Ming Dynasty: The Sixth Brother of the Zhu Family Seeks Immortality

But looking at the state of recovery of the third brother, he still hasn't woken up after three days.

Although ordinary people will die after three days of coma, the third brother has the elixir provided by Zhu Zhankan.

His body can still hold on, but he just sleeps soundly.

After checking Yanshan County again, he found that the atmosphere here is actually good.

There are snack stalls and grocers selling on the streets, and the environment is not too chaotic.

From time to time, the constables go out for patrol.

This scene of good governance made Zhu Zhankan have other plans for the handling of the Yanshan County Magistrate.

If that guy did not involve key points in smuggling, there would be no need to kill him.

Of course, if he did something that was said above, he would just die honestly.

However, when Zhu Zhankan walked to the place where the stove owners lived together, he was really amazed.

This is not a place where people live! The living environment of the stove owners can be described as horrible, which is a bit of an underestimation of the adjective horrible.

If I had to describe it, it was really messy, ragged, dilapidated, and the house was bare!

There was only one relatively clean place where the stoves lived together, and other places, especially around the residential area, were covered with all kinds of garbage and even excrement.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Zhu Zhankan really didn't believe that there would be such a dirty place in the Ming Dynasty.

Several people in ragged clothes and strips of cloth saw Zhu Zhankan coming.

There was a bit of surprise in their eyes, and they threw away the garbage in their hands and walked back.

The direction they were heading to looked like the best room in this rotten house.

However, it still looked a bit shabby.

When the two approached the gate, they saw the most respected old man Jin among the nearby stoves.

There was a bit of urgency in their eyes.

"Grandpa, there is a noble man outside the door."

"Oh?" The old man's turbid eyes flashed a trace of clarity.

He leaned on a cane and propped up his body.

"What other nobleman do you know?"

The two looked at each other and said, "That young man is dressed very luxuriously, and there are two big men following him."

Old Master Jin showed a trace of suspicion in his eyes. There is actually a nobleman willing to come to their remote place?

Although the salt-making of the stove households created great wealth.

But these wealth had little to do with the stove households in the end.

If it were in the next few dynasties, the job of the stove household would definitely be better than that of a blacksmith or a carpenter.

Because according to the historical trend, salt workers and stove households can become officials! This is completely different from those blacksmiths and carpenters.

And the people who deal with the stove households are mainly profit-seeking businessmen and some low-level officials.

In either case, the status and money of the stove households should not be low.

But the problem is...they are now in the early Ming Dynasty!

The household registration system established by Emperor Hongwu greatly restricted population mobility.

The descendants of these stove households continue to work as stove households.

Under the threat of being skinned for embezzling sixty taels of silver, the stove owners naturally chose to be craftsmen honestly.

Besides, not all stove owners were salt-making people.

Most of those who were salt-making people became officials in the salt fields.

At this stage, it was the criminals who were convicted of crimes and their descendants who were the main workers.

After all, drying and making salt are very harmful to the body!

There are basically no other people around who can live to the age of Old Master Jin.

So he also became the old master who has the final say among the stove owners in this area.

After noticing that the two people left, Zhu Zhankan waited here for the person in charge of this area to meet.

After walking around this dilapidated area for a few times.

Zhu Zhankan asked the Jinyiwei beside him: "Are the living conditions of all stove owners so poor?"

He thought that these people probably couldn't even afford to buy food?

Jinyiwei hurriedly said: "Replying to the superior, it is not the case. The treatment of normal stove owners is not bad. Some of them are even the leaders of salt fields and salt workers in various places."

"So the situation here is not ordinary?"

Jinyiwei whispered: "In the territory of the Ming Dynasty, most of the stove owners are criminals, rebels and their descendants. Even if these people are bullied, no one will pursue them."

Zhu Zhankan suddenly realized that this is the case. The criminals and their descendants really don't get any good treatment.

After all, whether the Ming Dynasty counts them as its own people is another matter.

"I, Jin Sanzhong, have met this young master. I wonder what the young master has to do here?" Jin Taiye finally came.

It is a blessing, not a disaster. If it is a disaster, it cannot be avoided.

Be more straightforward and come here by yourself. Even if something happens, you can make plans early.

"Old man, I came here to ask about Jin Laosan, that is, the three people from your family who went to ask for help from the imperial envoy."

"Ask for help from the imperial envoy?" Jin Taiye showed a puzzled expression, and this official? This child-like person is an official.

Zhu Zhankan saw that the expression didn't look fake.

Of course, he might not be able to tell the difference even if he was old and wise.

"I am here to see you, sir..."

"Please stand up, old man." Zhu Zhankan signaled the Jinyiwei to help the old man up.

"Sir, I haven't heard of anyone offending the imperial envoy." Master Jin denied.

"Well, then tell me, what crime did your Jin family commit to be assigned to the kitchen household?"

Jin, this surname is rare in itself. The current Minister of War is Jin Zhong.

This family also has the surname Jin. Could they have any relationship with the Minister of War?

Grandpa Jin told how his Jin family fell into criminal status.

It turned out that there was a general in his family who joined the army and was originally stationed in Shuntian Prefecture.

But when the current emperor was fighting against the rebellion, he stood firmly by Jianwen's side.

Even if he was captured, he did not choose to surrender.

In the end, the three clans were relegated to the craftsman register and came to this point today.

And the young men of the Jin family at that time basically died while defending the city, or gradually died because of the difficult work of the stove households.

Finally, it evolved into what it is today.

Zhu Zhankan waved his hand and left the rest area of ​​the Jin family with the Jinyiwei.

The cause of the Jin family's incident has been investigated almost.

The old man of the Jin family said so, so there is naturally no injustice.

Anyway, he himself does not think there is any injustice, that is, there is no injustice.

At most, improving the technology in the future so that salt drying is not so tiring is considered care.

Chapter 88 What salt administration? All the criminals will be arrested

Zhu Zhankan returned to the Jinyiwei station, found a seat to sit down, took out the inkstone and rubbed it.

Zhu Zhankan glanced at the Jinyiwei in the room from time to time.

It should be said that these Jinyiwei are really efficient at work.

Each person does not work independently, but cooperates with each other and complements each other.

At least in front of Zhu Zhankan, there are no quarrels, and there are no Jinyiwei who are slacking off.

And the little guy Zhu Zhanzhen sat at a square table in a proper manner, listening to several Jinyiwei begin to report the secret reports about officials related to Yanshan County and even the entire Shuntian Prefecture and salt transportation.

Zhu Zhankan patted Laowu's shoulder and motioned him to get up.

Zhu Zhankan began to pick up the files and prepared to look through the causes and consequences.

By the way, he listened to the report of the Jinyiwei.

"Sixth brother, these officials are really good at playing!" Zhu Zhanzhen took out a secret report with a sly smile on his face.

This secret report even recorded which building the official went to, which courtyard he entered, and what posture he used!

"Go! Don't look at those unhealthy things." Zhu Zhankan took it and put it aside.