Farmer’s Blessed Girl

The county magistrate Lu stood at the door and looked into the distance, with a look of surprise on his face that could not be concealed.

Longchi has changed a lot.

The Song family, who was invited to watch the ceremony, was even more shocked than the county magistrate. They stood on this flat land and watched the greatly changed Longchi, unable to say a word.

If anyone who was present except the Beihai County official knew Longchi the most, it must be the Lu County magistrate and the Song family.

Needless to say, the Song family has controlled the Longchi Salt Field for many years. In their eyes, Longchi has always been a barren place with a salt field and two small fishing villages. Although the value it creates is very high, it is a place with few people and poor people... …

In order to snatch the Longchi Salt Field, the county magistrate Lu also had a deep understanding of this place. He had bought two small fishing villages and long-term workers in the Longchi Salt Field. He felt that the future development of Longchi was only because the salt field attracted If there are more people here, a small market could be formed around here, but now...

I saw that the previously bumpy land was flattened. At first glance, this is a very flat open space.

There are people going back and forth on the wharf. In the past, there were many thatched houses built on the salt field, and the workers of the wharf basically lived there. There was a large stove for cooking salt in the open space in front, and there were pots on it at this time. Or boiling hot water, or steaming steamed buns...

Further ahead is the area where the workers live. There are even some hawkers selling things, including clothes, shoes and socks, and some antifreeze ointments.

The area they are standing on now is the working and living area of ​​Cui Wei and other officials and master craftsmen. Some houses have been built around this area. It can be seen that this should also be a temporary construction, directly a mud house, but it needs to be Better than thatched cottages, at least not as dim.

Behind it is a flat land that can't be seen. There are people coming and going nearby. There are so many people that it gives people a feeling that the Longchi Wharf is very prosperous.

This is the popularity!

The county magistrate looked at it with narrowed eyes, and it took a long while before he came back to his senses.

His master was also very shocked. He also knew the previous Longchi and couldn't help swallowing: "It's only been a year..."

County magistrate Lu exhaled and said: "This is popularity, only if someone is popular, no wonder Bai Shan has recruited so many people and still can't do it."

Master: "How much does this cost?"

It is very expensive to support people, not only the wages, but also their food, drink and clothing, which is a huge expense every day.

The county magistrate Lu said meaningfully: "So this kind of method can't be used by everyone."

At least he can't. He doesn't have the ability to get so much money, nor the courage to take such a big risk.

Inspector Guo was chatting with Inspector Liu in Laizhou next door.

If Beihai County's finances mainly come from the saltworks, then Laizhou's finances mainly come from the wharfs.

Now, Beihai County next door to Laizhou has opened a new wharf, not to mention that the first sea-going ship was sent out by them.

But Governor Guo's smile wasn't very happy either. He felt complicated as long as he thought that Laizhou had also learned the method of drying salt.

Taking the coastline of Laizhou, the amount of salt they will consume next year will not be lower than that of Qingzhou.

The hearts of the two prefects were sour and complicated, but their faces were smiling.

Bai Shan was very satisfied with their harmonious atmosphere, and handed over the battlefield to the two officers, while he went out to greet other guests, such as the future customers of Longchi Wharf, the current potential customers - the gentry businessmen.

Bai Shan brought Zhou Liwei and Fang Xiancheng with him.

When the gentry businessmen who came here heard that Zhou Liwei was the steward of the saltworks, they immediately cheered up and greeted him enthusiastically. When they heard that the follow-up construction in the Longchi area would be in charge of Fang Xiancheng, everyone was even more enthusiastic. , surrounded the two in the middle.

Zhou Liwei was young and had little knowledge, so he remembered what his uncle said just now, "You can deal with them as Fang Xiancheng does. You are in charge of the salt field. Although you have to be humble, you don't have to be humble when you do things."

Zhou Liwei roughly touched a little edge, and in the eyes of everyone, he was neither humble nor arrogant.

Some people couldn't help discussing in private, "It doesn't look conspicuous, but he acts neither humble nor arrogant, worthy of being the nephew of Lord Bai."

"If you can raise a family like Lord Zhou, how can your nephew go wrong?"

"Yes, listening to his speech is also a scholar."

"Longchi is very popular here. I just heard what Fang Xiancheng said. Will there be houses and shops in the open space behind?"

County magistrate Lu was also discussing this with Bai Shan. He pointed to the white ash on the ground and asked, "This is?"

"The size of each store's yard," Bai Shan said, "I will sell it piece by piece like this."

County magistrate Lu blinked, remembering the gentry businessman who was recommended by him but returned without success, "Didn't you say you don't sell land?"

"Sell it," Bai Shan said slowly, "This is just my request."

"for example?"

"For example, the height and size of the house to be built are up to me, and the price is also for example."

County magistrate Lu directly skipped the first request and asked, "How is the price calculated?"

Bai Shan pointed to the tunnel under his feet: "Buy a piece of land and build a piece of land for free. Each person can buy a maximum of five pieces of land per household."

County magistrate Lu: "...You stole money."

A piece of land of about one acre, especially in such a barren place, is very high for three taels of silver. He even asked people to build a house for free. Counting the materials and labor, fifty or sixty taels are less. Yes, if he built a three-story, I am afraid that he would have to break through a hundred taels.

What do the people who buy the land have to lose?

Bai Shan pointed to the pier not far away and said, "Municipal Lu, look at my pier, it's still not built, wait for it to be built..."

He looked left and right, and found that there were no officials from Laizhou nearby, so he lowered his voice and said, "When it is built, it will surpass the Laizhou Wharf, and the business and travel goods that will come and go will be just a shop for a hundred taels. It's just a year's rent, do you think they earn it?"

He said, "The imperial court and I spent so much money to build a wharf here, attracting so many business travelers, how could it be possible to sell land at the price of ordinary open land?"

County magistrate Lu thought for a while, then looked up at him for a while, "Master Bai sold it?"

"No," Bai Shan said with a smile, but not depressed: "It didn't sell before because they didn't have confidence in Longchi Wharf, but after today, are they worried that no one will buy it?"

"How about it, does the county magistrate want to buy a piece of land?" Bai Shan smiled and said, "Bai Shan can't help but remind you that you and I have such a relationship. You can still choose a location now, otherwise, in a few days, I just want to. , I can't leave a good place for you."

County magistrate Lu suspected that he was deliberately trying to cheat his money, raised his eyes to look at him, and said after a while: "I'm not from Qingzhou, I always have to leave..."

Bai Shan said indifferently: "Leave and then sell the property. Master Zhou and I are still buying land in Beihai County. The princess and the concubine also built another courtyard. Are we going to stay here for the rest of our lives? ?"

He said, "Just deal with it when you leave. Are you worried that the good things can't be sold?"

The county magistrate was moved.

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