One stone of grain is very heavy. Although in the Han Dynasty, a fight could only weigh more than thirty kilograms, one stone of grain only weighed more than sixty kilograms. Leng Jun carried more than half of it by himself, leaving only a small part for Su Ren. As the saying goes, a long journey is not easy, but
, Su had never used such incredible power. He was out of breath before walking very far, and he was about to turn into a shrimp.
Leng Jun was helpless, grabbed the grain bag on Su Ren's shoulder, and said with a smile: "What you say and do is good, but this person is not good? You can't carry dozens of kilograms of rice grain, and I don't know what you did before?"
"Hey!" Su Ren sighed: "It's hard to explain in words! When it's time for you to know, of course you will know everything. Now just think of me as a savage you rescued!"
"You don't look like a savage. No matter how you look at it, I find it strange. You are not only smarter than others, but also more knowledgeable than others. In just two days, I don't know you anymore, and I don't know whether it is right or wrong to follow you."
Su Ren smiled: "As you say, I seem to be trying to get something from you. What do you have for me to get?"
Leng Jun thought for a long time and shook his head: "It seems like it's nothing, but it's true that you can get back a stone of food. By the way, what are you going to do with the money?"
Su Ren shook his head: "I don't know. I haven't thought about it yet. Let me think about it for two days. If you want to do business, you have to plan well. We only have this little property. If we make a mistake, we will lose everything. It's better to be careful."
Leng Jun nodded repeatedly. The two of them were talking and looking at Lao Jun. It was not much different from when they went there yesterday. There were still a few pedestrians on the road, and there were also people busy in the fields nearby. Two and a half-year-old children were carrying them.
It was very difficult to walk carrying hundreds of kilograms of grain. At noon, even Leng Jun couldn't hold on anymore. The two of them rested under the same big tree where they rested when they went there yesterday.
I took out the food I bought in the city in the morning from the cloth bag I carried with me, which was just a few sesame seed cakes. Without water, I could only chew them dry, which made it a bit uncomfortable to eat.
Looking at the busy people in the field, Su Ren asked: "You said they have nothing to buy all year round?"
Leng Jun shook his head: "The clothes they wear are made by themselves from hemp thread, and the food they eat is produced in the fields. Besides, they are tenant farmers, and what they have left after paying the rent every year is just rations. How can they get the spare money to buy it?"
If you insist on buying something, it will only be salt. The government does not allow people to sell this thing, so you can only buy it from the city. There is really nothing else."
"Salt! Salt?" Su Ren's eyes suddenly lit up: "What's the price of salt?"
Leng Jun sighed and said: "This is expensive. A pound of salt is equivalent to a stone of grain. Fortunately, this thing is less edible. If it were the same as grain, many people would die."
"How expensive is it?"
"According to the official price, a pound of salt is only one yuan, but after going back and forth like this, it costs at least five yuan to eat it."
"Isn't that the price of one stone of rice?"
"Yes! Our Wenshui County official salt is only owned by the county magistrate's family. It is the only business, so he can be tough when talking about it."
Su Ren suddenly stopped talking. Since salt is owned by the government, people must not make and sell it casually. After hearing Leng Jun's introduction, Su Ren's first reaction was to make his own salt. He had seen Lao Jun watch the salt in the kitchen.
The salt and black paint inside the jar was dirty. Not only were the particles rough, but there were many impurities. Leng Yue was still hidden like a treasure, and Su Ren couldn't even take a second look at it.
Leng Jun seemed to understand what Su Ren was planning to do, and he chuckled: "Don't think about it, do you know how much a piece of salt costs? We only have a few hundred dollars in our pockets, so don't even think about it. We can't get it even if we don't have ten thousand dollars."
Su Ren snorted coldly: "Salt is not a rare thing. I made it myself. As long as there is brine, it will be easy. I happen to know a place with good brine, but I am just worried..."
"Ah?" Before Su Ren could finish speaking, Leng Jun quickly interrupted Su Ren: "This is illegal. You will go to jail if you buy illegal salt, and you will lose your head if you sell illegal salt. The master has offended the county magistrate.
At this time, we should stay calm. If the county magistrate's official salt business is cut off, Laojun Temple will really be destroyed."
Su Ren chuckled: "What are you afraid of? I didn't say I wanted to do it, it's okay! Have you rested enough? Let's continue on our way."
It was already midnight when we returned to Laojun Temple. Leng Yue lay at the door and looked outside. It was not until the two of them came back that she breathed a sigh of relief. When she saw the bag on Leng Jun's shoulder, she touched it and realized that it was food, and she became even more excited.
I'm happy. Yesterday, Su Ren and his senior brother went to the county town with the strange furniture, and Leng Yue was worried. Of course he knew that Taoist Chongxu had offended the county magistrate, and the county magistrate was also a local snake. If he lowered his anger on his senior brother
With Su Ren, even if they don't die, they will go to jail.
Leng Yue cried like a tearful person. They were tears of joy. After more than ten years of watching Laojun, she had never seen so much food. She grabbed handfuls of rice in the bag and felt the rice grains falling from her fingers.
Needless to say, the feeling flows from time to time and the satisfaction in my heart.
Su Ren sat down on the steps: "Sister, we haven't even eaten. Can you stop looking at the rice and get some rice? They can't run away."
Leng Yue smiled shyly and nodded quickly: "Yes, yes, brothers, please wait. I'll go cook now."
Early the next morning, Su Ren got up very early and went straight into Leng Jun's room. Leng Jun was not there. After asking Leng Yue, he found out that Leng Jun had gotten up earlier than him and that he should be practicing in the back mountain. Su Ren
Immediately came towards the back mountain.
The place where Laojun Temple is located is in front of Wenling, where the geological movement is the most intense. The back mountain was forcibly raised several feet, forming a cliff several feet high.
Standing at the foot of the cliff, Su Ren looked up. Lengjun sat cross-legged on the top of the cliff, with his hands spread out and facing the east, eyes closed, probably practicing the Qigong of breathing in and out.
"Hey! Come down, I have something to ask you." Su Ren yelled towards the cliff.
Leng Jun was still in the same posture, without any change, and without answering Su Ren. Su Ren roared twice and wanted to find a place to climb up. After searching for a long time, he didn't find it. He grabbed the stones on the ground and moved towards the top of the cliff.
Throwing it randomly. It was too high to throw it up, and it almost hit me when it fell.
"Don't come down here if you can. Grandma, do you think I have to look for you?" Su Ren put his hand on his waist and sounded like a bitch: "Don't say I haven't looked for you. Don't look for me when I get rich in the future."
Leng Jun might have been too annoyed, so he let out a long breath, jumped down from the cliff several feet high, and accurately landed on a protruding rock on the cliff. In this way, he fell to Su.
In front of Ren.
"Haha!" Su Ren said with a smile: "They are all greedy for money, and you are the same."
Leng Jun sighed: "What's the matter? Tell me?"
"I thought about it all night yesterday, and I still think that selling salt can be done." Su Ren pulled Leng Jun away and lowered his voice: "Think about it, salt is needed by every household. As long as we don't send the salt to the city,
There shouldn't be any problem delivering it here. The official salt sold by the county magistrate's family is mainly sold to people in the city. We only give it to the people in villages and towns. We don't ask for more. A pound of salt costs three yuan. Not only do we make a profit, but the people also get it.
It’s so affordable and it’s such a great thing to kill two birds with one stone.”
Leng Jun shook his head repeatedly: "No, absolutely not, you can't bring trouble to Laojun Guan! If something happens, what will we do when you leave?"
"How could something happen? How much salt do you think the three of us can produce? It's only three to five kilograms per month at best. Such a small amount of salt is minuscule among official salts. It's just for us to eat and exchange for some money. Don't worry.
Absolutely no problem.”
"What if we are discovered?"
Su Ren chuckled and said, "There's no need to worry anymore. What kind of place are we here? It's deep in the mountains and old forests. There hasn't been a single stranger in the past few years. Who would know? If you're still worried, we can build a salt-making place."
Staying far away will do the trick, right?"
"Really only three to five pounds?"
Su Ren nodded.
"Is it really okay?"
Su Ren still nodded.
"I'm still worried. The court has repeatedly issued orders not to make salt privately. You said that if you were discovered, this..."
"Okay! I thought you were a man, but when I saw you today, you turned out to be a coward. With this little courage, you still dare to say that you are invincible in the world. Is this what you are like as a knight? This is really the tragedy of the world! People are very particular about knights.
He is a person who kills people without blinking an eye, and now we are not asking you to kill someone. Just like you, if a real fight breaks out, you will definitely turn around and run away."
"Hmph!" Leng Jun snorted coldly: "You don't need to use any provocation, just make some private salt? It's not a lot, so there's nothing to be afraid of! Just do it."
After all, Leng Jun was just a child. In front of Su Ren, who was actually almost thirty years old, he was at a disadvantage in terms of both IQ and emotional intelligence. He claimed that he couldn't match Su Ren's aggressive tactics, but he was unknowingly led by Su Ren.
Leng Jun has agreed, and Leng Yue's opinion can be ignored. Originally, there was no need to seek the opinions of Leng Jun and Leng Yue on this matter. It's just that Su Ren feels lonely. Ever since he came to Dahan, Su Ren always felt that he was the only one in the world.
.Even the Leng Jun Leng Yue brothers and sisters, in his eyes, are no different from those people who always stand in the same place in the game. With these two brothers and sisters together, Su Ren feels more comfortable in his heart, and feels that he is not an outsider.
There is a more important problem. Su Ren is a migrant here. He knows nothing about the actual situation in Wenshui County. With the help of Leng Jun and Leng Yue, at least the salt they make can be bought better and the money can be earned.
A little more.
After breakfast, Su Ren and Leng Jun went to look for the brine spring he discovered in Wenling. This time they went into the mountains and forests was different from the last time. Their purpose was clear. More importantly, with Leng Jun behind them, they could encounter anything.
How to deal with it. With three days of dry food, the two of them set off. Su Ren was in a good mood, because he finally had to do the first thing he did when he came to Dahan. Maybe this was the beginning of his integration into Dahan. Although it was illegal.
Su Ren doesn't care about things.
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It’s a bit bleak! The recent rain has made people upset, and when I read this book again, I feel depressed! Everyone, please work harder and make the list! (To be continued)