Daming reckless man

Chapter 418 Explain to Sun Qihai

Chapter 418

After Zhang Hao arrived in Xuanhua, Yu Wanpeng and Sun Qihai also arrived at Zhang Hao's mansion. When Zhang Hao learned that they were coming, he immediately invited them in.

"I've seen you!" The two of them immediately gave Zhang Hao their hands. Now they admire Zhang Hao. They also know something about the things in the capital. They were brought here by those businessmen. They know that Zhang Hao killed the king of Chu. King Jin also died, all because of Zhang Hao,

But now, Zhang Hao is fine, but the kingdom of King Chu is gone, and so is King Jin, which shows how much Zhang Hao is valued in front of the emperor.

"Well, come and sit down, this time I just came to have a look, to see everyone, how good is this time?" Zhang Hao sat there, asked them to sit down, and said, and Jin Yiwei immediately brought tea.

"That's great. Anyway, I know that Lao Sun is over there now, and his daily income is dozens of taels of silver!" Yu Wanpeng said to Zhang Hao with a smile.

"Well, yes, it's all given by those merchants. It's tea money. Anyway, here, I keep the small money, but I can't violate the laws of our Ming Dynasty, and I can't let them evade taxes. I just turn a blind eye to the rest. Eye, it’s not bad to be an adult, your shop now sells goods every day!” Sun Qihai also said to Zhang Hao and the others with a smile.

"That's good, that's good, now I also hope that you can make money through this checkpoint, but this money cannot be from the court, and what's more, whether it is sending money or not, you remember, you are not allowed Embarrassing merchants, those merchants are the source of our Daming's tax revenue, we can't embarrass them, if I know that you embarrass him, then you won't say that at that time, so, you have to remember this point!" Zhang Hao sat there, watching Sun Qihai said.

"Yes, don't worry, my lord. I will remind those people every day that it's okay to collect money, but if you don't receive the money, you can't show it to others. What they give is tea money. If we give it, we don't give it. We can't hold grudges. My lord, please rest assured about this!" Sun Qihai continued to speak to Zhang Hao, Zhang Hao nodded again when he heard it.

"As for you, you are also staring at those generals. If you want to make money, you can do it in a legal way. Don't make trouble for yourself, and don't make trouble for us. After all, once you are caught, many people will lose their heads by then, so Be sure to remind me!" Zhang Hao said to Yu Wanpeng.

"Don't worry, my lord, we know!" Yu Wanpeng nodded and said.

"Well, you also need to train your soldiers well. Tatars probably won't give up. If they don't come this year, they will come next year. They have been staring at our Ming Dynasty, hoping to defeat our Ming Dynasty, and we We also need to find a chance to kill them, but we can’t do it right now, our Da Ming army is still training, and there is not so much money in the court to support Da Ming’s army expedition, but preparations still need to be done!" Zhang Hao Confess to Yu Wanpeng.

"Understood, but, my lord, if our Ming army really wants to go on an expedition to the desert, money may not be enough. The key is the weapons and equipment. The weapons used by the soldiers have been used for many years. Armor The same is true, if you really want to fight, then repairing those weapons and armor will also require a lot of pig iron,
In recent months, we have obtained less than 1 catties of pig iron for repairs, which is not enough at all. I heard that the pig iron was all allocated to the Imperial Guards and the troops of several other princes, but our frontier troops , also need pig iron! "Yu Wanpeng looked at Zhang Hao and said.

"I know this, but I heard that our Imperial Guard didn't get much pig iron. It seems that it's less than [-] catties a month!" Zhang Hao said looking at Yu Wanpeng.

"My lord, it's not that you don't know the output of my pig iron in Ming Dynasty. There is enough there. There is only such a small amount of output every year, and we have to give it to the people. Our army has never been enough. Moreover, the emperor added about 30 troops last year. These troops , It also needs pig iron!" Yu Wanpeng looked at Zhang Hao and said with a wry smile, and Zhang Hao nodded.

"If we don't have enough pig iron to change our outfits, how can we fight at that time? The weapons and equipment are not enough, we have trained well, and then we have to let the soldiers sacrifice in vain. This will not work!" Yu Wanpeng said to Zhang Hao,

Zhang Hao nodded when he heard it. He knew about it, but he just said that he didn't have time to change the status quo. Daming had too many problems, and they always needed to be solved one by one. The key now is the people's livelihood. , if the people's livelihood is not changed, the people will rebel, and Daming will be troubled by then,
And those vassal kings are now aggravating the conflict between the court and the people. Those vassal kings also need to solve it. If you want them to take out their land, it is impossible. You still need to clean them up. People are like this The toast does not eat fine wine!
"This matter will be arranged by the court at that time, and I will report this matter to the emperor after I return to Beijing!" Zhang Hao said to them,

At this time, Li Mingdan came to Zhang Hao's side and said to Zhang Hao: "My lord, the meal is ready!"

"Well. Okay, let's go, let's have a drink together!" Zhang Hao heard it, stood up immediately, and said to them,

When they heard it, they immediately nodded with a smile and said that they would have two drinks with Zhang Hao.
After eating, they went back, Zhang Hao also went to rest,
The next morning, after Zhang Hao got up, he went to the checkpoint first, and saw the shops outside, a large number of goods and merchants trading outside,

On the side of the city gate, there are also a large number of carriages queuing up, waiting for the goods to pass through the customs. Sun Qihai has also increased a lot of manpower. The city gate is so big, and those carriages go out one after another, which is already the fastest. speed up.

"My lord!" Sun Qihai came to Zhang Hao's side!

"How much tax can I get in a day now?" Zhang Hao asked Sun Qihai.

"Returning to my lord, there are about 1 taels of silver a day now, but my lord, a few days ago, the household department sent people to escort the silver back to Beijing! A total of 2000 taels of silver were escorted. The household department said that the money is not enough. , take them away first!" Sun Qihai said to Zhang Hao.

"Well, I know!" Zhang Hao nodded, Zhang Hao knew about this.

"However, I also heard that many people are staring at my position now. If it weren't for you, my lord, to support me here, I guess I would have been taken down by them a long time ago. Someone even wrote a letter to impeach me. While reviewing, the Metropolitan Procuratorate also sent people over to investigate my matter. I don’t know what the conclusion is now, but I feel that they will not give me a good result.
After all, I am here, and I get dozens of taels of money every day. Every day, more than 1000 horse-drawn carriages go out here, and more than 1000 horse-drawn carriages come in. Those people give us tea money, which is basically a few hundred dollars a piece. There are also dozens of pennies, and we don't care. When the accounts are settled at night, everyone will share them, and that's it.

Even ordinary yamen servants here can get one or two taels of silver a day!But the Metropolitan Procuratorate also thinks that I am corrupt, and I also put up a notice telling those businessmen not to give me money, but those businessmen still continue to throw money into our baskets, and I have also taken back the baskets, and I will not let them go. They just threw it on the ground, so, no way! "Sun Qihai said to Zhang Hao in a very difficult way.

"Don't worry about those things. When you come here, you've met some people, and you have a few confidantes. If you feel something is wrong, you can ask someone to bring me a letter and take your greeting card, but the premise is You still need to be strong yourself, don't mess around!" Zhang Hao said to Sun Qihai.

"Don't worry about this, my lord. I also know that there are many people watching me. Once I make a mistake, no one will be able to save me!" Sun Qihai immediately nodded and said to Zhang Hao.

"It's good to know, since you know, then do it well and don't worry about those things!" Zhang Hao nodded and said to Sun Qihai.

"Yes, my lord!" Sun Qihai said immediately, cupping his hands.

"You stay here for a year at most. After one year, there will be more important things that I will leave to you. Don't let me down. This is just a place for you to study!" Zhang Hao looked at Sun Qihai and said.

"Understood, thank you for your cultivation!" Sun Qihai immediately cupped his hands and said, then looked at Zhang Hao and asked: "My lord, I don't know if you are free at noon, my wife wants to treat you to dinner at home, and you said that I will be your Subordinate, you haven't eaten my meal yet!"

"Your wife also took it?" Zhang Hao asked Sun Qihai with a smile when he heard it.

"I took it, but she just came here temporarily for a few months, and when it's cold, she has to go back!" Sun Qihai said to Zhang Hao.

"Okay, let's go at noon, I'm going to the barracks, you should keep watching!" Zhang Hao said to Sun Qihai, Zhang Hao immediately said yes happily,
Soon, Zhang Hao went to the barracks. When he arrived at the barracks, all the generals and deputy generals arrived. They liked Zhang Hao now because Zhang Hao brought them a lot of wealth. Let them get a lot of money, Zhang Hao is now here to inspect, of course they are very happy,
Zhang Hao took the generals and deputy generals to inspect the barracks to see how the soldiers were training, and then chatted with the generals and deputy generals. After the chat, those people originally wanted to invite Zhang Hao to dinner, but Zhang Hao agreed to Sun Qihai. I made an appointment with those people until the evening,
At noon, Zhang Hao came to Sun Qihai's house as promised, and Zhang Hao also went there with a gift in his hand. Sun Qihai had been waiting for Zhang Hao at the gate of the house very early, while Sun Qihai's wife, Mrs. Ye, was busy in the kitchen with her daughter. with.

(End of this chapter)