Daming reckless man

Chapter 332
Chapter 332

When Zhang Li and Zhang Rong were talking about Zhang Hao, if Yan Song and Lu Ben came out of Danfang and arrived at the square of Yuxi Palace, the two would dare to communicate.
After all, this is Yuxi Palace, if those Jin Yiwei listened to it, they would report to Jiajing soon, so they didn't dare to speak, and went straight to the square.The two of them dared to talk quietly when there was no one around.

"This time the emperor still wants to protect Zhang Hao, he wants to delay!" Lu Ben looked at Yan Song and said.

"Then delay him. The phenomenon of salt shortage in various places has already appeared. The longer the delay, the more unfavorable it will be for Zhang Hao, and you too. It's time to delay, no matter what the result is, delay it!" Yan Song looked at Lu Ben and said in a low voice.

"This old man knows that if Zhang Hao can't be brought down this time, many people will be unlucky at that time. Zhang Hao wants to collect salt and sell it in the court hall. Although this is a good thing, many officials will also be unlucky because of it. Moreover, it also involves In the interests of too many people, Zhang Hao has offended many people this time!" Lu Ben said while stroking his beard with a smile.

"He's Lord Hou, is he still afraid of this?" Yan Song said with a sneer.

"Ha, are you afraid, we will know when the time comes, let's go, let's go back!" Lu Ben said proudly at the moment,

As for the king of Jin, the king of Jin is very satisfied now, because many ministers agreed today, and they all went to the impeachment memorial, including Lu Ben and Yan Song. So this time, if Zhang Hao wants to rectify the salt affairs, he must It will be ruined. In the end, the benefits of the salt will still fall into the hands of King Jin's family. The only thing that makes King Jin feel that the fly in the ointment is that the price is a bit high this time. However, those salt merchants have promised to pay .

"My lord, tell me, when will there be a result when dealing with Zhang Hao's matter?" A member of the clan looked at King Jin and asked.

"It won't be so fast. How could the emperor deal with Zhang Hao so quickly? Why do we have to wait for the news from Shanxi? By the way, is there a shortage of salt in other places?" King Jin asked while looking at those people. stand up.

"That's right, Your Highness, there is also a shortage of salt in various places. Our salt merchants in Shanxi supply the whole country. Now that their salt is not for sale, how can there be salt for sale in other places?" Those clan members were very happy Said.

"That's good. As long as there are a large number of shortages in two provinces, then Zhang Hao's problem will be serious. Let's wait here in the capital!" Jin Wang looked at those people proudly and said, thinking in his heart, this Whether Jiajing is going to lose this time, it is better for the salt merchants to cooperate.

The next morning, after Zhang Hao got up, he set off with some Imperial Guards and Jin Yiwei. He was going to visit those salt farms and salt households, and wanted to know the specific production. But Zhang Hao had just left Taiyuan City, and Zhu Xinlong I know, but I still don't know where Zhang Hao is going.
It was near noon when Zhang Hao arrived at the salt field. He saw a large amount of salt piled up on the side of the salt field. The salt households were still working. Seeing so many officers and soldiers coming, they all stopped and looked at Zhang Hao.Zhang Hao also got off his horse and walked straight to those salt fields. When those salt households saw Zhang Hao approaching, they all knelt down.

"Uncle, get up, why are you kneeling?" Zhang Hao saw them kneeling, and immediately called them up.

"Yes, sir!" A few middle-aged men stood up and looked at Zhang Hao tremblingly. They had never seen so many officers and soldiers in their saltworks, and they were very worried.

"You have so much salt, why don't you sell it? Those salt merchants didn't come to collect it?" Zhang Hao looked at them and asked.

"It's all collected. They have no place to pile them up, so they are placed in our salt field. We still have a lot of finished ones at home. These are not yet fully finished, but the salt merchants have already ordered!" One of the middle-aged men said, cupping his hands .

"Oh, it's settled, that's not bad. Seeing that you have produced so much salt, the income must be good!" Zhang Hao nodded and said, there are those salt merchants who said that this year's production is small, nonsense, here There are still a lot of semi-finished products piled up in the salt pan.

"No way, it's all hard work money, only 2 cents a catty, and we still have a tax of [-]%!" Another middle-aged man said to Zhang Hao.

"Pay tax, isn't it exempt this year?" Zhang Hao looked at them in surprise and asked.

"No, I didn't hear that, our taxes are paid by those salt merchants!" Those people felt very strange when they heard it, they really didn't know the news.

"You don't know?" Zhang Hao got very angry when he heard it, and those salt merchants are too dark-hearted, right?Salt that costs only 50 Wen per catty, but the market sells table salt for [-] Wen per catty, and now you still have to charge those salt merchants tax?That was really insatiable.

"We really don't know!" Those people immediately shook their heads and said.

"Well, there will be an announcement at that time. By the way, how much salt can you produce in a month? For example, how much can you produce with a few labors?" Zhang Hao asked one of the middle-aged men. stand up.

"Back to the adults, my family can get about 300 catties, and my family has three strong laborers! There are also children, my wife will help!" The man said immediately, clasping his hands.

"A strong labor is 100 catties, 200 Wen, and after a year, there are more than 2 taels of silver, which is not bad!" Zhang Hao nodded and said after hearing this.

"My lord, you are joking, how can it be sunny every day, and it is winter now, and the output is extremely extreme. We estimate that a strong laborer and a family can get about 800 catties a year, and we can get 1400 jin after excluding those who pay taxes. , I can barely survive!" the man said to Zhang Hao with a wry smile.

"Oh, so little money for a year of hard work?" Zhang Hao nodded and said after hearing this.

"My lord, who are you?" The man looked at Zhang Hao and asked. "I'm no one, I'm just passing by here with my soldiers, and seeing so many salt fields here, I feel very spectacular, so come and have a look!" Zhang Hao said with a smile and waved his hands.

"Are you a general? It's not easy to fight on the frontier. My younger brother is in the Xuanhua side and has been a soldier for three years!" A man standing next to him immediately said with a smile.

"Oh, uncle's eyes are vicious, it's okay, I'm a general!" Zhang Hao said with a smile and gave the man a thumbs up.

"General, go home to drink tea. My younger brother is also in the army. I know it's not easy for them. They don't have much money. They have to train and fight every day!" The man said happily to Zhang Hao.

"No, I'll just take a look. I'll leave right away. I won't bother you. By the way, how many loads of salt can the salt fields here produce in a year?" Zhang Hao immediately said to the man.

"One year, here, at least 100 million dan, from here to the south, to the west, are all salt fields!" The man pointed to the south and west, and said to Zhang Hao.

"Oh, not a lot, enough for the people of Ming Dynasty to feed for more than a month!" Zhang Hao nodded to those people and said,
The output here is really quite a lot, say more than a month, that is because many people like to pickle things, if it is purely for cooking, it is estimated that it can be used for three months, but there are still many big families who consume a lot of salt , In addition, Zhang Hao also knows that there are still some people who smuggle salt to go abroad, and they make a lot of profit, which also consumes a lot of money.

"My lord, that must be enough!" the man said with a smile to Zhang Hao.

"Okay, you guys are busy first, I won't disturb your work, I'll just take a look!" Zhang Hao didn't reveal his identity, if he did, those people probably wouldn't dare to tell the truth,

As for the identity of the military master, although those common people were afraid, they still lacked a defense, so Zhang Hao continued to walk forward, wanting to find more people to ask questions, and in addition, he wanted to grasp the truth about Yanhu here. Condition,

Zhang Hao wandered around Yantian for almost two hours before returning to Taiyuan City. At this moment, Shen Lian of Jinyiwei was already waiting for Zhang Hao here.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Hao asked after looking at Shen Lian.

"The news came from the emperor, asking you to write a letter back, and the other thing is to report the situation here!" Shen Lian said to Zhang Hao.

"The emperor said, who did you lie to?" Zhang Hao said with a white look at Zhang Hao.

"Really, there's a brother from the capital, and he came here to inform you!" Shen Lian followed Zhang Hao and said.

"It's just a few days, why don't you just write a letter?" Zhang Hao said unwillingly, his handwriting was ugly, and he didn't know it, so he asked himself to write a letter.

"My lord, the emperor is probably worried about the salt problem of the people, and he doesn't know that you have started to distribute the salt!" Shen Lian said after Zhang Hao.

"Well, it's okay. If I don't write, I won't write. When the time comes, my handwriting will be said to be ugly, and I will be fined. Am I sick?" Zhang Hao waved his hand and said.

"Ah, my lord, why don't you tell me and I'll write it?" Shen Lian asked Zhang Hao after hearing this.

Zhang Hao heard it, thought about it, nodded and said: "Alright, let's go!"

Then Zhang Hao went to the study room, Shen Lian was grinding ink there, Zhang Hao thought about it, and reported the situation here to Jiajing, but Zhang Hao didn't say what he wanted to do next, he couldn't say it, these things , can only do, can not say.Soon, Shen Lian finished writing and gave it to Zhang Hao for review.

"The handwriting is so beautiful, why can't I write it well?" Zhang Hao praised Shen Lian.

"My lord, you haven't practiced much. Of course, your writing is not good enough, but you should practice more, my lord!" Shen Lian immediately flattered Zhang Hao and said.

"Okay, let the brothers send it back and let the emperor know, will there be any official news from the capital tomorrow?" Zhang Hao looked at Shen Lian and asked.

(End of this chapter)