protect my lady

After being reminded by the prefect of Jiaxing, the Salt Gang not only did not restrain themselves, but also raised the price of salt supplied to herdsmen again in a demonstration, to three taels of silver per quotation.

When the news reached Mu Qingchen's ears, she was so angry that she almost smashed the cup in her hand, "The Salt Gang raised the price again?"

"Yes, and let go of the harsh words, telling the young lady not to go out casually recently, otherwise it will be bad if you encounter any accidents." The shopkeeper who came to complain began to wipe his sweat again, trying to persuade Mu Qingchen not to go out with the Salt Gang Right, but after seeing the expression on her face, he silently swallowed the words back into his stomach.

Let's forget it, the eldest lady has a strong nature, otherwise his words will backfire.

"I see, you go down first." Mu Qingchen waved his hand, and sat on the chair with frowning.

Fu Feiyu: "Qingchen, is this the magistrate's indulgence in raising the price of the salt gang?"

"It's old fritters who have been in the officialdom. Although the magistrate of Jiaxing promised us to investigate the price increase of the salt gang, he didn't promise time. If we investigate for a year or so, there is nothing we can do." Mu Qingchen sighed.

Fu Feiyu frowned, "It's really hateful, he actually took advantage of loopholes."

"Since the Salt Gang refuses to sell our salt, we will send people to prepare the salt farm ourselves." Mu Qingchen pondered for a while, "All the sea salt is used in the Zhejiang area, as long as we find a place to build a salt farm, we will be ready in a short time. self-sufficient."

"But the people from the Salt Gang will not let us do this." Fu Feiyu continued, "Qingchen, you might as well wait a few days, let's recruit some people first."

"Well, I will write to my father about this matter and ask him to send some more skilled nurses."

Fu Feiyu and Mu Qingchen got together to discuss for a long time, and then started recruiting separately.

Fu Feiyu's way of recruiting people is very simple. He directly posted a recruitment notice on the bulletin board, saying that strong and healthy people are needed to serve as guards, and they will be paid one or two taels of silver every month.

One tael of silver is not a small amount, and if you calculate it, you can buy a hundred catties of rice, which can feed many people.

As soon as the notice was posted, people who signed up flocked to it, and everyone shouted to sign up.

Since he was looking for someone to build a saltworks, Fu Feiyu naturally didn't want anyone.It was soon stated that the regulations were that only those who had completed three tricks under the guards were eligible to receive this salary. If they exceeded ten tricks, the monthly salary would be doubled and turned into two taels of silver. Ten taels of silver.

Money touches people's hearts. Although Gao Ma, the two guards around Fu Feiyu, can't beat it at first glance, there are still people who keep trying. After all, the three tricks can still be tried.

Fu Feiyu's bodyguard was sent to her by Fu Qiming, and her skills were already much better than the average person's. Only three or four of the hundred people who came up to try it out were able to pass the three tricks.

After about an hour passed, twenty or thirty people were selected.

Just when Fu Feiyu was about to call it a day and go back, a bright female voice sounded, "Wait a minute!"

Fu Feiyu looked around, and a girl in a red cloak jumped off the horse and walked towards her.

"Do you only recruit men?" the girl in red asked.

Fu Feiyu narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling that the person in front of him looked familiar, as if he had seen her before.

"It doesn't matter if you are a man or a woman, as long as you have good skills." Fu Feiyu said while looking at the woman.

"Okay, I'm going to try it too." Lin Zimu untied the cloak on his body, and put on a move to deal with the enemy.

"Thirteen, go and have a few tricks with this girl." Fu Feiyu sat back in his seat and gave the order.

"Yes."

Thirteen was born as an inner guard, and when he saw that his opponent was a little girl, he suppressed nine points of his strength just like before, and only used one part of his strength to fight her.

Lin Zimu is a martial artist with a solid foundation in martial arts, and he used all his strength when he made a move. At the beginning, he pressed Thirteen and passed two moves, and he didn't feel a little strenuous until he passed ten moves.

Seeing that he couldn't cope with Shisan's attack more and more, Lin Zimu gave up the frontal attack while hiding while coping with Shisan's attack, wanting to use up his internal strength by flying a kite.

Lin Zimu's agility was flexible, and Thirteen had already exhausted a lot of physical strength before, so the two of them went through a hundred moves without deciding the winner.

"Okay, the girl is very skilled." Seeing that the two were in a fight, Fu Feiyu immediately stopped, "Dare to ask the girl's name?"

"Lin Zimu, sixteen years old." Lin Zimu clasped his fists and said, neither humble nor overbearing.

"Miss Lin, I'll give you ten taels of silver a month, are you willing to work as a guard?" Fu Feiyu raised her eyebrows and asked.

"Naturally, I don't know when you can start working?"

"I live in the fifth house on Shangxi Street in the west of the city. If you are willing to work for me, I will wait for you at the gate of the house in three days' time." Fu Feiyu clasped her fists and said.

After returning from the busy job of recruiting people, Mu Qingchen had already delivered the letter, and it is estimated that the Mu Mansion will send someone over in a few days.

"Fei Yu, how many people did you find?" Mu Qingchen asked.

"There should be 30 to [-] people who will come." Fu Feiyu estimated the number, "A girl with good lightness skills will come near the end."

"Huh? Girl?" Mu Qingchen raised his eyebrows, keenly aware that something was wrong, "Your family is here to apply for a guard?"

"Yes, he's two or three years younger than us." Fu Feiyu said with a smile, unaware that there was more scrutiny in Mu Qingchen's eyes.

"What does that girl look like?" Mu Qingchen asked in a normal tone, his eyes began to become dangerous.

Fu Feiyu touched his chin, and answered sincerely: "It's not bad, it's a red dress, it's very eye-catching."

"Oh, that's good." Mu Qingchen looked at Fu Feiyu silently, feeling that the smile on her face was inexplicably dazzling.

When it comes to other people's young girls, they smile so happily?How good-looking should it be? Could it be that she is even more beautiful than herself?

Probably because there was a hint of danger in Mu Qingchen's eyes, the nerves of Fu Feiyu, who had keen five senses, tensed up, subconsciously aware of the strangeness in the atmosphere.

"Although that Miss Lin looks good, she is far inferior to Qingchen." Fu Feiyu didn't know if she did something wrong, but her instinct told her that she had to say something.

"As long as you practice hard with me, Qingchen, you will learn lightness kung fu in less than two years, and it will be easier to use swordsmanship by then."

"Well, I will practice hard." After hearing Fu Feiyu's words, Mu Qingchen felt much less sour in his heart, and his face became more gentle. "I've already written to ask my father to send someone over. In addition, there should be fifty or sixty people recruited today. It's enough to take care of a saltworks."

It happened just as the two of them expected, after three days, there were 65 guards assembled, including 35 guards from the Mu Mansion and 30 recruited by Fu Feiyu.

"This is Miss Lin, right? Jiu Yang." Mu Qingchen looked down, and easily found a delicate flower among the green leaves.

"What's your order?" Lin Zimu clasped his fists and asked.

"I'm just a little curious why Miss Lin chose to be a guard. After all, the guard this time is a salt field, and the environment is not comparable to other places."

"Is there any reason for this?" Lin Zimu smiled generously, "It's nothing more than Mr. Fu's high price."

Mu Qingchen nodded, not pulling Lin Zimu to ask anything.

The first step in opening a salt farm is to have a site, which is easy to solve. Fu Feiyu directly used his status to choose an old salt farm that had been abandoned for three or four years.Let the magistrate approve the official document within one day, and then spend two days to build the shed and renovate the equipment, and a salt farm covering an area of ​​[-] mu is considered complete.

"Everyone's responsibility is to guard this saltworks. We adopt a rotation system, one day off every ten days, and we have prepared weapons that are all wooden sticks. As long as someone hits the attention of our saltworks, no matter who they are, they will hit me back." Fu said. Fei Yu stood above and spoke, his voice was not heavy but clearly reached everyone's ears.

The first day the saltworks opened was safe and sound.

The next day, everything was fine.

On the third day when the guards were a little slack, members of the Salt Gang brought more than 100 people to smash the scene aggressively.

There were more than 100 people against more than 50 people, and the situation became tense in an instant.

Shisan was in charge of overseeing the work. When he saw the people from the Salt Gang coming, he asked Shirteen, who was with him, to go back to report the situation, but he stood in front of him alone.

"Who came here? Why did you break into the shepherd's salt field?" Shisan stretched his body, ready to attack at any time.

"Who's here? Hey, you guys really don't know who I am?" The leader laughed, waving a steel knife in his hand.

"Let me tell you, we are members of the Four Seas Salt Gang. If you are sensible, take your people and leave with me. This salt farm is a member of our Four Seas Gang."

"This is the saltworks of the Mu family. We have official approval. Anyone who trespasses will live or die!" Thirteen said sharply, and the voice that strengthened the inner strength rang clearly in everyone's ears.

The face of the leader changed slightly, no wonder he had the confidence to open a salt field under the eyes of the Four Seas Salt Gang. It turned out that the leader was a kung fu.

"It doesn't matter whether you live or die, I want to see it!" The leader quickly adjusted his expression, raised the big knife in his hand, "Come on, give it to me!"

"rush!"

Looking at the menacing Salt Gang, some of the fifty or so guards who had just formed a partnership soon felt resigned, but since I had already received the first month's monthly payment, I had no choice but to bite the bullet and hold the wooden guard in my hand. The stick rushed up.

The situation was not as dire as the guards had imagined. Although the people on the opposite side looked menacing, after the actual fight, they found that they were not the same.Especially Shisan and Lin Zimu, the two stayed in place like stones, no matter how many people surrounded them, they couldn't beat them back.

Thirteen was born as an inner guard, and his moves were much more ruthless than Lin Zimu who just beat people back. After three moves in his hands, the people who came here either dislocated their arms or had their leg bones removed. No one dared to get close.

Seeing the stalemate, the leader of the Salt Gang immediately sent a signal to the sky, and soon another hundred members of the Four Seas Salt Gang rushed out.

"Gui grandson, are you trying to win by numbers?" Shisan couldn't help but swear after seeing the shameless actions of the Salt Gang.