Zhu Houzhao, the lonely Ming Dynasty, angrily snatched Yan Shenggong at the beginning!

Chapter 48 Jumping wildly on the verge of death! (Seek to follow up, collect, invest!)
"Sorry, actually I don't want to do it so early, but I'm really short of money!"

Running out of the yard where Xie Qian was resting, Zhu Houzhao threw aside the ginger in his sleeve and shrugged helplessly.

Zhu Houzhao could swear to God that he had messed with the Kong family several times in a month, and he planned not to do anything within a few years, and let the Kong family take care of it first.

However, he is really short of money, and his business has not been expanded. If he wants to get money quickly, he can only do this business.

A few days ago, Wang Zhi found Zhu Houzhao who was in the mine, and when he met, he asked for 80 taels.

Zhu Houzhao was staring at that moment.

Nima, this is when he is a bank.

How can he have so much money?
Part of the money from the Kong family was invested in the saltworks, and the rest was given to Ma Yongcheng, who was going to take it back to expand the business of the mine.

Coupled with the gunpowder factory being built, and the forging factory for making equipment.

After spending it back and forth, Zhu Houzhao had only tens of thousands of taels of silver left over the money he worked hard during this period.

Wang Zhi's mouth cost 80 taels, and Zhu Houzhao really couldn't afford it.

But the reason Wang Zhi gave is also very good. After his hard work in the past few days, he has recruited more than 5000 soldiers. In the next time, the number of recruits may be even more.

These soldiers are different from guard soldiers, and they need to bring their own equipment, weapons and rations.

The soldiers Wang Zhi recruited required Zhu Houzhao to spend money on everything they needed, and every time a soldier was recruited, a certain settling fee was also paid.

According to Wang Zhi's calculations, a soldier's daily needs, plus one year's rations, plus settling expenses would cost 20 taels of silver.

He plans to recruit 5 soldiers before the New Year.

In this way, at least 100 million taels will be spent by the end of the year.

As the saying goes, soldiers and horses go first without using food and grass. Before recruiting soldiers, these things need to be prepared.

The only thing that makes Zhu Houzhao worry-free is that there are many channels to buy these things. For the time being, Zhu Houzhao doesn't need to worry about it, as long as Zhu Houzhao gives the money.

The reasons given by the other party are very good, and the price list of the purchases is clearly laid out, and Zhu Houzhao is allowed to check at any time.

Zhu Houzhao could only pinch his nose with a smiling face and tell him to wait, and the money will be delivered within half a month.

The army is our foundation, and it is the guarantee of whether we can rise up in the future, and this money cannot be saved.

But the problem is that Zhu Houzhao has no money. If he wants tens of thousands of taels, he can still take it out. Where can he get the 80 taels?

The salt at the salt field has just been prepared, and it will take at least a month to transport it to Jinling, and it will be sold later. Three or four months is not enough time.

So forced to do so, Zhu Houzhao could only focus on the Kong family again, this fat sheep that he had slaughtered several times.

In order not to be suspected again, Zhu Houzhao really did not do anything this time, and they were all sent by Wang Zhi.

So this time he is really honest, he didn't participate in anything other than moving his mouth, he just let others investigate, at worst the mine would be exposed, he is a dignified prince, if he builds a mine, what else can others do to him? .

And when he came back suddenly, it wasn't because of an alibi, but because he wanted to help Wang Zhi find out what the plan was, so that Wang Zhi could prepare for it.

If this side is unwilling to pay, then I will say something and ask the Kong family to take out the money.

As for the release of those private salt dealers mentioned in the letter, it is completely a smoke bomb, or it is just to let the government put the investigation target elsewhere.

Overall, apart from Xie Qian still doubting himself, everything else is considered a success. Next, as long as he successfully gets the money and gets rid of the court's investigation, the matter will be over.

As for how to get rid of the court's pursuit and get the money away, it depends on how capable Wang Zhi, the former governor of the West Factory, is.

Anyway, Zhu Houzhao didn't intend to intervene in this matter other than talking about it.

In order to get the Kong family's money, he has already exposed some things, which almost caused the collapse of the good boy image he had pretended to be for several years.

Those who can enter the imperial court and leave their names in history are idiots. I guess they all know what Zhu Houzhao did to the Kong family.

This is also Zhu Youtang's only son, Zhu Houzhao, who has no choice for civil and military affairs in the Manchu Dynasty, and besides Zhu Houzhao, they are quite satisfied with other things.

In addition, Zhu Houzhao has not threatened their interests so far, they chose to indulge and wait and see.

Otherwise, if there are more princes, or Zhu Houzhao threatens their interests, it is estimated that Zhu Houzhao's position as the prince is already on the verge of being impeached.

Zhu Houzhao understood this, so he jumped wildly on the edge of the bottom line of the big guys.

Of course, Zhu Houzhao also understands that too much is too late, so he decided that in the next one or two years, he will develop obscenely and continue to pretend to be a good baby.

Going to Jinling to grab the salt business, he decided to operate behind the scenes and act as a protective umbrella for his subordinates.

The benefits of salt are not comparable to the small things of the Kong family. If those guys know that Zhu Houzhao has started to use the benefits of salt in their hands, those guys will definitely do it without hesitation.

In fact, Zhu Houzhao didn't want to die like this. He was jumping crazily on the bottom line of civil officials. It can't be done like this. The indulgence of his own saint mother to civil officials has made the civil official group more and more powerful. Civil officials, the emperor's orders that do not conform to the interests of civil officials cannot even be passed on to the Forbidden City.

If the emperor is too stubborn and disobedient, those civil servants can do anything.

For example, my cousin was almost killed by a court lady on the bed later.

He knew who the murderer was, but he couldn't attack him, so he could only hold back and ran to cultivate immortality.

Therefore, at this most suitable time, when others are least vigilant against him, Zhu Houzhao should try his best to strengthen his own strength, otherwise he will have to keep his eyes open when he sleeps in the future.

"Oh, it's hard to be the emperor of Ming Dynasty, and it's even harder to be the crown prince!"

Thinking about the next plan, Zhu Houzhao shook his head worriedly, and patted Kangxi who was nibbling in the flower garden beside him. One person and one donkey, followed by two eunuchs Gao Feng and Liu Jin, swayed towards the small courtyard where they were resting.

While Zhu Houzhao was thinking about the future, Kong Hongxu, who had returned to the room on the other side, secretly called his most trusted housekeeper.

Looking outside the door, Kong Hongxu solemnly put a prepared letter into the butler's hands.

"Ah Wu, send this letter to Xiaohuashan, find the gangsters who kidnapped the second child, and hand it to their leader."

"After the letter is handed over to them, you go back to your hometown to stay for a while, and come back after I notify you."

"Yes, sir!"

The butler Ah Wu didn't ask any further questions, and put away the letter. Seeing that Kong Hongxu had no arrangements, he left Kong's house quietly.

Looking at the leaving back, Kong Hongxu pinched his white goatee on his chin and knocked on the table.

"When he leaves Xiaohua Mountain, deal with him immediately, and send some money to his family later."

"Yes, master!"

There was a response from the empty study, and after a slight wind, the room became quiet again.

Looking at the empty study room, Kong Hongxu's face was flickering under the lights, his eyes showed ferocity.

"Second, don't blame me. If you want to blame, blame you for sitting in a seat that shouldn't be. All of this belongs to me. I just take back what belongs to me."

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