The weather is getting hotter, and dozens of pounds of armor are worn on the body, which is heavy and hot, and no one can stand it. Daniel Zhang returned from inspection and asked the guards to take off their armor and wear only their middle clothes, only feeling very cool.

After the envoys sent by Warat entered the customs, they would not come to disturb them again, and there was generally no fighting during this time.

"My lord, a letter from the capital." The guards present a letter.

His son is getting more and more out, and every time he receives a letter from the capital, Daniel Zhang is always relieved and happy, and this time is no exception. He reached out and took it, saw the words on the envelope, and exclaimed, "Yang Shoufu's letter? ”

What did Yang Shiqi write to him for? No, no, no, Yang Shiqi is the first assistant of the cabinet he wants to stammer, but he can't, how can he write to him?

Although the Chinese officials and the Gui Gelding Party do not interact with each other, civilian officials handle political affairs, military salaries and food have to pass through their hands, and the power of the cabinet, especially the first assistant, is still unimaginably great, and Daniel Zhang has always wanted to get closer to Sanyang, but he can't do it.

Now that Yang Shiqi actually wrote a letter, his first reaction was: "This letter is fake, right?" ”

"Yes, the messenger is outside the house, and he said that he would wait for the reply from the adult before leaving." ”

"Outside the house? Come in, please. Daniel Zhang said busily, while letting his relatives bring a robe to put on and put on his boots.

After Yang Shiqi finished writing the letter, he did not take the post road, let alone rush for 800 miles, but sent someone from the capital to Datong quickly, and instructed him to wait for a reply.

The man who came was in his early twenties, with a shrewd face, just a small hat in a green coat, and anyone could see that he was a slave.

How dare Daniel Zhang treat him as a slave? I invited him to sit down, and ordered someone to serve tea, and said, "I don't know what the elder of the pavilion commands?" ”

The person who came knew that the deputy chief soldier in front of him was very likely to be the in-laws of his master, how could he dare to be presumptuous? However, he couldn't excuse himself, touched his butt a little on the edge of the chair, sat down cautiously, and said respectfully: "Mr. Zhang will know when he reads the letter." ”

Mr. Zhang? Am I old? Daniel Zhang subconsciously touched his black beard.

The person who came was very good at figuring it out, and immediately explained: "Lord Ling Lang Zhang and my master in Beijing are old friends, in order to distinguish Ling Lang, I have to call you the boss." ”

It's not that you look old, don't get me wrong.

Daniel Zhang's bones suddenly lightened, and his eyebrows opened and he smiled: "Does the dog have old green eyes?" "This kid is good, he has a little talent for being an official.

The person who came smiled: "Exactly." The boss, please read the letter, the lord instructed, let the little one bring the letter back to Beijing. ”

"Hey, you've been in the dust all the way, why don't you have to rest for two days before going back." Daniel Zhang was polite, and he couldn't help but wonder in his heart, if Yang Shiqi explained the matter, I wouldn't be able to do it for a while, do you have to force me to do it? Where is this to send a letter, it is clearly an overseer.

"There is Lao Lao's concern, and the little one took the reply letter and returned to Beijing immediately." Humane, eyes kept looking at the letter on the table, the envelope was intact and had not been opened.

Daniel Zhang repeatedly persuaded him, but when the people saw him only talking, he didn't read the letter, and he was anxious, and said, "Please ask the old man to read the letter first." ”

Am I not afraid that he will not be able to do what he has explained? Daniel Zhang beat a drum in his heart, and under the repeated urging of the comer, he reluctantly opened the envelope, took out the letter, and looked at it, the more he looked at it, the bigger his eyes became, I really couldn't believe it.

Yang Shiqi actually wants to marry me? Am I right? Daniel Zhang looked at it again, looked at it again, and looked up again, and saw that the little man who delivered the letter stood up at some point, his hands drooped, and he stood in a waiter's position, and said with a smile: "The old man said, please give the reply to the little one to take back." ”

"Lord Pavilion takes a fancy to my boy?" Daniel Zhang seemed to ask someone, and seemed to talk to himself. It's pie in the sky, ah, no, drop a daughter-in-law. These days, he is worried about his son's marriage, and no matter how he chooses, he feels that no girl is worthy of his handsome son. Now that I think about it, I dare to find it among my colleagues who are about the same level as myself.

No wonder I didn't pick a favorite.

Yang Shiqi's granddaughter must be good.

Shoufu Courtyard, the only one in the world, there is no semicolon. I just don't know if the faith is true. He looked down at the signature at the end of the letter, and felt that it was prudent to let the chief soldier take a look at it and identify the authenticity of the letter.

Come to the human: "The old man knows, my lord once invited Mr. Zhang to come to the house and promised to marry in person, but Mr. Zhang ......refused on the grounds that marriage must have the order of his parents."

"What!" Daniel Zhang was furious and said, "Elder Ge Xu relatives in person? Inuko refuses? The kid doesn't know how to lift. ”

"The old man is angry." The person who came said thoughtfully: "My lord is not angry, he just asked Master Zhang to write to inform the lord." Many days passed, and my lord did not wait for a reply, so he had to send a letter from a small one. The lord said that the three girls in the house are familiar with the scriptures and history, and they are a perfect match with Lord Zhang, and they are a pair of beautiful people, and please don't refuse. ”

"The old man didn't receive a letter from the dog." Daniel Zhang said a word and was furious again: "This kid dares to lie, it's really hateful." Wait for the old man to repair a book and ground him. ”

"You can't be grounded, sir." Come to the humane: "Your Majesty specially asked Lord Zhang to be on duty for five days and rest for one day." If you ground him, how will he enter the palace to be on duty? ”

"This ......" Daniel Zhang speechless, is his son so favored? The emperor can't see him for a day? Alas, the son is too capable, Lao Tzu can't help it.

"Please reply immediately, sir."

Yang Shiqi's meaning is obvious, if you don't agree with this family business, you say, don't delay my granddaughter.

"Wait a minute, the old man will reply." At this point, Daniel Zhang does not plan to check the authenticity of the letter, anyway, his son is a man, and he does not suffer losses.

Daniel Zhang called someone to come in and grind the ink, immediately wrote a reply letter, handed it to the visitor, and let him eat before going back.

The person who came did not excuse himself, went to the flower hall to dine, and then went out of the house and went on the horse.

Throughout the day, Daniel Zhang laughed from time to time, and it was not until the evening that he remembered to write a letter to his son, in which he reprimanded him.

…………

Guo Youdao was like a dream, he really stayed in a small room in the Imperial Prison for a few days and was released.

Unscathed.

Walking down the street, he pinched his arm, and every time it hurt so much that he bared his teeth.

Unexpectedly, although Zhang Ning was young, he was good at talking, and he was determined to follow this person. He turned around sharply and walked towards Uncle Anxiang's mansion.

…………

In the Qianqing Palace, after the monarch drank the frozen sour plum soup, Zhu Qizhen wiped the corners of his mouth with a brocade handkerchief, and said slowly: "I will give Qing another three months, and after three months, I will ask for sixty percent." ”

Zhang Ning entered the palace today, in addition to reporting some things that had happened in the capital in the past two days, he also presented an account book. The textile mill opened for a month, and after deducting all expenses, made a profit of 12,357.26 yuan.

A textile factory with only 600 people earns so much a month, so that it has an income of more than 100,000 taels of silver a year. How could Zhu Qizhen not be tempted? What's more, in addition to profits, there are also taxes on merchants and weaver girls.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there has never been a weaver girl who has paid taxes, and Zhang Ning is a precedent in writing history.

Each weaver girl has twenty taxes and five taxes, one tael of silver and one thousand copper plates, and pays taxes of fifty copper plates, and the monthly income is fifteen taels of silver, and seven hundred and fifty copper plates need to be paid.

There were 600 female workers in the textile factory, and they paid more than 400 taels of silver a month, or 5,000 or 6,000 taels a year.

Naturally, this money was deposited into the treasury.

The merchants' taxes, which are collected by the Ministry of Households, are also charged to the state treasury.

These two items are insignificant compared to the profitability of textile mills.

Zhang Ning had already prepared and said with a smile: "Thank Your Majesty for your grace and let the minister recover the cost." ”

The land does not need silver, it doesn't take 50,000 taels to build a factory and buy a loom, so that he can earn four months, Zhu Qizhen is already very kind. Zhang Ning once wanted to dedicate the loom to Zhu Qizhen, but considering that Zhu Qizhen's character is not the only type, it is very likely that he will indirectly dedicate it to Wang Zhen, so it is better to do it himself.

Now that it's done, four or six points is already a very good result. Zhang Ning thought that Zhu Qizhen would score three or seven points.

Zhu Qizhen was slightly surprised, and said a little embarrassed: "Yang Qing cries poor every day, and I can't do anything." Come on, Xuan Yangrong come over. ”

"If Your Majesty collects taxes from merchants all over the world, the treasury will definitely be full, and Lord Yang will not have to worry about military salaries." Zhang Ning said as if he had no intention. Improving the status of the merchants is not a day's work, but can only be done slowly, on the condition that the merchants are allowed to wear silk and satin, and they are required to pay taxes on a monthly basis, and the status of the merchants can naturally be gradually improved.

Zhu Qizhen thought for a while and said, "Take your time, don't be in a hurry." ”

Zhang Ning smiled, it turned out that the emperor also had this thought. As long as it's not a wooden man.

"Since the beginning of Taizu, the status of merchants has been the lowest. After so many years, according to me, their status is not low, but the edict collects taxes from merchants, but I am afraid that those old men in the court will quarrel with me again. Zhu Qizhen smiled and said, "I gave the name of the textile factory for peace." ”

"Taiping Factory?" Zhang Ning wanted to say, do you read history books, what do you think of Princess Taiping in the Tang Dynasty?

"May the world be peaceful. Qing can open the Taiping Factory all over the world, and the income is still six or four points, I get six, and Qing gets four. Zhu Qizhen said calmly.

Your Majesty, you really have the world in mind. Is this to monopolize the textile industry? Zhang Ning said: "Yes, the minister will start to do it." ”

Zhu Qizhen imagined that every state and county had a Taiping factory, which not only solved the woman's food and clothing, but also filled the treasury with the income, and he was in a good mood, and said: "Qing just let it go." ”

Zhang Ning agreed. The emperor is a major shareholder, and he must be invincible, but this person has to be picked.

"The minister wants to open a private mat for training the shopkeeper, and the apprentices will go to various places to do business after they have completed their studies, as for the Taiping factory, the minister will think about how to solve the power problem." Zhang Ning felt that it was better to build a steam engine than to open a textile mill in every place, so as to solve the problem of loom power. This problem is solved, the production capacity is increased, and the rest is to sell cloth.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Qing just let it go, everything is fine." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhang Ning's chest was hot, and it was fake to say that he was not moved.

Junchen imagined the future, and said that everything went well, after a few years, why worry that the treasury was not full, Yang Rong came, sat down after the salute, his butt was not yet stable, and he turned his head and asked Zhang Ning: "Lord Zhang, the one-month period of the textile factory has arrived, right?" ”

But he was thinking about the silver.

Zhang Ning said: "This morning, Zhou Ping, a member of the household department, took people to the textile factory to collect taxes, and Lao Guan, the housekeeper of the official mansion, has handed over all the verified silver, and Lord Yang can ask Zhou Ping to come and ask." ”

Yang Rong was surprised: "It's already been handed over?" Zhou Ping didn't report it. ”

He was worried that Zhang Ning would bully people after he was promoted to the commander of the Jinyi Guard, if he resolutely refused to hand it over, what could the household department do with him? In addition to running and breaking legs, it is useless to break your mouth.

"Probably he took the roster and went to the cloth village to collect taxes." Zhang Ning said with a smile.

Yang Rong was surprised again: "Go to Buzhuang to collect taxes?" "When will the merchants be able to pay their taxes? Then he suddenly said: "Lord Zhang is amazing, once he says it, it is difficult to chase the horse." The old man admired, admired so much. ”

At the beginning, Zhang Ning promised that the owner of the textile factory would pay taxes, the weaver girl would pay taxes, and the merchants who sold cloth would also pay taxes, but now they have fulfilled their promises one by one. In his current position, it would have been unnecessary.

Zhang Ning said with a smile: "Zhou Ping not only collects taxes from the weaver girls, but also collects taxes from his own officials. A cart of white silver was loaded. ”

"A car?!" Yang Rong's eyes lit up, and they were frighteningly hot.

Zhang Ning smiled: "Exactly." Oh, the official risked the joke of becoming a businessman, and the hard-earned silver was carried away by Zhou Ping, and he was so distressed that the official almost turned his back on it. But there is a word first, but there is nothing to be done. Alas. ”

Is this what it looks like to be distressed? Ming made fun of Zhou Ping.

Yang Rong laughed and said, "The old man thanked Master Zhang for Zhou Ping. ”

You didn't embarrass Zhou Ping, a little outsider, and asked him to take away the money receivable, which is really surprising, and it is enough to show that you are true to your word.

It's too rare to be a commander of the brocade guard who doesn't bully people. Yang Rong's favorability towards Zhang Ning has risen.

Zhu Qizhen smiled and said, "This is what I called Qing over." Immediately, he said that he wanted sixty percent of the Taiping Factory, and at the same time proposed that the cloth woven by the Taiping Factory should be sold to the whole country. Of course, the merchants who sold the cloth were taxed.

Yang Rong's face was shocked, and without saying a word, he got up and threw himself to the ground, and said, "Thank you, Lord Zhang." ”

Zhang Ning is not a noble son who fights all day long, he is the commander of the Jinyi Guard of Zhengsanpin, holding a secret agent in one hand and an edict in the other, he refuses to hand over a copper plate, Zhou Ping is afraid that his life is worried, and now he not only pays the silver as promised, but also gives up sixty percent of the textile factory. This kind of behavior really moved him, and it is not an exaggeration to describe Zhang Ning as "treating money as dung".

Zhang Ning got up and returned the salute and said, "Lord Yang, you don't have to be polite. If a person has no faith and does not stand, and his words are the first, how can this official break his word and gain weight? ”

The emperor wants shares, can I not give them? As for paying taxes, it is for the Taiping Factory to have better development prospects, and to make big profits at the expense of small profits. I still have this vision.

Yang Rong then talked about the tribute paid by the envoy of Warat: "He only came at the beginning of the year, and now he comes again, how can there be so many things to reward him?" ”

Zhang Ning said: "Don't they like our silk? You can give them silk, and barter. ”

Yang Rong's eyes lit up and said, "Exactly." ”

Soon, he said with a little concern: "One of the reasons they like silk is that it is not easy to shoot through. ”

In other words, they regarded silk as a strategic material.