Wang Sihai took people to the street to buy things, and soon they bought half a carriage of rice, noodles, meat and vegetables.
A large group of people, carriages and horses, headed straight for Lao Feizhuang, ten miles away!
The mountain road was difficult to navigate, so we walked for an hour and a half before we arrived at Lao Feizhuang.
Seeing the carriages and horses, the villagers ran away from a distance, as if they saw a tiger or a wolf!
"Sir, they are not taking pictures of you, they are treating you as members of the government!"
Fei Niu had a bitter smile on his face: "These old Feizhuang salt wells have dried up. Every time the government comes to collect salt and tax, we can't pay it. We are all afraid of being arrested!"
Wang Yuan nodded silently!
It's the same in Dawang Village. If the tax cannot be paid, the clerk will take it directly.
However, some kitchen households came out and pretended to be brave and asked: "Jiatou, have you borrowed money to treat the calf?"
"Didn't borrow it!"
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Fei Niu pointed at Wang Yuan: "But this young master is compassionate and gave money to help Xiao Niu get medical treatment."
"Mr. Xie, we are a good man. The salt well in the village used to be dry. If he had left a few years ago, he would still be a wealthy family. It was he who paid for the salt wells to be dug for the village. He dug several salt wells in a row and emptied his family's wealth.
We ended up in this situation because we didn't get rid of the problem. You saved the calf and you are also the benefactor of our village. I kowtow to you!"
Zaodu ran to the carriage, banged his head three times, got up and stepped aside!
The carriage keeps moving forward!
When many kitchen households heard about this, they ran to the carriage and kowtowed to Wang Yuan to thank Jiatou.
Wang Yuan looked at Fei Niu and nodded:
As far as he knows, Jiatou and Zaohu are like landlords and tenants, and they have a basically antagonistic relationship!
There are not many like Fei Niu and Zao Hu!
Fei Niu smiled bitterly and said: "I'm not just doing it for them, I'm doing it for the ancestral property of the old Fei family. It's a pity that I dug three salt wells in a row and took up all the family property, but none of them came out with salt!"
Wang Yuan spoke to reassure: "All your efforts will not be in vain!"
"Master, stop comforting me, you don't know our Zaohu!"
Fei Niu laughed miserably: "There are three hardships in the world: blacksmithing, boiling salt, and grinding tofu. We, a low-class householder, have to boil salt all our lives. We can't pass the imperial examination or do business. The salt wells are all dried up, and the government still charges so much."
Salt, so much tax, many people in the village have escaped."
Looking at the skinny households in the distance, and then thinking about the wealth of the salt merchants and salt transport envoys, Wang Yuan felt an extremely uncomfortable feeling in his heart, and patted Fei Niu on the shoulder: "Believe me, it will get better!"
Fei Niu smiled sadly and said nothing!
The carriage arrived at Fei Niu's house, which was a nice-looking eight-room tile-roofed house.
The Fei family's wife and daughter had been waiting in front of the door. When they saw Wang Yuan, they knelt down and kowtowed!
After some polite greetings, Fei Niu led Wang Yuan and his party to look at the salt wells in the village!
Lao Feizhuang is the earliest salt well in Feicang. It is as deep as a hundred meters and as shallow as more than ten meters. There is only a thin layer of brine at the bottom of the well.
Some families are still making brine and cooking salt, but due to limited brine, very little salt is produced, which is not even enough to hand over to the government, let alone support the family!
But a Zaohu household is a Zaohu household, and one's destiny is determined at birth, and one is not allowed to engage in other professions.
After looking at all the salt wells, Wang Yuan stopped in front of the deepest salt well, and Dahu stood behind him, blocking everyone!
"Twenty-three feet!"
Looking at the mouth of the black oil well, Wang Yuan turned back and said with a smile: "Fei Niu, I want to dig this well again. Do you want to take another gamble with me?"
"Sir, you are the benefactor of the Fei family, and whatever you say will be yours!"
Fei Niu smiled bitterly and turned his head: "Manger, donkey trough, hurry up and call the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh children to prepare ropes, awls, and hammers. Let's go down and dig the well!"
The two of them turned around to run away, knowing that the eldest brother was repaying his kindness!
If the young master wants to play, they will accompany him!
"stop!"
Wang Yuan stopped the two of them: "Your way of digging a well is too slow. Follow my drawings to build a well-drilling tool, and I will teach you how to dig a well quickly!"
The three brothers looked suspicious: "Sir, have you ever dug a well?"