a page, pointed to one of them and read it to Zhu Yuan: "Anyone who participates in the black market will be imprisoned for three years and the income from production will be confiscated." ”

After that, as soon as they greeted with their hands, the officials picked up their sticks and stepped forward, knocked back all the people who wanted to protect Zhu Yuan, pinned Zhu Yuan's hands behind his back, and put him in the prison car.

Zhu Fang was anxious in his heart, but he couldn't intervene, and he was so anxious that he fainted with anger and blood.

Zhu Yuan told Que Huan in the prison car: "Take care of my father, guard the store, don't act rashly!" "At this point, resistance is useless, so we can only wait and see what happens when we go to the county office.