Beihai County now has two sets of finances. Because the official salt matter involves confidentiality, Bai Shan is not confident about handing it over to the Song Registrar, or even to any official in Beihai County. After all, it has a great influence.
Therefore, there is a separate set of account books for the sale of official salt. This set of account books is now managed by Bai Shan himself, with Yin You and Bai Erlang helping him, and his own staff Mr. Cui, so it is not difficult.
but!
Chief Song is the chief clerk of Beihai County. He has been operating in Beihai County for many years. Not only does he have a wide network of contacts, but he also has a good eye. Even though he has no contact with the salt farm, he looks at the people on the Longchi Pier and the various types of wood being transported.
, stones, and long-term workers on various official fields, carts and carts of grain are moved out of the treasury every month. He can also know that the expenses are now far greater than the income.
Bai Shan didn't bother to guess whether he was loyal or not. Anyway, the New Year was approaching and he had to go out to inspect the official fields to avoid problems with the long-term workers on the official fields.
Chief Secretary Song received the hard work and went home to pack his things. He didn't know that Bai Shan meant to transfer him out, he just thought it was a daily patrol.
Moreover, County Magistrate Bai had attached great importance to Guan Tian in recent months and recruited long-term workers to open up a lot of wasteland for cultivation. Therefore, Chief Secretary Song believed that Bai Shan's move was because he valued him.
So although Master Song felt that going to the countryside at this time was cold and bumpy, he still happily ran home to find his wife, "Pack your things, I'm going to the countryside tomorrow."
Mrs. Song, "Why are you going to the countryside again? It's the twelfth lunar month of winter. Isn't it a slack time for farming? Why are you going to the countryside?"
"What do you know? Mr. Bai has opened a lot of official fields and asked people to plant a lot of wheat this year. Next year, he will plant rice, beans and other things on the remaining land. I have to go to the countryside to see if those long-term workers are cheating.
Play slippery."
He said: "Those long-term workers have to receive wages every day, and the money they spend is the county government's money. We can't let them idle, so I have a lot of things to check when I go to the countryside this time. This is a rare use of Mr. Bai since the beginning of winter."
I, I have to get it done, don’t hold me back.”
As soon as Mrs. Song heard this, she packed his luggage that night and put a lot of dry food in the package. She told him, "Don't come back in a hurry. I will take good care of the house. You can work well for Mr. Bai."
Bar."
Chief Song always felt that he could hear the anger in these words. He asked uncertainly: "Are you sincere or fake?"
Mrs. Song glanced at him and said, "How can I even make Lord Bai jealous?"
Having said this, she became a little gentler and helped Chief Song put on his coat, "You can go to work with peace of mind. Some time ago, our Song family and Mr. Bai had a tense dispute, but this time it has calmed down."
Chief Song: "The person who had a dispute with you was not me, but my uncle!"
Mrs. Song arranged his clothes and said, "In the eyes of Mr. Bai and outsiders, you two are together."
These words made Master Song feel heartbroken for a while, and he was still a little unhappy when he took the baggage to the county office. In the eyes of everyone, Master Song was very dissatisfied with the matter of going to the countryside.
The yamen servants and clerks who followed him to the countryside were a little worried and wanted nothing to happen on the way.
There are a lot of things they need to check when they go to the countryside. The long-term workers now under Bai Shan's command are already familiar with the work and have trust in the county government, so the current salary has been negotiated from a payment every three days to a payment every half month.
The wages paid for half a month are also calculated according to the rules marked on the wooden sign. They need to complete a certain amount of tasks every day, and if they fail to do so, their wages will be deducted.
After the winter wheat was planted, when the long-term workers thought they would be idle and might have no money to earn, Bai Shan gave them a lot of instructions, including fertilizing, building roads, building canals, building houses, cowsheds, chicken sheds...
Therefore, the long-term workers who wanted to pack their bags and go home immediately settled down again. They heard that if they did well, they could be selected to repair the wharf.
For them in the past, building docks was extremely hard work, but it is no longer the case.
I heard that the dock workers' wages are higher than theirs, their food and housing are better than theirs, and it will be easier for them to get land and stay in Beihai County in the future.
Now, they have received an order that every official farm village must build a pigsty, which can raise at least twenty pigs. Therefore, the long-term workers are even busier now. Although it is a slack time for farming, they have something to do every day.
It is in sharp contrast to the leisurely villagers in the village not far away.
This made the villagers unable to help but take advantage of the leisure time to repair their houses and chicken sheds, and also fertilize them together...
When Master Song's records were being circulated among various official fields and villages, Zhou Man finally met Veterinarian Pan.
Now there are no horses in Beihai County that need fanning, and no one has reported any cows or horses getting sick, so it seems useless to look at the Sima Bureau. At least the county officials don't quite understand why County Magistrate Bai paid such a high price to hire Veterinarian Pan.
"Slap the pig?"
Bai Shan and Zhou Man nodded together, Bai Shan said: "I have asked people to purchase piglets from all over the world. They will be temporarily raised in Guantian Zhuangzi outside the city. They will be castrated and then sent to Guantian Zhuangzi everywhere."
Veterinarian Pan was a little uneasy, "Are we going to slap him soon? I've been thinking about it since the last time the adults told me, but I'm not very familiar with pigs yet. I have to castrate it now, I..."
Bai Shan immediately said: "There are a few pigs in Guantian Village now. We can try them out."
Zhou Man asked curiously, "How do you fan a horse?"
Veterinarian Pan looked at Zhou full of eyes and didn't know what to say for a moment.
Zhou Man saw that he was in such a dilemma, so he simply asked in more detail, "It should be that the vagina was cut off. How did you do it? Is the opening big?"
Veterinarian Pan glanced at Magistrate Bai who was sitting beside him. Seeing that he didn't care, he simply stopped being coy and discussed with Zhou Man, "In fact, there is no need to open a big hole..."
The two of them opened up the topic and began to discuss. Although humans and horses are different, surgery requires a breach, and there are always things in common, such as how to prevent external pathogenic infection after the operation is completed and ensure the health of the horse.
Rest in peace.
Just like humans and horses, pigs naturally have something in common.
Veterinarian Pan discussed with Zhou Man and gained some confidence. He had a plan in mind and said with a smile: "I will ask Mr. Zhou to give me some advice when the time comes."
Zhou Man immediately said: "I should ask Veterinarian Pan for advice. In fact, I am also very interested in this. You go to see the pig first, and we can go together when the time comes for castration."
Veterinarian Pan frowned and asked: "How big a pig is suitable for castration? You can't follow the horse's example. Horses usually start to be tamed after they turn one year old. After they are taught to ride, they will be fat and strong, and then they will start fanning the horse.
Let it recuperate for a while, and then train it to ride again when it is ready..."
But for pigs, they can be slaughtered when they are one year old, right?
Bai Shan looked at Zhou Man.
Zhou Man studied the information in the encyclopedia and immediately said: "Piglets from seven to thirty days old are fine. Within this period, the earlier, the better."