After finally putting Bai Jingxing's child to sleep, Bai Shan took Zhou Man's hand back to the house, secretly peeking at her along the way.
Zhou Man pinched him and asked, "What are you secretly looking at?"
Bai Shan grabbed her hand, held it firmly in his hand, and whispered in her ear: "Do you want another child?"
Zhou Man's cheeks were slightly red, and after being silent for a while, he whispered, "I haven't been very busy lately."
Bai Shan understood, pulled her away and hurried back to the room.
Zhou Man's face turned redder and redder. He pulled him and asked, "Aren't you going to plan with Governor Liu to suppress the bandits?"
Bai Shan: "No delay."
Governor Liu had a navy with many soldiers, horses and warships. He had long disliked the bandits at sea, especially his son who escorted official salt for the Salt Transportation Department. Official ships had to make eight trips a year, so they would encounter them from time to time.
A pirate wandering past.
After becoming the governor of Qingzhou, merchant ships entering and exiting Longchi Pier were occasionally harassed by pirates. This was even more intolerable under his rule.
So Bai Shan approached him on behalf of Tang He, and he immediately agreed.
Tang He helped him link up with the governors of Pingzhou and Dengzhou to apply to the court for joint suppression of bandits. Governor Liu promised to capture the group of pirates who cooperated with Laizhou and handed them over to him.
Things were going quite smoothly. When the child Bai Jingxing finally came out of his sadness and had temporarily forgotten the child Bai Ruoyu, Bai Shan came back from the sea exhausted and said with bright eyes: "We won, the bandits in Pingzhou and Dengzhou area."
The bandits were wiped out and dispersed, and the Baekje bandits and Japanese pirates who were hiding on the islands on the sea were also dispersed."
It was late at night, Zhou Man was woken up, and he was sitting on the bed looking at him in confusion. Seeing that he was talking endlessly, he reached out and pinched his face.
It feels very real, "It's a real person."
Bai Shan stopped talking, "...of course he is a real person."
He hurriedly stood up, pushed her into the quilt, and covered her with the quilt, "It's my fault, I was too excited, you continue to sleep."
Zhou Man could still sleep. She woke up completely and was about to ask Bai Shan for details. He had already gone to take a shower and wash his hair.
During this period of time, he had been staying in Longchi and also went to sea. It was normal for him not to take a shower for ten and a half days on the ship, and he was completely dirty at this time.
When he quietly entered the house with wet hair, he saw Zhou Man already sitting cross-legged on the couch in the outer room.
He stood up straight in an instant and walked in, "Are you awake?"
Zhou Man nodded, picked up a large towel, and waved, "Come here and help you wipe your hair."
Bai Shan stepped forward and sat directly on the footrest.
Zhou Man felt that it was a little cold, so he handed him a mat and then helped him wipe his hair, "Did you catch the person that Senior Brother Tang wanted?"
"Well," Bai Shan said, "the people have been sent to Laizhou. Do you know where they stole the salt and sold it?"
"where?"
Bai Shandao: "Baekje, Silla, and Liaodong."
Zhou Man was stunned, "Isn't the salt from Liaodong coming from this way?"
Bai Shan shook his head, "The Imperial Salt Transportation Department has no control over that place now. The salt there is now self-sufficient. The price of salt is even higher than before the salt policy reform. It fluctuates between about one hundred and twenty cents.
Prices in Ji and Xinluo are also about the same."
Although their coins are different, the value of the items can be known by converting them.
Transactions between the two countries generally use gold and silver as currency, but it is not difficult to convert.
Zhou Man: "They are so courageous if they dare to smuggle salt to other countries."
Bai Shan nodded, "It's very big. Originally, they had the idea of moistening things silently. Every time, they transport a part of the salt directly from the salt field, and then lose part of it during transportation. Every month, they ship to the sea through merchant ships.
Kou transported."
"The pirates sent the salt to various places to be sold privately, and the money was divided between the two parties. It was considered a perfect cooperation," Bai Shan said, "but the governor of Laizhou noticed the abnormality and started to keep people's eyes on the salt field and the Salt Transportation Department."
"The Laizhou Salt Farm was presided over by the governor of Laizhou from the beginning. Even if the Salt Transportation Department took over, he still had his own people inside. When he sensed something was wrong, he sent people to guard it. As a result, they were unable to transport the illegal salt for three months.
The buyers were so anxious that they scuttled the official ship transporting official salt."
"There is also a layer of waterproof oilcloth bag inside the salt bag. If it is tied tightly, it will be waterproof even if it falls into the sea. After the people leave, they find someone with good water skills to dive down, tie the salt bag and pull it up."
Zhou Man marveled, "For money, they are so thoughtful and will do anything they can."
She was puzzled, "If you are so smart, wouldn't it be good to use it on the right path? Isn't the money earned on the right path good?"
Bai Shan thought for a while and then said: "The money coming up the right way is less."
Zhou Man shook his head, "But committing a crime requires more effort and makes you frightened. Plus the consequences of breaking the law, it's not worth the gain."
"If you put these talents on the right path, you can also earn a lot of money. Money is enough, so why bother with it?"
Bai Shan looked back at her with a smile, stretched out his hand to touch her cheek and said, "That's because your heart is upright and easy to satisfy. But among people in the world, the most difficult thing to satisfy is greed."
Zhou Man stretched out his hand to push his head back, asked him to sit upright, and continued to wipe his hair, "After catching the pirates, the case of Senior Brother Tang will be forgotten, right? I don't know if he is willing to come to live in Beihai County."
How about a period of time?"
Bai Shandao: "Ask him later, but he has already come to inspect once. If he comes again, it will either appear that he is lazy or that there is something wrong with Beihai County."
Zhou Man thought the same thing. His identity was there. Although he could choose where to patrol, he couldn't do whatever he wanted.
Zhou Man dried his hair and touched his long, silky hair. He became happy, turned around and crawled over to get a comb, eager to comb his hair.
Bai Shan held her hand, the tips of his ears turned red, "I'll do it myself."
"No, I'll help you comb it."
Bai Shan squeezed her hand and emphasized, "I can do it myself."
"You have combed it for me, but I haven't combed it for you yet." After saying that, he raised his hand and stretched it towards his head.
Bai Shan hurriedly grabbed her hand, his face turned red, "No, I will do it myself!"
Zhou Man looked at him quietly.
Bai Shan's neck turned red. He was already fair, so this red color was particularly conspicuous. Zhou Man glanced at him up and down, thoughtfully, "So you are shy~"
Bai Shan looked at her silently. After a while, he let go of his hand and sat back on the pedals, looking like he was letting everyone do whatever he wanted.
Zhou Man instantly became happy, touched his hair and combed it carefully.
The tips of Bai Shan's ears turned red.
Xibing yawned and went back to the house, and said to the sleepy Jiuyue, "Aren't you going to sleep yet?"
Jiuyue tried hard to open her eyes, "The master and the lady are not asleep yet."
Xi Cingbing also sat by the bed with her, and after a while he said, "Let's go to sleep first. The master and the wife don't like us waiting around, so they probably won't call anyone tonight."
When there was no movement in September, Xibing turned to look at her and saw that she had fallen asleep with her head down. She reached out and poked her head, and she turned to the other side and fell on the bed with a thud.
Xi Cake yawned and fell down on the other side of the bed.