Bai Shan finally followed Zhou Man and saw Cui Wei, a middle-aged handsome man with a very fair complexion, but it was a pity that his pale and haggard face was not very good to look at.
Not to mention Zhou Man who likes to look at faces, even Bai Shan couldn't help but take two steps forward and asked with concern: "Master Cui, are you alright?"
Cui Wei's official position is on the same level as General Nie's, below Zhou Man and above Bai Shan, but he has the same attitude towards the three of them, he just glanced up at them and said coldly: "It's nothing."
Zhou Man looked at his face, sat on the chair beside the bed, Xibing immediately took out the pulse pillow and gave it to her.
Zhou Man felt Cui Wei's pulse, asked some more questions, then looked at his troubled face and said, "Master Cui, you seem to be unacceptable."
Cui Wei didn't believe it, "As long as the carriage is going fast, I'll throw up if it bumps."
Zhou Man asked him, "Did you vomit when you were near the capital?"
He said coldly: "I ride horses when I go in and out of the capital."
Knowing that he was motion sick, why did he still think about taking a car
Zhou Man was curious: "What if it rains?"
Cui Wei: "...there is a coir raincoat."
He stared at Zhou Man, making her hold back the rest of her words.
Zhou Man said: "It's not just motion sickness, it's also due to acclimatization. Of course, you may not have been acclimatized before, but this time there must be some reason."
Zhou Man prescribed medicine for him, "Shall I give you two injections first? It will make you feel better."
Cui Wei hesitated for a moment, but finally accepted her kindness.
Bai Shan was very generous to the talents who came to Beihai County, especially to Cui Wei and General Nie. He spent money to rent two yards in the county town for them to live in.
Of course, there may not be many opportunities for the two of them to live here, but let's rent it first, and the rent is not expensive anyway.
It's just that the house hasn't been tidied up yet, so they temporarily stayed at the inn. Zhou Man sent someone back to the medical office to grab the medicine and delivered it to Cui Wei.
Although Cui Wei still didn't feel well, he was more comfortable than before, at least he wouldn't vomit anymore.
He breathed a sigh of relief, and said kindly to Zhou Manbai: "I'm sorry."
The two naturally said that it was fine.
Cui Wei fell ill as soon as he arrived in Beihai County, but he has gotten used to it, basically it only takes two or three days to recover.
So he didn't move away, he lived in the inn to recuperate, and Zhou Man went to visit him every day.
General Nie took his 500 soldiers and Bai Shan to Dajiawa. He was shocked when he saw the salt fields for the first time, especially now that the salt fields are being developed on both sides of Dajiawa.
Pieces of salt fields glowing with water spread out one after another. A long-term worker walked around with a wooden shovel and shoveled the salt to the edge of the field. After heaped up a pile of salt, he shoveled it into a basket and picked it out...
General Nie: …
He grabbed a handful of salt, couldn't help but tasted it, and when he was sure it was real salt, he gave two peeps and stared straight at the endless salt field, "Such a big salt field can only be covered by five hundred of us." Can you hold it?"
Bai Shan said: "I still have a hundred troops here."
He said: "You also saw it when you came in. There is only one road to enter Dajiawa. There is the sea on the other side, and the mountain that is difficult to cross on the other side, so just guard the intersection..."
General Nie barely gained some confidence.
Bai Shan reached out and patted him on the shoulder and said, "So besides protecting the saltworks, you also have to cultivate the fields."
General Nie looked left and right, looked around, and asked: "I see that there are very few farmlands here. Where are we farming?"
Bai Shan pointed to the salt field and said, "We will farm this field."
General Nie: …
Bai Shan comforted him and said, "Don't worry, this kind of life won't last long. I'm already looking for people. When I find enough people, you will be free to train soldiers."
General Nie looked at him suspiciously, "Don't lie to me."
"I'm not going to lie to you," Bai Shan said seriously, "Qingzhou also has troops stationed there, and there are even quite a few of them, but His Majesty and the crown prince still specially transferred you from the capital, and you should have guessed the reason for it by now. ?”
General Nie was not stupid, so he guessed it naturally, and asked with a serious face: "Will someone attack the salt field?"
Bai Shan nodded, "So I will definitely let you train soldiers, don't worry, I won't occupy your people for a long time."
It's just that the Dajiawa salt field is not known to the real enemy at this time, and the most urgent task is to open up more salt fields and produce more salt.
But before opening up salt fields to dry salt, they had to build barracks.
Even a man as honest as General Nie couldn't help saying: "Master Bai, you are an empty-handed white wolf."
"How could it be an empty-handed white wolf?" Bai Shan pointed to a storehouse of grain and said, "See, I have prepared military rations, and I will send fresh vegetables, meat and eggs here every day."
To be responsible for the food and drink of 500 soldiers, the cost is still not small, not only the villages near Daweiwa, but also the villages farther away are richer.
More than 20 days before the people came, Bai Shan directly called the chiefs of several miles nearby, and asked them to spread the word, let the villagers grow more vegetables, and raise more livestock such as chickens, ducks, pigs, and sheep. When the time comes, the county government will Come out and buy.
Now the number of chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep will not increase immediately, but there are a lot more dishes.
It's almost enough to send two sheep or two pigs to everyone every day.
But to be honest, the cost is indeed much higher, so Bai Shan needs people even more.
He still has a large amount of official land in his hands, plus the land confiscated from Dajing Village and Xiaojing Village, and the land bought from the Song family. Now he has no shortage of land that can grow food, vegetables, and raise livestock. What is missing is people.
So when he returned to the county government office, he called Cui Yuan again, "How is the matter going?"
Cui Yuan: "...Are you in such a hurry now? Didn't you say that after the autumn harvest is over, you will quietly bring people over?"
Bai Shandao: "Now is the autumn harvest time, how many young adults are you sure you can attract?"
He paused and said: "It doesn't matter if you are a young man, or a young lady, and the county can accept it with your family."
It would be better if widows and alone young adults.
Cui Yuan hesitated for a moment, but still nodded, "Don't worry, Lord Lang, I will try my best."
He decided to go out and have a look tomorrow.
Bai Shan was very generous, "Bring some copper coins, if you don't have enough, ask me for it."
What Bai Shan was talking about was two baskets full of copper plates, which were loaded on the cart and given to Cui Yuan.
Robbery is not easy for the people from the county government to come forward, so Bai Shan gave money, and Cui Yuan took the money to hire a few people.
After tying the bamboo basket containing the copper coins and putting them on the ox cart, Cui Yuan and Bai Shan saluted and said, "Don't worry, Lord Lang, I will live up to my trust."
Bai Shan nodded in return, in fact, it’s okay if he can’t finish, at worst, go sit down with Governor Guo and ask him for help, but Cui Yuan is so solemn, he can only return the gift, and encourage others, not to fight.