When Gao pragmatic informed Zhang's about the cost of soap, Zhang knew that Jinghua soap had huge profits, and he was stunned for a long time before he took a breath of turbidity and said: "People say that salt merchants make money hard, but they don't know that my son makes money more ruthlessly than salt merchants." Your soap is so appallingly profitable that you don't worry about being coveted? ”

"It's good to teach my mother that my son has already taken precautions." Gao pragmatic then informed the emperor's holy edict and the cadres and shares held by the nobles one by one.

After hearing this, Zhang was relieved and said with relief: "My son is precocious, this life is infinitely rich, and your younger brothers and sisters are older, so you need a lot of help." ”

Gao pragmatic smiled: "This is nature, don't worry about it." ”

Zhang thought for a while, and then said: "Since my son has such a talent in business, your steelmaking business can't be taken lightly for your mother." However, there is one thing that Wei Niang does not understand very well: steelmaking is certainly profitable, but how difficult the steel is, not to mention the huge investment, even if it is refined into output, it is almost only used as an ordnance, which is quite difficult to sell, why not make iron first? Iron is used far more widely than steel, and it will not be unsalable in any case. ”

Gao Shishi hesitated slightly, didn't know whether to explain clearly, and thought about it before saying: "Although iron is easy to refine and sell, it is also because it is easy to become that it is difficult to sell at a high price. The son has been by the side of the third uncle for a long time, and he knows that the third uncle has long been dissatisfied with the weak military power of the country and the dynasty, and he has the intention to strengthen it. ”

Zhang listened to the song and knew the meaning of the strings, and nodded knowingly: "So that's the case...... If the imperial court has this heart, steelmaking can also be done. She thought for a while, and suddenly smiled: "Even if you only change clothes in the three towns of Xuanda, it will be enough for you to make a lot of money." ”

Gao pragmatic pursed his lips and said in his heart: I only plan to sell steel, I want to make firearms directly. On the contrary, I have no interest in those armor and swords and the like...... Well, it's not that I'm not interested in making this money, but if the entire outfit change plan is covered by me, I'm afraid that the government and the opposition will be too strong to bear it, so I have to give up the cold weapons and armor.

There is no way, and those who eat alone will always die an ugly death-as pointed out by thousands of people, and they will die without illness.

Zhang thought about it, and then had a question: "No, what you just said is the change of clothes of the border army, for example, the change of clothes in the three towns of Xuanda, you make steel near the Beijing Division, and it is good to transport it to the border town nearby, or send it directly to the War Bureau and other places, it is not far away, and the profits are quite guaranteed." However, if Xinzheng steel-making is sent to Xuanda or Jingshi, wouldn't it be too far? It's steel, it's heavy, it's difficult to transport, and it's costly. ”

Gao Shicheng blinked: "There are also a lot of Henan guards, and they always have to change their clothes, even if the number is not as huge as the border army, but it is not difficult to feed my steel mill in Xinzheng, and ...... The Henan Wei Office is under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies in Beijing, and the Duke of Chengguo and the Duke of Britain will not fail to consider my business first. ”

Of course, the government-run iron works are now more than a scum, and whoever buys steel is not to buy, of course, to consider a partner who has a good relationship with him. Well, if there are still dry stocks, or at least some filial piety, so much the better.

Of course, the Zhang family knows the importance of the way, and since his son is so sure of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, what else is there to say? The military department? Ha! Who doesn't know that Zhang Gelao and San Bonai, who are in charge of the military department, are comrades in the trenches, how can the military department contradict each other!

Zhang's business experience was completely relieved, he didn't ask any more questions, turned the topic back to the exam again, and said: "The county and the government will not deliberately embarrass you, but the grandmaster's side, you haven't dealt with your mother, but you need to be careful." ”

Grandmaster is not a teacher, it is a common name, an honorific title.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, it basically adhered to the local management system of the Yuan Dynasty, and the provincial level set up Zhongshu Province to manage local military and political affairs. In the ninth year of Hongwu, Ming Taizu set out to rectify the local government system, and ordered to change Zhongshu Province to Chengxuan Political Envoy Division, referred to as Buzheng Division, also known as the Domain Division, which is still customarily called the province, responsible for the administration, civil affairs and levy of the region.

At the same time, the Department of Judicial Envoys for Sentencing (hereinafter referred to as the Judicial Division, also known as the Imperial Division) and the Metropolitan Command Envoy Division (hereinafter referred to as the Metropolitan Division) were established to manage the judiciary and the military respectively. The provincial political divisions, the capital divisions, and the judicial divisions are collectively referred to as the three divisions of the capital and the three divisions, and they jointly govern the province. The three divisions are not subordinate to each other, and each is directly under the imperial court.

According to the judges, there are other full-time provinces, as a division of institutions, among which there is the Governor Xuedao, referred to as the Governor Xuedao or Xuedao, which is responsible for the local schools, student assessments, imperial examinations and other affairs. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the honorific title of the Admiral Governor and the Admiral was "Grandmaster".

For example, in the story of "Fraud and Taoism Books and Good Dreams" in "Du Deception New Book", the cause of the incident is "Fujian Township Branch", which involves a very important figure who does not appear, that is, the so-called "Grandmaster Shen", this Grandmaster Shen is also the Governor of the Tao.

Because theoretically speaking, all the students of a province are selected by Xuedao, and the status of Xuedao is of course noble, and it is absolutely necessary to shout "Grandmaster".

Gao pragmatic asked, "I don't know who the Henan Grandmaster is now?" ”

"Li Daolong." Zhang said: "Counting, he is still the same year as your uncle, but as far as his mother knows, he is Xu Huating's protégé, but I'm afraid of ......."

"Li Daolong?" Gao pragmatic thought about it, this name has no impression.

Zhang explained: "Daolong is his cousin, his name is Yuantai, Li Yuantai, and he is from Yuyao County, Zhejiang Province - you know, Xu Huating is easy to use Nanbang Jinshi, Yuyao is not too far from Huating, and it is also half a township party." ”

Gao Shishi subconsciously frowned, and said, "Hua Ting Gong is a mud bodhisattva crossing the river right now, it is difficult to protect himself, this Sect Master Li shouldn't be joking about this kind of thing, right?" ”

Zhang thought for a moment and said, "The examination papers are ultimately to be made public, as long as your article can withstand scrutiny, presumably Grandmaster Li will not dare to act recklessly...... What's more, as you said, Xu Huating himself was disgraced by the sea pen stand, and it should be unlikely that his protégé would jump out and oppose your third uncle now. ”

Gao Shishi didn't know the bottom in his heart, thought for a moment, and said: "The Taoist test is the last test, and there is still some time, so don't worry, I will go to Kaifeng Mansion to make plans when the government test is taken." ”

Zhang nodded and said, "It's okay, it just so happened that your uncle came to Henan three months ago to preside over the township test, and he should have communicated with Li Daolong, or you should write to your uncle to ask this person, and you should have a plan." ”

"Okay, that's it."