Bai Shan asked someone to get a pen, ink, paper and inkstone to write the contract, "When will you guys pay the deposit and the final payment?"
Magistrate Sun asked, "How much salt did Magistrate Bai bring this time?"
Bai Shan smiled and said, "Not many, but it's enough for the first batch of goods."
Several county magistrates discussed in private, and said to him: "We will pay when we send people to pick up the goods next time."
Bai Shan was not afraid that they would renege on their debts. Salt was used every day, and the county government offices had to buy it every three months. If they didn't give it away once, couldn't he sell it to other county government offices
Except for the official salt that must be provided to the governor's office, transactions with other county governments are voluntary.
County Magistrate Sun and the others didn't want to renege on their debts, and after making a contract with Bai Shan, they smiled and said, "I don't think it's getting too early, why don't we go out and have dinner together?"
Isn't the food at the station delicious
He bought wine from outside, so can't he eat it at the post station
Several county magistrates have already said: "Master Bai, we are bleeding a lot today, only you have made money, and the food..."
Everyone was urging Bai Shan to treat guests, when a guard came up to him, clasped his fists at Bai Shan and said, "Magistrate Bai, His Highness summons you."
The county magistrates immediately became serious, and said to Bai Shan, "Magistrate Bai, go ahead, let's talk later."
Bai Shan also got up quickly, and after saluting with everyone, he was about to leave with the guards.
The guard said: "There are Master Zhou and Young Master Yin, Your Highness is waiting."
Bai Shan then went upstairs to invite Zhou Man and Yin or to come down.
County Magistrate Sun and others watched them leave the station with a little envy in their eyes, "It should be a good thing, right?"
"It can't be a bad thing, can it?"
"But that guard looks very serious."
Zhou Man also felt that the guard was very serious, so he asked him, "How is the prince feeling?"
The guard glanced at her and said, "His Highness is waiting for you in the restaurant."
That's not a bad thing, she breathed a sigh of relief, because he was the guard of the Eastern Palace, and the two of them were familiar, so she said, "Then why are you so serious?"
The guard's face became even colder, "I'm like this, stop talking nonsense, hurry up, Your Highness has to wait."
After saying that, he walked ahead, led them to the restaurant, pointed to the upstairs and said: "The third floor."
He didn't need to bring the people himself, the shopkeeper knew that they were the prince's guests, so he bent over to invite them immediately.
In the private room, Bai Erlang and the princess were also there, but Tang He and the two censors were not there, and I don't know how the prince was selected for the treat.
After the three entered, they bowed to everyone and sat down in the remaining three seats.
The crown prince said: "I'll leave early in the morning after I'm alone, so worry about the things in the salt field."
He doesn't beat around the bush, in his opinion, the people sitting in this room are all his own people, Yin may be considered half of his own people, but his father is Yin Li, the emperor's confidant, what he is doing now does not fear the emperor I know, so there is no need to hide it from him.
Although Bai Shan and Zhou Man never thought of themselves as princelings, the prince didn't think so. He said to Bai Shan, "The law of drying salt is very important to the salt tax in the south of the Yangtze River. Nowadays, the places suitable for large-scale drying of salt are Qingzhou, Laizhou and Hebei." I’ve visited the Dengzhou area alone, and the officials in the two prefectures are fairly clear, after a while they will send some people to Beihai County, and then you will teach them how to dry salt.”
He said: "Once the Jiangnan salt field shakes, the salt needed cannot be produced in Beihai County alone."
Bai Shan responded and asked, "Do you want to teach for free?"
The prince looked at him, "You can ask for something, and talk about it yourself."
Bai Shan got a little excited, then lowered his voice and asked, "Do they know that there will be changes in the Jiangnan Salt Field?"
"Gu never revealed anything."
Bai Shan understood it, they probably didn't know, this is the unequal information.
The prince didn't know what bad idea he was simmering in his heart, and he didn't want to know. As long as he doesn't know, it has nothing to do with him.
So he told Wan Baishan, he turned his head and said to Zhou Man, "Mingda stay here, take care of her body."
Zhou Man patted his chest and said no problem.
The prince had a taste of the summer in Qingzhou, and he actually had a lot of opinions in his heart, but now that the weather is getting hotter, it would only be more troublesome to ask Mingda to rush back to the capital, so he said to Mingda: "Turn back and ask Bai Shan and the others to give you Look for some good places in the mountains, see if there are any ready-made summer homes, and buy one, Qingzhou is too hot, don’t come here to escape the heat, you will get heat stroke instead.”
Mingda pursed his lips and said with a smile: "No, don't worry, Brother Prince."
The prince was not at ease at all, but Mingda insisted on staying here, and he had no other choice.
He still has to go to other places to inspect, and he can't take her with him.
Now that he had already told him to take care of Mingda, the prince simply ordered Zhou Man to take care of Yin He.
Bai Erlang raised his head and looked at the prince eagerly. The prince saw it, paused, and said, "Take care of the son-in-law too."
Bai Shan and Zhou Man turned their heads to look at Bai Erlang together, with disgust in their eyes, but they still agreed and comforted the prince, "Don't worry, Your Highness, Bai Er is our junior, can we not take care of him?"
The prince is very relieved, he is not worried about this at all, it is just a few instructions for nothing.
After dinner, the crown prince took Mingda back to the governor's mansion, Bai Shan and Zhou Man sent him to the gate of the governor's mansion very considerately, watched him go in before turning back to the inn.
When they arrived at the gate of the post station, they saw a person standing under the corner of the wall. They were startled, and they all took a step back.
reasonable:…
He stared at Bai Shan and the others with wide eyes, saluted and said, "Master Bai, my master is here."
He is not even afraid of ghosts, why should he be afraid of such a person
Only then did the three of Bai Shan see Tang He leaning against the wall with his arms folded, because he was standing in the shadows and it was getting dark again, so everyone didn't see him for a while.
Bai Shan and Zhou Man breathed a sigh of relief, and complained: "Brother Tang, don't you know that scaring people can scare people to death?"
"When did you become so courageous? You used to dare to catch ghosts late at night, and you dared to kill assassins, but now you are even afraid of a standing living person?"
Bai Shandao: "Anyone who sees a person suddenly appearing will be shocked, right? If you don't believe me, ask Yin He."
Yin Ju was a little torn, did he say he was afraid, or did he say he wasn't afraid
Tang He glanced at Yin Or, and said, "He's not afraid."
Bai Shan and Zhou Man: ...
The two turned their heads to stare at him together, and Yin Ju took a tentative step back, "I'm afraid?"
Bai Shan and Zhou Man looked back at Tang He.
Tang He ignored the gazes of the two, skipped the question directly, and said, "I want to talk to you guys in a whisper."
Since it's a whisper, you can't go to places like restaurants, restaurants and teahouses. Bai Shan thought for a while and said: "I remember that there is a street a few alleys past, and all the people living in that street are wealthy families. Spacious, but few people, no shops, shall we go for a walk?"
Tang He glanced at him and said: "No need, just go to your room directly, can someone eavesdrop in the post?"