Xu Shaoyan was exhausted all the way, and he was less like a noble young man in the past.

It was already dusk, and Su Qingniang was hurriedly called by the shopkeeper of Jixiang Cake Shop. She saw Xu Shaoyan, who was covered in dust and frost, leaning on a high-back chair with one hand, closed her eyes to rest.

"You're here."

"Ah. Come."

"sit."

Su Qingma sat down and looked at him: "What happened? It's so urgent." Seeing his grim expression, his eyebrows were slightly closed, and his heart tightened, afraid that something would happen.

Xu Shaoyan rubbed his forehead: "The salt tax is heavy. I got the news and robbed a little. I was afraid that you would not have salt, so I transported two cars to your farm. As for your daily use, while the news has not yet reached this place, you should prepare some goods. Keep it up, and be prepared for any trouble. You will have to eat it."

"Ah? Is the salt tax heavy?"

Seeing Xu Shaoyan nodding, Su Qingma's heart became sank.

She paid a lot of inexplicable taxes some time ago, and the autumn grains in the fields were confiscated, and she paid another summer tax. She said that in order to consolidate border defense, she added taxes to each acre of land.

The people complained. Su Qingma pinched her nose and paid it. How long has it been since the salt tax been increased again?

“Add a lot?”

"A lot of it. If you can, stock up more."

"good."

He said a few more words and stood up: "Then I'll go back."

"Well, I'll stay in town for two more days and find me if I have something to do."

"good."

Su Qingma was worried and walked on the street. It was sunset and many shops were closed. Although it was not yet dark, there were candlelights coming from the sporadic shops, illuminating the road under Su Qingma's feet.

Su Qingma hurriedly walked into the store.

Without further ado, he just told the people in the store to go out to buy salt with Grandma Zhou and Hongxiu. And he must buy all the monthly share of each person. Several children also carried bags out to buy salt, and Yaya also carried it.

Su's father and Su Dahu were kept and talked about the increase in salt prices. The two of them looked calm, turned around and rushed to the backyard to catch the ox cart, and hurried to Pingchuan County.

Su Qingniang hurried to Lu Shengcai's grocery store again.

Fortunately, Lu Shengcai was still there. The young man left and he was about to close the door and go home. When he turned around, he saw Su Qingma flashing in.

"Bocheng family? It's so late, what happened?"

"Dad, how much salt is there in your store?"

"Salt? We don't have salt in our hands. My father took some from the salt merchant, not much. He only made a profit. If you want it, take it all. My father will buy some more tomorrow."

Seeing that he looked dull, Su Qingma probably hadn't received the news, so she hurriedly pulled him to the side and whispered.

After saying that, he said, "Dad, please leave the ones you use at home, and make some of them even more."

After Su Qingma said that, she saw him being stunned and said it again.

Lu Shengcai looked disbelief: "Qing Mom, this matter is no joke. Where did you get the news?"

"Dad, don't worry about the authenticity, it won't break even if it's put at home anyway." After thinking for a while, he turned around and looked around in the grocery store: "Dad, give me some sugar. I want some oil, sauce, vinegar and other things."

After saying that, he found a utensil in the store and put it on his own.

Lu Shengcai came back to his senses and came over to help her install... Su Qingma installed a large cart and asked Lu Shengcai to transport it back to the store. He asked him to help move it to the cellar.

As soon as he came up, Lu Shengcai met the people in the store. Even Su Qingma's twin brothers and sisters came back with a big bag of salt, and they were stunned.

When Grandma Zhou's grandson also ran in with a large bag of salt, she couldn't help but be stunned. Then she heard Su Qingliu and Su Qingmu say, "I'll hold Xiaobao and buy it again."

Then Su Qingliu held Xiaobao and ran out quickly.

Lu Shengcai couldn't sit still now: "Qing Mama, this, this..."

But Su Qingma didn't comfort him at all and asked him: "Dad, do you want to go to Pingchuan County to buy some goods? Then buy some salt from the salt merchant?"

Lu Shengcai looked at her blankly, and saw that she looked extremely serious, he said blankly: "Then, that dad went back to get a car..."

"Da Jiang, follow me." Su Qingma turned around and ordered Zhou Da Jiang.

Zhou Dajiang immediately helped Lu Shengcai, who was standing there, and strode away.

"Qing Madam, do you think we should stock up on some food?"

Grandma Zhou was frightened all night. The old man was a veteran and the price of salt had not been adjusted. When it was high, a pound of salt could be worth 100 kilograms of grain, and there was nowhere to buy it. As a result, everyone kept eating light food closed, and they lost their taste in their mouths.

Grandma Zhou's heart was beating. Before Su Qingtai could speak, she patted her thigh and greeted her little grandson: "Red shirt, go home and get rice bags!"

Su Qingniang came to her senses and hurriedly asked Zhou Hongshan and Qingyang to go down to the cellar to get some rice bags and baskets. She closed the shop, took everyone to the grain shop with the rice bags, and soon brought a bunch of rice, flour and grains back.

The next day, before dawn, Su Qingma hired several ox carts and went to the countryside to load vegetables and transport them back.

At noon, Su's father and Su Dahu came back with their respective ox carts, followed by two hired cars, and rushed to the backyard of the shop to move the things into the cellar. In the afternoon, Lu Shengcai also returned, and there were three ox carts behind him.

Lu Shengcai did not return overnight. When he came back, Wu knew that he had spent most of the money, so he jumped up and pointed at his nose and cursed for a long time.

A son and a daughter are about to get married. She bought so much money with the money. If she couldn't sell it, how could the money be bought for them?

Lu Shengcai didn't explain. He was also surprised and confused. Fortunately, he could put all the things he entered, and no matter how good the years were, it would not be too depreciated.

Then Lu Shengcai walked to the town three times a day, and went to the rice, flour, grain and oil shops very frequently. He also went to the salt-selling place three times a day.

Su Qingniang met Xu Shaoyan twice, and each time she talked for a long time. After Xu Shaoyan left, she went to the farm again and told all the finished goods not to move first, and then put them in the cellar to seal them. She waited for her instructions and not to move them arbitrarily.

Liu Zhuangtou responded respectfully.

Su Qingma also vaguely reminded Liu Zhuangtou to let the servants and tenants save some salt.

Liu Zhuangtou was shocked. As soon as Su Qingma left, she hurriedly sent everyone in the village to Pingchuan County to buy salt, and the tenants also said it in a vague way. Some people were obedient and bought and stocked up at home, while others didn't listen.

After the Su family in Qiaotou Village and the Lu family in Shanghe Village also stocked up some salt, Su Qingma also stocked up some more and transported some of the food in the farm.

After a few days like this, the salt price in Fengting Town quietly increased from one pound of twenty cents to twenty cents to twenty cents, and soon rose to thirty cents, fifty cents, and one hundred cents. It turned out that one pound of salt could be exchanged for four pounds of grain, but now one pound of salt can be exchanged for twenty pounds of grain.
Chapter completed!