"Big Brother Du, the key to making salt is the bittern!”
Lin Yuan looked at Du Qian and said seriously,"I'll pass the formula of the bittern to you later. In the future, I'll leave the salt mining in Liangshan to you!"”
Hearing this, Du Qian raised his head abruptly.
He looked at Lin Yuan and said in disbelief,"Brother Lin, you plan to give the salt mine to me?”
Lin Yuan smiled and deliberately asked,"What's wrong? Don't tell me you don't dare to take on this responsibility?”
"Of course I dare!"
"Don't worry, Brother Lin. I will protect the salt mine with my life!" Du Qian's face flushed red. If the mine is there, the person will be there. If the mine is lost, the person will die!"
According to what Li Shishi said just now, the refined salt refined by Lin Yuan was worth more than gold!
Lin Yuan handing the salt mine to Du Qian was equivalent to letting him keep the treasure bowl of Liangshan!
Du Qian only felt his blood surge. He wished that an enemy would appear immediately so that he could shed his blood for Lin Yuan!
When Lin Yuan heard this, he smiled and waved his hand,"It's not that exaggerated!"
"The art of war says: If the land is preserved and the people are lost, the people and the land will be lost. If you save people, you lose land."
"Money is just a worldly possession. If it's robbed, so be it. At most, we can just snatch it back!”
"But if you're gone, I'll forever lose a good brother!”
When Du Qian heard this, he completely understood the meaning of the song "A scholar dies for his confidant" in the play!
He knelt down and solemnly swore,"I, Du Qian, swear to the heavens that I will follow Big Brother Lin to the death! They would go through life and death together without any second thoughts! If you violate this oath, the heavens will punish you!"
Lin Yuan was instantly moved!
The Song Dynasty was not like the later generations. Many people in the later generations made poison oaths more casually than drinking cold water!
In this era, people were extremely devout towards oaths!
Lin Yuan helped Du Qian up and scolded,"Big Brother Du, I already know your intentions. Why do you have to make this oath?”
" Brother Lin, you don't have to blame yourself," Du Qian said with a relaxed expression." I'm doing this for peace of mind!"”
Song Wan and Zhu Gui looked at each other, their expressions suddenly becoming restless.
They also wanted to follow Du Qian's example and swear allegiance, but they felt that the timing was not right.
Wang Yin took in their expressions. Not only did he not mock them, but he was also filled with envy!
It is often said that if you learn civil and military skills, you can sell them to the emperor's family!
Wang Yin had been practicing and studying hard all these years just so that he could bring honor to his ancestors one day!
It was a pity that a thousand-li horse was common, but a Bole was not!
He had been wandering outside for half a year. If he had not met Du Qian, he might have already returned to his hometown dejectedly!
Du Qian and the other two were the same!
If not for Lin Yuan's discerning eyes, they might have been mediocre for the rest of their lives!
Wang Yin was very envious that they had met a wise ruler!
Immediately, Wang Yin secretly made up his mind.
"Although I'm a step late, I've already entered the sect!”
"Compared to those heroes who are full of abilities but have no use for them, I have at least met a wise master!”
"As long as I follow Brother Lin well in the Liang Stronghold, I'll naturally have a chance to make contributions in the future!”
"At that time, I will also learn from Brother Du Qian and pledge my loyalty to him!”
When Li Shishi saw this, her beautiful eyes lit up.
"Heroes die, heroes come!"
"Brother Lin has the legacy of an ancient gentleman!”
Lin Yuan did not know what these people were thinking. He instructed Du Qian,"I'll give you a hundred brothers. You can set up a camp in White Tiger Mountain and produce refined salt nearby! When quarrying, you can hire the people inside the boundary stone of Liangshan, but remember to pay them!”
Du Qian cupped his fists and said,"Don't worry, Big Brother Lin. I know what's important!"”
Lin Yuan nodded and turned to look at Zhu Gui.
"Big Brother Zhu, I asked you to look for the Ruan brothers. How is it going?”
"Reporting to Big Brother Lin, I went to Shijie Village a few times, but I never met the Ruan brothers!" Zhu Gui said with a troubled expression.”
Lin Yuan frowned slightly,"Are they deliberately avoiding you?"”
"Probably not." Zhu Gui shook his head. According to his family, he seemed to have gone fishing!”
Hearing this, Lin Yuan was stunned: "Why do you want to go far away? Liang Shan Po had a radius of eight hundred miles. Could it be that the fish here were not enough for them to hunt?”
"I'm not sure either!" Zhu Gui shook his head again. I'll make another trip today. They should be back soon!”
Lin Yuan nodded and said,"Other than the Ruan brothers, I have another thing for you to do!"”
Hearing this, Zhu Gui's spirit was instantly lifted."Brother Lin, please instruct me!"
Lin Yuan said,"You can open a counter in Food for Heaven, and it'll be called People for Heaven!”
"After Big Brother Du Qian's refined salt is produced, send it directly to the People for Heaven counter to sell!”
"The commoners inside the Boundary Stele of Liangshan Lake will buy salt at a fair price. You can decide the price of the merchants outside the Boundary Stele at your discretion!”
When Zhu Gui heard that Lin Yuan had actually given him the right to sell the refined salt, his face immediately turned red with excitement.
His knees went soft and he was about to kneel down and swear!
Lin Yuan's hands and eyes were quick as he grabbed him!
He said,"Just do your job well. There's no need to be so polite."”
"Yes, sir!"
Zhu Gui resentfully replied, feeling extremely disappointed.
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Shijie Village, Ruan Xiao Er's house.
Ruan the Second was repairing the fishing net in the courtyard when he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door.
"Is Second Brother Ruan home?"
"He's here!"
Second Young Master Ruan put down the fishing net and stood up to open the door.
The courtyard door opened, and the second son's eyes lit up.
"Why are you here, Keeper Wu?"
Standing at the door was a middle-aged man dressed like a scholar.
When Wu Yong saw Ruan the Second, he cupped his fists and said,""Second Brother Ruan, how have you been?"
The second son quickly let him in and said with a smile,""Thanks to you, everything has been good recently!”
After they sat down, Ruan Second curiously asked Wu Yong,""Keeper Wu, what brings you here today?”
Wu Yong chuckled and explained," I'm a teacher in the private school of Chao Baozheng's family in Dongxi Village. Chao Baozheng is going to celebrate his birthday in a few days, so I plan to buy a golden red carp that weighs 13 to 14 catties to celebrate his birthday!”
"I've been thinking about it. In this hundreds of miles radius, only Second Brother Ruan has the strength to catch the fish I want, so I came to buy fish from you!”
When the second son heard this, he laughed,""It's said that it's better to come at the right time than to come early!”
"Keeper Wu, you came in a hurry today. I have a newly caught golden red carp at home. The amount is much more than what you asked for!”
"I was going to go with the wine myself, but I didn't expect you to come and buy fish!”
"There's nothing to say. Take this fish away!”
"If you still want it in the future, you can come to my house to get it anytime!”
When Wu Yong heard this, he frowned slightly.
Then, he said calmly,"This golden red carp is unusual! Second Brother Ruan, your family can have as much as they want. Did you find a way to catch fish?”
The second son laughed." I don't have any connections. It's just that Liang Shan Po has changed!"”
"There's a gang of bandits on Liangshan. Have you heard about it?" he asked Wu Yong with a smile.”
"I heard!" Wu Yong nodded.
"Second Brother Ruan, could it be that the change in the heavens you mentioned has something to do with these Liangshan bandits?" They were exterminated by the government?"
"Quite the opposite!"
The second son of the Ruan Family said with a smile," The previous leader of the Liang Stronghold was the white-robed cultivator, Wang Lun. We brothers had originally wanted to rely on him. However, we heard that although this person was a scholar, he was narrow-minded and could not tolerate others. Therefore, the three of us gave up on the idea of going up the mountain! In order to prevent the authorities from saying that we colluded with the Liang Stronghold, we brothers didn't even dare to go to Liangshan Lake. We could only go fishing at the mouth of the sea further away!”
"Did things change after that?" asked Wu Yong.”
"As expected, I can't hide it from Keeper Wu!"
Second Ruan nodded and said excitedly,""Not long ago, the Liang Stronghold changed!”
"The new top scorer, Chief Lin Yuan, the Military Supervisor of Jeju City, went to Liang Mountain Stronghold and sat on the top spot!”
"Let me tell you, this Chief Lin is a true hero!”
"On the day he went up the mountain, he directly announced that looting was prohibited within the jurisdiction of Liangshan Lake, and that the Green Forest Path was prohibited from bullying the people!”
"The Kong brothers of the White Tiger Mountain are not convinced, so Chief Lin directly sent his troops to wipe out the White Tiger Mountain!”
"In order to warn the future generations, Chief Lin sent people to chop off the heads of everyone in White Tiger Mountain to make it into a capital!”
"When I heard about it this morning, I ran over to take a look. Damn it, it almost scared my three souls and seven spirits out of my body!”
Wu Yong's eyes narrowed when he heard this.
"In that case, this Chief Lin is indeed extraordinary!”
" Yes!" Second Ruan nodded repeatedly." Apart from forbidding looting, Chief Lin also said that all the people under the jurisdiction of Liangshan Lake are under the protection of Liangshan Mountain!"”
"Whether it's the Green Forest Path or the government, as long as they dare to bully others, they can go to the Liang Stronghold to report it.”
"The officials were scared out of their wits by the White Tiger Mountain's Capital Temple. The heroes of the forest took a detour when they saw the Liangshan boundary marker!”
"The Liang Stronghold has really become a paradise!”
"We don't have to go fishing at the mouth of the sea anymore. If we want to eat fish, we can do it at our door! Let alone the golden red carp, even if you want a flood dragon, there are plenty of them in Liangshan Lake!”
Wu Yong nodded thoughtfully.
He actually had another purpose for coming here today. Buying fish was just a pretense.
But now that he heard this, he didn't know if he should say it or not!
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