Chapter 3 Snowflake Salt
"For nearly half a month, his practice method is very strange, oh? How weird it is, let's be clear. β
"Uh, oh, the little one didn't think that Liang Jin could drill what the newly built village protection team could become, and the little one didn't care about it in the first few days. It's just that in recent days, Xiao found that Liang Jin is still a bit of a doorway. β
"Hmph, is it nothing more than that Chen Zhong, just a hunter, even if his fists and feet are more powerful, but what is it worth? There are hundreds of people in this village protection team, can he teach them all to be like him? It's just a duck on the shelf, half a bucket of water dangling. β
"What the housekeeper said is, but it is not the three of Chen Zhong's father and son who are training the village protection team, but it is, it is actually Liang Jin!"
"Well, then I'm wrong, it's not half a bucket of water dangling, that's just nonsense, haha."
"Butler, if the little one hadn't seen it in person, I'm afraid he would have thought the same way, but Liang Jin really has some ways. On the threshing floor, he gave each of the village guards a bamboo spear, and then they didn't practice anything, but they held the bamboo spear, and on the straw scarecrow, which was about the same as the human body, it was said that they had to train thousands of times a day. The little one didn't care at first, but after thinking about it, the back of his head was rubbing with cold air, if he practiced like this every day, over time, just with this killing move, it would be very terrible. β
"Is it just one trick? Well, maybe it works! But he was able to think of this method, and it seemed that he had underestimated him before. That's it, hmph, even if he has some doorways, it's only a month, and it's up to him to go, and after a month, the village guard team will be taken away by the master. β
After Shen Pu, the chief housekeeper of the Liang family, said this, he waved his hand, and the subordinate who had replied before immediately retreated.
Shen Pu stood in front of the window, looking outside, because it was early autumn, the leaves of the big sycamore outside the window were also falling one after another, and its black and gray bald branches were forked in the clear sky.
He felt a burst of irritability in his heart, "I really didn't expect that waste to think of such a practice, didn't he think about it a long time ago?" If he really has such a new force in his hands, wouldn't the Liang family's property in the future be a big enemy for the eldest sister and Xing'er? No, even if a month later, the old immortal will take away the village team, but just in case...... Hmph, boy, the dead are the safest! β
He let out a long breath of turbidity, wanting to pour out all the indignation in his heart, and then he saw the bald branches, and suddenly felt that the branches forked in the sky seemed to be forked in his heart.
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Sweat slid down a big man's forehead, ran down his face, ran through his lips, and dripped down his chin.
"Whew, Whew......"
At the same time a burst of rough. A loud gasp came from his mouth, and his hands shook uncontrollably, causing the white cloth bag he was holding to sway back and forth.
Liang Jin saw that his uncle Zhong was coming to an end, and he was in such a posture.
When the steward of the front warehouse saw this scene, he also urged two sentences, and then stepped on the spot with some impatience.
Liang Jin hurriedly smiled at him and said, let him wait a little longer, then pulled Chen Zhong aside, and said softly: "Uncle Zhong, it's time to pay the money, why did you drop the chain halfway?" β
Chen Zhong stared at Liang Jin, the silver in the cloth bag in his hand shook, and his mouth was a little dry: "There is no turning back on this matter?" We paid these silver taels - this is all the silver in exchange for more than half a month of money and food from the village protection team, and as soon as these silver taels are sold, our village protection team will drink the northwest wind in the second half of the month......"
Without waiting for Chen Zhong to finish speaking, Liang Jin couldn't help but say anxiously: "Uncle Zhong, I have told you a few times, these money and grain are exchanged for silver, and I bought these well salts with silver taels, I, hey, I have a way to turn it into snowflake salt, Uncle Zhong, Uncle Zhong, how did it come, you don't believe me!" β
Chen Zhong took a deep breath, and Xuan'er said slowly: "It's not Uncle Zhong...... Alas! Uncle Zhong has never seen so much silver in his life, and I, I, I'm really afraid that you will waste this silver. Hey, let's go, so, young master, can you tell me again, this well salt can really be turned into snowflake salt?? β
Liang Jin looked at Chen Zhong so cautiously, but he couldn't cry or laugh for a while, but immediately said: "It's really possible, Uncle Zhong, believe me!" β
When Liang Jin, Chen Zhong and his two sons Chen Hu and Chen Bao drove four ox carts out of a large mansion, each of the four of them drove a car full of goods, but the goods were stacked on top of straw, but outsiders did not know what was inside.
Chen Zhong drove the last ox cart, and after walking out of the big mansion, he glanced back at the gate behind him, and there was a plaque above the gate, which readβGuo Zhai.
Guo Zhai, that is, the residence of the Guo family, this Guo family is the powerful family of the entire Fukang County, its power is very large, it is said that there are big people in the county government of Liaoxi to support their families, so it is naturally a sideways existence in Fukang County.
No one in Fukang County has ever dared to sell salt privately, and no one dared, of course, this refers to the fairness, after all, the imperial court has a very tight grasp of salt and iron, which belongs to official sales.
However, the so-called policies and countermeasures at the top, in some local forces in the Wei State, they controlled the sale of illegal salt and made a windfall.
This is like the Guo family in Fukang County, the Guo family has its own salt well, but the local government has no recruitment for them, they are local powerful forces, there are people above, just with a local county order, it is far from suppressing the Guo family;
Dare to care about these things of the Guo family, I don't know how to write dead words!
In the past, I also encountered the stunned Qing County Order, but just about to investigate the Guo family's smuggled salt sales, he died suddenly in his own home that night.
On the surface, it is sudden death, but there are too many twists and turns, and even this matter is spread among the people of Fukang County.
Chen Zhong retracted his gaze, this Guo Mansion was naturally not the mansion where the important figures of the Guo family were located, but the location of the private sale of Guo Jiajing salt.
The real Guo family's mansion is a wealthy compound, and it is only the Guo family's other courtyard that sells smuggled salt.
Chen Zhong turned around, drove the ox cart, and still felt a pain in his heart, in Fukang County, because the Guo family was selling illegal salt in batches, so the local salt price was not high, and those illegal salt dealers were buying cheaper well salt from the Guo family, and then went to other provinces and counties to sell it, so that there were more profits.
It is not possible to sell it locally.
Chen Zhong also knows that selling smuggled salt in Waifu County may be very interesting, but the value of their half-month money and grain for the village protection team, in exchange for the private salt, if it is really as Liang Jin said, it can be turned into snowflake salt, and the value is naturally the largest.
But Chen Zhong still has no confidence, mainly because he is too familiar with Liang Jin, how can he make well salt into snowflake salt?
However, Liang Jin has always been the master, and what the master decides, in the end, he Chen Zhong naturally can't change it, so in the end, he can only agree, and there is also a hope in his heart: Young Master, since you are so confident, then believe him once.
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"Kill!"
A resolute-looking man, although the weather was beginning to cool down in early autumn, was naked with his upper body, and his entire upper body was full of muscles.
He was holding a bamboo spear and was stabbing hard at the vital part of the scarecrow's marked heart, and with each thrust, he yelled "Kill!" β
This person's name is Zuo Zeguang, and this person is one of the people who train quite hard in Liang Jin's village protection team.
During more than 2,000 assassination drills this afternoon, the bright red sunset on the horizon had already covered the western sky, and the sky was gradually turning to darkness.
"It's all assembled!"
Suddenly, a loud shout sounded, and hearing this familiar voice, the members of the village protection team of more than 100 people who lined up to make an assassination form all stopped the bamboo stabbing guns in their hands.
Many people rubbed their sore shoulders and arms, and they all looked towards the place where the sound had come from.
Then they quickened their pace and walked towards the person who spoke up.
"Zuo Zeguang?"
Zuo Zeguang was also about to hurry to the eldest young master Liang Jin with a bamboo spear, that is, the eldest young master shouted to gather just now.
Hearing someone calling for him, Zuo Zeguang couldn't help but slow down and wait for the person to chase after him.
It was a thin-faced man who was dressed in coarse cloth,ββ of course very old and torn.
"I see you practicing assassination so hard, what are you trying to do?" The thin-faced man said, "We're just a monk for a day and a clock for a day, don't you really think that this village protection team can last a long time?" β
Zuo Zeguang frowned slightly, turned his head to look at the thin-faced man, and said very seriously: "Liu Qiang, I don't care what you think, when my mother was seriously ill, it was because I relied on the village protection team to earn money and food, and the eldest young master saw that I was pitiful and helped me, which saved my mother's life." But as long as the young master does not disperse this bureau for one day, I will be a good member of the team to protect the village for one day. β
After Zuo Zeguang finished speaking, he ignored Liu Qiang, quickened his pace, left Liu Qiang behind, and hurried to gather.
Liu Qiang looked at Zuo Zeguang's back, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he muttered, "What is it?" Even if you don't talk about the eldest master of the Liang family; Madam, Second Young Master, and Great Butler Shen, can they let this eldest young master protect the village team for a long time? Hey, not to mention that the eldest young master is only a month's worth of money and food......"
After the 110 members of the village protection team were assembled, Liang Jin asked people to bring bags of white things that looked like snowflake sugar/salt in front of everyone.
As soon as they saw this, everyone's eyes immediately warmed up, whether it was snowflake candy or snowflake salt, it was an extremely precious thing, ordinary grain, a handful of snowflake sugar/salt, you can exchange it for several bags, or even ten bags of grain, it is really because it is too rare!
"Wait, join my village protection team, I Liang Jin know that there are many people who look down on the village protection team, but I tell you, I will never disband the village protection team! Look at these things, they are all snowflake salts with white flowers, young master, I can get them, and I still need the wages of your two melons and dates? Today, I, Liang Jin, will give you the snowflake salt in front of me as a benefit, and I also want to boost everyone's morale! If this village protection team follows me Liangjin, it will never go downhill and move forward bravely! β
Liang Jin stood in front of everyone and said loudly in an impassioned voice.
As soon as Liang Jin's words fell, the people of the village protection team immediately cheered loudly and shouted.
Liang Jin exhaled deeply; The bitter and astringent well salt, Liang Jin likes to watch some wild survival videos in later generations, so he has a deep understanding of the snow salt made from well salt, nothing more than using plant ash and the like...
So, Liang Jin made snowflake salt and kept a large part of it for Chen Zhong and his two sons to sell in neighboring prefectures and counties.
Because it is a big head, it cannot see the light, otherwise it is easy to be coveted by strong people.
And the remaining small part, Liang Jin is sent as the welfare of the village protection team, which can boost the confidence and morale of the village protection team.
At this time, looking at the people of the village protection team, one by one, they stepped forward to receive them, and they had already divided the snowflake salt, and they were all very excited when they saw their faces smiling.
After Liang Jin exhaled, he felt that a major event had finally been accomplished, which stabilized the morale of the army!
Liang Jin also had the leisure to observe the surrounding scenery at this time.
Because it was early autumn, there were a few plane trees standing around, and the leaves were falling, and only the bald branches were left on the trees, pointing proudly to the sky......