The eldest princess pampered the beautiful, strong and miserable proton queen

The old man was short in stature, his eyes were dark, his lips were purple, and he was almost out of shape. At first glance, he looked a little deformed.

There was a thump in her heart, and a chill ran from the soles of her feet all the way to her heart.

"Young lady's words are serious," the old father-in-law looked a little cautious when he saw that the girl was full of style, "Young lady only stay for one night?"

Jiang Fuguang nodded: "Leave at dawn tomorrow."

The old man wanted to ask a few more questions, but he probably felt that this group of people was not easy to provoke, and he didn't dare to ask more, for fear of offending the nobleman, so he nodded in response.

Yingluo stepped forward and used broken silver.

The old man immediately smiled and led Jiang Fuguang and his party into the village.

Jiang Fuguang noticed that when the old man walked, his legs were a little stiff, which seemed very unnatural. What else did he not understand?

Suddenly there was a soreness in my heart, and I asked: "How old are you this year?"

"Forty miles," he smiled, showing a mouthful of black teeth and missing a front tooth. "People in our village say that I will grow old and strong, and I will definitely live to be fifty."

Jiang Fuguang tightly grasped his hands in his sleeves.

The area in the south of the Yangtze River is rich in materials, and the average life expectancy is much higher than that in many impoverished areas. At 40 years old, he is in his prime, but this old man has already passed the prime of his life, and he is old and is about to die.

People in this village may generally not live very long, and to live to fifty is a rare longevity for all villagers.

A stranger came to the village, which attracted the villagers to watch.

The village was more dilapidated than imagined, Jiang Fuguang observed the people in the village carefully, frowning slightly.

Wei Twelve noticed her expression and asked in a low voice, "Is there anything wrong with this village?"

Jiang Fuguang shook his head, looking a little dazed.

At this time, a child rushed out from the stab, probably because he was running too fast, he staggered and bumped into Jiang Fuguang, Wei Twelve instinctively drew his knife.

Jiang Fuguang said anxiously: "Don't hurt people."

Wei Twelve pressed the saber back, and the child fell at Jiang Fuguang's feet.

"How is it? Did you get injured?" Jiang Fuguang quickly bent down to help the child who fell on the ground, and her eyes froze immediately.

The child's hair was thin and yellow, and he was very thin. He was drooling with his dirty fingers, and smiled silly at her.

Her hands began to tremble.

Slowly closing his eyes, Jiang Fuguang smiled, took out a piece of loquat candy from the purse on his waist, opened the candy coating, and said warmly: "Sweet, can I eat it for you?"

The child froze and didn't move.

Jiang Fuguang thought that he didn't understand, so he stuffed loquat candy into his mouth.

The dull eyes gradually became brighter, and he smiled happily: "Sweet."

Jiang Fuguang looked at the light in his eyes, stroked his thinning hair gently: "You are so good."

The child's mother breathed a sigh of relief, hurried forward, said sorry, and quickly took her child away.

Seeing the kindness of the nobleman, the villagers gradually relaxed.

The old man vacated a passable house for Jiang Fuguang and his party to stay. The villagers were very enthusiastic and sent clean bedding, some vegetables and eggs, and a chicken.

This is already the best thing in the village.

Yingluo folded the money, but the villagers happily accepted after politely shrugging it off.

Jiang Fuguang went to the kitchen, checked the firewood, rice oil, and fixed his eyes on the yellow and black salt in the crock, his guess was confirmed.

The Qingshui gang is not only the biggest water bandit in Huai'an, but also the biggest private salt dealer.

That night, Jiang Fuguang tossed and turned, unable to sleep all night.

The child was already nine years old, but he was as short as a six or seven-year-old child. When talking to him, his reaction was obviously sluggish.

The common people have to farm and farm, and they have to work and perform hard labor during the slack season, and the amount of salt is relatively large.

They eat unhealthy private salt for a long time, leading to premature aging, stunted growth, numb limbs, and even short life...

This is Jiang Fuguang's first time facing the danger of private salt.

It made her feel chilly and terrified.

In the middle of the night, Habayashi Wei finally came back after inquiring about the news: "The boatman is indeed a member of the Qingshui Gang. His subordinates followed the vines and found a stronghold of the Qingshui Gang. The boatman has already solved it secretly."

"Continue to investigate," Jiang Fuguang said with a cold expression, "The Qingshui gang is involved in private salt, follow this clue, and investigate the local government, aristocratic families, and wealthy gentry."

Private salt is not the purpose of her trip.

But often behind the smuggling of salt, it involves salt production, transportation, and out-of-stock joints. The internal and external relationships, contacts, and channels must be opened up to form a huge chain of interests, like a spider's web, intricate and complicated. The relationship network, Zhejiang must be involved.

Marquis Cheng'an can't intervene in the affairs of Zhejiang Province, she can dismantle the private salt business in Zhejiang, pull out the radish and bring out the mud, and the entire Jiangnan private salt industry can also be wiped out.

However, the profit of private salt is extremely high, and the prohibition is not strict. It is like leeks in the field, one crop after another is cut, and batch after batch is shoveled.

It is necessary to find a way to curb private salt, and at the same time reduce the price of official salt without compromising the imperial salt tax.

It is also necessary to popularize the dangers of illegal salt, and let the general public realize the serious consequences of eating illegal salt, so that they will not buy illegal salt.

Habayashi Wei hesitated: "This subordinate is ordered by the emperor to protect the eldest princess."

"Since you have come to Gu's side, you will be killed by Gu." Jiang Fuguang coughed a few times, and his voice became hoarse again, "Gu Ming, contact the Habayashi Guard who is still in Huai'an, and thoroughly investigate the Huai'an salt smuggling case. "

Three thousand forest guards, all of them are selected one out of ten thousand, and each one is proficient in espionage. Let them investigate this matter. It is the most appropriate to kill chickens with a butcher's knife.

Habayashi had no choice but to take orders.

On the second day, before dawn, Jiang Fuguang left some broken silver and left the village.

Next, Jiang Fuguang and his party missed the boat twice, delayed their trip, and finally arrived in Hangzhou on June [-].

They walked for eleven days on the road.

Habayashi Wei, who came earlier, came to meet him and reported the situation in Hangzhou County and Xin'an County.

It is roughly consistent with the report sent to Beijing, and the specific situation can only be known in Xin'an County.

It was raining in Hangzhou, and it was neither big nor small, and it kept falling. The officers and soldiers guarding the city checked the customs clearance and identity documents, and then let them enter the city.

A group of them found an inn called 'Ke Yun Lai'.

In the hall, there was a lot of noise.

The graceful dancer is draped in tulle, revealing her jade arms and fragrant shoulders, and a large piece of snow skin. She dances and dances in a dance, with her gauze skirt raised high, and her dancing posture is gorgeous.

The rain continued and the tidal wave never receded. The merchants of the inn were stranded in the city and could not go out. They gathered in the hall to watch the graceful dance of the dancers, clapping their hands and applauding from time to time.

Jiang Fuguang stopped for a long time, his eyes were full of darkness.

She was wearing a felt cloak, the cloak was wide, and it matched her petite figure, her weak bones and slender body, and her icy skin, she was really graceful.

A drunk man couldn't help being obsessed with it, he stumbled towards her and said, "Hey, beauty, come here, let me have a drink with you..."