Chapter 724 Boy

The old woman in Liu Erli is weaving reed baskets. Iron pots are no longer affordable. The reed baskets are irrigated with saturated salt water and evaporated, which will form a layer of salt crust. The salt crust will no longer exist in the saturated salt water. By dissolving it, it can be used as a container and baked on the earthen kang, and salt can also be obtained. This is the old man's shallow wisdom.

While weaving the basket, the old lady said to her son: "Erli, I told you to stop being so stubborn. I heard that the whole of Zhejiang and Zhejiang were hit by disasters this year. Even if little Su Shaobao came down from the stars, he wouldn't care about the salt affairs. Those rumors say Just don’t believe it.”

Liu Erli poured the brine on the basket with gray salt, and the brine flowed into the large earthen jar below: "Little Su Shaobao said, as long as we complete the court's examination, we can sell the extra salt ourselves, mother." Don’t worry, I will work day and night and sell the extra to the salt dealers. We will also build a salt field this year, and life will be easier in the future.”

"Hahahaha..." A cheerful voice sounded outside the shed: "Erli is really ambitious. He is rushing to be the richest man in Luli!"

Liu Erli stopped what he was doing and said, "Master Lu, what are you doing here? The weather is extremely hot, so we should not let this noble man suffer from heatstroke."

The steward was angry: "Liu Erli! How dare you talk to the Lord like this? You are really brave!"

Lu Zhongyuan didn't take it seriously: "After all, you owed my brine on credit, and now you owe two thousand dollars, so I have to come over and have a look. For those who don't suffer from heatstroke, Jingzhong's Qingliang Powder can be used."

After that, he went to say hello to Liu Erli's wife: "Old man, I haven't seen you for a long time. Are you doing well?"

Mrs. Liu Erli's eyes were full of fear and she did not dare to answer.

Lu Zhongyuan looked at the furnishings in the shed: "Tsk, tsk, tsk, it's indeed hard work, but it's just like farming. This year, farmers in central Zhejiang are even harder."

"It's okay to have hope after hard work. What I'm most afraid of is that after a year of hard work, there will still be no income in the end, right Erli?"

Liu Erli turned his head to the side angrily and stopped talking.

The surrounding households of the salt pavilion also gathered together, and Lu Zhongyuan said proudly: "Conscience of heaven and earth, follow me, Lu Zhongyuan, and everyone will still have food to eat, right? If we really cut off your brine supply, you will have to eat it tomorrow." Is it true that you have to run away to beg for food?"

The villagers did not dare to speak. Lu Zhongyuan also felt hot and opened the folding fan and started to fan: "I put it down here, the price of salt this year really can't go up, it's still thirteen cents per pound, and we all have to work harder. Give me more salt. The weather is so good this year, and the class quota will have to be increased by 60%!"

The crowd roared, and an old man shouted: "You are trying to force someone to die!"

Lu Zhongyuan was a little hesitant: "Old man, I, Lu Zhongyuan, fight for salt fields with outsiders, fight with smugglers for passage, and fight with water bandits. It is really life-threatening. But I have always been polite to the township party. Right?"

"But everyone knows about this year's situation. It's a severe drought!"

"What is the most valuable thing in a disaster year? Food! Older people should know what the price of food is in such a year."

"Now the price of food outside has doubled, and it's only June! You can imagine what will happen next."

"To be fair, you guys can't just watch me suffer such a big loss, and still want me to provide you with food at the price of a good year, right?"

The grain of the lower households was all exchanged for salt from Lu Zhongyuan. They ate every meal on weekdays, so there was basically nothing they could save.

Lu Zhongyuan handed over to the crowd: "There is no way. This year we can only push and pull like this. I will not double the price of food. I am a fellow villager. I can't bear to see who suffers, so I will only increase it by a little more than half."

, sixty percent.”

"I bear 40% of the loss myself, no matter what, I have to let the villagers get over this hurdle!"

"Isn't that interesting? People's hearts are made of flesh, and all the villagers can't make it too difficult for me, Lu Zhongyuan, right?"

Seeing that all the villagers no longer showed dissatisfaction, Lu Zhongyuan said in a ferocious voice: "But, I can't tolerate sand in my eyes. If you don't like what you do, just pay off your debts and leave. No one can stop me."

no?"

After saying that, he turned to Liu Erli and said: "Erli, it seems that the pond here is too small, brother, to accommodate a dragon like you. I want you to be my follower and run a business together to make a fortune. You said you want to take care of my old mother."

, not willing.”

"Now, you have to have trouble with me."

"During the years of great disasters, I didn't want to work together to overcome the difficulties, but I wanted to incite the villagers to take advantage of the situation and drive up the price of salt. My brother can't keep you, so I'll pack up my things today and leave with your mother."

Liu Erli's mother panicked: "Lu Dashan, Erli didn't mean that! We don't dare anymore, we don't dare anymore, Erli quickly admit his mistake to Lu Dashan! Lu Dashan, your lord is in great numbers, leave Luli, we

But I can’t survive..."

Liu Erli said angrily: "Lu Peipi! It's you who are here to deceive the villagers! I heard from scholars that Xiao Su Taibao is a capable person, and the price of food outside has not risen! You are exploiting... exploiting! Suck our blood

!”

A stern look flashed in Lu Zhongyuan's eyes: "You still don't accept it, right? Just scold someone if you can't say it, right? I suck blood, so you can't let me suck it?"

"Since you disregard the friendship between the villagers and party members and slander me like this, then don't blame me, Lu Zhongyuan, for being unkind."

After speaking, he said to the steward: "I owe you two debts, Master Lu. I don't want them anymore, so I used that iron pot to pay for it and smashed it for me!"

The courtyard members rushed forward like wolves and tigers, and Liu Erli cried out sadly: "I will fight with you!"

However, two fists were no match for four hands, and he was soon knocked to the ground by the yardman holding a short stick of tea wood. The steward greeted fiercely: "Smash! Not only the broken pot, but also the shed were demolished together. Today we will demolish it."

This means that Hua Niang and his wife can drive out Luli and vent their anger with Mr. Lu!"

Soon, an already dilapidated shack was smashed into a pile of rubbish. Erliniang cried and held up two smashed iron pot fragments: "Oh my God... open your eyes... the world is under the sun."

Is there any way for the poor to survive..."

The surrounding villagers took a few steps back, and a few middle-aged people muttered and wanted to come forward again, but their sleeves were pulled by the elderly family members and they did not dare to speak again.

Only then was Lu Zhongyuan satisfied, and he said to Liu Erli, who was pushed down on the sand: "Little Su Taibao is a capable person, but he also has to complete the court's tasks, right? Who does he rely on? It doesn't rely on us, the household residents, right?

What a rebellious thing like you?!"

"Which wild scholar do you think you take it seriously when you just say a few words? Can he control what you eat or what you drink? To confuse people's hearts, pat your butt and leave, leaving you here will cause the world to be unfavorable, and the earth and the earth will not work.

Erli, Erli, why don’t you have some snacks..."

Then I heard a voice answer: "He didn't scream either. If he screamed, maybe he would be alive?"

Lu Zhongyuan was furious: "Who?!"

When I turned around, I saw three teenagers.

Two of them were dressed as Confucian scholars, but the remaining one was dressed in a strange warrior attire, with gorgeous brocade robes but also leggings, and a long and narrow sword on his waist, which was not like the attire of the Song Dynasty people.

Just then, one young Confucian scholar turned his head and said to another young Confucian scholar: "Sure enough, Ziwen's family background is very clever. How did you know that Liu Erli was in trouble?"

Another person laughed and said, "It's just based on reasoning. When Wu Jiu explained the situation that day, I knew that you had planted the seeds of disaster for others."

The samurai boy next to him bowed and said: "Shao Xiaolangjun is unpredictable by ghosts and spirits. Please help me, the Ping family, figure out how to avoid the disaster of the fierce ghosts."

The young man named Shao smiled and waved his hand: "Let's talk about it later."

The three of them were chatting unscrupulously on the side, and they failed to notice Lu Zhongyuan and his party. Lu Zhongyuan couldn't help but feel angry in his heart: "Give me a good beating first, and then let their elders come and take them away!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the samurai young man pull out his long sword, "Hey!" He shouted loudly, and without retreating, he flashed the sword and cut off the teawood sticks in the hands of the first two courtyard men with two lightning strokes.
Chapter completed!