This land was contracted by me [farming]

When Xu Wenwu came out from Zuixian Tower, he was stopped by a young man on a horse.

The other party came galloping all the way, tightly reined in the reins, and the horse was lifted up by the strangle, but fortunately it still stopped.

Xu Wenwu was frightened, he stroked his chest and panted.His guard stepped forward and scolded him, looking very vicious, "Who is here? Don't you know that the person in front of you is the head of the Xu family. If you offend, you will know the consequences!"

Zhao Keran was indeed guilty. He got off his horse and bowed his hands to apologize, "I'm Zhao Keran, the new county magistrate of Jingyang. I'm really sorry for disturbing Patriarch Xu by galloping on the street."

When Xu Wenwu heard that it was Zhao Keran, his brows twitched, and the first thought in his heart was: I didn't read the almanac when I went out today.

Seeing that the guard was the county magistrate, the arrogance of provoking the teacher to ask the crime disappeared all of a sudden.Xu Wenwu didn't want to make any more entanglements, so he gave a step, "Hurry up and step back, who taught you? It's so unruly!" He bowed his hands to Zhao Keran in return, "It turned out to be the county magistrate. It's time to visit the yamen, but Xu is really busy with housework.

The county magistrate was so anxious to come to Zuixianlou, presumably because of the rare sauced beef.This will go in there, it might be too late.Xu Mou will not delay the magistrate, he will definitely pay a visit when he is free some other day, and leave. "

When Xu Wenwu said the end, the end of his voice rose a little, obviously he couldn't wait to leave this wrong place.

Zhao Keran raised his eyebrows, grabbed the young man who passed by him, and smiled like a little fox, "When did I say I was in a hurry? You are the one I blocked today! Let's go!"

Although Zhao Keran has little strength due to his age, Yuanshen has learned kung fu from Yun Xu for eight years.With a skillful hand, he clasped Xu Wenwu's joints, and pressed the numbness with his thumb. The 1.8-meter-high man struggled for a long time without breaking free.

"Give me the horse!" Zhao Keran instructed Xu Wenwu's subordinates, and dragged Xu Wenwu back into the Zuixian Tower.

Seeing that Xu Wenwu was pulled back by a young man, the shopkeeper of Zuixian Tower hurried over. Before he could ask, he heard the young man say, "Take me to the private room where Patriarch Xu usually talks about things."

Shopkeeper Liu glanced at Xu Wenwu, Xu Wenwu closed his eyes in despair, and nodded.

After receiving the Patriarch's order, Shopkeeper Liu hurriedly bowed and made a gesture of invitation, and led Zhao Keran to the innermost private room on the second floor.

"There is no order, so don't let anyone disturb you." Zhao Keran closed the door and dismissed shopkeeper Liu.

There was incense burning in the private room, and the fragrance lingered on the tip of Zhao Keran's nose, making him want to sneeze.I don't know how this fragrance is made, it's too choking.

He took out the cloth from his bosom, and for the convenience of carrying it with him, he specially re-wrote the method of turning coarse salt into fine salt on the cloth.

"Look." Passing the cloth to Xu Wenwu, Zhao Keran poured a cup of tea on the table, took a sip, frowned, and put it down calmly.

The tea was cold and had an obvious bitter taste. Zhao Keran's mouth became picky after drinking tea made from Lingquan water.

Xu Wenwu looked at the cloth for a long time, and Zhao Keran stared at Xu Wenwu and chatted with 000 for a long time. 000 said that the signal of the plane mall has changed recently, and it is estimated that it will be connected to the plane in a short time.

At that time, he can communicate with each other.

When the two brothers were imagining the future and looking forward to life, Xu Wenwu put down the cloth.

"Is the method written on it really true? You can make salt finer without manpower grinding the salt stone?" Xu Wenwu suppressed his voice, but couldn't hide his extreme excitement, and his face was much rosier than before.

Zhao Keran didn't want to explain too much, he just told him to go back and try it himself, just try it and you'll know.

"However, I have a request. If the test is successful, you have to find a way to let the big families in Jingyang come to my house in five days to attend my 'inauguration banquet'."

Xu Wenwu was stunned for a moment, then smiled.I didn't expect this little county magistrate to be so down-to-earth, "inauguration banquet"? "filial piety banquet" is it.

"The county magistrate has already informed me of this method. This method is not difficult, but a clever idea. If Xu wants to monopolize it, what can the magistrate do?"

Zhao Keran touched his chin and nodded, seeming to agree with the other party's point of view.Xu Wenwu sighed inwardly and shook his head.Hey, still too young.Unable to hold back, just showing his hole cards like this, this is still lacking the beating of the family.

"There is a lake sixty miles away from Jingyang City. It is not impossible for Master Xu to exchange a small mine for such a large lake." When Zhao Keran spoke, he was still smiling, as if to say that today's tea is not good. .

But only Xu Wenwu knew that the lake was the secret salt lake of his Xu family, and it was the foundation of the Xu family.

Xu Wenwu only felt his scalp go numb, the previous excitement was completely replaced by panic, and he was the one who couldn't hold back, "How did you know?"

Zhao Keran looked confused, and asked strangely: "Know what? The lake? There are too many large and small lakes around Jingyang, what does Patriarch Xu care so much about?"

Seeing that Zhao Keran didn't want to say more, Xu Wenwu didn't ask any more, at least the other party didn't want to do anything, otherwise he wouldn't have used coarse salt to make fine salt to block him in Zuixian Tower today.

"Isn't the county magistrate afraid that they will overwhelm you?" Xu Wenwu couldn't figure it out. Seeing that he resettled the refugees, these aristocratic families had already made it clear that they would not pay each other to fill the bottomless hole of honest officials.

Why did Zhao Keran still go up and ask for trouble?

Why?Why else?He, Zhao Keran, is of course doing it for the people's livelihood!

"Afraid? Why should I be afraid? Isn't the Zhao family not close enough to the big family in the Yuan Dynasty? The family in a small border county can make me afraid?" This is not Zhao Keran's boasting, everyone in the Dayuan family thank Zhao Songmeng.The Zhao family is a top-notch family, and the mother of the original body is Princess Zhaoran, the daughter of the old prince.

Zhao Keran learned how to show kindness and strength without a teacher, which also made Xu Wenwu realize who he was talking to.

Even though the man in front of him is huddled in the dilapidated county government office, he is still the eldest son of the Zhao family in Fengyang.

The great family of the head of state is second to none.

Although there were rumors that the old man Zhao was the prince's teacher, the new emperor was suspicious of him, and he ordered the eldest son of the Zhao family to be sent to the border.

However, apart from ordering Zhao Keran to come to the border, everything in the Fengyang Zhao family remained the same.

Xu Wenwu broke into a cold sweat behind his back, and his attitude was much more respectful than before. He gave Zhao Keran a promise that he would try his best to contact other families no matter whether the salt-changing method would succeed in the end, and then left Zuixianlou.

Zhao Keran stared at Xu Wenwu's leaving back, thinking about what to do next.

In officialdom, it is not black and white.He can only do his best to make the gray area more beneficial to the people.

"Master Xu, is this salt really mineral salt? How can it be made so fine? Did you waste a lot of manpower to grind it?"

"Yes, although the color is not as crystal clear as Chi Yan, but it is so detailed, it is more elegant than the rough and rough in the past."

"I don't know how much effort this salt will take?"

Xu Wenwu sat on the main seat, listening to the patriarchs of the various clans talking to each other, asking inside and outside the words.Finally someone couldn't help asking directly, and he said, "It doesn't take much effort, just some firewood and charcoal. Compared with the firewood consumed by pond salt, it is less than half." He pointed to the salt, and then Said: "Everyone can taste it, how does it taste better than before?"

Everyone was thinking about Xu Wenwu's words, and they couldn't figure it out. This mineral salt is not like water, so why do they need to fry the salt with fire?Xu Wenwu said half of what he said and hid the other half. In order to let Xu Wenwu speak the other half, he tasted the salt at hand according to what he said.

hiss!This salt is full of saltiness, unlike the bitterness in the mouth before, it is comparable to the high-quality pond salt.

The Patriarch of the Wang family is the oldest, a little old man in his fifties, his eyes glowing, he was the first to react, "Master Xu invited us all here, presumably because he intends to share the method of making salt, but he doesn't know how to make salt. What does Patriarch Xu want?"

Xu Wenwu took a sip of his tea. He had a tough battle to fight, so he had to soothe his throat first, "You all must have known that there is a new county magistrate in Jingyang County. The new county magistrate is the son of the Zhao family. I'm afraid someone knows. Someone doesn't know."

Patriarch Wang narrowed his eyes, and his face was a little bad.When he knew that Zhao Keran was going to take over the refugees of Hedong Village, he realized that this new little county magistrate was a living Bodhisattva.But the kindness of the Living Bodhisattva is always to those ordinary people, and to the family, there is only endless oppression, forcing them to pay out of money to support the people for him.

Therefore, he secretly contacted various clans to analyze their interests.Although he knew that the Zhao family was feared because of the former prince, he still blocked Zhao Keran's family background, fearing that some low-ranking families who wanted to climb up would betray them.Therefore, there are only a few families who know Zhao Keran's identity.

"How do you know? So what if you don't know? Today we are talking about mineral salt, not the county magistrate."

Patriarch Wang's voice was cold. His royal family has lived here for generations, but Xu's family has only been in Jingyang for a few years.If the second son of the Xu family hadn't been blessed and won the trust of the marshal, how could he tolerate Xu's speech as the head of the Jingyang family now!

The top is full of swords and swords, and the bottom is cautious.Even if they knew that the Wang family deliberately concealed Zhao Keran's life experience, they couldn't do anything about it.I just beg them to fight with the gods and not hurt Chi Yu.

Xu Wenwu rolled his eyes inwardly, he and this old man Wang were not compatible.But the face is still amiable, "The county magistrate told Xu about the salt making method, why is it okay? The county magistrate said that if he wants to know the method, he will go to the county magistrate tomorrow to participate in the meeting." The 'Inauguration Banquet', you will know the recipe when you go there."

After finishing speaking, he cupped his hands and left, leaving a group of people looking at each other in blank dismay, completely ignoring the huge waves in everyone's hearts.

To go or not to go?

"Master Qian, the day after tomorrow?"

"The day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow... Oh, when I came out, my wife told me to go back early, so I will leave now!" Master Qian ran away as if oiling the soles of his feet.

The rest of the people are either sloppy, or they don't care about it and are ready to follow the crowd.Or a few small families gathered together and muttered that they didn't have the financial resources to own a salt mine, so several well-connected families worked together to mine one.

Whispered for a long time, did not say whether to go or not.

Xu Wenwu hid in the back and looked at the people in the hall, everyone talked without leaking.But judging by that look and the act of letting Xiao Si leave first, it is not difficult to guess that he is going to report to his home and prepare for tomorrow's door-to-door ceremony.All the old foxes had plans in their minds, and they were still pretending to be wolves with big tails.

I can't wait for none of the other families to go, just go with my own family and monopolize the prescription.

"Go, inform the county magistrate, everything is in order."

Three days had passed since the meeting with the Xu family, and the Xu family finally sent a message before the fourth day.Said that everything is well arranged, just waiting for tomorrow's reunion.

After Zhao Keran got the news, he only asked Huo Yuan and others to go to Hedong Village to get some green water vegetables and reed mushrooms. It was a "banquet" after all, and they couldn't have nothing to eat.

Before Fang Zhongyuan talked about the county government's recruitment in Hedong Village, many people in Hedong Village wanted to come.Fang Zhongyuan conducted a review and decided on four people.Huo Yuan, Du Youwei, Pan Dahai, and a young man named Rufeng, although young, are quick in action and courageous.

Rufeng was finally able to enter the county government because he saved Fang Zhongyuan's life not long ago.

Fang Zhongyuan's ancestor studied medicine, and he knew medicine since he was a child.Every year, I go up the mountain to look for herbs, and sell them to the pharmacy to earn some money. Otherwise, I may not even be able to drink rice soup with my salary alone.After the weather warmed up, the first thing Fang Zhongyuan did was start a side job.

Who knew that he was unlucky, the first time he went up the mountain in Kaichun, he met a snake, and it was a poisonous snake.

Just when he was about to fight to the death, a thin figure rushed out, pinched the snake seven inches precisely, swung his arm vigorously, and threw the snake out.

After being saved, Fang Zhongyuan thanked him several times, and kept trying to repay his kindness.Later, it was learned that the child followed the refugees all the way to Jingyang, and his parents and relatives had already passed away on the way.Seeing that the child signed up to be an official in the county yamen, Fang Zhongyuan felt compassion and made an exception to let him enter the yamen.

Zhao Keran did not object to this, Rufeng is excellent in all aspects, but suffers from age.It's two years behind and doesn't meet the regulations.However, if it is recommended by the county magistrate or the county magistrate, the above will relax.He was quite happy that he was finally not the youngest among the servants in this yamen.Rufeng is one year younger than him.

Because of Huo Yuan's arrival, Zhao Xiaoyu found something more meaningful than playing with mud, that is to practice martial arts with Huo Yuan.The ones who pretend to be serious are called Master Huo Yuan, Senior Brother Huo An, and Second Senior Brother Rufeng.

He also started counting on his fingers every day, when Huo Yuan could accept another apprentice and let him be a senior brother too.He will definitely be the same as the two senior brothers, and treat the junior fellow very well.

Zhao Keran squatted on the ground counting the eggs, and put them back one by one.And the representatives of various clans also came out from Xu's family, gathered together in twos and threes, planning how to suppress this small county magistrate who didn't know the heights of heaven and earth tomorrow.

They don't know that a mountain is higher than a mountain.What awaits them tomorrow is a large sheep shedding feast, and they are the sheep.