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Lord Zhu was very satisfied with Fan Hongdao's "knowledge of current affairs", pointed to the edge of the door, and shouted: "You, stand here!"

Fan Hongdao looked at the position, then at Zhu Shufang, and hesitated without moving his steps. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

This position is the position where the servants stand at the call of the command, and he stands there with dignity and Fan Hongdao What can he do?

"What's the matter, aren't you happy?" Zhu Shufang squinted and said with a smile: "Next, I'm going to invite the third master of the Zhang family in for a meeting, don't you want to listen to it on the side?"

Of course, the third master of the Zhang family is the third-ranked Zhang Sijiao. Fan Hongdao once again showed his swift reaction speed, clenched his fists and bowed his head: "But according to the orders of the county lord!"

In fact, Fan Hongdao was not psychologically prepared to meet the heavyweights of the Zhang family at this time, and it was a bit hasty to bump into Zhang Sijiao tonight.

But if you can pretend to be a servant and stand here, under the condition that the enemy is clear and I am secret, it is an extremely rare opportunity to observe Zhang Sijiao at close range.

Just like when the two armies are fighting, they sneak into the camp tent of the enemy camp commander to spy on intelligence. Maybe you can hear something from Zhang Sijiao's mouth that you can't normally hear.

After Fan Hongdao figured it out, he knew that he couldn't miss it tonight! What if he was wronged here by Lord Zhu for the time being, the eldest husband could bend and stretch! Besides, he was so familiar, and he would not be ashamed to lower his posture.

Then Zhu Shufang instructed the servants, took a coarse cloth robe and changed it to Fan Hongdao, and then invited Zhang Sijiao in.

Zhu Shufang greeted him outside the threshold, and after a while, a middle-aged man came over surrounded by a retinue, it was Zhang Sijiao.

Fan Hongdao took a look and saw that this figure of the Four Sects was burly and walking with a tiger, showing a bit of a rough appearance, which was no different from the rumors.

Zhang Sijiao can be called the two pillars of the Zhang family together with Zhang Siwei, the former first assistant, and of course he is also a great figure.

At the age of sixteen, he began to travel around the country to do business, and after his father's death, he was in charge of the Zhang family's business, especially the salt industry.

It is said that under the control of Zhang Sijiao, the wealth of the Zhang family has increased tenfold, of course, this is also indispensable to the support of Zhang Siwei, the bigwig of the DPRK and China.

Whether others believe it or not, Fan Hongdao doesn't believe it anyway, the tenfold increase in the Zhang family's wealth is all due to hard work and business opportunities. Why did the Zhang family, who ran the salt industry, skyrocket their wealth, but the income from the imperial court's salt tax was owed so much?

didn't mention it, but said that Zhang Sijiao left his entourage in the courtyard, and then the guests and hosts saluted and sat down separately. And Fan Hongdao pretended to be a servant who listened to the call and stood by the door honestly.

Zhang Sijiao glanced at Fan Hongdao a few times, and said to Zhu Shufang: "The old man has a secret matter to discuss tonight, and I also ask Zhu Gongzi to retreat." ”

Zhu Shufang replied: "Commander Zhang is too worried, this is a henchman, he can be trusted, and there is no need to avoid it." ”

Because the Zhang family is not short of money, under the operation of Zhang Siwei, Zhang Sijiao donated a dragon and tiger guard commander to the imperial court, of course, it is a false title of honor, so it is also respectfully called Commander Zhang.

Although Zhang Sijiao had heard of Fan Hongdao's name, he had never seen Fan Hongdao himself, and he never dreamed that Fan Hongdao was the "house slave" in front of him.

He saw that Zhu Shufang insisted on refusing to let this person avoid it, so he gave up. After all, it's important to get down to business, and there's no point in arguing about such details.

Fan Hongdao watched coldly, and when he saw Zhang Sijiao's posture of taking the initiative to retreat, he immediately guessed that it was Zhang Sijiao who took the initiative to contact Zhu Shufang and took the initiative to visit tonight.

After a few words of greeting, Zhang Sijiao officially spoke: "The county presiding officer salt attracted the Hedong Redemption Branch, and I heard that there were some disputes, presumably because the county lord has just arrived and is not familiar with the rules of the salt industry.

If the county lord does not dislike it, he is willing to assist the county lord in salt. ”

Zhu Shufang also replied politely: "Thank you Commander Zhang for your righteousness." ”

In fact, at this moment, she really wanted to yell in Fan Hongdao's ear with the loudest voice: See, don't think that only you can help me!

When others saw Zhu Shufang in private, even if they saw that it was a woman dressed as a man, most of them pretended not to know, and wanted to call it "Zhu Gongzi", but Zhang Sijiao directly called him the county lord.

It shows that Zhang Sijiao, like Fan Hongdao, understands Zhu Shufang's identity, but this is not surprising. Zhu Shufang did not deliberately hide his name in the capital, and often traveled with all parties, and it was normal for news to reach the Zhang family, who were always paying attention to the situation in the capital.

But the Zhang family, who was far away in Puzhou, couldn't go deep into the palace ban, and there was a situation where Zhang Sijiao was still not sure. After it was sold, he asked again: "I dare to ask, the 20,000 salt in the hands of the county lord was not rewarded by the Son of Heaven to the county lord?"

This is a great kindness, when I heard that the national relatives played a request for salt, at most a few thousand salt were sent away. Only this time it was given to the county lord as many as 20,000, which was really a great grace of the emperor. ”

Zhang Sijiao said these words, of course, not to praise Zhu Shufang, but to ask clearly, who does the 20,000 salt quotations belong to?

Fan Hongdao was also very concerned about this question, and hurriedly pricked up his ears to listen carefully to Lord Zhu's answer.

After Zhu Shufang was silent for a moment, he replied calmly: "The 20,000 salt quotations are actually not a reward from the Son of Heaven, but they are just temporarily placed in my hands. ”

The literal meaning is not very clear, but who in the room is not a smart person?

The 20,000 salt quotations were printed by the Son of Heaven and then handed over to Zhu Shufang to operate and turn into silver! The realized silver will also be returned to the Son of Heaven, and the role played by Zhu Shufang is actually that of an imperial merchant.

Of course, for Zhu Shufang, pressure and motivation coexist. If this errand is done, everyone will naturally be happy, and if it is done badly, who knows what the Son of Heaven will think?

The two listeners, Zhang Sijiao and Fan Hongdao, had different expressions, but they were not afraid, this was not a mistake. Zhang Sijiao felt a little expected and reasonable, while Fan Hongdao was a little surprised.

If Zhu Shufang was only the agent of 20,000 salt leads, some of her actions would be understandable. It is recorded in the history books that the Son of Wanli is an emperor who likes to collect money, which seems to be worthy of his name.

According to the Ming system, a special tax was levied from Jiangnan, and there were about one million taels of silver every year, called "Jinhua Yin", for the expenses of the palace.

For most emperors, this more than one million taels of silver is obviously not enough to spend, especially after losing the restraint of the strict master Zhang Juzheng.

Therefore, the emperor, especially the emperor who lived a more luxurious life, also had to find a way to collect money, according to the atmosphere of the ministers of the Ming Dynasty, the Son of Heaven did not expect the ministers to help at all.

In the end, you have to rely on the eunuchs and the like, and Zhu Shufang probably saw the opportunity, and helping the emperor make money is also a way to "progress".

However, Fan Hongdao still can't figure it out, Zhu Shufang is a daughter, in today's social environment where men are superior to women, what is she so striving for?