Chapter 209: To Perish, First Make People Crazy

There are three salt farms in Qingzhou Prefecture, Le'an, Shouguang and Rizhao. Each stove household in the salt farm needs to pay eight major salt introductions every year, that is, 3,200 catties, which is nearly ten catties per day. Although some stove households are unable to complete the work, there are also some stove households that can have a surplus, so they often evade the inspection department and sell them to smuggler salt dealers. For them, who can only get eight pieces of treasure money that is like waste paper every year, this is the only remaining way to make money.

However, for Shouguang's stove households, this biggest financial road has now been cut off. Since King Shouguang established a palace to live here, the royal slaves have come and gone around from time to time, even if they hide the salt well, but they have never been able to hide from the noses of those vicious dogs, and the salt that is easy to save has been looted every time, and a single eldest son can not get it. Those who could escape gradually fled to the countryside, and the rest were still doubled and exploited, and that day was worse than death.

On this day, four bright fast horses carried four brightly dressed people into the Shouguang Salt Farm. Many of the busy cookers lowered their heads as soon as they saw these people, and several young cooks in the distance showed gritted teeth and hatred that could not be concealed. Seeing that these four people were wearing big red robes with swords across their waists, a young stove Ding took a bite on the ground.

"Raised by a son of a bitch, if he really has no way to live, Lao Tzu will simply stab him to death!"

"Lao De went to the county to complain, but he hasn't come back yet, is there really no result?"

"Third uncle, expecting to sue you is a dream! I heard that the King of Han was assassinated inexplicably last time, and King Shouguang was so angry that he almost whipped that Le'an Zhi County to death, do you still expect the county prince to stand up for us? According to me, either we can escape from Shandong, or fight to the death, it's as simple as that! Didn't I tell you, Mother Buddha is compassionate. Said that it can give everyone a clean Buddha country......"

"Be quiet, you don't want to die, you can talk this kind of thing!"

Three or four people whispered for a while, and when they saw the four royal slaves coming over again, they hurriedly lowered their heads and pretended to be still working hard. This time, however, they were not whipped, and the visitor only looked around them with great interest and asked a few questions, and then wandered elsewhere. What's even more amazing is that. This time, the four of them did not go door-to-door to search for the remaining salt, let alone disturb the work they had only done half of the work, but did everything lightly, and they looked more like inspection officials than royal slaves—and they were the kind of inspection officials with excellent moods.

After a round and a circle, the four men rode to a mouth near Haiti, and pointed at the stoves who were working hard with their whips. Hu Qi, who was the leader, looked at the surroundings and said with a wry smile: "This is the first time I did an errand for that master. He is really better than Yuan Ye! It's just that if only our side is pretending, can we really intimidate that Shouguang King? ”

"If you can't be scared, you have to give it a try! Phew, didn't you see the situation where we just turned around? Is this the life of man? It's worse than a pig or a dog! We are also people who have survived hard days, and we want to be whipped back then. Who doesn't hate it? When Shouguang Salt Farm was in its heyday, it could produce seven or eight hundred thousand catties of salt a year, but now it is only how much? When the stove is gone, it's fun! ”

"That's right, that master has a lot of planning. What are you afraid of! ”

The other two nodded their heads at this time, and they each looked at each other, then at each other's faces, and soon whipped their horses and spun around in the salt pans. When he reached the door, the first horse almost collided with the belated ambassador of the salt works, and although Hu Qile was in time to make the first horse, the trembling ambassador was still carried by the strong wind and sat on the ground.

"Four...... Fourth-place ...... Shangguan ......"

I saw that the ambassador was only wearing a silk jacket with a few patches on it. At this time, the words were not complete, and the slender man couldn't help laughing, and then shouted in a deep voice: "We are from the Han Palace, let me ask you, did this Shouguang Mansion send someone here to mention salt?" Honest back! ”

The ambassador of the salt field was almost whipped last time, and this time he deliberately dragged his feet and did not show up, until he heard that the few people who came back this time were more amiable, and he was afraid that people would blame him for being slack. That's when I came helplessly. But he didn't expect that people would show that they were from the Han Palace. Because I saw that the full set of clothes was new, and it was full of style. There was no doubt in his heart for a moment, but this time he couldn't say anything.

You must know that King Shouguang is the son of King Han after all, if he says the wrong thing, wouldn't he be unlucky?

After struggling for a long time, seeing that the other party's face was full of impatience, and two of them even pressed the handle of the knife with an unkind face, he hurriedly said honestly: "King Shouguang did send several groups of people to the door to pick up salt before, and now the remaining salt in the salt field has been lifted!" This month's six hundred salt introductions have already been sent to the capital to transfer the salt envoys, if a few adults still want it, the small ones really can't do it, please come next time......"

As soon as the words fell, he saw the man whipped down with a snort, and he closed his eyes and did not dare to avoid it, but he only heard a sharp wind in his ears, but he did not feel any pain in his body. Shivering, he opened his eyes and saw that half of his sleeve was gone, and a short and fat man next to him was sneering with a horsewhip and whipping, and he couldn't help but shrink his head in fright.

"King Shouguang is the son of the prince, I can't imagine that this kind of thing is really ahead of the curve! If someone comes to Shouguang Wangfu next time, you will let those people tell King Shouguang, saying that the prince has already known about his actions and let him do it himself. The last time the prince fell lightly, this time if he reinvents it, the prince's level will not be easy! By the way, tell him that in a few days the palace will send someone to watch the salt works! ”

The ambassador of the salt field was just a few slaves who had seen the Shouguang Palace, and when he heard this, he immediately shuddered, and his voice should not be repeated. When the four men galloped away, he wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. Even on a cold day, he still felt as if he had just come out of the water, even the cotton jacket could pull out the water, not to mention the horror. He had already made up his mind at this time, once he told this, he decided not to be the ambassador of this salt pan again, and he would not be able to live if he continued like this!

In the afternoon of the same day, several servants of the Shouguang Palace's mansion rode tall horses to the Le'an Salt Farm. When they knew that someone had come to the Han Palace's mansion in the morning, and several people looked at each other, no one cared about letting the evil dog go after Yu Yan, and hurriedly beat the horse back to report the news. Zhu Zhanqi, who was "thinking about it behind closed doors", heard his father's intervention, and immediately hated it.

You must know that just because he mobilized the palace guards without authorization before, Zhu Gaoxu personally beat him with 20 sticks after Zhang Yue left, and locked him up for 10 days. Now there are dozens of Tiance guards watching outside the palace, and they treat him as if he is a prisoner.

Faced with this kind of treatment, which is like house arrest, Zhu Zhanqi gritted his teeth with hatred. At this moment, he blasted away the slave who replied, and he drove away all the idlers and others, and viciously smashed a blue and white vase on the ground next to him.

"Scold if you want, fight if you want, shut down if you want, Zhu Gaoxu, what do you think of me! The same is true of the imperial grandfather, and the same is true of you, do you treat me as a grandson and a son in your eyes! Punish me for beating me for an outsider, and don't care about my life or death for a salt farm, Zhu Gaoxu, don't think I'm as weak and bullying as my dead mother! ”

At this moment, there was only a eunuch with a long face left next to him. When Zhu Zhanqi had enough fire, he bent down to clean up the porcelain pieces all over the ground, and then stepped forward to persuade: "Lord, maybe it is only because others have slandered in front of the King of Han that the King of Han will think of the deeds of this salt farm. The prince has always cared about these idle things, aren't the shops and other properties in this Le'an City all under the care of His Royal Highness the Prince? The prince might as well send someone to ask His Royal Highness the prince for intercession, but it's just ten thousand catties of salt......"

Before he finished speaking, he felt a huge force in his chest, and the whole person was kicked out. Although there was an irrepressible fishy sweet smell in his throat and a severe pain in his chest, he hurriedly fell to the ground and did not dare to speak again. Sure enough, the next moment, a wild roar suddenly sounded in the room.

"What His Royal Highness, which eye of yours has seen him help me! Where was my father when he struck me? Where was my father when he scolded me? Where was his father when he killed his mother? My father himself is also exploiting in the salt works, but he has come to take care of my business, and even this little money will be cut off for me! I, the king of the county, only have a lot of money a year, how many fields, and what money is enough to eat! Last time, I was beaten with 20 boards, and I was locked in the firewood room for ten days, and who took care of me when I almost froze to death, and this time it will be bad for me! ”

At this moment, another voice sounded outside: "Lord Wang, His Royal Highness the Prince sent someone over, saying that it was on the order of King Jun of Han to let the prince send the batch of salt he got earlier to the Han Palace!" ”

"Fuck it!"

Zhu Zhanqi was originally on the verge of an outburst, but at this time he was finally completely angry. The resentment of being ignored and neglected for many years, the fear and panic after the mother was killed, the contempt of the eldest brother, and the indifference of the brothers...... All of this was mixed together, and he was plunged into an unprecedented state of excitement and anger. At that moment, he walked to the door, opened the door and slapped the little eunuch outside the door, and then commanded sharply: "Since it is the intention of the father, then let people send it over!" ”

Seeing that the little eunuch staggered away, he showed a cruel smile, and after slamming the door, he slammed off the bag that Zhu Zhantan, the prince of the family, gave during the festival, and threw it on the ground, as if he was still angry, and stepped on it a few times. Immediately after, he came to the Taishi chair behind the desk and sat down, took a piece of rice paper in his hand, dipped the pen in thick ink and wrote it down.

Between the pen and the snake, he didn't think about the tone and sentence at all, and just wrote it straight down. At the end, he signed his name, and immediately picked up the county king on the side and covered it heavily. Looking at the pitch-black handwriting and bright red seals, he couldn't help but sneer, and his face was full of smug smiles.

Zhu Gaoxu, don't think that you can do whatever you want if you are a prince! Zhu Zhantan, if you don't have Zhu Gaoxu's protection, then you are nothing! You forced me!