"Yes, yes!" Since the Republic of China, the salt affairs have basically followed the system of the previous dynasty and were divided into Changlu, Fengtian, Haidong, Jianghuai, Zhejiang, Su, Lingnan, Sichuan, Yunnan, Hedong, Shaanxi and Gansu. If merchants want to buy salt in the district, they must obtain a voucher from the Salt Transportation Department and then go to the salt field with the voucher to buy official salt. People in various places can only eat local salt.
It is indeed normal to see it this way. The common people seem to be able to eat salt at a reasonable price. When it is actually transferred to the people, the price has increased several times. The price of this kind of inseparable thing all year round remains high. For the common people, Every time you buy it, you are being exploited.
The salt merchants are also helpless. Once they sell it at a low price, they may not even be able to get their money back. They can only get the voucher because they have given enough donations and paid tribute. The flowers are spent in vain, but the wool still has to be plucked from the sheep. no.
The southwest is mountainous and difficult to travel, and they all know that salt is a big profit. The government simply incorporated some of the Salt Owl Party and asked them to patrol the mountain roads in major counties for the government. The real Salt Owl team has strong soldiers and strong martial arts. If they are found, they will be assigned to follow up and arrest smuggling. The teams fight to win or lose, the anti-smuggling team is greedy for life, afraid of death and loves money. They often let go of the real salt lords and gangsters, and only focus on dealing with the insignificant minions.
I can't deal with the salt owl, can't I deal with you, the salt guest? The Salt Maker is one of those little guys who can be rounded and flattened by everyone.
Once they see a salt dealer selling smuggled salt, they will immediately arrest you and take him to the Anti-Smuggling Bureau, asking you to take out a few yuan to smuggle it. If you are willing, you can save money and eliminate disasters without going to jail. Most people walking outside know that Qianglong If they can't suppress the local snakes, most of them will be stolen by Dayang. Then they will take a step back and ask the salt collectors to carry the stolen salt home.
In this way, they got salt, the anti-smuggling team also got benefits, and everyone was happy. The anti-smuggling team relied on these ways to make money and extorted mountain people along the way.
Originally, there were more than twenty of these salt collectors. Why only four of them died? It was entirely because these four were young and energetic, and they refused to pay in the anti-smuggling team. These official skins could not be obtained. Money suddenly became Bao Qingtian, who enforced the law impartially.
After a joint trial, he was immediately sentenced to death by hanging! At this point, the salt collectors dared not speak out, so they could only collect money and ask Lan Ruling and others to drive the corpse back to their hometown. They originally wanted to take the road to Sichuan, but when Ren Peacock asked them to go with them, they diverted to Yueyang City.
After hearing these words, Song Siyuan felt that the subordinate officials were cunning and the people's livelihood was gloomy. No wonder the people in the three southwest areas were so tough and good at fighting. If their momentum was weaker, they would be bullied to death by the government.
Lan Ruling was also a fierce and hateful person, and she was already very angry when she mentioned this point: "Oh, the more I mention it, the angrier I get. These official bastards are nothing. The oldest of these people is only twenty-three years old. You are at the right age to marry me, and now that I am being hanged, I don’t know why I am crying.”
"Hey, that's right, you can just go back to Tu Cave. What's going on with these three people?" Lan Ruling looked at the three people in front of her.
"They want to follow me to Tu Cave, and they are also helping me investigate Luohua Cave. Song Qianjin is a scholar. I heard that her articles can be seen in the capital." When mentioning this, Lan Ruling said to Song Siyuan became curious and turned around to observe her carefully. Yue Guanchao was afraid that she would beat Song Qianjin again, so he quickly stopped in front of her.
"Get out of here, big man, I don't know how to eat people." Lan Ruling pushed Yue Guanchao away and continued: "You are not from Sichuan, Hunan and Guizhou, right? The big man looks like he is from the north. What do I look like? It’s strange that I’ve never seen an educated person before. Why is he different from the old country squire? He doesn’t look sour and old-fashioned, and he doesn’t look like he’s very educated!”
"Don't talk nonsense. Song Qianjin went to a new school and studied abroad!" As soon as these words came out, Lan Ruling's eyes quickly brightened: "Sister, have you ever seen foreigners?"
"Well, that's right. I studied in England."
"Where is Yingjili?" Lan Ruling racked her brains and didn't know where Yingjili was.
"On the westernmost island in the world!" Song Siyuan could only describe it this way. She said too many geographical terms, and she was afraid that she would have more questions in her mind.
"Sister Ling, do you still want to find that heartless old man of yours?" Ren Peacock saw Lan Ruling grabbing the foreigner and starting to ask questions again, so he went over and interrupted.
Lan Ruling sighed and said: "Ren Peacock, when I was little, my mother said that the old man would come back to pick us up. If you also know a foreigner, maybe you can pass a message to him. I think Ask him where he has gone. My mother is gone and he hasn’t come back to pick us up. Is there something that happened and he forgot about it?"
"Junior sister, Leng Mo, many years have passed. If that old foreigner of yours really cared about you two, he would have come back a long time ago. You are almost thirty years old and haven't come yet, so don't even think about it." Then. The bamboo pole ghost interrupted, causing Lan Ruling to roll her eyes: "If you want to take care of it, I'm willing to wait."
