Jinyi champion

With his father's approval, Yang Shen finally had a smooth path to become a servant.

But the thorn in my heart has already been planted.

It is no longer possible for Yang Shen to bow his head and ears to his father without any doubts as in the past. Now he has started to have his own opinions. On some matters, he has opinions that are different from Yang Tinghe's. Many times he no longer expresses them, but instead Choose silently in mind.

Although he didn't quite understand why his father wanted Yu Chengxun and Zhu Hao to return to Beijing, he still wrote a letter to Nanjing as he said. Even if there was an official post, it would take ten and a half months to deliver the letter. After Zhu Hao and Yu Chengxun got the news, they returned to Beijing, probably by the end of the year.

At this time in Nanjing, Zhu Hao still seemed to be doing nothing every day, but only in front of Yu Chengxun. He was very busy secretly. In addition to sending some messages to Beijing from time to time, he also had to take care of the business on the ground in Nanjing.

Half of the special funds allocated by the Ministry of Accounts for Southeast Coastal Defense did not arrive in the account. In name, they were corrupted by some people in the local area. In fact, it was because the south had suffered too much deficit over the years, and many of them were used to fill up old accounts. Only a small number of people were actually corrupted. , there are three people who are said to have a huge amount of corrupt ink, all of which are more than ten thousand taels...

Two of the suspects committed suicide in fear of crime in prison, and the other was robbed by bandits on the way to Nanjing...

It is very likely that they were protected by people sent by the Nanjing garrison yamen, or they were killed secretly.

It is to become a state of dead debts and bad debts, which makes it impossible to check.

It’s not impossible to really check, all you need is to dig out all the account books in the past few years in the south, and compare them one by one... But the amount of work is too big. Zhu Hao asked himself that he didn’t have the ability. The interests involved are huge, if we really want to find out thoroughly, then Zhu Hao might not be able to get out of Nanjing City.

The premise of doing something is to do what is within one's ability. The current Zhu Hao's ability to ask himself is far from being able to turn Nanjing's officialdom over.

Recently, Zhu Hao was busy setting up a workshop in Nanjing City. Luo An did not leave. Apart from secretly protecting Zhu Hao, he stayed behind and also had a very important task, which was to cooperate with Zhu Hao in setting up a military factory in Nanjing, and take advantage of Su Xigui's relationship. , to cast the new firearms needed for southeast coastal defense.

If Su Xigui was allowed to make it himself... Even if his brother-in-law is the Minister of Nanhubu, if this matter is found out, it would be a serious crime of privately making firearms and plotting against others.

But if there is the governor of Fusi of Jinyiwei North Town, then everything will be more reasonable, because Luo An has the secret edict issued by Zhu Si in his hand.

Secret edicts are just a piece of paper in the capital. No one really cares about the edict issued by the emperor that does not pass the cabinet, but in Nanjing, where the emperor is far away, the secret edict is no different from the imperial edict.

Because no one suspects that Zhu Hao is working for the new emperor, even if Zhu Hao usually goes out, Yu Chengxun will not send anyone to follow him.Now Yu Chengxun is too lazy to care about where Zhu Hao is going, and now he is more concerned about when he can see Wei Guogong Xu Pengju, so that he can complete the task and return to Beijing as soon as possible.

Monitoring Zhu Hao?

That is an expired order. Zhu Hao is now in Nanjing, but the emperor is still doing well in the capital, and even Yang Tinghe suffers. So what?Isn't he still an insignificant little person?

end of October.

Ouyang Fei arrived in Nanjing.

She was supposed to arrive with Zhu Hao, but was sent by Zhu Hao to Huguang Anlu to handle the business there.

Compared with Beijing Normal University and Nanjing, which belonged to the areas where the new emperor's forces needed to gradually infiltrate, Anlu was completely Zhu Si's "back garden".

After the real dragon came out of Xingwangfu, it completely suppressed the local government and military system in Anlu Prefecture. In addition, Zhu Si and Queen Mother Jiang just moved to the capital. The original team of Xingwangfu is still there. What kind of workshop will Zhu Hao open in the name of Xingwangfu , There is no obstacle at all in Anlu Prefecture to do anything.

It's just because Anlu is located inland, and the transportation is inconvenient, and it doesn't involve the two major issues of northwest frontier defense and southeast coastal defense. Even if it does some business, it will mostly involve the allocation of materials.

To mass-produce firearms in Anlu, it seems

Not a good choice.

For Northwest soldiers, new firearms can be manufactured in Xishan, the capital, while for Southeast soldiers, workshops can be established in Nanjing...

This is also to alleviate the disadvantages of inconvenient transportation in this era. The cost of transportation is one thing, and the timeliness is another. At the same time, there are also safety considerations-after all, new firearms involve gunpowder and other flammable and explosive items. Not suitable for long-distance high-intensity transportation.

"East..."

When Ouyang Fei appeared in front of Zhu Hao again, she was dressed as a woman.

Although she hasn't registered yet, she is considered Zhu Hao's "concubine". In the future, she may be directly incorporated into Zhu Hao's mansion, just go through the procedures in the government.

Men from the Ming Dynasty also had to go through government procedures to take concubines. The Ming Dynasty had very restricted population movement. Everyone had their own household registration from birth. To marry a wife and accept concubines must be registered with the government. For those black households without household registration... the more It is the stricter inspection in big cities.

Zhu Hao looked at Ouyang Fei. She was wearing a tight-fitting outfit that was easy to walk around. She had fair skin, and her long black hair was knotted and tied with mahogany hairpins. Her big eyes were watery, with double eyelids, and her nose bridge was as firm as a jade carving. , willow leaf eyebrows, a small cherry mouth, tall and graceful.

Speaking of which, this woman is indeed beautiful.

It just looks like it lacks a little maturity and rationality, and people can't help but feel that this is a perfect vase.

Ever since Ouyang Fei took charge of the family business, she has bankrupted the Ouyang family on her own, which means that this is not a material for doing business. Such a woman should be kept in a cage as a canary, living a life without food and clothing. Worry, only responsible for dressing up to maintain a youthful life.

It's not that Zhu Hao looks down on Ouyang Fei. Women in this era want to be assertive and be recognized by the society. It's too difficult to step out of their own gates and be independent.

Thinking back to when Zhu Niang's widow brought her son and encountered so many difficulties, she knew how unfriendly this world is to women in charge.

Of course, after 30 years of daughter-in-law becoming a wife, no one will say anything. Young women are so unapproved by the society. Whenever you go out of the house, you will be considered public and immoral. Ouyang Fei, who has experienced this kind of education since childhood, is fifteen years old. Come out to take charge of the family business, it would be strange to be able to be a good family.

"Show me Anlu's accounts."

Zhu Hao doesn't talk too much nonsense with Ouyang Fei.

Immediately, Ouyang Fei took out an account book from the baggage she carried with her, which seemed to be well preserved.

After handing it over to Zhu Hao, it was covered with symbols that outsiders could not understand.

Zhu Hao took it and compared it in detail.

Ouyang Fei was puzzled and asked: "Master, Anlu's current weaving workshop, most of the cloth produced is shipped to Sichuan and the Northwest, and very few are sold to Jiangnan. It stands to reason... Jiangnan is where the demand for cloth and silk is the strongest. place, why did the owner do this?"

What Ouyang Fei wants most now is to revitalize the family business.

Being Zhu Hao's concubine is also serving this goal.

"Our cloth is of good quality and low price..."

Zhu Hao patiently explained, "If a large number of such fabrics are sold in Nanjing, it will cause huge shocks in the market, cause a large number of family-based textile workshops to go bankrupt, and touch the fundamental interests of vested interests, and they will definitely rise up against us.

"Now is the critical moment before His Majesty takes power. One more thing is worse than one less thing. The bulk of the cloth we weave is better used as military supplies. This will save the court money and give the two ministers of Nanhu and Beihu... much less to do." Necessary trouble."

Zhu Hao's reason is very good.

Sunjiao, Shangshu of Beihubu, was his father-in-law, and Huang Zan, Shangshu of Nanhubu, was regarded as the person he befriended early in the morning.

These two people can be regarded as people who can be used by him in the future. Of the six books in the future, only the Ministry of Households will be under his absolute control. It will be easier for Zhu Hao to carry out reforms.

Since I can sell my goods as quickly as possible through the good relationship with the North and South Ministry of Households... I don't have to worry about the market order being disrupted because of the low price of cotton cloth...

It can save a lot of trouble and benefit others.

Every business in every place has its own rules and order. Zhu Hao didn't want to be born out of nowhere.
Breaking this relatively stable order, in an era of feudal conservatism and severe regional protection, if you go to grab other people's jobs, the backlash brought by others taking advantage of the advantages of local snakes is not something ordinary merchants can afford.

As a time traveler, Zhu Hao understands a truth, that is, there is such thing as order in any era, such as regional protection, even the imperial power cannot suppress it, and relying on the emperor alone to support you cannot make local forces succumb and seize all the benefits Yes, if it is hard... it may be smashed to pieces.

Zhu Hao is not an idealist, he prefers to follow the rules and accumulate strength silently.

"I bought a batch of goods from the southeast earlier, and I will ship them from Shibo. Later, you will contact me on my behalf." Zhu Hao said to Ouyang Fei.

Ouyang Fei looked puzzled: "What kind of goods are you going to leave from Shibo?"

In Ouyang Fei's view, Shibo is mainly engaged in overseas trade. Now the pirates and Japanese pirates in the southeast coast are becoming more and more frequent. Overseas is a country of savages who drink blood. How can there be any good goods that require Zhu Hao to purchase specially?

"You'll know when you ship it."

Zhu Hao said, "After you receive the items, transport them directly to the cloth warehouse outside the city, and people from the Nanhu Department will pick them up later."

"Nanto?"

Ouyang Fei's eyes widened.

"To be precise, Su Dongzhu should use the name of Nanhu to receive goods related to coastal defense. This batch of goods did not exist in the Central Plains before, but as military supplies, it must go through the imperial court. Later, it will be shipped to the north, but You can't let people know what it is." Zhu Hao said.

What Zhu Hao wants to transport is a batch of materials, but it is not clear whether it will be useful or not.

It was transported from the New World by the Fulang machine.

What Zhu Hao is currently looking for are economic crops such as rubber and tobacco. When he learned that there is such a ship of goods that has been staying outside Hangzhou Bay and has not been able to enter the port. When someone wants to do business with pirates in private, Zhu Hao can only use some connections. , Purchase this batch of goods back.