When Bai Jingxing and Bai Ruoyu were forced to take to the restaurant, they met Bai Shanbai Erlang and the others downstairs.
When Bai Shan saw his daughter who was dirty all over, he was used to it, so he just took out a handkerchief and wiped the sand and tears from her face, and asked her, "Why are you crying like this?"
Bai Jingxing immediately complained, "Aunt Wuyue forbids me to play with the sand."
Wu Yue hurriedly reported: "The lady sent someone to say it's time for dinner."
Bai Shan then said to her, "Isn't it just playing with the sand, it's worth your crying like this?"
"You must have played a lot in the past two days, and you should have a degree of fun. You always play with sand, and you get bored later. Don't you miss one of the fun things?"
"I won't be bored."
"It's as unbelievable as when you said you wouldn't get tired of eating fat."
Bai Jingxing immediately stopped talking.
When she was just one year old, she especially liked to eat fatty meat, and it continued until half a year ago. Her favorite food was seven parts fat and three parts lean, chopped up and made into meat soup, which was especially delicious when mixed with rice.
But half a year ago, she suddenly didn't like to eat fatty meat, she couldn't see any fat at all, she had to be completely thin.
Bai Jingxing sighed like a grown-up.
Bai Erlang had already ordered the palace servants to carry his son down to wash with a look of disgust.
This restaurant is not small, and some of the large private rooms have bathrooms. Coincidentally, Zhou Man booked a luxurious large private room today.
So the two were taken to the cubicle to be cleaned.
Tang He was dumbfounded, "These two kids are so naughty?"
This is too dirty, right
He felt that his son was naughty enough, but it was rare for him to get so dirty.
Bai Shan said indifferently: "How can a child not be naughty?"
Zhou Man nodded approvingly, "Just follow the rules."
Tang He: "...can mischievousness and discipline be put together?"
"Of course," the two said, "it's not against the rules to have fun."
"Okay," Tang He waved his hand, decided to skip this matter and talk about the business, "Junior Yin, when will you leave for Beijing?"
Yin Yu said, "I've calculated that the first day of August is a good day."
Tang He raised his eyebrows, "It's indeed a good day. Take your time on the road and return to the capital to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival."
Bai Shan asked: "The case in Laizhou has been solved? Brother Tang is going to stay with me for a while, or..."
"I still have to go back to Laizhou," Tang He said, "The case hasn't been solved yet."
He turned the tea cup around and glanced around the room.
Bai Shan ordered all the servants and guards in the room to withdraw, only Wu Yue and the big palace maid who took care of the children were left in the compartment.
Both of them are absolutely trustworthy.
Tang He then said: "Zhishan, have you seen pirates?"
Bai Shan: "Does a corpse count?"
Tang He looked at him.
Bai Shan then explained, "Last year pirates attacked merchant ships, and the news spread back to Beihai County. I asked General Liu to send troops out to suppress the pirates and bring back the merchant ships. At that time, General Liu also brought back two There are some dilapidated ships and a dozen corpses, all pirates."
Tang He sat up straight and asked, "Have you checked who they are?"
"Refugees from Baekje," Bai Shan said after a pause, "But the thieves at sea are not only Baekje people, but also Japanese people, and even fishermen from Silla."
"Of course, as far as I know, the most powerful ones are actually the pirates from Pingzhou and Dengzhou. Most of them are islanders."
Tang He was surprised, "Jin?"
Bai Shan nodded helplessly, "Yes, quite a few of these people are sinners or descendants of sinners who were exiled. They went to sea with local fishermen for various reasons, but the most original purpose is for profit."
He said: "General Liu and I have a headache, because the two places are not under the rule of Qingzhou, we can only fight back when they appear, and we can't control their lair."
Tang He tapped his fingers on the table, "This is very interesting."
"Why, the sinking of the official ship has something to do with them?"
"More than that," Tang He said with a slight smile, "But at this time, I can't tell you the details of the case."
Tang He thought for a long time, then approached Bai Shan and asked, "Zhi Shan, you know a lot about salt administration, and you figured out this method of drying salt. Tell me, what is the profit of a stone of salt now?"
Bai Shandao: "Now the salt is exclusively transported and sold by the Salt Transportation Department. The price has dropped by nearly half compared to three years ago. The income is actually not that big. After deducting all the costs, you can earn between five and ten yuan per stone."
After all, selling salt is now considered a national public welfare.
Tang He touched his chin and thought, "It doesn't sound like a lot."
Bai Shan poured himself a cup of tea, took a sip, and said, "Brother, you must ask this question under the condition that salt has a cost, or in other words, under the condition that there is a complete cost procedure."
Tang He raised his eyebrows, "What do you mean?"
Bai Shandao: "The official salt was robbed, that is to say, they got the salt for free, without the cost of time, labor and materials, only part of the transportation cost, so it is extremely cheap, and if they sell it at the normal price of salt, then They earn more than one stone, five Wen and ten Wen."
Tang He patted the table lightly, "That's right, if they ship it to other places, the price of salt will be more than this, and they will earn more."
Zhou Man had just finished talking about Baekje Silla with Ming Da, and asked sensitively after hearing the words: "What is another place?"
Yin said, "Fanbang?"
Tang He nodded, "That's right. I checked and found that the official ship that sank was not simple at all. It is said that sea-going ships are difficult to build and are extremely precious. Even if they wanted to grab salt, they would not sink the ship."
This is also the reason why no one thought it was self-stealing at the beginning, but pirates ran rampant and robbed official ships.
After all, an official ship is not cheaper than the salt on board.
"Before the official ship sank, the loss of official salt in the Laizhou Salt Field was very serious. I may not have noticed it just by looking at it, but I have compared the accounts of your Beihai County Salt Transportation Department. Their loss, from production to disembarkation, is your tenth more than double."
Bai Shan heard the words and clicked his tongue twice, "Inspector Liu of Laizhou seems to be quite shrewd, why can't he think about it so much?"
Tang He said with a strange expression on his face: "I only found out when I arrived in Laizhou that the person who secretly reported to His Majesty the Laizhou Salt Works was Governor Liu."
Now everyone's mouths were wide open, Bai Shan was the first to react, and asked, "Laizhou Salt Transportation Department?"
Tang He nodded, glanced at Bai Shanhou and said: "Back then, the Beihai County Salt Field was too much attention. Although the official position of the Salt Transport Department was not high, the interests involved were huge, so at that time, the Beihai County Salt Transport Department was selected by His Majesty's prince and courtiers. The carefully selected candidates are upright and strong, and the salt transportation departments in other places are worse."
Bai Shan rubbed his forehead, feeling a little annoyed, "The Salt Transportation Department has only been established for three years, right?"
Why did this happen so quickly
Yin Ju understands very well, "Even if salt is monopolized and the price is reduced by half, it is still one of the most profitable industries. After all, people in this world may not drink tea or iron, but they must eat salt. "
Mingda suddenly said: "Cutting people's money is like killing their parents. Master Tang, you have to be more careful."