C771

"Not bad." Mu Qianxue's affirmative answer makes Jiang Xu hesitant, unable to guess whether she really has this self-confidence or bluff.

At this time, the gate of the city was opened, and a group of soldiers were pushing dozens of cars into the city. Jiang Xu's eyes were sharp, and he saw that they were showing the brand of Jiangning government, which should be the soldiers of Jiangning government.

"Thank you very much." The leader took back the sign and signaled the soldiers behind him to push the cart into the city. One of them thought that he had driven too much and his feet were a little weak. He didn't fall to the ground, and a sack piled on the car also fell down. Seeing this, two soldiers nearby quickly lifted the sack up. Unexpectedly, they loosened the mouth of the sack and poured out the white powder from it.

Those soldiers were the first to see it. Their eyes were straight and they swallowed a mouthful of saliva. What was that Salt?

Now in Yangzhou City, salt is as expensive as gold. If the salt spilled is really salt, it's like gold everywhere. Everyone's eyes are hot when they see it.

At this time, other passers-by also saw it. They stopped one after another and stared at the spilled salt. Their eyes flashed with eager light. They hadn't seen so much salt for a long time. If the soldiers hadn't been staring at it, they would have rushed to grab it.

"This Is this salt? " A woman in the crowd asked in a trembling voice.

As the soldier carried the sack back to the truck, he said, "of course, it's all ten percent fine salt. We have been ordered by the Jiangning magistrate to deliver it overnight to solve the salt shortage in Yangzhou."

The woman said excitedly, "so It's full of salt. "

"Of course." The soldier pointed to dozens of carts and said, "it's all salt here. It's enough for people in Yangzhou city to eat, and there will be salt coming one after another." "Great! Great The woman was so excited that tears filled her eyes. "We can finally afford salt. We don't have to eat those insipid dishes every day."

"Can we buy it now?" one of the people next to him asked

The soldier hesitated and said, "this Wait for me to ask the leader. Just a moment. "

The leader also heard their conversation, and immediately came to him and said, "before we set out, my lord specially told us that the salt was specially sent by his Majesty in order to alleviate the urgent needs of the people in Yangzhou. Therefore, the price is five Wen and one jin. If the people are in trouble, it should be given free."

When those people heard "five Wen and one Jin", they were very excited. Today, the price of salt is more than 500 Wen and one jin. Five Wen is like a free gift. When they heard the last sentence, the crowd was boiling and rushed in. This one was shouting for two Jin, that one was shouting for five Jin, and another one was even more outrageous. It took ten jin to open one's mouth.

However, it is understandable that they have been suffering from the lack of salt for too long. Now they have salt, and it is still free. Of course, they desperately want to hoard more.

"Don't worry, because these salt trucks need to supply the whole city, so everyone is limited to three or two for the time being, and the supply will be increased after other salt trucks come."

Although this result disappointed the people, they were satisfied with the free salt. Under the arrangement of the soldiers, they received the salt in an orderly way. A sack of salt was soon finished, and the number of people queuing up was increasing.

The soldier leader looked at the long dragon and said in a loud voice, "folks, this is the entrance and exit of the city gate. Distributing salt will inevitably affect other people's access, so please go to the Yamen of the salt administration department, where we will distribute salt. You can rest assured that everyone has one and there will be no less. "

These words caused a little commotion in the crowd, but soon the people scattered one after another and went to the Yamen of the salt administration.

Seeing the crowd dispersed, a soldier breathed a sigh of relief and whispered: "it's OK, if they know..." Voice did not fall, the soldier leader's cold eyes have been horizontal, "know what?"

The soldier's body trembled and said in fear, "it's nothing. It's small and talkative." Then he quickly pushed the salt cart to the Yamen line of the salt administration department.

At the head of the city, Jiang Xu's face was as pale as death, until dozens of salt trucks disappeared, and he still refused to take back his eyes and murmured what he was saying.

Mu Qianxue sipped her broken hair and said, "do you think the salt is enough to stabilize the price of salt?"

Jiang Xu looked at her like hell and said excitedly, "it's impossible. It must be fake. Jiangning House doesn't have so much salt at all!"

Mu Qianxue said in a cool voice: "what you see with your own eyes, can there be any fake?"

Jiang Xu is speechless. Yes, his ears may be empty, but his eyes will not be false. No matter whether he admits it or not, mu Qianxue really got dozens of carts of salt in eight hours. He - lost!

At the thought of the consequences of losing the bet, Jiang Xu's legs softened and he staggered back a few steps. He almost fell off the wall. Fortunately, he was held by Lin mo.

Mu Qianxue said with no expression: "in fact, it doesn't matter if you don't tell where the salt bank is. But Jiang Yue is a pillar of the imperial court and has always been loyal to his majesty. Our palace doesn't want his only brother's bones to be incomplete, so now our palace gives you a chance to exchange the salt bank for the chance of decapitation. You can measure it yourself."Jiang Xu lowered his head and did not speak. For a long time, he said in a dumb voice, "I have another question."

"Why does Jiangning have so much salt?"

"Yes, Jiangning is under my jurisdiction. I remember it very well. I can only scrape together a few bags of salt, but if you want to say dozens of cars, there is absolutely no such thing. Where do you come from?" Jiang Xu thought about this question from the moment he saw the salt, but he couldn't figure out the answer.

Mu Qianxue said with a faint smile, "the salt administration department of Huaihe and Huaihe rivers has always been in a state of shortage. Not to mention the previous dynasties, as far as we are concerned, we don't know how many officials have been in this position in the past hundred years, and there has been a shortage of salt more than once. Jiang Xu, do you think your majesty is not on guard at all? "

"What do you mean?"

"To tell you the truth, as early as when his majesty ascended the throne, he thought about the salt policy of the two Huaihe rivers, so he secretly built a salt storehouse in Jiangning. The salt stored in it was enough for the people of the two Huaihe rivers to eat for a year."

Jiang Xu shook his head and said excitedly, "no way. I've never heard of it, and the last salt envoy never mentioned it."

Lin Mo sneered: "if you all know, what's the secret?"

"Apart from your majesty, only our palace knows about Jiangning salt storehouse. You can force your majesty to use this secret salt storehouse."

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