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Chapter 2874 Salt Lesson

Chapter 2874 Salt Lesson

Bai Shan was obviously very excited and described the sea to Zhou Man. After returning home and washing up, he talked about business with Zhou Man. "The sea is beautiful, but people living by the sea are very miserable."

He said: "I walked on the seaside for three days, and every village I passed was poorer than Zhaojiagou."

His voice lowered and he said: "The houses are low and simple, and the doctors don't wrap the body. I asked, and they fish all year round. During the most abundant harvest, there are lucky merchants who buy salted fish. They do it every year."

The per capita income is only about 200 yuan. You know, the fishermen on the seaside basically have no land, so they make a living by fishing and cutting firewood for the saltworks to cook sea salt, so they have to buy food."

Man Bao was surprised, "Even if the grain is ten cents a dou, they don't have enough to eat."

Bai Shan nodded, "That's right, so they are hungry for half the year and don't have enough to eat at all."

"Isn't there a salt field?" Man Bao frowned, "How much does it cost for a day at the salt field?"

Bai Shan glanced at her and said: "Nine to twelve cents a day, but they still have a small family, so I calculate this as an average income."

"Then nine to twelve cents is too low," Man Bao said, "When your family built a house, they were given twenty cents a day. For those who are good at craftsmanship, they were given twenty-five cents."

Bai Shan: "...How old were you then? How could you remember?"

Man Bao said proudly: "I have an account book. At that time, my fourth brother lost money in gambling and the family had no money, so I kept track of every penny the family made during that time."

Her memory doesn't remember this, but she does remember her account books. It turns out that a good memory is not as good as a bad writing.

Man Bao asked him, "Then what are you going to do? Since they can't make anything from the land, they can only make it from the sea."

Bai Shan nodded, "I thought so too, but as for the sea... I can only think of fish at the moment. I have to meet with the merchants who buy salted fish before making a decision."

Man Bao asked slightly excitedly: "When will you go to the beach again? I want to go too."

Bai Shanxiao: "You won't stay at the medical office?"

Manbao's shoulders slumped, "There are no patients in the medical department."

She sighed: "For some reason, I asked people all over the county to beat gongs and drums to notify them, and I also asked Fang Xian Cheng to send documents to various villages and ask them to notify them in their respective townships, but still nothing happened.

People come to seek medical treatment.”

Bai Shan hesitated and said, "Then you want to go out for a free clinic?"

He lowered his voice and said softly: "I see that the physical condition of the fishermen on the beach is not very good."

Man Bao sat up straight in an instant, nodded repeatedly, and said with a look of deep approval, "Yes, I just want to go to the free clinic!"

Bai Shan laughed instantly, rolled up his legs and sat cross-legged on the couch comfortably, and said with a smile: "Then get ready. I will go with you after I have handled the official business of the county government."

Man Bao nodded happily.

Bai Shan is not in the county government office, and the affairs he has accumulated recently are not many, but not many.

Most of Fangxian Cheng can handle it on his behalf, while the rest will wait for him to come back and make decisions.

Bai Shan spends half a day dealing with these official duties, and then takes an hour every day to go to court to deal with the backlog of cases. The rest of the time is spent meeting various people.

There are various merchants in Beihai County, as well as the Song family and the Li family, some of the larger gentry in Beihai County.

Three days later, Bai Shan packed up his things and took Master Song and Lieutenant Dong with him to go to the countryside.

Dong Xianwei, who has only been back for three days and feels his butt is not even hot:...

Master Song was also in a trance, and touched his face before Bai Shan could return. Before Bai Shan came to take office, he had been in the countryside for nearly ten days. Even in spring, his skin was almost peeling from the sun.

Doesn’t County Magistrate Bai love going to the countryside too much?

What's good about the countryside?

You just took office, shouldn't you compete with Fang County Magistrate for the power of the county government?

You travel to the countryside all day long and leave most affairs to the county magistrate. Who is the magistrate between you two?

Bai Shanzheng spoke to Fang Xiancheng, "I took a look and found that we only have one salt farm in Beihai County, but the amount of salt produced is not high, so the wages for cooking salt are also very low."

Fangxian Cheng seemed to have been waiting for Bai Shan to ask, and said: "The salt field is under the supervision of the Song Dynasty. When County Magistrate Lu was there, he reported back that there were few trees in the mountains, so the scale of salt cooking was limited, so the salt production was not

high."

Fangxian Cheng paused and said: "Sir, the salt production of the salt field has indeed been low. Starting from the previous dynasty, through the efforts of the county magistrates over the years, it has actually increased. Now Beihai County's finance accounts for 60%

It relies on selling official salt, and the remaining 40% comes from various taxes."

It can be said that the ratio is very unhealthy.

Bai Shan raised his eyebrows and asked: "How much has it grown? Why?"

He smiled slightly and said: "We have found a way to grow, maybe we can make him grow a little longer."

Fang Xian Cheng lowered his eyes and said: "As the cooking pot grows, it will naturally grow."

Bai Shan:……

This kind of growth without any technical content is what Bai Shan least wants to see.

He stretched out his fingers to rub his forehead and said, "That's all, let's check the salt farm's accounts first."

Bai Shandao: "While I was taking Lieutenant Dong and Secretary Song out, the Prime Minister of Laofang County was busy checking out the accounts of the salt farm and reporting them to me."

Fang Xian Cheng was stunned for a moment, and when he saw Bai Shan getting up to leave, he couldn't help but stand up, "Sir -"

Fang Xian Cheng stopped him, frowned and thought for a moment, but couldn't help but hinted: "Your Excellency, you mean to check the accounts of the salt farm? But the accounts of the salt farm have always been under the control of Chief Song..."

"But Secretary Song will go to the beach with me tomorrow. We won't be able to come back for at least ten days. Since Fang County Magistrate is staying at the county government office, I would like to help you if you can, and check the accounts of the salt farm." Bai Shan

Turning back and looking at him, he said meaningfully: "I have seen it. The coastline of Beihai County is very long. We can set up several more salt farms. Why stick to one?"

County Magistrate Fang lowered his eyes and said, "Magistrate Lu thought the same thing before he left. He had already sent people to open a salt farm in the Jiajiawa area. Unfortunately, it was only half built, and the forest near Jiajiawa caught fire."

He said: "The wildfires burned many trees. Even if the salt farm in Jiawa was built, there would not be enough firewood to cook salt, so the matter was shelved."

Bai Shan's face sank. He didn't know about this. He asked, "When did this happen?"

"Two years ago," Fang Xiancheng said, "the salt field had been suspended for more than a year. Magistrate Lu saw that a lot of new trees had grown on the mountain, and he wanted to restart the salt field. Who knew that great changes had taken place in Qingzhou, and Magistrate Lu was

He was promoted to Yidu County."

Although they are all county magistrates, Yidu County is Qingzhou Guo County or Shang County, and the official rank is half a level higher. This is an unexpected promotion. Otherwise, according to Lu County Magistrate's qualifications, he would have to work in Beihai County for another three years.

Only then will they be promoted and leave.

In three years, he might actually be able to compete with the local gentry.

? ?Meet you at 6 p.m.

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(End of chapter)


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