Chapter 3146 Debt

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 deliver the salt brought back a lot of copper coins.

Because gold and silver occupy a small area and have high value, the yamen in various places can settle without it, and good things must be on the edge of the knife.

Especially salt, a valuable commodity, when they went to the wharf to transport salt, they directly pulled a truckload of copper coins.

So the official ship brought back two ships of copper coins, and one official ship did not return. They went to Chaozhou area, and it was farther, and it was uncertain when they would return.

As soon as the boat entered the port, Fang Xiancheng immediately went to Bai Shan, "Sir, the boat is back."

Bai Shan, who was surrounded by people asking for money, hurriedly cupped his hands with everyone and said, "Don't worry, this county also knows that you are in a hurry. Originally, I wanted to send people back to the county government office to withdraw money, but the county government office was away from the dragon. The pool is not near, it will take two days to go back and forth, but the official ship is back at this moment, and there is money on it."

He said: "If you can trust me, just wait here, and I will settle the wages and material costs for you after I have done the calculation. If you can't trust me..."

He paused and said, "Why can't you trust this county? If you can run, the monks can't run away from the temple. The one who owes you money is the Beihai county government. If I can run, can the Beihai county government still run?"

When the foreman and businessman heard this, they couldn't help but muttered, "Then we can't occupy Beihai County government office, right? Isn't that a rebellion?"

Bai Shan heard it, and said speechlessly, "Then there are still so many shops on the dock, Beihai County Government really doesn't have any money for you, so you can take up one or two shops built during this period, it's not enough to pay off the debt. ?"

The foreman and the merchants were overjoyed, and they quickly asked, "Master Bai, can you use the shop to pay off the debt?"

"No," Bai Shan said angrily, "It's not that I can't come up with the money. I originally said that after the shop is built, I will settle all the wages within half a month after I check it out."

He said: "I only checked it yesterday, and today you are afraid that I will run away. There is no breach of contract in this county. How can you say that you can pay off your debts?"

The people immediately stopped talking.

Bai Shan turned around expressionlessly and went to the pier with Fang Xiancheng.

As soon as the two of them left, the people who wanted the debt gathered together, "I said that Master Bai is not like someone who has no money. You are too impatient. Now it's good, offend people?"

"Short of hindsight, Zhuge Liang, you are the most troublesome today. Didn't you say that if the magistrate of Bai is rich, doesn't it mean that Beihai County is rich? You also say that the public is public, and the private is private. The magistrate of Bai can't take his own money. Come out to pay the county government's debt."

"That's right, Beihai County is still poor as you said."

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

When they were shirking their 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 that was slowly stopping, and said blankly, "Check it out, where did their news come from?"

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

If the wages and food for the wharf, saltworks, and Guantian Zhuangzi were not allocated in advance, the county government would have to pay on credit next month.

Bai Shan has found a good partner.

He and Zhou Man first tried to borrow some from their own homes to the county government, and if they were not enough, they would borrow from Yin or Bai Erlang...

But the construction of shops and pavements at the Longchi Wharf was too expensive, and even if all the money they brought in was filled, it would not be enough.

Don't look at his self-confidence on the surface, but in fact he is very empty.

Fang Xiancheng naturally knew about the county government's situation, and wiped the sweat from his forehead, saying, "I'll check when I go back."

He paused and said: "There is still no movement in the county office. The news should have spread here in Longchi. There are few people here, so it is not difficult to check."

Bai Shan nodded.

In fact, Fang Xiancheng already had a suspect. He lowered his voice and asked, "Do you think it could be the Song family?"

Bai Shan: "I don't make guesses, I speak based on evidence, yes yes, no no no."

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

When Fang Xiancheng heard the words, he knew something.

Bai Shan doesn't want to do things completely. Although the Song family is domineering, he has been in Beihai County for many years. He has done credit and hard work. He has torn a piece of meat from the other party and got enough benefits, so he did not Continuing to shoot, the two sides have maintained a surface peace since last summer.

Even when the county government and Qingzhou City have some activities, Bai Shan still likes to bring the Song family, what is the benefit, such as the construction of the pavement of the Longchi Wharf, etc., he will still call them.

He felt that the two sides got along fine this year, and if they could still stumble him behind their backs, it meant that they could not reconcile.

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

The two said a few secret words before the coolies got on board. When the boat approached, the people on the boat put up the board, and the coolies ran up 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, his eyes lit up when he saw Bai Shan, and he stepped forward immediately, "Master Bai—"

He laughed loudly and said: "Fortunately, I didn't lose my life. Everything was delivered to the place, and everything you asked for was also shipped back."

He handed a stack of accounts to Bai Shan and said with a smile, "Well, this is according to the accounts you made."

Bai Shan flipped through the pages and saw that only the numbers were recorded, and there was not even a total number behind. He could only turn back page by page, do a quick mental calculation, and he was relieved when he got the total number, which was the same as what he estimated. Money is almost there.

This money is enough for Beihai County to spend for a period of time.

Bai Shan laughed, closed the account and said, "It's hard for Liu to join the army, I'll have someone go up and unload the goods."

He looked sideways at the coolie behind him.

Fang Xiancheng went up to order people, and the people who were ordered lined up honestly one by one, and the officials who followed Fang Xiancheng also came up to organize.

These people are not the long-term workers on the dock, but the coolies gathered from various villages because of the completion of the dock. They are carrying things on the dock, carrying things for the shops in Longchi, cleaning and so on.

Many shops in Longchi are newly opened, and there are a lot of things to do, just transporting tables and chairs, building stoves and other tasks, so they can make a lot of money.

Although they are all hard-working jobs, they make more money than farming in the village and taking part-time jobs.

And so many coolies work here, and they need money to eat, drink, and live, which makes Longchi even more popular.