Chapter 3 Action Guide: Xue Niang Provincial Family

It is indeed not a big deal, Xue Niang's father and brother are located in the Aoshan Guard, just by the sea, two hundred years ago, after Zhu Yuanzhang unified the country by force, in order to ensure that there are soldiers available in the future war, the guard system was set up, which is the so-called standing army, but he learned the lessons of the Song Dynasty (eat a big pot of rice, raise soldiers for a thousand days, it will not take a while), implement the military tun, and allocate land to the army, that is, to be a soldier in peacetime as a farmer, and in wartime as cannon fodder.

Facts have proved that this method is very economical, but after a long time, the situation has changed, after all, there is less time to fight, more time to plough the fields, and over time, the soldiers really become peasants, and some places are even more disagreeable, relying on the sky high and the emperor is far away, the officers took the opportunity to annex the land of the military tun, became military landlords, and treated their soldiers as tenant farmers, and some even started to buy and sell.

Lingshanwei is close to the sea and mountains, and it seems that the feng shui is indeed good, but the land is a little barren, and the production on the land is really limited except for the head handed over to them, that is, thousands of households. Relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the sea to eat the sea, the fish and shrimp here, that is worthless, at this time, the wisdom of the farmers came out, take an iron pot to the sea, boil salt!

Of course, all the salt boiled out was taken away by the Inspection Department, as for these salt goods, whether they are private salt or official salt, then the Inspection Department has to say it themselves, anyway, the official word is two, whatever they say. Although the salt lads of the Inspection Department kept the price of salt extremely low, what these military households spent was nothing more than some labor, and the firewood was worthless, and it could be regarded as being able to sell some silver money so that the family could eat a few more full meals.

With this way, in addition to farming, this matter of boiling salt has become the main business of this coastal military household, which is also the Yu Feng family lives not far from the county seat, far from the sea, so they need to buy salt to eat.

But eat and eat, if you go to sell illicit salt, these military households don't dare, the group of salt in the inspection department, all like wolves and tigers, once caught, it will be the fate of the leader, and, in this era, there is a road guide system, without a road guide, you can only go around near home, you have the ability, you go to the neighboring county to take a look, even if you are bare-handed, you are a rogue bandit who directly fills the army for thousands of miles, in the eyes of those government people, it is not a matter at all.

Therefore, those who dare to sell illicit salt are generally brave people, and they are purely the masters who pin their heads to the waistband of their trousers to find food.

Where did Xue Niang think that in such a few short sentences, her father-in-law's thinking was actually brought to this sale of illicit salt, in her heart, her husband, but a weak reader, and those outlaw illicit salt dealers, that is not reliable at all.

But Yu Feng doesn't think so, he knows that he is in the Ming Dynasty, in Shandong, and he once read an online article by a great god, isn't the protagonist in the Ming Dynasty Shandong by the sea by private salt trading? There is such a great god who has prepared an outline of action for himself, what is there to hesitate about, this road will definitely work.

"Xue Niang, I saw my eldest brother today, but I was homesick, my body is much better, otherwise, early tomorrow morning, let's go visit Lord Yue!" Yu Feng said to Xue Niang, whether this body is good or not, that is an excuse, but since his wife's maiden family can also boil salt, he can go around for a while, and by the way, touch the situation of this industry, if it is not good, his first career in the Ming Dynasty will be settled on this.

Can think of this method, Yu Feng is also quite helpless, his current family background, doing business, that is no capital at all, even if he wants to do those business that rob the house without capital, he must have a weapon in hand, this is also to buy with money, I don't know how the weapon control is here, anyway, he thinks that this family can't find the money to buy a sword or something. What's more, his body, compared to his previous life, is not a little bit worse, even if he has this heart, he may not be able to have this strength.

It stands to reason that Yu Feng is a showman, so he has to think about reading, but how many catties and taels does Yu Feng have, others don't know, doesn't he know it himself? Well, even if you are the owner of this body before, you study quite hard, but if you win the show, you can't take the exam every other year, unlike the jinshi, if you win the lift, you can enter Beijing the next year to take the jinshi, but if you want to take the exam after you get a show, you still study at home for two or three years, and then talk about it after passing the qualification exam. Even if he is sure to take the exam, can he still keep his eyes open in such an environment, relying on his wife to support him, and endure for so many years? Then, when he finally got a half-official position, and then waited to see the displaced people everywhere, attacking the city and plundering the land, worrying that a head was not on his neck at any time, this kind of life was definitely not what he wanted.

"It's not a year's holiday, what are you going to do when you go back to your parents' house!" Xue Niang said softly. What is the situation in her own family, she knows very well, Xiang Gong suddenly said that he would accompany him back to save his relatives, but it made her feel a little frightened, this will not be because of today's incident, Xiang Gong went to his own house to ask about the guilt. At this time, this family still has coarse grains to live by, but in my mother's house, I'm afraid that coarse grains may not be able to do it! When I went back with my father-in-law, my father and mother had to borrow some money and rice from a neighbor to entertain my son-in-law, for fear that it would add a lot of burden to my mother's family.

Early the next morning, the husband and wife went out early, to the delight of Xue Niang, Yu Feng actually asked Xue Niang to go to the county seat to cut half a catty of meat, and also bought two boxes of snacks, such a gift, in this season, can not be regarded as shabby, that is, in the two days that Yu Feng was in bed, Xue Niang was not willing to buy meat to eat.

In the afternoon, I finally came to a small village by the sea, a few children playing at the entrance of the village, saw the two people entering the village, screamed and scattered, and after a while, Xue Niang's father, Yu Feng's father-in-law, with two good boys came out.

Although this village is no different from an ordinary village, it is compiled by the health office, the village chief, Li Zheng and the like, there is no, the village is in charge, it is a hundred households, which is equivalent to the village head, and there are two general flags under the hundred households, which is quite a deputy village head, and there are several small flags under the general flag, and Zhao Yi'an, the old man of Yu Feng, is one of the two general flags of this village.

Hearing the noise of the children in the village, Zhao Zongqi, who was sitting at home, heard that his uncle was coming, and immediately brought his two sons out to greet him. However, while he was happy in his heart, he also muttered a little, at this time, if it is not a New Year, and it is not a festival, what is this aunt doing when he comes back with his daughter? I always listen to the rules of those who read, isn't it my daughter who made some mistakes?

Seeing the gift in his daughter's hand, the old man really put down a little nervous heart, there is a gift, that is to come to the province sincerely, he happily welcomed his daughter and son-in-law to his house, and by the way, let his neighbors take a good look at his son-in-law for a while.

"This is the uncle of the Zhao family! It looks like a little chicken, no bones! ”

"You know a fart, the uncle of the Zhao family is a talented man, and he will be an official in the future, you think that he is as big as you, and he is an official!"

"Xue Niang has found a good family, if only I had two girls, it would be nice to have this blessing!"

Yu Feng was a little depressed listening to everyone's words, quite a bit of being watched, he didn't expect that his talent was still so envied, according to him, this talent is nothing more than knowing a few words, he can't pick his shoulders, he can't lift his hands, and he has to rely on his wife to support himself, what is there to be proud of.

According to his thoughts, this talent is nothing more than the college entrance examination in later generations, and the current college entrance examination, the acceptance rate is 70%, which is simply a common thing. Besides, in literary works throughout the ages, the so-called poor acid has almost become a special term for Xiucai, and such an identity is still worthy of the envy of these people, which is really a bit inexplicable.

He is just a misunderstanding of modern thinking, indeed, this Xiucai is just a student of a county, except for a few with excellent grades, you can get a few liters of rice in the county office, and no one will look at you even if other Xiucai starves to death. However, he forgot that this is a society of farmers and businessmen, Xiucai is unbearable, and he is also a scholar, to use the most obvious analogy, other people go out to guide the way, if they are equipped with a sword or something, maybe the government will come to the door immediately, but Xiucai can hang around with a sword, and the name is beautiful: travel!

The most important point is that lifting people and jinshi are all tested by Xiucai, without this identity, you can't even go to the township test, let alone take the test. In other words, Xiucai is the foundation of all the bureaucratic system of the Ming Dynasty, and once you are promoted, you can be awarded an official position immediately, that is, you can immediately become a master.

And this place in Zhaojia Village has always been the establishment of the Wei Institute, that is, the military establishment of the Ming Dynasty, and it is strict about the hierarchy, but everyone understands things clearly, and there is a look of envy and jealousy towards Xue Niang.

"Master Yue, is you okay when you come in?" When she came into the house, Xue Niang went to the wing room to gossip with her mother and sister, but Zhao Zongqi and her two sons stayed behind and talked with Yu Feng.

"It's okay, it's okay!" Zhao Zongqi looked at this son-in-law, his face was like a crown of jade, and his eyebrows were graceful, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it.

"Xue Niang has lacked discipline since she was a child, so she has caused trouble for her virtuous son-in-law!" Zhao Zongqi and Yu Feng didn't see each other much, and they couldn't find any topics for a while.

"Xue Niang is gentle and virtuous, I have to thank Master Yue-in-law for giving me a good wife!" praising his wife, Yu Feng has no psychological obstacles at all, and Xue Niang really deserves the words gentle and virtuous.

The two of them said a few words back and forth, and the scene became cold, two people who were not very familiar with each other, when the common topic was finished, it was not unusual for this kind of cold scene to appear.

"Ahem... Da Lang Jiro, didn't you go to the beach to boil salt today? Yu Feng saw the two brothers-in-law standing next to the old man like two generals, and led the topic to the two of them.

"The virtuous son-in-law also knows about boiling salt?" Zhao Zongqi asked with some surprise.