Bai Shan looked around and saw that there were a lot of people, so he put it off, "I'll know when you arrive."
Beihai County is not far from Qingzhou City, but the princess and the son-in-law brought a lot of carriages, so the speed was a little slower, and it was already past noon when they arrived in Beihai County.
It was because of this that the prince disliked them very much. If it wasn't for the two of them being dragged down, he would have arrived in Qingzhou a few days earlier with his people.
It was also because of this that the prince wanted to keep him in Qingzhou instead of taking him around for inspections. Of course, Ming Da and Bai Erlang didn't think about following him to inspect.
The prince walked along the main street of Beihai County, turned his head and said to Bai Shan: "Your county is really poor."
Bai Shan: "...Your Highness, this is also the territory of the Great Jin Dynasty."
No matter how poor it is, it is a place of great prosperity.
The prince didn't say anything, and after dismounting from the county government, he didn't go in, and said directly to Bai Erlang, "We're going to the saltworks right away."
The meaning is obvious, are you going
If not, stay and rest.
Ming Da immediately said: "Let them stay and pack their things, we will go with the prince brother."
With a "tsk", the prince turned his head to look at Bai Shan.
Bai Shan saw Fang Xiancheng and Dong Xianwei who had been waiting at the gate of the county government with the officials.
So he beckoned someone to come forward and asked, "Where is the lunch arrangement?"
Fang Xiancheng only dared to raise his head to see the hem of the prince's clothes, and bowed after hearing the words: "The lower officials have reserved a seat at Zhaoji Restaurant, and they are probably ready now, and the nobles and adults can eat as soon as they go."
Bai Shan nodded in satisfaction, and asked Liu Gui, who came back with him, to arrange luggage on the carriage, while he took Fang Xiancheng and Dong Xianwei to ask everyone to move to Zhao Ji.
Beihai County is so big, Zhao Ji and the county government are on the same street, and it doesn't take much time to walk there.
The yamen servants blocked people along the street, allowing them to arrive at Zhaoji unimpeded.
This movement was so big, it was rare for Beihai County, which has always been remote and quiet, so many people ran out to watch the excitement regardless of the big sun in the sky.
Even if they were stopped by the yamen servants on the side of the street, they could only stand under the eaves and look at the nobles passing by on horseback, and they were satisfied.
But... "What kind of officials are these nobles? They are so powerful. I think our county magistrate and Mr. Zhou will follow behind."
"I don't know, but this red, green, purple, official robe of so many colors, it looks like a high official at first glance."
"No matter how big it is, how can it be better than the governor? By the way, what color official uniform does the governor wear?"
"Dark green? Greener than our county magistrate?"
The student of the county school who sneaked out to watch the excitement almost wanted to vomit blood when he heard this, and said in a low voice, "The governor is wearing dark scarlet, just that red, just like Mr. Zhou's."
When the people heard this, they "drank" and asked, "Then Lord Zhou's official is as big as the governor's?"
The students of the county school knew better, and they explained in a low voice: "If it's just an official of the medical department, it should be a green official uniform, the same as that of Bai County Magistrate, but Mr. Zhou is still compiled by the Chongwen Museum, which is a fourth-grade uniform. Official, so you can also wear dark crimson."
"Master Zhou's official is bigger than County Magistrate Bai's!"
"Isn't that eating soft rice?"
"Be quiet..."
County school student: ... It's not what they said. Bai Shan is not weak. He is just a few years late in his official career. He has an unlimited future, even more promising than Zhou Man.
But this explanation is too troublesome. They feel that the current situation does not allow them to talk so much, so they silently looked at the people who kept passing by the center of the street, and ignored the ordinary people who asked questions.
The people on the side thought that these gentlemen had acquiesced in this sentence, their eyes rolled around for a while, and they had all kinds of guesses.
The students started talking quietly, "Who is that man in purple robe who rode past just now?"
"I don't know. You look very young, but you're already a senior member?"
"I've never heard of a minister in the court who is so young."
Fang Xiancheng stepped on his horse and returned to the county town half an hour earlier than they did.
As soon as he entered the city, he went straight to Zhao Ji, and after booking the entire Zhao Ji, he also called the cooks and helpers from the two nearby restaurants to act together, "No matter what method you use, the nobles from the capital, you will be able to get out of the house within half an hour." It doesn’t need to be expensive to make ten tables of meals, but there must be meat, vegetables and soup, so it is delicious and safer.”
He said: "If you do well, the county magistrate will reward you later. If you can't do well, it's best to say it now, otherwise you will take over the work of the county government and turn your head around and put down the pick. If you don't mention the county magistrate, I won't spare you. "
Because of these words, the shopkeepers and cooks of the three families did not dare to neglect, and worked together to carefully prepare ten tables of meals.
At this time, Bai Shan and the others came in, and there were still two big dishes on each table, and the rest were ready and placed on the table, and they were ready to use after opening the plates.
When going out, the prince didn't pay much attention to it, he just wanted to be fast and taste good, but seeing that Bai Shan had prepared so well, he still couldn't help but nodded slightly, and then sat down at the main table.
This time, Governor Guo was lucky enough to sit beside the prince, and Bai Shan and Zhou Man also sat beside him.
Tang He and the others sat at another table, looked Zhao Ji up and down and said with a smile: "It's not bad, it doesn't look very poor."
County magistrate Lu took a surprise look at Fang Xiancheng. He knew Fang Xiancheng was capable.
When he lifted him from the position of master bookkeeper, he wanted to use him to fight against the Song family, but he didn't expect him to be so capable. Was this prepared when Bai Shan was not around
The guards brought by the prince and the others also found a place to sit downstairs. Fang Xiancheng and Dong Xianwei retreated from the second floor to the first floor and greeted everyone below.
After Bai Shan took office, he handed over many things to Fang Xiancheng and Dong Xianwei. As long as it was within their own scope of responsibility, they could make decisions on their own.
Especially Fang Xiancheng, Bai Shan went to the countryside every now and then, and the county affairs were basically handed over to Fang Xiancheng, so Bai Shan asked him to take a shortcut and go back to the county to act according to the camera, so he dared to use the small amount of public funds from the county government to set up restaurants for preparations. For food, if he is under the hands of other county magistrates, he would not dare to do so without precise orders.
Fang Xiancheng dared to do this because he knew that no matter what he did right or wrong, Bai Shan would give him the bottom line and would never push him to blame.
As soon as he sat down, the prince was not in a hurry. He turned his head and looked out of the window. The government servants outside did not stop the people on the street any more. They just guarded outside the restaurant to prevent people from entering.
It became lively again downstairs, and someone even deliberately placed the stall opposite the restaurant and downstairs, perhaps because they noticed his sight, the people downstairs shouted loudly.
The prince thought it was very interesting, and said to Bai Shan: "You county people are very courageous."