The ultimate rebirth of the abandoned woman

Chapter 403 What a Blessing Comes (Part [-])

Xiao Nan's prescription played a decisive role in Cui Youbo's ability to complete the errand ahead of schedule.

Let's say that Cui Youbo received Xiao Nan's letter that day, studied the 'ancient prescription' carefully with Zheng Qin, and decided to try it himself first.After those aristocratic families see the results, there is no need for Cui Youbo to say anything, they will take the initiative to come to discuss cooperation.

The next thing is to order people to find capable craftsmen and high-quality wood, because in Xiao Nan's prescription, a tool that must be used is mentioned-'keel waterwheel'.

At that time, there were already waterwheels, so it was not difficult to find craftsmen who could build waterwheels. The steward of the farm went out to work for a while, and then found a few skilled carpenters, and the wood for building waterwheels was also prepared. After Cui Youbo gave an order, the craftsmen began to work. In less than three days, a keel waterwheel about one and a half feet long was completed, and there were two large turntables to match.

Cui Youbo took Xiao Nanhui's blueprints and checked several objects one by one. After confirming that they were correct, he was satisfied with the steward's payment and sent the craftsmen out.

The craftsmen were very happy, but they got so much wages in just three or two days, and there were rewards, which was enough to give each of them two pennies.

"Third brother, we are so lucky, it is rare to meet such a generous master."

Carpenter A was carrying a gray cloth bag containing copper coins, with a smile on his dark face.

He was right, the luck of the few of them was really good, as soon as they left Cui's house, they were stopped by some people in bright clothes, and one of the men with bright eyes asked: "The Cui family asked you to do it." what?"

The few craftsmen were all poor people living in the lowest strata. They had never seen such a situation before, and they all bowed their heads in fright and did not dare to speak. It was the craftsman A who had the courage to stammer and reply: "Okay, so I am called Lang!" You know, the Cui family called, called us to do some woodwork."

The naked man raised his eyebrows, "What kind of wooden work?" Could it be that Mr. Cui's family has some new ideas?
You know, now is the best time to bring lake water into the salt field. If you miss these few days, the lake will turn vermilion, and this year's salt will not be dried.

Several families were worried that Uncle Cui would take the opportunity to cause trouble, so they specially ordered people to stand outside the farm of Cui's family and pay close attention to Uncle Cui's every move.

Uncle Cui had a regular schedule before, but three days ago, the manager of the Cui family suddenly invited seven or eight strong craftsmen from outside, and ordered them to bring in a lot of high-quality wood. While ordering people to report back to their masters, they stepped up surveillance on the Cui family.

As a result, the door of Cui's house was kept closed until today, and the craftsmen came out happily.

Seeing the craftsmen coming out, and there were no Cui family guards on the left and right, several watchmen ran out to stop the craftsmen.

Craftsman A hastily replied: "Mr. Cui's family asked us to build an overturned cart, but Mr. Cui kept talking about 'keel waterwheel'."

The naked man frowned slightly, thinking about talking, overturning?Could it be that Mr. Cui Lang wants to pump the water out of the salt lake with an overturned car?

Seeing that the man didn't speak, craftsman A felt uneasy, rubbed his hands, and said with a smile: "Lang Jun, do you have anything else to ask?"

The naked man came back to his senses, took out a purse from his sleeve pocket and threw it to Craftsman A, then waved his hand casually, "It's okay, you guys go."

The purse just fell into the arms of Craftsman A, he grabbed it hastily, and pinched something hard with his fingers, he was overjoyed, could it be something valuable?

He bowed again and again to thank him: "Thank you, sir, thank you, sir!"

After all, several craftsmen left in a hurry, not daring to delay any longer.

The naked man was stunned for a while, and then he ordered his men to keep watching, and he went home to report to his master himself.

In this way, several aristocratic families knew that Uncle Cui had ordered someone to build an overturned car, and when they were secretly speculating about Cui's intentions, the person guarding outside Cui's house came back to report that Uncle Cui ordered someone to carry the overturned car, A group of people went to the salt lake mightily.

When everyone heard this, they felt even more uneasy, and they all rode to the salt lake to find out.

The members of the Cui family were very agile, and when they arrived, the overturned truck had already been installed, one end was placed on the shore, and the other end was submerged in the salt lake.

On the shore, Uncle Cui also ordered someone to build a thatched shed. Under the thatched shed was a farm ox brought by the tenant farmers of Cui’s farm. , The cows were pulled in a circle, and the overturned car made a clicking sound, and the slightly blue lake water was pumped to the shore with the rolling of the wooden teeth of the overturned car, and flowed into the wood-carved water tank set up in advance.

The water tank is very long, crossing the salt field of a certain family, and extending all the way to the salt field of Cui's family.

Seeing this situation, everyone seemed to understand something, but they also felt that Cui Youbo's mobilization of teachers and people should not be just for the simple purpose of leading the lake water to his own salt field.

The gentlemen sent by several aristocratic families looked at each other, and then quietly followed the water tank to Cui's salt field.

"Huh? What, what's going on here?"

When they saw the Cui family’s salt fields, they were all surprised, because the salt fields in front of them looked normal on the surface, and they were no different from their own. Instead of compacting the salt fields, they plowed the soil in the furrows like farming.

Moreover, on the edge of the neat field borders, several earth pits were deliberately dug, and the earth pits were covered with grass or bamboo chips.There are also a few large bluestones with grooves carved on the surface beside the pit. The bottom of the grooves of the bluestones is extremely smooth, giving off a moist luster under the sunlight.

All of this made everyone feel strange. When they saw Uncle Cui, they almost couldn't help asking on the spot—well, they can't ask, because now is the critical moment for drying the salt. They are in a stalemate with Uncle Cui. They absolutely can't. Break this 'balance' yourself.

Seeing everyone scratching their ears and cheeks in anxiety, but resisting to ask questions, Uncle Cui was very happy, but he still suppressed the joy in his heart, deliberately put on a calm appearance, and followed his relatives. He greeted the familiar Langjun, as if he was not surprised by the sudden appearance of everyone in his Yantian.

They chatted casually, the water from the salt lake has slowly flowed into the salt field of Cui's family, watching the salt water seep directly into the soil, the onlookers felt somewhat regretful.

Alas, what on earth does Cui Yulang want to do? There is no need to waste so much salt water. Doesn't he know that this water is a lot of copper coins?

Cui Youbo didn't seem to see the pity and accusation eyes of everyone, but warmly invited everyone to have tea and chat.

Everyone was curious and wanted to take the opportunity to inquire about the situation, so they followed Cui Youbo back to the county seat.It's a pity that when Cui Youbo talked about other things, he talked endlessly, but as soon as he mentioned the salt affairs, he talked about him and didn't answer at all, which made everyone very breathless.

Cui Youbo was secretly complacent: Humph, what is Feng Shui rotation?What did you do to me a few months ago?Now I also let you taste the taste of being teased!
Are you curious?Want to know?

Humph, I just won't tell you!
The villain in Cui Youbo's heart pinched his waist with both hands, looked up to the sky and laughed!
The people didn't find out any valuable news, and they all returned in dismay. However, they still ordered people to quietly go to the Cui family's salt field to follow and pay close attention to the situation there.

Two days later, the Yantian follower came back to report, "Your Majesty, Cui, Cui's family unexpectedly, unexpectedly produced salt!"

"what?!"

Everyone who heard the news was shocked, because according to the traditional method of drying salt, they lead the lake water into the salt pond in spring, and when the southeast wind blows in summer, the salt water in the field is dried to harvest piles of salt.From the introduction of brine to the formation of salt, it takes several months.

And Cui's salt field produced salt in three days, isn't this a joke? !
The crowd couldn't care about anything else, they just rode on their fast horses and headed for the Cui family's salt fields.

When they arrived, they happened to see Cui's tenant farmers surrounding a large bluestone, holding a wooden scraper, carefully scraping something.After everyone looked over carefully, they all took a breath, this, this is actually white salt!
The next thing will be easier, just as Cui Youbo expected, several big families in Xie County came to discuss cooperation matters.Of course, it wasn't that they didn't want to secretly steal their teachers, but Xiao Nan's Twenty Armored Guards were not vegetarians. They couldn't do it to guard the entire salt lake, but it was still a problem to guard the few salt fields where the salt was made.

Therefore, after repeated deliberations, several big families finally agreed to share the salt with the government and share the profits [-]-[-].

Cui Youbo completed the errand ahead of time, and it was done very beautifully, without damaging the reputation of the government and the prince, and also brought a lot of income for the prince.

More importantly, Cui Youbo's move is nothing less than a typical case. According to this method, the prince can continue to "cooperate" in other producing areas of Chiyan and Haiyan without having to bear the reputation of "competing with the people" and "breaching the contract". A lot of money can be recovered.

After receiving Cui Youbo's memorial and tasting the newly made salt from Cui's family, the prince happily slapped the table and laughed, as if he saw piles of money pouring into the inner treasury, he no longer needed to worry about money matters.Moreover, the old man will be happy if this matter is reported to Aye.

Sure enough, the crown prince took Cui Youbo's memorial to the Taiji Palace to face the saint. The saint heard this and was very pleased at the same time. He felt that he had not chosen the wrong person, and that his crown prince was indeed capable.

Seeing that the sage was so happy, the prince took the opportunity to propose that he wanted to promote Cui Youbo as a Zhongshu Sheren.

The sage readily agreed, Cui Youbo is a member of the Eastern Palace, so it is reasonable to be promoted to a member of the Middle School.

Therefore, on the day of the baptism of the quadruplets on the third day, Xiao Nanguang invited guests to watch the ceremony. When all the female relatives were unable to praise the four cute little buns, the sage's will came. Cui Youbo was promoted to the third rank and directly From the upper rank of the sixth rank to the upper rank of the fifth rank.

Now, all the women's family looked at Xiao Nan even more scorchingly: Tsk tsk, look at the princess of Xiangcheng, she is really blessed, first she gave birth to quadruplets in one breath, and then her husband was promoted to an official position, what a shame! The Wang Zi Wang Fu? !
(End of this chapter)