Chapter 2971

As soon as they left, there were only their own people left in the yard. The prince thought so. These people were all available to him, and he was counted as his own people for the time being.

The prince raised his chin slightly and said, "let's talk about it."

Tang He didn't speak. Ning Yushi looked at Bai Shan and confirmed again, "can the salt be dried out?"

Bai Shan said definitely, "yes."

Ning Yushi didn't doubt him. His eyes brightened and the prince said, "Your Highness, the salt tax in the south of the Yangtze River can be checked, and even the salt policy in the world can be changed."

"The father thinks so."

This sentence was like a reassurance for Ning Yushi and Tang He. They both breathed a sigh of relief and said in unison: "I am willing to serve your majesty and drive your highness."

The prince said, "let's start with the salt fields around us. Of course, we can't go straight to the salt fields, so we should first renovate the officials to ensure that the salt road is unblocked."

Tang He flashed their planned trip in his mind. Sure enough, it was on the way out of Qingzhou and in and out of salt and grain in the south of the Yangtze River.

If the sky in Jiangnan changes, they should not only ensure that places outside Jiangnan are not affected by Jiangnan, but also provide Jiangnan with enough salt, so salt must also go in.

Tang He and Ning Yushi looked at each other and said, "water transport in the south of the Yangtze River..."

"The father has his own arrangements. What we need to do is to rectify the administration of officials along the way and ensure the salt production of the salt farm," said the prince and Bai Shan. "What are the requirements of this salt drying place? Is offshore OK? Or only Beihai county? "

Bai Shan said: "it has to be a place with plenty of sunshine and less rain. Of course, the high salt content of seawater is naturally the best."

He said: "the new salt farm in Dawa was left by the former county magistrate Lu. He chose this place very well. We can still see the brine when we dig down in some places by the sea."

The prince understood, "it's useful to list the salt drying method in detail."

Bai Shanying.

The prince pondered, "since everyone is suitable, and the salt drying method starts from your Beihai County, you can build more salt fields. As long as there is sea water, you don't have to stick to the beach. You can go deeper and dig a big trench to directly enter the sea water."

Because he found that few crops were planted in this area, and some places were not barren in the mountains. The weeds on it looked sparse and could not seem to grow anything.

Bai Shan was distressed and said, "yes, but Beihai county is poor and has few manpower. It needs a lot of manpower to dig ditches, open salt fields or dry salt."

The prince frowned.

Nothing else. He can't do anything about manpower.

Although there are always voices everywhere saying that there is not enough land to divide, and that there will not be enough land to divide after adulthood, but there is not much population.

"I can't change you into a person at once. Are there many widows in your territory? Gu, send you some soldiers? Let them have more children. "

Tang he couldn't help but bow his head and rejoice.

Bai Shan: "... Your highness, it's too late to have children now. It will take at least 17 years to become a man?"

Even if you have a baby in your bridal chamber today, it will take ten months to be born.

But he did not refuse the prince to send troops to him. "After today, everyone's salt field must be eye-catching, and more people are really needed to protect it."

Just in time, when people arrive, they let soldiers garrison the fields. They can't patrol every day. They come in turn. They usually open a wasteland when they have nothing to do. If they can grow food, they can grow food, and if they can't, they can bask in salt.

Bai Shan's abacus snapped and said to the prince, "Your Highness has also seen that the coastal line of Dawa is very long. If salt fields are built, there must be a lot of salt produced every day. It doesn't take time and effort to transport so much salt by land."

The prince thought of Laizhou Bay. Before he could speak, Bai Shan said in a slightly raised tone: "there is a place in Beihai County called Longchi, which is a natural ferry. Outside is Laizhou Bay, and it is not far from Dajiawa to Longchi. If a sea boat starts from Longchi, the salt in Dajiawa can not only go south to Jiangnan, Lingnan and other places, but also go north to Pingzhou, Youzhou."

The prince raised his eyebrows and looked at Bai Shan. Although he didn't think it necessary to build another ferry, he still listened to the reason.

Bai Shan continued: "when official salt arrives in Youzhou and Heping, you can go inside to Taiyuan and the grassland. Save the steps to Laizhou, and the road will be much safer. "

At present, sea is safer than land.

Of course, this security is aimed at man-made disasters, not natural disasters.

The prince thought, "do you want to compete with Laizhou for ferries and ships to sea?"

Bai Shan coughed and stressed: "it is to attract more businessmen to come here."

He temporarily divergent thinking and assumed: "if salt can be transported out of Longchi, it must not be empty when it comes back. Silk and porcelain in Jiangnan can be transported by ship, as well as fur, medicinal materials, cattle, sheep and horses in Pingzhou, Youzhou. They can complete the exchange in Longchi. It will be safer for salt ships to follow the caravan on the same route."

Tang He thought, "wouldn't this change the current route of water transport?"

The prince, who was not very attentive, sat up slightly and thought, "in this way, it's inconvenient to set up the ferry for Guanyan in Laizhou."

After all, he has Baishan available in Qingzhou, but he doesn't know Laizhou very well.

Bai Shan nodded and looked at the prince with bright eyes.

The prince pondered, "but this is not something that can be done in a year or two. Without four or five or even five or six years, it is difficult to form a scale."

Bai shanlue thought and said, "I'd like to stay here until this is done."

The prince raised his eyebrow. "Do you really want to stay here for five or six years?"

With Bai Shan's ability and qualifications, he came out to accumulate experience. In addition, he now has the credit of the salt drying method. Even if he was promoted and left now, no one said anything.

However, the purpose of his release was to experience and would not leave so early, but the prince and the emperor planned for him for three years at the beginning.

After three years, he can be transferred to other places to continue his experience and stay in Beihai County for six years

The prince smiled and nodded: "if so, you should go down alone. Isn't it just to build a ferry? You build it. "

Ning Yushi coughed heavily and reminded: "Your Highness, this matter has to be approved by the Ministry of household and the Ministry of work."

Listen to Bai Shan's plan. It's obviously not a small ferry. It's not money from Qingzhou, but funds from the state treasury.

Bai Shan thought it would take him a long time to wait for the Treasury to allocate funds, so he hinted, "maybe Qingzhou can advance some."

The prince was really interested and leaned forward, "Oh?"

Bai Shan said to the prince with the eyes of Ning Yushi's "you cunning" and: "now, summer harvest and autumn harvest are coming, and then there will be taxes. If the Treasury can't take money for a while, you can advance part from Qingzhou."

That is to say, the things that Qingzhou should have handed over to the Treasury are paid first. In fact, it is still calculated that the treasury pays, but the process of sending them to the Treasury first and then being allocated by the Treasury is omitted.

The prince thought it was a good way, so he nodded and agreed.

Of course, he agreed. In fact, whether it can be done depends on the meaning of the emperor and the great princes in the court, but Bai Shan also won the crown prince, didn't he?