Chapter 3169 She Doesn’t Specialize
You can't buy as much salt as you want. Officials who come to buy salt will bring an official permit, also called a salt permit.
It is the amount of salt required to be purchased as approved by the provincial governor's office.
With this official permit, you can go to the salt-producing area and exchange it for official salt. The best result is enough salt, and the worst result is not enough salt.
Any shortfall would also be noted on the official salt permit, with the amount sold being written down to prevent anyone from embezzling official salt and using it for private salt.
Of course, this cannot completely eliminate the illegal salt trade, it just blocks one way.
Zhou Liwei has been learning about these things for a while, but since this is his first time dealing with this kind of government affairs, he is a little nervous and his palms are sweating.
He glanced at Bai Shan, who smiled at him, nodded, and stood aside with his hands in his sleeves waiting.
Seeing this, the other officials showed more respect for Zhou Liwei, the manager of the salt field, and hurriedly brought the official out.
Zhou Liwei took a look and said to the farmhand behind him, "Bring the scale."
Bag after bag of official salt was brought out, weighed, and placed aside. The purchasing official approached, touched the bag, and asked, "Can I open it and take a look?"
Zhou Liwei stepped forward and opened the bag to show him.
The other buyers immediately gathered around. Everyone pinched a little salt and put it in their mouth to taste it. It was indeed the same salt delivered last quarter. Everyone nodded in satisfaction.
They checked carefully and randomly selected a bag of salt, took out most of it and checked it. After confirming that the quality was the same, they put it back with satisfaction.
After weighing out the sufficient amount of salt, Zhou Liwei wrote on the official receipt that he had purchased the full amount. He then stamped it with the salt field's seal and looked at the purchasing official. "Where's the money?"
The official was stunned for a moment and then quickly ordered someone to drive the cart up and bring the money down. After both parties made an agreement, Zhou Liwei collected the money from the official and the other party ordered someone to load the salt onto the cart and pull it aside.
But he didn't leave and continued to watch other people buying salt.
Bag after bag of salt was carried out, and all the salt in one warehouse was sold out. Zhou Liwei turned around and took them to the warehouse next door.
Everyone's eyes flickered slightly. Beihai County was really capable. It actually had so much salt that it could replace the salt fields in Jiangnan?
This matter actually had little impact on them. For these salt officials who were in charge of purchasing salt, as long as they had official salt to purchase, it didn't matter where they bought it.
To be honest, they felt a little secretly happy when they saw the salt fields in Jiangnan losing their business.
But in fact, the salt in Beihai County is not enough to supply so many people.
As soon as they left, Zhou Liwei said, "Uncle-in-law, there are still 68 bags of salt in the warehouse. If you buy a few more, I won't have enough."
He said: "Time is too short. Although the salt production is quite high now, there are also many places that need to buy salt."
Bai Shan nodded, "I know, don't worry, I have a way."
His solution was to write a letter to the governor of Laizhou.
From time to time, an official from Beihai County came to purchase official salt. Sometimes he had someone take them to the salt field, and sometimes he introduced them to officials from Laizhou. After introducing them to each other, he would leave them alone.
The officials who were in charge of purchasing official salt were tricked into going to Laizhou. Not only did they purchase official salt there, they also transported the official salt through the Laizhou wharf.
Bai Shan smiled slightly after hearing this, sealed the envelope and handed it to the yamen runner, "Send it to the post station. This is a letter to Dengzhou, and this one is to the capital. Send it."
"yes."
Bai Shan stretched, turned his neck and went home through the small door. Not long after he left, he saw Zhou Silang standing in the corridor, staring at a flower in a daze.
Bai Shan stepped forward and asked, "Fourth brother, what are you looking at?"
"Look at the flowers," Zhou Silang said blankly, "I've been back for two days, and you say I'm still shaking when I look at things?"
Bai Shan hesitated for a moment and said, "Is it the aftereffect of being on a boat for too long?" He had never been on a boat for such a long time, so he didn't know.
Zhou Silang shook his head. "No, I took a boat when I went there too. I felt a little shaky when I got off the boat, but it was fine after a night's sleep. This time it's especially severe. Look, the flower was growing perfectly fine, and it's moving again."
Bai Shan: “…It’s the wind that blows.
"Oh," Zhou Silang looked away, turned his head to look at the pillars in the corridor, and rubbed his forehead.
Bai Shan asked with concern: "How is it? Is it shaking?"
"Not now, but sometimes when I turn around or turn my head suddenly, it shakes. The most important thing is that I often have nightmares. When I am half asleep and half awake, I feel that the bed is shaking, just like being on a boat." Zhou Silang sighed, "Bai Shan, do you think I am sick?"
Bai Shan pulled him away and said, "Just ask Man Bao if you are sick."
"No, listen to me," Zhou Silang held him back, "Isn't there a saying you all often say, that everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses..."
"Does every profession have its own specialization?"
"Yes, yes, that's it." Zhou Silang exhaled and said, "I think Manbao might not be very good at this. After all, she has never been on a boat."
Bai Shan looked at the other person seriously, and after confirming that he was serious, he nodded and said, "You are right. Let me help you go back and rest. I will ask someone to call a doctor later."
Zhou Silang held his hand and walked, "This is not good, will my sister-in-law be angry if she finds out?"
Bai Shan suppressed a smile and said, "No, my sister-in-law is busy taking care of my eldest sister now. I asked the doctor to come quietly and leave quietly. He won't know."
Zhou Silang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Okay, then do it quietly."
After sending the man back to the room, Bai Shan lifted up his robe and trotted to the medical department to find Zhou Man.
Zhou Man was compiling a medical book and was so engrossed in writing that he did not leave the office and go home.
He looked up when he heard the noise, and when he saw it was Bai Shan, he lowered his head and continued writing. "Why are you here?"
"Come and call the doctor."
Zhou Man didn't even raise his head. "Who are you treating?"
"Fourth brother."
Zhou Man stopped writing and thought for a moment, then asked, "What disease?"
Bai Shan: "Seasick?"
He was also a little unsure, and smiled as he said, "He said that everything he sees is shaky and he keeps having nightmares at night. He feels like he's still on the ship. He wants to ask another doctor to take a look."
Zhou Man pondered for a moment, then finally put down his pen. "He doesn't trust my medical skills."
Bai Shan suppressed a smile and said, "He said that everyone has their own expertise. You may not be good at treating seasickness."
Zhou Man was stunned, his eyes slightly brightened. "Yes, it's really possible. Who should we ask? Doctor Tian and Doctor Shao have both left the court. Well, Doctor Wei is still here, so we can ask Doctor Wei to take a look."
Zhou Man stroked his chin and thought, "Actually, Fourth Brother's main problem isn't seasickness. He's just worried and anxious, and he still can't calm down. That's why he hasn't recovered yet. I've already prescribed him a tranquilizing soup."
Bai Shan sighed and became more serious. "It's no wonder Fourth Brother was afraid. I'm still scared when I think about it now. Brother Tang's letter arrived today. He has already arrived in Jiangnan. Ever since Lord Wei submitted his letter to the new salt administration, Brother Yang has been assassinated. Some were assassinated on the road, and some were assassinated in the mansion. Brother Tang and his men were assassinated twice on their way to Jiangnan."
He sighed and said, "Those people have gone crazy. It's a good thing that Fourth Brother came out from Senior Brother Yang empty-handed. If he had brought anything with him, even if they couldn't find anything wrong, they would probably have thought it would be better to kill someone by mistake than to miss him."
Just thinking about it made him feel scared, let alone Zhou Silang.
Zhou Man frowned, disgusted. "When will the situation in Jiangnan be stabilized?"
"It's almost time," Bai Shan said, grabbing her hand. "The new salt policy is about to be implemented. They've been making so much noise lately, it's impossible to leave no trace. Besides, the one who's going to host it is Brother Tang Xue."
(End of this chapter)
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