Chapter 36: The Origin of the Salt Works

Tang Xiaoyu washed up and returned to the house, he had no desire to speak, and fell asleep directly, Xiaobai was a mute person, which was very prominent at this time.

As soon as she closed her eyes, she didn't love anyone, and she dreamed of Zhou Gong.

It's just that when she sleeps in a daze, she will feel the people around her tossing and turning, and every time she turns around and hums, she has a deep resentment, Tang Xiaoyu also knows that she hasn't been quiet and alone with Xiaobai for several days, she is too busy, and subconsciously Xiaobai is the one who will stay in place and wait without regrets no matter what.

To put it bluntly, it can be ignored, and if it is recruited, it will come and go.

"Brother-in-law, you will bring someone in later, what they said for Aunt Su Fen to write down, the most important thing is to keep Ming Jian's life. Tang Xiaoyu still has to explain clearly before getting into the car, after all, he can't be there.

She didn't deliberately avoid suspicion, she was more concerned about the effect, and letting Mingyin play freely to push Mingjian into hell would be more effective than following a step-by-step approach.

"I know, don't worry. Zhao Shanhe assured.

Tang Xiaoyu turned to Wan Ling, and when she had breakfast today, she had already relayed Shangguan's words to the two principals of the Wan family and knew that the people in the palace had made a mistake when purchasing tributes in Yunan County, and the supervising imperial history had set off to Guanlan County in advance, and it would be there in about eleven or twelve days.

It means that Yu Sixteen will also arrive early, and before Yu Sixteen leaves, all Ming Jian has to do is lie half-dead in the dungeon, and a trace of demon wind cannot be revealed.

There are also Wang Qian, and Tang Xiaoyu have to solve it together.

"Sister, you will go to the county government with your godmother later, give Shangguan a step down, she will arrange how you do it, as for the backyard matter, you don't have to ask. Tang Xiaoyu instructed Wan Ling Dao, Shangguan is from a retired minister, even if he marries Sun Xianling, he is still a flower of Gaoling, and the difference between good and low in his heart cannot be changed, Wan Ling was born in a merchant family and mixed in the rivers and lakes, these two people are really incompatible, so that for many years, Tang Xiaoyu has relied on Tang Xiaoyu to maintain the relationship between the county government and the Cao Gang in the middle.

For Shangguan and Wanling, Tang Xiaoyu has very low requirements, and it is good not to be evil.

"I know, send you away, my mother and I will go to the county office, rest assured, this is a major event of the glory of the ancestors, and the family will never be sloppy. ”

Tang Xiaoyu nodded, and did not repeat it, Shangguan did not comment or object to Wanling's rectification of the Qi family, and Lord Sun also praised two sentences, and the two families were reconciled at this point.

The rest is natural, there is no need to force it, there is another person over there who she has to force it, Tang Xiaoyu is not happy to go out, she walked to the second carriage, and looked coldly at someone lying on the door like a gecko, this guy was slipped over by Yi Lanti early in the morning, and he was in a mood.

"Get in the car. Tang Xiaoyu was too lazy to talk nonsense, and gave instructions directly.

"I don't! I'm going to see Xiao Yi. Shang Shang shook his head like a rattle, perfectly interpreting the standard posture of what it means to be decisive for every cell: "He has a high fever this morning." ”

"Who is the victim, who is the one who burned the house with water, and let Xiao Yi get wet and rush into the kitchen to save people!" Tang Xiaoyu raised her voice in vain, the undercurrent in her eyes surged, and she sharply accused Shang Shangdao: "You lived in someone's house for one night, how much trouble you filled people, didn't you realize it at all." ”

The merchant was scolded and shrunk his neck, looked at Tang Xiaoyu aggrieved and pitiful, held the basket without letting go for a moment, and muttered: "I apologize, I didn't mean to." ”

"Hehe, apologize, to put it lightly, it wasn't Xiao Yi last night, that piece of house was burned to ashes, should I send you to the underworld to apologize to the innocent people who were burned to death." ”

"I go to apologize, I have the money and can compensate. ”

"I don't know whether to live or die, I will fulfill you. Tang Xiaoyu didn't get angry but laughed, it was the kind of negative expression that was clearly making a bad move, she summoned Xiangli and ordered: "Xiangli, the merchant girl said that she would apologize from door to door, you accompany her, don't mention the name of the Cao Gang and me." ”

Xiangli opened her round eyes in surprise, her eyes went back and forth between Shang Shang and Tang Xiaoyu, and she said: "Hall Master, you have to find seven or eight strong men to accompany you, my thin arms and legs can't protect the Shang Shang girl, those aunts are fierce." ”

"It's okay, it's okay for you to watch her get beaten, it's good that she doesn't die. ”

The merchant monster shouted, "Are you talking about human words?" ”

Tang Xiaoyu glared at her: "You don't do anything personal, you still want to listen to people, I'll give you two choices - get in the car or apologize." ”

"I got in the car. The businessman who knew the current affairs let go, said to his fingers, and did not forget Xiao Yi after getting in the car: "Xiangli, you will go to see Xiao Yi later and help me bring a word." ”

Xiangli frowned, wanting to refuse, and asked again: "What words?" ”

"I'll be sure to see him when I come back. ”

Xiangli had a black face on the spot, Tang Xiaoyu didn't look at it, he didn't bother to pay attention to a blind guy like a businessman, and turned around and got into his carriage.

The three carriages of the Wan family lined up and slowly drove out of the city gate, the merchant sat alone in a car and followed in the middle, Yi Lan and Tang Xiaoyu sat in one, and the car staggered up the mountain road.

"Mr. and Mrs. Shi Kite, you have to keep an eye on them, don't let them go down the mountain, and the accounts must be clear. "Shi Kite was in the third car, and also went to the salt field together.

Yi Lan had been holding a pen and was taking notes carefully, and she asked, "Hall Master, can I ask Shi Kite what she did wrong?" ”

"I'll talk about it later, for now, you just need to know that she did something that harmed the Cao Gang and me. Tang Xiaoyu leaned on the cushion, his body swayed lightly with the body, the feeling of bumps was not pleasant, and the contents of his stomach occasionally rushed up to his throat, and acid reflux was not wonderful.

The only thing Tang Xiaoyu can do is to divert his attention by talking and thinking.

Yi Lan pursed her lips, stopped mentioning Shi Kite, and continued to ask about the salt farm, Tang Xiaoyu admired Yi Lan's interest very much, which is why he promoted her among so many stewards.

The carriage set off early in the morning, and just arrived at the salt field to prepare for lunch, because of the turmoil caused by the audit a few days ago, Tang Xiaoyu didn't want the people in the salt field to panic, and planned to only announce that Yi Lan would succeed Shi Yuan'er.

But Zheng Decai felt that the salt farm should also hold a banquet to celebrate like the mountain, not for Yi Lan to become the second master, he wanted to congratulate Tang Xiaoyu on finally being justified.

"I understand the kindness, and it's important to get down to business. Tang Xiaoyu politely refused Zheng Er's good intentions, and in the past, she must have made a lot of wine, but now there are too many variables, forcing her to keep a low profile: "What about Lao Zhang?"

Tang Xiaoyu has been sitting in the Treasure Hall for a while, and he has been reporting to him before Zheng Decai in the past, why don't you see anyone today, and I didn't hear Aunt Su Fen say that Lao Zhang has something to do in the town.

"Hall master, the two hundred outdoor villagers at the foot of the mountain want to build another house, and the salt farm is the oldest and is helping at the bottom of the mountain. Zheng Decai explained.

Isn't it the county government's business to divide land and build houses and measure and divide fields, Tang Xiaoyu thought about it and felt a little weird: "Is it the county government that asked you to go down to help?"

"But isn't it, those villagers fought to bring water into the fields, and the county government secretary was frightened and ran up the mountain to let us take care of it. Listening to Zheng Decai's tone, he was reluctant to take care of it, and he was forced to take over.

Tang Xiaoyu didn't want to care, but the more than 200 households, since they came, they had to take care of it, the village abound because of the precedents of fighting over the water source, measuring the fields and fighting a fight, hitting the wells also fighting, the house occupies more and occupies less than a point of land can make a group of fights, Lao Zhang is a person with eight faces, more than the county government master book, can shake the field more than the county government master book, come to the salt field to invite people down the mountain, the county government master book is also a human spirit.

"I know, Zheng Er, you go and talk to everyone, I have something to announce, delay the dinner for a while. ”

"I'll go. ”

"As for Shi Kite's husband and wife, whenever someone asked, they said that I would arrange for the two of them to go to the capital, and nothing else was mentioned. Tang Xiaoyu said.

Zheng Decai understood that he never said much: "His subordinates know." ”

It was announced that Yi Lan would replace Shi Kite as the second master of Xinyi Hall, and after Tang Xiaoyu finished speaking, he took the time to visit the salt farm, which was in full swing in spring, summer, autumn and winter.

The merchant followed her, and when he saw the towering wooden frame of the salt farm, he seemed to be stunned for a while, and soon he was surprised to comment on the low-tech overhead crane.

"Little fish, how do you know there's salt here. The merchant came over curiously, squeezing his eyebrows, as if he was spying on the secret.

Tang Xiaoyu was also very generous, and walked to a low wall in the boiler room, under which there was a pile of gravel that had not yet had time to be cleaned up, she raised her toes and clicked on the pile of stones and asked the merchant, "What kind of stone is this?" ”

"Red rocks. After the businessman's visual inspection, she expressed it very intuitively, and after she spoke, she suddenly frowned with some regret: "Did you ask me about professional terms?"

"What is this? Tang Xiaoyu nodded to another pile of gray-white gravel next to him and asked, the merchant didn't answer this time, she stuck her waist, with an expression that you don't want to lie to me to be a fool, Tang Xiaoyu smiled and said: "The red is Jurassic red sandy shale, and the white is Triassic white sandstone, and my name is not very accurate, after all, I don't know if the geology of this world is completely copied from the earth." ”

The merchant was still confused, she scratched her face and asked, "Is it okay to talk about people?"

"When I used to live in the mountains, I observed this place for three years and found that many herbivores would come here to lick the rocks, and it turned out that there were salt crystals on the ground. "She is mainly lucky, Guanlan County Chronicles have recorded, about a hundred years ago, there were capable people who drilled wells to take brine, and he was actually not the one who pioneered, Tang Xiaoyu picked up the big bargain of the predecessors to dig wells.

Tang Xiaoyu kicked the gravel on the ground and said with emotion: "The rock formation structure of the salt field is single, and the brine is hidden. "After cleaning a few old wells, the brine came out, and Tang Xiaoyu asked the people in the salt field to dig wells while drawing brine, so that it has the current scale.

Luck is one of Tang Xiaoyu's magic weapons to win, after all, she has to admit that good luck is also a kind of strength.

The merchant asked her, "I want to ask, how many years will it take to drill a salt well at the earliest?" ”

"In four years, the original salt well was dredged up in the old well, and it took half a year to a year to clean it, and the three fastest new salt wells took four years, that is, the three overhead cranes arranged in an equilateral triangle behind you. Tang Xiaoyu pointed to the tall wooden frame behind Shang Shang, who looked at the position she pointed to, it was a huge tripod surrounded by steaming white smoke, and the frame was fixed to the ground with rope traction.

For four years, the businessman muttered in his heart, now Ji Yishi's golden finger is not working, because he heard that selling salt is a profiteering industry, Ji Yishi also wants to participate in turning stones into gold, and now according to the habits of the Creator, what Tang Xiaoyu has completed in four years, someone will either fail or take twice the time to touch the edge.

After all, businessmen can be sure that Ji Yishi doesn't know anything about geology, and what she says about playing jade is a set of online copy and paste, and the layman looks at the lively mysterious description.

"Tang Xiaoyu, if I tell you that Ji Yishi also wants to open a salt well, what do you think. ”

Tang Xiaoyu raised her eyebrows indifferently, hugged her two arms in front of her, and said with a confident smile: "She is not satisfied with the two flowers of farmers and businessmen, and wants flowers to bloom everywhere, and then hang them on every flower-if this person is a stupid brand to be satisfied, I have nothing to say." ”

However, if she doesn't have a bad habit of following the trend, I remember that there is a section of coastline in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and it would be good to directly lead the sea water to dry salt, which is much easier than digging wells, as long as she can give up the warbler Yanyan of the Southern Jin Dynasty and return to the Northern Zhou Dynasty to work hard to become a big salt merchant, it is also a promising career. ”

"yes, she didn't think of that. Shang Shang suddenly slapped his palm, it was like missing a million, why did Ji Yishi go earlier, he didn't think of it when he dried salt in the sea.

There is a coastline in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the resources are richer than here, and the national strength is also strong, Ji Yishi could have been prosperous in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, but she gave up halfway more because of the man: "Blue face and trouble, let me tell you, Ji Yishi harvested a lot of money with a golden finger at that time, but as soon as she met a man, she began to fall in love." ”

"Baili Jiyun is the one she loves the most, in order to let him eat vinegar all day long, every day to stage a domineering son falling in love with me, those raining into the cave, the beautiful man confesses thousands of miles, and the general hero saves the beauty ~~~" When the merchant thought of the past, he couldn't help but shudder, how masochistic he was, so he would stay with Ji Yishi, compared with the real strong woman in front of him, Ji Yishi is a little girl in adult clothes.

Hey, what a mistake, when the businessman finished his memories and wanted to continue gossiping with Tang Xiaoyu, he found that the people had already gone away, and he didn't even leave his back.

Is it necessary to dislike it so much, it's always good to know oneself and know one's other, the merchant stomped his foot, grabbed a passing porter and asked, "Big brother, have you seen the hall master?"

"The hall master has returned to the Treasure Hall. The porter replied.

"Thank you. ”