The First Great Ancestor of the Five Dynasties

Chapter 75
Several notices were posted at the gate of Yacheng. Each notice was guarded by soldiers. A large number of people gathered in front of the notices.

The soldiers sounded the gongs and loudly interpreted the notices for the people.

"Fathers and fellow villagers, uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters-in-law, all listen up! Starting from this month, all people under our jurisdiction in Changyi Town can go to designated locations in the county and township with their registration accounts to receive high-quality white salt for free. ! According to the population of each household, you can receive at least one pound per month and no more than four pounds! You can receive it for free for one year! After one year, the official salt of Changyi Town will also be sold at a reasonable price, ensuring that everyone has salt to eat !

Listen carefully, this is the benefit that Shi Jieshuai tried his best to win for the villagers!Over the past few years, our town in Changyi has been suffering. The price of salt has been so high that those evil bastards have been sucking blood and eating meat from the people of Changyi!

Shi Jieshuai couldn't stand it anymore and was determined to solve the problem of everyone's difficulty in eating salt no matter how difficult it was!God is wise, let us dig a salt well in Yangjinchuan. From now on, our Zhangyi Town will be able to eat the salt produced by our own Jingzhou! "

The crowd was silent for a moment, then burst into earth-shaking cheers!

Most of the people were illiterate and could not read the notices, but the soldiers' simple and clear explanations made them understand it immediately.

Everyone looked excited and excited. Eating salt for a year without spending a penny would leave a lot of money for expenses. For middle- and lower-class households, spending the money on salt in other places can greatly improve the situation. Quality of Life.

An old man knelt down in front of the notice, wiping his tears and weeping bitterly: "If I had received the good salt from the government earlier, the youngest son in my family would not have lost his life for eating a bite of poisonous salt."

The people around them all lamented that in the past two years, some people were poisoned to death by poisonous salt just to eat a mouthful of salt, and some people spent all their hard-earned money on Xue's high-priced salt.

Last year, the two states had a bumper grain harvest, but people's lives were still difficult and difficult.

In order to eat salt, the people of Zhangyi spent almost everything.

"Boom boom~~"

The soldier rang the gong and said loudly: "There are some rules that must be explained clearly to the villagers in advance! First, this time the policy of benefiting the people in the town to eat salt for free for one year was directly handled by the Jiedu Prefecture, in conjunction with the local government. The state and county governments have nothing to do, and they will not collect a penny from the people!

From now on, anyone who claims to have to spend money to receive salt will be a liar. Folks tell each other not to be deceived!
In addition, the salt distribution this time starts from the main household, regardless of household level. You only need to bring your household registration and go to the nearest designated point to register to receive salt!Ten days later, on the 22nd of the first lunar month, customers can also register to receive salt at designated points!Customers do not need the consent of the owner to receive salt, they only need to register the account of the owner!
Finally, there is one most important rule that I hope everyone will keep in mind.Each household is not allowed to receive salt twice a month, and they are not allowed to forge household registers!Once caught, the family's qualifications for receiving free salt will be cancelled. If the situation is serious, they will be sent to jail!

I also hope that fellow villagers will supervise each other and report anyone who violates the regulations and pretends to claim the money at any time. Those who report truthfully will be heavily rewarded by Jiedu Government! "

After the soldiers explained the contents of the notice, five large ox carts loaded with salt packets slowly drove out from Yacheng Gate.

The tables and chairs were set out, and a clerk took out the household registration book archived by the government and prepared to distribute salt on the spot.

Immediately, some people living in the city ran home to get their household registers. Under the gaze of countless pairs of eyes, they became the first household in Anding County to receive free salt.

"In the east Ji'er Lane of Anding County, the owner of Wuji Warehouse belongs to a family with a total of eight people. In the first month of the first year of Qianyou, they received four pounds of salt!" After registering, the clerk sang loudly in front of the people.

With the sound of a gong, the waiter quickly weighed four kilograms of salt and put it into the pocket brought by the merchant surnamed Wu.

The merchant surnamed Wu was holding a heavy bag of salt with a stunned look on his face. Until now, he still can't believe that four kilograms of good salt became his without spending a penny.

"I thank you, little man. Shi Jieshuai is so kind!" The merchant surnamed Wu, with red eyes, immediately knelt down at the gate of Yacheng and kowtowed in the direction of Jiedu Mansion.

His family runs a warehouse and has a small amount of money. He is considered a wealthy family, but the monthly expenditure on salt still makes him feel a heavy burden.

Not to mention that there are many people inside and outside the county who are not as well off as him, and the burden of eating salt is even more overwhelming for the whole family.

The merchant surnamed Wu left with a lot of gratitude. The people who were watching looked at each other and dispersed with a roar, and they were busy going home to get household registration and salt!
The policy of free salt for one year to benefit the people will be gradually implemented in Anding County and 110 four townships in nine counties and two prefectures.

In the north of the county, there is the Xue family mansion.

Wen Tai, the magistrate of Anding County, hurriedly arrived.

"I wonder what Xue Sima's instructions are for calling me here so urgently?" Wen Tai saluted.

According to age and seniority, Wen Tai should be the same generation as Xue Jian, the old man of the Xue family. However, now that the Wen family relies on the Xue family, and Xue Xiuming is a high-ranking military commander, Wen Tai has the wisdom to put down his elders' pretensions.

"Mr. Wen, please take a seat." Xue Xiuming returned the greeting with a faint smile.

Xue Xiuliang said anxiously: "Old Wen, Anding County has started distributing salt for free. Don't you know about such a big thing?"

Wen Tai smiled bitterly and said: "Now the whole county is in turmoil, how could I not know?"

"Why didn't you send someone to inform you in advance?" Wen Tai said helplessly: "This matter is handled directly by the Jiedu Mansion. It transcends the prefecture and county governments. I am just a small county magistrate. How can I take care of it? Besides, I am the same as you two. , I just found out about it.”

Xue Xiuliang paced irritably with his hands behind his hands: "Jingzhou has a population of more than 600 households, and Yuanzhou has more than 100 households. Together, they have to distribute [-] to [-] kilograms of salt every month. Jiedu Mansion is so loud! Can Yangjinchuan produce so much salt every month?”

Wen Tai shook his head and said nothing. Since Jiedu Mansion dared to post notices and publicize them everywhere, it showed that it was full of confidence.

Yangjinchuan salt production must be much greater than outside predictions.

Xue Xiuming said calmly: "Magistrate Wen, is there any way to prevent Jiedu Mansion from distributing salt? Will the villagers receive salt?"

Wen Tai hesitated and said: "I'm afraid this is inappropriate! After all, the free salt distribution is to benefit the people of the town. If anyone interferes with it, I'm afraid he will be reviled by all the people."

Xue Xiuming smiled and said: "In that case, please ask Magistrate Wen to go back first. If anything else happens, you and I can ventilate it in time!"

"Xue Sima and Xue Bing envoys to stay, and the old man bids his farewell."

Wen Tai didn't stay long and stood up to leave.

As soon as Wen Tai left, Xue Xiuming ordered: "Come, please invite the judge Song Shen and the envoy Pei Jin to come and discuss the matter!"

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After leaving the Xue family mansion and getting into the carriage, Wen Tai closed his eyes and meditated, with a sneer on his lips.

The Jiedu government did not take any action. If it did, it would strike directly at the key point, starting directly with the salt administration, catching the Xue family by surprise.

No one expected that Yangjinchuan could produce a large amount of salt. Jiedu Mansion had salt in hand, so it was naturally full of confidence.

If this move continues, the Xue family's monopoly on the salt market in Changyi Town will no longer exist, and the good days of making money every day will also come to an end.

"You want the Wen family to be a pawn and bring blood to your Xue family and the Jiedu Mansion? Humph~ It's a dream!"

Old Man Wen spat in a low voice. Although he was attached to the Xue family, he was not stupid.

The last time he stopped Zhu Xiu from becoming secretary-general in Jiedu Mansion, the matter itself had nothing to do with the Wen family. In order to show favor to the Xue family, Wen Tai was willing to sell his favor and make things difficult.

This time it involves the salt administration, which is personally handled by the Jiedu Mansion, and it is also related to the vital interests of more than 3000 households in Zhangyi Town. Wen Taike does not dare to be the first person. Not only will he anger the Jiedu Mansion, he will also be punished by Zhangyi. The people poked their spines.

The Wen family is a wealthy local family in Jingzhou. How can they gain a foothold in the future if they have harmed the people of the whole state?

Wen Tai opened his eyes, a solemn expression on his old face.

Jiedu Mansion has endured it for so many years and is finally going to have a showdown with the Xue family!
"Wen Fu, take me back to the county government office, and then you rush back to the house immediately and ask Dalang to bring his account to collect this month's free salt!"

The man driving the carriage opened the curtain and poked his head in: "Sir, are we, the Wen family, also going to get some salt?"

Old Man Wen glared: "You don't have to spend money, so why don't you get it? Doesn't the Wen family have a household registration in Jingzhou? In ten days, you tell all the tenants in the Wen family's name to get the salt!"

"Hey, I remember it, my little one." Wen Fu responded, turned his head back and continued to drive.

Old Man Wen snorted, silently calculating an account in his mind.

The salt sold to him by the Xue family was eighty cents per catty, and there were many tenants under the Wen family's name. In order to maintain the good reputation of the Wen family, the Wen family also supplied salt to the tenants' families.

This was a lot of money. Old Man Wen made a rough calculation and his heart ached.

In order to please the Xue family, he did not dare to send people to other states to buy salt, so he could only grit his teeth and eat the high-priced salt from the Xue family.

Nowadays, there is free good salt to eat, and whoever doesn’t want it is a fool.

"Where does the salt in Yangjinchuan come from? This is a rare thing! Alas, the weather in Zhangyi is about to change~~~"

Old Man Wen opened the curtains of his car and looked at the long lines of people waiting to register to receive salt at the gate of Yacheng, and sighed secretly.

　I want to be worthy of you readers, so I don’t want to talk too much about tactics.
　　Hand dog~~
　　
　
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