When Bai Shan and Zhou Man arrived at the Governor's Mansion with fragrant fragrances, Governor Guo's face had darkened again.
But seeing that their clothes were neat and tidy, their faces were fair and clean, they were refreshed and smiling, even the impetuous Governor Guo felt a little more comfortable.
Bai Shan was wearing a green official uniform, while Zhou Man was wearing a crimson one. When they entered the study, they hurried forward to salute Governor Guo.
Governor Guo glanced at Bai Shan, waved to him, stood up and returned the greeting to Zhou Man, then asked Zhou Man to sit down, and then asked Bai Shan who was standing, "Why didn't you come until now?"
Bai Shan said with a guilty look on his face: "Sir, a few days ago, someone sneaked through the checkpoint and sneaked into Jiawa Valley to inspect the new salt field. As you know, banditry has only happened in Beihai County. I am always afraid that similar things will happen in the local area."
It exists, but the official is in a high position and does not know the evil below, so in order to prevent the people from being threatened by violence anymore, the official took people to the countryside to make secret visits."
Bai Shan listed the villages he had visited and some basic information. Some small villages only appeared in recent years. Not to mention Guo Governor, even Bai Shan only knew about such a village when he went to the place and asked the villagers. So Guo
The governor's eyes darkened and he quickly interrupted, "Okay, I know, so have you returned to the county office?"
Bai Shan said "No" with a look of shame on his face. He said: "Xiaoguan met the Yamen servant who came out to report the news yesterday on the way back to the county government office. He hurriedly hurried and hurriedly rushed to the outside of Beihai County before dark.
Your Excellency was afraid that I would delay your business, so I packed my luggage early and waited outside the city. As soon as we met, we immediately went to Qingzhou City. After driving for half the night, we arrived before dawn. As soon as the city gate opened
Just open it and we'll come in."
He looked completely unaware that Governor Guo wanted to use the back door to let Song Min go.
Governor Guo said nothing. He glanced at the staff standing aside and lowered his head to drink tea.
The staff quietly retreated.
The room suddenly became quiet, and Bai Shan stood in a pine-like posture. Although the atmosphere was a bit strange, he didn't seem to be affected.
Zhou Man looked at this, then that, without saying anything at all. He smiled slightly and picked up the cup to drink tea. After just one sip, she wanted to spit it out.
She reluctantly swallowed a sip, looked down and realized it was a cup of strong tea.
She immediately put down the teacup and felt that the bitter taste in her mouth had faded a bit before looking at Governor Guo. After sizing him up, she asked, "Master Guo, you haven't slept all night, have you?"
Governor Guo sighed, "I can't sleep~~"
The staff came in and nodded slightly to Governor Guo through the crowd. Governor Guo sighed again, pointed to a seat next to him and said to Bai Shan, "Sit down and talk."
Then he turned to Zhou Man and said, "I can't help it. Do you know who came to our Qingzhou City yesterday?"
Without waiting for Zhou Man to answer, he said: "Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
"A prince, a princess and a prince-in-law came to Qingzhou with all the civil and military officials in the court. Mr. Zhou, do you think I can sleep there?"
Zhou Man was stunned and stared, "The princess and the consort? Is it Bai Er? Ahem, I mean, is it Princess Mingda and the consort Bai?"
Bai Shan was also shocked and looked up at Guo Jishi blankly.
Governor Guo breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Zhou Man's address. He couldn't help but smile on his face and nodded, "It's Princess Mingda and the White Consort."
Zhou Man couldn't help but look at Bai Shan, and Bai Shan also looked at her. The two of them looked at each other silently, suppressing the excitement in their hearts, and tried their best to look like they were listening with a straight face.
Governor Guo seemed to notice their excitement. He coughed slightly and looked sad after attracting their attention. "I wonder why His Highness came straight to our Qingzhou?"
He suspected that the person was recruited by Bai Shan and Zhou Man. After all, not to mention Zhou Man, she was compiled by Chongwenguan and had the channels and rights to go up to the top. It was Bai Shan. He came from Zhongshu Province and must have channels to contact Jingzhong.
In fact, people were indeed recruited by Bai Shan.
Bai Shan and Zhou Man looked at each other in the distance, and Bai Shan lowered his head and said, "Sir, maybe you are here for the salt field."
Governor Guo then frowned and asked, "Your salt farm in Beihai County has existed for decades. Why is His Highness suddenly interested in it?"
Bai Shan: "Perhaps you are not suddenly interested in the salt field in Beihai County, but you just came to take a look at the salt field because you need to know more about official salt?"
Governor Guo's heart beat faster. Does this mean that the imperial court is going to take action against the salt policy?
Nowadays, most of the salt in Jin Dynasty comes from Jiangnan. Although there are many well salts and sea salts in various places, Jiangnan is the one that can supply large quantities to various places and pay a large amount of salt tax.
And the salt tax and salt policy in Jiangnan...
Even if Governor Guo has never been to Jiangnan, his scalp feels numb just thinking about it. I don’t know how much money it is, and I don’t know how many people’s interests are involved...
He swallowed his saliva and wisely did not ask any more questions, but said: "It's getting late, His Highness the Crown Prince and others should have gotten up too. You were once the Crown Prince's companion, so you must know the Crown Prince's habits better. Why don't you two go there?"
Ask the prince if he is getting used to living there, and if there is anything else that needs to be added, tell me so that I can have someone prepare it."
Bai Shan stood up to respond and looked at Zhou Man.
Zhou Man then also stood up, bowed with him and then left.
As soon as they left, the two staff members in the room said, "Sir, is the imperial court going to take action against the salt tax in Jiangnan?"
Governor Guo: "Ask me, who should I ask?"
He stretched out his hand and rubbed his forehead, "Our Majesty has a deep mind and can bend and stretch. Who knows what he is thinking at this time?"
But no matter what he thought, he knew that Bai Shan came to Beihai County not just to be a small county magistrate.
He just said that even if he was released to other places, he wouldn't be transformed from a middle school student to a lower county magistrate, right?
It turned out that the drunkard was not interested in drinking.
Governor Guo thought for a while, and finally sighed and said with some heartache: "Please return all the coral trees and money sent by the Song family."
"grown ups……"
"Since Bai Shan has not returned to the county government office, then pretend that this matter never happened. You can send someone to the Beihai County government office again. Since Bai Shan has been sentenced, let's deal with it according to the law."
The prince is here, and it is better to be still than to move at this moment.
The staff thought the same thing and could only agree, but he still had some doubts, "Sir, County Magistrate Bai really didn't receive the news, doesn't he know anything about the county government affairs?"
Governor Guo hummed twice and said: "I don't care whether he really doesn't know or he pretends not to know. He has found a good reason and came to see me anxiously. I will assume that he has not neglected me and that he really doesn't."
Know."
Moreover, Bai Shan also gave him the information he wanted to know. He was no longer just his subordinate. They had more of a cooperative relationship. In this case, he could not be viewed with the eyes of an ordinary subordinate.