Farmer’s Little Girl

  Chapter 3146 Debts

  So much salt is naturally not only supplied by Beihai County. After the salt was sent out in the first quarter, the people who went out to send the salt brought back a lot of copper.

  Gold and silver occupies a small area and is of high value. Therefore, the government in various places can settle without it without using it. The good things are naturally on the blade.

  Especially salt, a precious commodity. When they go to the dock to transport salt, they directly pull a cart of copper coins.

  So the official ship brought back the copper coins from the two ships, and one official ship did not return. They went to the Chaozhou area, which is farther away, and they may return.

  As soon as the boat entered the port, Fang County Cheng immediately went to Bai Shan, "My lord, the boat is back."

When Bai Shan was being surrounded by people asking for money, he hurriedly said to everyone: "Don’t worry, this county also knows that you are anxious. Originally, I wanted people to go back to the county office to withdraw money, but the county office is Lilong. The pool is not near, and it takes two days to go there once, but fortunately, the official ship is back now, and there is money on it."

  He said: "If you can trust me, just wait here. After I have done the calculations, I will settle the wages and materials for you. If you can't trust me..."

  He paused and said, “Why don’t you believe in this county? If you can run, the monk can’t run the temple. The Beihai county government owes you money. I can run. Can Beihai county government still run?”

  The foremen and businessmen heard the words and couldn't help but muttered: "Then we can't occupy Beihai County, can't we? Isn't that a rebellion?"

Bai Shan heard the tip of his ear and said speechlessly: "Then there are so many shops on the dock. The Beihai county government really has no money for you, so you can take up one or two shops built during this period, which is not enough to repay the debt. ?"

  The foremen and businessmen were overjoyed and hurriedly asked, "Master Bai, can I use a shop to pay off the debt?"

   "No," Bai Shan said in an angry voice: "It's not that I can't get the money. I said it was OK. After the shop is built, I will settle all the wages within half a month after I check and accept it."

  He said: "I only accepted the acceptance yesterday. Today, you guys came around for fear that I would run away. There is no default in this county, so how can it be said?"

  Everyone stopped talking immediately.

  Bai Shan blankly turned and went to the pier with Fang County Cheng.

  As soon as the two of them left, the debtors got together, "I said Lord Bai is not like a person with no money. You are too impatient. Let's do it now. Offend people, right?"

"After the incident, Zhuge Liang, you are the biggest noise today. Didn't you say that Bai County magistrate is rich does not mean Beihai County is rich? What do you say is public is public, private is private, Bai County magistrate can never take his own money Come out to pay the county's debts."

   "Yes, Beihai County is still poor as you said."

  "Bah, who said that Beihai County has spent all the money at the beginning, and there is no money in the accounts?"

  As they shirked each other's responsibilities, Bai Shan and Fang Xiancheng walked quickly to the pier, and the two walked directly to the front, waiting for the boat to slowly enter the berth and dock on the shore.

  Bai Shan looked at the big ship slowly stopping, and said blankly: "Check it out, where did their news come from?"

  In fact, their news is not wrong. The Beihai County government is indeed out of money, and now there is no money in the accounts.

  If it weren’t for the wages and grains to be allocated in advance to the wharf, saltworks and Guantianzhuangzi, the county government would have to pay for it next month.

  Bai Shan has found a good partner.

  He and Zhou Man first find a way to borrow some from their homes to the county government, and if they are not enough, they can borrow from Yin or Bai Erlang...

  But the construction of shops and roads on Longchi Wharf is too costly, even if all the money they bring is not enough.

  Don't look at him so confident on the surface, but in fact he is very guilty.

  Fangxian Cheng naturally also knew the situation of the county government, and wiped the sweat on his forehead, and said: "I will check it when I go back."

  He paused and said, “The county government hasn’t moved yet. The news should have spread from Longchi. There are few people here, so it’s not difficult to check.”

  Bai Shan nodded.

  Fangxian Cheng actually already had a suspect. He lowered his voice and asked, "Do you think it's the Song family?"

  Bai Shan: "I don’t make any guesses. The voucher is said to be, yes, no, no."

  He paused and said: "If it is really the Song family, this county will not tolerate it this time."

  Fangxian Cheng knew what he said.

Bai Shan didn’t want to do everything right. Although the Song family was domineering, he had worked in Beihai County for many years, and he had done some credit and hard work. He had already torn off a piece of meat from the opponent and got enough benefits, so he didn’t. Continue to shoot, the two sides have maintained a superficial peace since last summer.

  Even when there were activities in the county government and Qingzhou City, Bai Shan still liked to bring the Song family. What were the benefits, such as the construction of the pavement of the Longchi Wharf, he would still call them.

  He consciously felt that the two sides were getting along well this year, and if they could still stumble him behind their backs, it means that they can’t reconcile.

  Since there is no reconciliation...Bai Shan squeezed his fingers, and some of the old accounts have to be turned out and settled together with the new accounts.

  The two people took advantage of the coolies to say a few confidential words, and when the ship approached, the people on the boat picked up the boat board, and the coolies ran up noisily to take orders.

  But they didn't dare to get too close, they only dared to stand ten steps behind them.

  Liu Canjun stepped off the boat and saw Bai Shanshi's eyes lit up, he immediately went forward, "Master Bai——"

  He laughed and said, "Fortunately, I am not insulting my life. Everything is delivered to the place, and everything you want is also shipped back."

  He handed a stack of accounts to Bai Shan, and said with a smile: "Hey, this is based on the accounts you made."

Bai Shan turned it over and saw that only numbers were recorded on it, and there was no total at the back. He could only scroll back page by page, quickly mentally calculating, and breathed a sigh of relief when he got the total. Money is inseparable.

  The money is enough for Beihai County to spend some time.

  Bai Shan laughed, closed the accounts, and said, "It’s been hard work for Liu to join the army. I'll let someone go up and unload the goods."

  He looked sideways to the coolie behind.

  Fang County Cheng went up to order people, and the people who came up honestly lined up one by one, and Fang County Cheng’s staff also came up to organize.

  These people are not long-term workers on the wharf, but because the wharf is built, the coolies gathered from various villages are carrying things on the wharf, carrying things to the shops in Longchi, cleaning and so on.

  Many shops in Longchi are newly opened, and there are a lot of things that need to be done. There are a lot of tasks such as moving tables and chairs and setting up stoves, so they can make a lot of money.

  Although it is hard work, it makes more money than farming and doing part-time work in the village.

  With so many coolies working here, they need money for food, drink, and living, which makes Longchi's popularity even more prosperous.

  (End of this chapter)