Chapter 2950

"Of course not," master Song said calmly, "there is no movement over the new salt farm. There is neither cutting down and drying firewood nor thick smoke for cooking salt. Obviously, the new salt farm is just a cover and has not opened. The county government still depends on the salt farm on Longchi. Why should I do such a thing?"

Song Meng immediately said, "did Bai county magistrate frame us?"

Master song shook his head after a pause. "No, he doesn't need to do such a thing. Dalang, the most important thing for you now is your studies. Try to go to the government school this year or the Imperial College in the capital. You don't have to worry about these things at home."

Uncle song also said, "go back to study."

Song Meng is not small again. He clearly distinguishes between his family and country. Of course, he also knows where the contradiction between the family and the county government comes from. He pursed his lips and said, "grandfather, father, county magistrate Lu and county magistrate Bai, why do you always want to rob the salt farm from our family? The former county magistrate Fang and county magistrate Liu didn't say anything. Why can't they coexist peacefully with us like county magistrate Fang and county magistrate Liu? "

Uncle song is about to speak. Master song has said, "so we are trying to communicate with Bai county magistrate now. I hope he can be the same as the former Fang county magistrate Liu county magistrate. Just leave these things alone and concentrate on reading. If you can pass the Ming Sutra or become a scholar and become an official in the dynasty, you will be able to rely on the Song family in the future. Naturally, no one will bully our family easily. "

Uncle song saluted his son and left. His face was very ugly.

Before his son went away, he said discontentedly, "father, why do you say such words to Dalang? The child is competitive. Don't you let him in by saying this to him? "

Master song's face sank. "Why, do you suspect I'm calculating Dalang? Don't forget, he is my eldest grandson. Can I hurt him? "

Uncle song didn't speak. Dalang is his grandson, but he has more than one grandson, but he has only one son.

Master song didn't notice his son's face. He was in a bad mood and said, "unexpectedly, the first thing to make trouble was the county school. It seems that Bai Shan's prestige in Beihai county is not low now."

He sighed, "the foundation of our song family is still too shallow. It would be nice to have two more county magistrates like Fang county magistrate and Liu county magistrate. We met Lu county magistrate and Bai county magistrate..."

Bai Shan appeased the student and ran to the medical department to see the old eight who hurt his head. He also said to Zhou man, "the foundation of the Song family is not deep, but it looks huge, but it can be pulled out easily as long as you pull it out."

He said, "the Song family has made a fortune in these 20 or 30 years. Before that, the foundation of the Song family was not as good as the Zhao family outside the city.

After seeing the patient, Zhou man doesn't know where to find two peaches. He gives Bai Shan one and takes one himself. He sits on the railing and chews the peaches while talking to him, "how did the Song family get rich?"

"It's my fourth term. A county magistrate surnamed Wu invited the Song family to be his master. Oh, it's the father of master song."

"Within two years, county magistrate Wu died of illness while he was in office. When county magistrate Fang came, he brought it with him. The old man song was no longer a teacher in the county government, so he found a position in charge of the salt farm and retired."

"County magistrate Fang thought he was interesting, so he didn't move him. Within two years, he felt he was old, so he retired from the salt farm and asked his son, now master song, to take over the management position of the salt farm." Bai Shan said: "at that time, the county magistrate didn't pay attention to the dirty little official of the salt farm. The salt farm was basically under the control of the county government, and his words were still effective."

"But master song is more powerful than his father. He has been putting his own hands in there. He is a small steward and leader from the bottom to the chief salt cook newly selected every year. He is running so slowly. When the county magistrate leaves, half of the people in the salt farm are under master song."

"County magistrate Liu, who took over, was muddled and controlled," Bai Shan sighed. "County magistrate Fang said that as soon as county magistrate Liu took office, the Song family was defeated. Then, before the relationship with county magistrate Liu deteriorated, he sent a large amount of money. With a dozen of them, county magistrate Liu was bluffed. He thought how powerful the Song family was here, so he didn't dare to act rashly."

"After waiting for two or three years, he found out the details of the Song family. Master song has held all the salt farm in his hand. Moreover, county magistrate Liu has been getting along well with the Song family in recent years. He doesn't want to tear his face, so he hesitated all the time."

Zhou manmu stared, "master song is powerful, but since he is so powerful, why do you want to pry the foot of the imperial court? There are so many people making money in this world. Why do you have to hang yourself in the salt farm? "

Bai Shan said with a smile, "there are many profitable businesses in the world, but the most profitable ones are tea, silk and porcelain except salt and iron. The Song family is not a very powerful gentry. In Beihai County, it can be said that he is a squire. Out of Beihai County, he is nothing. "

"To change their family, they need to study and have a good reputation. Obviously, they won't go into business. Controlling the salt farm should be the best way they can think of to make money and gain power."

Zhou man thought of his own family and complacently said, "my family doesn't insist. Everyone has his own way of life. Sometimes he has to manage, but sometimes he can't manage too much. I want to say that master song has managed too widely and for too long. When he was young and strong, he was already thinking about his descendants' career in the next three or four generations. Isn't this a sin?"

Bai Shan nodded and thought it was wrong. He couldn't help asking her, "don't you want the children's future in the future?"

Zhou man said, "I don't want to. As long as they have good character and what they want to learn, I'll send them to learn. Naturally, what they want to do when they grow up is also their own business, but if they ask me, I'll give them suggestions."

Seeing that she was so proud, Bai Shan raised his hand and pressed her head and said, "you have grown up. You should be more reserved when you are proud. Don't look up your chin too proud."

Zhou man clapped his hand, glanced at him and asked, "will you ask them to be officials in the future?"

"That's not true," said Bai Shan, bending one leg against the railing and looking at the blue sky. "Being an official is sometimes fun, but more often I feel very constrained. If I hadn't made great aspirations and worked hard for it before, I don't think I would stick to being in the officialdom."

He said: "so if they don't want to be officials in the future, it's also good to do other things. As long as they have land and books at home, they will continue to cultivate and read, and naturally inherit."