The official camp of Yantie in the reign of Yu the Great.
The salt from the saltworks will eventually be purchased by the court. On the surface, each saltworks appears to be abiding by laws and regulations, but in fact they are covering up the iron mines.
Iron has so many uses. Every household cannot do without iron tools, iron hoes, iron pots, iron shovels...
Although it is not as necessary as salt, it has greater uses.
This is an era of cold weapons. Although explosives are available, they are too dangerous and can easily explode. Therefore, weapons are still the mainstay in real wars.
And these weapons are inseparable from iron.
The purpose of government-run salt is to make profits, while the official-run iron is to maintain rule.
If the people are allowed to produce iron and make it into weapons, there will be no peace in the world.
Earlier, they speculated that the purpose of sending them here was to eliminate Prince An, a major problem in his heart.
Now it seems that Prince An has indeed turned against him.
The salt field has existed for a long time. I don’t know when the iron ore was discovered and how many weapons were made.
These unknowns reveal extremely dangerous signals.
Jiangnan is the fiefdom of Prince An.
Junze came here under the banner of suppressing bandits, and although the soldiers he brought were well-trained, their numbers were limited.
Not to mention the people brought by Gu Yu, a group of civil servants who were tired of even riding horses. If they encountered danger, they would only die.
If Prince An really wants to deal with them, it can be said that the two of them will have no chance of escaping.
The situation is more serious than imagined.
Even if they guessed the iron ore, they must not act rashly.
Once Prince An finds out and they guess it, they will do whatever it takes to prevent them from returning to Kyoto.
Thousands of thoughts flashed through Junze's mind. What he had to do now was to get out of here "reasonably" first, otherwise his sudden escape would confirm the news that he had guessed that there was something suspicious in the inner salt field.
Even if you manage to escape, you will be violently hunted down.
As long as you are in Jiangnan, you cannot escape danger.
Thinking of this, Junze felt annoyed. In this round, he lost to Gu Yu, who was not as thoughtful as she was.
Fortunately, he followed her to jail out of curiosity.
Junze said: "How do we get out?"
Gu Yu raised her lips and said, "It's not 'us', it's you and how do I get out."
Junze was a little helpless and said: "We are all sharing weal and woe, so you don't have to worry about it so clearly."
Gu Yudao: "You are such a heartless human trafficker, but you still put money on your face."
Junze suppressed the anger in his heart and said: "How long are you going to hold on to this matter? If you say that I am a human trafficker, doesn't it indirectly admit that you are a weak woman? You will hurt the enemy by one thousand and hurt yourself by eight hundred?"
Gu Yu turned into a life mentor and said: "Never underestimate a weak woman."
Junze only thought that this "weak woman" was Gu Yu's self-mockery and didn't think about it in detail.
He said, "I won't argue with you about this. When we get back to Kyoto, let's ride on a donkey and read the songbook. We'll see."
Gu Yu said: "It depends on whether the prince still has the life to return to Kyoto."
Junze felt that Gu Yu's tone was wrong.
Footsteps were heard outside again, and Inspector Lin rushed over, unlocked the door, and said to Gu Yu: "Gu Xiucai, please."
Junze's expression changed.
Gu Yu stood up, straightened his clothes, and walked out after being greeted by Inspector Lin.
Junze followed her and wanted to go out. Inspector Lin stopped him directly, with the knife on his waist half drawn, and said: "Master Liu only called Gu Xiucai to come over."
Junze could only watch as Gu Yu smiled provocatively at him outside the cell door, as cunningly as a fox cheating meat from a crow's mouth.
He couldn't hold back his annoyance and smashed the iron railing.
Gu Yu was willing to go to jail because she could not expose the secret of the inner salt field that she had guessed, but she also had another purpose.
That means he is locked up here with no way to ask for help, and is in a dilemma.
Master Liu.
The chubby Mr. Liu who came with Gu Yu this time.
The night before yesterday, he heard Gu Yu knocking on Mr. Liu's door and wondered what they were plotting.
He only guessed that Gu Yu wanted to act alone, so he went to the river to intercept her.
If Gu Yu had planned all of this the night before, all the accidents would have been taken into account by her, taking one step and watching ten.
Such an opponent is really...
Junze's hands were still holding on to the railing, and his disheveled hair blocked his peach blossom eyes, which were filled with strong emotions.
It really is.
It's so exciting.
Inspector Lin's attitude towards her was lukewarm. When they arrived at the county government office, the magistrate of Nanwang County was serving tea to Mr. Liu.
As the magistrate of a county, Lin Yushi could speak for himself in Nanwang County, but when he really met a Beijing official, he was still on inspection, so he could only serve tea and flatter him.
Gu Yu walked in with Inspector Lin, bowed deeply to Master Liu, and said: "Gu Yizhen, the scholar of Baotai County, pays homage to Master Liu."
Mr. Liu sat at the top and said, "No need to be too polite."
He turned to Magistrate Lin and said, "This little friend Gu made a name for herself at the symposium and met me. If she is young and ignorant and makes a mistake, I will make amends to Magistrate Lin on her behalf."
How dare Lin Yushi ask Mr. Liu to apologize to him, he quickly said: "Sir, this is serious, this is all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding."
Mr. Liu smiled and said: "Then I would like to thank County Magistrate Lin for being more tolerant."
Lin Yushi responded with a smile, and Inspector Lin next to him gave him a wink.
He suddenly became angry and cursed at Inspector Lin: "Idiot! What did you do? You actually put Mr. Xiu Cai in jail!"
Inspector Lin quickly apologized and said: "There was a riot in the salt field today. Everyone identified it as Gu Xiucai and a man named He. He accidentally disturbed Gu Xiucai due to his humble duty. He was really blind."
Gu Yu knew that they were testing her, so she waved her hands and said: "County Magistrate Lin, Inspector Lin's words are serious. It's my fault for listening to the villain's slander."
Master Liu said to Xi Ni among them: "Since it is a misunderstanding, then everyone might as well talk about it and don't spread it out and say that I am protecting an acquaintance."
Gu Yu said with a look of shame: "I know that Mr. Liu came to inspect the south of the Yangtze River with the imperial envoy this time. As early as in Kyoto, Mr. Liu took good care of me. I was thinking about what to do for you. When I was in Baotai County,
I accidentally heard the man named He say..."
Master Liu asked: "What did he say? Gu Xiucai, don't worry, there are no outsiders here, but it doesn't matter."
Gu Yu lowered his head and said: "The little man named He said that the salt fields in Nanwang County sell a large amount of illegal salt. I was confused for a moment and listened to his slander. I wanted to find out and report to Mr. Liu, so I followed him into the salt field.
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Unexpectedly, when he arrived at the salt field, he told people everywhere that there was fine salt in the inner salt field, and later he even said that there was silver mine in the inner salt field.
I know this statement is inconsistent with the preamble and may not be true, but at that time he had already started a riot at the salt workers, and I could only go with the flow.
I never expected that he would falsely accuse me of being the one who said it in the end. I hope Mr. Liu and County Magistrate Lin will be clear about it. I really didn’t know anything about it."
Mr. Liu touched his beard and said to Magistrate Lin: "Selling illegal salt? Magistrate Lin, is this possible?"