Farmer’s Blessed Girl

As soon as they left, only their own people were left in the yard. The prince thought so. These people were all available to him, and he was counted as his own for the time being.

The prince raised his chin slightly and said, "Let's talk about it."

Tang He didn't speak, but Ning Yushi looked at Bai Shan and confirmed again, "Can the salt really be exposed?"

Bai Shan said with certainty, "Yes."

Ning Yushi didn't doubt him, and said to the prince with bright eyes, "Your Highness, the salt tax in the south of the Yangtze River can be checked, and even the world's salt policy can be changed."

"My father thinks so too."

These words seemed to give Ning Yushi and Tang He a reassurance. They both breathed a sigh of relief and said in unison, "I would like to serve Your Majesty and drive for His Highness."

The prince said: "Then let's start with the salt fields in various places. Of course, we can't go straight to the salt fields, so we must first rectify the management of officials and ensure that the road to and from the salt is smooth."

The trip they planned this time flashed in Tang He's mind, and sure enough, it was on the way out of Qingzhou and in and out of Jiangnan Salt and Grain.

If the weather in Jiangnan changes, then they not only have to ensure that places outside Jiangnan are not affected by Jiangnan, but also have to provide enough salt to Jiangnan, so salt must also go in.

Tang He and Ning Yushi looked at each other and said, "The transportation of water in the south of the Yangtze River..."

"The emperor has his own arrangements. What we need to do is to rectify the administration along the way, and to ensure the salt production of the salt field," the prince and Bai Shan said, "I don't know what are the requirements for this salt drying place? Can Beihai County do it?"

Bai Shandao: "It has to be a place with plenty of sunshine and little rain. Of course, seawater with high salt content is naturally the best."

He said: "Jiawaxin Salt Field was left by the former magistrate of Lu. He chose this place very well. We can still see salt brine when we dig down in some places by the sea."

The prince understood, "List out the salt drying method in detail, it will be useful to look back."

Bai Shan responded.

The prince pondered and said: "Since everyone is suitable, and the salt drying method started from your Beihai County, then you should build more salt fields, as long as there is sea water, so you don't have to stick to the seaside, you can go further afield. Just dig a big trench to let the sea water go straight in."

Because he found that there were few crops planted in this area, and some places that were not mountains were deserted, and the weeds on it looked sparse, and it seemed that nothing could be grown.

Bai Shan said in distress: "That's right, but Beihai County is poor and has few manpower. Whether it's digging ditches, opening salt fields or drying salt, a lot of manpower is needed."

The prince frowned.

For the rest, there is nothing he can do about manpower.

Don't look at the voices from all over the country saying that the fields are not enough, and the full amount of fields will not be allocated after the population is small, but the population is not very large.

"Gu can't conjure people for you at once. Are there many widows in your territory? Gu will send you some soldiers? Let them have more children."

Tang He couldn't help but bow his head in joy.

Bai Shan: "...Your Highness, it's too late to have a baby now. It will take at least seventeen years to become a child, right?"

Even if the child was conceived in the bridal chamber today, it would still be ten months before the birth.

But he did not refuse the prince to send troops to him. "After today, everyone's depression in the salt field will definitely attract attention, and indeed more people are needed to protect him."

Coincidentally, as soon as people arrive, he will let the soldiers settle the fields. He can't do patrols every day. Everyone takes turns. Usually, he has nothing to do to open up a wasteland.

Bai Shan's abacus rattled, and he said to the prince, "Your Highness also saw that the line along the coast is very long. If all the salt fields were built, there would be a lot of salt produced every day, and so much salt would go away. Shipping by land is not time-consuming and labor-intensive.”

The prince thought of Laizhou Bay, and before he had time to speak, Bai Shan said with a slightly raised tone: "There is a place in Beihai County called Longchi, which is a natural ferry, and outside is Laizhou Bay, and it is not far from Dajiawa to Longchi. If there are sea boats leaving from Longchi, then the salt of Dajiawa can not only go south to Jiangnan, Lingnan and other places, but also go north to the area of ​​Youzhou and Pingzhou.”

The prince raised his eyebrows and looked at Bai Shan. Although he felt that there was no need to build another ferry, he was still willing to listen.

Bai Shan continued: "And when Guanyan arrives in Youzhou and Hepingzhou, you can enter the Taiyuan area and the grasslands. It saves the steps to go to Laizhou, and the road is much safer."

Sea routes are still safer than land routes.

Of course, this security is for man-made disasters, not natural disasters.

The prince thought thoughtfully, "Do you want to compete with Laizhou for the ferry and the ship to go out to sea?"

Bai Shan coughed lightly and emphasized: "It is to attract more businessmen to come here."

He temporarily divergent thinking and assumed: "If the salt can be transported out of Longchi, it will definitely not be empty when it comes back. The silk and porcelain from the Jiangnan area can be transported on board, as well as the fur and medicinal herbs cattle and sheep from the Pingzhou area of ​​Youzhou. Horses and other things, they can complete the exchange in Longchi, and it will be safer for the salt boat to follow the caravan on the same route."

Tang He's heart moved, "Doesn't this change the current route of water transport?"

The prince, who didn't really take it to heart, sat up slightly and thought, "In this way, it will be inconvenient to set up the ferry for Guanyan to go out in Laizhou."

After all, he has Bai Shan available in Qingzhou, but he is not very familiar with Laizhou.

Bai Shan nodded again and again, looking at the prince with bright eyes.

The prince pondered: "But this is not something that can be done in one or two years. Without four or five years, or even five or six years, it is difficult to form a scale."

Bai Shanlue thought about it and then gritted his teeth: "I would like to stay here and leave until this matter is done."

The prince raised his eyebrows, "Are you really willing to stay here for five or six years?"

With Bai Shan's ability and qualifications, he just came out to accumulate experience, and now he has credit for the salt drying method, even if he is promoted and left now, no one will say anything.

However, the purpose of his release is to experience, and he will not leave so early, but the prince and the emperor have planned for him for three years at the beginning.

After three years, he can be transferred to other places to continue his training, and he will stay in Beihai County for six years...

The prince smiled slightly, nodded and said, "In that case, I'll go down, isn't it just to build a ferry? You can build it."

Ning Yushi coughed heavily and reminded: "Your Highness, this matter has to be approved by the Ministry of Household and Ministry of Industry."

Listening to Bai Shan's plan, it is obviously not a small ferry, so it is not the money from Qingzhou, but the money from the national treasury.

Bai Shan felt that he had to wait for the state treasury to allocate funds, so he didn't know how long he would have to wait, so he hinted: "Maybe Qingzhou can pay part of it in advance."

The prince was really interested and leaned forward, "Oh?"

Bai Shan looked at Ning Yushi's "you traitor" and said to the prince, "It's summer now, the summer harvest and the autumn harvest are just around the corner, and after that, there will be taxes. Part of the advance."

In other words, the things that should be handed over to the treasury in Qingzhou are used first, but in fact, it is still considered as the money from the treasury, but the process of sending it to the treasury first, and then allocating it from the treasury is omitted.

The prince thought this method was good, so he nodded in agreement.

Of course, he agreed. In fact, whether it can be done depends on the intentions of the emperor and the princes in the court, but Bai Shan also won the crown prince, right?

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