Jia She's eldest son of the Red Chamber

No matter in that dynasty, there is a saying that the tea in the yamen is not good, drinking too much will kill people, and after seeing the people who drink tea with them, the salt merchants have a bad feeling.

Jia Hu directly threw the information collected during this period on the table, looked at many salt merchants with a smirk, and said with a sneer: "Selling official salt privately, assassinating the court order officials, you are so courageous!"

"Lord Jia!" Li Yanshang, the leader, said hastily, "The grass people don't understand what your lord means."

Jia Hupi smiled, "How can Master Li not understand?"

He didn't play any nonsense, he pointed directly at Li's salt merchant's page and said: "When it comes to stealing and selling official salt, who can compare with Mr. Li? But in just three years, several thousand catties of official salt have been stolen and sold."

Jia Hu clicked his tongue, "The official salt stolen and sold by other people is less than a fraction of yours."

"Lord Jia, don't talk nonsense!" Li Yanshang sternly said, "If you want to convict someone, you have to be reasonable. There are thousands of catties of official salt in the salt fields in the south of the Yangtze River that we steal and sell!?"

The production of official salt has always been very low, and it is not likely that there will be several thousand catties of official salt in a whole year, so he steals and sells so much official salt.

Seeing Jia Hu's expression turned pale, Li Yanshang secretly rejoiced, and said threateningly: "Although Caomin is a merchant, they are not to be deceived by others. If you want to commit crimes at will, you have to think about the past of the people of the Jin Dynasty." But a day without salt!"

There was a flash of light in his eyes. He had already made preparations. If Lin Ruhai couldn't stop Lin Ruhai from sending the materials to the capital, he would have people destroy the salt in the warehouse immediately. He didn't believe it. Jia Hu dared to fight to the death.

Jia Hu smiled, "Everyone is a salt merchant, and I think you know a lot about salt. I wonder if you have heard of the sun-dried salt method?"

Li Yanshang's eyebrows twitched slightly, could this kid know something?

However, he calmed down immediately. Even if Jia Hu knew something, it was useless. The salt drying method depended on the sky, and the output was uncertain. The records of the previous dynasty were still there. Catch his pigtails.

Jia Hu continued: "This method of drying salt is faster than the method of frying salt. Unfortunately, this method depends on the weather. In the past, the climate was cold and the sunshine was not strong. Therefore, this method of drying salt has not been able to be popularized. But now it is different. gone."

As an archaeologist, Jia Hu firmly believes that all historical evolutions are ultimately related to the environment and climate at that time. The ancients knew the method of drying salt for a long time, but they have not been able to promote it. In addition to technical problems, How much is also related to the climate at that time.

The previous dynasty happened to coincide with the Little Ice Age. At that time, the weather was cold and the sunshine was not strong. Naturally, it was difficult to dry the salt, so we had to rely on firepower to fry the salt. Naturally, the price of salt could not come down.

Now that the climate is changing, the weather at this time is not as cold as the Little Ice Age, and it has become very hot in recent years, which can be said to provide a strong foundation for the sun-salt method. The official salt was stolen and sold to these salt merchants.

Many knowledgeable salt merchants were afraid to speak for a while, Li salt merchant said in a deep voice: "We salt merchants not only rely on the salt in our hands, but also the way of salt."

Salt Road!It's not so easy to go through this level.

Jia Hu said indifferently: "The prosperity of the world is for profit; the world is for profit. There is nothing in this world that cannot be sold, only the price that cannot be negotiated."

Selling things is actually the easiest part of the whole thing.

"Hmph!" The other salt merchant couldn't help but suppressed his anger and said, "So that Mr. Jia can know that the salt business is not so easy."

Jia Hu laughed and said, "What if the price of salt is [-]% cheaper?"

"How is this possible?" The salt merchant laughed. If the weather hadn't been hot enough in recent years, those salt fields would not have been able to produce so much salt.But no matter how hot it is, there is a limit. The time for drying the salt is so short, and the output has reached the limit.

Jia Hu laughed again and said, "I don't know if you have heard of the tile-pan salt fields?"

All the salt merchants were taken aback. As salt merchants, they naturally knew the method of making salt quite well. This salt is just two methods of decocting salt and drying salt. Although the method of drying salt is convenient, it depends on whether God rewards it Rice, if it rains or the sun is not enough, let alone drying the salt, it will be good if the many days of effort are not wasted.

But they had never heard of the tile-pan salt field, and many salt merchants even thought it was the name of the newly opened salt field.

Jia Hu smiled without saying a word.

To put it bluntly, the tile-pan salt field is to lay a layer of broken tiles under the crystallization tank. The tiles can absorb radiant heat to accelerate the crystallization speed, and the salt production speed can be much faster than the earth-pan salt field currently in use.

That’s right, the method of drying salt has seasonal restrictions, and there are only so many days in which salt can be dried every year, but if the speed of salt production is accelerated, the production of this salt will naturally increase within the same period of time, and the salt merchants imagine the same as before. It may be difficult to hold the court hostage with salt.

Of course, tile-pan salt fields are not without disadvantages, because they crystallize quickly, impurities are not easy to release, and the quality is naturally inferior. However, compared with eating without salt, all these are nothing, and the salt that comes out can be further improved By extracting, you can naturally get the best refined salt.

Jia Hu just briefly talked about the characteristics of tile-pan salt fields, and the faces of many knowledgeable salt merchants changed slightly. If the amount of salt is large and the price falls, what else can they rely on in the future?

"Come here!" Jia Hu didn't talk nonsense, and directly invited Xia Dequan's god-grandson——Xiao Gonggong, "I also invite Xia Dequan to announce the decree!"

According to the normal historical process, the tile-pan salt field will not appear until a hundred years later, but Jia Hu knows that it is useless to catch the salt merchants stealing official salt. After all, if the price of salt does not come down, for the common people, they Or choose private salt instead of official salt, the most fundamental way is to lower the price of salt.

Originally, due to the climate in these years, the salt output of the sun-dried salt method was sufficient for the previous generation. It is said that the salt price should be slightly lowered, but the excess salt was divided by several salt merchants. Therefore, the price of salt has risen instead of falling, and now that the official salt has been withdrawn, coupled with the tile-pan salt fields that can produce salt faster, reducing the price of salt is not a problem.

It was also because of this confidence that Emperor Jianlong dared to order to deal with these salt merchants in one go. Otherwise, even if Jia Hu was Jia She's precious son, Emperor Jianlong would not dare to take the risk.

The salt merchants had plenty of money, but the money was not worth the power. In the end, none of the people who participated in the piracy and sale of official salt got a good deal. The number of salt tickets has been issued by [-]% more than before.

When there are more people selling salt here, the price of salt will naturally fall. Although the profit of selling salt is not as good as before because of the drop in salt price, there are still many people scrambling for salt tickets. After all, in everyone's mind, selling salt But the huge profits, after they found out that they were in Jia Hu's stolen car, it was already too late. ╮(╯_╰)╭

Even with Jia Hu's ability, it took several months to sort out the mess in the south of the Yangtze River. Fortunately, he is the fiancé of the ten princesses, and he is considered a member of the royal family. Everything is going to be beneficial, and Lin Ruhai's great help is naturally there. After all, in Jiangnan, he is the real local snake.

Lin Ruhai's health was already extremely poor, and after so much work, his health became worse and worse. As soon as the matter was over, he fell ill immediately, and his condition was serious, as if his life was in danger.

Seeing the severity of Lin Hai's illness, Jia Min didn't care about the matter of getting angry, and waited on Lin Ruhai's bed in untidy clothes. She said angrily: "Brother Hu is messing around, why are you messing around with me, knowing that you are not in good health?" , have been up day and night, why don't you think about me and the two children?"

At the end, Jia Min broke down in tears. If it wasn't for brother Hu who was vigilant and asked people to call for a doctor, I'm afraid they would have to wait until the husband's oil was exhausted and the lamp was dry before they knew that the husband was not good enough. It's just a bit of a delay.

Lin Ruhai Wei stretched out his hand tremblingly to hold Jia Min's hand, and said happily, "Is Madam finally willing to talk to me?"

"You!" Jia Min knew that Lin Ruhai was referring to her indifference to Lin Ruhai a while ago, she said angrily: "The husband and wife have an overnight feud, if you say a few soft words, I..."

Jia Min's face flushed, but he couldn't continue.

Having been married for many years, it was rare to see his old wife's shy look again. Lin Ruhai couldn't help but feel agitated, and couldn't help but squeeze Jia Min's hand.

Jia Min glanced at him feigning anger, but didn't take out his hands, the old couple just held hands.

Lin Ruhai enjoyed this rare warmth, and sighed after a long time: "My days are numbered."

Jia Min's heart tightened, and he said hastily, "What nonsense are you talking about? We still have to bring Daiyu and Moyu back, and the family will be reunited then."

Lin Ruhai shook his head, "I'm afraid I can't wait."

Jia Min's anxious eyes were red, "You know you are not in good health, why don't you take care of yourself."

Lin Ruhai sighed, "You also know that the doctor sent by Feng Qing also said that if you want a son, you can succeed, but you have to pay for your life! There are three unfilial acts, and the greatest thing is to have no descendants. After all, I chose to leave it to the Lin family. an heir."

Speaking of this, Jia Min's heart sank. She was also there when the quack doctor said this, but she thought that the Lin family had money, and they could make up for any losses. think……

Lin Ruhai sighed: "I know that I don't have much time, so what should you three do when my husband leaves?"

He can only use his life to fight for peace and joy for his wife and children.

Jia Min had tears in his eyes, "But you don't have to risk your life!" If you take good care of it, it might last a while longer.

Lin Ruhai shook his head, "If you don't work hard, how can you make the Holy Majesty remember?"

He is an old minister of Emperor Pingkang's era, and he was not favored by Emperor Jianlong at all, and this post of patrolling salt censor is only temporary, and he will be replaced by Emperor Jianlong's confidant when he reports on his duties next year, and he wants to give his wife and children To seek peace and joy, one must use a slanted sword. That's why he picked the salt merchant to do the surgery.

However, although he initiated the salt merchant issue, it ended with Brother Hu. He exposed the fact that the salt merchant had stolen and sold official salt, but the complete settlement of the salt tax was all due to the tile-pan salt field presented by Brother Hu. method.If you really want to talk about it, brother Hu is the one who deserves more credit for this contribution. If he doesn't work hard, how can he make a good impression in Emperor Jianlong's mind?

"You...you..." Jia Min was furious, "I am a noble daughter from the Rongguo Mansion, how could I not be able to protect myself and my two children, you underestimate me too much."

To put it bluntly, after observing the filial piety, her eldest brother returned to Beijing to live with his elder brother, so who would dare to cause trouble for her and the two children?

Lin Ruhai shook his head, "My husband has never underestimated the power of Rongguo Mansion, but I don't want my two children to be dependent on others. Besides, Brother Hu spends most of his time outside Rongguo Mansion, so there are always things that I can't take care of." In the Rongguo Mansion, your second brother is almost in charge, and your second brother is really nothing, I can't believe it!"

Anyway, there are not many days left, so Lin Ruhai speaks more bluntly. Judging from Jia Shuting's case, Jia Zheng is really a hypocrite. If Jia Zheng is relied on to take care of his wife and children, Moyu and Daiyu are afraid of their lives. Dangerous.

"You! You!" Although Jia Min was annoyed, she also knew what Lin Ruhai said was true. After thinking for a long time, she said, "My mother is still here, and besides, brother She is only in Jinling, not dead. He will always stand up for me. of."

Jia's family is the most protective, Brother Hu was able to go to Jinling to protect Feng Qing and Third Sister back then, and their family will be in Beijing by then, how could Brother Hu ignore it.

"It's not a problem to live under the fence." Lin Ruhai said lightly.

As a scholar, he always has a backbone, and he believes that his Lin Ruhai's children are definitely not worthless, they just need time to grow up.

"You...you..." Jia Min was so angry that he couldn't speak when facing the husband who was still talking about integrity when he was about to die.

Lin Ruhai patted Jia Min's hand to comfort him and said, "Leave this matter to me!"

If he wants to die, he has to die in office, and use his own death to gain the greatest benefit!

Lin Ruhai briefly confessed his last words, and finally sighed: "I will have to wrong you in the future."

Orphans and widows, no matter how much they rely on, it is better to stand up by themselves.

At this time, Jia Min was already sobbing.

Half a month later, Lin Ruhai died of illness in Xunyan Yushi's mansion in the south of the Yangtze River due to overwork.

The author has something to say: The information on the tile pan salt field comes from Wikipedia

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