Chapter 271 Heat

Ruan Da, the steward of the water government, but only arrived in a day or two late and also rushed to Yangzhou. Zhao Wuge had been listening for a long time. When he heard that Ruan Da arrived, he hurried to pay a visit. Ruan Da politely answered. Hearing that Su Zicheng led the troops out of the war, his face was full of disappointment. Brother Zhao turned Li Xiaoyao's words with a respectful and enthusiastic smile. Ruan Da politely let With tea, he said vaguely proudly, "Thank you, fifth brother. I'm not in a hurry. I have to wait for the prince to come back and talk about it when I see the prince. This is a big deal." Brother Zhao followed the shopkeeper Sun to open a winery in Taiping Mansion. After practicing for the past few years, he immediately recognized the meaning of Ruan's words and quickly smiled and said, "Grandpa Ruan is very right! This is a big deal. Uncle Ruan is well-informed and said that Uncle Ruan worked hard all the way, and the small one didn't bother him any more. If there is any instructions, Uncle Ruan just sent people to Yangjiao Hutong to find the small one. The entrance of the alley is the first one. Ruan laughed and answered. Brother Zhao stood up and said goodbye. Ruan stood up slowly and seemed to lift his feet. Brother Zhao hurriedly arched his hand and stopped and said, "How dare you bother Uncle Ruan? The little one can't afford it. Uncle Ruan, please stay. The little one's goodbye. Uncle Ruan, stay!" Ruan laughed and raised his hand to let Brother Zhao go out of the door. He turned around and went in to bathe and rest.

Brother Zhao turned to the street, lowered his head and thought for a moment, stopped walking, turned around and strode towards Li Xiaoyao's residence.

The little girl led Brother Zhao into the inner hall. Li Xiaoyao was leaning next to several huge cases and carefully facing the account booklets covered with several cases. Brother Zhao stopped four or five steps and stretched out his head to look at it. He bowed to the end and did not dare to disturb it. Li Xiaoyao looked up after looking at the fifth brother Zhao and Zhao and Brother 5 with questions. He quickly arched his hand and told in detail about the visit to Ruan Da just now. Li Xiaoyao frowned, waved his hand and said, "Then don't worry about it. Just do a good job at hand." Zhao Wuge was secretly relieved and said with a long smile, "Yes! The little one won't disturb the fifth master, and the little one will leave. Li Xiaoyao waved his hand and lowered his head to focus on the account book.

After a few days of specialization, Li Xiaoyao finally got a clue out of the population wealth of the merchants in several states and counties, and ordered Zhao Hongzhi of Chuzhou. The new Zhizhou Zhizhou rushed to Yangzhou. Together with Shi Yu of Yangzhou Zhizhou, he called three people to retreat from the servants and only leave the light moon to serve tea. Li Xiaoyao let everyone drink round of tea before laughing and said, "Today, there is an important matter to discuss. The three also know that we are different from Beiping and Wu. These two wine and tea, whether they are brewed or planted by the people, are only sold by them, only salt. When I first entered Huainan Road, I discussed with the prince that Huainan Road has returned. Yu Beiping, this rule should not follow Wudi. It is not easy for officials to sell wine and tea officials. As for salt, all three of them know that Lugang is an excellent natural salt farm from south to north, and you can dry salt with a little whole.

Zhao Hongzhi looked at Shi Yu in surprise, and Ming Qian also looked at Shi Yu, but Shi Yu looked at Li Xiaoyao in surprise and said, "Are there good salt farms on both sides of Lugang? Why haven't I heard of it? I mean..." Shi Yu felt that she spoke too hastily and was busy explaining, but Li Xiaoyao smiled and raised her hand to stop him and asked, "Have you been to Lugang?"

"I've been there, but I didn't see a salt farm." Shi Yu replied quickly. Li Xiaoyao narrowed his lips and said with a smile, "It's all treasure land. I can't see it. I remember that there are several people who cook salt and dry salt in the craftsman's book. Lord Shi looked back and looked for an experienced master. The three of you three went there with him to have a look. Lugang is also close to here. He rode a horse to catch up. God can hurry back and forth. When we have discussed it, you can take someone over to have a look. The three people bowed slightly and agreed. Li Xiaoyao continued to say, "This salt is the same. I have discussed with the prince. One place on Huainan Road is also liberalized, but it is necessary to collect heavy taxes. As for how much to collect, the three adults will discuss it later. I mean, the place where salt can be dried in the north and south of Lugang is divided out by 100 mu, from Huainan Road and North. The three merchants will also discuss the price later. Let's see if it is suitable. If it is suitable, if you are optimistic about the salt farm, you will also negotiate an annual price.

The three listened attentively. Shi Yu looked at Li Xiaoyao and thought for a moment and suggested, "Master, our Huainan Road is suitable for growing tea. There are many excellent tea mountains. It is naturally good to let go of wine and tea, but if you let go of all the meaning of the lower official, it's better to be the same as the salt field. The annual price of tea mountain is not good!" Shi Yu thought and said, "Chashan should not change owners frequently. At the beginning, the imperial court ••••• Wudi's state-owned business also originated from this, but the wine did not have such a drawback••••••” Li Xiaoyao, Zhao Hongzhi and Ming Qian listened attentively to Shi Yu's words. Zhao Hongzhi frowned, and his two fingers wrapped his beard quickly and said, "Your Majesty, I think Lord Shi's words are reasonable and should not be fully released. This tea mountain is sold to collect annual tax, and can also be sold in salt farms. This wine is the best to sell every year, rushing the famine, but at the beginning of the war, less can save a lot of grain. Li Xiaoyao thought carefully and smiled and said, "It's also a good way. The three things of salt, wine and tea are handed over to the three. Don't worry. Lord Zhao and Lord Ming will stay in Yangzhou for a few more days and look around. The three will carefully discuss and discuss a detailed method. Let's discuss and show them to the prince." The three simply answered and discussed some details with Li Xiaoyao in detail. In the evening, the three of them withdrew.

Shi Yu and other three people took the envoy, checked around, calculated each number, and looked for people to discuss various details. They were so busy that they couldn't sleep for a few hours a day. Li Xiaoyao looked at the reports of the three people every day, but they were very leisurely.

It was midsummer, and the ground in Yangzhou was very hot. Li Xiaoyao woke up from a nap and took a bath. But he was sweating again. He simply went out of the yard and walked around the garden. He finally found cool pavilions everywhere and let people clean up and hide in the pavilion to escape the summer heat. The cool breeze blew through the lotus pond not far from the pavilion, with The fragrance of lotus leaves and lotus flowers, Li Xiaoyao sat barefoot on the couch and finally stopped sweating. After looking at the account for a while, she was sleepy. The green orange came through the flowers and brushed the willows and smiled, "Girl! Second Master Lu is here! I have entered the second door and brought a girl!" Li Xiaoyao's sleepiness suddenly ran clean, quickly stood up, put on shoes barefoot, and followed Qingcheng out.

Lu Feng's clothes were mostly wet, and he quickly fanned the folding fan. He was strode in. A woman with thick hands, big feet and a rough face could not see that the old woman followed him two or three steps slowly. Later, a group of girls held skirts and ran away, trying to scream but not dare to scream, not shout and anxiously. If something happens to break in like this, those elder sisters are strict and start a fire. What's the matter?

Li Xiaoyao turned around the rockery and saw Lv Feng, who rushed in as fast as his footsteps, and stopped walking with a smile. Lv Feng saw Li Xiaoyao, a strange cry, and did not run. He jumped up and shot at Li Xiaoyao, which scared Li Xiaoyao to retreat several times. Bu, the woman behind Lv Feng also jumped up and fell exactly the same. Just two or three steps behind Lv Feng. Li Xiaoyao looked at the woman with his eyes open and pointed to her and asked, "Your little aunt?"

"Is that all she can do? She is my little sister-in-law's eldest disciple, my sister!" Lv Feng raised his thumb and pointed to the woman and said. The woman corrected it first with a simple smile, "It's the senior sister. I'm bigger than him!" You are the fifth master, aren't you? What a handsome man! My surname is Liu, and the small character Xiuyun••••••”

"That's your name, where do you have words? Still small words!" Lu Feng retreated to Liu Xiuyun: "You can talk about it later. I'll talk about it first!" Li Xiaoyao looked at the two with a smile. Lv Feng pushed Liu Xiuyun back a few steps, turned back, tied his waist, looked at Li Xiaoyao several times carefully, up and down, and exhaled, "It's okay. I saw you thin last time, but this time it's still thin!"

"What else is good?" Liu Xiuyun said in the back, and Lv Feng did not look back. He raised his hand and called Qingcheng, "You! What's your name? Begonia?"

"Second Master, my name is Qingcheng, not Begonia." Qingcheng replied with a smile. Lv Feng pointed to Liu Xiuyun behind his shoulder and said, "The name Qingcheng sounds good. Take her to take a bath and let her wash well. She smells sweat. Don't smoke your girl! Go!" Qingcheng turned his head and looked at Li Xiaoyao. Li Xiaoyao passed Lu Feng and smiled at Liu Xiuyun and said, "Miss Liu, it's hot, and you are on your way here again. Why don't you let Qingcheng wait for you to wash, change your clothes, and then have tea and talk?" Liu Xiuyun smiled cheerfully and said, "It's not so hot! Then I'll take a shower first and you can talk." Lv Feng waved his hands and waved Liu Xiuyun out. Seeing that she turned the corner with Qingcheng and could not see it, he took a long breath, crossed his waist, looked at Li Xiaoyao, and asked with a full of breath, "Why are you come here again? Waiting for me?"

Li Xiaoyao looked at him angrily and smiled and replied, "Well, it's not to wait for you, just for this, I specially knocked down the whole Huainan Road to wait for you!" Lv Feng suddenly became nervous and quickly put down his arm and turned around and asked, "What about that stone? The porter said he also lived here? Why do you live in the same yard with him? Li Xiaoyao lowered his shoulders and sighed helplessly: "Your little uncle went out to fight. I don't live in the same yard with him. Who do you live with? Huainan Road has not been stable yet. It is safest to follow him. Lv Feng breathed a sigh of relief and raised his waist again: "It's okay. I will be there in the future!" Li Xiaoyao looked at Lv Feng carefully and was obviously much thinner than the last time he saw him. Li Xiaoyao waved his hand in front of his nose and smiled, "You are also sweaty. Look, your clothes are soaked. I will take you to take you to take a bath, change your clothes, and let's drink tea and talk clean."

"Find the nearest yard for me!"

"Alle! Go quickly." Li Xiaoyao readily agreed and motioned Liu Yun to take him down to bathe and wash.