Chapter 3167 Promotion

Zhou Lang couldn't believe that there were so many salt fields in Jiangnan, and that one salt field in Beihai County could make up for the gap?

Bai Shan saw his expression of shock and suspicion, so he explained: "Not only our Beihai County, but also Shouguang County, Laizhou and Dengzhou, several seaside counties and counties are now drying salt."

Bai Shan used the sun-salt method to exchange for many things, such as ships in Laizhou, merchant resources in Dengzhou, population in Cangzhou, etc.

He replaced whatever was lacking in Beihai County, not to mention that in order to build Longchi Wharf, he needed a lot of wood. He bought more than half of it, and the other half was given by the governor in Cangzhou.

There are quite a lot of good wood over there.

Zhou Lang was stunned for a while, then he covered his chest and exclaimed: "How much does this cost?"

The docks and saltworks, the two most valuable ones, are both in Beihai County.

Zhou Mandao: "That's also the imperial court's money. Even His Majesty and the Prince can't touch it. But this year's money should be enough to build a dock. Next year our Beihai County will be very wealthy, right?"

Just thinking about this makes her happy.

Bai Shan turned to look at her, "I haven't had time to tell you yet. The imperial court has decided to monopolize salt and iron. From now on, the imperial court will no longer impose salt taxes. All official salt will be sold by various county governments in cooperation with the Salt Transportation Department."

He said: "Although prices vary from place to place due to different transportation costs, the difference will not be very big. After all the salt arrives at the place, it can be distributed to grocery stores. The price is jointly agreed upon by the Salt Transportation Department and the county government. The price cannot be higher than

Five percent of the cost.”

Zhou Man: "Ah, then it will be much cheaper for us to eat salt in the future."

Zhoulang didn't understand, and asked: "How much is that?"

Bai Shandao: "If all costs from production to transportation are included for a bucket of salt, and it costs fifty cents per bucket when it reaches the local area, then the selling price cannot be higher than fifty-two and a half cents."

Zhou Lang was dumbfounded: "Isn't the price of salt now one hundred and ten cents per dou?"

Bai Shan smiled slightly and said, "It will come down."

Bai Shan is right, the price will indeed come down. The Salt Transportation Department has not yet taken over the salt administration. It is still in charge of the governor's office and the county government. At this time, the price has already dropped.

Perhaps because he was afraid that the accident of the previous quarter would happen again, it had been two months since he knew Shancai had sent salt out. Before it was time to buy it in the next quarter, officials from various places were already coming to buy it.

The renovated and enlarged post station welcomed a wave of guests, and the postmaster warmly entertained them.

Although their accommodation is free, the county government pays.

Bai Shan also welcomed them. Although their food and accommodation in the inn were free, the escorts and workers they brought to escort the official salt were not free. Moreover, whoever went on a business trip would still stay in the inn for food and accommodation.

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Their arrival made Beihai County look more prosperous.

Bai Shan took them directly to visit the weaving workshops in the county. Now the female workers are doing well in weaving and tailoring, including embroidery, and the clothes and fabrics they make are very good.

The purchasing officials followed Bai Shan with bewildered expressions, and were even taken to the farm to see the pigs they raised, the chickens and ducks they raised, the fruits and vegetables they grew, as well as the rice and beans...

Who doesn’t have these things yet?

The most important thing is that they are here to buy salt, not real merchants.

Bai Shan said with a smile: "The pigs we have here are all castrated. Not only do they taste better, they also grow faster. Do you see this one? This is the first batch of castrated pigs, and they have been raised for less than seven years.

Months, now you can start killing, so I’ll have one killed, and I’ll treat you to a whole pig feast in the evening.”

All the officials: ...I don’t want to eat it.

They all prefer to eat mutton and chicken, or at worst fish, and rarely pork.

Bai Shan had already taken them to see the chickens in the orchard, "We also raise a lot of chickens. Recently, our veterinarian in Beihai County discovered that roosters can also be castrated, and they will grow more meat after castration. Not to mention the taste of the meat."

It’s also better…”

He observed their expressions and immediately said: "But we also raise a lot of hens, and many of them have started laying eggs, so we can produce a lot of eggs every day, which are very fresh."

After saying this, Bai Shan finally stated his purpose, "If your state or county needs to purchase these things in the future, you can consider our Beihai County. Whether it is pork, chicken, fruits, vegetables, we here are more delicious than those outside."

Everyone: ...They are just officials who buy salt, not agricultural and sideline products.

However, Bai Shan was the county magistrate, and not only was he senior to them, but at this time they also needed to rely on Bai Shan to get official salt, so they didn't show it, they just smiled and said they were sure.

Bai Shan didn't care whether they were sincere or fake. With a smile on his face, he asked the long-term workers in the village to catch a pig, kill it and take it to the inn. Then he took them back to the county town, "After dinner tomorrow, we will go to Jiajiawa to buy salt. Everyone."

Bring your own men and money."

He smiled and said: "Now Beihai County has limited manpower, and it is temporarily unable to transport official salt to the county for trading, so you still need to go to the salt farm to trade in person."

Everyone's eyes were wide open. They didn't expect to get the correct answer the next day. They didn't mind traveling a little further to the salt field, but they were just worried about not being able to buy salt.

The buyers became more enthusiastic and said that this was not a problem. They were willing to go no matter how far they were. You didn't have enough manpower, but they did.

Early the next morning, Bai Shan personally took them to Jiawa.

Dajiawa still looks dusty now. Zhou Liwei opened up all the places where salt fields can be opened. At this time, they can no longer be opened, but the daily salt production is huge.

During this period, countless long-term workers were transferred here from various villages. Because of the large number of workers, rows of houses were built in the open space surrounding Xiaojiawa, and there was also a market. People who don’t know who come here must think that

This is a big town, not just a small village.

Zhou Liwei is now the general manager here. He has too many things to do and basically has no time to go to the fields to dry and shovel salt. However, he is not much whiter. After half a summer of exposure to the sun, he looks darker now.

He trotted to meet Bai Shan and the many people behind him, ran forward and said: "Sir, the salt is in the warehouse, shall we go to the warehouse?"

Bai Shan nodded and led everyone directly to buy salt.

The buyers thought they would have a night's rest and discuss the business the next day, but they didn't expect the management of the salt farm to be so resolute.

They hurriedly followed and walked through some salt fields. They felt that the sunlight reflected on the salt fields made their eyes sting. The group of people walked to the warehouse in a daze.

Zhou Liwei had someone open the warehouse and carry out bags of salt, "Come on, take out the official quotations and compare them."
Chapter completed!