Generally speaking, when a woman gets married, she will inherit some family property—the dowry. It is considered that she has separated the family. Even if the family has a big business, the daughter will not allow them to intervene in the family's finances after she gets married.
But the Zhou family is different. Zhou Lijun had her own private property before she got married, and her private property was linked with the Zhou family's property, and they were not separated after she got married. Now, as the business grows, it is even more difficult to separate. up.
Now she is still in charge of the general accounts of the Zhou family.
So Bai Shan compared back and forth and said: "Whether it is in terms of relationship or ability, Lijun is the best."
Moreover, Xiang Mingxue's character and ability are obviously more suitable than the relatives in Qili Village.
Zhou Man thought about it and felt that this was the best solution, so he also sat down at the desk and planned to write a letter.
Bai Shan spread out the paper for her, took out the ink stick to grind the ink, and said enthusiastically: "Come, I will wait for you to write the letter."
Zhou Man took the pen he handed over, and asked, "If Li Jun names all the businesses, wouldn't the caravan be able to do whatever they want?"
After thinking for a while, Bai Shan said: "As long as the fourth brother can get the qualifications."
Zhou Man chuckled, and said while writing a letter: "Last year, Little General Guo wrote to us, saying that my patented medicine is very useful, and I want to purchase a large amount for the army, so I recommended him the shopkeeper Zheng Da of Jishitang. "
"However, we have exchanged letters twice, and the business can't be negotiated. In the final analysis, no one can send the ready-made medicine to the Western Regions. It would be too expensive for Jishitang to send someone to send it, and the price of the medicine will also rise sharply," She said: "General Guo's people can't contact the capital privately. It's best to leave it to the fourth brother. It's best for him to send it to the grassland or the Western Regions, and then General Guo will send someone to the edge of the desert to pick it up." OK."
However, the amount of finished medicine is large and the amount of money involved is large. Zhou Lang can't take it in and out of the customs at will.
If all the business was under Zhou Lijun's name, and Zhou Zhoulang was only serving as a steward to escort the goods, then there would be more business to be done.
Like this kind of proprietary medicine, as long as Ji Shitang says hello and pays the commercial tax, you can enter and exit the customs, which is very simple.
Bai Shandao: "Even the salted fish from our Beihai County can get out of the customs through the hands of Fourth Brother and the others."
Zhou Man: "...do you want to sell the salted fish to the grasslands and the Western Regions?"
Bai Shan nodded, "Don't you think salted fish go well with them?"
He said: "There is a lack of salt over there. Every time you cook, you just need to tear off some salted fish and put it in the dishes to make it taste good. You can't sell more salt to the grasslands, but there are much fewer restrictions on salted fish."
Zhou Man, "Then you have to be careful that someone will continue to smuggle salt with salted fish."
Bai Shan nodded, "I also have this concern, but I can't give up eating because of choking. The most important thing at the moment is to sell the salted fish, and the price can't be lowered."
He wanted to make life easier for the fishermen, so he wanted to increase the price of salted fish. He said: "In addition to the grasslands and the Western Regions, there are also some inland places with little salt and expensive salt. Unfortunately, the places I know It’s still too little, I’ll wait until I see Brother Tang and ask him for advice.”
Zhou Man nodded, and asked while writing a letter: "Where are Brother Tang and the others now?"
Bai Shan thought for a while and said, "Are you still in Dengzhou?"
He predicted it well. At this time, the prince was standing on the beach in Dengzhou and looking into the distance. Tang He and Xia Yushi came to him and reminded: "Your Highness, it's getting late, we should go."
The prince didn't move, but pointed to the sea where he couldn't see the edge and asked, "The opposite is Silla and Baekje?"
Tang He said: "Theoretically speaking, the opposite is yes."
The prince glanced at him, turned around and got off the big rock, got back on the road and got on his horse, "Let's go, let's go back quickly."
A fast horse is a fast horse. They didn't say they were slow when they came all the way, but they definitely stopped and inspected when they arrived at the city, but when they went back, they hardly stopped.
It was only June 18th when they returned to Qingzhou City.
After the prince changed his clothes, he asked Governor Guo, who came to pay his respects, "Did Bai Shan hand in the official salt?"
Governor Guo froze for a moment, then shook his head, "No."
"It's all within the time limit until June passes," he explained.
But he didn't even notice that the crown prince didn't mention it. Although it is not too late before July, the county magistrate will still delay giving it when there is enough official salt
It's already the 15th of June, isn't Bai Shan in a hurry
Governor Guo couldn't help looking at the prince.
The prince didn't know what he thought of, so he snorted and ordered: "Send someone to call him to Qingzhou City, just say that Gu is back and wants to see him."
Guo Inspector responded.
When Bai Shan received the letter from the governor's office, he immediately sent someone to spread the word, "Let Zhou Liwei bring the salt here," he emphasized, "I will bring it here myself!"
Bai Shan sent Cui Yuan to help.
There is no trivial matter involving official salt, Cui Yuan cheered up and asked, "How much do you want to transport?"
Bai Shan thought for a while and said, "You can transport as much as you can."
When Cui Yuan heard this, he took all the cars that could be dispatched from the county government to everyone.
Zhou Liwei packed most of the salt in the warehouse, and the soldiers and government servants escorted them to the county seat, while Luo Xunjian led the remaining soldiers to guard the salt field.
Seeing so much salt, Zhou Man guessed that the prince would probably leave, so he said, "I'm going to Qingzhou City too."
Talk to the prince about the medical department, and send him off by the way.
Ming Da and Bai Erlang wanted to go even more, so the group set off on the second day.
Yin Or glanced at the long motorcade following behind, looked away and asked Bai Shan, "Have you figured out how to get rid of the remaining official salt?"
Bai Shandao: "Since we have gone to Qingzhou City, we will naturally sell it to the counties in Qingzhou."
When the prince came, he came quietly, but he went to many places in Qingzhou during this period, and went to Laizhou and Dengzhou, and when he was about to leave, he made a lot of noise.
Governor Guo saw that so many county magistrates wanted to send the prince himself, so he didn't favor one over the other, and sent letters directly to all the county magistrates, asking them to deliver the letter, expressing his importance to the prince by the way.
In addition to the official salt for the governor's office, the remaining salt is for other counties.
Unlike Beihai County, the county either does not produce much salt, or does not produce salt at all.
Those county yamen have to transfer official salt from other places every year. They say it is a transfer, but in fact they also need to pay money, which is equivalent to buying.
Official salt from all over the country should be purchased by the government and salt farms or other government offices, and then sold in salt shops.
The salt that is not controlled by the government is quietly circulated in the market, that is private salt.
Official salt, even if it is bought and sold between government offices, is not cheap. He is counting on this money to fill the coffers of the county government, and he has to pay the money for buying the land with Master Song.