Daqin: I was overheard by Zulong

Chapter 129
All the salt shops in the city were overcrowded. Under such circumstances, the normal traffic was completely paralyzed.

In desperation, the Xianyang Order, the officials and officers and soldiers of the city defense battalion were dispatched one after another, and even the internal guards of the Prince's Mansion also participated in controlling the traffic, which made the order of the whole city slightly improved.

With officers, soldiers and yamen servants maintaining order, a problem arose. The people in Xianyang City began to line up to buy salt spontaneously. As a result, the sales speed of salt increased exponentially compared to before.

Until it got dark, people who bought salt were lined up in front of the salt shop. For four full hours, the people who came to buy the salt never stopped.

As a result, the guys in the salt shop, the officers and soldiers maintaining order, and the yamen servants all complained bitterly.

Because if it continues to be sold like this, even if it is sold until tomorrow, people may still come over.

In desperation, Ying Liman could only let the officials of the Salt Mansion take to the streets one after another to appease the people, let the people disperse, let the salt shops close, so that the staff and officers and soldiers can rest.

The people were easy to talk to, and when they saw that there was still a lot of salt left in the salt shop, they left with peace of mind.

But when the people left, Ying Liman started to get busy. Based on the data collected from various salt shops, Ying Liman quickly came up with a shocking figure.

After the shock, there is ecstasy. Ying Liman has already decided to give someone a big surprise tomorrow.
On the second day, when Feng Jie went to court, his right eyelid twitched for no reason and he always felt uneasy.

Moreover, his car was always stopping and going on the road, which made him upset. When he lifted the curtain to look out, he unexpectedly found that there were more than twice as many pedestrians on the road today than usual.

You must know that the officials of the Qin Dynasty all got up very early to go to court. Basically, when they went to court, the sky was only dim, and except for the watchmen and the people cleaning the streets, there were not many pedestrians in sight.

But today is different. There are pedestrians everywhere on the street, and everyone still holds lotus leaves for holding things in their hands. Many of them have bulged in the lotus leaves, and they are hugged by pedestrians like babies. .

This situation was seen by Feng Jie, and he felt strange for a while, but in order to catch up with the early morning, he had no time to answer, so he could only urge the driver to go faster.

After entering the palace and in front of the main hall, he found that in the normally noisy main hall, the moment he stepped into the main hall, there was a sudden silence, which made Feng Jie think that he had gone to the wrong place.

But when he found that everyone was looking at him, Feng Jie began to realize that these colleagues were talking about him just now, but what is there to talk about?

Feng Jie was puzzled, at this moment, Feng Jing came to Feng Jie, "Doctor Yushi, did you hear about what happened in the Salt Mansion yesterday?"

"Yesterday, as it was getting dark, the Salt Mansion has ordered all the salt shops in the city to start selling refined salt. For four full hours, countless people went to buy table salt. I heard that it is fine salt that can be eaten, and the price is low, only [-] yuan per catty." Money!"

"What? Sixty cents a catty? How is this possible?" Feng Jie's face was full of disbelief, but seeing Feng Jing's serious expression, he finally realized that something was wrong.

At this moment, he suddenly remembered why there were so many people on the road in the morning, most of whom were running to buy salt. In other words, the lotus leaves in the hands of those people were all wrapped in table salt!

According to this, Ying Liman has already done it, and a catty of salt is sixty yuan, which is more than double the salt price when I bet with Ying Liman before!

Thinking of seeing so many people on the road with satisfied smiles on their faces, this is enough to prove that the people are very satisfied with the new fine salt produced by the Salt Mansion!

But the people were satisfied, but he was in trouble. Feng Jie's face turned pale when he thought of the content of the bet.

"Your Majesty has arrived!" At this moment, Ying Zheng walked into the hall, and all the officials began to salute, preparing to start the morning court.

On weekdays, Feng Jie, who was always full of ambitions and was ready to strike at any time to catch someone with braids, looked like a mourning concubine, like a walking corpse. He followed all the officials to mechanically salute and got up, turning a blind eye to Ying Liman who was late.

Ying Zheng knew about Ying Liman for a long time, and seeing his daughter's appearance, he couldn't help feeling distressed for a while, and then looked at Feng Jie, the pity in his heart disappeared instantly, and he said loudly on purpose.

"Liman, you worked so hard yesterday, and it shouldn't be an excuse for you to be late, but you are serving the country and the people. I will not blame the past, and I will never do it again in the future. Otherwise, I will let the censor refer to you, and I will forgive you." I can't miss you!"

The bet between Ying Liman and Feng Jie was originally due to Feng Jie's participation in the performance. Ying Zheng said that now, the typical example is public revenge, so that everyone can think of the previous bet between Feng Jie and Ying Liman.

Sure enough, after Ying Zheng finished speaking, the officials all smiled and looked at Feng Jie with an expression full of teasing.

As for Feng Jie, he was ready to cry at this moment, he knew very well that he was going to lose, and the loss was terrible, and considering the content of the bet, Feng Jie really wanted to die!
"Doctor Yushi, do you have a performance today?" It was rare for Ying Zheng to see Feng Jie deflated, so he took this opportunity to tease him.

Feng Jie knew Yingzheng's thoughts very well, gritted his teeth, suppressed the palpitations in his heart, and knelt out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, Yingfu is loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and has worked hard for the people of Daqin to develop refined salt, but if you are late once, you should be punished." Forgive me!"

"Well, well said!" Ying Zheng clapped his hands and laughed, Feng Jie returned to the train with a bitter expression on his face, but Ying Zheng didn't let him go.

"Li Man, Doctor Yushi said a while ago that you are a woman and not worthy to be the governor of the Salt Mansion, and it is impossible to manage the Salt Mansion well."

"But today, it seems that Doctor Yushi is still reasonable. Seeing that he just said that you are loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and working for the welfare of the people, I am very curious. What did you do to make Doctor Yushi speak for you like this?"

After hearing her father's words, Ying Liman didn't know what Ying Zheng was planning, so she immediately went out and said: "Father, I made a bet with the imperial censor, and it has only been 28 days since today."

"However, in these 28 days, I have produced refined salt that can be used by the people of Daqin in the Salt Mansion. During these 28 days, a total of 810 eight catties and six taels of table salt have been sold."

"The people who buy salt according to the registration book of the Salt Mansion have spread throughout Xianyang City. Now, the daily salt production of our Salt Mansion has exceeded [-] catties, and the stock has exceeded [-] catties. It has started today. Refined salt is distributed throughout Daqin."

"Through the improved refined salt, the price set by Erchen is [-] yuan per catty of refined salt. This price is fixed in all areas of Daqin, and no one can change it."

(End of this chapter)