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Chapter 149 Black water flows out of the mountains

The study was quiet for a while, so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

"Where is your salt? Don't come forward in this matter. Tell me your demands and I will allocate the money you deserve."

Finally, Xiao Wujin spoke.

Shen Ru couldn't help but look at Xiao Wujin in confusion, why couldn't she come forward?
"Don't you still want me to do a lot of things for you? Why don't you let me come forward?"

Shen Ruye said whatever she was thinking. Didn't he still want her to go to the Western Regions and act as General Zhao's lobbyist?

"We'll talk about the rest later. Do you want someone to take advantage of the private relationship?"

"As for me, I have a good reputation as a teacher, and everything can be checked."

Xiao Wujin said calmly, but his expression was still a little ugly.

Shen Ru didn't know what she was feeling at the moment. She couldn't help but asked curiously: "Aren't you afraid that someone will cite your book?"

"I have a breeze on my sleeves and can withstand the investigation. The poverty in Liangzhou is very difficult. If I don't find another way, how can I ensure that everyone in the future can afford to eat?"

"The root cause is that the Ganzhou governor ignored the law and sold illegal salt!"

Xiao Wujin spoke frankly, and at the end he cursed the governor of Ganzhou heavily.

Shen Ru looked at Xiao Wujin quietly and couldn't help but said: "You are so poor!"

She also had an attitude of "I am poor but I am reasonable", and she didn't know what to say when she thought of being an official like Xiao Wujin.

Xiao Wujin's face turned dark when Shen Ru was disgusted with his poor tone.

"Shen Ru, you are also from the Hou family. I have no objection to you making money, but can you look at the law and know what can and cannot be done?"

"But throughout the ages, the most profitable things are those prohibited by the law. Didn't Mr. Xiao realize that?"

Shen Ruhuan said.

The look in Xiao Wujin's eyes was very hard to describe.

"Also, since you still remember to work for me, if Zhao Gongming really goes to your house to reminisce with your Uncle Fu, you can still make some subtle hints to remind him that someone wants to invade the border from the Western Regions."

"Oh, that fine salt..."

"Pretend, I'll ask Lu Yi to take someone to get it tomorrow night."

"As for the money, I'll give it to you after everything is done."

Xiao Wujin's words made Shen Ru quite unwilling, but since Xiao Wujin took on the responsibility of selling private salt for her, she didn't care so much.

"By the way, if the border control is so strict, how can the Yan family's caravan get out of the border?"

Shen Ru suddenly got excited and asked, "Master Xiao, can I go out with the Yan family's caravan? I'll make money for you!"

"Don't even think about it right now!"

Xiao Wujin felt that Shen Ru was having too much fun. Wasn't the Shen family short of money?
"Then... when can it be?"

Shen Ru also tried to fight for it.

"Shen Ru, are you too idle? If you are too idle, you might as well go with me to see the excavation of the river channel."

Xiao Wujin suggested, "However, your female body is too ostentatious, so you might as well dress up as my book boy."

"I...book boy?"

Shen Ru pointed at herself, "No, even if I am a woman disguised as a man, I will still be your bodyguard."

The corner of Xiao Wujin's mouth twitched slightly as if it was inaudible.

"Okay, okay. After you bring all the fine salt, I will ask Lu Yi to notify you in advance."

At this point, Shen Ru could only give up. As long as she was not allowed to lose money, she could make less.

Even though Xiao Wujin wouldn't let her leave Liangzhou, she still felt a little disappointed!

Shen Ru said goodbye and after returning home, she also put the fine salt in the space into several large tanks and waited for Lu Yi to come and transport it away.

"Miss, I gave this to the governor, did you get paid?"

On the day of transporting salt, Cui Xi and three others helped to complete it.

Afterwards, Cuixi couldn't help but ask.

"Don't mention it. Mr. Xiao is already lenient in not punishing me for selling illegal salt. He said he would not give me money until all the salt was sold. As for how much, it depends on how much was sold!" Shen Ru pretended. Said with disappointment.

"But your eldest lady, I have found a job as a guard for Mr. Xiao."

"Then...is there any salary?"

An Qiao asked at the right time.

Shen Ru was stunned for a moment, and then said angrily: "I forgot to ask, that's all, I'm sure I didn't even think about it."

Soon, Shen Ru was informed to go with Xiao Wujin to inspect the river excavation.

Dressed in a green gown, Shen Ru looked like a handsome man.

When Xiao Wujin saw it, he frowned.

"Can you darken your face? It's so fair."

"Master Xiao, are you jealous of me Bai?"

Shen Ru joked, "I can't help it, it's hard to give up on your natural beauty!"

"Nonsense!" Xiao Wujin moved his eyes away, not wanting to see Shen Ruxiao's crescent-like eyebrows.

The river excavation site was crowded with people. Shen Ru saw a few familiar figures, but she was standing on the river embankment and was not noticed.

"Based on this number of people, Mr. Xiao, I think digging a river is just around the corner!"

Shen Ru looked at the excavation work in full swing and couldn't help but sigh.

"That is, after the river is dug, Mr. Xiao, what are you going to do with these people?"

"I am not an ungrateful person. If the river channel is dug, the prisoners will be exempted from hard labor."

Xiao Wujin had already thought about it, "At that time, as long as they don't leave Liangzhou, they can do other jobs in Liangzhou."

Shen Ru was stunned for a moment, then looked at Xiao Wujin, was he so soft-hearted?

"But with so many people in Liangzhou, if they want to survive, they can always find a way out. Isn't it a kind of pioneering for Liangzhou?"

Hearing Xiao Wujin continue to speak, Shen Ru couldn't help but nodded.

The original intention of exile is to let criminals go to barren lands to open up wasteland, isn't it?

After checking the entire river excavation process, Xiao Wujin also took Shen Ru to visit some villages and hills.

"Hey, it's really strange. How can there be black water in the mountains? It's impossible to farm at all."

"Could it be that the mountain god is angry? But there was no harvest last year, so why should we offer sacrifices to the mountain god?"

Walking on the road at the foot of a mountain, Shen Ru heard the villagers facing him walking and talking in frustration.

"Master Xiao, did you hear what they said? Do you want to go and have a look?"

Shen Ru suggested.

"The child is silent and strange."

Xiao Wujin said with a straight face, "The harvest in the fields is not good, and it has nothing to do with the mountain gods or anything like that."

This person...is this the point?
"Blackwater, didn't you hear them say Blackwater?"

Shen Ru couldn't help but emphasized.

"There is already a shortage of water. The black water may just be muddy water mixed with impurities."

Xiao Wujin said that farmers' harvests were not good for various reasons, and what he wanted was to solve the problem.

Shen Ruye had nothing to say, but as he walked on the field road, he heard and saw the black water.

"It's really unlucky. The black water flowed into the hole I dug. The water I stored can no longer be used. I don't know what the black water is. It's like a layer of oil floating on the water."

"Master Xiao, let's go take a look."

The black water and floating oil flowers made Shen Ru startled. She raised her head and looked at the low mountain, her heart pounding.

"How about giving me this hilltop!"

(End of this chapter)