Farmer’s Blessed Girl

Generally speaking, when a woman gets married, she will inherit some family property—a dowry, and it is considered that she has split up the family.

But the Zhou family is different. Zhou Lijun had her own private property before she got married, and her private property was linked with the Zhou family's property. After she got married, it was not separated. Now, as the business grows, it is even more difficult to separate it. .

Now she still manages the general accounts of the Zhou family.

So Bai Shan compared back and forth and said, "No matter in terms of relationship or ability, Lijun is the best."

Moreover, Xiang Mingxue's character ability is obviously more suitable than the relatives of Qili Village.

Zhou Man thought for a while and felt that this was the best solution, so he also sat down at the desk and planned to write a letter.

Bai Shan spread out the paper for her, took out ink sticks to study ink, and said enthusiastically, "Come on, I'll wait for you to write letters."

Zhou Man took the pen he handed over and asked, "If Lijun takes the name of all the business, wouldn't the caravan be able to do any business it wants in the future?"

Bai Shan thought about it and said, "As long as the fourth brother and the others can get the qualifications."

Zhou Man smiled and said while writing: "Last year, General Guo Xiaojun wrote to us, saying that my patent medicine is very useful, and I want to buy a large amount on behalf of the army, so I recommended Zheng Da, the treasurer of Jishitang. "

"But we have exchanged letters twice, and this business has never been negotiated. In the final analysis, no one can send the finished medicine to the Western Regions. It is too expensive to send someone from Ji Shitang to send it specially, and the price of the medicine will rise sharply." She said: "General Guo's people can't contact the capital privately. Originally, it would be best to leave it to the fourth brother. He would send it to the grassland or the Western Regions, and then General Guo would send someone to the edge of the desert to get it. OK."

However, the amount of the finished medicine is large and the amount involved is large, so Shirou cannot take it in and out of customs at will. If he comes several times, the money in the account will be more, and his household registration will definitely be checked.

If all the business was under Zhou Lijun's name, and Shirou was just a steward to escort the goods, there would be more business that could be done.

Like this kind of medicine, as long as Ji Shitang says hello and pays full business tax, you can enter and exit customs. It is very simple.

Bai Shandao: "Even our salted fish in Beihai County can get out through the hands of the fourth brother."

Zhou Man: "...Do you want to sell salted fish to the grasslands and the Western Regions?"

Bai Shan nodded, "Don't you think salted fish is a good match for them?"

He said: "There is a lack of salt there. Every time you cook, you just have to tear off some salted fish and put it in the dish, and it will taste good. You can't sell more salt to the grasslands, but the restrictions on salted fish are much less."

Zhou Man, "Then you have to be careful that someone smuggles salt through salted fish."

Bai Shan nodded, "I also have this concern, but I can't give up eating because of choking. The most important thing now is to sell the salted fish, and I can't lower the price."

He wanted to make life easier for the fishermen, so he wanted to raise the price of salted fish. He said: "In addition to the grasslands and the Western Regions, there are also some inland places with less salt, and the inland places where salt is expensive are also good places, but unfortunately the places I know of. It’s still too little, I’ll wait until I see Brother Tang and ask him for advice.”

Zhou Man nodded, and while writing a letter, he asked, "Where are Xuexiong Tang and the others?"

Bai Shan thought about it and said, "Are you still in Dengzhou?"

His prediction was good. At this time, the prince was standing by the seaside in Dengzhou, looking into the distance. Tang He and Yushi Xia walked up to him and reminded him, "His Royal Highness, it's getting late, we should go."

The crown prince didn't move, but pointed at the sea where he couldn't see the edge and asked, "Are Silla and Baekje on the opposite side?"

Tang He said: "Theoretically, the opposite is true."

The prince glanced at him, turned around and got off the big rock, got back on the road and mounted his horse, "Let's go, let's go back quickly."

If they say fast horses are fast horses, they don't say slow and leisurely when they come all the way, but they definitely stop and inspect when they arrive at the city, but when they go back, they hardly stop.

It was only June 18 when they returned to Qingzhou City.

After the crown prince changed his clothes and washed himself, he asked the governor of Guo, who had come to greet him, "Has General Bai Shan handed over the official salt?"

Inspector Guo was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, "No."

"It's all within the time permitting period until June has passed," he explained.

But the Crown Prince didn't even mention that he didn't pay attention. Although it wasn't wrong before July, which county magistrate would still hold off on giving it when there was enough official salt?

It's already June 15th, isn't Bai Shan in any hurry?

Inspector Guo couldn't help looking at the prince.

The prince didn't know what to think, he snorted and ordered: "Send someone to call him to Qingzhou City, and say that Gu is back and wants to see him."

Inspector Guo should go.

Bai Shan received the letter from the governor's office, and immediately sent someone to everyone to spread the word, "Let Zhou Liwei bring the salt," he emphasized: "I will bring it in person!"

Bai Shan sent Cui Yuan to help.

There is nothing trivial about matters involving official salt. Cui Yuan lifted his spirits and asked, "How much will it cost?"

Bai Shan thought for a while and said, "I can carry as much as I can."

When Cui Yuan heard this, he took all the cars that could be drawn from the county government office to everyone.

Zhou Liwei filled most of the salt in the warehouse, and was escorted to the county town by the soldiers and the yamen, while the patrol inspector Luo took the remaining soldiers to guard the salt field.

Seeing so much salt, Zhou Man guessed that the prince was going to leave, so he said, "I'm going to Qingzhou City too."

Talk to the prince about the medical department, and send it off by the way.

Ming Da and Bai Erlang were going even more, so the next day the group set off in a mighty manner.

Yin He glanced at the long team behind him, looked away and asked Bai Shan, "Have you figured out how to use the remaining official salt?"

Bai Shan said: "Since I went to Qingzhou City, it is natural to sell it to the counties in Qingzhou."

When the prince came, he came quietly, but he went to many places in Qingzhou during this time, and went to Laizhou and Dengzhou again.

Seeing that so many county magistrates wanted to send the prince off in person, Governor Guo did not favor one over the other. He directly sent letters to all the magistrates and asked them to see them off, expressing his importance to the prince by the way.

In addition to the official salt given to the Governor's House, the rest of the salt was given to other counties.

Unlike Beihai County, other counties either produce low salt production or do not produce salt at all.

The county government has to allocate official salt from other places every year. They say that it is allocated, but in fact they also need to give money, which is equivalent to buying.

The official salt from various places should be purchased by the official government from the salt farm or other official government offices, and then sold in the salt shop.

Salt that is not controlled by the government is quietly circulating in the market, that is, private salt.

Official salt, even if it is bought and sold between officials, it is not cheap, but he is counting on this money to fill the treasury of the county government, and he has to pay for the land redemption with Master Song.

See you tomorrow