Chen Hua was also surprised and stunned, because the Fujian Salt Division was infested by the Japanese invaders, and the brine ponds have been abandoned a lot over the years, and most of the stoves have been scattered.

In his memory, the previous situation of the Fujian Salt Division was not so extreme.

Unexpectedly, in Lianghuai, the exploitation of the stoves by various cows, ghosts, snakes and gods has been so fierce.

Chen Hua's face was cold, and his voice was heavy: "This official didn't expect that everyone's life would be so hard!" ”

Lao Zheng Tou shook his head: "This is nothing, there is a strange phenomenon in our two Huai salt farms, the salt merchants who take the roots to transport salt, unless they have a deep background, can't get salt at all, and the salt that we all work hard to dry can't be sold!" ”

Chen Hua was surprised: "Why is this? ”

Lao Zheng Tou said: "Dou Matong, they don't allow us to dry official salt, we dry private salt for them every day!" ”

Xu He thought about it and understood the truth, the official salt is obviously in great demand, how big are the businessmen who follow the Kaizhong Law to prepare to raise salt can't mention the salt, but Dou Matong and these people don't dry the official salt, this is because the official salt has to pay taxes, and the pressure is tightened, so it is said that the amount of salt is limited, anyway, all the top and bottom are all bought, and no one will care.

The rest of the brine pond and manpower are all invested in private salt, which is the property of their respective families, and if they earn a penny, they will put it in their pockets, and they don't have to pay taxes, so why not.

Moreover, according to his estimate, Lao Zhengtou and these stoves actually don't want to dry official salt, because most of the tax revenue is actually passed on to them in the end.

Illicit salt has been banned by the imperial court in all dynasties, and even the sale of illicit salt is to kill the head, but it is in the Great Wei Dynasty that this illicit salt has become a secret that is not a secret, and even the emperor and ministers want to come to get a piece of the pie, do you say that the world can not be chaotic?

Xu He understands the reason, and Chen Hua, an official born in the stove, naturally understands, he frowned and said, "Then you can't support yourself by drying private salt?" You can sell it directly to the merchants! ”

In addition to the manager of the salt factory and the stove and his family, there is also a group of people named Zashang.

They are the professionals sent by the major salt merchants to collect salt in the salt works, and the people who sell the salt are called merchants.

The merchant is responsible for collecting salt in the salt factory, and Chen Hua means that why don't you sell salt directly to the merchant and then bargain directly with the merchant to maximize the profit?

Lao Zheng Tou said sadly and indignantly: "We stove dries salt, not only have to pay for firewood, brine ponds, stoves, and water, but also sell the salt to the stove!" ”

"What?" Chen Hua was taken aback, "What will happen if you don't sell it?" ”

"Not for sale?" Wang Zhu'er sneered and said, "Isn't Second Brother Ding a ready-made example? There are few men in his family, and there are few people who work, Aunt Ding is blind, Juan'er is still young and can only help light the fire, his family has a hard time, Second Brother Ding secretly sold the salt to the merchants, those people didn't dare to offend the merchants, so they tortured Second Brother Ding, that old thief Dou took a fancy to Juan'er, and wanted Juan'er to pay off the debt, what do we owe them? Why? ”

After speaking, he ripped off Ding Erxiao's shirt, and suddenly, Chen Hua and Xu He saw that Ding Erxiao's body was covered with new wounds and old wounds, and there was almost no good meat on his body, which was shocking.

Chen Hua couldn't hold back any longer, and slapped it on the table: "It's just for the rich and crazy!" ”

After understanding the basic situation of the salt cooks, the matter turned back to the cause of the outbreak.

Xu He saw that it would be really too late if he didn't show his attitude, so he said: "I'll tell you the ins and outs of this matter!" ”

He found the eunuch You Xiao to Xu Dai and asked him to use the influence of the Xu family to collect the private salt and tell him, of course, he only deduced that it was the eunuch You Xiao's idea, and did not dig deep into the person behind it.

Chen Hua glanced at him meaningfully, these things, Xu He had already told him before, with his head, how could he not think that You Xiao was actually the shadow of Emperor Zhizheng, but as a courtier, what to say and what not to say, Xu He knew, and he also knew.

Wang Zhu'er was furious when he heard this, he pointed at Xu He's nose and scolded: "It's you people, it's you people who are drinking the blood of our stove ding and eating the meat of our stove ding, you still have the face to appear here, if it weren't for the second brother Ding to stop you, I would have torn you alive now!" ”

When Lao Zheng Tou heard this, he scolded: "Pig, don't talk first, let this Xu Gongzi speak first!" ”

Xu He bowed deeply to Lao Zheng Tou, Wang Zhu'er, and everyone present.

He said in a deep voice: "Actually, this matter is very different in our Xu family, the eldest uncle and I are very opposed to this matter, and I even discussed it with Chen Xianling before this matter broke out, I don't believe everyone asked him!" ”

Everyone looked at Chen Hua, and Chen Hua nodded solemnly.

Xu He continued: "But I'm not here to shirk responsibility today, I want to say a few points to you!" ”

"First, our Xu family will definitely try our best to prevent everyone from suffering from swords again!"

At this time, someone sneered: "It's up to you? Or is it up to your Xu family? The Xu family doesn't even have an official now, why didn't the imperial court send troops? ”

Xu He looked at the man, only to see that the man was standing behind Wang Zhu'er, obviously the impulsive faction in this gang.

Xu He smiled: "You may not know, my name is Xu He, I am the general judge of Yangzhou, that is, the former Hailing County Order Li Zhijie's student, when the thieves disturbed the city, because of the merit of breaking the thief, he was rewarded by the imperial court for wearing the Zhongjing crown uniform!" Moreover, I am very familiar with Zhang Jingxian of Huaiyang Haiphong Dao, and when I went to Yangzhou to participate in the government examination, it was Master Zhang who sent his own soldiers to send me on the prepared boat of the Haiphong Dao Yamen! ”

There is too much information in this passage, and the stove Ding who was present has never heard of the general judgment or the coastal defense road.

But that doesn't stop them from being unaware.

First of all, this little boy actually received the holy decree and was praised by the emperor, which alone is staggering.

This is someone His Majesty the Emperor values!

Maybe his words and deeds represent the emperor's meaning? Or could he write directly to His Majesty the Emperor?

In this way, wouldn't everyone's suffering, sin, and great grievances go straight to heaven?

Thinking of this, they couldn't help but look at Xu He with admiration.

Seeing this, Xu He hit the railroad while it was hot: "The second point is that the reason why I asked everyone to release Chen Xianzun first is because I know Chen Xianzun very well, he is a good official who is as evil as an enemy and asks for the people's life, there is such a good official, why don't you ask him to write everyone's grievances into a concert and listen to it?" ”

Chen Hua almost spit out a mouthful of old blood when he heard this, Nima, as soon as this piece is on, he is the [iron-headed man] who is working against the emperor, the crown prince, the king of Qi, the first assistant of the cabinet, and the second assistant!

This Nima, I want to go back to the water prison quietly, is it okay?