The wife of a woman collecting herbs cannot be bullied

Chapter 497

Alas, now she wants to give birth to the baby in her belly earlier than anyone else, it's too much of a hindrance, okay?

As if feeling her mother's resentment, the little baby in her stomach kicked her with her little foot. Even through her belly, Chu Xu still felt that her little foot was exerting force.

"Stinky boy! If you dare to kick your mother again, see if I won't beat your ass hard!" Chu Xu was enjoying the intimacy of his wife, so what if the brat dared to come out to make trouble, and immediately slapped his wife lightly at the place just now Exhale.In front of the daughter-in-law, the son has to stay behind.

"Don't pay attention to him, he's been active these days." Shi Chuying didn't want her son to spoil the communication between husband and wife, so she pulled Chu Xu to talk about the day's affairs.

In fact, the affairs in the court are not completely irrelevant to the women. Women also move around a lot. If one or two things are involved when talking, it is a matter of learning how to answer the conversation.

Generally, the housewives of people with official positions or positions are not idiots who don't know anything.Unless the women of this family never go out to socialize, otherwise, if the man has any rumors outside, he must tell the women at home to prevent any mistakes in the back house.

Don't say what help, at least you can't drag the man's hind legs.

"Where did you hear about the incident on the Salt Road? Who do you know now?" Shi Chuying nestled in Chu Xu's arms and bit her ear.

"It hasn't been announced on the surface, but I think it won't be long. Everyone in the clan guard camp privately said that after the Mid-Autumn Festival, I'm afraid...do you remember the task I handed in before the vacation?" Chu Xu changed the topic.

"Well, I remember." Not only did he remember, but he also knew that because of this, he was kept in cold storage again, and it was a blessing in disguise that he happened to stay with her in Wangyun Mountain for these few months.

"I guess, at that time, someone from the Holy Majesty should have secretly gone to the Salt Administration to investigate. Think about it, the prefect of Qingyuan is clearly a magistrate, and he manages the silver mines for the Holy Majesty in the half-light. Many people know about this. But he It is still a hidden pile on the salt road, but only the Holy One and very few people know about it.

There must be hidden guards around him, and if he was robbed and killed in this way, the saint must have thought more than us.

Therefore, we are only investigating in the open to attract everyone's attention.The person who is actually in charge of the investigation... We didn't notice it at all. "

"This prefect of Qingyuan is really valued. He has so many secret responsibilities..." All of them were killed.Shi Chuying poked Chu Xu's breast, and in the blink of an eye, her delicate fingertips were bitten and held in her mouth.

"Speak well..." The two teased for a while before returning to the topic.

"...I heard that just over half a month ago, the salt transport envoy on the Southeast Road was suddenly secretly arrested in the yamen. At the same time, several houses under his name were also surrounded by the emperor's Jingwu guards. I didn't let go of the outer house in my hometown." Chu Xu's hot air blew past Shi Chuying's ears.

"Ah? Such a big commotion? We didn't hear anything!" Shi Chuying opened her eyes wide, feeling a little in admiration for the emperor's tricks.

"What's the news? Let's talk about it now. The city gates were sealed for a few days at that time, and a password was issued afterwards. If anyone dares to leak a word, the whole family will be implicated. Who dares?!" The deputy commander made it sound like that.The people below haven't discussed it yet.Anything discussed by the subordinates is at least semi-public at the top.The Deputy Commander Ken leaked it to him, fearing that it might get some wind and make friends again.

"I heard that Guangyan Yunshi's family seized more than 5 catties of white salt, 12 taels of silver, more than 3000 gold ingots, and hundreds of baskets of copper coins..."

"Here, the Salt Transport Envoy sold the salt privately? No way..." Shi Chuying felt a little ashamed. This was obviously not from her salary, which was much richer than her robbing the Black Mountain Village.

Of course she knew the importance of salt.Anyone who does not eat salt for a day will have a weak mouth, and if he does not eat salt for three days, he will lose his energy. If he does not eat salt for a month or two, the army will not be able to withstand guns... Therefore, the shortage of salt is absolutely not allowed in Dachu.

If there is a problem with the people eating salt, the Great Chu Kingdom will not be stable. Therefore, if there is a problem with the salt merchant, the sage will never be soft.

As far as she knows, although the production areas of the Great Chu State's salt are unevenly distributed, they are not scarce.Therefore, the salt in Dachu is relatively cheap.

Except for the salt that was sent to the capital for storage, a large part of the salt produced by the holy salt field was sent to the nearby salt storage, or directly sent to the salt storage in the designated area, and it was not necessary to send all of it to the capital.One is to reduce the cost of transportation, wear and tear and rickshaw and horses on the way, and the other is to buy and sell nearby, which also saves the cost and trouble of re-allocation.

Although the coast is more concentrated and the inland is less, there are also several large salt lakes and underground salt mines in the inland. Generally speaking, the people of Dachu are not short of salt.Therefore, even the people of Wangyun Village often pickle all kinds of food. If salt is really expensive or rare, it is not the case.

Therefore, the salt depots of the saints are spread all over the state capitals of Dachu, and even in major towns, just to ensure the daily supply of salt.

As far as the court is concerned, the biggest cost of salt is basically borne by the sage, and the court only cares about the section down from the salt storehouse.

The sage sold salt to the imperial court at a fair price, and white salt was only 25 yuan per catty. The common people bought salt at a price of 55 yuan per catty.Also, salt water and salt brine are not thrown away after one use, and can be marinated many times.Therefore, the salt transport envoys in the Southeast Road may not be able to earn so much gold and silver property by selling salt privately, and there may be other things.

He wanted to ask in detail, but Chu Xu said, "It's hard to find out the details. It's just a trick to deceive the upper and lower. Since the saint has already done it, he must have already grasped the evidence. We just wait for this wind to blow." Just live your life in the past.

If someone comes to ask during this period, just say that we are not in Beijing during this period and know nothing. "Chu Xu stroked Shi Chuying's smooth hair, seeming to be distracted.

Shi Chuying didn't rush him when she saw her, and after waiting for a while, Chu Xu said: "Da Chu has only been stable for a few years, and someone has taken the risk..." There was disappointment in his voice.

Shi Chuying somewhat understood, after all, as a clan, Chu Xu was also a member of the imperial power, so his thinking angle was naturally different from that of ordinary people.The people's first concern is whether they will have enough to eat, and the royal family's first concern is whether the country is stable and whether the imperial power is stable.

(End of this chapter)