Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

Chapter 81 Want to get rich?

"Father, what's wrong?"

Wang Yin and Han Jinrong shouted in surprise when they saw Qin Shao spit out the water.

"It's so salty! It's like drinking salt!"

Qin Shao said directly.

The third son didn't believe it, so he took a sip and spit it out.

"Xiao Langjun, this water is not drinkable, it is our family's salt water!"

The old man Su and his wife were cleaning their house earlier, so they didn't pay attention to the situation here.

"Lang Jun, you want to drink water. In the water tank in the room, we picked it up from the top of the mountain. Those are sweet water."

The old man said directly.

The sweet water he is talking about is the so-called fresh water.

"Didn't you dig a well here? Why do you carry water from the top of the mountain?"

Qin Shao has seen the map of this place, and there is indeed a lake on the top of the nearby mountain.

Based on its location, the Qinshao fault was formed due to volcanic eruptions and long-term rainfall.

"Mr. Xiaolang doesn't know that the water from our wells here is salty. Only the lake on the top of the mountain is slightly weaker, so we can only get water from there. Our old couple are old and have handicapped legs. We are both older. Lang (the old man's son) carries water."

The old man explained.

"Salt water? Then the water in your tank is not drawn from the village well?"

Qin Shao was full of doubts.

"Yes, sir, the water in the wells in our village is so salty that no one dares to eat it. At most, it is used when cooking salty rice, which saves money on buying salt!"

The old man explained.

From the conversation, Qin Shao learned that the crops planted here don't grow very much, and occasionally some corn is planted, and there are few fruit.

Their village mainly relies on hunting in the mountains or going to work in further towns to make ends meet.

Qin Shao saw that their food was bran-like food, and the old man and his wife's clothes were patched and patched, and they could barely cover their bodies.

As for the old man's daughter-in-law and grandson, they never came out of the house.

Qin Shao couldn't help thinking of the sentence in Lao Du's article: There is no one in the room, only grandchildren.There is a grandma who has not gone, and there is no end to the skirt.

When cooking at night, he boiled a lot of rice porridge, and asked the old man and his wife to come and eat together.

Han Jinrong also filled a large bowl and asked the old woman to deliver it to the daughter-in-law who hadn't left the room.

The humming and crying of the little baby and the soothing sound of the young woman came from the room.

"Master, you said that the conditions in this place are so bad, and it's so difficult to drink water, why don't you move to another place?"

After all, Xiaosanzi is young, and although he has a lot of experience in wandering all the way, he actually doesn't know many policies of Ming Dynasty very well.

In fact, he can't be blamed for this. Except for scholars, many people's news is actually very closed these days.

Daming's household registration policy does not mean that ordinary people cannot leave the place where they live at will, even if they move to other places, it is not so easy to settle down.

They bought a house specially to move to Anlu Prefecture.

Buying a house in any era is not something that ordinary people can achieve, especially poor farmers.

Many migrations in history were caused by wars or large-scale natural disasters.

People will migrate if they can't survive!
They stayed at Old Man Su's house for one night, and set off after making some meals in the morning.

Before leaving, he left 2 taels of silver for old man Su, and left them all the food and clothes in the car.

"This is Yingshan County?"

The mule and carriage had just started on the road, and Qin Shao muttered to himself.

"My lord, this is Yingshan County, and it's under the jurisdiction of our Anlu Prefecture. It's just that the Jingshan County Government and the Anlu Prefecture Government are in the city. After all, it's our Anlu Prefecture."

Han Jinrong smiled.

My grandfather didn't know what was wrong, but he kept mumbling to himself when he came out of Nasutun Village.

"Wang Yin, stop!"

Qin Shao shouted suddenly.

"Master! What's the matter?"

The three asked in amazement.

"Go back, go to the col over there!"

Qin Shao directed and said.

Even though Wang Yin was a little surprised, it was Qin Shao's order, and he followed it immediately.

He drove the mules and horses towards the col not far away.

This is the terrain of the basin, and the land they are heading to is a depression with an area of ​​about three to four hundred acres.

Plants like thorns and the like grew sparsely around, and those sunken areas were covered with white flowers, with no grass growing, except that the land was dry and rolled up.

Qin Shao heard old man Su say last night that their land is barren and crops don't grow very much, especially in this sunken place where not a single blade of grass grows.

Some people bought the land in the villages a little far away, but no one wanted this land, and it was distributed to the villagers, and no one wanted it.

After all, in Daming, if it is regarded as arable land and allocated to the hands, it has to pay taxes.

There is no grass growing on this piece of land, and the government wants to sell it, and no one will take over the land tax.

Who would want such a barren place!

For farmers, if they say that they don't want to pay taxes at this time, if they suddenly ask for it one day, they can't afford it.

Qin Shao got out of the carriage, walked to the barren land over there, took out a short knife from his waist, and dug up the ground under him.

It only takes a moment, and the soil under the soil is mixed with black and white, and the further down, the more white parts.

Qin Shao picked up some dirt and licked it on his tongue, it was salty!

Correct! That's right!

That's right!

He found the baby!

He found the baby!

"Grandpa, why do you eat dirt?"

"Ouch! It's too salty, what kind of shit is this!"

The third son watched Qin Shao lick the soil, followed suit, and spit it out on the spot.

"It's okay, let's go back!"

Qin Shao got up, patted the dust off his body, and filled up the small hole he dug with his feet.

Han Jinrong was a little curious, but my master didn't say anything, she knew that he must have something in his heart, if he wanted to say it, he would definitely say it.

As for Wang Yin, what my master says is what he says, as long as he does everything.

Several people got into the car and continued on their way home, returning to Jingshan's home around noon.

They had just arrived at the door, and the old man Zhu was already waiting at the door.

It's not that I wish the old man can pinch and count until they return today.

But after the exams in the past few days, I wish the old man would walk around the door every day to see if they came back.

Seeing Qin Shao coming back, he ignored everything, dragged Qin Shao to his home, and asked about the exam situation.

Still the same as last time, Qin Shao recounted the content of the exam and his own answers to the old man Zhu.

The old man Zhu nodded in satisfaction.

"Ziming, very good, as long as you maintain this momentum and study hard, you will definitely be able to rise up step by step and win the top ranking!"

I wish the old man a happy smile.

He is not sure whether his student can win the government examination. After all, in addition to answering the questions correctly, the imperial examination also includes composition and poetry, plus the score of the paper. The test results are very subjective. .

But according to Qin Shao's answering situation, passing the government test should not be a problem.

"Master, I know, I will definitely continue to work hard!"

Qin Shao replied.

He didn't refute the old man anymore, even if he had other plans, there was no need to touch the old man's thunder at this time.

He has more important things to think about now.

A very important thing!
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Inside the study.

Qin Shao wrote and drew on paper, recalling the details of his previous life.

Yingcheng, Yunmeng...

right!right!That's the place, Yunying Salt Mine!
Daxia NO, No. 2 ranked big salt warehouse, located in the Yunying Salt Mine near Anlu, Huguang!

Located in the depression of the basin, there are 80 salt groups, each of which has 1 to 27 layers of salt, with a total salt-bearing area of ​​more than 2000 square kilometers.

It was only discovered in 59. As of 2010, the output of the three mines was 3 million tons, and more mines are waiting to be developed!
Some experts estimate that the resource reserves of Yunying Salt Mine are estimated at 280 billion tons.

280 billion tons!

280 billion tons!

No one wants that piece of land in the basin now, and it can't be sold!
Qin Shao's hand wanted to shake a little.

(End of this chapter)