The dazzling sunlight shrouded Chang'an City, and it was as hot as a steamer.

On the street, the hearts of hundreds of people are as cold as frost, anxious, no one knows when salt will be transported in Chang'an City, how to live without salt at home? Especially when I saw many people coaxing success and happily walking away with salt, I felt even more anxious.

"Da Da Da!"

There was a dense sound of horses' hooves, like rolling thunder from nine days away.

Soon, the sound of horses' hooves approached, and a well-equipped, armored forbidden army rushed over, people like dragons, horses like tigers, and the momentum was as cold as knives, so frightened that the chaotic scene instantly quieted down.

In the team, Cheng bit Jin Tie and yelled with a blue face: "There is an order from the saint, go home quickly, and you must not gather to make trouble, otherwise you will be punished as a thief and killed on the spot!" ”

When everyone heard that they were going to be punished by thieves and killed, although they were unwilling, they still didn't dare to disobey, and quickly dispersed, helpless to return, the resentment in their hearts was a little stronger, and many people's eyes were beating with angry flames.

Cheng Yanjin was not embarrassed, took the opportunity to kill, signaled the team to disperse, stopped by himself, looked at the scattered people exuding an invisible coldness, knowing that this matter is not over, I am afraid that something big will happen in the future, and I am a little more dissatisfied in my heart, dissatisfied with Li Er's simple and rough handling method.

But the loyalty in his heart made Cheng Yanjin control his anger and did not show it.

Not long after, a Lang general came over, hugged his fists and said: "Qi Lu Guogong, the chaos is being dispersed, and the brothers are arranging defenses along the street, preparing for martial law, please Lu Guogong publicize it." ”

"Let the brothers keep an eye on it, and nothing will happen."

"Whoa!" The other party left in a hurry.

Cheng Biting Jin rode his horse forward for a distance, and the overcrowded street became empty, a little more deserted, just like the period of beacon war, this scene made Cheng Biting Jin dislike it very much.

"Lu Guogong!" A voice came from the side.

Cheng Yanjin turned his head to look, a carriage was slowly coming, stopped when it approached, the curtain of the car was opened, Wei Zheng came out, and said in a cold voice: "Lu Guogong, the people are only buying salt, what is the crime?" ”

"Lord Wei, this official is also acting on orders." Cheng bites Jin and hugs his fists.

Wei Zheng's eyes narrowed, and he said coldly: "Where the duty lies, the old man doesn't blame you, but the people are difficult, just ask for a salt to live, and there is no fault, and I also ask Lu Guogong to treat him kindly, and not to kill indiscriminately, otherwise the old man will never agree." ”

Cheng Biting Jin's unstingy temper came up, if it weren't for the holy body, where would he care about such idle things, and said impatiently: "Straight lady thief, what do you say to the old man, you have the ability to find the saint." ”

After speaking, Cheng Biting Jin's legs leaned on the horse's belly and rode away.

"Let's go, enter the palace!"

Wei Zheng said coldly and lowered the curtain.

The carriage continued to move in the direction of the palace.

Cheng Yanjin rode his horse to the Huguo Mansion, looked at the closed gate, estimated that Qin Huaidao was still in Qinjiazhuang, and it was inconvenient for him to go over, and told a school captain: "There must be no mistake in taking your people to stay in this area." ”

The other party understood and quickly nodded in agreement.

After that, Cheng Yanjin motioned to a family member to approach, and advised: "Go back to the house quietly, let Chu Liang go to Qinjiazhuang to stay, and don't go back to Chang'an during this time." ”

"Understood." The other party replied in a low voice.

Cheng Yanjin looked at the Protector Mansion again, his eyes were surging, and he said secretly: "Stinky boy, you Lao Tzu is my brother in life and death, no matter what you do, Lao Tzu has to help." ”

Faith flashed, and Cheng Biting Jin continued to patrol the street to avoid chaos.

……

It didn't take long for the bustling Chang'an City to become quiet, revealing a little weirdness.

There were not many people in sight on the wide streets, and even the shops on the street were closed, leaving only the forbidden army patrolling, on guard, revealing a bit of cold and murderous intent.

However, some of the windows opened cracks, and a pair of eyes flashed inside, cold, unwilling, and angry.

The time of the day is slowly lost in the control.

The strong force controlled the people, but did not control the people's hearts, the lack of salt made the panic and anxiety more and more intense, many people opened the door, stood at the door and looked coldly at the patrol of the forbidden army, with silent protests, venting dissatisfaction, there was a sense of unease in the sky over Chang'an City.

The ministers were silent.

The generals were silent.

Everyone looked in the direction of the Imperial City, waiting for an answer.

However, the imperial city has not been decided for a long time, which is weird.

This weirdness made the people at the bottom feel the indifference and arrogance of the imperial power, the benevolent and righteous and holy Son of Heaven was far away, and a sense of powerlessness, grievance and anger fermented in the bottom of their hearts.

Another day passed in depression.

The forbidden army did not lift martial law, but they smashed doors from house to house, informing them that they could go out normally, live normally, and do business normally, but they were not allowed to assemble and loot again.

In order to support their family and survive, everyone pressed the dissatisfaction in their hearts and went out one after another.

Some people who need to buy daily necessities habitually come to the department store, but they see a notice posted at the gate, and some readers are reading aloud, and everyone surrounds them.

"What? The Protectorate Workshop employs a large number of workers. ”

"And a large number of female workers, aged sixteen to forty?"

"How much...... One hundred wen a month, including two meals, wouldn't it be possible to buy more than 20 buckets of polished rice noodles, and a little lady still has a surplus to feed the whole family? It's incredible. ”

"Those who are proficient in female celebrities are preferred, and the remuneration is 200 wen a month?"

"What, anyone who works in the Protector's Mansion can buy snowflake salt?"

"Quick, quick, where can I sign up?"

When everyone heard the content of the notice, they were excited and shouted, for fear of missing the opportunity.

Everyone has long heard of the treatment of the Protector's Mansion, there is meat in the Dunton, the money is never picked, and there is no arrears, it is issued in a timely manner every month, the meritorious ones are rewarded, and there are selections every month, and the top ten with the best performance are also rewarded, and there are discounts for buying the products of the Protector's Mansion.

With the identity of a worker in the Protectorate Mansion, it is much easier to get married when you go out, and the entire Chang'an, no, the entire Tang Dynasty can't find such a good thing.

At this time, countless people walked out of the department store, carrying the seats neatly placed, Jia Youcai came out with a gong, knocked it hard, attracted everyone's attention, and shouted loudly: "Neighbors, I am the housekeeper of the Protector's Mansion, the Protector is benevolent, I can't bear to suffer everyone, I specially recruit 5,000 workers, there is a specific treatment notice, I won't say more, interested intuition queues up to sign up, and the troublemakers will not be admitted, and they will be sent out directly." ”

"So-and-so, so-and-so sign up."

"And so-and-so."

Everyone rushed over in a swarm, and it would be a fool to miss such a good opportunity.

Jia Youcai continued to shout: "Line up in front of a table, don't cut in line, don't make trouble, remember, only recruit one person per household, and give more families places and opportunities, all of them are poor people, understand each other." ”

Everyone is a little unwilling to hear it, who doesn't have a few idle meals at home?

Who doesn't want to be hired more and earn more to improve their family's lives?

But it is also understandable that they are all bitter ordinary people, and they can't be too greedy.

There was a brother who discussed a few words, and the other person left the team intuitively and went to inform relatives and friends.

Soon, the ten teams were formed, orderly, no one dared to cut the queue and miss the opportunity, and no one dared to make trouble, the prestige of the Protector Mansion was not fake, and the guards who were eyeing the neighborhood were not vegetarians.

Recruitment is not complicated, those who are sick, those who are unwell, those who are overage, and those who are overage do not care, read out the terms of the employment documents, sign and draw after verifying the identity tooth card, tell where to report tomorrow, and tell a few words of precautions.

The people who got the employment papers were excited, and many people cried with joy and ran home to report the good news.

Jia Youcai saw that the scene was chaotic and orderly, put down his heart, struck the gong to attract everyone's attention, and shouted loudly: "Everyone, the Protector Mansion also needs to recruit a group of literate people to be responsible for writing records, the specific work varies from person to person, the salary is consistent every month, the higher the talent, the higher the salary, welcome everyone to come to the old man to ask." ”

"What, always silver?"

Everyone's eyes are hot, but when they think of being able to read and write, they have no choice but to give up, only envy remains, and secretly make up their minds, when they have money, they must send their children to school, and the reader earns ten times more than everyone in a month, this gap is too big, how can people not be envious?

I don't know when it started outside the gate, and one after another came to the carriages, and someone inside came out to check, with cold eyes, resentful, almost wanting to breathe fire, and soon left quickly.