Generally speaking, when a woman gets married, she will inherit some family property - the dowry, which is treated as if she has separated the family. Even if the family is a big one, they will not be allowed to interfere with the family's finances after their daughter gets married.
But the Zhou family is different. Zhou Lijun had her own private property before she got married, and her private property was linked to the Zhou family's property, and they were not separated after she got married. Now, as the business grows, it becomes more difficult to separate.
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Now she is still in charge of the general accounts of the Zhou family.
So Bai Shan compared back and forth and said: "Whether it is in terms of relationships or abilities, Lijun is the best."
Moreover, given Xiang Mingxue's character and ability, he is obviously more suitable than his relatives in Qili Village.
Zhou Man thought for a while and felt that this was the best solution, so he sat at the desk and planned to write a letter.
Bai Shan spread out the paper for her, took out an ink stick to rub the ink, and said enthusiastically: "Come here, I will wait for you to write the letter."
Zhou Man took the pen he handed over and asked: "If Li Jun is in charge of all the business, wouldn't the caravan be able to do whatever business it wants from now on?"
Bai Shan thought for a while and then said: "As long as Fourth Brother and the others can get the qualifications."
Zhou Man then chuckled and wrote a letter: "Last year, General Guo wrote to us, saying that my patent medicine was very useful and he wanted to purchase it in large quantities for the army, so I recommended him to Shopkeeper Zheng Da from Jishi Hall.
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"But after exchanging letters twice, the business could not be negotiated. The bottom line is that no one can send the prepared medicines to the Western Regions. It would be too expensive for Jishitang to send people to send them specially, and the price of medicines will also rise sharply."
She said: "General Guo's people can't contact the capital privately. Originally, it would be best to leave it to the fourth brother. He would send it to the grasslands or the Western Regions, and then General Guo would send people to the desert to pick it up."
OK."
However, the quantity of the finished medicine is large and the amount of money involved is large. Zhou Lang cannot take it in and out of customs at will. If he comes a few times and there is too much money in his account, his household registration will definitely be checked.
If all the business was put under Zhou Lijun's name, and Zhou Lang only acted as a steward to escort the goods, then there would be much more business to be done.
For this kind of patent medicine, you only need to say hello to Jishitang and pay enough commercial tax to enter and exit customs. It's very simple.
Bai Shandao: "Even the salted fish in our Beihai County can escape through the hands of Fourth Brother and the others."
Zhou Man: "...you want to sell salted fish to the grasslands and the Western Regions?"
Bai Shan nodded, "Don't you think Xianyu goes well with them?"
He said: "There is a lack of salt there. Every time I cook, I just tear off some salted fish and put it in the dishes to taste. We can't sell more salt to the grasslands, but there are much fewer restrictions on salted fish."
Zhou Man said, "You have to be careful about someone smuggling salt after the salted fish."
Bai Shan nodded, "I also have this concern, but we can't give up eating because of choking. The most important thing right now is to sell the salted fish, and we can't lower the price."
He wanted to make the life of the fishermen easier, so he wanted to increase the price of salted fish. He said: "In addition to the grasslands and the Western Regions, there are also some inland places where salt is scarce and salt is expensive. Unfortunately, I don't know the places.
It’s still too little. I’ll go back and see Senior Brother Tang and ask him for advice.”
Zhou Man nodded and asked while writing a letter: "Where are Senior Brother Tang and the others at this moment?"
Bai Shan thought for a moment and said, "Are you still in Dengzhou?"
His prediction was good. At this time, the prince was standing on the beach in Dengzhou, looking into the distance. Tang He and Xia Yushi came to his side and reminded: "Your Highness, it's late, we should leave."
The prince did not move, but pointed to the sea where he could not see the edge and asked, "Across the way are Silla and Baekje?"
Tang He said: "Theoretically speaking, yes on the other side."
The prince glanced at him, turned around and got off the big rock, returned to the road and mounted his horse, "Let's go, let's go back quickly."
A fast horse is a fast horse. They didn't say it was slow when they came all the way, but they definitely stopped for inspection when they arrived at the city. But when they returned, they hardly stopped too much.
It was only June 18th when they returned to Qingzhou City.
After the prince changed his clothes and freshened up, he asked Governor Guo, who came to pay his respects, "Has General Bai Shan handed over the official salt?"
Governor Guo was stunned for a moment and then shook his head, "No."
He explained: "It will be within the time limit until June is over."
But he didn't even pay attention to it even if the prince didn't mention it. Although it was not late until July, that county magistrate still delayed giving it even though he had enough official power?
It's already June 15th. Isn't Bai Shan anxious at all?
Governor Guo couldn't help but look at the prince.
The prince didn't know what he was thinking of. He chuckled and said, "Send someone to summon him to Qingzhou City. Just say that Gu is back and wants to see him."
Governor Guo responded.
When Bai Shan received the letter from the Governor's Office, he immediately sent someone to Dajiawa to tell him, "Ask Zhou Liwei to transport the salt," he emphasized, "Bring it to you personally!"
Bai Shan sent Cui Yuan over to help.
There is no small matter when it comes to official salt. Cui Yuan perked up and asked: "How much do you need to transport?"
Bai Shan thought for a while and then said: "You can transport as much as you can."
When Cui Yuan heard this, he took all the cars that the county government could spare to Jiawa.
Zhou Liwei loaded up most of the salt in the warehouse and was escorted to the county by soldiers and government officials, while Inspector Luo led the remaining soldiers to guard the salt field.
Seeing so much salt, Zhou Man guessed that the prince was about to leave, so he said, "I also want to go to Qingzhou City."
Talk to the prince about the medical department and send someone off.
Mingda and Bai Erlang wanted to go even more, so the group set off in great numbers the next day.
Yin You glanced at the long motorcade following behind, looked back and asked Bai Shan, "Have you figured out how to sell the remaining official salt?"
Bai Shandao: "Since we have gone to Qingzhou City, we will naturally sell it to the counties in Qingzhou."
The prince came quietly when he came, but he visited many places in Qingzhou during this period, and also went to Laizhou and Dengzhou. When he was about to leave again, there was a lot of noise.
Seeing that so many county magistrates wanted to send the prince off in person, Governor Guo did not favor one or the other. He directly sent letters to all the county magistrates and asked them to deliver the letters, expressing his concern for the prince.
Except for the official salt given to the governor's office, the remaining salt was given to other counties.
Unlike Beihai County, this county either does not produce a lot of salt, or does not produce salt at all.
Those county governments allocate official salt from other places every year. They say it is an allocation, but in fact they also require money, which is equivalent to purchasing.
Official salt in various places must be purchased by the government from salt farms or other government agencies, and then sold in salt shops.
Salt that is not controlled by the government and circulates quietly on the market is called private salt.
Official salt, even if it was bought and sold between government agencies, was not cheap. He was counting on the money to fill the county government's treasury, and he had to pay for the land redemption with Master Song.