Chapter 3030 Help each other (Updated on July 17)
"You underestimate me. I don't have much martial arts skills, but I am a doctor. If you don't believe me, ask Daji if she is suitable for martial arts training."
Bai Shan turned his head and looked at Daji who was following behind him.
Daji: “…Yes.”
Bai Shan's eyes widened. "Really? What kind of kung fu is suitable for her?"
Daji said: "The rest is still unknown, but she must be very suitable for hard work."
After a pause, he continued, "If she practices the Kung Fu that you learned from Master Jiechen, she will be more suitable for it than you, it all depends on her comprehension."
Zhou Man said, "She... is very simple. I think Master Tianzun has always been fair. Since her mind is pure, she must have other talents. So I bet she has a good understanding. Ten bowls of sour plum soup, do you want to bet?"
Bai Shan: "Drink half a bowl a day?"
Zhou Man was silent for a moment, but finally agreed with a frustrated attitude.
She has been very fond of drinking sour plum soup recently. If she hadn't told herself that pregnant women shouldn't drink too much, she would have wanted to drink two bowls a day, but she thought one bowl a day was still okay. However, Bai Shan believed that there were many ways to relieve summer heat, so he deprived her of the pleasure of drinking sour plum soup.
Bai Shan also felt that she should have made the right bet, but still nodded, "Okay, then I'll bet ten bowls of sour plum soup."
However, this is not something that can be known immediately. It will test her comprehension of martial arts. We have to wait until her injury heals at least.
The two walked side by side to a door, and Daji went forward and knocked on it.
The doorman opened the door and saw that it was them. He immediately opened both doors and bowed and said with a smile: "Master Zhou, County Magistrate Bai, the princess and her husband have arrived and are now in the backyard."
Bai Shan nodded and went in holding Zhou Man's hand.
This is the house that Yin Huo just bought. He probably thought the county government office was too noisy, so he simply bought the yard and moved out. It is not far from the county government office, and even closer to the yard bought by Bai Erlang and others. It is right next door.
Now Bai Erlang is discussing with him whether to open a door in the wall between the two houses. "This way it will be more convenient to go in and out. You live alone, and if you don't want to cook, you can come to my house to eat."
Yin Huo was very calm, "The cook cooks, I won't bother you."
"Wouldn't it be a waste if we couldn't finish it?" Bai Erlang tried his best to persuade.
"There are still servants, so it won't be wasted."
Yin Huo moved out of the backyard of the county government office because it was too noisy, so why would he open a door in the wall?
If houses in Beihai County were not so scarce and difficult to buy, he would actually prefer to live across the street from Bai Erlang rather than living wall to wall.
If we open another door, what’s the difference between living in the same mansion?
Seeing Zhou Man and Bai Shan arrive, Yin Huo immediately changed the subject, "I heard you recruited over thirty people today?"
"Yes," Bai Shan said with a smile, "everything has been arranged."
Mingda was actually a little confused. "You've recruited quite a few people recently. How many more do you want to recruit?"
There are now nearly two hundred people on the official fields outside the city. If it weren't for the peaceful times and Bai Shan being the one in charge, she would almost think that he had ulterior motives.
Bai Shan said, "I'll take in as many people as come. However, I've estimated that, apart from the uncontrollable number of refugees who came because of the news, the number of people coming from other counties should not exceed 500."
Not only Princess Mingda, but even Bai Erlang couldn't help but look serious. He looked at Mingda, then at Bai Shan, and asked on her behalf: "If we count the refugees and the people from this county, wouldn't there be thousands of people?"
"right."
Bai Erlang blinked, "You're not planning on cultivating all the official fields in the county government, are you?"
Bai Shan said, "That's the plan, but even these 1,000 people might not be able to finish the planting, so I said I will accept anyone who comes."
"Won't the local people have objections?" Even Bai Erlang knew, "Those government-owned fields should have been distributed to them as adults."
Bai Shan said, "I didn't say I wouldn't give them any. It's just that they haven't grown up yet and I don't want the land to go to waste, so I've asked people to cultivate it first."
"But..." Bai Erlang felt something was wrong.
Yin Huo put down his teacup and asked, "But these farmhands have been working here for a long time. In the future, the government land they cultivate will be divided among the adults. Where will they go?"
Bai Shan said, "So I still need some laborers every year to cultivate the open fields and turn the virgin land into mature land."
Yin Huo suddenly realized what was going on, and then he couldn't help laughing. "You've really planned things for the long term. I wonder if the next county magistrate can be as persistent as you."
If Bai Shan's policy can be continued, then there will naturally be no need to worry about newborns having no land to divide after they grow up.
Zhou Man said: "Those who come here to seek refuge now are either at the end of their rope or at the end of their rope. We must always consider them."
Nowadays, not many people have the courage to leave their hometown, and even fewer people are willing to leave their hometown with nothing. Most of those who can find long-term labor in Beihai County have no other way to make a living. They can't just ignore these people for the sake of the adults who may grow up in the future, right?
Bai Shan said: "Although everything I am doing now is for Beihai County, and it seems that I am competing with other counties for profits, in the end, the ones who benefit are every citizen who comes here. They are also the people of Dajin."
"Even once Beihai County stabilizes, the surrounding prefectures and counties will benefit from it," he said. "I've always known my place. I'm the magistrate of Beihai County, but I'm also an official of the Great Jin. Princess, rest assured."
Mingda smiled and said, "I am naturally assured of your loyalty."
She was just afraid that he was too young, and because he was ambitious, he spread his business too thin. If he lost control and things collapsed, the people under his rule would suffer.
Zhou Man, however, had great confidence in Bai Shan and said to her, "He's not doing this alone. Aren't you guys helping?"
She said, "You, Yin Huo, and Bai Er, who doesn't have the talent to govern a country? I don't believe that with so many of us, we can't manage a county."
Mingda: “Me?”
"Yes," Zhou Man said as a matter of course, "You helped us look at the account books last time."
Mingda: ...Didn’t she help Bai Er?
Oh, yes, Bai Er is helping Bai Shan.
Looking at the smiling Zhou Man and Bai Shan, Mingda suddenly remembered that they seemed to have intervened in many things without realizing it.
Mingda wanted to hold his forehead.
Bai Shan encouraged them, saying, "Once the Jiangnan Salt Works are stabilized, I will definitely commend you for your achievements in front of His Majesty."
The Emperor's daughter and son-in-law: "...Thank you?"
Yin Huo, who neither desired fame nor would enter the government:
Zhou Man felt hungry, but he resisted the urge to touch his stomach. Instead, he looked around and asked, "What are we having for dinner?"
Yin Huo came back to his senses and said to her, "I know you've been disliking the heat lately. Today, a Taoist priest brought some wild vegetables to see me. I had someone mix some cold dishes together. They're sour and crunchy. You can try them, or maybe it'll whet your appetite."
Zhou Man immediately nodded repeatedly.
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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