Chapter 170: Salt Famine

Zhu got the news sent by Yang Mu, and knew that the four people had gone to the northern grassland together, so he was relieved, pinched his fingers and calculated, the eldest sister and brother-in-law Qin Se and Ming, the second sister and the second brother-in-law also came bitterly, the fourth sister seemed to be very free alone, the fifth sister and the fifth brother-in-law did their own thing, and the baby twins finally got married, and now as long as you do one more thing, you can go to him.

Decade......

The second aunt of the Zhao family lost her husband in her early years, opened a breakfast stall alone, worked hard to pull out her three children, and saw that the children were going to become adults, but it was harder than before.

She sells noodles, she went out of the stall early, cut the noodles by hand into chopsticks, pour a spoonful of beef soup after cooking, sprinkle a handful of chopped green onions, eat it hot, and then drink the soup, the whole person is warm.

The noodles made by the second aunt are strong and flavorful, and the ingredients are enough, and they are not hungry until noon after eating a bowl, and word of mouth has attracted a lot of repeat customers.

She counted the money carefully, saw the right amount, closed the stall, pushed the two-wheeled cart, and thought in her heart, the salt is almost out again, the price of salt has risen recently, and this time she has to buy more.

When she arrived at the salt store, she saw a long queue from the street, from the street to the end of the street, she took two steps, fell to the end of the line, just breathed a sigh of relief, and looked back, there were three or five people lined up behind.

The second aunt patted the shoulder of the little lady in front of her, and asked with a smile, "What's going on?" ”

The little lady looked sad, glanced at the second aunt, saw her kind eyebrows, and let down her guard, frowned: "Ai, the salt shops around here are out of stock, only this one still has some, I heard that there will be no goods recently, and those who get the letter have hurried over to line up." ”

The second aunt of the Zhao family immediately hung up in her heart, and following the example of the little lady, she turned her feet upside down, tilted her head and looked forward, anxious, for fear that she would be sold out by the time she arrived.

When the sun set, the second aunt of the Zhao family carried half a bag of salt in her hand, sighed and rushed home, but when she arrived, it was not sold out, but each person was only allowed to buy five taels, I knew that I would call the children to line up together, such a little salt, not to mention the stall, it was not enough to eat at home.

She went home worriedly, thought about it, but took out the salt shaker at home, and poured the salt into the salt shaker at the stall.

Three days have passed in a blink of an eye, and there is no longer a salt shop open in the city.

The people all blew up, and there was a sea of people in front of Jing Zhaoyin's mansion, and there was no shortage of talents, after all, even if he was an emperor, he had to eat salt.

Zhao Zhi sat on the dragon chair, laboriously dragged back the energetic child, this little walk steadily, he refused to sit obediently with the old man on the dragon chair, every day I wanted to slip down to play, and he always grabbed his wife all day long, Zhao Zhi really wanted to pretend to be unintentional and fell to death him.

Zhao Chong was very stocky, his small body was strong, he rushed out of his old grasp, and rushed straight towards the Manchu Dynasty, a moment of effort, wailing all over the court, His Royal Highness rolled over, knocked down four Shangshu, five imperial histories, and two little eunuchs.

After the two little eunuchs got up, they didn't care about anything else, so they came to help Tai first, but they saw that Tai had already jumped up alive.

The other adults were humming and chirping and lying on the ground for a long time, Zhao Zhi was impatient, ordered someone to pick them up, and firmly held Zhao Chong, who was sent back, in his arms.

Looking up again, he felt that all the officials and furniture today had no spirit, one by one listless, with their waists bent, especially the ones who were knocked down, their faces were already pale, and he asked dissatisfiedly: "What's wrong with Aiqing, you can't be wasted if you are diligent in sexual affairs." ”

Sex? The little emperor has always had his mouth uncovered, and he is still the same as his father, and the ministers have long been used to it, Xiao Dongliu stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, there has been a shortage of salt in Beijing recently, and the ministers and other families can only last for three or five days." ”

As soon as his voice fell, all the ministers responded one after another, and everyone's eyes fell on Lord Yansi, and they couldn't help but ponder in their hearts, salt and iron have always been controlled items, and they have always been a royal business.

Lord Yansi was also embarrassed, and seeing that Zhao Zhi was also eyeing him, he hurriedly cleared his eyes and said: "The boats transporting salt to Beijing have been damaged one after another, but the hired civilian ships have not been requisitioned, and the emperor is invited to see it." ”

Zhao Zhi's face sank, and he asked: "There are more than 100 ships transporting salt, are they all damaged?" ”

Lord Shioji knew that it was difficult to win the emperor's trust, but this was the truth, so he stepped forward and replied affirmatively: "Exactly, but within two or three days, the planks of all the boats will rot together." ”

All the ministers talked about it, and they all looked at Zhao Zhi and Yansi with suspicion, these two bad things, wouldn't they be singing double reeds again?

Zhao Zhitie's face was blue, his hands held down Zhao Chong, who couldn't help but writhe, and simply ordered: "All ministries and departments will send out all the carriages that can be used, and transport some salt to relieve the urgent need, Liu Fenghuai of the salt department is seriously derelict in his duties, and he will be investigated and dealt with from now on, and he will be held accountable when the salt shortage in Beijing is resolved." ”

Zhao Zhi can also be called decisive in killing, and as soon as he commanded, all the ministers seemed to have the backbone, and they mobilized the carriages after retreating.

Since the salt shortage began in Beijing, the family has lived a life of less salt like other mansions, after all, it is a large businessman, and a little salt when transporting cloth is enough to protect all the people who rely on the family to eat.

What's more, I don't know how much private salt is sold to the grassland every year, the government has its own way, and the government saves salt to eat, but it's just a show.

Yang Mu arrived at the house early in the morning, and Bamboo welcomed him into the study, but now this study has become Bamboo's private territory.

Zhu knew Yangmu's cleanliness habits, and prepared a white silk horse early, and circled a three-foot-square piece of land for him, Yangmu stared at it for a long time, and finally sat on the chair next to him with a frown.

Zhu turned his head to the side, smiling dumbly, Xu is subordinates also felt that this master was too difficult to serve, but he deliberately pulled the white silk flowers, and it was like a small spiritual hall.

Yang Mu took out a white handkerchief, covered his mouth and nose, and said in an urn voice: "The emperor has ordered all ministries and departments to requisition the carriages out, and prepare to transport some salt in to solve the urgent need." ”

Zhu was examining the account books in his hand, and said without raising his head when he heard the words: "You can act according to the plan." ”

She concentrated on checking the account book, she didn't hear Yang Mu's words for a long time, thinking that he had gone, but she might as well be held down by a pair of white jade-like hands to hold down the account book, she raised her head and met Yang Mu's focused gaze: "I only ask one last time, do you really ignore the people of this city?" ”

Zhu bit his lower lip, as if he was also to Yang Mu, and said affirmatively: "This is already a bloodless method, if it is any other method, it will be ruined." ”

Yang Mu sighed lightly, went straight to the outside, and when he left the house, he got into his carriage, but he forgot to change his clothes, and forgot to clean his hands, and sat quietly for a long time in despair, and finally whispered to the people waiting outside: "Go." ”

Lord Liu of the Salt Division has been sitting on pins and needles for the past few days, and finally got the permission of all the ministries and departments, and the carriage queue has reached the seashore, full of salt, and will be able to return to the Beijing Division within seven days.

He touched his head full of cold sweat, this black yarn is gone, his head can still be saved?

Before Lord Shioji's heart returned to its original position, the bad news came again, and overnight, the official road back to Beijing was covered with rotten grass, mixed with wet soil and mud, and there were many stones mixed with it.

Lord Shioji was furious, and repeatedly scolded the people who did the work for not going the other way, but he was told that the situation was like this after changing several roads.

Lord Shioji was in despair, he took off his black veil, took off his official robe, and overnight he seemed to be ten years old, carrying thorns on his back, and knelt down outside the noon gate.

The news has reached Zhao Zhi, he is also like thunder, the Pingtou people's homes have long been cut off from salt, and the families of various powerful ministers can't hold on, and now the salt shortage has spread to the palace, when he accompanied the queen to eat today, all the dishes were light and tasteless, even including a plate of braised meat, looking at the color of the beef was light red, very pleasing, and after eating a mouthful, Zhao Zhi vomited it on the spot.

The female officer on duty was summoned to ask, and the female officer was loyal to her duties and replied honestly: "Niangniang has been out of salt here for two days. ”

Zhao Zhitie returned to the palace with a blushing face, summoned Feng Shun, and saw that his steps were vain, so he knew that he had not eaten salt either, so his anger eased a little, and asked, "Is there no salt in the palace anymore?" ”

Feng Shun was prostrate on the ground, old tears were rampant, but now this tragic situation is a little more difficult than when Emperor Chu Zhao Ye was trapped in Kyoto.

He confessed with a handful of snot and tears: "Now in the palace, only you and the Empress Dowager can guarantee the use of salt, and the Empress Dowager secretly ordered Xiao Xiao to give half of her share to the Tai." ”

Zhao Zhi stared down at his feet, his hands clenched into fists, and the tips of his ten fingers almost pinched into the flesh, the dignified emperor, he couldn't even guarantee that his wife, his own son, and his own mother would eat, he had shame for the first time, and even more, anger.

He stood up from his chair and his eyes burned, "Xuan Baiguan enters the hall, if you can't come up with a countermeasure after discussion, ask someone to go to the coffin shop and order a coffin for each adult!" ”

Feng Shun saw the lord for the first time so resolute, so decisive, so like a real emperor, he choked up and responded, and after making a big salute, he went straight out to pass the word, he simply called the head of the guards on duty, and soon, a team of guards was sent out of the palace and went to the mansions of various adults.