Chapter 100: Ransom

Although the fresh water obtained by boiling at high temperatures is not very pure, it is much better than seawater.

"It's okay, now the water in the pot is drinkable." Xu Tiantian looked at the seawater that had been processed in the pot, took the lead in scooping a bowl, and casually went to Xuan Ye, who was closest to her.

Xuan Ye saw that the water in the bowl in front of him was slightly darker than the light salt water, but it was much shallower than the sea water, and he didn't smell the smell of the sea, so he directly reached out and took a big sip.

Everyone saw that Xuan Ye just hesitated, and then drank it directly, very surprised, and then asked him a little impatiently: "How is it?" What do you think? Does it still taste salty? Do you still smell of sea? ”

"No, it's just a little salty, but it's really acceptable, and it doesn't smell like a sea at all." Xuan Ye heard everyone's inquiry, so he tasted it carefully, and found that there was only a slight salty taste, and there was no sea smell, which was very surprising.

When the villagers heard this, they couldn't believe it, but looking at the expression on Xuan Ye's face, it didn't look like he was cheating, so they plucked up their courage, scooped up a bowl too, and took a sip with their eyes closed.

"Huh? It really doesn't taste like it! After drinking it, I realized that I hadn't tasted anything, and I realized that Xuan Ye hadn't lied to them.

The rest of the people were also like this, Xu Tiantian looked at them very surprised, and smiled a little unkindly.

"Hey, what is this?" At this time, a villager closest to the pot suddenly found a layer of white at the bottom of the pot, so he pointed to it and exclaimed.

"Oh, that's it, but the sea salt that has been distilled for a long time is better than the sea salt we bought at home." After Xu Tiantian heard this, he looked in that direction, and when he looked closely, it was a very familiar thing, and he looked at the villagers looking at the pot with a nervous face, so he calmly explained.

In fact, Xuan Ye found the sea salt in the pot early in the morning, but he didn't say it, after all, it was difficult to say it, and no one had any other thoughts.

After Xu Tiantian, they used the same method again, and this time they also got a lot of sea salt, looking at the sea salt in the pot, it was useless to keep so much, so Xu Tiantian decided to sell it.

As soon as her mind moved, Xu Tiantian said the idea in her heart: "Since we have made so much sea salt, we can't eat so much at once, or sell it, as far as I know, the price of salt is quite high, and it can be sold at a good price when the time comes." ”

Hearing that it could be sold for a good price, the villagers naturally agreed with both hands, after all, so many pairs of eyes watched, if Xu Tiantian sold it for a good price, and he was embarrassed to swallow it alone, then he would definitely give them some of the money, who would not want it, everyone thought about it in their hearts.

"We have no problem, Tiantian, you can do it yourself!" The villagers also knew that Xu Tiantian had good skills, so they would definitely sell it for a good price, so they gave this matter to Xu Tiantian with confidence.

Xuan Ye listened to the conversation between Xu Tiantian and the villagers, his face became darker and darker, and he glanced at them coldly, regardless of whether he poured cold water on them or not: "No, salt belongs to the government, and the salt in each region is under the government, and you can't sell salt privately, and it is illegal to sell salt without permission." ”

The discussion was in full swing, but when they heard this, the kitchen suddenly became quiet, and the villagers looked at each other, knowing that it was not a smart choice to speak at this time, and closed their mouths one after another.

"So that's the case, it turns out that it's still illegal to sell salt without permission, since you can't sell salt without permission, then forget it, when you go back, divide these salts into one point, and there won't be much for the family." After hearing Xuan Ye's words, Xu Tiantian knew that it was illegal to sell salt privately in this dynasty, and in order to be able to live here in peace, he instantly dispelled the idea of speaking.

Listening to Xu Tiantian's words, the villagers also knew that the salt could not be sold, and a few honest people also dispelled this idea.

But if Xu Tiantian looked carefully at this time, he would definitely find that several of them had different thoughts, their eyes rolled and glanced at each other, obviously not dispelling this thought.

Xu Tiantian didn't know all this, but Xuan Ye saw this scene, frowned slightly, and felt that it was just a few villagers, and he couldn't make waves at all, so he didn't take it to heart.

After sailing at sea for a few more days, seeing that there was not much grain left from the last time, Xu Tiantian decided to find a random dock to stop, and then get off the boat to buy some grain.

"Wow, this town is so lively, I don't know what day it is, why don't we go for a spin first, and we won't be in a hurry to leave anyway." Xu Tiantian had already disembarked and was attracted by the lively crowd.

When Xuan Ye heard Xu Tiantian's words, he naturally had no opinion, after all, he had been on the ship for more than a month, and it was good to take a proper walk.

So Xuan Ye played the role of a bodyguard, always following behind Xu Tiantian, and whenever he squeezed into the crowd, he would subconsciously isolate the crowd for Xu Tiantian.

And Xu Tiantian is not hypocritical, he will definitely not put a good labor force without it, walk along the street to the other side, and stay curiously for a while when he doesn't pass by a stall, but there are not many things he really likes, and most of the things he buys are food, which shows that Xu Tiantian is a complete foodie.

After shopping the whole street, Xu Tiantian stopped buying frantically, and when he looked back, he found that Xuan Ye's body was already full of things, even his arms.

Looking at the things that Xuan Ye was all over, he even covered his face, he was a little embarrassed, his face was red, his eyes were a little ethereal, and he was hesitant: "You...... I'm sorry, patronized and bought it. ”

"It's okay, since you don't buy it, go back quickly! A little later I can't hold on. When Xuan Ye heard Xu Tiantian's words, the expression on his face was very helpless.

Hearing this, Xu Tiantian hurriedly walked to Xuan Ye's side and took some of the things on his body, which revealed his face.

Of course, although Xu Tiantian was a little forgetful of buying things, she did not forget the purpose of getting off the ship this time, and soon, she bought the food with Xuanye and returned to the ship with a lot of things.

"Huh~ Why do I buy so many things? It's self-inflicted. After putting the things away, Xu Tiantian rubbed his somewhat sore arm, wanting to cry without tears.

Xuan Ye looked at Xu Tiantian's appearance, a little distressed, so she walked straight over, when she pinched her arm, and after making sure that her arm was not sore, she pressed her shoulder for a while.

The two of them sat on the deck, waited for a long time, and did not wait for the villagers to come back, and slowly became a little impatient.

"Huh? How did it go? Didn't come back for so long? Is it because there are a lot of things to buy? Xu Tiantian stood on the boat, looking at the street from afar, trying to see a familiar figure from the crowd.

However, to her disappointment, the crowd was full of strangers she didn't know, and she didn't even see a familiar face.

Xuan Ye looked at Xu Tiantian without resting for a moment, so he walked behind her, put his hand on his shoulder and forced her to the chair: "Don't worry, maybe you have more things to buy, I'll be back in a while, sit down and rest." ”

"Oh, well! Then wait a little longer. Xu Tiantian was honest when she heard this, but her eyes never rested.

On the other hand, Xu Tiantian, who has been chattering, has had a different mind since he knew that salt could be sold for a lot of money, and when he arrived at the dock, he secretly sold the salt to the dock.

But it was very sad that it was discovered by the local yamen and detained people!

Of course, there were also a small number of people who did not participate, so they were not caught, and after seeing that they were arrested, they suddenly ran out of ideas, and hurriedly ran back, ready to tell Xu Tiantian about it.

Xuan Ye's eyesight is very good, standing on the boat, he saw Uncle Chen running over in a panic from a distance, looking at his face, he realized that something must have happened.

"It's Uncle Chen." So he hurriedly patted Xu Tiantian's shoulder.

Because the waiting time was too long, Xu Tiantian had already begun to fall asleep at this time, and after feeling that someone was patting her, she opened her eyes in confusion: "What's wrong?" ”

Before she could sober up, Uncle Chen ran onto the boat: "Oh no, no, something big happened to Tiantian." ”

"What's wrong? Third uncle, what's going on?. After Xu Tiantian heard this familiar voice, he quickly sobered up a lot, looked at Uncle Chen's flustered appearance, and hurriedly asked.

After listening to Uncle Chen's words, although she was very angry, she still resigned herself to following Uncle Chen to the yamen.

After listening to the cause and effect, Xuan Ye's face was a little bad, and his good-looking eyebrows wrinkled together, but he didn't expect these people to really have a different mind, and felt that they should be taught a lesson, or let them remember it for a long time.

But seeing Xu Tiantian hurriedly follow Uncle Chen away, he was a little uneasy, so he also followed.

Along the way, Xu Tiantian's face was gloomy, and he didn't say a word, and when he arrived at the Yamen, he directly ransomed those people without saying a word.

"Tiantian, we knew you would definitely come to redeem us."

"I'm sorry, we were wrong, we won't dare next time."

"It's all our bad ......"

……

As soon as the villagers came out, they were all very guilty, standing beside Xu Tiantian, and kept apologizing to Xu Tiantian.

Xu Tiantian looked at them with a cold face and didn't say anything, then turned around and left directly.

"If you don't redeem them, why do you redeem them?" Seeing Xu Tiantian leave, Xuan Ye almost didn't keep up, looking at her not very good face, and asked a little incomprehensibly.

Hearing this, he pursed his lips and sighed helplessly: "Alas, I don't want to redeem them, but there is no way, when I went to sea, I promised their families to be safe and bring them back, if they really stay here, it will be difficult to explain when they go back." ”

At this time, Xu Tiantian thought in her heart that if she really could, she would definitely not care about them, but since she had already promised others, she could only bite the bullet.