Chapter 3143: Biting Feet

The three of them broke out in cold sweats on their backs, and only later realized that they had just walked through the gates of hell.

One person reacted and exclaimed, "Sir, our people are still outside."

Yang Heshu waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "Don't worry, they don't know anything, and those people won't make things difficult for them."

The three of them breathed a sigh of relief.

The purchasing officer from Yunzhou said sadly, "Our superiors told me not to offend anyone. Have I offended anyone?"

The other two nodded and looked at him sympathetically.

The purchasing officer in Yunzhou wanted to cry. "It's been three days since I last received the letter. Why didn't our master let me go back, but let me stay here?"

Because their superior had just transported the salt back to Yunzhou and had not had time to write to him.

The governor of Yunzhou saw him bring back three carts of salt. He checked the quality and found it was a little finer than the ones he had previously purchased from Jiangnan. He was very satisfied and asked, "How is it? Have you seen the salt fields in Beihai County? How is the salt production? Can we buy it next quarter?"

"Your Excellency, I went to the Beihai County Salt Field. It's enormous, and I even saw people harvesting salt. I think there should be no problem not only for the next quarter, but also for the next year, and even the year after that." He added, "However, we didn't buy this batch of salt at the Beihai County Salt Field."

The Yunzhou governor frowned, "Where did you buy it? Did you buy it again?"

"I haven't touched it, but this is produced in Shouguang County, Qingzhou," he exclaimed. "Only when I arrived in Qingzhou did I realize that it's not just Beihai County that produces salt now, but the largest salt field is still in Beihai County."

When they followed the soldiers from Beihai County to Qingzhou, they did not go to Beihai County immediately. Instead, they were taken directly to the Qingzhou Governor's Mansion and told the officials there that they were there to buy salt.

So it became a mess.

What happened next was so chaotic and noisy that it took him a long time to figure out what had happened.

They stayed in Qingzhou for one night in a daze, and the next day they met the Shouguang County Magistrate who came in exhausted, along with several carts of salt.

He said with a complicated expression, "I heard that in the past, only Beihai County in Qingzhou produced salt. Besides supplying this county, the sea salt produced was only supplied to the Qingzhou Governor's Office, which then distributed it to the various counties. Occasionally, any excess was supplied to the nearest Qizhou."

The Yunzhou governor sat on a chair with his legs crossed, holding a cup of tea, and asked leisurely, "What next?"

Others also pricked up their ears curiously to listen to the story.

"Then, at the beginning of this year, Beihai County had already handed over all the salt they were supposed to hand over for the first half of the year. The Governor's Office then distributed the salt according to custom. Unfortunately, Shouguang County had learned a new salt-making method from Beihai County last year and had also produced a lot of salt. They were inexperienced, so not only could they not sell their salt temporarily, but they also had to pay for salt from the Governor's Office as usual."

The Governor of Yunzhou asked: "...Is it because you've been so busy with spring plowing that you've also been busy with your brain?"

The official also chuckled and said, "So when they heard that I was going to buy salt, they immediately brought the salt here."

The Yunzhou governor sat up slightly straighter and asked seriously, "Since they were so anxious to sell, didn't you try to lower the price?"

Official: “…I pressed it, but it didn’t hold it down.”

He said, "The soldier who led me there was also there. He was a young man. I even stuffed a bunch of money into his pocket, but he turned around and blurted out all the money. He said we had already agreed on the price..."

The official said with a sad face, "Qingzhou Governor Guo was also there at the time, and I couldn't be too shameless, so..."

The governor of Yunzhou curled his lips in regret, "What's there to be afraid of, a scoundrel? This isn't Yunzhou. You can't embarrass yourself in front of your relatives and friends."

The official pretended not to hear and continued, "However, I am still worried about the salt supply for the next season, so I went to Beihai County."

He lowered his voice and said, "Sir, do you know how the salt in Beihai County is made?"

Seeing him so mysterious, the governor of Yunzhou raised his eyelids and asked, "Is it grown in the fields?"

He slapped his thigh and said, "Although it's not right, it's not far off."

The Yunzhou governor's eyes lit up and he lowered his legs. The others also became curious, "Is this true?"

"Of course it's true. I saw it with my own eyes. They opened up fields and brought seawater in. I heard that they exposed the fields to the sun, and then added a few more processes to produce salt."

The Governor of Yunzhou asked: "What process?"

"I don't know. I only had a cursory glance at the time. I saw a farmhand shoveling salt, so I followed suit. But that's their secret, after all. Even when I asked Manager Zhou at the salt field about it, he just smiled and said nothing." He said, "But I can confirm that Qingzhou has plenty of salt. And I heard that it's not just Qingzhou that's producing salt now, but Laizhou and Dengzhou are also producing salt, all using the same method used in Beihai County."

"They call that the salting method."

The Yunzhou governor came to his senses and said, "Bai Shan is so bold. He is causing trouble for Jiangnan just to help the prince. He is giving away his ability to make a living."

"Anything else? You said it all in one go, right?"

"Beihai County has a new wharf. I heard that Beihai County's official salt is shipped from there. North and south, all the places that previously relied on Jiangnan official salt have been replaced by Beihai County."

The Yunzhou governor was overwhelmed with emotion when he heard this. He slammed the armrest of his chair in excitement and said happily, "Jiangnan is finished!"

The official also grinned and said, "That's what I thought too."

"Then why are you still standing there? Write a letter and ask our people to come back so that we don't have to serve those masters anymore."

"yes."

At this time, the salt shipped by official ships finally arrived at where they should be after being transported by land.

As soon as the salt arrived, local officials unpacked it to inspect its quality. After confirming it was good, they nodded in satisfaction and submitted petitions, thanking His Majesty, the Crown Prince, and the Beihai County Magistrate on one side, and impeaching the Jiangnan Salt Administration on the other.

While Bai Shanjing was waiting for reactions from all parties, the biggest changes in the mansion were the two children. They grew up quickly, and after only seven or eight days of not seeing them, Bai Jingxing had already grown up by the time he returned from Dajiawa Salt Field and Longchi Wharf.

And she also found her own hobby - eating her own feet.

I don't know why, but she's been obsessed with biting her feet lately. If she's not paying attention, she'll lift up her little feet, grab them with both hands, bend them in front of her, and start biting them...

After spending some time with her, the quiet and steady Bai Ruoyu also learned to break off her own feet and eat them...

But his limbs didn't seem to be very coordinated, and he often had to struggle to eat it. So after trying several times and still failing, he simply turned halfway over, facing Bai Jingxing sideways, and then opened his mouth to nibble on her foot, thinking he had eaten it...

When Bai Shan entered the room, Bai Jingxing burst into tears. Bai Shan happened to witness this and insisted that it was Bai Ruoyu who scared his daughter, so he stepped forward to separate the two...

Good night, see you tomorrow

(End of this chapter)