"Is this the saltworks? The appearance of white flowers is indeed like silver. Sima Liang looked at the salt drying field and imagined it as silver.

"No, this is the silver, the silver of the Li Kingdom." Shi Hu's words are still good.

Today is September 27th, and it is the day when Sima Liang is loading salt.

The salt loading lasted three days and was loaded in four families. At the same time, send their respective people and the people of the imperial court to check together. On the last day, the people of the court checked again. Then it's the salt release day on October 1st.

At that time, the canal will be blocked, and there will be people from the yamen along the way to guard both sides. As long as the warehouse is out, Guan Yan will not have anything to do with Sima Liang for the time being.

Even today, he just showed his face. The actual work is done by the small junzi on the dock, counting.

Maybe I thought that if I stayed up for two more days, I would be able to relax a little.

Sima Liang was in a particularly good mood today.

A few days after the salt delivery, where can you go to relax? Do you want to go to Ningcheng to have fun? He thought to himself.

Seeing Sima Liang's entangled face, Shi Hu was a little puzzled. I thought: Are you worried about transporting salt?

"Your Highness, are you worried about the official salt? This is the case every year, but there has never been any difference, and His Highness can be relieved. Shi Hu made himself a clever comfort.

"Huh?"

"Oh yes, I hope it goes well." Sima Liang echoed with some embarrassment.

His answer made the atmosphere between the two of them a little delicate.

Given that he was not on the same channel, Sima Liang didn't want to talk to each other more. So he got off the boat and stood at the saltworks wharf.

On the entire dock, there was only Sima Liang as an idler.

The rest of the people are extremely busy, especially Xiao Shunzi, who is counting while scheduling, and at the same time stamping the official salt that has been experienced.

Looking at the busy little Shunzi, Sima Liang was a little embarrassed.

But when he saw the other party's printed stamp, he was a little puzzled. I thought to myself: Is this a salt transport procedure?

With doubts, Sima Liang planned to greet him.

"Little Shunzi, it's hard work."

Noticing that Sima Liang was coming, Xiao Shunzi immediately stopped what he was doing and saluted.

"Your Highness is good."

Looking at the tiredness that couldn't be hidden in the other party's eyes, Sima Liang felt a little guilty.

"When you're done with this, take a break. The follow-up, not so anxious"

"Your Highness." Xiao Shunzi was very moved.

"Is this a salt transport procedure?" Sima Liang looked at the stamp on the other party's hand and asked.

Xiao Shunzi took the seal to Sima Liang.

"That's what I mean. Thinking about making a mark, if something happens in the future, it may be useful. ”

Sima Liang nodded, feeling reasonable. At the same time, signal the other person to continue doing so.

"It's noon, it's time to eat." The loading foreman's loud voice spread throughout the docks.

"It's time to eat."

"Great."

"Hurry up and eat."

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When the workers heard that they could eat, they were very happy. The movements are also a lot sharper.

Seeing this, Xiao Shunzi could only stop the work at hand and prepare to eat and rest with the workers.

said that the shipper who came to the Shi's family was stained with Sima Liang's light.

A small part of the workers were from the division's family, and most of them were workers from Sima Liang Shipyard. So the shipyard, there is no need for so many guys over there for the time being, so I came over by the way to help open the guys.

Xiao Shunzi treats his subordinates relatively generously, and the men and food budgets are at the middle and upper levels. It's not as good as a big store, but it's already good for those who work.

A group of people gobbled up, plus the smell of the meal.

Sima Liang's appetite was so great that he asked for a bowl to eat.

Since it is a big pot of rice, there is no dish to say, and the meal is a bowl.

It is said to be a bowl, but the size and material are more like clay pots.

In the bowl, the rice is on the bottom, and the vegetables are on top. It looks quite appetizing.

Sima Liang had this kind of meal for the first time, and he felt very novel.

"Interesting."

Xiao Shunzi was very helpless, he knew that he couldn't persuade Sima Liang. You can only follow your heart.

But he felt that he didn't think about it, so he let the other party eat this kind of meal.

"Your Highness has suffered."

"I think it's good to suffer something."

Sima Liang hugged the heavy pottery bowl and began to eat.

Coarse ingredients, and slightly worse rice. The texture is not very good, and the taste is on the salty side.

But since it's the first time I've eaten it, it's still a little fresh. plus a group of people who ate together, Sima Liang still ate a lot.

Originally, he could finish it, but Xiao Shunzi was afraid that he wouldn't be used to eating that rice, so he added some more vegetables. As a result, he couldn't eat it because it was salty.

Looking at the dishes left in the bowl, Sima Liang felt a little pity.

"It's a waste, I knew I wanted less."

It's not hypocritical, because the workers around him eat faster than Sima Liang, not to mention, and they eat very cleanly.

In contrast, he felt a little embarrassed.

However, there is no way around it. You can always give it to someone else, that's rude. And the food on their side is also enough, there is no need for this.

Ordinary workers eat quickly. When he was done, he used a clay bowl to draw some water to drink.

After that, some of them sat together in pairs and chatted. There are also some who find a random place to lie down and rest. Of course, there were also some people who recognized Sima Liang and came to salute.

After a while, the foreman shouted that work had begun.

Thinking about ordinary people, there is not much time to rest.

After complaining and sighing, the workers had to get up and continue their work.

"It's not easy, it's all for a bite to eat." Sima Liang sighed.

Although I didn't do it together, I ate it together, plus half a day of observation. He deeply felt the difficulties of ordinary people.

"Your Highness, you've done what you have to do. The rest is their own life. Xiao Shunzi consoled.

Fate?

Is there really a saying that there is such a thing as birth?

Wasn't I born powerful?

Thinking of the end, Sima Liang smiled helplessly.

He is a person with vested interests, and what he says now seems to be high-sounding.

"I'll go first, Xiaoshunzi, come on."

Sima Liang felt a little uncomfortable, and he didn't want to be an eyesore here.

I decided to go back, anyway, I watched it for a long time, and I can be regarded as completing my own work.

The carriage staggered forward, and Sima Liang looked at the salt pans by the sea through the window.

At the same time, on the other side of the carriage, some uninvited guests passed by him.

Looking at these salts, Sima Liang remembered what the emperor's father had entrusted him.

"I don't know by what means to sell this illicit salt."

Although there is no time limit and there is no urgency, after understanding the salt transportation procedures, Sima Liang is more and more unable to figure it out. How did this official salt secretly evaporate and become private salt under the condition of repeated investigation. And the market is also a mystery.

The sale of salt is strictly controlled by the court. Not only do there be special places to sell salt in every place, but salt from unknown sources is often recovered.

In some places with small populations, there are no special places to sell salt, and there will be some salt sellers who resell. But many of them are also selling official salt to make a difference. Few people will have the courage to sell illicit salt,

It is difficult to find a market for a large amount of illegal salt, and if you are caught, at least one head will be lost, and many families will have to pay for it.

It is also because of this that in the area actually controlled by the Yamen of the Li State, there is very little illegal salt trafficking.

"Let Xiao Shunzi, send someone to follow, maybe there will be some clues."

Sima Liang felt that it must not be simple behind the private salt, even if he couldn't trace anything, he could take a look at the situation first.