Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

In fact, Su Mu's worries were purely superfluous.

In the eyes of a modern person, the salt of later generations is as cheap as dirt, and it costs one yuan a pack, and it is sold freely in supermarkets.The salt of Qinghai Salt Lake is enough for the whole world to eat for hundreds of years.

The problem is that now is ancient times, transportation is inconvenient, and technology is low, and the production of salt is not high.Coupled with government monopoly and exploitation, table salt has become a scarce material, especially in inland provinces that do not rely on the sea, this thing can be directly used as money.

Transporting a catty of salt from the salt field to the inland provinces will earn several times the profit.

Also because of this, as long as it is in an area close to the salt field, there are countless government-designated salt merchants and private salt dealers who gather together. As long as it is salt, no matter where he comes from, he will ask for it.Even officials and businessmen with serious salt introductions still accept some private salt from unknown sources from time to time.Anyway, this thing can be easily sold for money after getting it. Who would think that they have too much goods on hand?

In fact, in large salt fields such as Changlu and Lianghuai, not only salt merchants and salt lords sell salt, but even the sailors on boats, the handles of carts, and the farmers who cultivate land, when the times are bad, they also sell salt. I want to make a few guest appearances.

After Xiao Xiucai bought the batch of salt tickets, he naturally went to the salt company to exchange the salt, and then sold them to earn the difference.

Su Mu didn't bother his plans to make a fortune, but just watched with cold eyes.

Soon, this poor scholar became bolder every time, and the biggest sum of money was to buy 1 taels of salt tickets in one go.Of course, it took him three days to buy the salt exchanged for the 1 taels of salt tickets, and he didn't know how this guy made a deal with Yang Jianzhong, probably because of the time difference.

Su Mu really admired his courage.

Xiao Xiucai came to Su Mu more and more times, and gradually got to know Su Mu well, and he didn't want to be so arrogant when he came here for the first time.On the contrary, he was very polite to the people in the bank.

Su Mu naturally understood that the reason why his nostrils were upturned when he first came to the bank was just to cover up his fear.

As Xiao Xiucai earned more and more difference, his whole person also underwent earth-shaking changes.

First of all, his malnourished face gradually turned rosy, and the patched Confucian robe on his body was replaced with a new one, and he also wore a golden ring on his hand.

Su Mu roughly calculated that Xiao Xiucai had earned more than 1000 taels of silver during this period of time.This is already a considerable amount of money. You can buy a house and dozens of acres of land. Even if you are a big girl, you can exchange dozens of them.

"This Xiao Xiucai has really become a well-off man. If he hadn't studied and knew how to settle accounts, how could he find the loopholes in Yanyin. Knowledge can change destiny!"

Thinking back in Baoding, when his family fought to the death for a little money and land, Su Mu couldn't help feeling that this Xiao Xiucai's initial stage was much smoother than him.

"Master Mei, Brother Zong, it is said that this Xiao Xiucai just bought a house and two acres of good paddy fields. Yesterday he got drunk and jumped into a carriage. The driver asked him where he was going. Sour and fair, you can go anywhere, just want to stroll, I have plenty of money, just go, happy running, I have a reward." A spy came to report.

Zong Zhen raised his eyebrows.

Taikang: "This man is quite interesting."

Su Mu: "If you have money, you can't hold it anymore."

Taikang: "Can we release the news about Xiao Xiucai's fortune?"

"Not yet, there is still a sensational event missing." Su Mu smiled and motioned the spy to continue talking.

Spy: "By the way, Xiao Xiucai quarreled with his wife yesterday, and was beaten to death by two brothers-in-law early this morning, and he couldn't get off the ground."

Su Mu paid attention: "Why were you beaten?"

Spy: "Isn't it because of being drunk, Xiao Xiucai didn't know what went wrong in his head when he returned home, but he said that life at home was better and he wanted to take a concubine. Xiao Xiucai's wife is virtuous and gentle, and she doesn't say anything. What, I just cried, and then ran back to my mother's house early in the morning. As a result, after my mother's family knew the news, they brought people to kill me. After that, Xiao Xiucai was miserable!"

"Puchi!" Everyone else in the room laughed softly.

Su Mu's heart moved, and he glanced at Taikang.

Taikang understood: "Good opportunity!"

The so-called good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles, especially when it involves men, it is an excellent entertainment to refresh your mind.The lives of people in the Ming Dynasty were simple and boring, especially ordinary people. When they were free, they would not make a cup of tea or gather with friends to chat and gossip.Unlike modern people, TV, movies, Internet, night snacks, as long as you have money, you can play whatever you want.

One can imagine what a sensation it would be if the news about Xiao Xiucai being beaten by his two brothers-in-law got out.Moreover, this Xiao Xiucai was so poor that he couldn't get rid of it before, but now he has changed suddenly. He has a house, a field, and now he is about to have a concubine. Why doesn't it make people suspicious?

Su Mu: "Zong Zhen, immediately send someone to release the story of how Xiao Xiucai got rich. It's okay to exaggerate, anyway, it's just how evil it is."

Zong Zhen had no choice but to say, "Okay, I'll ask someone to go down and do it."

"Wait." Su Mu stopped Zong Zhen, and stretched out three fingers: "Three days, you need to call everyone in Cangzhou City within three days. Everyone knows Xiao Xiucai's name."

Zong Zhen: "Don't worry!"

Since the beginning of summer, there have been too many gossip news in Cangzhou City, and all of them are sensational news, which is really dizzying and enjoyable.

First, Mei Fugui from the inspection department caused a sensation in Cangzhou with two poems, which surprised people: it was unexpected that a mere warrior would have such talent.

Then, this talented inspector Mei even disregarded that Zhending had another wife in his hometown, and married the daughter of Master Wu, the Tuiguan in Yangzhou, in order to climb high, and got the official position of inspector.In the end, he was discovered by Yang Zilie, who was dismissed from office and sent to work as a guard at the Yansi Armory.

After that, things began to develop beyond everyone's expectations.After Mei Fugui entered the armory, he contacted Mr. Wu and led his troops to occupy the warehouse.Then, Yang Tinghe, the imperial envoy of the imperial court, led people to seal the bank of Yansi.

A huge sum of money involving 200 million taels of silver finally surfaced, and hundreds of people from Yansi, including Yang Zilie, were sent to the capital to await trial.

Then, Mr. Wu was also promoted to the transfer envoy of the Salt Division because of this credit.

After the matter came to an end, the people of Cangzhou felt that although Mei Fugui's character was bad, he could be regarded as a person who had made such great contributions to the country and the people, and his poems were better than ordinary scholars.It is understandable that a talented man is romantic, and marrying a wife is also an affair.

However, after Yizhen and Mei Fugui's plagiarism of poems in the book "Dream of Red Mansions" written by the great talent Su Mu was exposed, everyone knew that Mei Fugui's talent name was plagiarized, and their contempt for him was even greater.

It can be said that in the past six months, all the big and small events in Cangzhou City have a lot to do with this person surnamed Mei.

But this time the protagonist of the gossip was finally replaced by a newcomer surnamed Xiao.

Everyone suddenly became excited, the surname Mei was always waving in their ears, it was tiring to look at it, and now finally a generation of old people changed the news.Moreover, this scholar surnamed Xiao is shrouded in a different kind of legendary color, which makes people very excited.