Lin Hao and his entourage came to the Wang family's house.

Wang Dacheng followed closely behind Lin Hao, bowing his head and not saying a word, while the old man was overjoyed in his heart, and it was the first time he was a guest from this brother's mansion.

In addition to the busy farming on weekdays, he looked at the big mansion of his younger brother Wang Xianzhi from a distance on the mountain, and thought to himself that if one day, he could live in this big mansion, and he would not live in vain for the rest of his life.

However, Wang Xianzhi didn't put his relative in his eyes at all, and during the New Year's holidays, he asked the people in the house to send a few big coins to send away.

The momentum from the outside is magnificent, but it is far less shocking than the inside of the mansion.

The four corners of the courtyard stand white marble pillars, the surrounding walls are all carved of white stone bricks, orchids carved from gold bloom charmingly between the white stones, and the cyan gauze curtains ripple with the wind.

Behind the house, there is an elm tree with a thick waist of four people, and a string of golden elm money, which is pleasing to the eye.

"This elm tree is old."

Lin Hao was amazed, the elm tree could grow like this, at least for hundreds of years.

"My father said, the elm tree is planted behind the Yang house, and the copper money string will be rich, why this house is located here, it is precisely because of this thousand-year-old elm tree that it cost a lot of money to let several surrounding villagers move away."

Wang Laoji's eyes flashed with pride, many classmates had come to visit before, and there was no one who did not praise this elm tree.

At that time, those fellow villagers were reluctant to move away, and they fought against their father in every possible way, and ended up being beheaded after the autumn.

Walking into the main hall, Lin Hao frowned slightly, and saw that the Taishi chair above the main hall was engraved with dragon-shaped ornaments.

This is a capital offense, Wang Xianzhi is a county of 18 pinzhi, and he dares to use dragon patterns, this guy's ambition is really not small.

Wang Laoji clapped his hands, and several slender girls brought the dishes to the table.

For the first course, two slices of roast duck are the land, three asparagus are inserted into the flower stems, two pieces of foie gras are the flower leaves, a few pieces of white-boiled egg white are used as flower plates, and a few red and black caviar are used as flower buds.

Next, the cucumber juice is a pond, the white radish is carved into a lotus root, the beetroot is carved into a lotus flower, the winter melon skin is made into a lotus leaf, and the gourd is made into a boat, which is full of white and olive vegetable filaments.

……

A table of delicacies, as far as the eye can see, there is a bit of the moonlight of the lotus pond, and the degree of luxury is staggering.

The last dish is a large pot of beef in sauce.

The old man subconsciously swallowed his saliva, he didn't think that he could eat so much, and the table in front of him was enough to buy his life.

"According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, the death of the ploughing cattle needs to be reported to the government and buried on the spot.

Wang Laoji is not a mallet, and he saw that Wang Ben's face was wrong, so he explained with a smile.

Lin Hao didn't care, picked up a piece of sauced beef, stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it carefully, the meat was rough, obviously overcooked, except for the salty scalp numbness, there was no other taste.

The old man is very happy to eat, and if he misses this meal, he will not be able to eat four dishes in his life.

Lin Hao and the two only felt that the taste was the same as chewing wax, and the delicacies in the eyes of ordinary people were really difficult to swallow in their opinion, and the so-called fine wine was just a low-alcohol wine made of sour fruits.

After a full meal of wine and wine.

The sky was overcast and dark, and there was no moonlight, so Lin Hao and the three of them stayed in the palace for a while.

"Lord Lin, after dinner, I found more than a dozen carriages in the backyard of the house, the carriages are uniform, and they seem to be used for escorting silk and satin, but in fact they are not."

"There is a layer of salt frost on the bearings of the carriage, and although it has been cleaned, there is still a trace of adhesion, and the iron locks at the corners of the satin wooden box have a layer of rust attached to it, but according to the age of the wooden box, the rust is never so serious."

Wang Ben lowered his voice and said.

"You mean, in addition to corruption, Wang Xianzhi is also involved in the business of selling illicit salt?"

Lin Hao immediately heard the meaning of Wang Ben's words.

The private salt of the Ming Dynasty, that is, unrefined mineral salt, is mainly composed of sodium chloride, which, to some extent, will accelerate the corrosion and rust of iron buckles.

"Most of the time it's wrong, I was puzzled before, Wang Xianzhi can take out 200,000 taels of silver tickets casually, and there are so many private properties, just by embezzlement in Xichang Mansion, it can't be done at all, and this mansion in Xinxiang is even more so, since it is not the income of corruption, where does the silver come from."

"After dinner, I found an excuse and asked Wang Laoji to lead him around the house, and then he discovered the existence of the carriage, which was the salt frost taken from the bearing of the carriage."

Wang Ben spread a little white crystal wrapped in cloth on the table.

Lin Hao dipped it with his finger and put it in his mouth, slightly astringent, the salty taste was not very obvious, but it was enough to be sure that this was mineral salt.

Escorting smuggled salt in a horse-drawn carriage, hidden in a wooden box, when it encounters rainwater, it has no time to cover the goods, and the salt will follow the water and seep out of the wooden box, although it is only a few, but after a long time, it will accumulate a layer of salt frost in such an inconspicuous place as the bearing.

If it weren't for Wang Ben's meticulous observation, he would never have found it.

"Don't be silent, stay until the second half of the night, you and I will go to investigate, if Wang Xianzhi really sells illicit salt, then there must be hidden in this mansion."

"I built such a big mansion in Xinxiang, but I never came back, and only two sons lived in the family, if it was just to make a name for myself, it was not true."

Lin Hao blew out the candle and got up on the bed.

Wang Ben held the scabbard of his sword, leaned against the door, and closed his eyes.

Wang Dacheng was tied up by Wang Laoji's entourage and thrown into the firewood room: "Say, what are the two adults looking for you?" ”

Wang Dacheng knew that his cousin was a hypocrite, and the humility he had shown in front of Lord Lin was all pretended, and if he did not fulfill his wish, he was afraid that he would not be able to get out of this firewood house alive.

"The man in the scarlet robe is a minister sent by the imperial court, I had no intersection with him before, and this time I came to Xinxiang and said that I should follow to respond to Tianfu."

Wang Dacheng thought for a moment and then spoke.

"Why can you follow to Yingtian, just like you, you haven't even studied in private school for half a day, Lao Tzu is also a new talent, and his father is the magistrate of Xichang Prefecture, what benefits did you give that adult, and what else do you hide, tell the truth!?"

Wang Laoji's jealousy arose, Wang Dacheng couldn't compare to him anywhere, how could he get the help of nobles, and his heart was extremely unbalanced for a while.

went to Ying Tianfu, and with the help of Lord Qincha, the future will definitely be limitless.

Wang Dacheng must have promised Lord Lin any benefits, Wang Dacheng has all of them, as long as he knows the details, he can replace them!