When Bai Shan and Zhou Manxiang arrived at the Governor's Mansion, Governor Guo's face had turned dark again.
But seeing that their clothes were neat and clean, their faces were white and clean, they were refreshed and smiling, even the impetuous Guo Jieshi felt a little more comfortable.
Bai Shan was dressed in a green official uniform, Zhou Man was in crimson red, the two of them entered the study and hurried forward to salute Guo Inspector.
Governor Guo glanced at Bai Shan, only waved to him, stood up and greeted Zhou Man, then asked Zhou Man to sit down, and then asked Bai Shan who was standing, "Why did you come here until now?"
Bai Shan said with guilt on his face, "My lord, a few days ago someone sneaked through the checkpoint and sneaked into Dajiawa to check the new salt field. You also know that banditry happened in Beihai County. I'm always afraid that there will be similar things in the local area. It exists, but the officials live in high halls and don't know the viciousness below, so in order to prevent the people from being threatened with violence, the officials took people to the countryside to make unannounced visits."
Bai Shan listed the villages he had visited and some basic information. Some small villages only appeared in recent years. Not to mention Guo Inspector, even Bai Shan only found out that there was such a village when he went to the place and asked the villagers. So Guo The governor's eyes darkened, and he quickly interrupted him, "Okay, I know, so have you gone back to the county government office?"
Bai Shan said "no" with a face of shame, he said: "Yesterday, on the way back to the county government office, I ran into the government servant who came out to report the letter, and hurried to the outside of Beihai County before dark. My lord was afraid that my minister would delay my lord's business, so I packed my luggage early and waited outside the city. As soon as we met, we headed to Qingzhou city. After driving for half the night, we arrived before dawn. Let's go in."
He acted as if he didn't know that Governor Guo wanted to let Song Min go through the back door.
Inspector Guo didn't speak, he glanced at the staff standing aside and lowered his head to drink tea.
The staff quietly retreated.
The room suddenly fell silent, Bai Shan stood like a loose figure, although the atmosphere was a bit weird, but he didn't seem to be affected.
Zhou Man looked at this and then at that, and didn't say anything at all, and picked up the cup to drink tea with a slight smile, and she wanted to spit it out after just one sip.
She swallowed reluctantly, looked down and realized that it was a cup of strong tea.
She immediately put down the teacup, feeling the bitterness in her mouth had subsided a bit, then she looked at Guo Cishi, looked at him and asked after using it, "Master Guo didn't sleep all night, did he?"
Governor Guo sighed, "I can't sleep~~"
The staff came in and nodded slightly to Governor Guo across the crowd, Governor Guo sighed again, pointed to a seat next to him and said to Bai Shan, "Sit down and talk."
Then he turned his head and said to Zhou Man: "No way, do you know who came to our Qingzhou City yesterday?"
Before Zhou Man could answer, he said to himself: "His Royal Highness!"
"A crown prince, a princess and a son-in-law brought all the civil and military officials from the court to Qingzhou. Master Zhou, do you think I can sleep well?"
Zhou Man was taken aback and stared, "Princess and son-in-law? Is it Bai Er? Cough cough, I mean, is it Princess Mingda and son-in-law?"
Bai Shan was also startled, and looked up at Guo Cishi in a daze.
Governor Guo heaved a sigh of relief when he heard Zhou Man's address, and couldn't help but smile, nodded and said, "It's Princess Mingda and the white son-in-law."
Zhou Man couldn't help but look at Bai Shan, and Bai Shan also looked at her. The two looked at each other silently, suppressed the joy in their hearts, and tried to listen with sullen faces.
Governor Guo seemed to see their excitement, coughed lightly, and after attracting their attention, he looked sad, "I don't know why Your Highness came straight to our Qingzhou?"
He suspected that it was Bai Shan and Zhou Man who recruited them. After all, Zhou Man was not mentioned. She was compiled by the Chongwen Museum and had the channel and rights to go up. Even Bai Shan, who came out of Zhongshu Province, must have the channel to contact Beijing.
In fact, the people were indeed recruited by Bai Shan.
Bai Shan and Zhou Man looked at each other across the air, and Bai Shan lowered his head and said, "My lord, maybe I came here for the saltworks."
Governor Guo frowned, and asked, "Your salt field in Beihai County has existed for decades. Why did Your Highness suddenly become interested in this?"
Bai Shan: "Maybe it's not because you suddenly became interested in the salt field in Beihai County, but because you need to know more about official salt, so you came here to take a look at the salt field?"
Guo Cishi's heart beat faster, does this mean that the imperial court is going to take action against Yanzheng
Today, most of the salt in the Jin Dynasty comes from Jiangnan. Although there are a lot of well salt and sea salt in various places, Jiangnan is the one that can provide a large amount of salt to various places and pay a large amount of salt tax.
And the salt tax and salt policy in Jiangnan...
Even if Governor Guo had never been to Jiangnan, his scalp would tingle just thinking about it. I don’t know how much money it was, and how many people’s interests were involved...
He swallowed his saliva, and wisely did not ask any more questions, but said: "It's getting late, His Royal Highness and the others should have gotten up too, you were once the prince's companion, so you must know the prince's habits better, why don't you two go Ask the prince if he is used to living there, and if there is anything else that needs to be added, tell me, so that I can get someone to prepare."
Bai Shan got up to respond, and looked at Zhou Man.
Zhou Man also got up, saluted with him and then stepped back.
As soon as the people left, the two staff members who were also in the room said: "My lord, is it true that the imperial court is going to take action against Jiangnan's salt tax?"
Governor Guo: "You ask me, who should I ask?"
He stretched out his hand and rubbed his forehead, "Our Majesty has a deep mind and can bend and stretch. Who knows what he is thinking at this time?"
But no matter what he thought, he knew that Bai Shan came to Beihai County not just to be a small county magistrate.
He just said, even if it is released, it will not be released from a Zhongshu Sheren to a county magistrate, right
It turned out that the drunken man didn't mean to drink.
Governor Guo thought about it, and finally sighed, and said with some heartache: "Return the coral trees and money sent by the Song family."
"grown ups… "
"Since Bai Shan has never returned to the county government office, then it should be assumed that this matter never happened. You can send someone to the Beihai county government office. Since Bai Shan has been sentenced, let's deal with it according to the law."
The prince is here, it is better to be still than to move at this time.
The staff thought about it, so they had no choice but to agree, but he still had some doubts, "My lord, County Magistrate Bai really hasn't received the news, doesn't he know anything about the affairs of the county government office?"
Guo Inspector snorted twice and said: "I don't care whether he really doesn't know, or if he doesn't know, he has found a reason, and he is really anxious to see me. Know."
Moreover, Bai Shan also gave him the news he wanted to know, he was no longer just his subordinate, they were more of a cooperative relationship, if that was the case, then he couldn't be viewed as a general subordinate.