Sancha Lake is actually a town composed of wharves, and because of the prosperous business, there are many people coming and going here.

In particular, the salt produced by the Huang family needs to be transported from the wharf of this place to other places, so the shipping here is also very developed.

Xiaoyue found that it was also by the river, with water and shipping, but Sancha Lake was much more prosperous than Luodai Town.

The streets here are lined with rows of shops, and merchants come and go.

On the embankment near the Yudai River, there were several large wharves, and Satsuki and the others saw a lot of men unloading their goods on the wharf.

"Childe, our master Cheng should get off the boat here. Xing Xiaoyu pointed to a dock in front of him and said.

"En. Xiao Yue looked at the environment, in addition to the guys who moved goods at the dock, there were some people who looked like foremen. "What's going on here? I watched as those boats had a deep draft. ”

Xing Xiaoyu looked at the stains on the ground and said, "I look like salt." He squatted down and dipped his hand in a little dirt, pinched it with his fingers, put it on his nose and sniffed it.

Satsuki burst out laughing, "Can you still smell this salt?" she said, pointing to an open-air tea stall near the pier, "Let's go, go sit there." ”

Xing Xiaoyu nodded, and the two walked at a tea stall under a willow tree by the river.

"Boss, two cups of tea. ”

"Okay, the two guest officers will find a vacant seat and sit down first, and wait for a while. ”

The owner of the tea stall was an old man with a white beard, who carried a copper teapot and shuttled from table to table.

Satsuki and Xing Xiaoyu found a table near the river, and the two sat down in the direction of the dock.

"Xiao Yu, are we looking for a yard here or somewhere else?"

Xing Xiaoyu said in a low voice: "There is still a day's journey from here to Huangjia Town, and we may need to find a place to settle between the two places." ”

"Are you familiar with this place?"

Xing Xiaoyu shook his head, "I inquired yesterday and knew that there was a place called Taiping County in the middle. I heard that the population of Huangjia Town is not large, and the people who live there are all people who work on the salt well, and the people of the Huang family actually live in Taiping County. ”

"Well, how long does it take to get from here to Taiping County?"

Xing Xiaoyu thought for a while and said, "It is estimated that it will be there in half a day." ”

Just then, someone next to him caught their attention.

"Boss Fu, did you say that the Huang family deliberately took the opportunity to raise the price?" a middle-aged man asked worriedly.

The Boss Fu looked mature and steady, his eyes seemed to blink habitually, and then he said slowly: "I guess not." ”

"And what do you think?" asked the middle-aged man worriedly.

"Do you remember that a few years ago, the salt merchants were summoned by the emperor?" Boss Fu blinked as he spoke.

"Of course, I remember, our head of the house also went. ”

"Yes, I know that Luo Da's master also went. Then you know what's going on!" Boss Fu said slowly, as if it was none of his business.

"Lao Fu, you can't say that!" the middle-aged man said a little anxiously, "Who doesn't know that their Huang family has backers in the imperial court, unlike our Luo family, who completely rely on water and sky for food." ”

"Hehe," Boss Fu smiled slyly, and then said: "Lao Luo, what's going on here, you don't know? Anyway, I really can't suppress the wages on the dock, and if I lower it, I won't be able to recruit workers." ”

Lao Luo said angrily, "Lao Fu, why are you talking like this!"

Boss Fu blinked his eyes and said: "Lao Luo, let's open the skylight and say something, what is the court going to do this time? You know better than us, our husband is a coolie to help you carry the goods." The ship is yours, and we are only responsible for the contribution. Moreover, this salary was negotiated a year ago, and now you want to lower the salary, I am afraid that it is not in accordance with the rules. ”

Old Lola had a long face and said bitterly: "This salary was negotiated at this time last year, but the emperor summoned us after the year, and we didn't know that there would be such a big change!"

"What's changed? Anyway, you didn't make a penny less. Boss Fu glanced at him with disdain, then picked up the teacup and blew the tea foam on it, and drank it.

"You don't know, the Huang family deliberately hoarded goods, and then raised the price of salt, we really have a hard time!"

"What are they stocking up on?" asked Boss Fu puzzled.

"You don't know how scheming the old lady of the Huang family is!" Lao Luo looked at the people around him, and then leaned close to his ear and whispered: "I heard that the imperial court wants to buy his family's salt well, and the old lady Huang is definitely unwilling, but he is worried that he will not be able to fight the imperial court, and in the end he will be forcibly sold." Now the workers in Huangjia Town have not stopped working, and they are making salt every day. Old lady Huang is going to put up these salts and sell them slowly in the future!"

"So he has less salt now, and then he raises the price?" Lao Fu finally understood the doorway.

"That's right!" Lao Luo patted his thigh and said angrily: "Our Luo family has been running here in Huangjia Town, and the Li family doesn't have much contact on weekdays, and they are dealing with the Wu family. ”

Lao Fu was stunned and said, "It's not right... He stared at Lao Luo and said, "They only produce and raise prices at this time, but if they don't sell now, who will they sell to in the future?"

At this time, Lao Luo's expression changed slightly, and he said with some taboo: "This is their Huang family's business, and we outsiders must not know about it." ”

Xiaoyue and the others were listening attentively, when the owner of the tea stall came over.

"Guest officer, these are your two bowls of flower tea, do you need other pastries and snacks?" The boss looked older, but he was energetic and spoke loudly.

"Let's all do the same. After Xiao Yue finished speaking, the smile on the boss's face continued, "Thank you, guest officer, I'll go and prepare it for you." ”

"There's no hurry, wait a minute. Xiao Yue stopped him, "Boss, I'm looking for you to inquire about something." After speaking, she glanced at Xing Xiaoyu and asked him not to intervene for the time being.

"What's the matter, guest officer?" said the white-bearded boss with an amiable smile.

"We want to go to Taiping County to have a look, I don't know how it is over there?"

"Taiping County?" the boss looked at them in surprise, "Why do you want to go to Taiping County, there is nothing to see over there." ”

"That's right," Satsuki explained, "We heard that it's a very lively place, so we wanted to see if there were any opportunities to make money." ”

The boss smiled and narrowed his eyes, "What's the excitement, it's not as lively as we are here, it's better for the son to stay in Sancha, there are more opportunities to make money here." ”

"Huh?" Satsuki asked in surprise, "Why is it different from what we inquired about before!"