It turns out that the group of people in the private salt field has not been dispersed now. Gu Zhao picked a suitable place, and these people formed an independent village. Obviously everyone was unwilling to leave, and Li Hu was elected as the village head.

Their original canceled identities have also been restored one by one. They are no longer black households who cannot travel outside. The three-year tax exemption will definitely make life better.

When they settled down here, the government government also allocated a batch of compensation money and food to them. The food was to ensure that they could eat the food in the field. Most of them asked very simple. Now there are houses On some grounds, I even saw the head of the big enemy fall to the ground with my own eyes, and all of them showed relaxed smiles on the way back.

"Brother Hu, that's not right, village chief, why is Mr. Gu just acting as the magistrate instead of the real Mr. Gu? How long can Mr. Gu stay with us?" They were afraid of other officials, so they rescued the prince who came out of them. Lord Ye and the current Dai Zhifu Lord are Lord Qingtian. When they were building their house, Lord Gu sent someone to deliver cement. It was really a good thing, and other villages envied them.

Li Hu is also very sorry that Gu Zhao and Gu Mu won't stay here for a long time: "Because Mr. Gu was only here to repair embankments and dams, but later the ex-prefect's embezzlement of money was exposed and he was escorted to the capital for trial. That’s why Mr. Gu was temporarily appointed as the magistrate, Mr. Gu himself is a capital official, and he will go back to the capital after the matter here is over.”

It was only after he came out that Li Hu inquired about the outside news that he knew how much the outside world had changed, and many of these changes were brought about by Mr. Gu.

"But don't worry, even if Mr. Gu returns to Beijing, the next magistrate will not dare to treat us badly. I don't think Mr. Gu will really turn a blind eye to us after he leaves. Mr. Gu is indeed a good man. Officer. Also, we won’t have any salt farms in the future, no matter if it’s official or private, so we won’t suffer the same pains as before. I’ve heard that the salt farms in Yaocheng are huge now. And it produces a lot of salt, so it doesn’t need to be so hard.”

"Really? I really want to see it for myself."

Hearing what Li Hu said, everyone felt a little more relaxed. Once bitten by a snake, they were afraid of well ropes for ten years, and they were still very wary of the outside world. That's why they didn't want to go to other places, but lived together in this village , which gives them a sense of security.

Lin He and Lin Hui were also listening to the adults. When they returned to the village, the siblings rushed back to their home. Before entering the house, they saw Mother Lin leaning on the door frame and looking at them. They helped build it together. From everyone's point of view, Lin Nanshan's reputation as a scholar played a great role, and Li Hu also respected Lin Nanshan very much.

"Mom, we're back!"

"Okay, just come back."

After beheading Jin Hongwen, Gu Zhao and Gu Mu would pull those who could and beat those who couldn't, dividing the original interest groups.It is obviously unrealistic to accuse all these salt merchants of crimes, and some small and medium-sized salt merchants have obviously offered olive branches, such as the news sent by Qiao's family, so Gu Zhao did not pursue them any further.

The few diehards left couldn't do anything if they wanted to. The salt brought from Yaocheng was sufficient and the common people could see it. Therefore, the situation in Jiangnan was very stable, and the common people were not willing to let these salt merchants over their heads any more. , So what did those salt merchants do with their dog legs, some people first found out and sent them to the government office. Under the continuous attack of the government office, their power became weaker and weaker.

The new Salt Envoy is naturally on the same side as Gu Zhao and Gu Mu. The new salt policy has been implemented. Unless you want to self-destruct the city wall, you will go against Gu Zhao and the others. In the end, those stubborn salt merchants were not killed To be caught is to escape from the south of the Yangtze River. Those who have committed crimes have been sent to prison. The foundation is fairly clean, and they have also been reduced to ordinary merchants, and they will never return to their previous status.

The rectification came to the end of the year. Jiangnan not only restored the previous order, but also the city was more lively than before. The common people walked on the streets with smiles on their faces. The Chinese New Year is coming soon. Everyone went out to buy new year’s goods, and the price of salt dropped a lot. Invisibly, it can save a lot of money for the people, and there are no officials riding on the heads of the people to make money in various names, so the people have a lot of room in their hands, and they can buy more New Year's goods for a good year.

Even ordinary merchants have a much better life. As long as they pay taxes honestly, Gu Zhao doesn’t care about them at all, and doesn’t need them to send any filial money. These merchants have the same idea as the villagers in Li Hu’s village. The word "Dai" on his body is fine, then Gu Zhao can work in Jiangnan for a few more years.

Gu Zhao himself didn't know how long his magistrate would be until the official prefect took office.However, because of his status as the magistrate, the construction of the dam in Jiangnan went very smoothly. By the end of the year, the construction was basically completed, and the cement produced in the workshop was used by him to pave roads. Several main roads in Jiangnan City have been replaced with cement roads.

This day the Tianfu Yamen opened the door, and sure enough, they saw the baskets placed outside the door. Today, besides eggs and vegetables, chickens, ducks, and fish were delivered.

The official who opened the door sighed: "I thought I opened it early enough, but I didn't expect these people to send it earlier. What should I do?"

Another official said: "Let's send it to the adults first. The adults asked us to post notices outside the yamen, but it still can't stop the behavior of people sending things by themselves."

"I heard that the common people see that adults are busy and have no time to make New Year's goods, so they want to send some things to let adults have a good New Year."

"But most of these things ended up in our stomachs."

"No."

I don't know when, people will send vegetables and other things grown by themselves to the gate of the yamen early in the morning. After Gu Zhao knew about it, he couldn't send it back, because he didn't know who sent it, so he had to send it to the kitchen of the yamen. Here, I asked the kitchen to provide extra meals for everyone, and it was useless to post a notice later. The closer the new year is, the better the things sent.

Fortunately, the Chinese New Year is only a few days away, otherwise Gu Zhaofei would have arranged for people to take turns guarding them, and the money of any family would not have been blown by strong winds.

When the things were delivered to Gu Zhao, Gu Zhao could say nothing, so he had to continue to send them to the kitchen for additional meals. In another day, his yamen would have to take a holiday for everyone to go back for the New Year. He and Gu Mu had to stay in this yamen, because They didn't set up their own houses in this Jiangnan city, and they have been living in the government office since they became acting magistrates.

"Let's go out and have a look, anyway, and buy some new year's goods." Gu Mu came to look for Gu Zhao.

Gu Zhao thought for a while and said, "That's fine. Actually, no matter whether I came to Wensi Academy to study before or this time, I haven't had a good time in Jiangnan. I just took this opportunity to go around."

Seeing that Gu Zhao was finally willing to let go of his duties, Gu Mu smiled.

The two of them changed into plain clothes and left the Yamen. Of course, they were also accompanied by guards in the same clothes. Some time ago, there was a salt merchant who was in a hurry to find someone to attack them. Mu never dared to take it lightly, Gu Zhao's personal safety was more important than his own in his heart.

Gu Zhao has not been free for a day since he came to Jiangnan. It is rare to walk on the street at this moment, and he is in a good mood. He said with emotion: "I don't know if the capital can be as relaxed as we are."

"No business today." Gu Mu reminded.

Gu Zhao hurriedly pretended to shut up. Well, let’s not talk about official business, they just came out to play and spend their time. Since they came to the south of the Yangtze River, the people in the capital should worry about things in the capital. Gu Mu has done enough that's it.

Because they didn't wear official uniforms, their clothes looked very ordinary, and the guards behind them were scattered in the crowd, so they looked like members of ordinary people, and nothing happened, but some stall owners felt that the two sons Looking at Mian Shan, he didn't think for a while that they were the acting magistrate of the city and Viscount Ping Nan.

The Jiangnan side is very lively, and the capital city is also very lively because of the upcoming New Year. The influence brought by the Jiangnan side seems to have dissipated due to the passage of time. Many places on the streets have been decorated with lights, and the same is true in the palace. Joy with the people.

A few days earlier, the Ruyi workshop gave the workers a holiday, and the wages were fully paid, and each worker was given a red envelope, so that everyone could go back and have a good year, and then start work again in the coming year, and Mrs. Gu and Mrs. Li also relaxed , This relaxation made him miss Gu Zhao and Gu Mu who lived in the south of the Yangtze River very much, just because Gu Zhao is now the acting magistrate, and he can't return to Beijing to reunite with his family during the New Year.

For the New Year gift that should be given, Gu Zhao asked people to send back a bunch of local specialties from Jiangnan early in the morning, and asked Li Shi to help handle it. The list of people who should be communicated was also given to Li Shi, and Gu Zhao handled the relationship on the Jiangnan side by himself.

Gu Yao is the only one who can't be free at this time. She is in the food and dim sum business, and the busier it is at the end of the year. Many big families have placed orders with the shop to prepare for New Year's Eve and New Year's Eve. So Gu Yao had to be busy until New Year's Eve before she could stop.

On New Year's Eve, Gu Yao closed the shop early because of her grandma's instructions and her third uncle's letter. The whole family gathered together, and even brought the Southwest Princess over. Not a lot.

The old lady muttered worryingly: "Nothing will really happen."

The old man said: "Since Zhao'er said to stay at home this day and not go anywhere, then just stay, Zhao'er will never be wrong."

Li Shi hesitated and said: "It should be fine, most of the officials and dignitaries have gone to the palace for the banquet in the palace tonight."

Her eldest brother and sister-in-law have also entered the palace, and the second sister-in-law led the two younger generations to stay at home. If anything happens at this time, it is nothing but caused by the seizure of the heir. Li really hopes to go there quickly, Your Majesty sooner. Decide who will inherit the throne, otherwise the capital will not be peaceful for a day.

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