Man Bao took a sip of water first, and asked him, "How is the magistrate Lu?"
Bai Shan said: "He agreed."
Of course the magistrate of Lu County agreed, otherwise if Bai Shan and Guo Cheng were to unite, as Bai Shan said, Guo Cheng is a person who values profit and loves power. They are both in Qingzhou City, and there will definitely be conflicts. As the governor, his power is still very strong. big.
At that time, if Bai Shan forms an alliance with Guo Cheng, it will be the most detrimental to him.
Man Bao thought for a while and said, "I'll take Wen Tiandong to get acquainted with the county in the past two days, and then take him to the countryside. When Governor Guo arrives, I'll talk to him about the development of the medical department."
Bai Shan nodded, "Be careful when you go to the countryside."
Man Bao answered.
In the past two days, Bai Shan wanted to bring Zhou Liwei to familiarize himself with the county government, so he took him by his side to handle various government affairs, mainly to let him familiarize himself with Fangxian Cheng, Dong Xianwei and others.
Fang Xiancheng couldn't help looking at Zhou Liwei's writing, and felt that he shouldn't be here to be Master Bai Shan, so he couldn't help asking, "Where do you want Zhou Langjun to be placed?"
Bai Shan smiled and said, "Let him familiarize himself with the county government first."
County Captain Dong felt something, and couldn't help but glance at Bai Shan.
Sure enough, within two days, Bai Shan took Zhou Liwei and Dong Xianwei to the countryside, and took them directly to the new salt field in Dajiawa.
Many salt fields have been opened here, and the village head followed Bai Shan's instructions and led the villagers to dig a deep gully to extend out. When the seawater pours back, it can flow into each salt field along these gullies.
Even if the sea water can't flush the sea water, it's easy for them to pour sea water into the gully.
But at this moment, not only the salt fields were opened in front, but also the sunny land on a hillside in the back was leveled and ridged, and it became a segmented field. At this time, the field was also sea water, but it was thinner.
No, it can't be said to be thin, but there are white crystals under the water, which seem to raise the ground a bit, making it appear that there is less water.
When the village head saw him, he stepped forward excitedly, "Master County Magistrate, come and see if we are doing well in the sun, do you think there is salt coming out of this field?"
Bai Shan stepped forward, stretched his hand into the field and twirled it, picked up a finger of white crystal and twirled it, put it in his mouth and tasted it, it was a bit bitter but salty, he nodded in satisfaction, "Yes Salt."
The village chief knew it was salt, so he was so excited. He never thought that the sun could produce salt.
Bai Shan asked, "Have you used the salt here?"
The village head quickly said: "No, none of us dare to move without the order of the adults."
Bai Shan smiled and said, "I want to compare the difference between the salt that is dried out and the salt that you boil."
There is still some, and the dried salt is less bitter than the boiled salt. Bai Shan ate the two kinds of salt and thought, "Why is the boiled salt more bitter?"
His eyes looked back and forth on the sea water in the field, and finally looked at the two salt fields in front and behind thoughtfully.
Dong Xianwei didn't think about why the salt tasted less bitter, he just felt that the innocence of Beihai County was about to change, he was a little excited, and couldn't suppress his emotions and asked Bai Shan, "My lord, the quality of these salts is better, isn't it?" Can you sell it for a better price?"
Bai Shan came back to his senses, raised his eyebrows slightly, and said with a smile, "Naturally."
He asked Captain Dong, "The two inspectors in Beihai County, who do you have a better relationship with?"
Lieutenant Dong's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately bowed his head and said, "Xiaguan and Inspector Luo can chat better, and occasionally have a drink together."
Bai Shan nodded, and said to him: "I'll invite him out for a drink when I get back."
He looked deeply at the lush hillside not far away and said: "Although the new salt field does not need firewood to cook salt, it is not good if there is a fire in such a good place. I will order Luo inspector to bring people over when I go back." He is stationed in the new salt field, and Dong County Captain Duoduo is on the sidelines to assist him."
County Captain Dong immediately responded, "Yes."
Bai Shan was satisfied, so he introduced Zhou Liwei to the village chief, "This is the steward of our Wa Salt Plant, Zhou Liwei, and you will be at his disposal from now on."
Then he said to Zhou Liwei: "If you don't understand anything about the saltworks, you can ask the village chief. I'll go back to the old saltworks and see if I can find two helpers for you."
Zhou Liwei agreed.
If Zhou Liwei wanted to take charge of the salt field, he couldn't go back to the county seat. He lived directly in the village. Bai Shan said, "I'll give you a sum of money. Later, you can choose a piece of land near here to build a house. Not only do you want If there are long-term workers who dry salt in the future, they will also need to live.”
Zhou Liwei agreed.
The village head on the side looked anxious, and hurriedly said: "My lord, everyone in our village will work hard."
Bai Shanwen said with a smile: "Under the same conditions, people from the village will naturally be given priority in recruiting, but with the expansion of the salt field in the future, such a small number of people is obviously not enough."
Because this piece of land can't grow much food, the land is sparsely populated. Dajiawa is basically a fishing village, and some of it is a mountain forest. The village is also small. They rely on farming to harvest little, so There are also villagers who go fishing in the sea, and their life is worse than that of Xiaowa Village.
Even if it is just for the saltworks, he still needs to recruit a large number of people, and some people will definitely be relocated by then.
Bai Shan touched his chin thoughtfully. The population of Beihai County is still too small. It would be great if some people could be relocated from other places.
Looking back to see if there is a way to increase the yield on these lands. I dare not say how high the grain output will be. As long as it can be the same as that in the Central Plains, it can feed many people.
Bai Shan had a plan in mind, so he quietly said to Zhou Liwei: "Pay attention to appease the villagers' emotions. If you have time, go around and find a place suitable for building houses and living. Later, more Yantian will be built. Those with houses."
Zhou Liwei responded and asked, "Little uncle, do you want to find bittern by the sea?"
It was also the first time for him to see the sea. He had only seen well salt, but not sea salt, and asked, "Is there any brine under the sea?"
Bai Shan had already memorized the pamphlet Man Bao gave him, and thought about it, he said: "I have some of these, some don't, and I don't know if there is any in this sea, you can find it when you have time." Once you look for it, maybe there will be one.”
"By the way, the sea is different from the river at the entrance of the village. Don't swim in the sea indiscriminately. I'm not responsible for being swept away by the waves."
Zhou Liwei: "... I'm not a child."
I'm a little older than you, do you need to tell him about this kind of thing
Bai Shan left with peace of mind. Salt came out of the new salt field, and he let go of the old salt field when he had to deal with it.
Dong Xianwei asked in a low voice: "My lord, do you want to tell Fang Xiancheng about this?"
Bai Shan pondered for a moment and said, "There's no rush, we'll talk about it after the old saltworks are dealt with."
Dong Xianwei felt that he was Bai Shan's first confidant, no, he was the second confidant, and the first confidant should be Zhou Liwei who just took office.
However, Zhou Liwei was just a petty official, and he couldn't be compared with him. Lieutenant Dong felt that as far as the county government was concerned, he was still the number one confidant.