Bai Shan asked someone to get pen, ink, paper and inkstone to write the contract, "Do you want to know when the deposit and balance payment will be paid?"
Magistrate Sun asked, "How much salt did Magistrate Bai bring this time?"
Bai Shan smiled and said: "It's not much, but it's enough for the first batch of goods for a few people."
Several county magistrates discussed it privately and said to him: "The payment will be made the next time we send someone to pick up the goods."
Bai Shan was not afraid that they would default on their debts. Salt was used every day, and each county government office had to purchase it every three months. If he didn't give it once, couldn't he sell it to other county government offices?
Except for the official salt that must be provided to the governor's office, transactions with other county governments are voluntary.
Magistrate Sun and the others didn't want to default on their debt. After signing the contract with Bai Shan, they smiled and said, "I think it's getting late. Why don't we go out and have dinner together?"
Isn’t the food at the inn delicious?
He also bought wine from outside, can't he eat it at the inn?
Several county magistrates have already said: "Sir Bai, we are all bleeding heavily today. You are the only one who has made money. This meal..."
While everyone was urging Bai Shan to treat him, a guard came up to him, clasped his fists at Bai Shan and said, "Mr. Bai, your highness has summoned you."
The county magistrates immediately became serious and said to Bai Shan, "Magistrate Bai, please go ahead and we'll talk later."
Bai Shan also stood up quickly, saluted with everyone, and then left with the guards.
The guard said: "There are also Mr. Zhou and Mr. Yin. Your Highness is waiting."
Bai Shan went upstairs to ask Zhou Man and Yin to come down.
Magistrate Sun and others watched them leave the inn with some envy in their eyes, "It must be a good thing, right?"
"It can't be a bad thing, right?"
"But the guard looks very serious."
Zhou Man also felt that the guard was very serious, so he asked him, "How is the prince's mood?"
The guard glanced at her and said, "Your Highness is waiting for you in the restaurant."
That was not a bad thing. She breathed a sigh of relief, because he was a guard of the East Palace and the two of them were familiar with each other, so she said: "Then why do you have such a straight face?"
The guard's face became even colder, "That's what I am. Stop talking nonsense and hurry up. Your Highness will be waiting impatiently."
After saying that, he took the lead and led them to the restaurant, then pointed upstairs and said, "Third floor."
There was no need for him to personally take the guests. The shopkeeper knew that they were the prince's guests and immediately bent down to invite them.
In the private room, Bai Erlang and the princess were also there, but Tang He and the two censors were not there, and I don't know how the prince chose the person to entertain.
After the three people entered, they bowed to everyone and sat down in the remaining three seats.
The prince said: "I will leave early in the morning, so please pay more attention to the matters on the salt field."
He did not mince words. In his opinion, the people sitting in this room are all his own people. Yin may be considered half of his own people, but his father is Yin Li and is the emperor's confidant. What he is doing now is not afraid of the emperor.
I know, so there is no need to hide it from him.
Although Bai Shan and Zhou Man never thought that they were princelings, the prince did not think so. He said to Bai Shan: "The salt drying method is very important to the salt tax in Jiangnan. Nowadays, the places suitable for large-scale salt drying are Laizhou and Qingzhou.
I've been to the Dengzhou area, I've seen it, and the officials in the two states are pretty clear about it. After a while, they will send some people to Beihai County, and then you can teach them how to dry salt."
He said: "Once the Jiangnan salt field shakes, the required salt cannot be produced in Beihai County alone."
Bai Shan responded and asked, "Do you want to teach me for free?"
The prince looked at him and said, "You can ask for something and discuss it yourself."
Bai Shan was a little excited, then lowered his voice and asked, "Do they know there will be changes in the Jiangnan Saltworks?"
"I have never revealed anything."
Bai Shan understood. They probably didn't know. This was the asymmetry of information.
The prince didn't know what bad idea he was harboring in his heart, and he didn't want to know. As long as he didn't know, the matter had nothing to do with him.
So after telling Wan Baishan, he turned to Zhou Man and said, "Mingda stays here, please take more care of her body."
Zhou Man patted his chest and said it was okay.
The prince felt the summer in Qingzhou, and he actually had some opinions in his heart. However, the weather was getting hotter now, and asking Mingda to rush back to the capital would only make it more troublesome. Therefore, he said to Mingda: "Let Baishan and the others give it to you later."
Look for some good places in the mountains to see if there are ready-made summer houses and buy one. It’s too hot in Qingzhou. If you don’t come here to escape the summer heat, you’ll get heat stroke.”
Mingda pursed his lips and smiled and said: "No, don't worry, brother Prince."
The prince was not at all relieved, but Mingda insisted on staying here, and he had no other choice.
He had to go on inspection elsewhere and couldn't take her with him.
Since he had already told him to take care of Ming Da, the prince simply gave one more warning and asked Zhou Man to take more care of Yin Or.
Bai Erlang raised his head and looked at the prince eagerly. The prince saw it, paused, and said: "Take more care of your consort."
Bai Shan and Zhou Man turned to look at Bai Erlang, with some disgust in their eyes, but they still responded and comforted the prince, "Your Highness, don't worry, Bai Erlang is our junior brother, how can we not take care of him?"
The prince was relieved, he was not worried about this at all, it was just a few words in vain.
After dinner, the prince took Mingda back to the Governor's Mansion. Bai Shan and Zhou Man took Mingda to the gate of the Governor's Mansion very considerately and watched them go in before turning back to the inn.
When they arrived at the door of the inn, they saw a person standing under the corner of the wall. Several people were startled and took a step back.
reasonable:……
He glanced at Bai Shan and the others with wide eyes and saluted, "Mr. Bai, my master is here."
If you are not even afraid of ghosts, why should you be afraid of a person like him?
Only then did Bai Shan and the others see Tang He, who was leaning against the wall with his arms folded. Because he was standing in the shadows, and it was getting dark now, everyone didn't see him for a while.
Bai Shan and Zhou Man heaved a sigh of relief and complained: "Xuexiong Tang, don't you know that scaring people can scare them to death?"
"When did you become so cowardly? You used to dare to catch ghosts late at night and kill assassins. Now you are afraid of even a standing living person?"
Bai Shandao: "Anyone who sees someone suddenly appearing out of the blue will be startled, right? If you don't believe me, ask Yin He."
Yin may be a little confused. Should he say he is afraid, or should he say he is not afraid?
Tang He glanced at Yin You and said, "He's not afraid."
Bai Shan and Zhou Man:...
The two of them turned to glare at him, and Yin Or took a tentative step back, "Am I afraid?"
Bai Shan and Zhou Man then looked back at Tang He.
Tang He ignored the looks from the two of them, directly ignored the question and said, "I want to talk to you in private."
Since it's a whisper, you can't go to places like restaurants and teahouses. Bai Shan thought for a while and said: "I remember there is a street a few lanes away. The people on that street are rich people.
It’s spacious, but there are few people, and there are no shops. Let’s go for a walk?”
Tang He glanced at him and said: "No, just go to your room directly. Can you still ask someone to eavesdrop in the inn?"