Daming reckless man

Chapter 334 The Counterattack Begins

Chapter 334

When Zhang Hao arrived at the mine, he saw those workers digging. They were very dirty and looked very thin. He was accompanied by a director of the Ministry of Industry. The imperial envoy of tea has already arrived in Shanxi and will come here anytime.

"My lord, look, these are our ores. They need to be sorted layer by layer before they can be sent to the furnace for smelting. The whole process is very complicated!" Sun Ming, the head of the Ministry of Industry, introduced to Zhang Hao,
Zhang Hao just watched. After seeing those workers digging, he went to see how to smelt. The method is very primitive, and the iron produced has a lot of impurities. The key is that the output is low.
. "What's the annual output?" Zhang Hao looked at Sun Ming and asked.

"My lord, the annual output is more than 50 catties. Our output accounts for more than [-]% of the entire Ming Dynasty. The output is still acceptable!" Sun Ming immediately reported to Zhang Hao.

"How can such a low output meet the needs of my whole Ming Dynasty?" Zhang Hao frowned and asked Sun Ming.

"My lord, you don't know that the folks also have local methods. Many people, especially blacksmiths, know how to make iron by themselves. Although the output is not much, they can meet some needs of the people. Our iron smelting , mainly to the court, in fact, mainly to the Ministry of War, other places, less needed!" Sun Ming continued to explain to Zhang Hao.

"Is that enough?" Zhang Hao continued to ask.

"Not enough, but there is this output every year, and it is still enough when it accumulates slowly. The Ministry of War is only for repairing weapons. This amount is enough. I am afraid that it needs to make cannons or something, so it needs a lot of pig iron, pig iron Every year is not enough!" Sun Ming responded.

"Oh, pig iron is not enough, how much money does Chaotang need to invest here every year?" Zhang Hao continued to ask.

"Returning to my lord, we need to invest about 3 taels every year. With so many people working, the wages are a big consumption, and they are also sent to the capital. The demand for transportation is also very large. My lord, our side is still good, and the output is not bad, and the emperor is very satisfied with our side!" Sun Ming saw that Zhang Hao seemed dissatisfied with this output, and immediately explained to Zhang Hao.

"Well, as long as you are satisfied!" Zhang Hao nodded, still dissatisfied in his heart, how could such a small output be used.

Then Zhang Hao continued to look at the whole iron-making place, wandered around for a day, and failed to return to Taiyuan at night,

However, in the capital, Jiajing had already received Zhang Hao's reply. Jiajing unfolded it and found that the words were much more beautiful.

"This bastard actually hired someone to write for him. Do you think it's embarrassing or not?" Jiajing unfolded the letter paper and looked up. It was clearly written on it. Zhang Hao dictated it, and Shen Lian wrote it for him!
"Your Majesty, Zhang Hao can't help it, you still scold him for not writing well!" Lu Fang said with a smile after hearing this.

"Well, let me take a look first, what did this bastard write!" Jiajing looked at the letter carefully, and the more he looked, the happier he was. Zhang Hao had confiscated 400 million dans of salt, which was enough for the people of Ming Dynasty to use for half a year. At the salt field in Shanxi, the annual output is more than 100 million tons. Zhang Hao has not yet visited the other salt fields.

In addition, Zhang Hao also wrote that those salt merchants received 2 Wen a catty of salt from those salt households, while the salt sold by the merchants was 50 Wen a catty, which is dozens of times the profit.

Jiajing was happy to see it at first, but after seeing what Zhang Hao said later about the profits of those salt merchants, and the fact that those salt merchants deliberately hoarded salt, causing a shortage of salt in the market, he was very angry.

"What a king of Jin, what a salt merchant!" After Jiajing finished reading, he was so angry that he took the letter paper and put it on the table, so angry that he couldn't do it.

"Your Majesty, Zhang Hao's errand has gone wrong?" Lu Fang asked, looking at Jiajing worriedly.

"No, it's done very well. You summon Xu Jie to come over immediately, and ask him to come here to see me immediately!" Jiajing said to Lu Fang.

"Yes, the servant girl will do it right away!" Lu Fang went out immediately after hearing this, and she felt more at ease. Jiajing said that Zhang Hao did a very good job.

"Good boy, you have done a lot, and you really didn't disappoint me!" Jiajing then looked at the letter and said with a smile,
He thought that Zhang Hao couldn't handle this matter well, but he didn't expect that Zhang Hao not only managed it well, but now he was still looking for an opportunity to clean up King Jin's side. Chen Hong immediately came over to support Jiajing, and he could tell in his heart that Jiajing was very happy.

"Lu Anhou did not disappoint the emperor!" Chen Hong said with a smile to Jiajing.

"Well, this kid is good at everything, but he has a bad temper, and besides, he's lazy!" Jiajing said.

"Yes, young people, maybe they are not sensible yet, and those who don't understand share the worries of the emperor!" Chen Hong said with a smile,

When Jiajing heard it, he was very upset, but he didn't show it. What does it mean that he won't share the emperor's worries? How many things Zhang Hao has done for himself, otherwise, he still has this opportunity to deal with those King Jin, and such Opportunity, continue to control the affairs of the court, and still go to the court,

Moreover, Jiajing is very clear about how the money in his hands came from now. If there is no Zhang Hao, he will die of poverty, and the people will follow suit. However, Jiajing will not tell Chen Hong about these things. He knows Zhang Hao and Chen Hong The relationship with Zhang Hao was average, and he hardly said anything, but Chen Hong praised Zhang Hao for killing Zhang Hao so much, which made Jiajing a little unhappy.

Chen Jinshui on the side heard it and also remembered what Chen Hong said, looking for a chance, he needed to talk to Lu Fang.

"Your Majesty, so many ministers are impeaching Zhang Hao now, and Zhang Hao is completely protected by the Emperor. He should work harder in the future, so that he can repay the Emperor's kindness to him!" Chen Hong continued to talk to Jiajing.

"How does he understand this?" Jiajing simply followed Chen Hong's words, wanting to know what else Chen Hong could say.

"If you don't understand, the Duke of England also needs to be educated. Besides, so many ministers have impeached him this time, so he should know. If there is no emperor, how can Zhang Hao do such a big thing?" Chen Hong continued. stand up.

"En!" Jiajing said kindly, without saying a word, but he began to suspect Chen Honglai in his heart. He was originally a suspicious person. Jiajing knew best what kind of person Zhang Hao was, and now Chen Hong looked at Zhang Hao in front of him. Medicine, this motive is too suspicious, but Jiajing is a smart person, and his emotions are not visible.

Soon, Lu Fang came in. "Notified?" Jiajing asked Lu Fang.

"Go back to the emperor, I sent someone to notify you!" Lu Fang said immediately, clasping his hands.

"Look at that letter, and ask the Metropolitan Procuratorate to write to Zhang Hao and ask Zhang Hao to explain the matter of being impeached!" Jiajing said to Lu Fang.

"Yes!" Upon hearing this, Lu Fang picked up the letter and read it.
After reading it, I was very happy. Zhang Hao did a great job. The impeachment of Zhang Hao by those ministers did not exist at all. Moreover, when the time comes, they will have to explain why they got such news, and who gave them the news? They knew in advance why the chief envoy of Shanxi did not report the news.

"Your Majesty, is this servant going to the Metropolitan Procuratorate?" Lu Fang knew what Zhang Hao needed. He needed a reason, a reason to attack the King Jin family, and the inquiry letter from the Metropolitan Procuratorate was the best reason.

"Go ahead and explain to Zhou Yan in person! Just tell me what I said!" Jiajing said to Lu Fang.

"Yes, I understand!" Lu Fang immediately cupped her hands, and then went out.

Xu Jie, who was at home, had just finished dinner and was about to read for a while before going to bed. At this time, someone came from the palace, saying that the emperor wanted to summon him. Xu Jie immediately packed his things and prepared to go to the alchemy room. side.

"I summoned you at this time, but what's the important thing?" Xu Jie's wife, Mrs. Liang, looked at Xu Jie and asked worriedly.

"It's probably not a big deal. It might have something to do with Zhang Hao. Hey, this son-in-law can really cause trouble!" Xu Jie said helplessly, thinking that it might have something to do with Zhang Hao.

"But no matter what, Zhang Hao is also the Marquis of Lu An and the commander of Jin Yiwei, so it's not bad!" Mrs. Liang persuaded Xu Jie after hearing this.

"The old man didn't say that he can't do it, but it's too difficult to cause trouble. The old man has understood in the past two days. In fact, King Jin is behind the scenes. Why do you say that Zhang Hao is fine and offend King Jin? King Jin is one of the kings of all vassals. , the richest, and the most populous, I don’t know how to retaliate against this kid in the future!” Xu Jie said helplessly to Liang.

"Hey, help if you can, and help out more in the future!" Upon hearing this, Mrs. Liang looked at Xu Jie helplessly and said, her son-in-law is indeed powerful, but he can also really cause trouble!
Xu Jie came out of the house quickly, and when he arrived at the alchemy room, someone went in to inform him, and Jiajing let Xu Jie in.

After saluting, Jiajing asked Xu Jie to sit down, and then asked, "The impeachment of Zhang Hao these days, why didn't you present the impeachment memorial?"

"Ah, Your Majesty, this!" Xu Jie was taken aback when he heard this, he didn't expect Jiajing to ask this, isn't this a question knowingly?But I can't tell the truth. If I tell the truth, where will I put the court and where will I put the emperor?

"Your Majesty, the main reason is that this news did not come through formal channels. There was no news from the government in Taiyuan, and there was no news from Zhang Hao. It is really hard for me to judge whether those rumors are true or not, so I just I want to see it before I talk about it!" Xu Jie cupped his hands at Jiajing and said.

"Well, you noticed this, but why didn't Lu Ben and Yan Song notice?" Jiajing continued to look at Xu Jie and asked.

(End of this chapter)