The ace special forces of the Sui Dynasty

The villagers rushed out one after another when they heard the sound of horseshoes.Someone yelled: "They bully people too much, so everyone won't go to work, let's see what they can do!"

Liu Ziqiu reined in his horse with a "wow", and said loudly, "Folks, it's me!"

The third aunt has sharp eyes, recognized it early, and said repeatedly: "It's a big cow, it's really a big cow!"

Liu Ziqiu got off his horse and saw the angry faces of the villagers, he hurriedly asked, "Third Aunt, folks, what happened?"

It turned out that the old site of Changshan Village was indeed the best location for building a saltworks.

When Liu Ziqiu left Yanguan, the salt field had already started to produce salt.The salt produced is white and delicate, with an excellent taste.In August, the output of Changshan Salt Farm surpassed that of the other three salt farms in Yanguan County, and in September it reached the combined output of the other three salt farms, catching up with Lianghuai Salt Farm, which plays a pivotal role in the national table salt production.

The major shareholder of Changshan Salt Field is the mighty Yang family, and the quality of the salt is second to none, so naturally there is no need to worry about sales.So far, the Yang family has only earned more than ten thousand taels of silver from selling salt.

According to the contract, Changshan Village owns 1000% of the shares of the saltworks, but so far it has only received more than 350 taels of silver.The villagers in Changshan Village all work in the salt field, but they do not participate in the operation of the salt field. They are quite satisfied with their monthly income of [-] taels of silver.Therefore, after two months, we lived in peace with each other.

In addition to the unique geographical location of Changshan Village, Guanshi Li also contributed to the development of the saltworks today.Li Guanshi's name is Li Xian, and he has been in the industry for more than 20 years. He can tell the twists and turns of the saltworks well.From the design of the Changshan Salt Field to the production of salt, he is responsible for everything.

This Li Xian has no other hobbies, but likes to drink two small cups before going to bed.The second uncle, Xiao Xin, is the leader of Changshan Village, and every time the salt farm pays dividends, he gets it back from Li Xian.After going back and forth, Xiao Xin became familiar with Li Xian.

Last month, Xiao Xin went to collect her dividends again, so she invited Li Xian to the tavern for a drink.After three cups and two cups of light wine, Li Xian started talking.The Changshan Salt Field was his proudest work in his life, and the topic soon turned to it.Inadvertently, Li Xian revealed the operating conditions of the saltworks.

Hearing this news, Xiao Xin was shocked.But on the surface, he remained calm and accompanied Li Xian to finish the wine before returning to Changshan Village.After returning to the village, Xiao Xin calculated carefully, only to find out that Changshan Village should get at least 2000 taels of silver every month.

The gap was too big, so Xiao Xin went to the salt field to ask Yang Heihu for an argument the next day.It happened that Yang Jishan also came to inspect the saltworks that day, and the two sides disagreed and started arguing.Yang Heihu beat Xiao Xin seriously.Xiao Xin was highly respected in Changshan Village. When they heard that he was injured, the villagers immediately exploded and stopped working.

In the past few days, the Yang family will send people to Changshan Village to urge the villagers to go to work.Hearing the sound of horseshoes, everyone thought it was someone from the saltworks, but unexpectedly it was "Da Niu".

At the beginning, it was Liu Ziqiu's strength to retreat the cavalry and thugs sent by the Yang family, and it was Liu Ziqiu's idea to cooperate with the Yang family.At this juncture, "Daniu" who had been away from the village for more than two months suddenly appeared, and Xiao Xin fell down again. Everyone naturally regarded him as a savior, and said in one go: "Daniu , you have to take us to seek justice!" "Da Niu, don't let them go!"...

Suddenly, a thin girl squeezed out from the crowd, choked up and said, "Brother Big Niu, is it really you who came back? Where's my little... sister?"

Liu Ziqiu smiled and said, "Xiangcao, your sister is behind, go and have a look, she even brought you a gift."

Everyone looked towards the entrance of the village together, and saw a carriage slowly approaching on the main road, surrounded by three horsemen, followed by a large cart, which was full, and they didn't know what was in it.In fact, Liu Ziqiu originally came back with Gao Xiuer.It's just that the four Kunlun slaves had just learned how to ride a horse, but they couldn't run fast, so they fell behind.

The motorcade stopped at the entrance of the village, the curtains of the carriages were raised lightly, two Korean maidservants got out of the carriage first, and then helped a beautiful girl out of the carriage.When Xiang Cao saw it, she suddenly lifted her sarong and ran over, hugging the girl and weeping bitterly.

Everyone was stunned.Shuanzi asked, "Brother Big Niu, who is that man?"

Liu Ziqiu gave him a slap in the face, and said, "That's your sister-in-law, I don't know her anymore!"

The third aunt exclaimed: "Oh, my god! Is that still Xiu'er? How did it become like a fairy?"

Liu Ziqiu explained: "Xiu'er had sores on his face, and I took him to ask God to heal his illness in the past two months."

Another villager asked: "Daniu, where did you get rich?"

On the way back, Liu Ziqiu and Gao Xiuer had already thought up their excuses, and said with a smile, "Actually, it's nothing. That genius doctor recognized Xiuer as a granddaughter, and he gave all these things."

There was amazement all around.At this time, Gao Xiu'er also came to front with vanilla.

"Shuanzi, Dazhuang, you guys help unload the things." Liu Ziqiu waved his hand and said, "Xiu'er, let's go see Second Uncle."

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Xiao Xin was seriously injured, and was punched three times by Yang Heihu in the chest. She struggled back to the village, vomited more than two liters of blood, and fell into a coma several times.When Liu Ziqiu came in, Xiao Xin happened to wake up. When he saw Liu Ziqiu, his eyes lit up and he struggled to sit up.

Liu Ziqiu hurriedly said: "Second uncle, lie down quickly, lie down quickly."

"Second Uncle..." Gao Xiu'er couldn't help but shed tears when she saw Xiao Xin's appearance.After the big cow girl left, Xiao Xin took good care of Gao Xiu'er and Xiang Cao.

Xiao Xin couldn't recognize her, and said in surprise, "The girl is..."

Liu Ziqiu had no choice but to explain again: "Second Uncle, she is Xiu'er, and the disease on her face has been cured."

"That's good, that's good. Xiu'er is a good girl, she should be rewarded." After Xiao Xin finished speaking, she suddenly waved her hand vigorously and said, "You all go out, I want to have a few words with Daniel alone .”

A sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy choked up and said, "Grandpa..."

His name is Xiao Dapeng, and he is Xiao Xin's only grandson.Xiao Xin's son died in a shipwreck a few years ago, and his daughter-in-law was seriously injured and died in a raid by the Yang family. The grandfather and grandson depended on each other for life.Now, Xiao Xin was dying again, the grief in Xiao Dapeng's heart can be imagined.

Seeing that his grandson didn't want to leave, Xiao Xin became angry: "Get out! Cough! Cough..."

The third aunt and others standing in the room hurriedly persuaded Xiao Dapeng to go out.Liu Ziqiu also patted the back of Gao Xiuer's hand lightly, and said: "You also go outside and wait, I will have a word with Second Uncle."

Seeing him and Liu Ziqiu alone in the room, Xiao Xin took a breath and said, "Daniu, help me up."

Liu Ziqiu stretched out his hand to catch Xiao Xin's pulse, intermittently, as thin as a gossamer, and hurriedly said: "Second Uncle, I can hear you lying down."

"No! Help me up!" Xiao Xin said with a firm tone, "I know, I don't have much time, and I have to explain some things clearly."

Liu Ziqiu had no choice but to help Xiao Xin sit up.

Sitting half up straight, Xiao Xin's breathing became obviously much easier. After taking a breath, he said, "You are not a big cow. I watched him grow up, he..."

"Second Uncle, stop talking." Seeing that he was weak, Liu Ziqiu didn't dare to let him talk, so he quickly confessed, "I'm really not a big cow, my name is Liu Ziqiu."

Daniu was just an ordinary fisherman in the past, disappeared for half a year, and suddenly gained a lot of martial arts skills, and he was full of clever tricks, so it was inevitable to be suspicious, but no one wanted to point it out.

Xiao Xin added: "Actually, I'm not an ordinary fisherman either."

"I know." Liu Ziqiu nodded.He has fought against Yang Heihu, and he knows Yang Heihu's strength.Xiao Xin is an old man over sixty years old, and he can survive until now after being punched three times by Yang Heihu. It is definitely not because of Yang Heihu's kindness.Moreover, Xiao Xin is not only literate, but also able to write, much less like an ordinary fisherman.

"Our Xiao family is a prominent family in the south of the Yangtze River." Since Liu Ziqiu already knew that he was not an ordinary fisherman, Xiao Xin didn't need to explain too much, and said directly, "The villagers in Changshan Village were the Xiao family's slaves...but, before When the dynasty fell, the Xiao family had already helped them get rid of slavery... Everyone moved to the seaside to avoid disaster... There is a secret, now I will tell you..."

The distinguished families in the south of the Yangtze River are equivalent to the aristocratic families in the north. They all belong to the gentry class. The civil and military officials at all levels of the court are all served by their children, controlling all aspects of the country.For these prominent families, as long as their interests are preserved, it doesn't matter who will be the emperor.It was precisely because of the non-resistance policy of these prominent families that the Great Sui's war against Chen could go so smoothly.

But after the war ended, Yang Jian did not meet the demands of these prominent families, and the power of the states in the south of the Yangtze River was controlled by the northerners.If they cannot participate in the government, the gentry will soon become a commoner or even a Han.Disgruntled Jiangnan prominent families subsequently staged several rebellions, all of which were ruthlessly suppressed.So far, these prominent families in the south of the Yangtze River have completely lost their right to speak in the court.

This year, Yang Guang suddenly announced the opening of the imperial examination, which provided a ray of hope for the prominent families in the south of the Yangtze River who advocate culture and education.A few days ago, the Moling Xie family, the head of the most prominent families in the south of the Yangtze River, sent people to find this place and talked about their plan to re-enter the political arena by cultivating scholars.

Of course Xiao Xin was not reconciled to the Xiao family's sinking, this was almost the last chance for the Xiao family to rise, so she naturally agreed to join it.But the Xiao family has already declined, the population is not prosperous, and it is getting poorer day by day.Cultivating children to study requires strong financial support, and it was only then that Xiao Xin thought of asking the Yang family for the dividend.

After listening to Xiao intermittently, Liu Ziqiu frowned and asked, "Second Uncle, what do you need me to do?"

"Changshan Village and Xiao Family will be handed over to you!" Seeing what Liu Ziqiu wanted to say, Xiao Xin raised her hand with difficulty and said, "Call them all in."

Liu Ziqiu had no choice but to open the door.

Xiao Xin pointed to Xiao Dapeng, and said in a deep voice, "You, kneel down!"

Xiao Dapeng knelt down as he said.

Xiao Xin pointed to Liu Ziqiu again, and said, "Dapeng, from now on Ziqiu is your big brother. After I leave, you must obey him and not disobey him!"