Zhou Man returned to the backyard with a cattail leaf fan, calculated the time for Bai Shan's return, sighed, and asked Yue San: "Pack the two baggage, we are going out in the evening."
He added: "Put things in order at home. If the prince comes to Beihai County later, he may live here with us, and we will have to move out then."
Even Wu Yue and others were a little nervous, "Is your Royal Highness here?"
Zhou Man nodded, waved his hand and said: "Go and clean it up. By the way, in addition to the official uniforms, put in two sets of better clothes. People rely on clothes and horses rely on saddles. We can't let others look down on us now."
Since you want good clothes, you need good shoes and good accessories to decorate your clothes. If you put them together like this, the things will no longer fit in two bags.
Wu Wu said: "Madam, put it in a box and put it in the car."
Zhou Man rolled his eyes, nodded and said: "Good idea, go and have someone prepare the carriage."
Bai Shan didn't know anything at this time. He was leisurely looking at the dried salt in the warehouse with his hands behind his back.
The salt that was dried was put into fine linen bags and piled in the warehouse. To prevent it from getting damp, stones and wooden boards were used to separate a hand-wide space on the ground, and the salt bags were piled on top.
Bai Shan counted the numbers, checked the account books and nodded slightly. There was nothing wrong with the accounts. According to the current salt price, their inventory would be enough to cover Beihai County's financial expenditure for a year.
Salt is indeed profitable.
Bai Shan reached out and patted the salt bag and sighed.
Every time Zhou Liwei came to the warehouse, he felt a sense of accomplishment and was very happy. He couldn't quite understand his uncle's sigh, "Little uncle, is there too little salt?"
Bai Shan shook his head, "No, I was thinking that salt is something we use rarely, but it is an indispensable item for every household. However, it is so difficult to get essential items into the hands of the people at low prices. Can this be a good thing?
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Zhou Liwei didn't quite understand, "Isn't the price of salt always the same?"
It seems that not much has changed since I was a child.
Bai Shandao: "But now the cost of obtaining salt has been reduced. Without boiling salt, the consumption of wood will also be reduced. As long as the climate is suitable and the manpower can keep up, we can dry sea salt on a large scale..."
Bai Shan paused, suppressing many words in his heart, and only said: "I wonder how much the price of salt will be by then?"
Zhou Liwei thought simply and said with a smile: "If there is too much salt, it will definitely be cheaper."
Bai Shan didn't nod, but he didn't shake his head either. His eyes swept through his official salt bit by bit, and he left the warehouse with some satisfaction.
Zhou Liwei locked the warehouse and nodded to the soldiers guarding outside.
The two most important places in Dajiawa are the salt fields and the three large warehouses that have been opened up, so Inspector Luo sent his confidants to guard them.
But only Zhou Liwei has the key to enter and exit the warehouse, and only Zhou Liwei can take people in and out.
Bai Shan walked with him for a while, looked back and said, "The salt field should have its own soldiers."
Zhou Liwei: "Ah?"
Bai Shan lowered his eyes and glanced at him before shaking his head, "Well, for the long-term plan, it is better to come in a staggered way. When there are more people coming back to the salt field, you can select some from the long-term workers to guard the salt field and patrol with Luo
Soldiers guard the warehouses and saltworks together."
"Of course, the main patrol and defense responsibility still lies with Inspector Luo."
Zhou Liwei didn't quite understand it yet, and Bai Shanzheng was about to teach him some checks and balances in detail when he heard the rapid sound of horse hooves.
He turned around and looked.
Daji recognized that he was a county government official, so he waved and called out to attract the two people who were still running to the salt field.
The two government officials turned their heads and glanced at the sound, then immediately turned their horses and ran over.
The two of them were exhausted, and the horse was also tired. He jumped off his horse and said, "Sir, the governor's office received a letter yesterday, saying that Governor Guo wanted to come to our Beihai County in person, but today he sent another officer, saying that he was coming from Qingzhou City.
Your Excellency, please go to Qingzhou City as soon as possible. Lord Zhou asked us to call you and ask you to go back quickly."
The yamen officer finished speaking such a long sentence in one breath and almost lost his breath.
Zhou Liwei didn't know that his little uncle came to Jiajiawa to hide from the governor. Hearing this, he immediately urged: "Little uncle, then go back quickly."
I was so angry again, "What noble man are you asking me to go back to in such a hurry?"
Bai Shan had guessed it and became happy, "You can see me later. You stay here and take care of the salt field. I will go back soon."
Zhou Liwei: "Can I see you too?"
But Bai Shan had already hurried to his residence and did not answer his question.
He quickly returned to the county town with Daji and the accompanying government officials, but they did not enter the city because it was already dark when they arrived at the city gate. Although the city gate was not closed, it could not be opened for long.
Zhou Man had the carriage parked on the roadside outside the city gate. She sat on the carriage shaft, her legs swaying. When she saw a group of them approaching quickly, she immediately covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief and waved to them.
The dust was flying. When Bai Shan arrived, he reined in his horse, looked at the horse and cart she had brought, and asked, "Are you going to drive at night?"
Zhou Man nodded, "Guo Governor must be angry and guilty now. We'd better go earlier so as not to make the relationship too tense."
They will enter the city as soon as the city gate opens tomorrow. Seeing their hard work and efforts, Governor Guo will understand that they did not let him off intentionally.
Bai Shan thought for a while and felt that what she said made sense, so he turned back to the government officials and said, "You can go back."
Lieutenant Dong Xian was also in the convoy. He really wanted to go to Qingzhou City with Bai Shanzhouman, but he couldn't, because Fang Xian Cheng was in Qingzhou City at this time. Beihai County must leave someone to guard it, otherwise the county magistrate Xian Cheng
Neither the county captain nor the county magistrate is in the county government office, so the chief secretary of Song Dynasty is still not allowed to change the world?
Sure enough, Bai Shan saw Lieutenant Dong, smiled slightly and said, "The county government is entrusted to Lieutenant Dong and Magistrate Fang. By the way, where is Magistrate Fang?"
There were so many people here that Lieutenant Dong could not tell him that Prime Minister Fang went to Qingzhou City to find help from the county magistrate. He could only say: "It happened to be a holiday, and Prime Minister Fang went to Qingzhou City with his family to buy things."
Bai Shan: "...I'll take a break today, but I'll go to the Yamen tomorrow. Isn't he back yet?"
Lieutenant Dong County looked at Bai Shan with an innocent face, hoping that he could understand his eyes.
Bai Shan didn't understand it, but he made a guess in his mind.
Fang Xian Cheng gave Bai Shan the impression that he was a workaholic. The more work he was given, the happier he was and he did not dislike the heavy workload at all.
Would such a person skip work and accompany his family to go shopping in Qingzhou City?
It would be nice if he didn't use his holidays to work overtime.
So he must have gone to find Magistrate Lu.
Bai Shan thought about it, nodded to Lieutenant Dong, and warned: "Let Lieutenant Dong keep a closer eye on the county government. We will be back in two days."
Upon hearing this, Lieutenant Dong County asked excitedly: "Sir, do you want to requisition the big houses of the rich families in the city for use?"
"No need," Bai Shan said after giving him a deep look, "Don't mess around. If a noble person comes, he can live in the backyard of the county government office."
Whose family is being requisitioned?
From the Song family?
Is he mentally retarded and sending a thigh to the Song family at this time?
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