Farmer’s Blessed Girl

"Of course not," Master Song said indifferently: "There is no movement at the new salt farm. There is neither cutting and drying wood, nor the smoke from boiling salt. Obviously, the new salt farm is just a pretext, and it has not opened. The ya has to rely on the salt field in Longchi, why should I do such a thing?"

Song Meng immediately said, "Did the magistrate Bai frame us?"

Master Song paused and shook his head, "No, there is no need for him to do such a thing, Dalang, the most important thing for you right now is your own studies. Take the exam this year to go to the government school, or go to the capital to take the imperial examination. You don't need to worry about these things at home."

Uncle Song also said, "Go back to study quickly."

Song Meng is not too young. He clearly distinguishes between the family and the country. Of course, he also knows where the conflict between the family and the county government comes from. Always wanted to rob the salt field from our family? The previous magistrate Fang and magistrate Liu didn't say anything, why can't they coexist peacefully with us like magistrate Fang Liu?"

Master Song is about to speak, and Master Song has already said: "So now we are trying to communicate with Magistrate Bai, and hope that he can be the same as Magistrate Liu, the former Magistrate Fang. It's okay, don't worry about these things, just concentrate on reading. Yes. If you can pass the Mingjing or Jinshi test and become an official in the dynasty, you will be able to rely on the Song family in the future, and naturally no one will easily bully our family.”

When Uncle Song saw his son, he saluted and resigned, his face was very ugly.

Before waiting for his son to leave, he said dissatisfiedly: "Father, why do you want to say such things to Dalang? This child is competitive. If you tell him like this, won't you let him get involved?"

Master Song's face sank, "Why, do you suspect that I am plotting against Dalang? Don't forget, he is my eldest grandson, can I still harm him?"

Uncle Song did not speak. Dalang was his grandson, but he was not only a grandson of Dalang, but he had only one son of Dalang.

Master Song didn't notice the expression on his son's face. He was in a bad mood. He pondered: "I didn't expect the county school to be the first to make trouble. It seems that Bai Shan's prestige in Beihai County is not low now."

He sighed, "The foundation of our Song family is still too shallow. It would be good to have two more magistrates like Fang and Liu, but we met Lu and Bai..."

Bai Shan came forward to appease the students, and when he went to the medical office to see the old eighth who hit his head, he also said to Zhou Man: "The foundation of the Song family is not deep, it just looks huge, but as long as you pull it hard, it is still very easy to get rid of. can be pulled out."

He said, "Speaking of which, the Song family's fortune has only been for the past twenty or thirty years. Before that, the foundation of the Song family was not comparable to that of the Zhao family outside the city.

After seeing the patient, Zhou Man did not know where to find two peaches, gave one to Bai Shan, took one for himself, and sat on the railing while nibbling on the peaches while talking to him, "How did the Song family make their fortune?"

"Speaking of which, this is my fourth term, a county magistrate surnamed Wu. He invited the Song family to be his master at that time. Oh, he is the father of this Master Song."

"After two years, Magistrate Wu died of illness while in office, Magistrate Fang came, and he brought his master with him. That old Mrs. Song couldn't be a master in the county government anymore, so he found a stewardship in the salt farm and retired. already."

"Fang County magistrate felt that he was interesting, so he didn't touch him. Within two years, he felt that he was getting old, so he retired from the saltworks and let his son, the current Master Song, take over the stewardship of the saltworks. Bai Shandao: "At that time, the magistrate of Fang didn't take the unprofessional officer of the salt field to heart. The salt field was basically under the control of the county government, and his words still worked."

"But this Master Song is more powerful than his father. He has been inserting his own people, from small managers, small bosses, to the newly elected salt-boiling long-term workers every year. By the time the magistrate Fang left, half of the people in the salt field were already under Master Song's hands."

"The magistrate Liu who took over was controlled in a confused way," Bai Shan sighed: "Fang County Chancellor said that as soon as magistrate Liu took office, the Song family gave him a dismount, and then waited for the relationship with magistrate Liu to deteriorate. Another large sum of money was given, and with a handful of them, the magistrate Liu was stunned, thinking that the Song family was such a powerful squire here, so he didn’t dare to act rashly.”

"After waiting for two or three years, he found out the details of the Song family. Master Song has already held all the salt farms in his hands, and the county magistrate Liu and the Song family have been getting along well in the past few years. He doesn't want to tear his face. , so I have been hesitant to do it."

Zhou Man was stunned, "This Master Song is amazing, but since he is so powerful, why would he want to pry at the walls of the imperial court? There are so many lucrative businesses in this world, why do you have to hang yourself on the salt field?"

Bai Shan smiled and said: "There are many profitable businesses in the world, but the most profitable ones, apart from salt and iron, are only tea, silk and porcelain, and other businesses. The Song family is not a very powerful aristocrat, and it can still be found in Beihai County. Said to be a country gentleman, he is nothing if he leaves Beihai County."

"If you want to change your family, you need to study and have a good reputation. They obviously won't go into business. Controlling the saltworks should be the best way to make money and gain power they can think of."

Zhou Man thought of his own family, and said proudly: "My family doesn't force it, everyone has their own way of living, sometimes they have to manage, but sometimes they can't control it too much. If you want me to say that Master Song can manage it Too wide, too long, when he was young and strong, he was already thinking about the career of his descendants for the next three or four generations, isn't this looking for guilt?"

Bai Shan nodded, thinking that it was wrong, so he couldn't help but ask her, "Don't you want the future of your children in the future?"

Zhou Manbian said: "I don't want to, as long as they have good character and what they want to learn, I will send them to learn what they want to learn. Naturally, what they want to do when they grow up is naturally their own business, but if they ask I, I will also advise them."

Seeing that she was so proud, Bai Shan couldn't help raising his hand and pressing her head: "You have grown up, you should be more reserved when you are proud, don't raise your chin too proudly."

Zhou Man patted his hand away, gave him a sideways look and asked, "Are you going to ask them to become officials in the future?"

"That's not enough," Bai Shan said, bending one leg against the railing, looking at the blue sky: "Being an official is sometimes fun, but more often I feel very restrained, if I hadn't stood up before. Hongzhi, and has been working hard for it, I don’t think I will stick to officialdom.”

He said: "So if they don't want to be officials in the future, it's fine to do other things. As long as the family has land, books, and continuous farming and reading, the natural inheritance will continue."

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