Making you a son-in-law is not about making you conquer the world.

Before Lin Ping could react, dozens of people rushed in, shouting, "Mingyue Tower has salt! We're saved!"

The noise immediately attracted the attention of many customers, and the entire first-floor lobby was instantly packed, especially with customers from the buffet restaurant.

Judging from their clothing, most of these people were poor folks who had no choice but to break into Mingyue Tower.

This is the beginning of chaos in Jiangcheng. If the salt monopoly continues, a major outbreak will occur sooner or later.

Jiang Yunying stood there, looking at them with sympathy, and even wanted to ask Lin Fugui to take out all the salt in the kitchen and distribute it.

"What are you trying to do?" Seeing that the group of people were about to search around, Lin Fugui immediately stepped in front of them.

Nowadays, salt is more expensive than silver, so how can it be distributed arbitrarily? Besides, Mingyue Tower's kitchen doesn't have much stock left, not enough for these people to scramble for. Mingyue Tower's business will definitely be difficult to sustain.

Moreover, these people's shouting has seriously affected normal customers' dining experience and is likely to result in complaints.

Mingyuelou is known for its high-end atmosphere, and most customers are drawn not only by its delicious food but also by its elegant ambiance. Now, with this group of people making such a racket, they have no appetite left.

However, Lin Fugui was ignored. One of them pointed at Lin Ping and Jiang Yunying and shouted, "These are the princess and the prince consort of the city lord's mansion. Everyone, go and beg them!"

After speaking, the man knelt down in front of Lin Ping with a thud and cried, "Your Highness, please have mercy! We haven't eaten salt for months. If this continues, we'll die!"

Dozens of people immediately gathered together, all kneeling before Lin Ping and pleading desperately, even shedding worthless tears.

At that moment, Jiang Yunying was moved. She was about to turn around and walk into the kitchen, but she couldn't bear to watch her simple and honest people die.

"Very good!" Lin Ping secretly gave these people a thumbs up, as they had already reached a point where they were in a difficult situation.

Mingyuelou is, after all, a restaurant, and its purpose is to make a profit. It has no obligation to give alms to these people.

Jiang Yunying, however, is a princess of the city lord's mansion, a respected master by the people. If they were to stand by and watch her die, they would surely lose the hearts of the people.

"My wife, you are too kind..." Lin Ping held Jiang Yunying's hand tightly and whispered in her ear.

The implication of being too kind is that one is easily taken advantage of, but unfortunately Jiang Yunying didn't understand. She mistakenly thought that Lin Ping was no different from a cunning businessman, which greatly diminished her good impression of him.

"Don't worry, my husband. This salt is owed by the City Lord's Mansion. Yunying will have someone return it," Jiang Yunying said seriously, clearly distancing herself from him.

"Long hair really does mean no brains..." Lin Ping sighed helplessly, feeling somewhat uneasy. He asked in return, "Does my wife know the consequences of not eating salt?"

This question really stumped Jiang Yunying. She was a princess of the city lord's mansion. Even if there was only one grain of salt left in the entire Jiangcheng city, it would probably be given to her. So, she had only heard that people could not live without salt, but she did not know why.

Lin Ping dared not explain cell osmotic pressure and other such concepts to his adorably silly wife, so he used a simpler way of saying, "If you don't eat salt for many days, you will feel weak all over and may even develop edema."

As Lin Ping spoke, he looked at the people kneeling on the ground.

Even if Jiang Yunying was foolish, she understood Lin Ping's meaning. That loud voice and agile speed didn't seem like he was weak at all. So, these common people were not as simple as they looked.

At Lin Ping's instruction, the waiter brought a bushel of salt from the kitchen, but this did not cause a scramble among the people.

"How long has it been since you ate salt?" Lin Ping asked the person standing at the front.

The man felt a little flustered under Lin Ping's gaze, but he still straightened his chest and said, "It's been three months!"

That's not a pitiful expression at all; it's clearly saying I haven't eaten salt for three months. Do you think I'm amazing?

"Tsk tsk... You haven't eaten salt for three months, your vitality is quite tenacious." Lin Ping clicked his tongue and pretended to be sympathetic, then frowned and said, "The human body needs six grams of salt a day, so three months is five hundred and forty grams, which is more than a pound."

Although this person did not understand the meaning of "gram", he knew the meaning of "pound". Suddenly, some rumors about Lin Ping came to mind, and his whole body trembled.

As expected, Lin Ping scooped a pound of salt into a bowl, held it out to the man with a stern face, and said seriously, "If you can finish this bowl of salt, it will prove that you haven't eaten salt for three months. If you can't finish it... that's a serious crime of deceiving a nobleman!"

"A heinous crime of deceiving the nobility?" The man turned pale with fright and, no longer bothering to argue with Lin Ping about the method of calculating salt intake, grabbed a handful of coarse salt and quickly put it in his mouth.

"Awesome!" Lin Ping gave a thumbs up after seeing the man's heroic actions, feeling a bit embarrassed just thinking about it.

The person intended to hold the salt in their mouth without eating it, but the saliva kept dissolving it, and the saltiness quickly stimulated their mouth to produce even more saliva. This vicious cycle caused the large handful of salt to disappear in no time.

Under the intense saltiness, the man's tongue began to go numb, his blood pressure started to rise, and his whole body felt like it was about to explode, causing him to roll his eyes in agony.

"Good, good, hurry up and eat the rest of the salt!" Lin Ping urged, handing the salt to the man.

After swallowing a handful of salt, the man was already delirious and his stomach was extremely uncomfortable, but thinking of the heinous crime of deceiving the nobles, he had no choice but to eat the remaining half of the salt.

Before he could even swallow the salt, the man collapsed to the ground, foaming at the mouth, and cried out in a very faint voice, "Water, give me water to drink."

"If drinking water were effective, what would be the use of doctors?" Lin Ping glanced at the man disdainfully, knowing full well that drinking water was useless.

This pound of salt is more toxic than poison. It can cause dehydration of the stomach and skin, as well as high blood pressure, heart failure, and even death.

Lin Ping had already guessed the man's identity and deliberately made an example of him to deter others from daring to challenge his bottom line.

Of course, Lin Ping used his X-ray vision to examine the man's stomach and concluded that he was not in any immediate danger, but would likely need to stay in bed for several days.

A short while later, Lin Ping walked over to another person with salt and asked with a laugh, "How long has it been since you've eaten salt?"

Having learned from the previous experience, the man was so frightened that his legs trembled, and he stammered, "One...month."

"Only a month, how boring." Lin Ping shook his head uninterestedly, but still handed the man a large handful of salt, which he ate until he foamed at the mouth.

The next person finally came to his senses and said, bowing his head, "I...I ate salt. My wife hasn't eaten any for three months."

"Shifting the blame? Not bad!" Lin Ping said coldly. "Call your wife over here!"

The man was terrified that Lin Ping was so ruthless, not even sparing his wife. He immediately knelt down and kowtowed, pleading, "Your Highness, spare my life! Your Highness, spare my life! My wife has eaten salt too!"