There is only one city in Nandian County that is close to the sea, and that is Chaohai City.
In Chaohai City, there is only one Yunfan Salt Farm, but the salt produced here is not much, not even a quarter of that of an ordinary salt farm in Haichuanhou.
But just five days ago, this salt farm was suddenly taken over by officers and soldiers. All workers were under guard and continued to work under the supervision of officers and soldiers. Within three days, the workers were dissatisfied. The officers and soldiers were in conflict with these
Workers at the salt factory also clashed.
A lot of civilian ships in South Yunnan were also requisitioned. They were all docked at the seaport and filled with salt blocks. They originally wanted to use the sea shipping route to transport them, but the ship only sailed less than ten nautical miles when it was suddenly blocked by the sea.
The five large ships that appeared were intercepted and ordered to return immediately. Anyone who disobeyed would be directly sunk.
Because the escorts were all officers and soldiers, there were naturally some who were disobedient. After watching the two leading civilian ships being sunk, the other ships all returned obediently.
The land transportation on the other side is similar. South Yunnan is originally more mountainous than land, and the roads to the three cities connected to Cangque County are all blocked. If you want to transport goods out of the county, you must pass through these three cities. The previous
Linyuan City, because they had fought with others, did not dare to approach it. They could only choose the other two cities, but they could not transport private salt with them. Even if they passed the checkpoint in a muddle, at the next checkpoint,
They will also be found out, and transporting salt out is already more difficult than climbing to the sky.
Cheng'an King Xiao Mujian was sitting in the palace in Zhaonan City. After listening to the reports from the people below, she closed her eyes helplessly.
"Xiao Muting is so ruthless! In this way, I am really alone and helpless. He wants to trap me to death!"
"Your Highness, I don't think so. Although we only had one conflict with him, those people were not originally our own people, but people from the Ba'an tribe. They were originally savage and fierce barbarians. Although they were called
The Western Yunnan Army is just using our Southern Yunnan County as its backer, and we cannot control the behavior of each army. It is okay to say that it is a private act. Besides, it is not that King Chen has not banned our salt.
Well, as long as we don't move now, it will be fine." Master Sun next to Xiao Mujian said, stroking his beard.
Xiao Mujian looked at him, thought about his words, and raised her eyebrows slightly: "Master is right, I have never assigned anyone to do anything, and I am here just for a temporary stay.
With such a great power assigned, the purpose of transporting salt out of the county is just to help the people who are suffering from the salt shortage. It is purely a benefit. If someone takes this matter to criticize me, it is really narrow-minded.
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Master Sun nodded and said: "What His Highness said is true, so I think that as long as we don't move and ignore the news from the Holy One, King Chen will not be able to hold us back, but will be grateful to His Highness."
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King Cheng'an narrowed his eyes darkly: "It's hard to say, Xiao Muting is a brainless person, and sometimes he doesn't know how to turn around. Otherwise, he wouldn't have made such a fuss with the emperor. But to say that he has no brains, it's not...
This guy is a good fighter. He swallowed tens of thousands of troops. It's a pity to think about it."
"Your Highness, if you want to achieve great things, how can you not kill people? These people are not His Highness's main force and have not shaken our foundation at all. However, regarding the news from King Li, Your Highness
How should I respond?" Master Sun came forward again and asked, pouring him a cup of tea.
"Prince Li? Humph! His side is really messy. His few sons are enough for him to show off for a while. There are many people who still want to rise to the top even if they are not capable. Originally, I wanted to take advantage of this.
Opportunity to weaken his strength, so that he can lean on us and save himself from always worrying about forming an alliance with Xiao Muting, but his sons really can't help him. The opportunity was given to them, but they didn't seize it at all.
If you don't stop fighting, it won't be a big deal." Xiao Mujian snorted sarcastically again.
Master Sun's lips curled up coldly and he said: "Your Highness, please don't underestimate these inconspicuous people. They can't accomplish anything big, but they can still disrupt the situation. It's not impossible to let them cause trouble."
Xiao Mujian was happy when she heard this, pointed at him and said: "You still have a way, really, these people are good at disrupting the situation, but this time they really didn't dare to challenge Xiao Muting. If they also raised troops, I think it would be enough."
Xiao Muting is very busy."
Master Sun shook his head: "Otherwise, King Li will definitely not send troops. Xiao Yanchun, the young prince of Li, went to Cangque County in person some time ago. He must be close to King Chen. If they send troops at this time, they will be cut off.
Prince Li would not do this to his own retreat, let alone Young Prince Li. Besides, the military power on King Li's side was all in the hands of Young Prince Li. Even if those Prince Li's sons wanted to make some move, they would not do so.
No one is available."
"That's right, Xiao Muche has always only been optimistic about Xiao Muting. He has always believed that this throne belongs to Xiao Muting and no one else is qualified to sit on it. But suddenly he let Xiao Muyun sit on it, and he even questioned him in front of the civil and military officials of the court.
He, even if someone came out with the edict to pass the throne, he wouldn't believe it. If it weren't for the new emperor's accession to the throne, in order to stabilize his position, how could he still be alive? Even if he was sent away, he still didn't stop. He even sent his son to contact Xiao Muting.
How could he have cut off contact with him?" Xiao Mujian said coldly and mockingly.
"Your Highness, why bother to get along with these ignorant people? What we need now is time, and God will help Your Highness achieve great things, so let them make trouble. We will watch the fire from the other side. When they both lose, we will
He is the only strong man. When the time comes, no one will question His Highness' ability. No one in the world will dare to disobey his orders." Master Sun stroked his beard and imagined the future glory for him.
Xiao Mujian's smile deepened, and her eyes when she looked outside the room were shining with pride, as if something big was about to happen.
He smiled and nodded at Master Sun: "Come here, please immediately pass this king's order to close the entire county for recuperation, vigorously develop agriculture, prepare for grain production, expand military strength, and issue orders to other departments in the county.
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But he was still a little worried about the emperor's accountability, but Master Sun's words made him let down his guard again: "Your Highness, we have to receive the emperor's order. You know, there may be a Chen between us.
As for the king, whether the news can arrive safely depends on whether King Chen can let it go. Our salt can’t be transported out. Wouldn’t it be even harder for this news to reach the county?”
Xiao Mujian nodded with satisfaction, raised her eyebrows slightly, and returned to the inner courtyard in a relaxed mood. She couldn't wait to go to the yard of the newly admitted beauty. When the door of the house was closed, the maid Xin'er who was guarding the door withdrew.
, walked familiarly to the rockery in the backyard of the palace, stuffed a note from his arms into the crack of the stone, then looked around, turned around and left.
After she left, a servant who looked like a servant walked in from the corner, got into the rockery, and came out after a while, but the note sandwiched in the crack of the stone disappeared.