Poor family mother and son

Xiaobao didn't expect Zhuo Buqun to come.

Because his original intention was to help Zhuo Yao pick him up for his father, and arrange it well, so that his father would have a chance to spend his old age in peace.

But Zhuo Buqun always wanted to do something, otherwise he felt uneasy.

The meeting between Chu Qing and Zhuo Buqun ended in a short while, because Zhuo Buqun was so reserved when facing her, she looked tired.

On the contrary, Xiaobao chatted with Zhuo Buqun and Zhuo Yao behind closed doors for a long time.

Since Zhuo Buqun wanted to do something, Xiaobao really needed him to do something: "Uncle, do your knees still hurt?"

"Back to your son, you don't get sick much anymore." Zhuo Buqun replied.

Xiaobao also can't see him being so cautious at such an old age, this is the right father, and said: "Uncle Zhuo, just call me Xiaobao, our family doesn't have so many rules, I like it, yes, oh Zhuo Yao... "

Zhuo Buqun has calmed down - that's how their family members talk!

Xiaobao: "I like that way of getting along with each other comfortably, uncle, you are here to see this time, right?"

Zhuo Buqun: "Back...that's how it is. I saw your food court in Chongyu Mansion, and I also stayed in your college for a long time, but I didn't find anything I could do."

Zhuo Yao stared at his father's bulging cheeks and thought: You must not only look at the food street.

Zhuo Buqun: "Marquis Linyang doesn't seem to be very peaceful here, I thought, maybe I can help train some guards?"

Compared with Zhuo Yao, Zhuo Buqun is naturally more suitable for training the guards, he is the leader of the royal guard camp.

but……

"Father, you want to steal my job?!" Zhuo Yao called out first.

Zhuo Buqun: "Uh..."

Xiaobao rolled his eyes: "Uncle, have you ever seen the sea? Shall I show you around?"

Xiaobao took the father and son to the southernmost salt field in Linyang County, but he only stayed with them for one day, leaving all the time for them to enjoy family happiness.

Zhuo Buqun, who saw the sea for the first time, was very excited, and even felt youthful.

He gets up early every day, goes out to sea with the fishermen, drys the salt with the salt field, eats the freshest fish, basks in the earliest sun and the earliest moon.

After half a month, Zhuo Buqun became darker and thinner.

I used to eat snacks from the food street for dinner, which is not healthy. Now I eat more fish and more vegetables, and my daily physical exertion is also heavy. Finally, I can see that they are father and son.

"It's not safe." Zhuo Buqun was a little worried.

He deliberately changed his appearance, just because he was afraid of causing trouble for his son, but now that he has lost weight, his facial contours are more obvious, and the flesh on his eyelids is also thinner, he is afraid that someone will recognize him.

Zhuo Yao: "It's not a big problem here, there are people from the Chu family on the beach, but I think Xiaobao might want you to go to the island."

Regarding the fact that there is a small island overseas, Zhuo Yao told his father that although he himself has never been there, Xiaobao arranged for Zhuo Buqun to go to the seaside, which should be the meaning.

Zhuo Buqun's knees seldom get sick nowadays, and he is very used to it at the seaside.

Although the seaside is humid, Zhuo Buqun doesn't need to nest on the beams every day, and he doesn't need to kneel down from time to time. The food is good, the nutrition can keep up, and his leg problems don't happen much.

In fact, Zhuo Buqun has been very miserable these years. He seldom has his feet on the ground. He is either hanging on the wall or squatting on the beam of the house. It takes a while to get used to standing on the ground.

Moreover, when he is on duty, he will delay his meal time from time to time, and he will eat a full meal when he is hungry. There is no problem in his 20s, but now he is in his 50s, and the damage to his body is not small.

Long-term incorrect posture and insufficient nutritional intake, no one's body can stand it.

"That's the best," Zhuo Buqun said, "This way you and I are both safe, but we have to separate again."

Zhuo Buqun was also a little bit reluctant. Although he left the palace, he didn't have to worry about being buried with him, but he couldn't stay by his son's side every day.

The warehouse of the salt farm has been continuously expanded over the years, and it is almost unable to keep up with the speed of production. The accumulated refined salt is really huge.

It has become a burden to spend a lot of manpower and material resources every year to prevent moisture and pollution.

It's all right now, rushing into the market at the price of crude salt, the pressure on the warehouse has been relieved a lot.

Xiaobao was very satisfied with this: "Hmph, some people can't sit still."

indeed.

When Chu Qing threw out the refined salt, the first one who couldn't sit still was the emperor: "How can it be sold so cheaply? How can you make money!"

In the emperor's impression, fine salt was of such good quality that it should be sold at a higher price than fine salt.Selling at such a low price, the emperor felt that it was a waste of money.

You know, although the sea is big, the production of sea salt in Daxuan is not high.

The reason is that the transportation is inconvenient and there are few salt households.

In other words, where there is salt, there are no people.

The main sources of salt are inland lagoons, seawater and salt-rich mines, all of which are barren and sparsely populated.

If you walk to the seaside, you will know that if there is a village by the seaside, there must be prisoners who have been exiled here for no more than three generations.

Who else would live in such harsh conditions except those who were sent into exile?

The salt-making technology at this time was crude, and crude salt could only be extracted from seawater by steaming to dryness, so the yield of sea salt was not only low, but also of poor quality.

Although the emperor knew that the refined salt produced by Chu Qing was of good quality and high yield, he did not expect the stock to be so large—how many months has it been?The Chu family's refined salt is still being sold to various places.

With such a large stock and refined salt, how can it be sold so cheap?
The emperor immediately wrote to Chu Qing to inquire about this matter.

Chu Qing's answer was very...very "clear"——

"Your Majesty, this year, I have not only raised my own food and grass, but also handed over the jade mine. I am almost fighting against the Voss with my wealth;

Majesty, do the math, from last year to this year, have you had the time to do serious business?Is there any chance for Chen to go out and make money?

Seeing that more than half of this year has passed, I thought that even if I starved to death, I would not let you lose money, so I thought about making money with refined salt;
But this thing can't be sold too expensive, if it's so expensive, ordinary people can't afford it, so they won't buy it at all, right?
You know that people have to eat salt, but most people who eat salt are not customers and only sell salt to rich people, how much can they eat?
Must not kill them?

You also know that in addition to human beings eating salt, animals also need to eat salt. Adult cows and horses need half tael to one tael of salt every day to grow well, and even sheep need to eat one to two kuai;
This is another large batch, rich people are not as good as animals, so I have to sell them at this price!

And I didn't dare to sell more, the supply is limited to a limited number of people, so as not to be taken advantage of by those who want to, so that the emperor can't make money;

Although you are poor, you only need one child to support, and you don't need much money, but you have a lot of wives and children waiting to be fed;
Of course, at present, I only sell salt for the sake of income. The general direction is up to you, the emperor. How to set the price, I will adjust it immediately after your order. "