After leaving the courtyard, Governor Guo and the others were not idle either. Luo Xunjian and Zhou Liwei made room for them, and the soldiers squeezed each other to make room for them.
They were lucky to be able to live in the same row as the prince, it was just a matter of distance.
As Bai Shan's confidantes, both of them agreed to give Bai Shan and Zhou Man the room closest to the crown prince, so besides the prince's son-in-law, Yin Huo and Tang Master Ning Yushi were the ones brought by the crown prince. There are two.
It was such a coincidence that Governor Guo's room was right next to Bai Shan's and Zhou Man's. When he took his subordinates to find his room and wanted to have a private conversation, he found that Bai Shan and Zhou Man's servants were busy next door.
After a moment of silence, he looked at Magistrate Lu.
County magistrate Lu immediately understood, turned sideways and said, "My lord, it's still early, why don't you come and sit in my room?"
Governor Guo nodded, and the other officials followed.
When we arrived at County Magistrate Lu's room, it was quieter, and the light was even darker.
Inspector Guo didn't enter the house at all, he stood in the open space in front of the door, looked at Magistrate Lu, and asked, "Magistrate Lu, I remember that you were the one who built the Dajiawa Salt Field in the first place, right?"
County Magistrate Lu sighed, looked left and right, and said, "Your Excellency, you should be able to see that there should have been a wall in front of this place, and the walls on the left and right sides are still there. Now, half of these rooms were built by me before."
He stretched out his finger and looked at the undismantled stove not far away, saying: "I built those stoves to cook salt, and they have been dismantled a lot, and now only the front ones are left undismantled." .”
The ones that have not been dismantled, some of them have been used for cooking, and the soldiers in the kitchen are cooking.
"So the method of drying salt is the method found by County Magistrate Bai?" Governor Guo's question was just for reconfirmation. If County Magistrate Lu knew about this method, he would have used it long ago.
County Magistrate Lu nodded, and at the same time sighed in his heart, no wonder Bai Shan could deal with the Song family so forcefully. If he had this treasure in his hand, he would not be afraid of the Song family.
The Song family didn't have that much prestige and land in Beihai County, and they were able to interfere with county affairs only because they controlled the Longchi Salt Field.
Bai Shan came to the bottom of the pot and shut down the Longchi saltworks directly, and the two arms of the Song family were cut off directly.
Governor Guo also thought of the Song family, but quickly threw it out of his head. To him, the Song family was not worth mentioning at this time, and even the power struggle with the county magistrate Lu seemed not so important.
With the introduction of the sun-salt method, coupled with the prince's emphasis on it, there is no doubt that Guo Cishi is facing a wider road, but there are more knives on the road.
Opportunities and dangers coexist.
He is hesitating.
Not only Guo Cishi, but also the officials standing in front of Guo Cishi have different thoughts.
As soon as they left, they dispersed and gathered together in twos and threes automatically, "Once the method of drying salt is released, our other coastal counties in Qingzhou can also change their salt production methods."
"I don't know if it's real or fake?"
"Bai Shan has a bright future. Why would he cheat on this kind of thing? Don't look at Ning Yushi's disbelief. He has to see the salt-making process with his own eyes. In fact, he has no doubts in his heart. It's just to be more sure. That's all."
"Then the sky in our Qingzhou is about to change?"
"Qingzhou is fine. Originally, Beihai County is the main county where salt is produced. What matters is Jiangnan, right?"
"That's right, if this method is spread, then all the places near the sea can dry salt. Will the salt administration in the south of the Yangtze River..."
"We've all seen the sun-dried salt method today. It looks quite simple. Isn't the prince afraid that we will spread it?"
"Yes, Jiangnan can also learn from it."
As soon as County Magistrate Lu and the others dispersed, they also found their own staff.
He stayed at the end of the crowd with the staff of other officials. He didn't hear what was said in front of him, but they had eyes to see.
He still can't come back to his senses until now, mainly because he followed County Magistrate Lu all the way from Beihai County to Linzi County.
So I confirmed again and again, "Is it really from the sun?"
Magistrate Lu nodded repeatedly, "Yes."
The staff finally sighed: "No wonder."
He felt that it could not be blamed for the inferior skills of the county magistrate Lu, but, "The accumulation of the family is different after all, so you don't have to take it to heart."
County Magistrate Lu: "I didn't take it to heart, but Bai Shan's method probably didn't come from his family's accumulation."
He said: "Although I don't know where his method of drying salt came from, a big family like Cui Yang doesn't know about it, and a small family like Bai's who lives in the inland doesn't even know about it, and Bai Shan is just side branch."
The staff looked at it, and found that there was no worry on the adult's face, on the contrary, he was a little excited, "My lord?"
County Magistrate Lu walked around twice, and said excitedly, "This is not only Baishan's opportunity, Beihai County's opportunity, but also Qingzhou's opportunity. Of course, it is also Linzi's opportunity, our opportunity."
The staff thought about it, and became a little excited, "Your Excellency and Magistrate Bai are still allies."
County Magistrate Lu let out a "hush" and asked him to whisper, "The method of drying salt must not be hidden. There are too many people I saw today. Even if it is controlled, it will not take long before the method will spread to the south of the Yangtze River. So Beihai County There isn't really much time."
"Magistrate Bai will definitely cooperate with you again."
County Magistrate Lu thought the same way, he smiled and stroked his mustache, "Guo Inspector Guo has higher hands and eyes, I'm afraid he will think more, and he may not be able to fully get together with Bai Shan." This is his chance .
It was completely dark outside, and only people could be seen barely.
Bai Shan and Master Tang walked slowly back to their room with the sea breeze blowing, they lived in two adjacent rooms.
Seeing the lights on in the house in front of him, Mr. Tang paused.
Bai Shan said casually: "Princess and the others haven't come back yet, senior brother, do you want to pick them up with me?"
Master Tang thought for a moment and then nodded, "That's fine."
Bai Shan glanced at Daji behind him, and then walked slowly towards the seaside with Mr. Tang. After a while, Daji brought up two torches and handed one to Bai Shan.
Bai Shan took it, and explained to Mr. Tang, "It's windy at the seaside, and the lantern's fire can't be contained."
Master Tang nodded, looked back at the bustling salt field in the night, and said with a slight smile: "With some more people, this place will be always lively, and it will definitely be prosperous in the future."
Bai Shan smiled, "It's just that the way in and out is not easy. If you want to attract more businessmen to come here, the most important thing is to build the road."
Master Tang nodded and said with a smile: "You are very courageous. Does this mean that you want to stay in Qingzhou for a long time?"
Bai Shandao: "Why not? In Beihai County, we govern the local area and do things for the people. Isn't it also governing the local area and doing things for the people when we go to other places?"