A Concubine of Salted Fish in Qing Dynasty [Red House]

Why was Yun Shuyao not eager for a promotion before?

One is because it takes time to breed good breeds.

Another reason is that her relationship with Lin Ruhai is not that close.

The son is his own.

And Lin Ruhai is her superior.

She and the two children she gave birth to are one body to a certain extent. When her status is high, they will also rise. Correspondingly, if they are successful, as the biological mother, she can also be honored. No one dares to underestimate them. .

But Lin Ruhai is different, Lin Ruhai is the standard scholar-bureaucrat of this era.

He had his regular wife Jia Min at the beginning, but after Jia Min passed away, he never remarried, but even if he was in his seventies and eighties, as long as he had status, it would be easy for him to marry another one.

And before he has completely lost his fertility, even the uniqueness of the son cannot be guaranteed.

If Yun Shuyao has any credit, he is the only one who handles it. He is the only one who can listen to Datian. He can hide it if he wants to, and he can claim credit for her if he wants to.

It depends on his conscience.

And if he reported it, would he get the result he wanted?

Not necessarily.

In the era when men were superior to women, even if she had credit, Yun Shuyao didn't know whether the aloof Kangxi would give the credit to Lin Ruhai or her children.

In the latter case, Kangxi attributed the credit to Lin Ruhai. If he had another son, or even a legitimate son, wouldn't Yun Shuyao suffer a loss?

So Yun Shuyao was not in a hurry before.

But the situation has changed now, even though her son has not grown to the point of being independent, Yun Shuyao also wants to give it a try.

After so many years, Lin Ruhai's character has not only been seen through, but also touched.

Even if he saw such a large amount of credit, the possibility of taking it for himself is still relatively low, and he is not the only one in her.

Behind her, the Yun family also slowly grew up.

Therefore, Yun Shuyao felt that if she had any credit, with Lin Ruhai's temperament, she would definitely verify it first, and then mention her name in the secret letter to Kangxi.

Besides, after so many years, she has always regarded Lin Ruhai as a superior, but to Lin Ruhai, she is not just a subordinate.

If he went into the backyard, he would probably come here.

The topics of their discussions have also been more and more extensive as time goes by. If it is not love, there are other feelings.

They also have two wonderful children.

Because they were concubines, no matter how good the two children were, in the eyes of some people who wanted to suppress and despise them, they were a point of attack.

If she gets a promotion, the two children will also benefit.

It's just... Yun Shuyao felt that the things she took out this time might not be enough credit.

Boiled salt in sea water has been around for a long time.

Now she asked her cousin to experiment with the sun-dried salt method, which can save manpower and material resources, produce more high-quality salt, and make salt affordable for more ordinary people, but how much credit will the superiors think?

Moreover, the well-established interests will naturally not support the sun-salt method.

That is also a resistance.

It is still necessary to improve the improved varieties. If rice and wheat can increase the yield by [-] to [-] percent, how many more people can be fed for the world?This credit is enough to confer a title...

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Before Yun Chang rushed to Yangzhou, he met with his cousin, and after learning about what happened in detail, his heart was extremely hot.

Ever since he knew what his cousin had fiddled with, he could almost feel his blood boiling.

Salt is something that people all over the world cannot do without.

People have to eat to have strength, but eating alone is not enough, they also need to eat salt.

No matter how expensive this thing is, you have to spend some money between your teeth to buy it.

If people don't eat salt, people will get sick very easily. When they get sick, how can ordinary people have so much money to treat diseases?

Before the cousin entered the Lin Mansion, their family had some wealth, and every time they got sick, it was also difficult. If they were unlucky and got seriously ill, it was not uncommon for the family to return to abject poverty.

So in order to be able to survive, I will buy some salt every once in a while.

How many people are there in the world?

How much salt do you use?

The profit during this period is too great!

So, like iron, the imperial court is in charge of it. Iron can be used to make weapons and can be used for war. To a certain extent, salt is another weapon.

Most of these salts that the common people can buy are official official salts, and merchants can sell them legally only after they have obtained the salt quotations.

That's why Master Lin's position will become a fat job.

Even if some people have salt wells and salt mines, so what?

Without salt, it is not allowed to sell. If you want to exchange it for money, you can only sell it as private salt, which is illegal.

Because private salt does not pay taxes, the price will be cheaper. The common people would like to spend a copper coin in half. Faced with these two choices, they naturally don’t need to say which one they will choose, as long as they don’t get caught. It would be nice if people found out.

But no matter how cheap private salt is, it will not be so cheap.

Salt households mine salt, and the salt in some salt lake salt wells needs to be mined at the cost of life.

Mined out, but also boiled salt, and then transported to various places.

Every step is a cost.

If the cousin's method is indeed the same as the experiment, then the cost will be greatly reduced and the salt production will be increased.

Being able to reduce the price of salt, even by a penny, is a huge achievement.

But there is also another aspect to worry about.

This will undoubtedly touch those salt merchants who own the salt lake salt wells, and the people behind them.

If they find out that someone has moved their iron rice bowl, they will definitely use all means to stop it, so as to ensure that they can continue their previous wealth. With imagination, cold sweat broke out on the back.

One accident is the destruction of the family.

This is equivalent to walking a single-plank bridge on a cliff. If you are not careful, you will be smashed to pieces, but if you walk through this single-plank bridge, it will be a smooth road.

And that wine.

Low-alcohol wine is not the same price as spirits.

At that time, only one change of hands is needed, and the wealth will flow endlessly.

The group of them hurried on, and when they arrived in Yangzhou, Lin Ruhai thought that something serious had happened at home, so he was brought here immediately.

He knew who Yun Chang was, and he had met and interviewed him before.

What happened at home?But if this is the case, the person who came should be the mother.

Many thoughts flashed through Lin Ruhai's mind, until he saw the thick letter. On the envelope was Yun Shuyao's own handwriting, which said he had personally signed it.

Under Yun Chang's gaze, Lin Ruhai opened the letter. He read it quickly, his face became more and more shocked by what he read, then stood up uncontrollably, and asked Yun Chang: "Is this really true?"

Yun Chang: "I saw it with my own eyes, and I brought some equipment to make it again, and I will know the result after seeing it."

Indeed, no matter how much you say, it is not as convincing as seeing it with your own eyes.

Lin Ruhai chose a confidant, followed the steps on the letter paper again, and then really got snow-white fine salt and spicy high-strength alcohol.

If these two methods are mastered, they can be passed down as family heirlooms.

It can be said that if these two prescriptions are grasped, as long as future generations are not fools, they will not have to worry about money anymore, but Lin Ruhai soon calmed down.

Can't do that.

The Lin family couldn't eat it, whether it was salt or wine.

Salt is under the exclusive control of the imperial court.

Wine is brewed from grain.

In the case that people can't eat enough, it is not allowed to use grain to make wine in many places. Although for the benefit behind this, many princes and nobles will secretly make wine in their own villages, and then transport it to the Northland for sale. The weather here is cold, and the sales of spirits are very smooth, but the law is indeed like this on the surface. If you are caught with evidence, you must deal with it according to the law.

Get rid of that bit of selfishness, Lin Ruhai thought almost immediately, if the former was promoted, what kind of consequences would it bring to him, to the local salt merchants, and to the salt merchants all over the world.

A large reason for the reduction of salt tax is that private salt is becoming more and more rampant.

People will choose private salt, it is the price.

If official salt is cheaper and better than private salt, which one will they choose?

He was lost in thought.

Yun Chang was standing next to him as a stake, worrying about disturbing his thoughts.

Lin Ruhai sighed lightly after a long time. There is no rush for this matter. Both of them need to grasp more specific information before they can report.

As long as one of them is true, the emperor should be satisfied after his one-year term ends.

After all, he will definitely be in this position for a short time. The emperor asked him to increase the salt tax, but he will not let him stay here forever.

This position is very important, he must be on the emperor's side. Although the emperor still classifies him as the royalist faction, his daughter has already been betrothed to the fourth elder brother.

His coming here was not only because of the emperor's fancy to him, but also because of the emperor's reward.

That's why he was asked to come here to break the original situation, and even if the salt merchants here knew that he had been in business for a short time, they wouldn't let him take the tax back so easily, because wouldn't it be obvious that they had problems before?

Lin Ruhai planned to take it step by step.

Yun Chang stayed with Lin Ruhai, went to the seaside, enclosed some land, and started experimenting.

People in the capital can't know the progress of Yangzhou's matter immediately.

Yun Shuyao handed over the matter and let it go temporarily.

She let her cousin go there on purpose.

He got involved, and if it was done, the Yun family would naturally come to speak up for her, so she didn't have to say it herself.

Now waiting for the result.

After Yun Shuyao handed over this matter, she felt a little better, even Luo Yu and Chen Yu were still surprised and apprehensive.

They also knew that their father had gone to manage the salt affairs, but they didn't expect that the aunt not only thought of something deeper, but also assisted in practice to make it happen.

If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they wouldn't have believed it.

Now they are all looking forward to their father's reply, waiting for his father's confirmation, and his next actions.

This is a great achievement, will the emperor reward you with something?

"Auntie, are you not in a hurry?" Even Chen Yu was a little impatient.

Even if there is a word of aunt in the imperial decree, it is a great honor.

Yun Shuyao: "I've already done what I can do, and the rest depends on your father."

Chenyu Luoyu: That's what I said, and the reasoning is so reasonable, but I still can't help being anxious.

Auntie is too stable, they still need to practice slowly.

How did time go by so slowly?

Just when they were living like years, Lin Ruhai's letter arrived.

Chen Yu got the letter first.

Auntie's name was written on the letter, so he sent it to Auntie first, and waited impatiently for Auntie to open the letter.

When Yun Shuyao saw the letter, her heart skipped a beat. She glanced at her children who had very similar expressions, and opened the letter slowly.

Ten lines at a glance, and then gave them the letter.

"See for yourself."

There are quite a few things written in the letter, and to sum it up simply, Lin Ruhai has already been tested by people. Strong alcohol is effective in treating trauma, and sea salt has also been verified. He has people do experiments in different places, although there is still room for improvement. place, but the result has already been determined.

Reassure them.

In the letter, he didn't describe it in straightforward words, just in case the letter got into other people's hands, but they could understand the meaning.

Other than that, no more.

Luo Yu frowned: "Has father already reported it?" Such news needs to be delivered as soon as possible, otherwise if the news leaks...

Chenyu was relieved: "Father will not leave this matter on paper, let's wait."

I can only wait.

In the palace, on Kangxi's desk, there is a thick secret booklet, densely packed with words, it is very pleasing to the eyes to see only the font without looking at the content.

Kangxi opened it again, looked at the words on it, and finally made a decision, "Come here, check Yun's." These methods were actually proposed by a woman in the backyard?He wants detailed information.

A eunuch quietly bowed his waist and took the order to retreat, and soon, a group of people pretended to be businessmen, rode south unnoticed, and went straight to Yangzhou.

Kangxi sent people to investigate Yun's, and the results will be sent soon.

Yun's is the biological mother of Lin Ruhai's pair of dragon and phoenix twins.

If you don't check, you don't know. If you check, there are still surprising things.

The Yun family, especially her two younger brothers, are young talents.

One is in the Ministry of Households, and the other is a concubine.

One double Jinshi, which means that the Yun family has risen, and the other is the ability of this Yun family.

The way she came up with this time made Kangxi think that she might be interested in these things at ordinary times, but this investigation found that what she was usually interested in was not these things at all, but flowers and plants.

She is also well-known in the capital for cultivating flowers and plants.

The flowers and plants that the Lin family used to give gifts were cultivated by her.

In addition, it is said that I like reading books, calligraphy and painting, but there is nothing special about it.

Did she find it by chance?

While Kangxi was waiting for the good news, some twists and turns happened in Yangzhou.

Of course Lin Ruhai would keep it secret, but for some reason, the news leaked out to a certain extent.

First, there were unknown persons spying on the experimental site, and then Lin Ruhai encountered many people probing, and then when Lin Ruhai went out and passed a small road, a rock fell from the mountain. If the guards did not pull people away in time, he would have been smashed to the ground. .

Even so, he was injured.

When the people sent by Kangxi arrived, it was Lin Ruhai who was seen on the hospital bed.

He was lying on the bed, with one hand wrapped in a thick white cloth, his face was pale, but his eyes were dark.

This made the leaders tremble when they saw it, and it seemed that they were going to speed up their pace.