The Great Yan was not the only empire in the mortal world, and its national strength was not considered strong among the many empires.
As the imperial uncle of the Great Yan Dynasty, Tantai Yueming has embarked on the path of cultivation, but he is not cultivating the path of ruthlessness. It is normal for him to have some attachment to his family in the secular world.
However, the method of boiling salt was Lin Jiujiu's idea.
He has no right to make decisions for her.
"My opinion is not important. If you have this idea, you might as well ask Jiu Jiu."
Jiujiu?
When Tantai Yueming heard Baili Chenyuan address her as such, she knew that this guy really considered Lin Jiujiu his wife.
However, he was, after all, a cultivator, and had been cultivating for much longer than I had.
If one is looking for a Daoist partner, it should be someone who is also a cultivator. How could one have developed feelings for a woman from the mortal world?
It wasn't that he looked down on mortal women; it was just that cultivators, as their cultivation level increased...
The lifespan of a Foundation Establishment cultivator is two hundred years, while a Golden Core cultivator can live for five hundred years. Those above the Nascent Soul stage have lifespans measured in thousands of years, while a mortal is considered to have lived to be a hundred.
Even if Baili had the ability to find her a youth-preserving pill that could keep her looking young, she would eventually leave. So what's the point of just a few decades of companionship?
Just as Tantai Yueming was thinking this, she saw Baili Chenyuan stride away from the courtyard. Judging from the direction he went, it was obvious that he was going to find Lin Jiujiu.
Since Tantai Yueming had the idea of presenting the salt-making recipe to the imperial court, he naturally paid more attention to the salt-making process.
Seeing Lin Jiujiu's nonchalant attitude just now, he figured it wouldn't be difficult to get the prescription.
As Tantai Yueming had expected, Lin Jiujiu readily agreed and even provided a recipe for salt production.
After all, the salt that Dayan uses today still comes from mines, and because mining is difficult, the price is very high.
If this method of salt production were to become widespread, it would be a good thing for her, if not for anything else, as it would lower the price of salt.
Furthermore, the salt and iron industry has always been controlled by the imperial court. It's fine for one's own family to have some for their own consumption, but selling it without the court's permission is a serious crime.
Besides, her home is far from the sea. Since she can't use it to make money, it's not a bad idea to use it to drive down the price of salt.
Seeing how generous she was, Tantai Yueming couldn't be too stingy, so he immediately took out a silver note worth ten thousand taels, saying it was a reward for Lin Jiujiu on behalf of the imperial court.
Lin Jiujiu accepted it without hesitation; after all, it would be foolish not to accept money when it's available.
However, when Tantai Yueming said that even if the recipe were presented to the emperor, it would be stated that it was presented by the Lin family, and any other rewards from the court would belong to them, Lin Jiujiu refused.
"Forget it, this is something only you, me, and those present know. Since the prescription has been presented to the court, we will not do it again in the future."
As for credit, we only need the money; nothing else. "A common man is innocent, but possessing a treasure is a crime," and we don't want to cause trouble.
Tantai Yueming did not insist after hearing what she said.
The Lin family is now considered a relatively wealthy family in the village, but their foundation is too shallow, and it's not easy to deal with being targeted.
No one in the Lin family objected to Lin Jiujiu's decision. However, when Lin Jiujiu handed the silver note with a face value of ten thousand to her father, he waved his hand and refused it.
"Jiujiu, you should keep the silver notes. Father has no use for that money and might lose it if he's not careful. Keep them and spend them however you want."
Lin Jiujiu did not object when she heard him say that.
Perfect timing! She was still short of the money she earned from selling ginseng to build her house. She had originally planned to go to the county town again in a couple of days to get some more money.
With what Tantai Yueming gave her, she was saved a lot of trouble.
The rest of the Lin family had no objection to Lin's father's decision.
After all, if it weren't for Lin Jiujiu, they would still be in the Lin family, being treated like servants by those two old geezers, and wouldn't be as carefree as they are now.
Not only will they soon be living in a big house, but they will also have meat to eat every day.
As Lin Xiaomei thought this, she couldn't help but pinch her little belly.
I think I've gained weight recently; I've got a little belly.
As for the little one, he had nothing to say. As long as he could follow his mother's example, that was better than anything else.
Even though everyone told him that the cold-faced man was his older brother, he had no intention of getting close to him.
He is only his elder brother because his mother acknowledges him; if his mother doesn't acknowledge him, then he is nothing.
But even little ones have their moments of worry.
Just like this afternoon, he was sitting by a small pond that had just been dug in the yard, holding the charred but still unrestored Little White.
"well……"
This was probably the umpteenth time he had sighed.
Little White shook off its charred fur and stomped on its chubby little belly.
It simply couldn't listen anymore.
If this little bean keeps sighing, the little guy will become depressed, or even the dog will.
Unable to bear it any longer, it looked around to make sure no one was watching before quietly asking.
"Little bean, what are you sighing about?"
It was also curious: what kind of trouble could a little kid as tall as a bean sprout have that could make him so worried?
Seeing that someone... uh... a fox was finally willing to listen to his troubles, the little boy rested his head in his hands, his little brows furrowed tightly as he spoke.
"Xiaobai, do you think that Uncle Baili is really my older brother?"
Xiao Bai wondered what he was struggling with. Turns out it was this.
He plopped back down in the little boy's lap, seemingly unconcerned.
What does it matter?
The little bean sprout looked at him with an expression that said, "You don't understand," and pinched the little white dog's two little paws.
"You don't understand. If he really is my older brother, does that mean I can't call my mother 'mother' anymore?"
Little Douding loves his current life and also loves his mother.
He wished his mother were his mother, not his sister-in-law.
Although he knew he wasn't his mother's biological son, his mother was still closer to him than his sister-in-law.
He didn't want to become estranged from his mother.
Although he also wished his brother were still alive, so that he would have another relative, he did not want his mother to become his sister-in-law.
He had been secretly observing Uncle Baili for several days.
He kept thinking about whether he should ask Uncle Baili if he could marry someone else.
But he couldn't bring himself to say it, because if it were his elder brother, he would be his mother's husband. How could he be so selfish as to separate his mother and her husband for his own sake?
The little guy's furrowed brows were showing from worry, but he couldn't think of a way to have the best of both worlds, which is why he was sitting here sighing all by himself.
Little White, who was being held in its arms, also fell into deep thought after hearing his words.
That man looks very capable. If we could recruit him, it might be more beneficial to our plans.
But the thought of that cruel woman made it instinctively shudder.
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